Taihu Lake is located between the Southern Zhili and the Chengxuan Zhengzheng Department of Zhejiang Province. Most of its northern and eastern parts belong to the Southern Zhili Changzhou Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture, while a small half of the southwest part belongs to the Huzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

The reason why Zhuqi Zhai used this place as the base camp for restoring Zhejiang is because Taihu Lake connects the Yangtze River, and it is very convenient to transport soldiers, food, supplies and other materials.

At this time, the original team of Shi Kefa and Huang Degong, including the captives of the former Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, were all reorganized in Yangzhou Prefecture, and the army set out from Yangzhou Prefecture to Zhejiang for at least four or five hundred miles, and there were also crossing the Yangtze River and other river systems in the middle, so the march was extremely troublesome.

If you take land, it will take at least ten days for a hundred thousand troops to reach the junction of Changzhou Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture and Zhejiang.

It’s different if you walk on the water. At the speed of a wheel boat, you can get back and forth in four or five hundred miles a day!

The speed of the wheel boat was so fast that even Shi Kefa was shocked.

He was also in Jinling City in the morning to discuss the strategy of pacifying the south, and in the afternoon he had arrived in Yangzhou City with Wu Weiye and others.

The next morning, Qi Yuanbi was ordered to lead 500 wheeled boats to arrive. He hurriedly explained, ordered another 20,000 elite soldiers to board the boat, and rushed to Wujiang City on the edge of Taihu Lake that afternoon.

This speed is faster than the 800-li expedited speed!

Immediately afterwards, he began to plan to regain Zhejiang.

The most important part of the recovery of Zhejiang this time was Wu Yi's Zhoushi. Only when Wu Yi's Zhoushi aroused the interest of the Zhejiang Party and Ma Shiying, could they lure these people with ill-thinking plots to one place and catch them all in one place!

Wu Yi was originally under his command of a thousand people, and there were not many boats. There were less than a hundred boats of all sizes and large ships, and most of them were small boats that could only take ten or twenty people.

This strength is definitely not enough to attract the attention of the Zhejiang Party and Ma Shiying. In order to increase the bargaining chips and attract the Zhejiang Party and Ma Shiying, Zhu Qizhu ordered Wu Yi to select tens of thousands of soldiers who were proficient in water and issued an edict, ordering the prefectures along the Yangtze River in Southern Zhili to drive all the naval warships of four hundred materials and less to Wujiang for dispatch.

When it comes to warships, the Ming Dynasty actually had a decline. By the Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties, the Ming Navy basically had few warships of more than a thousand materials. The navy could use basically four hundred materials wheel boats, Cangshan boats, or two hundred materials centipede boats, fire dragon boats, etc.

In other words, except for Zhu Qizhu's own building ships, gunboats and chariot ships, the Ming Navy basically had warships of four hundred and two hundred materials, and had no ability to fight from the ocean.

However, small boats also have the advantage of small boats, which is that they are easy to build. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty Navy warships were very large. When Nanjuyi was in Fujian, he could easily gather more than 200 naval warships.

Of course, these warships are not very powerful in combat. Two hundred small warships may not have more than twenty tower ships and gunboats.

Therefore, Zhuqizhao didn't care much about this kind of small warship. Anyway, it would have to be replaced in the future. All of them were given to Wu Yi as bait and could use them as the best use.

In a few days, all 100,000 troops under Shi Kefa and Huang Degong had arrived in Wujiang. Wu Weiye also detoured the sea to Yuyao to take Xiong Rulin over. Wu Yi and his tens of thousands of navy soldiers were in place. There were more than 300 small warships of various types gathered on the water surface of Taihu Lake near Wujiang. Everything was ready and we could act.

At the command of Shi Kefa, Wu Yi immediately took tens of thousands of troops and drove more than 300 warships across Taihu Lake in one fell swoop, attacked overnight, and captured Changxing, a small county town southwest of Taihu Lake.

Uh, didn’t you say that you wouldn’t do it? Why did Shi Kefa order people to do it from the beginning?

Of course there is a reason for this.

He cannot let Wu Yi take the initiative to find Ma Shiying or Zhejiang Party officials. They are all very savages. If Wu Yi takes the initiative to find him, it will definitely arouse people's suspicion. It will be difficult to lure him into it at that time.

It would be different if you hit me directly like this. Wu Yi told me that I, Wu Ri, came here, and I was very strong, and it was no problem to conquer the city and land.

Are you interested?

If you are interested, send someone to talk to me!

This trick really worked miraculously. Within two days, Zhejiang Governor Zhang Bingzhen came to him.

Of course, this governor was not appointed by Emperor Yongsheng Zhuqiu, but by Ma Shiying. This guy is Ma Shiying's confidant.

Both of them had worked in the Hongguang Dynasty, so they naturally knew each other. However, Wu Yi was Shi Kefa's confidant, and Zhang Bingzhen was Ma Shiying's confidant. The two were rivals in the Hongguang Dynasty.

Therefore, Wu Yi seemed a little reluctant to pay attention to Zhang Bingzhen. He was hesitant for most of the day before he ordered someone to take him into the commander's tent.

Zhang Bingzhen showed great enthusiasm and bowed warmly as soon as she met: "Mr. Wu, long time no see you, how are you doing recently?"

Wu Yi pretended to be very alert and said lukewarmly: "Mr. Zhang, we are not familiar with each other, why are you here to come?"

When Zhang Bingzhen heard this, he was choked to death by mistake. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Haha, haha, this, Lord Wu, am I curious? Why did you suddenly run to Changxing?"

Wu Yi still said lukewarmly: "Does this have anything to do with you?"

Of course this has something to do with me. This is Zhejiang. I am the governor of Zhejiang. You led your army to capture Changxing without saying a word. Do I think I, the governor, do you not exist?

Zhang Bingzhen couldn't stand it anymore. Are you, he is just a chief officer of the Ministry of War. A big-name official dares to show off in front of me!

If he had to rely on his temper, he really wanted to swear a lot.

However, he endured it and did not have an attack because he was ordered to comfort the guy.

He took a breath in secret, suppressed the anger in his heart, and continued to smile: "Mr. Wu, you are now out of here. At least we are in the same court as the same court. Shouldn't we support each other when we are afraid of difficulties?"

This seemed to be Wu Yi's sadness. He shook his head and sighed, "Oh, I didn't expect that Hongguang Dynasty would be over."

Are you a little normal?

Zhang Bingzhen thought about it and asked carefully: "Mr. Wu, have you gone back to find Master Shi? Why did you suddenly come back?"

Wu Yi said a little disappointedly: "Oh, stop talking. Lord Shi was seized by the Tang King and was captured by Jinling."

Zhang Bingzhen couldn't help but say curiously: "Didn't it mean that Lord Shi became the Left Minister of War under the King of Tang? Why did he become a kidnapped again?"

Wu Yi continued to shake his head and sighed, "Oh, Lord Shi has no military power and no freedom, so he can only stay in Jinling City honestly. It was not the one he was kidnapped. Was he willing to go there himself?"

It seems that this guy has a lot of opinions about King Tang, and there is a chance!

Zhang Bingzhen carefully tempted: "What should Lord Wu do?"

Wu Yi continued to feel disappointed and said, "What else can I do? I can only deal with the remains of Lord Shi's subordinates and run away quickly!"

Zhang Bingzhen pretended to be concerned and said, "Mr. Wu, say something that is not right. You will not be able to escape like this. The Tang King is powerful and will send someone to call me sooner or later."

Wu Yi pretended to be a little scared and said, "What should I do?"

Zhang Bingzhen quickly took the opportunity to propose: "Mr. Wu, why don't you support Lu Wang with us? Lu Wang is the cousin of the late emperor. According to his distance, he is the most qualified to inherit the orthodox of the Ming Dynasty."

Damn, why is another Lu Wang coming out?

Wu Yi was stunned when he heard this.
Chapter completed!