Chapter 347 - Siege and Reinforcement 4700 Words Chapter
After sending away Fan Wencheng, Zheng Zhilong's heart fluctuated, he really felt that his spring had arrived, as the overlord of the sea and the general town of Nan Anbo and Fujian, he was no longer satisfied, how could he be the emperor by himself?
He carefully savored the meeting with Fan Wencheng, Fan Wencheng's words made him really moved, this big traitor will not only be a slave to the Manchu Tartars, this person is really talented, otherwise he would not be a scholar of Hongwenguan in the Qing Dynasty, and served the three emperors of the Qing Dynasty. Quoting scriptures in front of Zheng Zhilong, he can say that gold bars are straws with one mouth.
Coupled with the great temptation of the emperor, no one has ever been able to resist, all the people worship, only me, the king of the world, life and death, do whatever you want, the whole world is not the king's land, and the coast of the people is not the king's minister.
Such a temptation has made many heroes and heroes turn against each other since ancient times, brothers become enemies, and wives are separated and become unjust souls in the world.
In the face of such a temptation, Zheng Zhilong, of course, couldn't resist, he felt that he was really a dragon, not a thing in the pool, and was appeased by Emperor Chongzhen, from the guerrilla commander, to the chief military officer to Nan'anbo, the general town of Fujian, such a feudal official is just an expedient measure, he has been entrenched in Fujian for many years, and feels that it is time for him to take off.
The Ming Dynasty has lasted for more than 270 years and has come to an end, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, the Ming Dynasty existed in name only, the young prince was a wreck, the power fell, Lin Yi coerced the prince to order the world, and finally he must abolish the prince himself to ascend the throne and sit in the palace.
How can he be driven by the surname Lin? What is he, a hairy boy in his twenties, who climbed to the status of the prince and the prince by a chief military officer who won a few battles. I am still Nan Amber, the general town of Fujian.
Even thieves like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are emperors, can't he Zheng Zhilong sit on that chair?
At this time, his third brother Zheng Hongkui returned.
Zheng Hongkui, like Zheng Zhilong, is also the pride of their Zheng family, in addition to Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui has great ability, high martial arts, and great official work.
Zheng Hongkui's original name was Zheng Zhifeng, a martial artist during the Chongzhen period, when Xiong Wencan recruited Zheng Zhilong, Emperor Chongzhen sealed Zheng Zhilong, of course, such a martial artist could not be treated badly, let him serve in Jinyiwei, because of this person's martial arts, brave and decisive, he was soon promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei.
Emperor Chongzhen was forced to hang himself on the coal mountain, and his spy agencies Dongchang and Jinyiwei, except for the happiest eunuch Wang Chengen, of course, each made a living, and would not all accompany such a king to his death.
Zheng Hongkui also felt that the Ming Dynasty was over, Li Zicheng entered Yanjing, and the emperor was forced to hang himself, which was definitely going to change the dynasty. Some old ministers of the Ming Dynasty, in order to curry favor with the new master, asked for an official position to continue to mix in the officialdom, and they all asked Li Zicheng to report.
But Zheng Hongkui is excepted, not because he doesn't want to continue to be an official, but because of his special identity, he is one of Chongzhen's most trusted spy leaders before driving, thinking that Li Zicheng will definitely not tolerate him, and it is better to flee for his life than to be killed.
After Zheng Hongkui escaped from the city, he rode a fast horse, and with his strong martial arts, he quickly ran from Yanjing to Nanjing.
Nanjing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, has the same architectural pattern as Yanjing, and there is also a set of leadership teams, which is similar to the 6 teams of Yanjing, the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty, but the scale is small. To put it bluntly, it is the place where the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty retire.
When Zheng Hongkui fled there, he originally planned to use his high-level status in Jinyiwei to seek an official position in Nanjing.
At this time, a piece of news came against the sky, and the crown prince and master Lin Yi led his troops to drive Li Zicheng out of Beijing like lightning.
Although Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, the prince is still there, especially the prince and prince Lin Yi, who has heavy handkerchiefs, and is now being promoted to prison country, and the machine of the Ming Dynasty is running as usual, but for Zheng Honghui, it is not good news.
He didn't dare to go back. The reason is that he is a "deserter" who abandoned his master, because Jinyiwei is not only a secret service of the imperial court but also a praetorian guard of the imperial court, and the Praetorian Guards are all led by the emperor, and of course they have the duty to protect the emperor.
Emperor Chongzhen was forced to hang himself, and the kingdom of the Ming Dynasty was broken by the thief Li Zicheng, and he fled as one of the leaders of the Praetorian Guard.
After going back, if the surnamed Lin excludes dissidents, he will definitely be cut by him.
Because Zheng Hongkui will not forget that Lin Yi killed thousands of brocade guards overnight and formed a mortal enmity with the factory guards. Although the emperor forgave him, as the high-level of Jinyiwei, the hatred between them may not be resolved.
Therefore, Zheng Hongkui thought about it and did not dare to return to Yanjing, nor did he dare to stay in Nanjing.
Therefore, Zheng Hongkui continued to flee south, until he ran to his hometown in Fujian, looking for his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong. Of course, he knew that his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong was now not only the overlord of the sea, but also the king of Fujian, and since Nanjing Yanjing couldn't get mixed up, it was still very useful to find his eldest brother in Fujian.
Zheng Zhilong now needs someone like Zheng Hongkui, so as soon as the two of them met, the brothers reported together, and in the era of war and chaos, they hadn't seen each other for so many years, and the brothers cried bitterly first.
Then Zheng Zhilong had a feast to wash the dust for the third brother.
At the banquet, the brothers and sisters had nothing to talk about. Zheng Zhilong said his desire to do a vigorous career, and Zheng Hongkui fully supported it.
With Zheng Hongkui's support, Zheng Zhilong has more confidence in his heart.
Then Zheng Zhilong wrote a handwritten letter, and immediately asked people to ride a fast horse to Nanjing Guozijian to take his son Zheng Sen to Fujian, so as not to cause an accident here, and his son lost his head over there.
Zheng Sen is the later famous national hero Zheng Chenggong, his greatest merit is to drive away the Dutch Hongmaozi to recover Taiwan, he also has a great merit, that is, to break with his Laozi, not to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but to unite the remnants of the Ming Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and persist in resisting the Qing Dynasty for decades.
Therefore, Zheng Chenggong is an out-and-out national hero, but now he is still called Zheng Sen, and he is still a student of Nanjing Guozijian who has just been 20 years old. His Zheng Chenggong's name was later given to him by Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian.
Now because of Lin Yi's crossing, which has also changed the trajectory of his life, it is estimated that he will not have this opportunity in his life, and Emperor Longwu gave the name Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng Sen was born in the country of cherry blossoms, you know that his father Zheng Zhilong became an official in Fujian after being recruited by the imperial court, and Zheng Sen returned to his hometown in Nan'an, Fujian with his mother. But soon, Zheng Zhilong sent him to Nanjing Guozijian and asked him to study under Qian Qianyi.
Now that the Ming Dynasty exists in name only, Chongzhen hanged himself, Zheng Zhilong is about to start an incident, and he must not take his son back.
After the messenger left, the next day Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhiguan, and others carried out a division of labor, and the Zheng family army was full of talents, and sorted out the military and political officials at all levels in Fujian. Kill what should be killed, avoid what should be avoided, and change what should be exchanged, in order to exclude dissidents.
Fujian was originally Zheng Zhilong's world, after this combing, none of Fujian's three divisions and yamen, military and political chiefs, had a fool guessing what Zheng Zhilong was going to do, and they were all willing to look forward to Zheng Zhilong, saying that they would not hesitate to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire.
After everything was ready, his son Zheng Sen also rushed back from Nanjing, that is, he rode a fast horse, and he was in a hurry, and the speed of 800 miles was urgent.
The reason why Zheng Sen was so panicked was because his father Zheng Zhilong said in the letter that the old man in the family had died.
Zheng Sen came back and saw that it was not the case at all, there was no old man in the family, everything was fine, but his father wanted to establish himself as the king.
Zheng Sen wanted to persuade his father to be more restrained, so he was dignified, why did he want to set himself up as a king? The Ming Dynasty did not fall, although Chongzhen died, but there is still the prince, Lin Yi, the prince, is just temporarily replacing the prince to temporarily supervise the country, won't the world still be their Zhu family in the future?
And more importantly, if he establishes himself as king, it will be equivalent to declaring war on the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the Great West, and becoming the target of the public.
Now Zheng Zhilong is a Nan Amber, isn't it good to be the head town of Fujian? If you want to have soldiers, you want to have generals, or the overlord of the sea, you want money and money, in Fujian, this acre and three points of land, he is actually the king, the overseas son of heaven, how carefree, why should he roast himself on the fire?
How do you know that Zheng Sen said his thoughts, Zheng Zhilong glared at the thief's eyes and slapped the table, "You know a fart!" ……”
Zheng Zhilong scolded his son Zheng Sen fiercely, thinking that this child was too naïve, and he went to school in a roundabout way, and a sealed Nan'anbo and Fujian General Town, and self-established king, can that be the same thing? And how can he know about his great ambitions? But now is not the time to tell them this, he is still young, he is still a student who has not left school, following Qian Qianyi, he must have only learned a little, and he will definitely understand it in the future, so Zheng Zhilong scolded his son, and Zheng Sen really didn't dare to squeak.
After finding a good day and auspicious day, Zheng Zhilong became the king and proclaimed himself the king of Nan'an.
This is equivalent to independence, which is equivalent to drawing a clear line with the Ming Dynasty. It is similar to the country of Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Daxi. His territory is currently also a province, Fujian Province.
But don't look at the fact that he only has one Fujian Province, his strength is not worse than Zhang Xianzhong. Because the southeast coast of Fujian, including the Taiwan Strait, is under his control. This is an attack that can be attacked, and a retreat can be defended. When the time came, there were places of refuge for him in the East and South Seas, because they often went there to do business.
He could have led his merchant ships and warships overseas to seek political asylum.
Therefore, he is more certain than Zhang Xianzhong's land of Sichuan, the land of abundance.
But Zheng Zhilong is different from Zhang Xianzhong in that he has not established a political power now, and of course he can't talk about any civil and military officials, courtier system, etc.
He is called the king, the reason why he is not called the emperor, he thinks that it is not yet the fire, the land of Fujian is too small, first of all, he has to open up the territory, he is very big-minded, at least to sweep the southeast coastal area, and then ascend the throne and call the emperor.
Then we want to take the entire south of the Yangtze River, if we can really rule with the Yangtze River in the Great Qinghua University, as Fan Wencheng said, and then have half of China, and hold a grand ceremony to reign over the world, then it will be a matter of course, and there will be the wind of an emperor.
Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's claim to be the king is only the first step, and then the third brother Zheng Hongkui was crowned as the generalissimo of the left army, and the fifth brother Zheng Zhibao was crowned as the generalissimo of the right army, each commanding 50,000 troops, including the naval division, the left army to the east, and the right army to the west, expanding the territory.
Now the whole of Fujian is in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, including the private sailors and Fujian's officers and soldiers, their soldiers and horses are more than 100,000, and there are thousands of large and small ships, and their strength is quite strong.
But Zheng Zhilong was not satisfied, because this strength was to dominate the sea and dominate Fujian, but he wanted to compete with the Ming Dynasty, the Great Shun and the Qing Dynasty, and even dominate the world, which was far from enough.
Therefore, after 100,000 horses were dispatched, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhiguan, with Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, etc., recruited troops and horses in Fujian, built warships, cast guns and cannons, or bought guns and ammunition from all over the East and Nanyang.
Therefore, soon, the left and right sides of the road took Guangdong and Zhejiang, and the reason why these two people were invincible was that the old Ming army was vulnerable, and more importantly, these two armies were elites.
Zheng Hongkui, the commander of the Left Route Army, is strong in martial arts and has a good way of leading troops, his vanguard officer is Shi Lang, and Zheng Zhibao, the commander of the Right Army, is also a wise and brave person, and his vanguard officer is called Liu Guoxuan.
Other people don't say just Shi Lang and Liu Guoxuan, just listen to these two names to know how powerful they are, who can be the enemy?
Therefore, in just a few months, Fujian's Zheng Jiajun swept through three provinces, and the southeast coastal area became the world of their Zheng family......
Jinzhou City. Hong Chengchou is really Jiang Lang Cai now, and it is impossible to break through the encirclement, because the position that Lin Yi put for him in front of him is the same as what Huang Taiji put for him during the Ningjin War, at that time he had no food and grass and no rescuers outside, and after being trapped for several months, he became a prisoner of the Tartars.
Changing the master is not as simple as others think, like a pancake, he used to be very distressed and entangled in his heart, and then he gritted his teeth and came to peace, and it was not bad to be a slave for the Tartars, anyway, now His Majesty Chongzhen is no longer there, he is in charge just to serve the new master, in order to prove that he was not mistaken by Huang Taiji.
But the sky is not as good as people want, the strategizing is yellow, the impregnable Ningjin defense line is now in danger, and the Jinzhou City is trapped in front of him, like a tiger locking an iron cage, how long can this last? Fan Gong's Han system is not unintelligent, but after so long, the Great Western Army and Zheng Zhilong in Fujian don't seem to have moved much, and the one surnamed Lin is still singing and dancing outside the city, when will the Ming army retreat? It seems that we can't wait for the day when he retires, and we will all be dry bones in the city?
The war situation in Jinzhou, didn't the emperor and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang know? Why is there no reinforcements? Are the soldiers and generals of Yiju City blind?
Hong Chengchou thought about it and wanted to scold his mother, but in fact, he wronged his new master and the general of Yizhou.
The situation in Jinzhou had already spread to the Qing Dynasty, and the government and the opposition were shaken, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Dolgon sighed.
Previously, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Dol Roll believed in Hong Chengchou too much, believing that he could turn the danger into a disaster, and there was also Yizhou and Jinzhou as horns for each other, they had the same idea as Hong Chengchou's original idea, as long as they could block the iron hooves of the Ming Dynasty in Jinzhou and win the opportunity for Fan Gong's plan of "using Han to control Han", Lin Yi would inevitably retreat.
However, Fan Wencheng walked for a few months, and the Great Western Army did kill Sichuan, but it did not seem to be a big threat to the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Zhilong in Fujian did not move much, but only occupied the southeast coast, far from the Yangtze River. Lin Yi didn't seem to feel it, that is to say, the current Zhang Xianzhong and Zheng Zhilong were not as big a threat to Daming as they imagined.
But in front of him, Ning Yuan has been lost, Jinzhou City is in danger, and the grain and grass are estimated to have been cut off long ago, if no rescue troops are sent, Jinzhou will inevitably be taken away by the Ming Dynasty.
The Ningjin defense line must not be lost, so after consulting with Dolgon, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang immediately sent reinforcements.
Dorgon had been crawling on the bed for more than a month, and was now able to get off the ground.
The two of them sent Nikan and Bolo, two princes of the Tartars, and took the Mongol Tartars and the Manchu Tartars together a total of 40,000 horses, and left the capital to relieve the siege of Jinzhou.
Considering that they did not have many rescue soldiers and horses, in the face of the powerful Lin Yi, in order to be more sure, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Dolgon made another decree, asking the soldiers and horses of Yizhou to immediately send troops to Jinzhou to assist the Qing reinforcements to relieve the siege of Jinzhou.
After Lin Yi got the news of the arrival of the Qing reinforcements, he was singing and dancing to level up, immediately withdrew the banquet and singing and dancing, ordered all battalions to prepare for battle, besiege the enemy in Jinzhou, and not allow any of them to slip through the net, and then he personally took the female battalion and the guard battalion to the direction of the Qing reinforcements, and greeted them......