After nightfall, Gu Sanmazi led the fleet back to Juehua Island. After resting, he returned to Shanhaiguan.
Standing on the flagship deck, looking at the faint sight of Jianlu exploring the horses on the shore, he felt a little emotional in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the famous Zheng family in the southeast also served the imperial court in the north!
Haha, now that the Zheng family has taken action, no Jianlu navy can exist anymore! It's a pity that I didn't get a share of the credit, and now I can only transport troops here to confuse Jianlu.
Two thousand troops were transported for the first time, and next they had to transport grain and grass, and troops would also continue to be delivered. According to the information revealed to him by Yan Yingyuan, nearly 10,000 infantry troops will be transported to Juehua Island by his fleet.
Obviously, although Yan Yingyuan didn't say it explicitly, he was not stupid either. With this posture, he was obviously going to attack Ningyuan City!
I have been here for almost two years, and I finally want to take action. Even after defeating Jianlu, the navy becomes even more useless. I don’t know what to do?
A general at his level naturally does not know the future strategic goals of the imperial court. The general who knew this strategic goal had just arrived at the port of Dengzhoufu.
When the Ming Dynasty was founded, Dengzhou was just a state, not a prefecture. Later, based on the fact that the two states of Deng and Lai are close to the sea and are the main routes between Korea and Japan, it is not enough to build a government and increase military guards. Therefore, the state was changed to a prefecture, and the government office is located in Dengzhou. A place near the sea.
At this time, the huge Denglai Navy had just returned. After winning the Battle of Pi Island, not a single Jianlu Navy existed anymore, and most of the navy's warships would have nothing if they left Pi Island.
Zheng Fusong, who was standing on the flagship deck, had received an order to return. When he saw the port of Dengzhou getting closer, he turned to Zheng Hongkui who was standing next to him and said: "Uncle, from now on the Denglai Navy will be yours." !”
According to the decree, Zheng Hongkui was promoted to deputy general commanding the Denglai Navy, taking over Zheng Fusong's military position. Zheng Fusong himself will be transferred back to the Fujian Navy as the commander-in-chief, and will also be promoted.
However, there was no situation where Zheng Zhilong, the father, would have to obey orders from his son Zheng Fusong. The court would transfer his father Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Fusong's mother to settle in the capital. At the same time, Zheng Zhilong was granted the title of Qianshi, the governor of the former military governor's mansion, with the second rank. Zheng Fu's mother-in-law, Tian Chuan Song, was the second-grade wife.
Zheng Fusong himself is very satisfied with this award. Zheng Hongkui was equally satisfied. He originally had no official position and was just a martial arts scholar. Now he was promoted to the deputy general commanding the Denglai Navy. It was obviously because the imperial court saw that he was the actual commander of the Battle of Pidao.
However, Zheng Hongkui was a little worried about whether his brother Zheng Zhilong would accept the appointment from the court. Because this appointment from the imperial court was a promotion on the surface, but in reality it had no real power.
At this time, when he heard Zheng Fusong's words, he looked over and replied with a polite smile: "I'm fine here. If you go back to the Fujian Navy, what will your father do?"
After hearing this, Zheng Fusong said nonchalantly: "It's okay. If my father refuses to go to the capital, then I will send him to do something. See if he can bear it?"
"..." When Zheng Hongkui heard this, he stared at him and was a little speechless. Does this mean his wings are hard?
If you offend me, he doesn't care about your official position, believe it or not, he will still spank you!
While he was thinking about it, Zheng Fusong said to himself: "My father and mother must have received the imperial decree now. My father doesn't know, but my mother must be very happy! In the past, she always complained about me. He is good at studying, but he relied on my father to make a living. Now he is better, and my mother has been awarded the title of second-class lady because of it."
At this point, he became excited again, looked at Zheng Hongkui and said: "Uncle, do you know that my mother yearns for my Ming Dynasty the most, and she didn't expect that one day she would be awarded the title of second-class lady. I guess she must be thinking about returning to the Ming Dynasty. Let’s go to my parents’ house!”
Although Zheng Hongkui didn't know about this, he could understand it. All the surrounding countries have always admired everything about the Celestial Kingdom. The same is true on the Japanese side!
The eldest sister-in-law is a Japanese. Although the family background is good, if she can get the imperial decree of the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be the glory of the family. It is reasonable for my sister-in-law to be happy. It's just the eldest brother...
Thinking of this, he became a little worried.
At this moment, he suddenly heard something moving and turned around to hear the sound.
The reason why the fleet was closer to Dengzhou port was that Zheng Hongkui saw a huge military camp near the port. Groups of cavalry were coming in and out from time to time, and the neighing of war horses was heard from time to time.
"Uncle, cavalry, how many cavalry are there?" Zheng Fusong also discovered it and asked him excitedly.
In the south, there are very few war horses. Although Zheng Fusong had seen some, he had never seen a large-scale cavalry army. There are thousands of cavalry troops in Pi Dao. During the training, he already felt very powerful while watching them. And the cavalry troops in Dengzhou in front of them are definitely far more than a thousand cavalry troops.
Therefore, Zheng Fusong was very excited when he saw so many cavalry troops for the first time.
Zheng Hongkui saw him, and after some estimation, he answered him in surprise: "At least five thousand! Where did the imperial court come from with so many cavalry troops? Are they all going to be transferred to Dongjiang Town?"
Zheng Fusong was not as surprised as he was. He just smiled and said: "My Ming Dynasty is rich in resources. It should be easy to raise five thousand cavalry, right?"
Zheng Hongkui had no explanation for this. Because the warship quickly docked.
When the huge navy returned, someone had already flown to report to the prefect's Yamen.
The prefect of Dengzhou Prefecture and the generals of the cavalry army came to the port to welcome the triumphant return of the Denglai Navy.
When they met, Zheng Hongkui was even more shocked when he learned about the situation. He didn't expect to hear such shocking news when he came back.
Here in Shandong, there was a large-scale civil unrest.
The Kong family in Qufu, Shandong Province has disappeared!
The imperial court vigorously suppressed these things, and even the Kong family in Qufu was not immune!
Later, he learned more details, and the current situation of Ming Dynasty surprised him.
So Zheng Hongkui immediately wrote a letter to his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong, and then handed it to Zheng Fusong and said: "You'd better rush back to Fujian as quickly as possible. If your father has not set off due to illness, give this letter to Your father. If you have already set off, burn this letter!"
No matter how awesome the Zheng family is, they cannot be as awesome as the Kong family in Qufu. But now, the Kong family in Qufu was disobedient and was suppressed by the court. If the Zheng family disobeys, Duke Xingguo’s threat will definitely be fulfilled!
Zheng Hongkui, who has realized the strength of the imperial court, does not think that the Zheng family has the ability to confront the imperial court. If you rebel and become a pirate, you will only be proud for a while at best. The final result, like other pirates in history, will eventually be suppressed by the court.
Zheng Fusong was also a little worried about his father. As he took the letter and put it away, he replied to Zheng Hongkui: "Don't worry, uncle. My father is very discerning and everything will be fine."
Even though he answered like this, he was still a little worried after all. Therefore, he quickly left Dengzhou and rushed to Fujian.
On Zheng Hongkui's side, after resting and recuperating, and assuming that the weather would permit, he carried 6,000 cavalry and provisions and returned to Pi Island again. Following the navy, there were also a large number of ships belonging to merchants from the south of the Yangtze River.
The Kaizhong method is also effective. They transport grain to exchange for salt. Of course, you can also exchange salt for some specialties from North Korea and sell them back to Jiangnan to make a fortune.
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The Ming Dynasty, from Shanhaiguan to Pidao, is preparing for war. However, Jianlu in Liaodong did not pay much attention to the war situation, mainly because Jianlu was unable to do anything about it.
On land, attack Shanhaiguan? They are self-aware and cannot defeat them.
Detour through the Mongolian grasslands to attack the capital? With the Ming army on Pidao side in check, it was impossible to deploy many troops to detour through the Mongolian grasslands. This kind of attack without logistics was very dangerous. The Jianlu troops were originally small, so they dared to take risks.
Remove the nail in Pi Dao? Without a boat, one can only look at the island and sigh, but there is no way to remove it.
Are you going to use a trick to make the Ming Dynasty destroy Dongjiang Town on its own? Without the information provided by the eight major Shanxi merchants, and without the channel to communicate with Guan Ningjun, even if he had a lot of tricks, he would not be able to use them.
At this time, the disadvantages of Liaodong, a remote place, were clearly reflected. Jianlu had no combat power, but he could not use it at all, and could only use it on North Korea.
But at this time, all the slave chiefs had no such thoughts. Almost all the slave chiefs, those with high status, have returned to Shengjing from various places.
There is no other reason than that their emperor's situation is not optimistic.
Last year, the slave chief Taiji personally led his troops to conquer Pi Island. He originally thought that he could defeat Pi Island in one fell swoop and remove this nail. Unexpectedly, he witnessed the power of the Ming Navy with his own eyes.
Afterwards, Jianlu learned a little more about the Zheng family in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, which was the overlord of the sea. The so-called pirate background is much stronger than the regular navy of the Ming Dynasty.
In other words, with the Zheng family contributing to the Ming Dynasty, there would be no need to have any thoughts at sea.
He witnessed with his own eyes that the navy that had finally been established was burned clean by the Ming Dynasty navy right before his eyes. Huang Taiji fell ill on the spot.
However, this news was not leaked to the outside world, and even after returning to Shengjing, it was concealed for a long time.
Until the beginning of this year, for such a long time, Huang Taiji had not been seen convening an imperial meeting to discuss matters, that is, he had not shown up. Finally, someone became suspicious and inquired about the situation. The news about Huang Taiji was considered among the top officials of Jianlu spread.
The reason why Huang Taiji didn't show up again didn't mean that he was dead.
Speaking of which, we have to thank Zhang Mingwei for traveling through time. Otherwise, according to the original historical development, he would have died on September 21 last year.
