Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 411 Zheng Zhilong

"Where do you go next? A young man with courage."

After the battle, seeing Li Dingguo's face full of contemplation, Bai Wang admired his courage to face the mountain collapse without changing his face, so he couldn't help asking.

Li Dingguo turned his head and saw Bai Wang with a round face and big eyes, he bowed slightly as a salute:
"Look for fighters, create fighters."

"That's right!" Bai Wang nodded, looked at the messy battlefield below the city, and said with a smile, "These two thousand cavalry are nothing more than a drop in the bucket to the Qing soldiers going south."

"The road ahead will be long, so we must seize the opportunity."

Said, patted his shoulder, and then left.

"What did he tell you?" Gao Yigong hurriedly approached and asked.

"He said he was leaving Shuyang City."

Seeing his curious face, Li Dingguo couldn't help saying in a deep voice:

"The task of luring the enemy is completed, these cavalry are the best harvest, Shuyang County will not be here soon."

"Then what about us?" Gao Yigong asked impatiently.

At some point, he became more and more dependent on this little Yuchi who was much smaller than him.

"Let's continue to go north to make trouble in the heartland."

Li Dingguo looked to the north and said in a deep voice, "The Huai'an mansion is too small for us to escape!"

"Ah?" Gao Yigong was taken aback.

This bird man has read a lot, and he can't understand what he is saying.

Leaving aside the loss of two thousand cavalry with the blue flag, how heartbroken Ji Erhalang was, anyway, the Qing army was furious, and they asked for orders to take revenge.

However, Jierharang still suppressed it.

Just because he received a message: the puppet Ming emperor stationed in Yangzhou.

……

The time came to the end of November.

Li Yingren and Wenxi, who briefly rested in Phi Island for half a month, led thousands of recruited young men to start the first battle.

As the core, there are only hundreds of dispatched Ming troops and Li Bai's servants.

Although he is the governor of Liaodong, Wenxi is the former servant of the Ministry of Rites. He has a long-term vision and said to Li Yingren who is eager to try:
"The front line of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties is stretched, we must take action in order to live up to the expectations of the imperial court."

Li Yingren agreed immediately.

Therefore, the [-] Ming army as the core, accompanied by [-] young and strong commandos, began to act.

Wenxi trained the young and strong in Pidao, handled supplies, luggage, etc., while Li Yingren led the army to set off.

I saw several ships leaving Phi Island and heading up the Bohai Sea.

Their goal is the Golden State Guard.

That is, the end of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Facing everyone's doubts, Li Yingren explained it again as if explaining to Wenxi:
"Jinzhouwei (Lushun), among the guards in Liaodong, faces the sea on three sides and is close to Shandong, so merchants come and go constantly, the terrain is flat, and there is a lot of food. It is the best among the guards in Liaodong."

Li Yingren stood on the deck and explained the map to everyone:

"Although we can go north along the Yalu River, we can hit its heart more quickly, but within the Yalu River, the terrain is barren, and the Changbai Mountains are difficult to walk. Apart from ginseng and herbs, there are only some wild Jurchens."

"It's different in Jinzhou. There should be farms everywhere. The slave chieftains of the Qing Dynasty must have a lot of land here."

"Only in this way, they will feel pain."

As he spoke, he pointed to the huge Bohai Sea and the Liaodong Peninsula and said:
"Moreover, Jinzhou can not only threaten Shandong, but also a big deterrent to Tianjin Wei—"

These commanders and team leaders nodded in agreement.

Li Yingren heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the Ming army agreed.

Looking at the Liaodong region that is getting closer and closer, although Li Yingren has never grown up here, he has an inexplicable familiarity.

The ancestors made great achievements here, and I am honoring my ancestors, and it is also at this time.

For a moment, his chest was full of pride, and he couldn't restrain his excitement.

……

As the war gradually elongated, the city of Nanjing also went from trembling at the beginning, to fluctuating, and even to the point of being calm and familiar.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty grinds a little bit, and the emperor goes north, making the atmosphere in Nanjing city relaxed, but Yangzhou City, on the contrary, is becoming more and more tense.

Luanjia came to Yangzhou and brought earth-shaking changes to the city of salt merchants and the city of canals.

First of all, the streets in the city were renovated and cleaned up, a lot of filth disappeared, and the beggars in the streets and alleys were also forced to work - farming.

Of course, the homeless children were adopted into the Beijing camp and attended classes with the military academy.

For ordinary people, it is nothing more than a better environment and fewer robbers and thieves.

As for the salt merchants, they have no appetite, looking forward to the emperor every day, trying to climb one or two.

For example, the Shaanxi businessman has already opened a bank in Yangzhou, and he will get involved in the salt industry in a few days.

This is the work of Conglong.

Of course, what they are most afraid of is that the emperor's military expenditure is insufficient, and they want to kill pigs to raise military expenditure.

The three meals on weekdays are also reluctant to eat extravagantly, and they don't watch songs and dances, just want to dredge the court and make connections.

"Master Liu, don't you want to send some skinny horses to the emperor? Young Mu Ai, if the Holy Spirit is in a good mood, he won't bother us."

Seeing Liu Zhi's gloomy face, the salt merchant at the side couldn't help suggesting.

"Confused!" Liu Zhi raised his brows and said angrily, "If you are visiting Yangzhou, it would be fine for you to send hundreds of them, at most you would be ignorant, but now that the war is tense, don't you mean to send them to your death?"

After speaking, he waved his sleeves and sat down.

"Master Liu, don't worry about that."

A certain salt merchant said indifferently: "The common people in this world want to eat salt after all, and the imperial court also needs us to make money. No matter it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, they cannot do without us!"

"Of course we can't do without us, but it's the same for the rest of us to sit on the same seat?"

Someone retorted: "Nowadays the war is raging, neither of us will offend. Daming is now in Yangzhou, so let's spend money to avoid the disaster, and then add money."

"Nothing else, the man just has a lot of money."

"What absurd idea!" Liu Zhi scolded, "Do you still want to spend money to reward the army?"

Ignoring these people, Liu Zhi thought about it alone.

Obviously, it is time to stand in line again.

Whether the Ming Dynasty was still the Manchu Dynasty, this is a question worth thinking about.

The emperor lived in the government office of Yangzhou, and the six cabinets also worked around it, so he was extremely busy.

Mu Han'er and Sun Damianang were obedient to the emperor, and the absurdity of the night cannot be described.

However, when he was busy, he still had to spare time to meet someone:

Zheng Zhilong.

It can also be said to be Zheng Yiguan, the ocean overlord who has controlled the China Sea for nearly 20 years.

It is also No. 1 for the large-scale development of the Taiwan area and the establishment of villages and towns for immigrants.

Compared with Zheng Sen's heroic and straight, Zheng Zhilong's complexion was dark, as if he was a man who settled accounts.

He also speaks in a well-behaved manner, trembling with fear, and can't see the demeanor of the pirate king at all.

However, as a time traveler, Zhu Yixi did not despise him, on the contrary, he valued him quite a bit.

This made Zheng Zhilong a little apprehensive.

(End of this chapter)