Just after Li Hongfei lamented the impermanence of the world, only seven days have passed, and the situation that was still good before has taken a sharp turn for the worse again. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After Zheng Zhilong accepted Zhu Youzhen's canonization and sent a cargo ship to carry away the bounty, he suddenly sent people to Nanjing and sent a message to Zhu Youzhen, saying that the Dutch in Taiwan had made an abnormality and had sailed all their warships to the Penghu Islands in a vain attempt to get their hands on Quanzhou and other places.

Zheng Zhilong defended his hometown in Fuzhou, and in this water battle, the warships suffered serious losses, so he could only lead the naval division back to Fuzhou to prevent the Dutch from attacking the coast.

That's right, after Zheng Zhilong received the reward from the imperial court, he led the main force of the naval fleet and left the Yangtze River waterway, leaving only one or two hundred small warships to patrol near Hangzhou.

Even Zheng Chenggong's fleet stationed on Chongming Island was forcibly ordered to be taken away by Zheng Zhilong as the admiral of the navy, thinking that Zheng Zhilong did not plan to participate in the next battle.

However, Zheng Chenggong, under extreme indignation, had a big quarrel with his own Lao Tzu, and then gave up the command of the fleet, leaving only a thousand personal soldiers and more than a dozen small boats, turning the navy into an army and continuing to garrison Chongming Island.

It seems that Zheng Chenggong was persuaded by Qi Hongying.

It stands to reason that mobilizing the army to evacuate the battlefield without authorization is a serious violation of discipline, and if it was during the period of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Zheng Zhilong would not be able to escape the result of being beheaded.

But now it's different, the Ming Dynasty has lost half of the country, if it weren't for Zheng Zhilong's sailors, Yangzhou would have been more auspicious at this time, even if Zhu Youzhen's heart was full of anger, after hearing the news, he could only endure it and find various reasons to exonerate Zheng Zhilong.

Without military power, there is no right to speak, Zhu Youzhen didn't dare to do anything to Zheng Zhilong on the face, but secretly he had already begun to act.

No, on the second day after Zheng Zhilong led the fleet away, Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang Factory, and Jinyi Wei both commanded Wang Guoxing, and both came to Zhenjiang to find Li Hongfei.

"Mr. Li, according to the information sent by the North Shore Dongchang Fanzi, this Zheng Zhilong has already intentionally surrendered." Wang Chengen said.

After Zhu Youzhen learned about this incident, he already understood the seriousness of the matter, and specially sent Wang Guoxing and Wang Chengen to Li Hongfei, wanting Li Hongfei to help come up with ideas.

"That dare is good, knowing that he is going to surrender, and you still give him so much silver." Li Hongfei couldn't help but sarcastically.

He was trying to make money to help Zhu Youzhen fill the treasury, but this old Zhu was not worried and was always doing something ruined.

"That's the case, the news that Zheng Zhilong is going to surrender was also sent over the day before yesterday, and before Zheng Zhilong was mighty and annihilated the Manchu Qingshui Division in one fell swoop, we feel that this is very likely to be a counter-plot by the enemy, until yesterday, Zheng Zhilong led the fleet to withdraw from the Yangtze River, and I realized that this news may be true, but unfortunately it was too late, after all, Zheng Zhilong was on the ship, and no one could help him." Wang Guoxing explained.

Before this, even Li Hongfei could not have imagined that Zheng Zhilong would choose to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the case of a complete victory, let alone Zhu Youzhen, the emperor who had great expectations for Wu Sangui.

It can only be said that the world is impermanent, and there is a destiny in the dark.

"Fortunately, I didn't order people to demolish the fort, otherwise the Qing army would have crossed the river, and there would really be no way to take them." Li Hongfei rejoiced.

"Could it be that Mr. has already expected Zheng Zhilong to rebel?" Wang Guoxing said curiously.

"No, it's just a precaution." Li Hongfei didn't want to explain too much.

"The Holy Lord asked the two of us to ask Mr. how to deal with Zheng Zhilong's surrender." Wang Chengen did not forget Zhu Youzhen's entrustment.

"What else can I do? Knowing that he wants to rebel, then strike first, send troops to Fuzhou, and destroy it! Li Hongfei said expressionlessly.

Now the Qing court has no ability to cross the river, and it can't threaten Nanming, and the entire Nanming sailor is also in the hands of Zheng Zhilong.

It is better to strike preemptively, taking advantage of the fact that the Qing court is unable to cross the river, kill Zheng Zhilong, and completely return the sailor to the imperial court.

"But....... Zheng Zhilong has not clearly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty now, once the troops are deployed to encircle and suppress Zheng Zhilong at this time, not to mention whether there are any general soldiers willing to go over, even if someone dares to send troops to encircle and suppress, it is difficult to say whether Zheng Zhilong can be destroyed, but it will definitely force him to completely rebel. Wang Guoxing reminded.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong killed the Manshui Master was to wait for the price to be evaluated, and he did not make it clear now that he was cleared, if Zhu Youzhen moved him at this time, he would definitely lose the morale that he had accumulated so hard.

At that time, Zheng Zhilong could even bite Zhu Youzhen with the reason of high merit and great strength, and the bird did his best to hide the bow, so that the entire Nanming fell into a more passive situation.

So even if he knew that Zheng Zhilong was going to rebel, because he had many soldiers and generals, the court still didn't dare to touch him in the open.

"In this case, there are only two ways." Li Hongfei thought for a while and said.

"There are two other ways? Please sir for advice. Wang Chengen was overjoyed.

For this kind of hob meat, Wang Chengen is helpless, but now Li Hongfei said that there are two ways, can he be unhappy!

"The first one is very simple, that is, to meet Zheng Zhilong's requirements, he destroyed the Manchu Qingshui Division, although it was to prove his strength, but at the same time, he would also be hated by the Qing court, which is why he did not immediately surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong is a businessman, which side gives more benefits, let him be satisfied, he will decide which side to take refuge in." Li Hongfei said.

It is Zheng Zhilong's nature to wait for the price to be evaluated, and now although he is not afraid of the Manchu Qing, he is also afraid of retaliation afterwards, so he vacillates between the Manchu Qing and the Nanming, and withdrawing from the Yangtze River is not only to show sincerity to the Manchus, but also to put pressure on the Nanming to see which of the two parties offers better conditions, and then make a decision.

The so-called wealth and danger are sought, Zheng Zhilong has a sailor as a backer, and it is a big deal to continue to be a pirate, and now that he has the opportunity to fight, he is naturally not afraid of offending people.

"What status does Mr. Zheng Zhilong want? Isn't Ping Guogong enough? Wang Chengen asked.

"Ping Guogong is just a false name, I think what he wants may be the power of Mu Wangfu." Li Hongfei's words were astonishing.

Since the sixteenth year of Hongwu, Mu Ying stayed in Yunnan, the descendants of the Mu family inherited the king of Yunnan from generation to generation, and guarded Yunnan for nearly 280 years, and the Ming Dynasty has always been in harmony, and has made indelible contributions to consolidating the stability of the southwest frontier of China, which is almost unique in the ancient history of China.

And the power of Mu Wangfu is also equivalent to a country within a country.

"Hiss.........! This Zheng Zhilong's picture is not small! Wang Chengen gasped.

"What about the second option?" Wang Guoxing felt that the first method was simply whimsical, so he simply asked the second method directly.

Because if Fujian, Taiwan and other places are divided into Zheng Zhilong, it is equivalent to planning the entire Nanyang to the other party, plus the control of the world's sailors, then Zheng Zhilong's future power is not the same as that of the emperor?

"The second one is simpler, send someone to assassinate Zheng Zhilong and blame the Manchus." Li Hongfei said.

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