At the end of December, Duoduo withdrew his troops from the city of Changsha, and then led an army of 50,000 to embark on the road to return north.

The Qing army in Huguang was led by Kong Youde and Shang Kexi. However, due to insufficient troops, the two had to retreat to the front line of Yuezhou, and the Huguang crisis was temporarily lifted.

In the first month, news from the north came one after another. Zhao Ming entered the Huai River, defeated Huai'an, and then went north to Shandong, defeated the Qing army's encirclement and suppression, and forced the Qing army to transfer troops north to return, which gradually became known to all parties in the Ming Dynasty.

Changde Prefecture is located west of Dongting on the Yuanli Plain, and is a hometown of fish and rice.

Du Yinxi went out of western Hunan and restored Changde, he lived with Zhongzhenying in Wuling, Lizhou, Shimen, Taoyuan, Yuanjiang and other places. He used money and grain from northern Hunan to support Zhongzhenying, which finally gave this defeated army a place to rest.

At this time, outside Wuling City, outside the camp of Zhongzhen Camp at the foot of Deshan, the soldiers were practicing in the cold wind. In the tent, Du Yinxi was discussing with Li Guo and others.

Du Yinxi, wearing a scintillating official robe, handed a document to Li Guo and others to circulate it, sighing: "If it weren't for the Pinglu Marquis Zhao Bo'an, who sent troops into Huai and attacked Shandong and restrained Jiannu, the siege of Changsha would not have been lifted so easily!"

Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others looked at it, and were also admired, "Since Jiannu entered the pass, the army has been unstoppable. We have retreated all the way, and the morale of the soldiers and soldiers is depressed and fearing slaves is like a tiger. The move of the Marquis of Pinglu has really greatly increased our morale."

Among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Ming and his Donghai Ming army were a unique team and particularly eye-catching.

Du Yinxi focused on the key points, "The Marquis of Pinglu is really the stone pillar of the East China Sea. However, the chief Duoduo of Nu returned north, and Jiannu mobilized heavy troops to counterattack in Shandong. It is probably difficult for Pinglu Marquis to gain a foothold in Shandong. Now Pinglu Marquis of Pinglu rescues us, we also need to seize the opportunity of Jiannu withdrawing from Huguang, seize the time to rest and wait for an opportunity to counterattack."

Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others stood up and clasped their fists, "Please give orders to Fujun!"

Du Yinxi said in a deep voice: "Yuezhou is the gateway to Hunan. In my hands, Wuchang will look again. In the hands of Jiannu, there will be a crisis in Changsha. If we don't say all of us, we will regain Yuezhou."

As he said that, Du Yinxi stood up, "Several generals are training troops. I am now preparing to go to Changsha to ask for a batch of equipment, money and food for Zhongzhen Camp, and then discuss with He Duxian about the recovery of Yuezhou!"

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Changsha Prefecture, the Governor's Mansion, and He Tengjiao also received the imperial palace newspaper.

When Zhao Ming decided to go north and harass the Qing army, he submitted a memorial to the Longwu court, explaining his strategy of going north, harassing the Qing army, and forcing the Qing Dynasty to withdraw troops from Huguang and Jiangxi, so that the Longwu court must seize the opportunity he created, and not take measures to stabilize his position and recover lost territory.

If the Longwu court still did not do anything this time, Zhao Ming would feel tired even if he fought hard, and the Ming army in the East China Sea would really be unable to lead the situation.

After all, Zhao Ming fought well all the way. Even if he reached the entrance of the Qing Dynasty's nest, the other routes were defeated like diarrhea. Zhao Ming alone obviously could not make up for the situation.

He Tengjiao looked at the diary, and his face was a little unnatural. The memorial he had just sent up said that he had defeated Duoduo. The mansion was heard, and there was undoubtedly a slap in the face. Moreover, the emperor did not respond to his memorial, which made him feel a sense of crisis that he was about to fall out of favor.

Emperor Longwu ascended the throne with his vassals, and there was no team around him, and Zheng Zhilong was in charge of power in the court, so he relied heavily on his favor, an old acquaintance, and regarded He Tengjiao as his confidant.

He Tengjiao has always regarded himself as the minister of Emperor Longwu's most favored, but now the Zhejiang clan began to support Longwu, and now another Zhao Ming was released, so Longwu's favor to him was divided.

Originally, there was no one supporting Longwu, but now there was Zheng Chenggong and the civil servant group inside, and the Zhejiang clan who had the crown prince as an ally, He Tengjiao's status was less important.

Looking at the newspaper in the palace, the Longwu court praised Zhao Ming with great praise, He Tengjiao felt unhappy.

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Fujing, the imperial palace, and the imperial study room.

Emperor Longwu, wearing a coarse yellow robe, stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back, and several confidant ministers stood behind him.

At this time, Emperor Longwu was stunning at the map for a while, suddenly turned around, looked at the confidants, and said with a determined look: "You are the ones, I will decide, take this opportunity to leave Fujian and get rid of Zheng Zhilong. You all have solutions!"

Zhao Ming disturbed Shandong, the main force of the Qing army returned north, and the external pressure faced by the Ming Dynasty was reduced. Emperor Longwu decided to take this opportunity to leave Fujian, not wanting to continue to do nothing.

Several confidant ministers in the study couldn't help but bow down after hearing this, and kowtowed, "I am incompetent, and you have caused your Majesty to be humiliated."

When the central authority of the Ming Dynasty was still alive, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were powerful, but after the central authority collapsed, even the imperial court clerks still ignored it.

In the study, there are either a Grand Secretary or a Shangshu. The youngest ones are all third and fourth ranks. They were all big names in the past, but in Fujing, they were nothing.

They can say that they have no choice but to face Zheng Zhilong. The only thing they can do is to scold Zheng Zhilong, but they can't even scold him. Moreover, scolding Zheng Zhilong is also risky.

Not long ago, the Minister of Revenue He Kai, was sent by Zheng Zhilong to cut off an ear and was almost killed by Zheng Zhilong because he scolded Zheng Zhilong.

Seeing this, Emperor Longwu looked helpless and hurriedly raised his hand and said, "You don't have to do this, you all get up and talk."

When the ministers got up, Emperor Longwu sighed grief and said, "I have ascended to the great treasure and made an oath to revitalize the Ming Dynasty. I want to eliminate party struggles, use the public to abandon the sufferings of the people, severely punish corruption, want to open up the sea and open up the source to help the poor, and want to raise the six divisions and recover Jinling. However, the strategies in my mind are all due to the constraints of the Zheng family and are difficult to implement. If this continues, the revitalization will be endless!"

Emperor Longwu said, tears in his eyes.

Yang Wencong was also sad and angry, but he still came out to comfort him: "Your Majesty came to Fujian from Nanjing, and there were only more than ten people around him, and there were no money or soldiers in his hands. Now, it is not easy for Your Majesty to make the court stand barely. Your Majesty must not be discouraged. Now there are many loyal and righteous people gathered in the court. There are also princes, Pinglu Housing, Block Fu Army, He Governor Yuan, and Wan Governor Yuan fight against the Qing army. As long as Your Majesty is determined, the revival will be expected."

The rest of the people also persuaded Emperor Longwu wiped his tears, and his expression became resolute for a while, and he said in a deep voice: "Pinglu Hou wrote a letter to say that today's general trend is down, Jiannu has accounted for eight parts. If Jiannu stabilizes the world, and our Ming Dynasty is still divided, we will be unable to compete with Jiannu. Now Pinglu Hou is harassing the rear of Jiannu. If I do not rise up again and miss the opportunity, I will regret it in the future. Therefore, I decided to move to Ganzhou, first, remove the siege of Ganzhou, second, get rid of the Zheng family's control, third, be able to command the overall situation of the anti-Qing nearby. Do you agree?"

Several confidant ministers looked at each other, and Yang Wencong bowed and said, "Your Majesty is leaving Fujian and the emperor is in charge of the army. Zheng Zhilong will definitely stop him. But even if I lose my life, I will help Your Majesty escape from the control of the Zheng family."
Chapter completed!