When Ma Rufeng was training new recruits in Nanxiong Mansion, in Nanjing, thousands of miles away, Boluo, the Qing Dynasty general of the southern expedition, was also ready to lead his troops south.

The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, which had been living in the bitter and cold areas of the northeast for generations, began to become unacceptable to the hot south. In the second year of Shunzhi, the battle to pacify Nanzhili in 1645, more Qing soldiers died of illness because they were not accustomed to the local conditions than in the battle. The regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon, also discovered this. After the war in Nanzhili, he immediately transferred back a large number of Eight Banners and Mongolian Banners, leaving only less than five thousand Eight Banners in Nanjing.

Now the entire Nanzhili has basically no resistance under Hong Chengchou's soft and hard methods. As a result, those who are dissatisfied are either killed or run south to the control of Nanming, leaving behind all braids.

The Qing Dynasty said in the edict that it would raise 100,000 troops, but in fact there were less than 60,000. Most of them were the troops of the four towns in Jiangbei. Li Chengdong was the main force. After being beaten by Zhao Guodong in Jiading, this guy returned to Suzhou Prefecture and did not contact the Guangdong Ming army on the grounds that the soldiers were too injured and injured. Li Chengdong's inaction also helped Li Zhi transport refugees to a certain extent.

The good days of the Ming army in Guangdong came to Nanjing from Hong Chengchou. Zhu Hongsan stopped the war in Nanzhili, but it was not mainly to kill people with a knife. In fact, there were reasons for the unsuccessful war in Nanzhili. Hong Chengchou did have two tricks, and his three axes after taking office greatly alleviated the exclusion of the gentry of the Southern Zhili against the foreign regimes of the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, the taxes of the two Susong prefectures were greatly reduced, which to a certain extent reduced the dissatisfaction of ordinary people with the Qing Dynasty. You must know that the taxes of the two Susong prefectures in the Ming Dynasty were the heaviest. As a member of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou naturally knew the dirty things of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. In order to win the hearts of the people, he reduced the taxes of the two Susong prefectures on the first day of taking office by two-thirds, which was very satisfying.

In addition, the city of Nanjing was given to the Qing Dynasty by the Donglin shit stick after a day. A large amount of money and food in the city fell into Hong Chengchou's hands, so now Nanjing's strength is still above the Qing Dynasty in Beijing. After the Beijing edict was passed to Nanjing in early February, Hong Chengchou began to prepare for the army to move south.

Let’s talk about the first enemy encountered by the Qing Dynasty’s army in the south, that is, the Lu regime entrenched in eastern Zhejiang.

This generation of King Lu is named Zhu Yihai, which is also an unlucky child. Zhu Tan, the first generation of King Lu, was the tenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and was granted the title of King of Lu in Yanzhou, Shandong. When the title of King Lu was passed down to Zhu Yihai's father, Zhu Shouyong, it was already the eighth generation. At that time, Zhu Shouyong was named King of Lusu by his successor, and Zhu Yihai was his fifth son. In summary, Zhu Yihai should be the tenth generation grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the clan uncle of Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian. Of course, Zhu Yihai is much stronger in blood than Zhu Hongsan, the King of Chu in Guangdong, which is one of the reasons why Zhu Hongsan has always been criticized by scholars all over the world. King Lu and the King of Tang are the sons of the previous prince. You, Zhu Hongsan, are just a relative who is not close to each other, so it is no wonder that the world is dissatisfied with.

As a royal child, Zhu Yihai should have lived a life of a playboy who was rich and fed, eaten, eaten, drunk and had fun all his life. However, history did not give him such a good opportunity. On the contrary, his life experience was almost all about the troubles of the country and family destruction and displaced. After Zhu Yihai's father Zhu Shouyong died, Zhu Yihai's elder brother Zhu Yipai was named King of Lu. In the 15th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army went south to Shandong and captured Yanzhou, and Zhu Yipai was killed. Zhu Yihai was almost killed by the Qing army. After escaping from death, he attacked King of Lu in February of the 17th year of Chongzhen. In March of the same year, the Dashun army conquered Beijing and advanced to Shandong. Zhu Yipai fled in the south, and lived in Taizhou, Zhejiang during the reign of Emperor Hongguang Zhu Yousong.

At this time, the legitimate heir of Zhu Di's lineage was almost dead, and the last Lu King Zhu Changqing was also captured by the Qing Dynasty in Hangzhou.

After the end of the three forces of the peasant army, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing army, the balance of history tilted towards the Qing Dynasty. At this time, the Qing army took power to the south after the "Ten Days of Yangzhou" and "Three Massacres of Jiading", defeated Hangzhou, faced Zhejiang, and Ningbo was in danger!

At that time, anti-Qing movements were surging in various parts of eastern Zhejiang. Zhang Guowei, former Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, and Chen Hanhui, Song Zhipu, and Ke Xiaqing discussed with the relevant officials, and believed that it was urgent to welcome a Ming royal family to serve as the governor. At that time, the Ming Dynasty's relatives, princes, and Zhu Yihai, who was in Taizhou, did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and naturally became the only candidate supported by the revival of the Ming forces in Zhejiang.

On June 28, the first year of Hongguang, Zhu Yihai came to Shaoxing from Taizhou to serve as the governor of the State. He was appointed as the governor of Tai Shaodao Office as his subordinate to the State Council, and appointed Zhang as the Yuan concubine, and changed the next year to the first year of the State Council.

At this time, the Qing army heading south had occupied Hangzhou in June. The Qing Dynasty believed that the emperor had arrested so many of the emperors, and the problem of the Southern Ming Dynasty should be solved. Therefore, the general of Dingguo, Prince Yu Duoduo, was transferred back to Beijing, and the unit was led by Luke Dehun. However, what the Qing Dynasty did not expect was that due to the forced shaving of his hair in the Qing court, the soldiers and civilians in eastern Zhejiang surrendered and rebelled again, and the anti-Qing movements began one after another.

The regime of King Lu should be one of the few remnants of the Southern Ming Dynasty in the south, mainly with armed forces from Zhang Guowei, Fang Guoan, Wang Zhiren, Qian Sule and other troops. However, because it is close to the coast, it has a large number of navy troops and is arranged on the south bank of Qiantang River. In August, Zhang Guowei, a Grand Secretary of the Lu Jianguo, conquered Fuyang (now Zhejiang) and Yu Qian (now the east bank of Zixi, West Lin'an, Zhejiang). King Zhu of Lu gave Shangfang sword a sea and ordered Zhang Guowei to lead the army. On the second day of September, Fang Guoan, Zhendong Hou, and King Zhiren of Wuning Hou led his troops to Fu.

Yang attacked Hangzhou and was defeated by the Qing army. On October 14, Zhang Guowei went out to Qiantang, and joined forces with Qian Sule and other troops to attack Hangzhou. He fought for ten days in the suburbs and won a small victory. Qing general Lukede rushed to lead troops to support Hangzhou, and the Ming army retreated. Since then, the regime of King Lu has been very good at fighting with the Qing Dynasty and has won and lost each other. However, this victory was based on the attack on the coast of Zhejiang and the Yangtze River routes of the Qing Dynasty, which made the Qing Dynasty frustrated. However, with Li Zhi's release of water, King Lu's good days were over.

Zhu Yuanzhang and his descendants were really different. Zhu Yihai did not hesitate to shoulder the banner of anti-Qing when the powerful enemy was approaching the brink of the enemy. However, he was a dragon son and grandson who was well-raised in the palace. He lived a corrupt and debauchery life, so he refused to give up the glory and wealth of the small court. After ascending the throne, he was extremely debauchery in his life. Zhu Yihai lacked the talent for governing the country and was extremely corrupt in appointing royal relatives. Zhang Guojun, the elder brother of the Yuan Concubine Zhang, recruited Quan and accepted bribes, and even appointed bandits. For example, Xie Sanbin joined the Lu State Supervisor regime and left the country.

My uncle served as a Grand Secretary, and his administration can be seen from this. Zhang Dai, a man at that time, once commented to Zhu Yihai: "I have always been eager to seek talents and accept advice like flowing, which is the virtue of the emperor. If I, King Lu, I will suffer from these two diseases. When King Lu saw one person, he leaned on his heart; when he heard one word, he believed it like a yarrow and tortoise, and was honest and humble, and everyone wanted to use it. But when he looked forward, he was not like this. When he saw future generations, his predecessors abandoned them like hair, and when he heard the next words, he regarded the predecessors as ice and charcoal. Later, there were many people but he could not use it alone." Today, it seems that Zhang Dai's words are relatively fair.

In military terms, although the regime of the Lu Jian State was on the front line of the anti-Qing Dynasty, it could not effectively utilize the local military and financial resources. At the same time, for the so-called orthodox status, it also fought against the regime of Emperor Longwu of Fujian, Zhu Youjian, and fought endlessly. Before Zhu Yihai became the governor, the King of Tang, Zhu Youjian, had already proclaimed himself emperor in Fuzhou on the seventh day of the leap month of the first year of Hongguang. In September, Zhu Youjian, who had already called Emperor Longwu, sent the military department to the chief officer Liu Zhongzao as an envoy and went to Shaoxing to issue an edict, announcing that the two families were inseparable from each other, and the court officials appointed by the Lu Jian State could serve as the same official position in the Longwu court.

Regarding whether to recognize the orthodox status of the Longwu court, a stir among the ministers of the Lu State Supervisor, approximately half of them agreed to read the edict and opposed it. Zhu Yihai saw that many of the court officials advocated respecting Emperor Longwu, and was indignant and announced his retreat to the vassal position and returned to Taizhou on September 13. On the first day of October, the ministers who advocated the recognition of the Longwu court as orthodox read the edict. However, with the insistence of Zhang Guowei, Xiong Rulin and others, they finally decided to refuse to accept the edict of the Longwu regime and welcome Zhu Yihai again. The battle between the Tang and Lu became more and more intense, and finally the war was met.

Just as the King of Lu and the King of Tang fought to the death, Boluo brought the Qing army south to eastern Zhejiang. In May of the second year of Hongguang, Boluo brought an army of 60,000 to the bank of Qiantang River. King Lu ordered Grand Secretary Zhang Guowei to organize the Qiantang River defense line, and Zhang Guowei set up a joint camp on the south bank of Qiantang River. Because the Qing Dynasty had no ships crossing the river, it was separated from the north bank of Qiantang River.

On the first day of June, the Qing Dynasty finally collected enough ships to cross the river. The Qiantang River defense line that King Lu worked hard to manage was immediately broken. The King Lu saw that the number of people was much higher than that of the Qing army, but most of them were temporarily captured. There were opponents of the traitor army in the Qing army. As soon as the Braidi Army arrived, all the troops of the King of Lu fled one after another. The general Fang Guoan led a hundred thousand men to fight a battle, but they fled one after another when they saw the banner of the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, King Lu had to take Zhang Huangyan's navy with him to avoid disaster at the sea.

King Lu looked at the burning fire in Shaoxing City and said to Zhang Huangyan beside him: "Xuanzhu, I am defeated!"

"Your Highness, don't be sad. We can recruit soldiers and fight again in order to make it easier!"

"But the world is so big that I have my place!"

Zhang Huangyan leaned over and said, "Your Highness, there is also a navy from the King of Chu in Dinghai. I heard that the ship is strong and the cannon is powerful, so we can go and ask them to take it in."

"King of Chu? Is that lieutenant of Fengguo? He who came to power by flattery? Can they take us in?"

"Now that the nation is in danger, I think the King of Chu should be able to distinguish the justice of the country and will definitely take us in!"

Zhu Yihai thought about it and found that there is a place to go now. The entire eastern Zhejiang was already the Qing Dynasty. The Tang King of Fujian and himself were not in the same way. It seemed that he had to go to the King of Chu.
Chapter completed!