I don't know if I was mad by Hong Chengchou's measures, and throughout February, Abatai completely entered the rampage mode.

First take Surabaya County, and then divide the troops to the south, sweeping Teng County and Yi County, and once entered the territory of Pizhou. Then he personally led the army to the southeast, first broke Fei County, and then went down to Yizhou, and once knocked into Haizhou.

directly ignored Hong Chengchou and Ziyang's 100,000 Ming troops.

At the same time, Bohe, who was in Jining Prefecture, also led the army to sweep Jiaxiang, Juye, Jinxiang, Yutai and other counties.

After Abatai led his troops back to Jining Prefecture, he raised a large army and continued westward, sweeping Shanxian, Caoxian, Chengwu, and Dingtao, only Kou Caozhou did not fight.

Feng County and Pei County in Xuzhou also suffered bad luck, and Liu Zeqing in Xuzhou City did not dare to move troops at all. Lu Jiude, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo also returned to Fengyang, because Li Zicheng not only captured Xiangyang, but also captured Chengtianfu, that is, Anluzhou, the hometown of Emperor Jiajing.

The whole lake was shaken.

Luo Rucai and the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo took the opportunity to make a comeback, Fengyang was uneasy, and Lu and Huang could only retreat.

Of course, the Qing army should also retreat. Qufu and Ziyang both resumed contact, and Zheng Zhilong immediately sent a message to Zheng Zhiguan, asking him to say hello to Kong Yinzhi, and he handed Yanjing a fold to calm down the matter of Qufu.

Although Zheng Zhilong has never taken a picture with Kong Yinzhi from beginning to end, it is believed that now Yan Shenggong must have an extremely deep memory of Zheng Zhilong.

The Tartars are leaving, and Abatai retreats from Qufu to Jining Prefecture, which is the best explanation that the Tartars are going to retreat.

Zheng Zhilong can not think about why the Tartars retreated, what was the reason for urging Abatai to retreat, he only wanted to bite the back of the Qing army's ass now, so that he could start and finish well.

gave Yanjing an explanation, and then he quickly returned to Fujian Province. You can't go outside the gate, and there is an emergency in the south.

On Dayuan Island, Zheng Hongkui and they first destroyed the neighboring Da Belly Kingdom, which was just a group of uncivilized natives in the western plains. In the face of Zheng's attack, they did not have the slightest power to fight back. However, this made Zheng's area of control fully bordered the Dutch-controlled area, and there was no longer any line of separation.

The Dutch knew very well how small their power was compared to the behemoth of Zheng.

The combat power advantage of their monohull warships, under the absolute numerical superiority of the Zheng Group, can be skipped and ignored.

Therefore, the Dutch protested against the expansion of the Zheng group in the western plains of Dayuan, but even more restrained.

Zheng Hongkui didn't care about this, the Dutchman's protest was completely pointless.

But then the Dutchman's action against the big duck made Zheng very uncomfortable. The territory of the Zheng family, which is further north than the area where the Zheng Group is located, is roughly equivalent to Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli in later generations, while the territory of Spain is in the northern tip of Taipei and Yilan in later generations.

It is estimated that not many people know that from 1626 to 1642, the Western colonizers on Dayuan Island were not only the Dutch, but also the Spanish who colonized the northernmost part of Dayuan for 16 years.

Although Dayuan was close to Luzon, which was already part of the territory of the Dabanya Empire, the Spaniards did not occupy Taiwan, but allowed the Dutch to seize the advantage. It was not until three years later, in order to break through the Dutch trade blockade of Manila, that the army was sent to the chicken coop and gradually conquered the northern part of Dayuan Island. However, the Spaniards could not afford to expel the Dutch, let alone make enough profit to maintain the garrison, and instead relied on subsidies from Manila. As the Dutch War of Independence became more and more unfavorable to the Dutch Duck, with the repeated crushing defeats of the Duck Navy and the establishment of Dutch maritime supremacy, the Spaniards also reduced the garrison of large numbers, especially after 1640, which gave the Dutch an opportunity. Finally, this year, the Dutch easily captured the chicken coop and ended Spanish rule in the region.

The change was sudden.

In the eyes of the Zheng Group, Dabanya is also a powerful country, and it is so easy to give up its own territory, which is what the Zheng family left behind was unexpected. Now, the Zheng family, who got rid of the potbelly kingdom, has been attacked by the Dutch on both sides.

In addition, the Zheng Group's actions in Champa and the Kingdom of Angkor have also come to an end, which requires Zheng Zhilong to go back.

And before that, Zheng Zhilong had to take a bite on the back of the Qing army's buttocks, so as to show his merit to Emperor Chongzhen of Yanjing, and also to give an explanation to the world. In this way, with Kong Yinzhi's recital, the stains on his body can be washed away to the greatest extent.

In this way, Zheng Zhilong, the Dragon and Tiger General who had been "sick" in Ziyang City for a while, woke up. Yes, he is already a dragon and tiger general, Dai Jiaji arrived in Beijing after the war, and after the military department came to verify the authenticity of those heads, he was rewarded with fifty taels of silver, and the hussar general also crossed the Jinwu general, and achieved the dragon and tiger general in one step.

People are like the big bear that has just finished hibernating, and Zheng Zhilong's body is now filled with an aggressiveness that he did not have before.

"I heard that the general was cured from his illness, but he failed to congratulate him, and forgive his sins."

"Lord General said with a smile, Lord He Lao is worried about this little thing, please inside."

Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, and Liu Zhaoji looked at Hong Chengchou and Zheng Zhilong politely at the courtyard with expressionless faces, and realized that they were watching the play.

Who doesn't know what happened to Zheng Zhilong's illness and recovery? Liu Zhaoji led troops to Yanzhou for so many days, and this was the first time he had observed Zheng Zhilong at close range.

For his invitation, the mistake was not to see that Zheng Jun really got so many Tartar heads, and he was not uncommon to come.

But after entering the lobby, Liu Zhaoji's face suddenly became solemn. I saw that there was a map of Qilu hanging on the left and right of the lobby, from Jining Prefecture to Zhang Qiuzhen, all marked in red, especially the location of Zhang Qiuzhen, which was completely stamped with a symbol of a sword cross.

"General Hong, the three generals, let's talk less gossip, talk less nonsense, and get straight to the point. This Tartar is about to return to the north, and all the laborers have been moving for half a year, but they have not achieved an inch. After the Tartars go north to the Guanwai, the court will settle the merits, don't you worry at all? The first official invited you to come this time, not for anything else, but to bite them on the way of the Tartars' retreat. The first is to make some merits and make Wu Changshi's generation shut up; The second is to give the Tartars a little bit of power, so that they will not think that I have no one in the Central Plains. Zheng Zhilong's words were a little rough, but the meaning was very clear.

Hong Chengchou and the others all changed their faces, and Zheng Zhilong's words could be said in their hearts. But ......, "In Zhang Qiuzhen?" ”

"It's only Zhang Qiuzhen."

"What do you mean by that?" Hong Chengchou and the others were all puzzled.

As the commander of the army, Hong Chengchou wants to win a battle, so as to please him in front of the emperor, otherwise, he will be liquidated afterwards, and he will not be able to protect his official hat.

"Because of the Daqing River and the Yong water."

The Zhang Qiu Town that Zheng Zhilong refers to is not just a town, but it is extraordinary. There are nine gates and nine compartments, seventy-two streets, eighty-two lanes, and there are more than 40 temples, temples, temples and ancestral halls alone. The Grand Canal passes through the town, the Daqing River flows from west to east, and Zhang Qiu Town is falling on the crossroads, which is thought to be the water and land rushing, known as "Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south, and Linzhang in the north" (Linqing, Zhang-Zhangqiu).

At the time of prosperity, the flight mast forest is embraced, and the merchants gather, which are beyond the reach of the cities of the three counties (referring to Yanggu, Dong'e, and Shouzhang Xiatong).

But Zheng Zhilong values Zhang Qiuzhen not because it is so prosperous, no matter how prosperous the place is, it will become ruined after being ruined by the Tartars.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong is eyeing Zhang Qiuzhen is because of the unique topography of this place.

"As far as Zheng knows, this Qingshui stone bridge on the Daqing River south of Zhang Qiu Town has not been destroyed." When the Qing army came south from Dongchang Mansion, it was already winter. Whether it is the canal or the Qingshui River, the ice is thick, there is no obstacle for pedestrians to cross the horse, whether it is the retreating Ming army, or the Tartars who rushed in, there is no idea of destroying the stone bridge.

"However, today is not as good as before, the time has entered March, the ice is thinning, and in a few more days, it will be difficult for pedestrians to walk on the Grand Canal, let alone on the Daqing River."

Some people may not know much about the Daqing River, but as long as they know that the downstream waterway of the Yellow River in later generations is actually the original Daqing River, then everything is OK. In the fifth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, the Yellow River broke in the Central Plains Tongwaxiang, seized the course of the Daqing River, and poured into the Bohai Sea to the east, which has been followed to this day.

Of course, the Daqing River in Zhangqiu Town is still very different from the Yellow River in later generations, and the people are the Daqing River. A river is not the same as a river embankment.

"From Shouzhang County west of the canal to Dong'e east of the canal, up and down a hundred miles long, there are no other bridges on the Daqing River, but you can no longer find a bridge that is easier than this bridge and Jianyu, so this is the only place for the Tartars to return north." The reason why it is so certain is because of the smooth official road along the canal. "If so, although Zheng was sick in bed before, he also heard that he wanted to break the stone bridge before Tartar, so as to block the Tartar's return to the north, and he was very dismissive in his heart."

Hong Chengchou heard this with a smile on his face, because it was Wu Changshi who put forward this opinion.

"Jianyu attacked the city and plundered the land, I don't know how much gold and silver materials were looted, and hundreds of thousands of Ding men and women were plundered. If you want to be free from being pursued and harassed by our army, you will definitely leave a strong soldier behind you to be the rearguard. ”

"And when the Tartars pass through Zhang Qiuzhen, you put yourself in your shoes, if we arrive here with soldiers and see an intact stone bridge, will we ask someone to build another pontoon bridge?"

"What's more, the southern end of this stone bridge is flat, which is conducive to the galloping of Jianyu iron horses. The canal on the west side is 30 zhang wide because of the infusion of water. It can be said to be a natural defense belt. ”

"The whole team of Jianyu may be able to pull back and forth for hundreds of miles, and a sturdy stone bridge is enough to keep their speed open. But what if there was a battle in the south of the bridge? Whether it was the Tartars of the guard who wanted to cross the river as soon as possible, or the Tartars on the north side of the bridge who wanted to come south immediately for reinforcements, they were pot-bellied and unhurried. ”

Zheng Zhilong picked up the teapot next to him and flicked it gently.

The slightly crisp echo did not bring the people present back to their senses, Hong Chengchou and the others frowned one by one, thinking in their hearts.

"No, no. Dripping water can still penetrate the stone, not to mention the clear water stone bridge. As long as the Tartars believe in it, I am afraid that thousands of soldiers and horses can be mobilized in an hour or two. And the soldiers after the construction of the palace, to say the least, there are five or seven thousand people, and with the combat strength of our army, it is simply impossible to take it in time. At that time, if there is another increase in troops, our army will not be able to advance or retreat. A big defeat is indispensable. ”

Hong Chengchou finally spoke up, but his answer was no.

"Haha." Zheng Zhilong smiled, got up and walked to the map, stretched out his hand to the west of Zhang Qiuzhen, "Everyone, look here." ”

"What if a group of soldiers and horses always marched along the west bank of the canal, waited for the fighting on the east bank to begin, and quickly crossed the river to the south end of the stone bridge?"

Before Zheng Zhilong's words fell, Liu Zhaoji shouted first: "How is this possible." There is also Shawan, where there is water flowing in from the southwest, and the canal channel is one wide, no less than 30 zhang. Now it may be able to be walked, but for a few more days, it will be difficult to walk alone. Not to mention that the soldiers of your army wear more armor and carry guns, artillery and swords......"

He now works with Shi Kefa and knows the canal very well.

"General Liu, don't worry, Zheng has his own means. It is guaranteed that all military equipment will be transported to the other side in the shortest possible time. Zheng Zhilong stroked his beard and looked at Hong Chengchou with a smile and said.

"If you have a good idea, there is a lot to be done." The surprise on Hong Chengchou's face couldn't be hidden.

Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, and Liu Zhaoji all nodded.

Zheng Zhilong said happily: "If you are not sure, how dare you bother to come and see you?" There are many civil and military generals in Ziyang City, but there are only a few people in Zheng's eyes. ”