Chapter 535: A Gift from the Future (1)
After plugging Yinxi finished speaking, he unceremoniously issued an order to evict the guest.
Hong Chengchou was once again disgraced and swept away, he was disheartened and returned to Baoding Mansion from Huizhou Mansion in the south to Zhili, and unexpectedly met with the envoy to King Lu on the way, and the envoy to King Lu was the opposite of him.
King Lu sat in the city of Nanjing in the Spring and Autumn Dream, his power is only in Yingtianfu and northern Zhejiang, and he is a small follower to the Hongguang court and the Longwu court, he is very dissatisfied with this state, and is very interested in the olive branch handed by the Qing army.
He maintained an attitude of cooperation with the Qing army, but resolutely surrendered to the Qing army, the Qing army's request to him was not to stab the knife in the back, King Lu and the Qing army envoy reached an agreement, the Qing army supported King Lu as the Ming Dynasty, King Lu was not allowed to send troops to attack the Qing army, in fact, King Lu's soldiers and horses did not have the strength to attack the Qing army, even if he had the courage to cross the river.
Seeing King Lu's success along the way, Hong Chengchou suddenly felt very defeated, and hesitated whether to return to Daming, but this was also a tight flash in his brain, and he still went back in the next second.
Dolgon also had an envoy who went to Fujian to visit the Emperor of Longwu.
Emperor Longwu did not have much interest in the envoys of the Qing army, and Zheng Zhilong, the ruler of the Longwu court, also focused on the Fusang fleet.
Not long ago, the Fuso fleet almost wiped out his fleets in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and if it weren't for the red-haired devil sending a fleet and hundreds of red-coated cannons, his sea power would hardly be able to recover.
This is also due to Fujian's proximity to the sea, with a large number of skilled fishermen and sailors, allowing him to recover three to four percent of his sea strength.
But recently, the red-haired devil suddenly cut off support, and promised to buy 500 ship-based artillery, but the red-haired devil also refused, even if the price of a red-coated cannon was increased by three times, the red-haired devil also said that the red-coated cannon was not for sale.
The sudden change of the red-haired devil made Zheng Zhilong lose his ambition, but his son Zheng Chenggong advised him to take care of the army, as long as he gained a firm foothold on land, he would have the opportunity to continue to restore the fleet.
Zheng Chenggong didn't know what his father Zheng Zhilong was thinking, when the Qing army went south, Zheng Zhilong had the idea of surrendering to the Qing army, but the Qing army's attack was blocked, and he was recently defeated by the Fusang army, so Zheng Zhilong did not surrender.
The strength of the Fuso people is getting stronger and stronger, and he has lost the support of the red-haired devil, and his surrender heart broke out again, but he hesitated
Whether to surrender to the Fusang people, or to wait and see, maybe the Qing army can defeat the Fusang army, surrender the Qing army, or be able to tear the soil and seal the marquis, and realize the glory of the ancestors.
However, there were also some generals in the army who did not agree to surrender, and the most fierce was his eldest son Zheng Chenggong.
He is dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, and he is also quite powerful in the army, Zheng Zhilong can not effectively balance his son many times, Zheng Chenggong is still training, hoping to expel Jiannu one day and restore the Ming Dynasty.
When Dolgon's envoy came to Fujian, Zheng Zhilong showed some enthusiasm.
Dolgon's envoy to Fujian was his most relied on Fan Wencheng, and he was also the high-level think tank of the Qing army.
Fan Wencheng is more scheming than Hong Chengchou, he figured out what Zheng Zhilong wanted, and made Zheng Zhilong an oath to be crowned king.
As long as the Fusang people are defeated, the regent will crown Zheng Zhilong as the king of Pingnan, and the whole of Fujian is Zheng Zhilong's fief.
Zheng Zhilong was fascinated by this rich reward, in his opinion, the Ming Dynasty was yesterday's yellow flower, he had no responsibility to save the Ming Dynasty, and Fusang annihilated his fleet a few months ago.
Join forces with the Qing army to drive away the Fusang people, he is the king of Fujian, and the Qing army will also use his fleet to fight against the Fusang people, and will increase reinforcements for him in the future, and surrendering the Qing army will bring rich benefits to the family.
Fan Wencheng asked Zheng Zhilong to send troops to Jiangbei and the Qing army to eliminate the Fusang army in Shandong, Zheng Zhilong thought about it, if he wanted to surrender to the Qing army, he wanted to let the Qing army see the strength, he agreed to Fan Wencheng's request, and sent 70,000 troops to attack the Fusang army in Shandong in the near future.
For Zheng Zhilong to be persuaded so easily, Fan Wencheng felt incredible.
He immediately took out a holy decree from his pocket, and at this time Dolgon wrote to Zheng Zhilong before parting, as long as Zheng Zhilong surrendered, he would be regarded as the king of Pingnan, this king of Pingnan can be hereditary, and not downgraded, in the face of the Manchu high-ranking officials Houlu, Zheng Zhilong gladly accepted the reward of the Qing army and became the king of Pingnan of Dolgon in Fujian.
After convincing Zheng Zhilong, Fan Wencheng immediately set off to go back, and after he left, Zheng Chenggong came to his father's room angrily, he pulled out his sword and threw it on the ground to show his break with his father.
Zheng Chenggong left angrily, Zheng Zhilong was very tormented in his heart, but he still threw himself into it.
The news of his surrender to the Qing army spread among the army, and many were unwilling
The Zheng soldiers who surrendered to the Qing army followed Zheng Chenggong away, and Zheng Chenggong led thousands of soldiers and horses to Nanzhili and defected to the Hongguang court.
Zheng Chenggong and the Zheng family broke up, causing earth-shattering waves within the Ming army, the Hongguang court welcomed Zheng Chenggong's arrival very much, and Ling Jingyang personally led the three armies to welcome Zheng Chenggong.
The Hongguang court attached great importance to Zheng Chenggong, which greatly moved Zheng Chenggong, and he swore allegiance to the Hongguang court.
In Fujian, the Zheng family also began to vote, Zheng Zhilong personally led 5,000 cavalry, 60,000 infantry troops, and thousands of mercenaries from Fujian to Zhejiang.
The Ming army in Zhejiang did not dare to resist, and wherever the Zheng army went, the Ming army avoided it one after another, and Zheng Zhilong fought all the way to the city of Nanjing, where he showed off his might, and then went north.
King Lu, who dreamed of the Son of Heaven in Nanjing City, clapped his hands and applauded, wishing that the Zheng family and the Fusang army would fight, and he would gain benefits behind his back.
He ordered Zhang Huangyan to follow Zheng Zhilong, and if Zheng Zhilong failed, he would eat Zheng Zhilong.
Zhang Huangyan longed for Ling Jingyang in his heart, and disobeyed King Lu's military order, and asked his subordinates to give the order given to him by King Lu to Ling Jingyang.
Ling Jingyang was in Huizhou Mansion at this time to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Chenggong was very young, similar to Ling Jingyang and Li Dingguo.
The three young people gathered together, listened to Jingyang's banquet in the army, drank three cups with Zheng Chenggong, and fought three bowls of wine with Li Dingguo, he was very happy, and the strongest anti-Qing twin stars in the late Ming Dynasty were around him.
This is his great blessing, the more he thinks about it, the more excited he becomes, he drank very happily this night, until late at night, Li Dingguo, Xu Sheng helped him back to the barracks.
Ling Jingyang went to bed, Li Dingguo was also a little drunk, he asked Xu Sheng to take care of the governor, and then returned to the barracks.
Li Dingguo didn't trust Zheng Chenggong very much, maybe Zheng Chenggong surrendered, and he ordered the troops to be on guard tonight to prevent Zheng Chenggong's troops from suddenly launching a surprise attack.
Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong came to defect sincerely, and that night, the barracks of Zheng Chenggong's troops were silent, and there was no abnormal movement.
Listening to Jingyang, who slept heavily in the barracks, suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, he felt extremely hot all over his body, and his head was as if he had been smashed with a fist, and the severe pain made him cover his head and get up from the bed.