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History has undergone a major deviation here, according to the historical trajectory, it should have been August, the decisive battle of Songjin in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Ming army was defeated, and most of the main forces were annihilated, but in fact this was not the case.

In fact, the decisive battle of Songjin in the Ming and Qing dynasties was greatly advanced, and the decisive battle began in April, and in early May, the Ming army was defeated, the main force was annihilated, and the Ming army was forced to retreat in the area of Shanghaiguan.

Gao Qiqian, the military supervisor of Guanning, shamelessly surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is said that he also presented the wealth he had looted for many years, which made Chongzhen furious, Gao Qiqian was one of Chongzhen's most trusted eunuchs, otherwise, he would not have sent to the Guanning military supervision army, and even Zhang Feng did not take any measures against Gao Qiqian after giving Gao Qiqian eye medicine, and Gao Qiqian's position in the Guanning military supervision army has been stable.

This won Chongzhen's trust, Gao Qiqian surrendered so completely, hugged the thick legs of the Manchu Qing, it is said that on the day he learned that Gao Qiqian surrendered, Chongzhen was so angry that he couldn't eat for a day.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was first forced to be trapped in four cities, including Songshan and Jinzhou, and in mid-May, Songshan and Jinzhou were successively broken by the Manchus, and Hong Chengchou surrendered.

This is the case outside the border, and the situation at home is also very bad, and the historical trajectory has also undergone major deviations, and many major historical events have been advanced. Li Zicheng's troops gathered tens of thousands of Ming troops in Xiangcheng, killed Fu Zonglong, the governor of Shaanxi, and are now besieging Kaifeng.

If the Manchu Qing Dynasty can still rely on the Shanhaiguan defense line to block, but the domestic rogue is no longer stoppable, Li Zicheng's force is huge, reaching hundreds of thousands of people, responders gathered, seeing that Kaifeng was surrounded, but the Ming Dynasty could not send any troops at all.

Zhang Xianzhong also developed rapidly, attacking cities everywhere and massacring Ming Dynasty officials, which was also unstoppable.

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During this period of time, although Zhang Feng has been staying in Songjiang Mansion, the news from the north still continues to reach Zhang Feng, seeing the major changes in the historical trajectory, Zhang Feng thought in his heart, looking at this appearance, it is estimated that the fall of the Ming Dynasty will be greatly advanced.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty fell in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and was attacked by Li Zicheng in Beijing, and Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain. It is now the early summer of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and according to the current situation, the fall of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not drag on until the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and it may be the end of this and next year.

Princess Kunxing stayed in Songjiang Mansion for more than a month, took the train, saw a lot of strange affairs, had a lot of fun, and got along well with Chen Yuanyuan, the two sisters are commensurate and have a very close relationship.

With the two daughters like this, Zhang Feng was naturally greatly relieved, his heart was light, and he focused more on army construction or industrial development.

The Army's four brigades, each with five regiments, had grown to 30,000 to 40,000 men, and were in the process of being reloaded, with all the previous front-loading guns, including rifled front-loading muskets, being replaced and then rear-loading muskets.

The fastest refitting was the Independent Brigade stationed in Tianjin, which had completed the refitting of two infantry regiments, followed by the Marine Corps, which had nearly 2,000 marines equipped with rear-loading muskets.

The development of the navy is also relatively fast, three military ports, Zhoushan military port, Naha military port, Incheon military port, of which the Incheon military port is still under construction, but the construction project has been halfway through, and the large wharf has been completed, which can dock multiple 3,000 warships at one time.

The navy has reached nearly 20,000 people, including more than 10,000 sailors, 7,000 or 8,000 marines, three ironclad ships, 3,000 warships, more than a dozen 3,000 transport ships, and 10 2,000 warships.

Whether it is the navy or the army, there is no war for the time being, everyone usually mainly conducts, and Zhang Feng has no intention of suppressing the rebellion of the domestic bandits, which is Chongzhen's own business, and for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhang Feng has no intention of doing it for the time being.

There are more than one million domestic rogues, Zhang Feng is only tens of thousands, the difference in number is too great, as for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, now the heavy troops are in the Songshan and Jinzhou areas, and the strength is strong, so it is inappropriate to go to Liaodong rashly.

The best thing to do is to work hard to develop, pay close attention to training, and at the same time pay close attention to the production and manufacture of rear-loading guns, and strive to complete all the reloading by the end of this year.

All the reloads need to be reloaded, and tens of thousands of rear-loading muskets are needed, which is huge, and even the Xiaoqingshan Arsenal, plus the Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, will be producing at full capacity, and it will take a long time.

The days went by day by day.

Zhang Feng's Mansion.

Princess Kunxing was in the back garden, looking at the lotus flowers blooming in the pool in a daze, the palace maid Xiao Yan'er stood behind Princess Kunxing, Xiao Yan'er said softly: "Princess, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Facing her personal palace maid, Princess Kunxing did not hide it, and said with a slight frown: "Xiao Yan'er, how long have we been out of the palace?" ”

Xiao Yan'er remembered it very clearly, and immediately said, "Princess, we have been out of the palace for two months and three days. ”

Princess Kunxing said: "It's been more than two months in the blink of an eye, it's fun here, the horse is also very good to us, I miss my father a little, and I miss my mother a little." ”

Coincidentally, Zhang Fengzheng walked over, just heard Princess Kunxing's words, and said with a smile: "Ru'er, are you homesick?" ”

Princess Kunxing said: "Brother Feng, Ru'er misses her father and mother, I want to go back to the capital first, and I will come to Songjiang Mansion again if I have the opportunity." ”

Zhang Feng thought for a while and said: "It's okay, I'll send you back to the capital, anyway, it won't take a few days to take a boat from Shanghai Port to Tianjin Port, it's very convenient, we'll leave tomorrow." ”

Princess Kunxing nodded.

The next day, the port of Shanghai.

Zhang Feng wants to send Princess Kunxing to the capital, this is naturally a big deal, the Shanghai ironclad ship, plus two 3,000 warships have already docked at the dock early.

Originally, a group of officials, big and small, were ready to see them off, but they were all rejected by Zhang Feng, after all, Princess Kunxing had not passed the door, and it was not good to be too high-profile.

Chen Yuanyuan and Princess Kunxing have a very good relationship, the two are like sisters, Chen Yuanyuan personally sent to the dock, of course, Zhang Yuanxiang also personally sent to the dock.

Zhang Yuanxiang, who was born in a businessman, is happy, his son is not only a second-class soldier, but also a concubine, and he will marry a princess in the future.

Zhang Feng said goodbye to everyone, "Father, Yuanyuan, don't worry, we will arrive at Tianjin Port in a few days by boat." ”

Zhang Yuanxiang said: "Feng'er, be careful all the way. ”

Chen Yuanyuan said: "Brother Feng, go and come back quickly." ”

Zhang Feng nodded, waved goodbye to everyone, and led Princess Kunxing to the Shanghai ironclad ship, and soon after, the Shanghai ironclad ship whistled, and then slowly left the dock, gradually moving away, two three thousand warships followed one left and one right to escort behind.

A few days later, the capital.

Zhang Feng sent Princess Kunxing back in its original form, and met with Chongzhen, in the imperial study, Chongzhen and Zhang Feng had a long conversation for half an hour.

It can be seen that Chongzhen's white hair on his temples is a little more, a little more haggard, and he doesn't look like a person in his thirties at all, compared with the last time Zhang Feng saw him, he seems to be more than ten years older.

There was no third person in the imperial study, only Chongzhen and Zhang Feng, Chongzhen sighed and said: "Zhang Aiqing, you should also know the situation in Liaodong, hey, the situation is like this, I didn't expect it at all." ”

Zhang Feng comforted: "Long live, we still have Shanhaiguan, and there are more than 100,000 Guanning troops, and it is basically impossible for the Tartars to break in." ”

Chongzhen nodded, in fact, Chongzhen had quietly sent envoys and had begun to contact the Manchus, hoping to negotiate peace.

Negotiating peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty is a manifestation of bowing his head, naturally he can't let everyone know, the matter is carried out in secret, strictly confidential, and even Zhang Feng doesn't know.

Chongzhen nodded and said: "Hong Chengchou surrendered, even Gao Qiqian, whom I trusted very much, surrendered, didn't think about it, didn't think about it at all!" ”

Seeing that Chongzhen was very disappointed, Zhang Feng persuaded: "Long live, the matter has come to this, don't work too hard, Gao Qiqian and the minister have long been on the wrong path, the minister has wanted to get him several times before, but he is a person of long live, I have always had concerns, and I have not moved him." ”

Anyway, Gao Qiqian has surrendered, and Zhang Feng doesn't mind talking about the matter between himself and Gao Qiqian in front of Chongzhen.

Chongzhen said slowly: "Gao Qiqian has been cleared, it is impossible to kill him, it is cheaper for him." ”

Zhang Feng thought for a while and said, "Long live, that's not necessarily. ”

Chongzhen said: "Zhang Aiqing, do you mean to send someone to infiltrate Liaodong and assassinate Gao Qiqian?" ”

Zhang Feng sneered: "Assassinate him, this is too cheap for him, I mean send someone to arrest him back, and then hand him over to His Majesty to dispose of, so that everyone in the world can take a look, and no one who surrenders to the Tartars will end well." ”

Feeling Zhang Feng's strong self-confidence, Chongzhen said: "As long as I can catch Gao Qiqian back, I will definitely cut him with a thousand knives!" ”

A thousand cuts!

Zhang Feng was happy, and immediately took the initiative to ask: "Long live, leave this matter to me, I will personally take someone to Liaodong, and I will definitely arrest Gao Qiqian back." ”

Zhang Feng said this, this is equivalent to boasting about Haikou in front of Chongzhen, Zhang Feng is so big, it can be seen how much Zhang Feng hates Gao Qiqian.

Chongzhen said: "I'm ready, I'm waiting for your good news." ”

This matter was settled, and then, Chongzhen asked Zhang Feng about the situation, Zhang Feng knew that Chongzhen should have been paying attention to himself, and also knew some of his own situation, Zhang Feng did not blindly hide it, Zhang Feng was equivalent to "truthfully" reporting.

Of course, this report is very artistic, and Zhang Feng handled it very well, and Zhang Feng replied that he currently has more than 30,000 people in the army, nearly 20,000 sailors, and more than 30 large and small warships.

After Chongzhen listened, he nodded, obviously the situation that Chongzhen grasped was "basically consistent", Chongzhen said: "Zhang Aiqing, your people are still a little less, only tens of thousands of people, hey......"

The number of people is too small, and in Chongzhen's opinion, it is of no great use, and it is impossible to solve the war in Liaodong, nor can it be to pacify the hundreds of thousands of rogues in the country.

Seeing this, Zhang Feng took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the main thing is that all the food and salary must be solved by yourself, in addition, the military resources of Songjiang, Suzhou, and Changzhou are limited, and it is already the limit to be able to develop to these tens of thousands of people. ”

Chongzhen naturally knew the meaning of Zhang Feng's words, and interrupted: "Don't cry to me about poverty, I heard Ru'er come back and say that you have a large group of people under your hands, and the business is very big, and you are very rich." ”

Zhang Feng smiled.

Chongzhen said: "Go and see Ru'er before you go back, I don't need to come here again, I'll wait for your good news." ”

Zhang Feng nodded, "Long live, I will definitely arrest Gao Qiqian back." ”

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