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Chapter 84 The Ming navy joined forces to annihilate the Jiannu navy!
Of course, if other businessmen were to do this business, they would definitely not make such a huge profit.

Because Zheng Zhilong did not calculate the cost of transporting it back to the Ming Dynasty from overseas, and then from Fujian to the capital.

If these costs are taken into account, each stone of grain is actually not cheap.

To put it bluntly, Zheng Zhilong was actually paying the price to show his loyalty!
After all, he is his own son-in-law, so Zheng Zhilong is willing to do it even if he loses money!
And at this moment, Zheng Zhilong really looked at Zhu Cilang with new respect!

This prince is obviously only less than fourteen years old, but his strategic vision and way of dealing with people are far beyond that of ordinary people. Even he, a veteran who has lived for more than forty years, has to admire him.

If he becomes the emperor in the future, the Ming Dynasty will surely usher in new glory!

So Zheng Zhilong doesn't care about a little money at all!
What he cares about is the future of his Zheng family!
And now, the future of his Zheng family all depends on the prince in front of him!
Since Zheng Zhilong is so generous, Zhu Cilang naturally cannot do anything wrong.

Then Zhu Cilang smiled and said:
"My father-in-law is truly generous! When you leave tomorrow, I will act on behalf of my father and give you a gift to ensure that no one will dare to underestimate you when you return to Fujian."

Although Zheng Zhilong didn't know what Zhu Cilang was going to give him, since Zhu Cilang said so, it must be extraordinary.

So he quickly bowed and thanked him.

"Then I would like to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first!"

At this moment, Zhu Cilang remembered something and said to Ma Bao at the door:

"Ma Bao, go and ask General Huang to come over."

We have almost finished talking about everything here, it's time to call Huang Fei over to discuss business.

Ma Bao was a little confused at this moment, because he never expected that in such a short time, the prince would arrange a marriage for him.

The betrothed was to be the daughter of Zheng Zhilong, the general of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty.

You must know that this is not allowed in the Ming Dynasty!
But this is the prince's business, what can a small eunuch like him say?

"This slave knows!"

After agreeing, Ma Bao hurried to invite Huang Fei.

After a while, Huang Fei appeared in front of Zhu Cilang and Zheng Zhilong, but his face was still not very good, as if he was still brooding over Zheng Zhilong's previous answer.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhilong spoke before Huang Fei could speak:
"General Huang, this was truly a misunderstanding. I have already promised Your Highness the Crown Prince that I will dispatch 8 troops and 1000 warships to join forces with you to annihilate the Jiannu navy."

"No matter what the cost, the Jiannu navy must be completely wiped out."

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After hearing this, Huang Fei looked at Zheng Zhilong in astonishment. He didn't understand what had just happened. Why did Zheng Zhilong suddenly change his personality?

Weren’t they only willing to provide 1 people and 300 ships before?
How come it has become 8 now, plus 1000 warships?

The next moment, Huang Fei cast a puzzled look at Zhu Cilang, as if wanting to ask what was going on?

But Zhu Cilang just smiled and said:

"General Huang, don't worry, General Zheng just suddenly figured it out!"

"He is now willing to work with you to wipe out the Jiannu navy."

"Think about any other difficulties or needs you may have. Feel free to ask. I will grant them all!"

"We'll make plans tonight."

Although Huang Fei didn't understand what kind of love potion the prince had given Zheng Zhilong, he was relieved since Zheng Zhilong had agreed.

Then he cupped his hands and said:
"Your Highness, now that the warships and men are ready, the only things we need are military pay, food, artillery, ammunition, and other supplies."

"I've roughly calculated that the total number of troops on both sides is 14. This will require approximately 200 million taels of silver and 100 million dan of grain, as well as artillery and other equipment."

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, his mind instantly became active again.

Since you have decided to board the prince's ship, why not give him a little surprise!

Anyway, his Zheng family is rich!
Spending a little money to make the prince happy will give you the confidence to marry your daughter to him in the future, right?

Then, without waiting for Zhu Cilang to speak, Zheng Zhilong said with a smile:

"General Huang, there's no need to trouble the Crown Prince with this trivial matter. I will cover all the military pay, food, artillery, and other equipment needed to annihilate the Jiannu navy this time."

"Of course, it will be distributed to all navy troops in the name of the imperial court!"

Huang Fei was completely stunned after hearing this.

He thought Zheng Zhilong's reaction just now was abnormal enough, but he didn't expect that he was even more confused now!
You know, if all the military pay, food, artillery, etc. needed for this trip were converted into silver, it would cost at least 350 million taels!
Zheng Zhilong just took care of everything without saying anything?

Moreover, it was distributed in the name of the imperial court. This means that although Zheng Zhilong paid the money, in the eyes of others, the money was still paid by the imperial court!
what is this?
Losing money to gain publicity?
wrong!

Zheng Zhilong didn't even want to shout!
This doesn't fit Zheng Zhilong's character at all!
At the same time, Zhu Cilang was also a little surprised at this moment.

After all, he didn't say that Zheng Zhilong would bear all the expenses this time.

However, since this good father-in-law of the Ming Dynasty was willing to pay, he naturally accepted it.

This saved another 350 million taels of silver!

After giving Zheng Zhilong a knowing smile, Zhu Cilang looked at Huang Fei and asked:
"Are there any other questions now?" Huang Fei finally came back to his senses and then hurriedly shook his head:
"I'm fine now!"

Huang Fei is really fine now.

After all, we now have enough people, enough ships, enough silver, enough food, enough artillery and so on.

This is simply the perfect combination of time, place and people. What else could go wrong?
Just do it!

With a total force of 14 and 1800 ships, Huang Fei felt that this time, not to mention wiping out the Jiannu navy, even destroying Xiaozi would not be a problem.

Zhu Cilang nodded, then said with a firm look:
"In that case, let's settle this matter."

"It's getting late today, and you two have had a hard time. Let's go back and rest first."

"We will discuss the specific action plan in detail tomorrow."

"Of course, you two can also communicate privately. After all, we will need your cooperation next."

"In short, no matter what the cost, we must destroy all of Jiannu's naval forces and make the Ming navy famous!"

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong and Huang Fei said seriously:

"Your Highness, rest assured. I will do my utmost to live up to the trust placed in me by Your Highness and the imperial court!"

After giving a few more instructions, Zheng Zhilong and Huang Fei left.

When Zheng Zhilong left, Zhu Cilang reminded him:
"General Zheng, think carefully about tomorrow's affairs when you return."

Zheng Zhilong knew that Zhu Cilang was reminding him how to meet Empress Zhou tomorrow, and he quickly replied:
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I understand."

Looking at the smiling face of Zheng Zhilong as he left, Huang Fei felt even more puzzled.

Everything that just happened was like a dream to him!
He felt that this prince must have some magical power to be able to be so infatuated with Zheng Zhilong, the former great pirate.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain Zheng Zhilong's extremely abnormal attitude.

After seeing off Zheng Zhilong and Huang Fei, Zhu Cilang stood in front of the map and began to plan what to do next.

After traveling through time, he studied several battles between the Ming army and the Jiannu. Generally speaking, they lost more than they won.

This means that it would be very difficult to defeat the Jiannu from land.

If we are not careful, it will lead to consequences like the Battle of Songjin!

So Zhu Cilang started planning to take action from the sea early on.

Although the Jiannu also had a navy, under the double attack of Zheng Zhilong and Huang Fei, the Jiannu's naval strength was not worth mentioning at all.

After completely destroying the Jiannu navy, he could split his troops into two groups at sea.

It set out from Tianjin and headed towards Ningyuan and Jinzhou, specifically transporting food and various supplies.

Another group set out from Tianjin and launched a surprise attack on the rear of the Jiannu army directly by sea.

This is also the real purpose of Zhu Cilang's dispatching Cao Bianjiao and 1 Guanning cavalry!

He wanted to send these 1 people to the rear of the Jiannu army and destroy them!

As long as this plan succeeds, the Jiannu will have to face a situation:
Should we continue to attack Jinzhou, or should we return to defend against the Guanning cavalry attacking from the sea?
If the Guanning Iron Cavalry were left alone, they would most likely march straight to the Jiannu's Shengjing Shenyang.

After all, the Jiannu knew the combat effectiveness of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and Dalian was only 300 kilometers away from Shenyang. If they marched quickly, they could reach the destination in five or six days.

Zhu Cilang was almost certain that the Jiannu would definitely not ignore it.

Because until now, the Jiannu still adopted a siege tactic against Jinzhou. They were unable to break through Jinzhou's defenses at all. They could only besiege Jinzhou and wait for the city to run out of ammunition and food, or for Zu Dashou to surrender.

At this time, if a group of Guanning cavalry suddenly attacked Shenyang, the Jiannu would definitely be panicked.

After all, during the Battle of Songjin, Huang Taiji brought all the people he could, and there were no troops left garrisoned in Shenyang.

If you were Huang Taiji, would you be panicked?
Moreover, even if the Jiannu wanted to retreat and defend at this time, they would have to carefully consider whether Hong Chengchou would lead people to pursue them.

If Hong Chengchou continued to attack the Jiannu at this time, and the Guanning cavalry on the other side approached Shengjing, what would the Jiannu do then?
Of course, Zhu Cilang would not really rely on these 1 Guanning cavalry to attack Shenyang.

After all, if we really do this, we will be advancing alone into deep territory.

When the Jiannu army really returned to defend, this team had no time to retreat, and the final outcome was annihilation of the entire army.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry is the most elite cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Cilang does not want to take such a risk!
So he might take another approach:
Kill and plunder!
Massacre every Jiannu that the Guanning Iron Cavalry encountered, and plunder the Jiannu’s women, cattle, sheep, and all their wealth!

Then burn their pastures!
He wanted to follow the example of Emperor Chenghua and sweep away the people in the Jiannu area!
Completely destroy everything in this area!
Wherever the Guanning Iron Cavalry passed, the Jiannu were left with corpses everywhere, and no one was left alive!
Then transport all the looted people, cattle, sheep and wealth back to the Ming Dynasty!

Why did the Jiannu always come to the Ming Dynasty to plunder its population and wealth? Couldn't the Ming Dynasty also plunder its population and wealth from the Jiannu?

Whatever the Jiannu could do, the Ming Dynasty could do too!
And they are even more cruel than the Jiannu!

(End of this chapter)