Chongzhen was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

A sense of excitement that his dream has come true fills his mind.

Since moving south, he has dreamed of recovering the Central Plains in the north, but his strength does not allow it. The Southern Ming Dynasty was simply an empty shelf, and the only soldiers and horses in its hands were either remnants or a rabble.

Not to mention the restoration of the Central Plains in the north, even the threat of Zuo Liangyu's army in the upper reaches can make him suffer from gains and losses, and he can't sleep at night.

Before Zuo Liangyu died of illness, the situation in the Jinling court was really quite bad.

Emperor Chongzhen had no control over the soldiers and horses on the left.

Emperor Chongzhen in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the soldiers and horses in his hands were lacking, and recovering the lost territory was delusional, and it was difficult to protect himself in the first place. In addition to suppressing Zuo Liangyu with the name of righteousness, he also had to use Zheng Zhilong's power to consolidate his authority. Therefore, even if he was a little unhappy in his heart, he also acquiesced to the policy of 'uniting and pacifying the king' that was in favor of the government and the opposition at that time.

The latter said that it was first 'Lianyu Pingkou', and then destroyed the northern captives and recovered the Central Plains, and reorganized the rivers and mountains, but in fact, the second half was all a lie, and it was all a lie to comfort Chongzhen. If the Tartars were so good at making use of such fools, they wouldn't be able to get in.

Emperor Chongzhen himself knew this.

If the real alliance is peaceful, then the world will be divided between the north and the south in the future.

When the Manchu Qing Dynasty joined forces to destroy Li Zicheng, the Ming Dynasty went north to recover the Central Plains, which is complete nonsense!

The gentry and bureaucrats in Jiangnan were very eager for this, because then their own interests would not be harmed. And if the war with the Manchus broke out, the imperial court would inevitably need a large amount of military spending, and it would inevitably have to pay additional salaries, which was to take money from their pockets. There is a greater possibility of a big defeat, and if they lose their country and family, their losses will be even greater.

On the contrary, it is the policy of 'uniting and leveling the king', this policy is feasible, and he can not only enjoy the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, but also live a peaceful life of drunkenness and gold, and there is no large number of northern scholars to compete with them for power and position, isn't it beautiful and happy?

It was a large number of northern officials and imperial relatives who were sent to Jinling, and most of them didn't think about the restoration of the Central Plains in the north.

If the Ming Dynasty can recover the Central Plains in the north, how can they be driven to Jinling?

Or stability first.

They had just experienced a great shock, and a large part of them thought so at that point in time.

Including Hong Chengchou and others, they were all afraid of the Eight Banners of the Tartars in their hearts, and they thought that the plain field battle was definitely not the opponent of the Tartars.

But with Zuo Liangyu's sudden death, all of this has taken a new turn.

As soon as Zuo Liangyu died, Zuo Mengeng's control over the generals of the 36th Battalion was greatly weakened, which means that the influence of the imperial court on the various departments of the Left Army has risen significantly. Zheng Zhilong wants to build a country overseas, and the Southern Ming Dynasty, which was still a little unstable, is immediately as stable as Mount Tai, and there is no longer the slightest sense of wind and rain.

In the eyes of some, there is even a possibility of going further!

Why can't it go any further? The 800,000 left army is about to be collected by the imperial court, why can't it go further?

Huang Degong, who has always opposed the policy of uniting the capture and leveling the Kou, will not talk about it, and Hong Chengchou's attitude alone has taken a 180-degree turn.

With hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from Zuo Liangyu's department, not only the river defense in the upper reaches of Jinling was stable, but the strength of the Southern Ming Dynasty was greatly increased.

At this time, taking the opportunity of the Northern Expedition, whether it could enter the Northern Zhili and recover Shenjing in one fell swoop dare not say, but the smooth recovery of the Central Plains and Qilu is certain.

And even if the Manchu Qing sensed that something was wrong and quickly withdrew their troops from Shanxi, how could the long-fought soldiers of their generation crush the millions of victorious troops of the Southern Ming?

Don't die Zheng Zhilong's proposal, the liquidation of the thieves and gentry officials in the north, a large amount of money, grain and goods are already there, Hong Chengchou privately thinks that there is no problem with the morale of the army.

After Emperor Chongzhen saw Hong Chengchou's recital, he found a reason to recruit him to Jinling for discussion, and the result was that he was even more fascinated. This person has soft ears and is easy to be moved. I made up my mind, but I went to the dark ......

Hong Chengchou became Emperor Chongzhen's favorite minister for a while.

He now sees that the things he dreams of are already in front of his eyes, and he has them at his fingertips, so if he can bear it, he is not Chongzhen.

However, one of the major premises of Hong Chengchou's proposal was that the main forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were in a fierce battle with Li Zicheng, so Emperor Chongzhen could only endure the excitement in his heart and wait patiently.

God paid off, and this finally made him wait.

From the news that Qinghai's Gushi Khan had moved, Emperor Chongzhen cheered up. Sure enough, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was ruthless to Li Zicheng. With the fall of Datong and Heluo, the capital of northwestern Henan and northern Jin fell under the control of the Qing army, and northern Shaanxi and southern Jin were completely leaked in front of the Tartars.

Duoduo first attacked the southern Jin Dynasty, and after mobilizing Li Zicheng's Dashun troops, the large army that had already been gathered by the various departments of Southern Mongolia merged with the Eight Banners led by Azig, and quickly moved south from Yulin to Yansui.

Li Shun fell into passivity across the board.

Now Li Zicheng, Jinzhong, and Jinnan don't want it, if it weren't for the Bai Wangjun in Xiangyang falling too deep, I'm afraid Jingxiang wouldn't want it, so he stuck to Guanzhong, shrunk his forces as much as possible, and prepared for a decisive battle with the Azig army.

Emperor Chongzhen received such news in Jinling City, and the time in between has passed, and now Li Zicheng and Azig must have come to the Yansui War.

Great opportunity, isn't this a great opportunity?

Ever since Hong Chengchou offered him advice, he has been looking forward to this day all the time.

Now it's finally here.

When Dolgon in Yanjing City received the news of the Great Tomorrow's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and then urgently sent the order to the front of the army, I am afraid that the Tartars will fight with Li Thief and lose both.

As long as Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, the joy in his heart couldn't be suppressed. In the case of dog-eat-dog, it is best for them to break the blood flow on the head. He raised a large army and went straight to the Central Plains, Qilu, and even went straight to Yanjing, to see how the Tartars could resist?

Even he subconsciously ignored Zheng Zhilong.

You must know that in Hong Chengchou's planning, Zheng Zhilong is a very important part.

Since entering the customs, the Tatars have been hoarding heavy troops in Gyeonggi for a long time, and the reason is the Zheng army of Jinmen.

In the past two years, the Manchus have tried many ways to launch various offensives against Jinmen, but the results have not been satisfactory. Therefore, in the war, it is very necessary to let Zheng Zhilong kill in Jinmen, not to mention defeating the Qing army on the opposite side, but at least contain them. In this way, coupled with Denglai's offensive, the only few Eight Banners soldiers and horses of the Manchu Qing in the Central Plains, Qilu and Northern Zhili were all contained. Can this big tomorrow soldier go north?

But now Emperor Chongzhen seems to have forgotten Zheng Zhilong.

Only with Hong Chengchou as the nine provinces of strategy, that is, Huguang, Central Plains, Qilu, Beizhili, Jinxi, Guanzhong, Susu, Jiliao and other places, the governor of military affairs and food and salary, and then ordered Zuo Mengeng as the deputy strategy, high erected.

The generals of the left battalion, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Hao Xiaozhong, Jin Shenghuan, Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Ensheng, Wu Xueli and others were all appointed as the general soldiers, or went north to the Central Plains, or continued to surround Xiangyang, but Zuo Mengeng, the deputy manager, was Zhang Xianzhong, who stayed in Jingzhou and guarded against Sichuan and Shu.

This is really a hatred to devour the left army in one bite.

At the same time, Liu Liangzuo of Fengyang, Gao Jie of Xuzhou, Xu Dingguo of Guide, and Liu Zhaoji of Huaishang, together with Hong Chengchou's headquarters, and Huang Degong's army who was transferred, were all assigned to Hong Chengchou's dispatch.

The actual strength of the soldiers and horses of all walks of life is no less than 300,000, known as a million army, and they attack in multiple ways.

Perhaps Emperor Chongzhen thought that these soldiers and horses were enough, and in the battle to recover the Central Plains in the north, and even to recover Shenjing in one fell swoop, he no longer needed Zheng Zhilong's help. This monstrous achievement, he doesn't need Zheng Zhilong to share.

In fact, it is not yet October, and although there are already ice floes in the Bohai Sea, the sea road from Denglai to Jinmen is still unimpeded. Of course, the risks are a bit greater during the voyage. But Zheng Zhilong can still lead the army to the sea to Jinmen.

Emperor Chongzhen saved him a big problem.

After the news spread, not to mention that the Manchus would not have expected that the honest and responsible Ming Army would suddenly turn their faces and deny them, even Zheng Zhilong was a little confused.

The Southern Ming Dynasty and the Northern Expedition to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, for a traverser, is this a bit too illusory?

Hong Chengchou handed Zheng Zhilong another handwritten letter to solve Zheng Zhilong's doubts. But he also withheld some information.

This is Hong Chengchou.

is a very talented and capable person, but his personality is a little less strong and a little less brute, so he will never be able to become a person like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, let alone the reincarnation of Yu Qian who turned the tide.

Recalling Hong Chengchou in history, after the defeat of Songshan, he "feared death and survived" and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and became a second minister under the banner of Mosaic, leaving behind infamy through the ages; When passing through the southwest, because of "fear of difficulties", he asked for dismissal several times, wanting to escape with his burden. In the face of major rights and wrongs, at critical moments, Hong Chengchou always can't stand the test and can't stand up his backbone, which fully shows the weak and essential side of his character. This is also the fundamental reason for his character failure. Therefore, although he was desperate and loyal to the Qing Dynasty, in the eyes of the Qing rulers, it was not enough to rely on, and the 'welfare' of the big traitors was the least. This is the inevitable fate of being a slave and a vassal.

This letter is just a very ordinary letter, and Hong Chengchou's meaning is very simple, that is, to say to Zheng Zhilong, let him help more in the next battle and make a contribution.

This made Zheng Zhilong feel like it was all.

Of course he's going to help, of course that's not allowed.

Because Zheng Zhilong had a great distrust of the Ming army from the bottom of his heart, he felt that this 'Northern Expedition plan' did not need him to make it bad at all, and the Ming army itself would be defeated cleanly.

What's more, he is now in Denglai instead of Jinmen, and he will at most involve Hauge.

"Pass the order down, send troops." The soldiers and horses that were already preparing can attack now.

Zheng Zhilong put on his battle armor, turned over on his horse, and the black panther jogged forward, but at this time the others were still in a trance.

"It's really unexpected...... "Emperor Chongzhen went on a northern expedition so soon.

The cold wind blew his face, which calmed Zheng Zhilong's head, and then he saw Zuo Liangyu at a 'glance'.

This person, who has been dead for a year, has really stirred up the general trend of the world.

If this great warlord with an army of 800,000 is still sitting firmly in Huguang, if Emperor Chongzhen does not solve this big trouble, how can he really send a large army to the north?

Not to mention the subjective will, but only in reality, that is impossible.

And now that Emperor Chongzhen has dispatched a 'million' army to the north to the Central Plains, even if Zuo Mengeng has become an empty shell, the thirty-six battalion generals left by Zuo Liangyu have been secretly co-opted by the Ming Court.

"Black Ice Terrace doesn't pay enough attention to this......" He didn't receive much news about this.

After thinking about it again, "Well, it's the power of the Black Ice Platform that is still lacking!" ”

After all, it is an intelligence organization that has only been developed for three or two years, how can it really be comprehensive? And their focus in the south is also on Jiangnan, not Huguang.

Zheng Zhilong sighed, cleaned up his mood, and watched the play honestly. can bite Hauge is a mouthful, and then see what this 'Northern Expedition' drama can sing.