Chapter 304: Alliance

Zheng Xunrui's arrival made Zhang Fengyi ecstatic and Gao Qiqian happy.

Killed more than 18,000 Houjin Tartars, captured more than 3,000 Houjin Tatars, and more importantly, captured Rao Yu Belle Abatai alive, you must know that this Abatai is the son of Nurhachi, is the younger brother of Huang Taiji, such a record is enough to offset the looting encountered in various parts of Gyeonggi, Zhang Fengyi knows very well that the Lord of the DPRK is ready to impeach him, if there is no victory for Zheng Xunrui, he will definitely be punished by the imperial court, and this cabinet minister and military department Shangshu must not think about doing it.

With such a huge victory, as the governor of the army of the governors of all walks of life, Zhang Fengyi certainly has merit.

For Zheng Xunrui's proposal to retreat to Wuqing County, Zhang Fengyi did not agree, and Gao Qiqian did not agree, Zheng Jiajun was stationed in Tongzhou, even if Azig led all the Houjin Tartars to attack, he would not want to win, and maybe he would encounter a severe blow from Zheng's army.

Zhang Fengyi and Gao Qiqian quickly wrote a fold and reported the victory to the emperor.

Such a huge victory, it must be quickly reported to the emperor, according to the emperor's reward regulations, Zheng Jiajun can get a reward of nearly two million taels of silver this time, a reward of killing a Houjin Tartar, a reward of fifty taels of silver, and a reward of one Houjin Tartar, a reward of one hundred taels of silver, as for the capture of Azig and Abatai and others, the emperor did not propose the amount of reward, probably thinking that such a thing is impossible to do.

After sending him away, Gao Qiqian began to arrange the army, on the one hand, to reconnoiter the movements of the Azig army in the direction of Miyun, and on the other hand, to prepare to send the captives of Abatai and the Houjin Tartars, as well as the heads of the Houjin Tartars, to the capital.

Zhang Fengyi specially set up a banquet. Hospitality to Zheng Xunrui.

The city of Tongzhou was already very crowded, and the troops of the various guards were arguing endlessly for a good station, but after the Zheng family army entered the city of Tongzhou. The best garrison was quickly vacated, and the supply of grain and grass went without saying, without him, the officers and sergeants of the garrison army saw with their own eyes the heads of more than 10,000 Houjin Tartars, and more than 3,000 Houjin Tartars captives. These back gold tartars with ponytails are instantly recognizable.

The murderous spirit displayed by the officers and soldiers of the Zheng family army also made the officers and sergeants of the guard army in awe, and they regarded the Zheng family army as a god-like existence, starting from the establishment of the Houjin in the Wanli period. The battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin has not yet achieved such a heavy victory, you must know that the Zheng Jiajun is fighting with the Houjin Tartars in the wild, this is a real hard-fought battle, there is no slightest trick, Zheng Jiajun can achieve such a heavy victory, it can be seen that its combat effectiveness is by no means ordinary.

Countless sergeants of the garrison army, including the people in Tongzhou City. It was common for them to look at the captured Houjin Tartars, and to throw shoes and mud blocks, and the sergeants who guarded them pretended not to see them. There are even people with swords who want to cut down the Houjin Tartars, but this will not work, after all, these Houjin Tartars are to be escorted to the capital.

Zheng Jiajun entered the city of Tongzhou, which made the atmosphere of the entire Tongzhou change rapidly.

It should be said that the garrison army stationed in Tongzhou. They had always been in a state of panic, and they didn't know what the next move of the Houjin Tartar would be. If they come out to attack Tongzhou, they don't know if they can resist it. As for the people in Tongzhou City, they are even more restless, and when they reach this step, they no longer dare to leave Tongzhou City, in case they encounter Houjin Tartars on the way to the capital, they will definitely die.

The arrival of the Zheng family army made everyone see hope, since the Zheng family army was able to defeat the Houjin Tartars in the field battle, then stationed in Tongzhou, it means that Tongzhou is completely safe, even if the Houjin Tartars are out of the nest and meet the strong Zheng Jiajun, they may not be able to please, and they may suffer a fiasco again.

Such an atmosphere of blind self-confidence spread rapidly in Tongzhou City, and these people did not think at all about how many Houjin Tartars entered Gyeonggi and how many soldiers there were in the Zheng family's army, and the disparity in strength between the two was very large.

I don't know why, the news that Zheng Jiajun was preparing to evacuate Tongzhou and stationed in Wuqing County spread out, and for a while, countless people went to the state government to petition, unwilling to evacuate Zheng Jiajun, and many scholars in Tongzhou said that if Zheng Jiajun evacuated to Wuqing County, they would also follow the evacuation, and they must follow Zheng Jiajun closely.

followed Zheng Jiajun to Tongzhou, and nearly 20,000 people.

This made it impossible for Zheng Jiajun to leave Tongzhou, and Zheng Xunrui also knew that he could not leave Tongzhou for the time being after hearing many of the information introduced by Zhang Fengyi.

Zhang Fengyi picked up the wine glass and toasted Zheng Xunrui.

The banquet was arranged in the wing room of the state government, that is, Zhang Fengyi and Zheng Xunrui, and the middle court of the state government also arranged several tables of wine banquets to entertain the officers above the guerrilla general level of the Zheng Jiajun, including Xu Wanghua and Ma Xianglin and others, and Gao Qiqian took the initiative to come forward to receive many generals of the Zheng family.

"Lord Zheng, this official toasts you, and thanks Zheng Jiajun for killing the Golden Tartar and winning a complete victory."

"Thank you, my lord, Xia Guan is still a little worried, the loss of 100,000 Houjin Tartars is only a little more than one-fifth, and there are nearly 80,000 Houjin Tartars under the command of Azig, if they are plundered all over Gyeonggi, the people will still be unable to bear it."

"Lord Zheng, let me make a bet with you, if Azig is smart, he will definitely evacuate in the shortest possible time, and Huang Taiji will send an envoy to the capital immediately."

"Why do you say that?"

Zheng Xunrui noticed the change in Zhang Fengyi's tone, but he was more concerned about why Zhang Fengyi had such a judgment.

"Azig entered the land of Gyeonggi, fought even more, and already believed that there was no opponent, after a battle, the loss of more than 20,000 people, how could Azig bear, more importantly, Abatai was captured alive, if Azig continued to launch a large-scale attack, don't you think about whether Abatai can survive, in case Abatai is killed, Azig will not bear the reputation of killing his brother, from this aspect, Azig will never dare to continue to attack."

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly, Jiang is old and spicy, Zhang Fengyi's judgment should be said to be accurate, Huang Taiji's brothers are not so harmonious with each other, Abatai was captured alive, which made Azig throw a mouse taboo, if he continues to attack frantically, the director Abatai will be killed, and Azig will be charged with killing his brother for the rest of his life, which Azig can't bear.

The best way is to evacuate quickly, and after reporting to Huang Taiji, send an envoy to make conditions in exchange for Abatai.

"The adult's analysis is accurate, and the lower officials admire it."

"Don't talk about this, come, Lord Zheng, I'll toast you another glass of wine."

After drinking this glass of wine, Zhang Fengyi spoke again, but his voice was lowered.

"Lord Zheng has established meritorious service this time, and he must be rewarded, Lord Wen Zhenheng has served as the governor of Shaanxi, and Lord Lu Xiangsheng must be the governor of the five provinces.

Zheng Xunrui did not hesitate at all, and immediately spoke.

"Xia Guan doesn't dare to have such thoughts, Xia Guan is still young, although he said that this battle was won by luck, but he can't enter the cabinet because of the victory in this battle, this is not suitable, Xia Guan didn't think of such a situation."

Zheng Xunrui said very frankly, in fact, his inner thoughts will not be said, he does not want to enter the capital, if he enters the capital, then what should Zheng Jiajun do, you must know that the cost of maintaining Zheng Jiajun requires a lot of silver, and the next step, Zheng Jiajun will also develop firearms on a large scale, this time and the Houjin Tartar face-to-face battle, Zheng Jiajun's losses are very large, which also shows that Zheng Jiajun still has to rely on firearms, advanced firearms, so that in the future when fighting with the Houjin Tartar, it can occupy an absolute advantage.

Zhang Fengyi didn't know Zheng Xunrui's true thoughts, in fact, he said this, it was just a temptation, according to Zheng Xunrui's age, it is impossible to enter the cabinet, even if he is the secretary of the sixth ministry, there are some difficulties.

"What Lord Zheng said is, but this victory against the Houjin Tartars can't be said to be a fluke, if it weren't for the Houjin Tartar invasion this time, presumably Lord Zheng would have completely exterminated the Liukou, the courage of the Zheng family army is worthy of its reputation, Lord Zheng is so brave, it is not very suitable to stay in the capital."

Hearing Zhang Fengyi say this, Zheng Xunrui had a smile on his face, but he was secretly surprised in his heart.

"I heard about one thing, it is said that the governor of Caoyun, Lord Yang Yipeng, is very likely to enter the cabinet, so since then, the post of governor of Caoyun has been vacant, and he is the governor of Caoyun, all of whom are the titles of the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and he is also the governor of the four prefectures and three prefectures in Jiangbei, if this news is true, I think it is very suitable for Lord Zheng to serve as the governor of Caoyun."

When Zhang Fengyi said this, the meaning was very clear.

Zheng Xunrui is of course clear about the key and importance of the post of Governor of Caoyun, if he can serve as the Governor of Caoyun, he can't ask for it, and this is very important for the development of Zheng Jiajun.

The most eye-catching thing in the Ming Dynasty is the Governor of Caoyun and the Governor of Jiliao, there are many people who are vying to be the Governor of Caoyun, but no one wants to be the Governor of Jiliao, and the reason for this is clear to everyone.

"Xiaguan thanks the adult for the reminder, and asks the adult to help make it happen."

"That's a certainty, Lord Zheng can afford me, I'll do my best."

Zhang Fengyi said such words, the meaning is not ordinary, this is already the meaning of an alliance, not much different from the formation of a party in the court.

Zheng Xunrui will not refuse, at this time, he needs to have strength in the court.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui knew that not only Zhang Fengyi, but also Gao Qiqian could also form an alliance with him, but Gao Qiqian's identity as a eunuch made Zheng Xunrui a little worried, and it was okay to maintain the harmony on the surface.

There is no problem in forming an alliance with Zhang Fengyi, and it is enough to maintain a good relationship with Gao Qiqian. (To be continued)