After the soldiers rested for two hours at Beidaihe Ferry, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhang Huangyan to organize the army and selected three thousand elites.
Then he ordered Wang Dayou to lead a thousand soldiers and more than 50 empty ships to the north, pretending to assist Liu Wenbing.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang originally intended to let Huang Ting carry out the matter, but he thought that Huang Ting was Zhang Huangyan who asked for it from Zheng Sen halfway, and it would be too obvious to do so.
In addition, Huang Ting has strong combat ability, and keeping him will be more beneficial for the next war, so this decision was made.
Not long after Wang Dayou left, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Huangyan and others went south again with Li Dayong.
However, after nightfall, they took three thousand elite navy troops and returned to the vicinity of Nandaihe. Only Wang Dayou returned to Tianjin Port with some empty ships.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang waited all night and did not see any Jurchens coming to sneak across, so he couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.
At this time, Wu Mengming received another news, saying that Shi Kefa went to Dezhou to mediate the conflict between Gao Jie and Xie Bi, causing his troops to be attacked by an unknown enemy. Fortunately, Ma Jinzhong led his troops to arrive in time, and they were able to stabilize the situation. Get into position.
In addition, Gao Jie and Xingshi fought a beautiful blocking battle in Liaocheng and successfully cut off the passage between Guo Sheng and Ren Qi.
However, because Shi Kefa's army has lost its vigor, the encirclement and suppression of Guo Sheng and the opening of the southern grain channel may be delayed.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he saw that Wu Mengming did not mention the matter of Datong and Li Ruolian, and thought that Ren Qi had been involved in the Shandong battlefield, which would make the situation more complicated.
Soon after, news came from Jiangnan Jinyiwei that Wang Dehua had appeared in Wuchang, and Li Zushu was also vaguely seen, but later the two disappeared mysteriously, and Jinyiwei was stepping up the investigation.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned even more when he got the news.
He originally wanted to go south to solve the problems in Henan and Wuchang, but he was dragged here instead.
If the grain route cannot be opened and Zuo Liangyu is trapped in Shanxi, once changes occur in Jiangnan, the situation will become even more serious.
Then he thought of Xia Wanchun. When Xia Wanchun left Beijing, he was full of ambitions, but since he met Chen Zilong in Hangzhou, who was inspecting the city defense of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there has been no movement.
He suspected that Xia Wanchun, under Chen Zilong's guidance, saw clearly the situation in Jiangnan and became fearful, so that was why he took no action?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a little anxious, but unfortunately he was unable to do anything at all.
"If we leave and let Zhang Huangyan deal with the Jurchens..."
He just thought about it and shook his head slightly.
Because although Zhang Huangyan has the potential to be a good general, he is still too immature now.
It might not be a problem for him to deal with ordinary bandit soldiers, but it would be a bit difficult for him to deal with the cunning Dorgon.
In addition, if Dorgon is allowed to smuggle into China successfully, Shanhaiguan will be in danger of destruction.
When the Jurchens enter the Pass, the harm will be greater than the rebellion in Jiangnan.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought, Zhao Erhu ran in with a face of joy.
However, when Zhao Erhu saw Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, he immediately stopped and said with a respectful expression: "Your Majesty, the general has just received news that Duke An Guo has destroyed nearly half of the coastal military strongholds in the Jurchen territory."
"Later, Monk Duduo who rushed to support was happily beaten and fled. If Azig had not arrived in time, I am afraid that Duduo and the two would have perished in the sea."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he asked with some confusion: "Does Azig also have a navy in his hands?"
Zhao Erhu shook his head and said: "No, maybe Duduo knew that he was no match for An Guogong, so he just fought in the offshore. Later, Azig led the white flag and came, and they barely defended Dandong, Lushun and other places."
"However, An Guogong then divided his troops to harass. Although Azig and Duduo fought hard to stop it, many places were still captured. I heard that Azig had asked Dorgon for help. I believe Dorgon will retreat soon."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't be that simple, you know..."
As he spoke, he stopped again, looked at Zhao Erhu and said, "Instruct the Jin Yiwei to pay close attention to the situation in Liaodong. If there is any news, report it immediately!"
After Zhao Erhu bowed in agreement, he hurried out again.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, walked slowly to Kun Yutu, and murmured to himself: "Duduo should have returned to Jurchen after the defeat. From this point of view, he should have come here out of anger, which can be used. "
"Furthermore, the Jurchen territory has a long coastline. After Liu Wenbing defeated Kong Youde, they should be prepared!"
"But at this moment, they also transferred Shang Kexi, and Azig arrived after Duduo. This is a bit abnormal."
"It can be explained that Azig returned by land, but it is more than a thousand miles from Shanhaiguan to Lushun. It is impossible for him to arrive so quickly. The only explanation is that by ship..."
"Could it be that Azig was Dorgon's surprise soldier? Because of Duduo's defeat, Dorgon felt that nothing could be done, so he changed..."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought and shook his head slightly.
Because with Dorgon's talent, it is absolutely impossible for Duduo to secretly lead his troops away.
And even if Dorgon was careless and didn't notice it, he still had a boat in his hands and could still intercept Duduo.
From this point of view, Duduo should be a chess piece to confuse him, rather than Dorgon's killing move.
After Zhu Yuanzhang confirmed that his judgment was correct, he looked towards the Jurchen territory and said with some confusion: "According to Wu Mengming's news, Horqin only transported grain to Datong but did not send troops."
"We originally thought that Bumbutai asked Horqin to defend, but from now on, the soldiers and horses defending the Jurchens were all rushed back from Shanhaiguan, not the soldiers and horses in the Jurchen territory."
"Did Horqin's people go to Datong, or did they only defend Shengjing because the Jurchen coastline was too long?"
"But even if Bumbutai defends Shengjing and the coastal strongholds are destroyed, it will not be good for the Jurchens..."
"By the way, although this loss is not good for Bumbutai, it is even more unfavorable for Dorgon. From this point of view, it seems that Bumbutai is unwilling to be controlled by Dorgon and wants to weaken his strength. "
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, then pondered: "If this is true, if Horqin's troops are not in Shengjing, they are most likely in Datong!"
Thinking of this, he called Zhao Erhu in again and ordered him to send a message to Gong Yonggu. If Hauge retreats, he must not pursue him to avoid being ambushed by the opponent.
After dealing with these, Zhu Yuanzhang took a short rest, and then he once again deduced various possibilities for Jurchen smuggling in order to defeat them in one fell swoop.
But to his disappointment, he waited another day in vain.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was not idle on this day. He summoned Zhang Huangyan, Huang Ting and others several times to inquire about the situation of the Zheng Navy.
Although Huang Ting was alert, he was still a little immature in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
So it didn't take long for Zhu Yuanzhang to have a general understanding of the situation of Zheng's navy, and he also learned that Zheng Zhilong's other two brothers, Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, were also very brave.
Zheng Zhihu, in particular, has the reputation of "the dragon is wise and the tiger is brave" in the world.
And Zheng Zhilong is not a mediocre person. In addition to vigorously developing Taiwan in recent years, he has also been developing Japan's power.
Because Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third generation general of the Tokugawa family, implemented a closed-door policy in order to maintain stability, only opening the port of Nagasaki, prohibiting foreigners from coming to Japan, and prohibiting Japanese from traveling overseas.
Because this policy harmed Zheng Zhilong's interests, he once led the public in a righteous cause, but was preempted by Tokugawa Iemitsu. As a result, his success failed and he was forced to flee Japan.
Zheng Zhilong regarded this as a great shame and humiliation, so when he became stronger, he has been plotting this matter.
It's a pity that the Tokugawa family also attaches great importance to him, so there has been no major progress so far.
After Zhu Yuanzhang got this information, he immediately named Zheng Hongkui Jingdong Bo on the grounds that he defeated Kong Youde, and at the same time named Zheng Sen as General Xianwu.
Zhang Huangyan and Huang Ting were both shocked when they heard this.
You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang had previously named Zheng Zhilong as Jinghaibo, and now he named Zheng Hongkui as Jingdongbo. This is a double uncle of the same family. This has not happened in the Ming Dynasty for a long time.
Especially since both brothers Zheng Zhilong were pirates and were knighted for their military exploits, this amount of information is quite large.
Just when the two were surprised, Zhao Erhu came in excitedly and reported that the Jurchens had withdrawn their troops.
Some people died, but not completely...
