Chapter 33 (13) Duel of the Grand Bachelor

With the gradual stabilization of the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, the King Tang of Nanming finally made a move. The Grand Scholar Zodiac Zhou was dispatched. Hong Chengchou and Huang Daozhou, both bachelors, were old colleagues and friends in the imperial court, so they were equals. Logically speaking, this battle should be led by Zheng Chenggong's father, the pirate Zheng Zhilong.Zheng Zhilong asked King Tang to pay the military salary first, but where did King Tang get the money?So the king of Tang asked: Dear friends, who is willing to share my worries and go to war without spending money?

Huang Daozhou came out and said: I'll go, but your Majesty, you need to prepare some letters of commission for me.I went all the way to Jiangxi, no matter if it was a commoner or a bandit, I would put a letter of commission on anyone I saw, appointing him as the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, admiral or something; otherwise, no one would be willing to fight this battle. Tang Wang was overjoyed, so he prepared a thick stack of blank appointment letters and let Huang Daozhou go. These blank letters of appointment worked. When Huang Dao arrived in Jiangxi on Monday, he gathered 9,000 official fans, each with a letter of appointment, and then everyone set off in a lively manner.On the way, he happened to meet Zhang Tianlu, the admiral sent by Hong Chengchou. Zhang Tianlu had fought side by side with Shi Kefa in Yangzhou City. After Shi Kefa was martyred, Zhang Tianlu wiped away his tears, tightened his belt, and surrendered to the Qing soldiers.From then on, he will be active in the south of the Yangtze River, pacify the rebels from all walks of life, and let the little emperor Shunzhi nurse in Beijing with peace of mind.

Nine thousand official fans were hit by the gravity of Zhang Tianlu's cavalry, and scattered immediately, so Huang Daozhou was captured. Knowing that his old friend came, Hong Chengchou didn't care about his shoes, and flew out with his bare feet: "Old Huang, long time no see, I miss you so much..." Huang Daozhou: Lao Hong, I miss you too...the two hugged warmly. Hong Chengchou: Lao Huang, do you have any request? Zodiac Zhou: No requirement... Hong Chengchou: Then you don’t write a poem, a couplet or something? Huang Daozhou: No need, when I die, some people will write nonsense, you will be blamed if you don't scold me to death.

Hong Chengchou persuaded Huang Daozhou to surrender, Huang Daozhou said with a smile: less nonsense.Then he was pushed out, and when he passed Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb, Huang Daozhou said: I won't leave, I will die here. Hong Chengchou agreed to him. After killing Huang Daozhou, Hong Chengchou took the "Yi Xiangzheng", "Sanyi Dongji" and "Taihan Jing" written by Huang Daozhou's life, and suddenly a piece of paper fell from the book, which read: Sixty-two Year Bingxu is the day of my death.Hong Chengchou calculated with his fingers and was shocked, saying: "Today happens to be Bingxu Day, and Lao Huang happens to be sixty-two years old. It really is a fortune teller."This old Huang, if he practiced for a few more years, he might catch up with me...