"Zhongcheng is full of courage, how dare Zheng not do his best?"

Zheng Zhilong had an absolute support for Zhang Kentang's plan, so the two sides hit it off and quickly decided on a series of regulations.

For example, the quantity and quality of guns.

Outsiders only knew that Li Zicheng had entered Guanzhong, but they didn't know that Li Zicheng had attacked from all directions and swept across the entire northwest.

Li Zicheng personally led an army composed of the Hou Battalion of Li Guo and the Zuo Battalion of Liu Fangliang to pursue the Gao Jie army of the Ming army to the north and seize northern Shaanxi; Tian Jianxiu led his troops to Hanzhong to pursue the Ming general Gao Ruli army, and opened up the tunnel to the south to Sichuan and Sichuan; Liu Zongmin, He Jin, Yuan Zongdi and others pursued the Bai Guangen army to the west and captured Hetao, Gansu, Xining and other places.

Then every road goes smoothly.

The soldiers and horses of Yulin are still loyal to the court, but there are many dangers.

The news was even told by Zheng Zhilong that Zhang Kentang is not as good as Zheng Zhilong in this regard.

At least he didn't know that Gao Jie and his troops had been scared by the fierce attack of the civilian army. So when Li Guo and other troops occupied Yan'an, he took the opportunity of the Yellow River freezing and fled to western Shanxi.

The Guanzhong land was exploited by the Ming court for a long time. After Hong Chengchou, Wang Qiaonian was later, and after Wang Qiaonian was Sun Chuanting. After a Qin army fell east or was defeated, a new Qin army was instantly pulled out. The gentry in Guanzhong was very suppressed.

Therefore, when Li Zicheng returned home, he was not only warmly welcomed by the local people, but many prefectures and counties automatically surrendered. Li Zicheng's performance was also good - he attacked Yulin from Yan'an north and passed by Mizhi, which was Li Zicheng's hometown. At the end of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Ming court sent people to dig the tombs of Li Zicheng's grandfather and father, and the remains were burned and abandoned. This time Li Zicheng returned to his hometown and only killed a local evil gentry who participated in the planning of the tomb cutting, and there was no crime.

At this point, the people of Guanzhong have great peace of mind.

Zheng Zhilong is not sure about the outcome of the Battle of Yulin now, but he just doesn’t look at it from a historical perspective, and the latter’s ending is also very clear.

The journey to Hanzhong by Hiroshi Tashi's journey south was even more smooth, and the prefectures and counties along the way were waiting for the wind to return.

Liu Zongmin, He Jin, Yuan Zongdi and others led the army to march westward. When the troops arrived in Guyuan, the civil and military officials of the Ming army surrendered one after another.

Yuan Zongdi's unit was promoted from Fengxiang to Gongchang. The generals and officials fought for surrender along the way, and the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction went down.

Li Zicheng was relieving his worries step by step, and as long as he was not blind, he could see what he was going to do next. The civilian army would definitely cross the Yellow River to the west of Jin. In the Bingzhou area, Li Zicheng would have no restrictions on his advance to the capital.

"The General Rong wants to lead his troops north?"

Zhang Kentang was shocked.

Jiang Dejing failed to get the imperial edict from Emperor Chongzhen. Zheng Zhilong's army had different armed natures. Emperor Chongzhen was still worried, so he even scolded Jiang Dejing for this. This was beyond Zheng Zhilong's expectations. It was now, and Emperor Chongzhen was still thinking about these things? He didn't understand.

However, in private letters, Jiang Dejing strongly agreed that Zheng Zhilong led his troops north to Denglai, believing that Xuanda's troops in western Shanxi was not trustworthy, so that Zheng Zhilong went north in time to facilitate the entry of the capital when necessary. Zheng Zhilong concealed all these.

Zheng Zhilong had just been appointed as a senior official and had not yet completely finalized the negotiations with the Dutch, so he recruited the Navy and Army to go north to Denglai. What should he do?

Zhang Kentang was also a little panicked.

"Haha, Lord Zhongcheng also understands people. How could he not know that the truth that there is no more to save the Lord since ancient times?"

Zheng Zhilong acted as if he wanted to plan to help the king and save the emperor.

This reason is very powerful. Zhang Kentang suppressed his concerns and expressed his agreement. But he also mentioned a person's name. Zhou Yuji, the general of the Western Jin Dynasty, was a fierce man.

"Zhou General Rong is the best general in the world, but the court has no eyes and only allows a general in western Shanxi, not Datong."

Although Taiyuan is also an important town, the military power in western Shanxi is in Datong rather than Taiyuan. Chongzhen arranged Zhou Yuji to be the general of western Shanxi, which undoubtedly meant that he was vacant. On the contrary, the mediocre people like Jiang Qi and the rat at both ends were placed in the key position of the general of Datong, and Wang Chengyun, who was the general of Xuanfu at the time, were all Wang Chengyun? What kind of birds are they? What achievements did he have besides his age and qualifications? It was really good to be lost when Chongzhen was destroyed in the Ming Dynasty.

Before Zheng Zhilong traveled, he was still very sympathetic to Emperor Chongzhen. However, after traveling for more than two years, he saw his magical operations again and again. This guy was really a mess in governing the country and protecting the people, identifying and employing people.

Stop saying that "Ming fell in Wanli". How could Emperor Chongzhen's sin be less? He had to bear at least half of the responsibility for the defeat of the Ming Dynasty.

...

Zhang Kentang was lying on the bed, and what he recalled in his mind was the scene of talking to Zheng Zhilong. As a provincial governor, he put his attitude so low when facing the generals of the province. It was completely unimaginable to put it two years ago.

But now, the situation is better than that of others, and this is a true saying.

No one can go against the turbulent trend.

Nowadays, no one can underestimate Zheng Zhilong anymore.

Moreover, in this dynasty, it was the time when a powerful faction like him was making trouble.

Zhang Kentang had long understood a truth that his status was Zheng Zhilong, not because he was a governor or a scholar, but because Zheng Zhilong was just a general and a mud-legged pirate, but because both were under the rule of the court and under the court's rules.

But what if Zheng Zhilong jumped out?

If I don’t play with you anymore, I’m playing with myself. Then what use is he, the governor, to face swords and guns?

Look at Xiong Wencan, because he was highly angry with Emperor Chongzhen because of his pleading Zheng Zhilong. But what would happen after the failure of pleading Zhang Xianzhong?

The most powerful are the ones who are strong in troubled times.

"Maybe they will be granted the title of marquis soon." Thinking of Zheng Zhilong's plan to lead the troops north, Zhang Kentang felt relieved of his last embarrassment.

Zhang Kentang really didn't think so. Zheng Zhilong had indeed thought about the matter of "a title of a marquis".

When Emperor Chongzhen was desperate in history, he gave Wu Sangui the title of Pingxi Bo, Zuo Liangyu the title of Ningnan Bo, Tang Tong the title of Dingxi Bo, Huang Degong the title of Jingnan Bo, and later Liu Zeqing the title of Pingdong Bo.

That was to expect them to lead their troops into the capital to protect his life.

Now Zheng Zhilong has been involved, and it is strange that he cannot get a title.

The New Year Festival is over soon.

Before the big red lanterns and colorful satin in Anping City were removed, Zheng Zhilong was about to lead his army to set out north.

He still kept Zheng Hongkui to guard his family, and entrusted him with matters about Fujian, officials, and negotiations with the Dutch.

Batavia should have received the message now.

Relan became the territory of Zheng, and they could no longer protect the north and south ends of the officials.

But they can still maintain trade with the Zheng Group. Just in the Dayuan Port, the Dutch can continue to trade with Zheng Zhilong, but the previous free trade with China no longer exists.

There is no need for Zheng Zhilong to throw out the money in his pocket. Even if this is the general trend, he will continue to do it first. So that more money can be gathered in his vault - monopoly business is the best thing to do.

At the same time, Batavia's compensation to Zheng's family. In order to fight this battle, Zheng Zhilong's water and land army cost a lot, and the ships that sank in the naval battle were not only the Dutch. Even if this is very worthwhile, how much oil and water can be squeezed out from the red hair is a supplement, right?

Zheng Hongkui also needs to gradually transfer some workshops in Anping City from senior staff...

These things are very important and cumbersome. They require a certain degree of autonomy, and Zheng Zhilong handed them over to Zheng Hongkui with confidence.

The latter is a very ambitious person. Whether from his historical actions or from his views on Zheng Zhilong's contact with him, Zheng Hongkui is not Zhao Er.

Zheng Zhilong never thought of being Zhao Da. Even if he can’t have “personal flesh and blood”, it would be better than Zhao Daqiang when he passed it to Zheng Sen and the others?

Standing at the stern of the boat and looking at the north, Zheng Zhilong's wife and children on the other side of the shore didn't care much about it. Now he was all about Yanjing...
Chapter completed!