Chapter 497: Refuge

The big event that happened in Daming was reported by the Manchester City Daily, so that all the people living in Australia knew what happened.

Chongzhen hanged, the thieves entered Beijing, Wu Sangui opened the mountain customs, and the Qing army entered the customs, all of this was too shocking for the immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, and they couldn't imagine that so many things had happened in less than two months.

Most of the area north of the Yellow River is said to have fallen under the control of the Eight Banners Army, and the imperial palace in the capital has also changed owners, and now the real foreign emperor sits on that Longyi Mountain.

For Wu Sangui, a big traitor, many people hate Li Zicheng even more, this guy is simply too inhumane, the first emperor treated him well, he actually had the emperor's grace, and it was just a matter of letting the Eight Banners Army enter the customs, and helping them to attack the city and plunder the land, which is simply hateful.

When they think of their relatives still living in the Ming Dynasty, some old immigrants are very worried about their safety, and the newspapers clearly write about the crimes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and are even rich in illustrations.

For a time, a town in Australia fell into a low ebb, and most of the immigrants from Daming unconsciously took out some incense paper to worship at the door.

Naturally, the government will not control the worship of the people, and will prevent it, and even approve of it, and only by pulling the hatred to a certain point can it not be opposed when the army is dispatched to intervene in the future.

Moreover, at this stage, the army is being expanded, and some immigrants from the Ming Dynasty will be more active in joining the army after knowing what happened in that land.

Almost once a week, the newspaper reported on the situation in the Ming Dynasty and the analysis and insights of Australian military experts.

Reading the newspaper is a thing that every international student studying in Australia must learn, because from the newspaper they can learn about the latest developments in the country and the latest domestic news, among which the Manchester City Daily has a special section for Daming, and the Southeast Asia section of the report.

The news in these sections are specially collected from these regions and countries, and they are the most typical news.

Zheng Sen knew that the news of Chongzhen's suicide in Coal Mountain was two weeks ago, and at that time he couldn't believe that Li Zicheng's army could actually attack the capital all the way, which was simply incredible. Because as far as he knew, Daming still had at least hundreds of thousands of troops confronting him, and he didn't fight so fast.

However, the newspaper report was so true, and the analysis of military experts explained that if those hundreds of thousands of troops did not surrender, the situation in the Ming Dynasty might be a different situation, and the Eight Banners Army would not be able to enter the customs.

So there are still generals who have their own ideas, take Wu Sangui as an example, he can send troops to rescue, but he didn't, but chose to preserve his strength. It is inevitable that he is not thinking about increasing the bargaining chips with Li Zicheng.

It's just that Li Zicheng, a fool, actually killed Wu Sangui's family, causing non-negotiable consequences, and finally causing Wu Sangui to open and let the Qing army enter the customs, fight against him together, and finally lose.

Therefore, Li Zicheng's peasant rebel army can be said to no longer have the strength to win the championship, after the first battle in Shanhaiguan, plus the resistance to retreat all the way, Li Zicheng's troops are no longer many. At present, people are still wandering around the mountains and have not come out.

It is said that his aim was the lake, and the governor of the two lakes was ready to meet it.

It's just that one thing that makes Zheng Sen very angry is that these forces in the south have not yet realized the coming of the crisis and cannot unite to restore the lost territory in the north. It's about fighting within the fight over who is the orthodox position, and it's really life and death.

What he couldn't stand the most was that his father was actually one of the participants, and Zheng Sen came to Australia to study after nearly a year of study, and he has completely changed. Knowing what the overall situation is and what unity is strength.

There are also internal parties in Australia, but they are in external affairs. Almost unanimous, the same voice exports, such a country does not want to be strong is difficult.

Zheng Sen also deeply realized that Australia's strength is not only the strength of weapons and equipment, but also the culture and education are several times that of the Ming Dynasty, and they can always solve the problems related to the country's future strategy.

What happened in Daming, Zheng Sen has sent a letter through his own business, asking him to study hard in Australia without worrying, and some other children of the Zheng family will also be sent to Australia to study in the near future.

Although it was not explicitly stated in the letter, Zheng Sen could feel that his father should have felt that the situation in the Ming Dynasty would become more and more unstable, and the war was about to break out, so he sent the children of the family to Australia to avoid trouble.

The Zheng family transferred their descendants to Australia, Zheng Zhilong was also well thought out, and the safe place that can be counted as safe at the moment is estimated to be Australia, as for Hong Kong, that place is too close to Guangdong, once there is a war, the Australians will leave by boat, and it will be difficult for others to say.

At least during this time, it is absolutely not wrong to send the juniors of the family out to avoid it, and even Lao Zheng, in order to avoid gossip from others, asked Tang Wang to send his children to Australia as well, after all, the coalition of Wu Sangui and Azig has arrived in Jiading.

As far as the strength of King Lu of Zhejiang wants to resist others, it is basically the same as an egg hitting a stone, not at the same level, once he does not resist, he is the first to be impacted.

Zheng Sen, who saw the meaning of his father, thought about where the country was broken, and when the time came, he should go back to serve the imperial court, it was when the imperial court needed him, he didn't believe that the Eight Banners Army was so strong, and the Zheng family had 100,000 private troops that could resist for a while.

Thinking of the 100,000 private army, Zheng Sen felt sad about his father's short-sightedness, if he had heard that his army had been trained according to the training methods of the Australians, at least now the Zheng family's army would become the main force in the southern faction, and it was fully capable of resisting the Eight Banners.

He also learned about the establishment of a new army in Liangguang through the newspaper, and Shen Youlong was able to inherit the general system in Australia so open-mindedly and insightfully, and it seems that the army of Liangguang will be the main force in the future.

The more he thought about this, the more Zheng Sen felt that he should go back, but the general who came to deliver the letter told him that if he went back, the master would break off the father-son relationship with him, so that he could stay in Australia to study with peace of mind, and if he completed his studies in the future, the Zheng family's military reform would depend on him.

Hearing this, Zheng Sen felt a lot more at ease, it seems that his father is not stupid, he knows that the future army must follow the Australian model, otherwise it will be difficult to survive, and even the Eight Banners Army has begun to be equipped with a large number of firearms, if it does not change, it can only wait for death.

Looking at a passenger ship not far from the harbor, Zheng Sen fell into a long thought. (To be continued.) )