One by one, a group of ships led by the "Cadiz Rocks" sailed into the port of Dinghai and then anchored.

They had just returned from Yantai Port and brought 2,000 soldiers of the Fourth Brigade of the Advance Brigade to the Southern Theater, and at the same time sent the Fifth Brigade (adapted from German mercenaries) back to Shandong -- Shao Shude was very uneasy about this brigade, which was almost entirely composed of Germans, so he planned to break up this brigade and the three brigades of the First Wing in Shandong, and lose a little combat strength for the time being.

Arriving in Dinghai with the Fourth Brigade of the Advance Team, there were also 4,000 people from the Niu Chenghu Division of the Ninth Division of the New Army, and Ding Weiyue's Tenth Division of the New Army was transferred to them. Ding Weiyue's division of the 10th Division was defeated by the Qing army in Guanhaiwei a while ago, losing hundreds of soldiers, this time Shao Shude planned to transfer them back to Huangxian County, Shandong for training, and replenish the soldiers by the way; The newly arrived Niu Chenghu's Ninth Division had strong combat effectiveness and had a close relationship with some Qing army green battalions in Shandong (all of them were from the Shun army), Shao Shude had doubts, so he transferred them to Ningbo and stationed in Cixi County, and went straight to the front line to engage the Qing army.

In recent times, the Qing army's offensive against Ningbo has become more and more fierce, and there are constantly Qing troops who have entered Fenghua and Yinxian through mountain paths. However, fortunately, the 4th and 6th Divisions that were guarding the place reacted quickly and suppressed effectively, so they did not let the Qing army gain a firm foothold. The local gentry who were extremely hostile to the east bank saw that "I was in the Qing Dynasty" one after another, and seven or eight thousand people were killed in Fenghua County and Yin County, and they immediately clamped their tails and behaved honestly, otherwise, the fate of Li Dashan, who was exterminated in Xikou Town, would be a lesson from the past.

And in the process. The adaptability, marching ability, and combat skills of the 10,000 officers and men of the Fourth and Sixth Divisions have also been greatly improved. Now there is a faint sense of what a mature army should look like. Maybe it's not elite. But after so many years of training, the combat effectiveness of this gang of bandits, bandits, surrendered soldiers, and mud-legged men has been significantly stronger than that of the southern green battalion of the Qing army.

At this time, Zhang Mingzhen saw such a scene on the wharf, although he had experienced a long voyage, but the military appearance of the Fourth Brigade of the Advance Team and the 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Ninth Division of the New Army who boarded the ship from Dengzhou Port and Jiaozhou Port to the south was quite neat, and Zhang Mingzhen looked at their neat military formation arranged on the wharf. and the skillful Cheng dù who changed formation in the midst of the officers' orders and brass whistles, he knew that this army had spent a lot of money to cultivate, and that it had not suffered a large number of casualties along the way and that the army had broken its inheritance, and it could be said that it was a very good army, at least much stronger than the troops called Hanako under his command who could not even get together their uniforms.

"In vain, this Eastern Dynasty claims to be a descendant of the Song Dynasty and Miao, and now looking at it, he is wearing a similar Hu suit, and his beard is also destroyed at will. Behind Zhang Mingzhen. A scribe in a green robe sighed as if pity, looking at his expression. It's as if I've seen some terrible human tragedy.

"Hmph, that's it!" Another scribe snorted when he heard this: "Mr. Saturain's (Zhang Kentang) said that the Eastern Dynasty has lived abroad for many years, and its clothing, speech, and law are not similar to China's, and there is no doubt that the Taoist system has been cut off!" The virtuous brother has also read the documents of the Eastern Dynasty, the words are straightforward, the literature and science are incomprehensible, and it is simply insulting! What's more, the people of the Eastern Dynasty privately divided the people's land in Yinxian, Fenghua, and Cixi counties, and did the things that rebelled against the beasts! With such a wolf's heart and lungs, what can the husband say? ”

This angry scribe was originally from Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture, and fled to serve under King Lu of Zhoushan because he did not want to shave his hair and was concerned about his old age. Although his family had already sold their ancestral property to avoid Zhoushan, and suffered the slightest loss in this tide of land division, he was still very unaccustomed to the actions of the people on the east coast, and he had a feeling that things hurt them, so he sharply criticized the policies of the people on the east coast at this moment.

His criticism aroused the echo of more people behind him, and these so-called reading seeds began to comment on the comments on the docks, and if you listen carefully, they are nothing more than negative words such as "strange skills", "immoral", "different from beasts", "jackals, tigers and leopards".

Zhang Mingzhen, who was walking in front of him, saw that it was not a problem, so he coughed heavily before calming down the chaotic discussion. Hu Boruan, who was walking with him, secretly smiled and didn't speak. He is a rough man born as a pirate, although he is deeply appreciated by Zhang Mingzhen, but he is always teased by these sour Ding in a weird way, and he has long been holding back the fire in his belly, which will see that these sour Ding still don't know how to talk about the people of the Eastern Dynasty, and secretly sneered in his heart: This Eastern Dynasty soldiers and horses are extremely sharp, there is Mo Dashuai in front and Shao Dashuai in the back, and the Tartar court is beaten to the point of losing one and the other. Such a great achievement is also something that you can't restrain the beaks of the sour dings? It's ridiculous!

This time, they followed Dingxi Hou to Ningbo, mainly at the invitation of Liu Zongbing (Liu Haiyang) of the Eastern Dynasty, to discuss major matters. As for what kind of major event is being discussed, Ruan Jin, as the core general of the Lu Dynasty, also knows a little bit: to put it bluntly, it is actually very simple, that is, General Liu of the Eastern Dynasty plans to join the alliance, and take advantage of the Qing army brigade to gather in the area of Shaoxing Mansion to attack Zhenjiang and Nanjing along the Yangtze River with the main force, so as to contain and mobilize the Qing army, and then find fighters to make a breakthrough, eliminate the Qing army, and achieve the stage goal.

At the same time, they will also find a way to contact the remnants of the army who are fighting with the main force of the Qing army in Huguang, and they heard that those people have more than 200,000 troops, which is very good, and now they are fighting fiercely with more than 100,000 horses and horses in the Tartar court. Although he has lost several games in a row, the foundation has not been damaged, and the spirit of repeated defeats is commendable, and there is still a lot to be done. If they are contacted, when the main force of Zhejiang is going up the Shuojiang River, they will also launch a counterattack at the same time, and the Qing army will have a lot of fun. And if the energy of the people of the Eastern Dynasties is greater, and they persuade local forces such as Guo Ye and Li Chengdong to cooperate in launching counterattacks in various places, then the situation may be even better.

Although Ruan Jin was born as a penniless pirate, after so many years of conquest and fighting, he is not without a little vision. He has always felt that if the country's situation is corrupted like this, although there are factors that are unstoppable in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Mongolia, the factors of mutual distrust and even rivalry among the anti-Qing forces on all sides must not be ignored.

To put it mildly, when the thieves were chased and beaten by the main force of the Tartars, the civil and military forces of the Hongguang Dynasty did not seize the opportunity to collect Shandong and Henan, which were too weak to be defended by a single soldier, and then threatened the safety of the Tartar court, which was already a matter of sighing; And when the thieves were defeated and fled, and the main force of the Tartars on the other side cleaned up Henan and Shandong and went straight to Jiangbei, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were still arguing, and they were really dizzy. If you want to say that these people are not the ministers of the country, who believes it? If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to shave his hair and be obedient to the people, he would have been fooling around with these people who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures!

Now General Liu of the Eastern Dynasty is holding high the banner of righteousness and contacting the heroes of all parties to fight the Tartars, which is a great good thing in Ruan Jin's view. Without him, it is necessary to concentrate troops, unify command, and then take advantage of the boat to form a local advantage, and attack the weak with the strong and the weak with many! Liu Zongbing's idea is the right way of the art of war, and even his benefactor Dingxihou praised it, saying that he would send troops to join the alliance and attack the Tartars together. Under such a general trend, these sour literati are still shyly criticizing the people of the Eastern Dynasties, which is really ridiculous.

Of course, in addition to attacking the Manchus, the alliance with the Eastern Dynasties also had another advantage, that is, it could take the opportunity to rub the material supplies of the Eastern Dynasties. Even, some damaged swords, guns, swords, halberds, when the people of the Eastern Dynasty are in a good mood, they will help you repair or even replace them. Who wouldn't want to experience this kind of good thing?

Ruan Jin vaguely remembered that last time, he was also invited by General Liu to fight in Ningbo, Taizhou, Songjiang, and Hangzhou, and all departments made a small fortune. In particular, the two departments of Dingxi Hou and Pingxibo (Wang Dynasty's first) who landed on the shore to fight, not only seized countless materials, but also moved tens of thousands of gentry and people who were unwilling to be slaves of the Tartars to take refuge in Zhoushan. And Su Lubo Huang Binqing, who was originally stationed in Zhoushan and had always been cold to Lu Jianguo, also sent some pigs and sheep to the army of Lu Jianguo, which is a rare deferential attitude in recent years, and people can't help but sigh when they think about it.

And now the great situation laid down by Dingxi Hou in the Taizhou Mansion and Wenzhou Mansion is strictly speaking, but it also relies on the prestige of the Yellow Clothes Army of the Eastern Dynasty. If it weren't for the fact that they were actively operating in the area of Ningbo Mansion and continued to threaten the wealthy Hangzhou Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion, Jiaxing Mansion, Songjiang Mansion, Huzhou Mansion and other places, Zhang Cunren, Jierharang and others had enough to mobilize 80,000 green battalions and nearly 20,000 Manchurian and Han Eight Banners to besiege Ningbo? With this kind of work, wouldn't it be too early to go south to sweep Wentai and settle Fujian and Guangdong? In the final analysis, everyone is pointing to the Yellow Clothes Army of the Eastern Dynasty to live, and now they are coming to form an alliance with it, which is also the proper meaning.

"Ahem... cough..."Zhengshen flew out of the sky, and Enzhu Mingzhen's rich voice suddenly sounded in Ruan Jin's ears: "General Liu of the Eastern Dynasty has come to greet him, well, and the envoy of the king of Yanping County, it seems to be Lu Muzhou." All the kings should be solemn, and they must not fall into the prestige of the Lu prison country, be cautious! ”

When Ruan Jin heard this, he immediately held his head high and looked ahead, looking forward to it. And the sour Confucians behind him, who were originally chattering, were also dressed up at this time, and walked forward with a smile, looking a little sanctimonious. (To be continued......) R1292