Zheng Zhilong brought a full ten battalions of army this time, that is, 12,500 people, and the number of Zheng soldiers and horses in Denglai was less than 20,000. But if you add Xiao Yuanying, it will be more than 20,000.

This kind of military strength is definitely not comparable to the new army in Zeng Ying's hands, or Liu Zeqing's troops who have returned to Lunan.

And with such a scale of military strength, even if it is divided into two, Zheng Zhilong has to rush to Beijing with tens of thousands of people, it is not simple.

The march of 10,000 troops, from the supply of grain and grass materials to the various military supplies accompanying the army, requires a lot of manpower and material resources to transport them in time.

It's not that Zheng Sen has made a lot of preparations in Denglai in advance, Zheng Zhilong won't rest for a second after arriving at Zhifu, and it will take a while to prepare!

Now, with the army and the people, livestock, carts and horses, food and military supplies, Zheng Sen has all been prepared.

There are 5,000 soldiers and civilians, tens of thousands of cattle, horses, donkeys, mules and other large livestock, and 4,000 and hundreds of horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, ox carts, and mule carts.

"Less than half of the flatbed carts, and the rest are all small carts." Zheng Sen looted the entire Denglai, horse-pulled, ox-pulled, human-pulled, no matter what the truck-carrying flatbed cart was pulled, there were 2,000 strong trucks, and the rest were manned cars.

That kind of small car is not as heavy as a flatbed car.

For this reason, Zheng Sen did not hesitate to dismantle some of the carriages that were in the way, but the chassis was small, and no matter how much it was changed, it would be useless.

Zheng Zhilong had received a report on this before, Zheng Sen had already looted livestock vehicles a few years ago, and now this number has not changed much.

There is no way, disasters and wars have already drained the livelihood of the people here.

Zheng Zhilong's army arrived at Zhifu Island, and the news reached Zeng Ying's ears, and he hurried to Qishan Station. When I saw Zheng Zhilong, I was full of emotion.

The sitting tiger of the year, the king of the Minhai Sea, the pillar of the court today, the world's famous generals, is now going to enter the Weijing Division, and the king of Qin rescues, who can imagine this opportunity?

Emperor Chongzhen did not order Zheng Zhilong to transfer troops into Beijing, but as long as there was no explicit order for Zheng Zhilong to stop or return the same way, Zheng Zhilong could ignore it.

What time is it now? Li Zicheng's progress in Jinxi should not be too smooth.

"I didn't expect it. At the beginning, it was just a rainy day, but who knew that it would be ...... now" Zheng Zhilong got cheap and sold obediently.

Zeng Ying did not reveal it, he is now in close contact with Zhang Kentang, the governor of Fujian Province, and Zheng Zhilong's 'plan', Zhang Kentang has passed on a lot of words to him.

"But in a few months, the Northland incident has been defeated to this point, who would have thought that years ago?"

In the blink of an eye, Li Zicheng had already swept through Ganshan, and immediately even Jinxi was taken. Zeng Ying didn't know at this moment that Taiyuan had been lost, the governor Cai Maode committed suicide, Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin, was captured alive, and Li Jiantai, the right attendant of the ministry, fled in the wilderness. Ying Shisheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, and Cai Maode attacked the thieves at the same time, and also killed themselves.

But as far as he knew now, it was enough to make Zeng Ying frown.

"Don't worry. Although Taiyuan is difficult to defend, there are still Datong in the west of Jin, as well as Zhou Yuji, and there is Xuanfu in the east...... "As a traverser, Zheng Zhilong knows very well that these places are unreliable, but Zeng Ying doesn't know.

The soldiers and horses of the two towns suffered heavy losses because of the Songjin War, it can be said that the elite was lost, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the surrounding area was all the children of military households, many of them were young and strong, and the two towns were far from recovering their strength, but they could not be ignored.

Zeng Ying thought of this, and her heart was two points stable.

The two agreed that when the sea ice melted, Zheng Jun's sailors would be dispatched and should bring Denglai's soldiers and horses. There are not many new troops under Zeng Ying, and there are few warships under Huang Yinen, the general soldier of Dengzhou, but there are sand boats of the Shen family in Denglai, and Shen Tingyang is also present. ”

The relationship between the Shen and Zheng families was close, and during this time, Shen Tingyang was not empty in vain, he used his financial resources and influence to recruit a group of young people from Chongming and Songjiang Mansion. With Zheng Zhilong's great help, whether it is firearms, or swords, guns and armor, they are all first-class.

With the help of these two people, plus Zheng Jun, and the baggage of sea transportation, Zheng Zhilong felt that Li Zicheng would not be able to take Jinmen if he joined forces with Dolgon and Wu Sangui.

The oath was sent to the army.

With the cooperation of four or five thousand horse-drawn carts, ox carts, donkey carts, and mule carts, Zheng's army of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses advanced towards the Beijing division.

"Dashuai, then Zheng Zhilong has really made a lot of money. The long convoy, with no end in sight, is at least thirty or twenty miles long. The soldiers were all sitting in the carts, and the grain, straw bundles, medicine powder, shells, tents, black beans, etc., were all piled on the carts, and the cannons and small cannons were also tied to the carts, followed by large herds of livestock......"

Liu Zeqing told everything he saw in a tone of envy, jealousy and hatred.

"It's that the one surnamed Zheng is strangely vigilant, and there are horse army patrols on the front and back, left and right, and he really belongs to a pirate."

There was an indescribable pity in the officer's voice, it was really a pity, look at the people here, which one was not moved? If you seize the opportunity and Zheng Zhilong hard, won't you send it?

As for the reason?

I didn't see that the imperial court had issued an edict from King Qin, Zheng Zhilong dared to march to the capital without an order, he was going to rebel.

The reason for this is very clear.

Liu Zeqing's eyes also flashed with a hint of heartbeat, but he was suppressed by him in an instant. Zheng Zhilong, he can't afford to mess with it.

"What. Zheng Shuai's army entered the Weijing Division, which is a piece of loyalty, how can you speculate? Liu Zeqing said righteously, "Give me orders, tell the little cubs below, and polish my eyes." Who dares to commit a taboo, Hugh blames me for being ruthless under the knife. ”

A cadre of people bowed their heads and obeyed.

How many years have they been old men, and they still don't know Liu Zeqing. What kind of goods is the latter, it can't be washed in vain.

Everyone understood the subtext of his words. Since there is no chance, don't show a salivating look, which angers Zheng Jun, and the threat is not something they can resist.

Zheng Zhilong can even do Tartar, Liu Zeqing is conceited and is not an opponent.

Although he was a greedy man, he valued his power more. At the beginning, there was a severe drought and severe famine in Shandong, and the victims of the disaster in various places revolted one after another, especially in Caozhou and Puzhou. At that time, Zhou Yanru was resurrected, and he rushed to Yangzhou from Linqing to Yangzhou even if he counted Zhou Yanru's trip to the north, and sent 20,000 taels of gold as travel expenses, which made Zhou Yanru very unhappy. In August, after Zhou Yanru entered Beijing, Liu Zeqing was immediately reinstated as the commander-in-chief of Qilu.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong really can't be provoked, can't be provoked.

Zheng Zhilong's long-awaited edict of King Qin was received when he arrived in Jinan. At this time, ten days had passed since his departure, and more than a third of the distance had been walked. It's the 22nd of February.

Shinji.

Zheng Zhilong's edict to King Qin is not uncommon at all, and Zheng Zhiguan in the capital has already sent a letter to him. But the news of Jinxi's defeat has arrived.

Zhou Yuji died.

Taiyuan fell, and after Li Zicheng rested in Taiyuan for a few days, he captured Xinzhou again, and then attacked Daizhou urgently. Zhou Yuji held on to Daizhou for a few days, ran out of food, and led the army to retreat to Baoning Wuguan.

Ningwuguan is located in the middle of western Shanxi, and the legend is changed by the phoenix, so it is called "Phoenix City". It is the traffic artery of Taiyuan to Datong in the north, the Ming Dynasty built the Guancheng during the Jingtai period, and became one of the three passes in Shanxi to defend the Tatar cavalry together with the partial pass and the Yanmen Pass, and the strategic position is extremely important.

But no matter how dangerous the terrain is, no matter how Zhou Yuji prepares for war, he will not be able to compete with Li Zicheng's army of tens of thousands with other lone brigades, even if Zhou Yuji sets up an ambush in the city, lures the enemy into the city with weak pawns, and urgently kills thousands of pioneers of the people's army, causing Li Zicheng to suffer heavy losses.

As soon as Zhou Yuji died, the door for the people's army to kill Datong had been opened.

In fact, the clear-eyed people in the capital have no hope for Jiang Xuan. Because this guy never sent a single reinforcement to Zhou Yuji. Can such a person still expect him to die for the Ming Dynasty?

Only then did Emperor Chongzhen issue an edict from King Qin, which was given to Zheng Zhilong, Wu Sangui, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong, who was far away in Fengyang.

The army did not stop at Jinan for one more day, but immediately marched north of the city towards Dezhou.

Traveling to Yucheng and camping at night, Zheng Zhilong received two letters, he touched his beard, and asked someone to send Zheng Sen.

"Father."

Zheng Sen, who was dressed in military uniform, opened the curtain and strode over, Zheng Zhilong casually handed him the urgent report from the Jingshi that he had just received, along with the news that had just come from Dongchang Mansion.

"Shameless, shameless—" Zheng Sen trembled all over his body after looking at it, and his anger rushed to the crown.

"Don't be in a hurry to get angry, there are even more shameless ones. Then look at the following. ”

Zheng Sen only watched a scene in the capital, and he hadn't watched Liu Zeqing's performance.

The news sent by the envoy of the Dongchang prefect has just been transferred from the governor Wang Guobin. The edict of Emperor Chongzhen was sent to Liu Zeqing, and he fell from his horse and was injured.

"In these years, there is really no most shameless, only more shameless."