Chapter 114 Showdown
When Li Hongfei led the army to drive Azig, a major event occurred in Jiangnan at the same time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
That is when Wang Guoxing led the Shenji Battalion to harass the Qing army, he inadvertently caught a Qing army spy and found a large number of letters from him, mainly secret letters between Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and Duoduo, including letters about the interception and killing of Li Hongfei and the surrender of the Manchu Qing.
This is a big deal, and Wang Guoxing feels that he still has to discuss it with Li Hongfei.
And Li Hongfei's initial feeling was that this matter was too dramatic, because he was worried that Zheng Zhilong would rebel, so Li Hongfei proposed to preemptively let Wang Guoxing send someone to assassinate Zheng Zhilong, but he didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to also see him as a potential threat and let Duoduo find someone to get rid of him.
really responded to that sentence: If you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back.
In the two assassinations, Wang Guoxing did not kill Zheng Zhilong, and Li Hongfei was also in danger.
"Now is a critical period to deal with the Qing army, and this matter should not be spread first, the rear of the province is unstable." Li Hongfei thought about it and decided to suppress this matter first, wait for Azig to deal with it, and then concentrate on dealing with this Zheng Zhilong.
Li Hongfei's idea is good, after all, Zheng Zhilong's fleet is now in the Yangtze River waterway, if it is really reversed at this time, Azig's 200,000 army will definitely be able to escape, and now he will tear his face with Zheng Zhilong, and only the Manchu Qing will benefit.
However, Li Hongfei's failure to pursue it does not mean that the Qing army will give up, not to mention that this smoke bomb was originally released by the Qing army.
Li Hongfei led the coalition army to the area of Dangtu, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Dongchang, rushed to the front line quickly, saying that rumors were spread in Nanjing that the assassination of Li Hongfei, the governor of the city defense, was instigated by Zheng Zhilong, who had reached an agreement with the Qing army to start a rebellion.
The so-called Kaifan, refers to the feudal era, the prince in the fief to establish a state, although called the minister, but not subject to the imperial court, the highest administrator in the fief, appointed by the fief itself, only need to report to the court.
For example, the Mu Wangfu of the Ming Dynasty, such as Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi in the early Qing Dynasty.
Zheng Zhilong did have this plan before, but it hasn't been implemented yet!
As a result, when Zhu Youzhen heard the rumors, he immediately believed it and hurriedly sent Wang Chengen over to prepare to drop Li Hongfei's coalition army and go back to quell the rebellion.
"This is a bit strange, we intercepted the correspondence between Zheng Zhibao and Duoduo a few days ago, and ordered a ban on spreading it, how did the people in the city know about it?" Qi Hongying was puzzled.
"What? Since you know that Zheng Zhilong wants to rebel, why don't you send troops back to suppress it in advance? That's good to catch Zheng Zhilong off guard! Wang Chengen blamed.
Now that the people in the city know about it, I believe that it won't be long before the Fujian side will also know that when the Zheng Jiajun is on guard, it will not be so easy to win.
"What is that? When he was in Zhenjiang Mansion before, didn't he know that Zheng Zhilong was going to rebel? The reason why the seizure was not reported was not to solve the enemy in front of him first, otherwise the army would return to help and the Qing army would take the opportunity to counterattack, what should it be? Wang Guoxing retorted.
He is the leader of the Jinyi Guard, and the interception of information is not on the table, which is a dereliction of duty, but now that the war is urgent, Li Hongfei forcibly suppressed it and did not let the secret be leaked, so Wang Guoxing did not carry this black cauldron.
"Forget it, don't fight, this is obviously a ploy of the Qing army, the rumors in the city, and the intercepted letters, the time is about the same, the Qing army just wants us to have civil strife, so as to fight for a chance to breathe, and we must not let them succeed." Li Hongfei said.
Now, if Li Hongfei didn't know that Wang Guoxing was used by the Qing army, he would have really suffered more than ten years of spy warfare and palace fighting TV series in vain.
How can there be such a coincidence in this world that a random tongue can intercept all the letters?
"Then what does Master Li think of this?" Wang Chengen tossed the ball to Li Hongfei.
He came here to ask for a plan, as long as there is a way to deal with it, it is easy to say.
"Send someone to Jiangyin, control the warships of the five hundred sailors in Jiangyin, and then hand over these letters to Zheng Sen, and let Zheng Sen write to Zheng Zhilong, two choices: First, let Zheng Zhilong rebel quickly, and stop grinding and chirping. Second, it was Zheng Zhilong who personally came forward to clarify the matter, saying that everything was a conspiracy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Of course, in order to show his determination, he Zheng Zhilong must give up all rights, be his Pingguo Gong with peace of mind, and continue to be a red-top businessman. As for who the water master will be managed, it is up to the saint to decide, but I recommend Zheng Sen, he is Zheng Zhilong's son, but this war, the merit is great, in charge of the water master, Zheng Zhilong should be under his command, and he will not object, which can show the amount of tolerance of the saint. Li Hongfei said a lot in one breath.
In the earlier battle of the Yangtze River waterway, Zheng Zhilong's fleet had more than 1,400 large and small warships, and controlling the 500 sailors in Jiangyin was equivalent to taking down one-third of Zheng Zhilong's sailors.
As for handing over the letter to Zheng Chenggong, it was because even if there was no showdown, with the speed of non-governmental transmission, Zheng Zhilong would soon learn the news.
If at this time, the imperial court with the power of a great victory, directly with a tough attitude, forced Zheng Zhilong to make a choice, presumably Zheng Zhilong will definitely be weak-hearted, coupled with the role of letters, Zheng Zhilong will soon understand that this is the Qing army's plan to blame, if it is really a rebellion, to the Qing army, it is estimated that there will be no good life.
The recommendation of Zheng Chenggong to take charge of the water division, in addition to Zheng Chenggong's real achievements, there is also a trace of Li Hongfei's admiration for Zheng Chenggong, a famous historical general, and hopes that the Ming Water Master will be as famous overseas as in Zheng Chenggong's hands.
You must know that in the history of China, the most famous generals of the navy, except for Zheng He, only Zheng Chenggong, one led the fleet and arrived on the east coast of Africa, and the other led the fleet, defeated the sea coachman (Dutch) and recovered the treasure island of Taiwan.
After Li Hongfei expressed his opinion, he continued to lead the army to pursue Azig, even if Zheng Chenggong rebelled, wouldn't there be Huang Degong and others?
These general soldiers are not good at dealing with the Qing army, they are all good at fighting their own people and grabbing territory, and it is absolutely appropriate to let them go to quell the rebellion.
After listening to Li Hongfei's suggestion, Wang Chengen took the letter intercepted by Wang Guoxing and quickly returned to Nanjing to resume his life.
Now is the best moment to take advantage of the victory to pursue, once Fujian starts, Li Hongfei is bound to stop the pursuit, return to Nanjing, and even be ready to send troops to Fujian at any time, Zhu Youzhen calculated the account, and felt that the main goal was to deal with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The Qing army's discordant plan, if it was in the past, would definitely have caused great damage to Nanming, but now it is different, there is a demonic Li Hongfei, this kind of routine that is even played badly in spy war dramas, he really doesn't bother to pay attention to it.
It's just a pity, if the Qing army didn't implement this plan, Zheng Zhilong would definitely not be able to escape death, after all, Chongzhen had already had the intention of killing Zheng Zhilong, and now the two sides have made it clear, if Zheng Zhilong admits it, Zhu Youzhen really can't find an excuse............