Jintang Island.

Zhao Ming had actually been on guard against Huang Binqing, and took away almost all the things he could take away when he went to war, and instructed Chen Mingyu and Liu Si to be vigilant.

After Zhao Ming was rejected for invitation to Huang Binqing, Zhao Ming had a premonition that Huang Binqing might have to cause trouble, and realized that Jintang Island might be in danger, but in the east Zhejiang crisis, he had to leave, so although he realized the crisis, Zhao Ming could only continue to attack.

However, Zhao Ming was actually looking forward to whether Huang Binqing would take action, and even hoped that Huang Binqing could attack him.

After all, with Zhao Ming's understanding of Nanming, there were too many cheating, and there were too few people who could trust and rely on it. Putting hope on them will only repeat history. Therefore, although Zhao Ming tried his best to support the Longwu court and mediate the grievances of Tang Lu, he also had to have his own strength and could not put all hope on them.

Although the Zhoushan Islands are not as good as Taiwan and Hainan, they are large enough to have a county.

This is an important node in maritime trade. It is no problem to occupy Zhoushan and raise tens of thousands of soldiers.

Zhoushan is a total waste in Huang Binqing's hands. Zhao Ming actually had the idea of ​​replacing it. However, Huang Binqing was the general of the court and the sulubo after all. Everyone is a member of the system. Some rules should be followed, otherwise they will be self-severing from the system. It is a taboo to commit the following violations. Zhao Ming must have a reasonable reason to deal with Huang Binqing.

After the Dynasty first brought a thousand soldiers to the island, Liu Si and Chen Mingyu took some of the people to hide in the warehouse on Jintang Mountain.

The Chaoxian sent people to attack once, but was repelled by Liu Si, Chen Mingyu and the people of Jiangyin. The Chaoxian did not continue to attack and was ready to trap them to death and wait for them to surrender voluntarily.

Who knew that Chen Mingyu had prepared a long time ago and stored food and water on the mountain, and insisted on Zhao Ming's return.

Jintang Island, in the village.

Zhao Ming first celebrated the battle of the Yangtze River and returned victoriously. He also gave the rebels all the way to some money and food as he had promised.

Many rebel leaders were convinced by Zhao Ming, and all expressed their willingness to follow Zhao Ming's leader and obey Zhao Ming's orders.

If he had a reputation, Zhao Ming would definitely be appointed as the official Xu Jue immediately and incorporated all these people, but he was just a guerrilla man, and no one believed him to be appointed as the official, so he could only establish a good relationship first.

Everyone drank happily and the atmosphere was warm. When the banquet ended, the rebels from each unit returned to their respective villages happily with the seizures.

When Zhao Ming invited many rebels on the Zhoushan Islands, many of them did not come. Now when he saw these people following him, they came back with food, money and cloth. I believe those who were not optimistic about Zhao Ming's going to war would be shocked.

Zhao Ming personally went to the dock and bowed to everyone, then returned to the congress hall to inquire about Chen Mingyu and others about Jintang Island.

Zhao Ming first learned about the situation on the island. After the dynasty first occupied Jintang Island, it did not destroy it. The island did not change much, and then he asked about the situation in Zhoushan.

Chen Mingyu immediately said: "This time Zhejiang was occupied by the Qing army, and many people fled to Zhoushan Island. Huang Binqing ganged up a large number of troops, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and 20,000 or 30,000 rebels who obeyed his orders."

Zhao Ming frowned slightly when he heard the words. The reason why he did not turn against Huang Binqing directly was because Huang Binqing was not weak, and most of Zhao Ming stayed in Chongming again and was not ready to take action.

Now it seems that Huang Binqing's strength has increased to a certain extent compared to before.

This made it difficult for Zhao Ming to replace him.

Chen Mingyu said worriedly: "General is detaining one thousand Huang Binqing, and Huang Binqing will not stop. General is too impulsive!"

Zhao Ming shook his head and said in a deep voice, "If I don't swallow up all his thousand people, Huang Binqing will take the initiative to cause trouble for me."

The New Year of the second year of Longwu in Jintang Island was very difficult. On the day when Zhao Ming returned to Jintang Island, in order to compensate everyone, he asked Wang Dana to buy some pigs and sheep to reward the people and the army. Everyone was smiling happily and happy.

However, the island is short of supplies and farmers do not raise much livestock. Zhao Ming spent a lot of money and could only let each person eat one bite, but the rice was enough.

Since we went to the island, the island has been in short supply. Most of the time, we often drink porridge, eat wild vegetables, or eat rice bran. Now we can have enough rice, and everyone is laughing and laughing.

Li Chengdong did not stay on Jintang Island for a long time. The Qing army had more generals than the Ming army and were more elite than the Ming army. Although Duoduo retreated to Jiangnan, Boluo remained in Zhejiang. He still had 10,000 Eight Banners and tens of thousands of Green Camp soldiers in his hands. The Ming army of Wen and Tai prefectures was still at a disadvantage.

Li Chengdong only rested on the island for one day, and the ship replenished some fresh water, so Cheng Bi led the fleet to escort to Taizhou to reinforce Zhang Mingzhen and Fang Guoan.

Zhao Ming pulled Chen Bi aside, "In this battle of the Yangtze River, I used up all gunpowder, projectiles, and arrows. When Mr. Cheng went to Wenzhou, in addition to handing over my memorial to His Highness to inherit His Majesty, he also needed to ask for some gunpowder and equipment for me."

As he said that, Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "I have a premonition that I must fight another battle soon!"

Cheng Bi said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is fighting very well, and I guess the supplies are short of. It is better for the general to ask for some craftsmen and some fine iron to build it yourself!"

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid it's too late, so I'll need it as much as I can! Of course, craftsmen and fine iron also want it!"

Cheng Bi pondered: "Since that's the case, I'm sending a ship to Japan to buy some gunpowder and sulfur from there!"

Sulfur is an important material for making gunpowder, but China does not produce it very much, and it mainly relies on imports from Japan.

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, thinking it was a good plan, so he said, "Then buy another batch of Japanese swords in an instant."

Cheng Bi nodded, "Then let's arrange it now."

After saying that, Cheng Bi turned around and left, and arranged for a sea boat to Japan.

At this time, all the soldiers of Li's army boarded the Shanghai ship, and Zhao Ming then sent Li Chengdong to the edge of the dock.

Li Chengdong glanced at Zhao Ming, "General Zhao, let's get here! We will have a date later!"

Zhao Ming bowed his hand and said solemnly, "Marrior Li, the journey is smooth! Let's see you again in Jinling!"

Li Chengdong and Li Yuanyin said seriously: "Go to Jinling!"

At that moment, Li Chengdong and others turned around resolutely and boarded the Shanghai ship. Zhao Ming waved goodbye.

The ship slowly walked away and left Liegang. Li Chengdong stood on the deck, looked at Jintang Island, and said with emotion: "Xiao Zhao is still OK and worth making friends, but he is not the same as me."

Li Yuanyin heard the words: "Why did the father and commander say this?"

Li Chengdong said: "This time I entered the Yangtze River, there were many crises. I wanted to retreat many times, but Xiao Zhao never retreated. He dared to sacrifice for the general trend of the world, but I couldn't do this. The situation is difficult now, and there are not many people who are worthy of trust and entrusting. If the Japanese coach is surrounded, maybe the one who can save me is Xiao Zhao. If you have a close relationship with him, but you can contact him from time to time, just be friends."

Zhao Ming insisted on breaking the outer capital of Nanjing. After Kong Youde arrived, he insisted on sticking to Shili Mountain to share the pressure for Zhu Yihai, giving Li Chengdong a deep impression.

Most of the troops in the Ming Dynasty were not worth relying on. When encountering danger, they would mostly run away first. Whoever trusted anyone would be a fool.

Just like the Battle of Songshan, the time to break through was discussed, but as soon as the tent came out, the generals of the eight divisions rushed to escape first. Besides, when the bandits were suppressed in Henan, every time they saw that the situation was wrong, Zuo Liangyu must run first, but those who didn't run and those who ran slowly were eaten by the bandits.

Under such a trend, it is naturally rare to have someone like Zhao Ming who sacrificed for his friendly troops.

After Li Chengdong finished speaking, he looked at the blurry coastline in the distance with deep eyes and exhaled heavily.

This battle of the Yangtze River only forced Duoduo to retreat. The Qing army still had an absolute advantage, and the Nanming was still in danger. Li Chengdong's fate was already tied to Nanming. Although he insisted on going to Wenzhou, he was very depressed about the situation.

Li Chengdong is very bad, but he is not confused. He can see the current situation clearly and knows that he should fight hard at this time, otherwise everyone will be done together. So in history, he learned that Jin Shenghuan was trapped in Nanchang, so after he raised an army to save Jin Shenghuan, because he knew that Jin Shenghuan would be done, he would follow him.

However, He Tengjiao from Hunan was completely confused. When Li Guo was conquering Changsha, he ordered Li Guo to stop attacking and dispatch his own troops to attack Changsha because he did not expect Li Guo to seize the merits. However, Changsha was not captured. Not only did he miss the opportunity to rescue Jiangxi, he was also captured by the Qing army.

In the face of major events, Li Chengdong could still distinguish between importance, while Huang Binqing was completely unable to figure out the situation. There were many people like him in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Ma Shiying, Donglin Party during the Hongguang Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong, and He Tengjiao were all like this.
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