Zhu Cijiong naturally will not clean up the Zheng family, no matter what happens to others, Zheng Chenggong will never rebel, because his loyalty has passed the test of history.

In the desperate environment of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he was still determined to resist the Qing Dynasty and never wavered, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty threatened him with the lives of his father Zheng Zhilong and all his relatives, he did not surrender, which shows that his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

In fact, with his strength, he can completely escape from his homeland, become a king on his own, and be at ease, but he did not give up his motherland, under such difficult conditions at that time, he has been obeying the orders of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and organized the Northern Expedition several times, although in the end they all ended in failure, but that was due to the general environment, not that he was not resolute enough, nor that he was not loyal enough.

Until he was about to die of a sudden illness, he did not forget to drive out the Tartars, restore the duty of China, he felt guilty because of the failure of the Northern Expedition, and still shouted before his death: "I have no face to see the first emperor in the ground", and finally scratched his face with his own hands and died, if such loyalty is doubted, then who else is available in the Ming Dynasty!

No, before the Zheng family banquet was over, a loud chant suddenly came from outside: "The holy decree has arrived, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhihu have received the decree." “

This is the voice of the eunuch Wang Chengen, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhihu are very familiar, they hurriedly dropped the dishes and chopsticks, ran to the square outside the side hall, knelt down in front of Wang Chengen, and shouted in unison: "Weichen respectfully listen to the holy teachings, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live." “

Wang Chengen immediately unfolded the holy decree in his hand and read it aloud:

Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said:

Zheng Chenggong, the son of the king of Zhennan, is loyal and sensitive, and skilled in the art of war, and is specially named the generalissimo of the navy, commanding all the navies of the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Zhihu is the deputy marshal, supplemented by it.

Chin this.

With such a favor, how can it be repeated, the Zheng family has no doubts about it from now on, and they are loyal and unswerving to the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, in the past, there was only the position of generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, but when we came to Emperor Chongzheng, how did we become the generalissimo of the navy?

Zhu Cijiong has his own considerations for this, the navy of all dynasties and dynasties is not a separate existence, and is generally dependent on the army, so it is enough for a generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, but now the Ming Dynasty is about to enter the era of maritime hegemony, the rapid expansion of naval power, and there is already a faint posture to compete with the army, plus the navy and the army are completely different in terms of combat methods, if the army generals who have no experience in naval warfare are commanded together, it is absolutely impossible, so he set up a separate post of generalissimo of the navy.

At the same time that Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhihu were entitled, Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao also ushered in the holy decree and were respectively named generalissimo and deputy marshal, commanding all the armies of the Ming Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, one by one the eunuchs found the relevant generals and passed on the emperor's instructions: "Tomorrow morning, a combat meeting will be held in the Nanyang Governor's Palace to announce the next strategic deployment." “

Zhu Cijiong's 'if you want to hurry, you can't reach it', not only wants the entourage to have a good rest, but also carefully considers the meaning in it, after all, the army has sailed on the sea for five days, and the Mughal Empire is so far away, which means that the information he got in Dongdaying has lagged behind for at least half a month, and after arriving at Xingcheng Port, he naturally has to listen to the latest information before making a decision.

Early the next morning, the large conference room of the Nanyang Governor's Palace will be star-studded, and the huge conference table will be filled with high-ranking generals of the Ming Dynasty.

The first one on the left is Zheng Zhilong, the king of Zhennan, followed by the new naval marshal Zheng Chenggong, and the latter are

Vice Marshal of the Navy, Chief Admiral of the Nanyang Naval Division, Zheng Zhihu;

Huang Long, the chief general of the Beiyang Naval Division;

Jinyi Wei commanded Wang Zhengnan;

Sun Yuanhua, the secretary of the military department;

Admiral Yang Geng, Chief of the North Sea Fleet;

Admiral Chen Hui of the East China Sea Fleet;

Zheng Xing, commander-in-chief of the South China Sea Fleet;

The first one on the right is the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu, followed by the new Field Marshal Lu Xiangsheng, and the latter are

Deputy Marshal of the Army, General Cao Wenzhao of the Guanning Army;

Hou Shilu, the commander of the First Army of the Expeditionary Force;

Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army;

Qin Gongming, the chief general of the Dingliao Army;

Ma Xianglin, commander of the Second Army Corps of the Border Guards;

Li Mingfu, the commander of the Wuwei Army;

the commander of the Siamese Legion, Yu Shilu;

Wang Xuebing, the chief general of the Donghu Army;

Wang Shiqin, the chief general of the Annan Army;

As soon as the hour arrived, a loud singing came from outside: "The emperor has arrived." The generals sitting there immediately stood up in unison with a 'brush'.

Zhu Cijiong bathed in the morning light, smiled, slowly walked to the main seat, raised his hand and said, "No courtesy, sit." “

After that, he sat down first, and all the generals sat down together with a 'brush'.

Zhu Cijiong was not verbose, he directly picked up the ash pole in front of him, pointed to the huge map on the conference table and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the latest information, the main army of 200,000 of the Mughal Empire has arrived near Udaipur, and there are still about twenty days away from Goa. Shik; In addition, an army of 200,000 is quelling the rebellion near Dhaka, and its lord will be Aurangzeb, the third prince of the Mughal Empire; In addition, the Mughal Empire had almost 200,000 troops stationed near Delhi and Kandahar, which were the main forces of the Mughal Empire. Based on the deployment of the Mughal Empire's forces, I decided to attack it from both the southeast and the south. “

After saying that, he put down the ash rod and said loudly: "I order, with Cao Wenzhao as the commander of the Eastern Road Army, commanding the Guanning Army, the Dingliao Army, the Annan Army and the Donghu Army, and bringing another 300,000 prisoners, from tomorrow the relevant regiments will immediately rush to the Ava City in Donghu to assemble, and the assembly must be completed within ten days, and there must be no mistake." “

When Cao Wenzhao, Qin Gongming, Wang Xuebing, and Wang Shiqin heard this, they all stood up and said in unison: "The last general will obey the order." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved for them to sit down, and then continued to say loudly: "I order, with Lu Xiang promoted to the commander of the Southern Route Army, commanding the Tianxiong Army, the Dongjiang Army, the First Army of the Expeditionary Force, the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force, and the Siamese Army. “

When Lu Xiangsheng, Mao Wenlong, and You Shilu heard this, they all stood up and said in unison: "The last general will obey the order." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved for them to sit down, and then continued: "Yang Geng, Zheng Xing, you are responsible for picking up the South Road army. “

When Yang Geng and Zheng Xing heard this, they immediately stood up and said in unison: "The last general will obey the order." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved his hand to signal them to sit down, and then continued: "Come to Xian, pay close attention to the movements of the Batavia Combined Fleet, and report as soon as there is a situation." “

When Wang Zhengnan heard this, he also stood up with a 'whoosh', and said loudly: "Weichen obeys the order." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved for them to sit down, and then glanced at the generals present, and then continued: "The early arrangement is probably like this, the day the Mughal Empire's troops come to Goa is the time when the Ming Dynasty launches, and next, let's discuss the specific battle plan together." “

Before the war, the specific battle plan was discussed, the various situations were analyzed one by one, and the corresponding battle plan was formulated, which basically became the norm in the Ming army, and it was precisely because of the careful planning that the Ming army could be like a rainbow in all previous wars.

And the Mughal Empire and the powers of the anti-Habsburg alliance did not even know that the Ming Empire was ready to launch at this time, and they could not defeat this great war!