An unexpected surprise, really an unexpected surprise.

When Zheng Zhilong received the news outside the pass, it was already September. The news of the fierce battle between the Ming army and Li Zicheng army just came from the Central Plains!

The outcome of the two sides is still uncertain. But from the scene, the Ming army has a great advantage.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting cooperated with each other. The former led troops from Kaifeng to Xuzhou to attack and threatened the civilian army in the side. Li Zicheng's troops immediately retreated to Ruzhou and gave up the vast area from Tongguan to Ruzhou. Sun Chuanting took the opportunity to send troops to easily recover Heluo.

Then he met with Hong Chengchou, and a hundred thousand troops attacked Ruzhou together. The civilian army was defeated. Li Yangchun, the commander nicknamed "Four Heavenly Kings", surrendered.

Zheng Zhilong is a senior official, so the news you have received for you so far is just a little bit. The information has been delayed a lot, but there is nothing we can do about it.

But even so, the situation of the Central Plains War made him a little confused.

He had previously ruled that Li Zicheng would have a great advantage, so why is there still a general who will surrender now?

Sun Chuanting, is Hong Chengchou really that fierce? Under the leadership of the two, the Ming army soldiers in the feudal era really transformed into sehuizuyi soldiers of the new era?

If you don’t pay military salaries, you can fight, eat bran and drink with great fighting spirit?

What a fool.

In the case of the Ming Dynasty, if Zheng Zhilong was replaced by Emperor Chongzhen, after Sun Chuanting led his troops to recover Heluo, he would immediately stop and would not ask them to continue south to Ruzhou.

The cards in Hong and Sun were the last trump card of the Ming Dynasty. It would be impossible to be too cautious, right?

Keep Heluo in the west, Kaifeng in the east, and then ask the Central Plains General Chen Yongfu to lead troops to garrison Xuzhou (Xuchang). The most important thing is to temporarily stabilize the situation in the Central Plains, right?

Even if you want to fight, you have to wait until the money and food are received next year before you discuss military affairs.

Just when the treasury is empty and can run away, I still expect the army under Hong Sun and his men to continue to work hard to show their core values ​​and tighten their belts to fight for the old Zhu family, unless there is a pie falling from the sky.

Although he was a little stunned by Li Zicheng's incompetence, Zheng Zhilong was still unshakable in the final victory of Li Zicheng.

However, the news coming from outside this level gave people a great surprise.

Lin Qingye knew that a Korean man who could shame countless scholars and officials in the late Ming Dynasty. He also heard of Cui Xiaoyi and Dubu Monk. In history, Cui Xiaoyi died of hunger strike in front of Chongzhen's tomb for seven days and seven nights, which was quite sad.

But who is Shen Qiyuan? Zheng Zhilong said that he really doesn’t know.

But now he knows. This is a person with great influence in the political landscape of North Korea. He is an absolutely powerful faction and a very firm pro-Ming faction. He is surrounded by a large number of Korean scholars and officials with the same ideals and ambitions.

It can be said that this is an old friend and good friend of China.

But what Zheng Zhilong can be sure of now is that Shen Qiyuan’s plan must have been unsuccessful!

In later generations, a craze for "Ming Dynasty father and North Korean son" arose. The reasons are, one is to mock the shameless "vanity" of Simida Country that was so shameless at that time! Second, to mock the Simida Country's dog legs towards the Lighthouse Country.

So much so that the Ming Dynasty was the father of the sect leader of North Korea, and the whole country of North Korea was full of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. This impression was engraved in the hearts of many people.

Is there a lot of evidence, such as the big newspaper in the Korean royal palace, the secret memorial service of the Korean royal family for 200 years, the Korean scholars and officials have long been dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty’s reign titles are used on the surface, but they still secretly use the Chongzhen reign titles, calling the Qing Emperor Hu Emperor, etc.!

So Zheng Zhilong clearly remembered that the Korean king during the Ming and Qing dynasties was a very sensible person. Seeing that the Qing Dynasty could not defeat him, he obediently changed his family and recognized the Tartars as his father. As a result, the royal family's reputation fell sharply. After his son ascended the throne, in order to reshape people's hearts, he held high the banner of the Northern Expedition of the Qing Dynasty and vigorously expanded his army to prepare for war on the grounds of defending against Japan, which aroused the alert of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Shunzhi issued an edict to reprimand the Korean king and dismissed him from acting as a minister. The famous "Six Envoys' Counterfeiting Incident" in Korean history occurred!

Therefore, no matter how big the incident occurs, if there is no external force involved, the current King of Joseon Lee will be safe and sound, and the one who inherits the throne of the North will still be his son.

Shen Qiyuan and the Huai'enjun Li Deren he raised will definitely not get good!

Zheng Zhilong sorted out all the clues in a very short time, so he decided to get a hand in it.

No matter how the plan for the sinking ware far was in history, Zheng Zhilong didn't want to see him unlucky now, because the sinking ware far was the person sitting in China with his butt.

He and the group of people around him are both firm pro-China factions in North Korea. If they are caught in one go, the losses will be huge.

Even if the Central Plains is never short of followers in North Korea at this time, it will be much more difficult to find a big shot like the Sinking Vessel.

He silently calculated the time in his heart. It was September now, and the letters from Penghu were reported that Zheng Hongkui was actively looking for the opportunity to fight. The Dutch were the same in this regard.

In this way, both sides have the intention of a decisive battle, and it can be expected that the time for the decisive battle between the two is about to come.

Zheng Zhilong did not believe that the Penghu navy would not be able to defeat the Dutch. In the case where the main warships of both sides were of equal number and the auxiliary warships were seriously unbalanced, the Zheng army navy had a huge advantage. Therefore, the situation in the southeast should not change any unplanned changes. By the New Year next year, he would free up and lead some troops to the north.

The 17th year of Chongzhen!

It was a year of turbulence, and now it was just the tranquility before the storm came.

Fortunately, in the past two years, the frequent travel between Zhifu Island and Fujian Province has been enough for them to explore rich sailing experience.

After the New Year, Zheng Zhilong would gather troops to the north with the imperial edict of serving the king.

What would be the situation in the world at that time?

Will Wu Sangui surrender to the Qing Dynasty and lead his Qing troops into the pass? At that time, the main force of the Qing Dynasty will enter the pass. The Zheng army on Juehua Island, although there are not many, they will really make great achievements.

At this critical moment, a soldier will be divided into two groups to go to North Korea..., and there will naturally be "losses".

This sinker was a very sudden and unexpected accident. How great would it be if he retreated the planned time for a year?

However, it was September that the news came from outside the pass to Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong sent his opinions back to outside the pass and reached Chen Jingrong's ears. He asked Chen Jingrong to quickly set off south, take a sea boat to the southern end of North Korea, and after landing, he hurriedly informed Shen Qiyuan. He was afraid that before Chen Jingrong arrived in Seoul, Shen Qiyuan had already started...

The actions of the Qing Dynasty have not been considered here.

Huang Taiji is overwhelmed. Dorgon has just come to power. He will not remain calm in his army due to reason. Will the new official take office three times?

I can't take Juehua Island, Ningyuan City and Shanhaiguan, but what about some of the castles during this period? For example, Guangning Qiantunwei, Guangning Zhonghoushou, Ningyuan Zhongyouwei, etc.

If the Qing army had already sent troops, it would be difficult for Zheng Zhilong to pass on his reply to Chen Jingrong.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong just thought about it and denied his thoughts. The message sent back to the pass was to agree with Zheng Zhibao's opinion, and even asked him to raise troops to North Korea as soon as possible to prevent accidents.
Chapter completed!