Unlike Zhu Changqing, who was born as a prince and had a smooth life, Zhu Yihai, the King of Lu, was completely an unlucky child.

The 46th year of Wanli was a critical year for the Ming Dynasty to decline from prosperity. During this year, Nurhaci vowed to the sky in the northeast and read out the seven major hatreds that had been established with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the court caused a lot of controversy over the court attack, and no one noticed that a prince was born in the palace of Prince Lu in Yanzhou, Shandong. This was Zhu Yihai, the last King of Lu.

Unlike Lu King Zhu Changqing, Zhu Yihai was born as a concubine son, and the title of Lu King had nothing to do with him. If nothing unexpected happens, Zhu Yihai would be named a prince when he became an adult, and then he would spend his rich but boring life in a small county in Shandong.

But things are unpredictable. When Zhu Yihai was twenty-four years old, the Qing army was robbed and Yanzhou was captured by the Qing army. Zhu Yihai's elder brother, Lu'an, King Zhu Yisai, hanged himself and died. Zhu Yihai hid in the pile of dead people before escaping the massacre of the Qing army.

All the sons of the Zhu Yisect died in the chaos of the army, and no one inherited the Lu family. Therefore, on the way to escape, Zhu Yihai inherited the throne in the 17th year of Chongzhen and became the eleventh generation of Lu Kings.

Zhu Yihai fled to Nanjing. At this time, Emperor Hongguang Zhu Yousong had ascended the throne. Zhu Yousong was pretty good at this distant brother and ordered Zhu Yihai to station in Taizhou.

In the first year of Hongguang, the Qing army marched south and besieged Nanjing and sent troops to occupy three-quarters of Nanzhili, while also occupying Huzhou and Jiaxing prefectures in Zhejiang Province.

Officials from all walks of life in Zhejiang who received the news of the fall of Nandu, led by Zhang Guowei, the right assistant censor, Qian Sule, the Ministry of Justice, and others, supported Zhu Yihai ascended the throne in Shaoxing.

The first thing Zhu Yihai did when he became a state-regulator was that Zhu Changqing, the King of Lu, who had already been in Hangzhou, had removed the title of state-regulatory authority. There was no way. There was no such thing as the king of the people, and the emperor could only have one. However, the King of Lu was far above Zhu Yihai. After fighting a few battles, Zhu Yihai was defeated and had to retreat to his nest Ningbo to hide.

Just when Zhu Yihai was about to be driven into the sea by King Lu, news came from Nanjing that it turned out that Nanjing had not fallen, but was preserved under the persistence of Ma Shiying and others, and at the same time, he also supported another emperor, Emperor Shaowu Zhu Lunkui.

Now, three emperors were squeezed in by Xiaoxiao, Nanzhili. Because Zhu Lunkui's threat was much greater than Zhu Yihai, Zhu Changqing turned all his attention to the north, which gave Zhu Yihai some chance to breathe.

But there was not much time left for Zhu Yihai. In September, news came from Hangzhou that the tens of thousands of troops of Lu Wang had not fought a single battle and had already collapsed before Zhou Fan's army attacked the city. Seeing this news, Zhu Yihai's little heart was not a match for Zhou Fan. He only had more than 20,000 troops, and he couldn't hold on for long.

Just when Zhu Yihai was at a loss, good news finally came from the front line. Fang Guoan, a general under Lu Wang, retreated to Shaoxing with tens of thousands of defeated generals. In order to fight against Ma Cheng's army, Fang Guoan sent Zhu Yihai a surrender letter and was willing to surrender to Zhu Yihai to fight against the powerful enemy Ma Cheng together.

Zhu Yihai was overjoyed when he received Fang Guoan's surrender and immediately issued an order to grant Fang Guoan the Duke of Jingzhou. At the same time, he sent another general under him, Marquis of Wuning and Wang Zhiren, the general of Dinghai, to bring only 20,000 elite troops to Shaoxing, and to block Ma Cheng's army north of Shaoxing.

Zhu Yihai thought he had arranged it

After a loss, he forgot that Fang Guoan was originally a defeated general under Ma Cheng, and tens of thousands of soldiers under his command were all frightened. How could he be Ma Cheng's opponent? As for Zhu Yihai's beloved general Wang Zhiren, he was also a defeated general under Fang Guoan. He was beaten by Fang Guoan and fled in a panic. Losing Shaoxing was Wang Zhiren's main responsibility.

Ma Cheng's side was the opposite, with high morale. With effective logistical support, Ma Cheng's new army's combat effectiveness remained at its peak. So Ma Cheng only repaired in Hangzhou for three days, and then took all his troops across the Qiantang River and began to pursue Fang Guoan.

Fang Guoan, who arrived in Shaoxing, originally wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but at this time Zhu Yihai's reinforcements had already arrived. Fang Guoan wanted to block Ma Cheng in Shaoxing. But what disappointed Fang Guoan was that regardless of his army or Zhu Yihai's reinforcements, he saw Ma Cheng's banner dispersing and no longer had the courage to fight.

Seeing this, Fang Guoan had no choice but to lead the army to retreat again and again, retreating from Shaoxing to the periphery of Ningbo.

The war has reached this point, and it is a question of when Ningbo City will be captured. The little court of King Lu in the city is at a loss, and no one knows what to do.

When Zhu Yihai saw that everyone was not talking, he could only ask Hanlin editor Zhang Huangyan: "Xuanzhu, what do you think you should do now? There are more than 20,000 people outside the city. Can they be Ma Cheng's opponent?"

Zhang Huangyan was born in the Zhang family in Ningbo, and Zhu Yihai's concubine was also from the Zhang family in Ningbo, so Zhang Huangyan was considered Zhu Yihai's brother-in-law. With this relationship, Zhang Huangyan did not avoid anything, but said directly: "Your Majesty, I think I should escape overseas! The Zhou Nishui Army is not strong in combat. Let's settle in Dinghai first, and then go south to Guangdong and Guangxi. Where is the densely populated place, you can recruit soldiers and make a comeback!"

Zhang Guowei, a Grand Secretary of Dongge, heard Zhang Huangyan say this and quickly stood up and stopped him, "Your Majesty, you must not! Zhejiang has to pass through Fujian for thousands of miles from Guangdong. Where is the territory of the Zheng family? Now the Zheng family defected to the King of Tang. What if it is not good for Your Majesty, what should I do?"

The King of Tang was Zhu Youjian. This guy spent the first twenty years in prison. After Zhu Yousong became emperor, he released the guy. Then Nanzhili was occupied by the Qing army. After learning that Zhu Yousong was killed, the pirate Zheng Zhilong also wanted to support the emperor. However, he was too far away from Zhu Yihai, the King of Lu, so he had no choice but to choose Zhu Youjian, the King of Tang in Quzhou, Zhejiang, and ascended the throne in Fuzhou.

Because Zhu Youjian has the support of the Zheng family, his strength is far greater than Zhu Yihai. At the same time, the Zheng family's navy is the number one in East Asia, and it is indeed a bit unsafe to go through Fujian to Guangdong.

Zhu Yihai was also very hesitant when he heard Zhang Guowei say this, but if he stayed in Ningbo, he would be a prisoner of Zhu Lunkui. How did Lu King Zhu Changqing die? It is vivid to remember that Zhu Yihai didn't want to be Zhu Changqing's second place. Thinking of this, Zhu Yihai made up his mind to go to Guangdong. It would be better to die at the sea than to die at Zhu Lunkui.

After Zhu Yihai made up his mind, he immediately took his wife and children and the ministers in the court to Dinghai, and boarded the boat here to the Zhoushan Islands, which were separated from Zhejiang by the water.

The news of Zhu Yihai's escape reached the Guoan army outside Ningbo City. Fang Guoan sighed when he found out. He was really a bad guy. He failed with King Lu. This time he failed with King Lu. What should he do next?

At this time, Fang Guoan's son

Fang Shiji walked in from outside in a hurry and shouted as soon as he arrived at the door: "Dad, Dad! Wang Zhiren and his people ran away!"

Fang Shiji walked into the tent while shouting. When he saw his old man Fang Guoan, Fang Shiji stepped forward to take the letter from Fang Guoan. When he saw it, he was furious and said, "Dad, this Zhu Yihai is not a thing. Why didn't he say hello first when he escaped? Then Wang Zhiren must have received the news first, so he led people away quietly! Now there are only two of us left, what should we do?"

Fang Guo calmed down and asked, "Where did Wang Zhiren go?"

Wang Zhiren still has more than 10,000 people under his command, and Zhu Yihai's ships are limited, so it is impossible to transport more than 10,000 people to Zhoushan. Wang Zhiren must have run south.

"Dad, I don't know where to go, but it seems that I was running to Taizhou!"

After hearing this, Fang Guoan smiled bitterly: "Run towards Taizhou? There are mountainous areas there. Wang Zhiren is determined to hide in the mountainous areas of southern Zhejiang. But even if he can avoid Ma Cheng, what should he do next? More than 10,000 people are not enough to put Ma Cheng's teeth into pieces, so what are the big waves to cause?"

Although Fang Guoan criticized Wang Zhiren, his current situation was not as good as Wang Zhiren. After several battles, only thousands of troops were left in Fang Guoan's army brought out from Hangzhou, and the others either died or ran away.

Fang Shiji was also very depressed when he heard Fang Guoan say this, and quickly asked: "Dad, we still have more than 6,000 people in our hands now. What should we do next?"

Fang Guoan patted his son on the shoulder and said, "You are from Zhuji, Zhejiang. You have been in Henan and other places for a lifetime. You are tired of fighting this battle. My father doesn't want you brothers to be so displaced, so my father decided to surrender to Ma Cheng!"

Fang Shiji heard Fang Guoan say this and quickly advised: "Dad, we have fought countless battles with Ma Cheng, and many of his subordinates died at the hands of our father and son. Now that we surrender, can Ma Cheng let us go?"

After saying that, Fang Shiji looked around, then whispered: "Also, my son heard that this Ma Cheng and the wolf are the true nature of a wolf. In the future, we will definitely be Cao Cao, Sima Yi and others. Let's surrender. It will be easy to say if he succeeds in the future, but what if it fails? If our father and son don't do it well, it will harm the fish in the pond!"

"Boss, you see Ma Cheng as an unjust, but you don't see how strong Ma Cheng's army is. As long as Ma Cheng does not make mistakes, I guess the world will definitely belong to Ma Cheng in the future!"

Fang Shiji was Fang Guoan's son. Seeing that he had made up his mind to surrender to Ma Cheng, he had no choice but to obey his father's wishes and send a messenger to Shangyu to communicate with Ma Cheng.

At the same time, all the officials of all sizes and big and small in Ningbo City have run away, and it has become a place of chaos. Fang Guoan sent a thousand soldiers to Ningbo to restore the public order in Ningbo, and then waited for Ma Cheng's arrival here attentively.

Three days later, Ma Cheng's army came to the periphery of Ningbo. Fang Guoan, who had already received the news, brought his son Fang Shiji and several generals under him to the court, and knelt outside Ningbo City to welcome Ma Cheng.
Chapter completed!