Fujian, Fujing City.

In Zhu Yujian's palace, walking on the Fengtian Palace, hundreds of officials gathered, and the generals were waiting for orders, and the atmosphere seemed to be tense and dignified, but it was filled with a strong sense of strangeness.

"Emperor Qi, Lord Huang's situation is very critical, with loyalty, scattered family wealth, plus the support of relatives and friends, although Lord Huang has formed a 'flat army', with nearly 10,000 troops. However, most of them are recruits, and there are many children, students and book friends of Lord Huang, a patchwork army with no combat experience, and the situation is worrying~! ”

"Even so, the emperor, in the face of the elite Dashun army, Lord Huang still seems far from enough, so he still hurried to increase his troops. Otherwise, Lord Huang won't be able to hold on for long at all, and he won't be able to stop the iron hooves of the chaotic army! ”

"Also, Your Majesty, the Dashun army has entered eastern Zhejiang and is attacking Shaoxing Mansion, facing the two-way army of the chaotic army, the Fang Guo'an Department under the command of King Lu has no power to resist. Due to the drop in the water level of the Qiantang River and the sneak attack of Li Jin, the leader of the rebellious army, the army deployed along the Qiantang River was disintegrated almost overnight. ”

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Listening to the report of Wu Chunzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhu Yujian, who was sitting above, looked very ugly, gloomy and terrible, but he seemed so helpless, only worried, and his heart was like a fire.

In the end, when Wu Chunzhi finished speaking, Zhu Yujian turned his gaze for help to Zheng Zhilong's body, and his voice was low, almost pleading.

"Pingyu Hou, you also heard, at this time, the situation is almost critical, if you don't send troops to the north, not only Lord Huang is in a worrying situation, Jiangxi Guangxin Mansion will not be able to hold it, even Lu Wang Zhu Yihai They will also be in danger, and the whole Zhejiang will fall into the hands of the chaotic army, and we will no longer have any barriers at all."

Zheng Zhilong's eyes narrowed slightly, his face was expressionless, and he looked like an old god was there, and he did not immediately respond to Zhu Yujian's words that were almost pleading, but was silent for a moment, as if he was asleep.

"Master Hou... Hou Ye... The emperor called you to inquire about sending troops to Guangxin Mansion in Jiangxi. ”

Zeng Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, reminded Zheng Zhilong in a low voice, and gently pulled the other party's sleeve, and a thin layer of fine sweat flowed nervously with an anxious look on his face.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zheng Zhilong was still as immobile as a mountain, calm and abnormal, and under Zeng Ying's careful and slight pull, he slowly woke up and opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that you must not divide your troops now."

Obviously, Zheng Zhilong listened to all the words just now, and the few words not only showed his contempt for Zhu Yujian, but also did not take this Longwu Emperor in his eyes, but also made the latter feel shocked, his heart rose to his throat, and he was anxious as if he was burning inside, and couldn't help but blurt out: "Why?" ”

"Your Majesty, do you need to talk about this?"

Zheng Zhilong asked slowly, a trace of contempt flashed between his eyebrows, as if he felt that he couldn't do too much, and he should save some face for the so-called emperor, and then explained: "Your Majesty, according to the Tanmalai report, the Dashun army not only used troops in the north to attack eastern Zhejiang, but also entered Jiangxi from the south. Just a few days ago, Liu Zongmin's troops of the Dashun Army had entered Jiangxi from Huguang, and according to the latest Tanmalai newspaper, six or seven out of ten prefecture capitals in southern Jiangxi had fallen into their hands. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhilong's words paused, and an extremely faint look of jealousy appeared on his face, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, so that he could be more calm, and then he continued the above topic, and there was no longer that kind of contempt in his words.

"At this time, if there is no accident, the Dashun army should have occupied southern Jiangnan, threatening the security of southern Fujian, at this time, if the troops are divided again, if Liu Zongmin leads his troops straight into Fujian and invades Fujing from the south, the emperor and your lords will be in danger."

Obviously, Zheng Zhilong's expression changed, and he looked very jealous, not because of Zhu Yujian's Huang Wei, but because of the dangerous aura brought by Liu Zongmin's department.

After these words, Zhu Yujian was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to refute it, but the belief in his heart became stronger and stronger, and he strongly wanted to rescue Huang Daozhou, and finally said anxiously: "However, Pingyu Hou, once the rebel army captures eastern Zhejiang, it will be even more powerful, and the place controlled by the imperial court will become smaller and smaller." ”

"If we send troops to the Northern Expedition, we may not necessarily enter Zhejiang, even if we only recover some state capitals and counties in Nanzhili, we can open up channels to Huguang, so as to get in touch with the rebel armies of the Central Plains and fight against the Dashun Army together."

"If the Dashun army is allowed to continue to develop like this and attack wantonly, it will only fuel the arrogance of the rebel army, and make the situation more and more unfavorable to us, until the southeastern state capital and county are annexed."

However, let Zhu Yujian's mouth be dry, the spitting stars were flying, and he was about to pray, Zheng Zhilong was still unmoved, and the old god was standing there, even more recklessly, he rolled his eyelids and spit out a sentence lightly, choking Zhu Yujian so much that he was almost about to collapse.

"But, Your Majesty, don't say that the last general doesn't have extra troops, even if he does, he wants to rescue Lord Huang, but he can't do anything, the war is silver, and the last general really can't take out so much silver, as a military salary and buy grain and grass, and rescue Lord Huang."

At this moment, Zhu Yujian was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, he wanted to turn over the table, and he couldn't wait to point to Zheng Zhilong's scolding: "You dog, no one knows, no one knows, the taxes in the entire southeast and the money, silver, rice and grain in Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces are all controlled by your Zheng family, and you actually say to me that you can't get the silver?" ”

In the end, Zhu Yujian still held back, forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Marquis Pingyu, although I and King Lu have different political opinions, we can't hold on to who is orthodox. However, it is undeniable that he has a bitter relationship with us. Once eastern Zhejiang falls, the next one will be Fujian's turn. ”

Zheng Zhilong was like a wooden man, without any emotional fluctuations, even if Zhu Yujian said it very earnestly, he still didn't have any intention of agreeing, but pursed his lips, quite contemptuous, and said: "Your Majesty, don't forget, we are not only facing the Dashun army in the north, but also Liu Zongmin in the southwest. ”

seemed to be a polite excuse on his lips, but Zheng Zhilong had already scolded in his heart.

"Stupid thing, still thinking about recovering the lost land of Nanzhili is simply wishful thinking, and it is already a great luck to be able to keep this place in Fujian. Let Lao Tzu go and fight with the Dashun army, think beautifully! Anyway, whoever is the master is the same, and Lao Tzu doesn't want to be martyred for your Zhu dynasty. ”

For a while, the atmosphere in the hall became extremely strange, except for the civil and military generals of Zheng Zhilong's lineage, the expressions of the others were all strange, either bowing their heads and not speaking, or sweeping Zheng Zhilong intentionally or unintentionally with the corner of their eyes

At this moment, even if it is a lump of wood, he knows in his heart that it is impossible for the emperor to persuade Zheng Zhilong to send troops!

To everyone's surprise, Zhu Yujian, who was forced to be anxious, calmed down instead, looking even more weird, and the next words shocked the ministers, making the officials look sideways, stunned, and all dumbfounded.

"Pingyu Hou, since this is the case, you are unwilling to go on the expedition, then I will take a few Praetorian Guards to personally go to the rescue of Lord Huang and stabilize the situation in northern Jiangxi."

At this moment, as soon as the ministers came to their senses, they were about to stop Zhu Yujian, and before they had time to speak, Zheng Zhilong said something amazing, which once again surprised everyone and shocked them.

"Well, since the emperor insists on this, then Weichen is not good at disobeying."