Chapter 497: The country can be restored
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On the first day, I went to Xiying to inspect it, and on the second day, I naturally had to go to Dongying.
Zhu Yujian is not a fool, since he is ready to do it, the more he must learn to hide his original intentions.
Xiao Zhiyan was wearing a black armor, and the childish Xu Yiyang accompanied him all the way. He was burly than Zheng Sen, and he had an uninhibited aura, which fell in Zhu Yujian's eyes, and he had to secretly praise a few words in his heart. Zhai Zhe's subordinates are all talents, he is very depressed, this kind of person cannot be used by the court, but has become his opponent.
In the past six months, he has collected a lot of useful information in Nanjing City, so he still has expectations in his heart for the general soldier of the Beijing battalion in front of him.
If Zhai Zhe is gone, maybe Xiao Zhiyan will choose to obey the imperial court.
Along the way, Zhu Yujian didn't pay much attention to the soldiers, and kept speculating about the thoughts of the chief soldier around him. He seemed to have seen Zhai Zhe die, and all the generals were prostrate in front of him.
"Your Majesty, please watch the soldiers practice the bird gun battle method"
A voice woke him up from his thoughts.
Xu Yiyang personally commanded, five columns of soldiers lined up in a phalanx, and the guns were released in turn, and each row of bird guns sounded almost simultaneously with the order, and the front line was finished, and the rear column was already loaded with ammunition. Zhu Yujian's ears were full of sounds
This is really an exciting tactic, Zhu Yujian secretly compared the soldiers of the East Battalion with the West Battalion, and had to lament that the Ming army in Jiangnan was far superior to the Zheng family.
The future seems to be clouded by another layer of haze.
After being moved by He Tengjiao's words, his thoughts about gains and losses became heavier and heavier.
Xiao Zhiyan didn't notice that the emperor around him was absent-minded at all, because he himself was also absent-minded. Although it was the emperor who came in person, he didn't pay much attention, and led Zhu Yujian to inspect the castle towers at various passes in Dongcheng, and let the pikemen, bird gunners and armor soldiers take turns to fight, and each showed a few hands and ended hastily. He had already decided to wait for Zhai Zhe to resign as the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp when he triumphed from Huguang, and as for who would be his successor, he would not worry about it.
It was another busy day, and Zhu Yujian didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he returned to the palace. A bowl of water is flat, and others can't find anything wrong. The emperor did his part, he was really tired and aggrieved.
In less than a year, the city of Nanjing has regained its former glory.
The war on the boundary of Yangzhou Prefecture is still going on, and it will not affect the business travel of the Zhenjiang territory, because it is the meeting place of the North-South Canal.
Most of the Jiangnan Naval Division was mobilized to fight in Huguang, and half of the warships in the Yangtze River waterway belonged to the Zheng clan.
A warship docked at the Zhenjiang wharf, and the soldiers on the shore were heavily guarded, and all the idle people such as porters and boatmen were driven away. Zheng Sen, wearing an off-white cloth shirt, stood on the shore to greet him.
Out of the warship came a man, not tall, with deep sunken eyes, and arched his hand: "The eldest son"
Zheng Sen stepped forward to greet him and arched his hand: "Brother Cai"
Zheng Cai is his clan brother, who has followed Zheng Zhilong to lead the army for many years, and his qualifications in the army are better than Zheng Sen. In order to capture Guangdong, Zheng Zhilong transferred almost all the elite soldiers of the Zheng family, and Zheng Cai appeared in Nanjing, which showed that the Zheng family had controlled Guangdong, and then persuaded Zheng Zhilong to be very dissatisfied with Zheng Sen.
"The prince is very unhappy, eldest prince, what's wrong with you?" As soon as they met, Zheng Cai showed a slight look of worry. Zheng Zhilong ordered to mobilize 10,000 soldiers from Zhenjiang to return to Fujian half a month ago, but Zheng Sen prevented this from happening
Zheng Sen's face sank like water, and he said, "It's nothing, I want to see my father"
Zheng Cai came here on the order of Zheng Zhilong to forcibly take away the soldiers and horses in Zhenjiang, and Zheng Zhilong even wanted to transfer Zheng Sen's 20,000 soldiers and horses in Nanjing City, explaining: "The prince is in Quzhou, and he is about to return to Fuzhou, and almost all the soldiers and horses in Guangdong have withdrawn with Ding Kuichu, the former governor of Liangguang, and many cities in Guangdong need soldiers and horses to guard. ”
After the capture of Guangdong, Zheng was satisfied, and his interest in the city of Nanjing dropped sharply.
"The soldiers and horses of Nanjing and Zhenjiang cannot be transferred" Zheng Sen was very strict, and repeated again: "I want to meet my father"
Zheng Cai saw the endless flow of people on the wharf around him, and said, "This is not the place to talk."
The two did not return to Nanjing, but went straight to Zheng's camp in Zhenjiang, and after the Ming army crossed the river, only Zheng's soldiers and horses were left here.
Zheng Cai is the general of the Zheng family, and Zheng Sen does not dare to slack off.
After entering the barracks tent, Zheng Cai took out Zheng Zhilong's order and handed it to Zheng Sen, saying: "Eldest prince, it's not that I won't help you, it's really the prince's order that is clearly written, and I dare not disobey it."
Zheng Sen's gaze swept over the order, and he groaned slightly, and said, "Please give Brother Cai a few days, I want to go back to Fujian." ”
"You ......" Zheng Cai was shocked. But thinking that this was a matter between the prince and his son, he didn't need to get involved, and swallowed back the last half of the words.
"The soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp and the Zhenjiang battalion in Nanjing City are under your command for the time being, and I will rush back as much as I can."
Zheng Cai was a little stunned, and hurriedly said: "Yangzhou Mansion is in a fierce battle, you go, I'm afraid that I can't do a lot of things."
"There will be no big deal in Jiangnan, as long as the Qing troops do not cross the river, the victory or defeat of Yangzhou Mansion has nothing to do with us" Zheng Sen's expression was very indifferent, "Even if the Qing troops cross the river, we are only responsible for the water battle, but it is unlikely that the Qing soldiers will cross the river"
There are some things related to the future and fate of the Zheng family, and he must meet his father to make it clear, and the letters come and go, which is too time-consuming.
Seeing that Zheng Cai was still hesitating, Zheng Sen showed a little smile and said: "Although Fujian and Guangdong are good, there is no Nanjing as a guarantee, and what you get now will be snatched away by others one day." Power is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. For example, the Qing court and the Ming Dynasty, the two fought across the river, and one of them must die before the Zheng family was pacified, if the general's mansion was allowed to monopolize the government, unless one day the Zheng family was willing to surrender to the general."
Zheng Cai said: "The Zheng family doesn't even care about the emperor, let alone a general."
"That's exactly why, so I have to meet my father, the Zheng family wants to join the court with the strength of Fujian and Guangdong, once this opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to find"
Zheng Sen has studied in Jiangnan for many years, and he has many friends who have already laid a foundation here. Zhai Zhe's power was sandwiched between the Qing court and the Zheng clan, and after the implementation of the new policy this year, there were not many people in the court who were willing to be his allies, so he would never fall out with the Zheng clan lightly.
"Okay, I'll take a risk with you, if the prince blames it, I'll take it myself" Zheng Cai was moved by Zheng Sen and agreed with him.
"In this way, I will hand over the military talisman and arrow to you, and I will leave for Fuzhou today" Zheng Sen was really anxious
Emperor Longwu has been staring at him for the past few days, and he is really ready to fly, so he has to. With the emperor coming forward, the Zheng family picked up cheap good things in vain, how could he miss it, no matter how bad it was, the Zheng family could also get out of the matter.
"Okay," Zheng Cai nodded.
Zheng Sen didn't even go back to Nanjing, and when he arrived at Zhenjiang Wharf today, he was ready. He will take a boat to Hangzhou and then change to a fast horse. It takes twenty days to go back and forth from Nanjing to Quzhou, and he does not believe that Zhai Zhe can capture Xiangyang City within a month.