As for the diligent Emperor Chongzhen, July this year is a time of joy and sorrow.

First, the official army in Zhuxian Town was defeated. The 180,000 army was defeated by Zuo Liangyu's cowardly battle. Seeing that the peasant army was in full swing, he fled south to Xiangyang by night. The supervisor Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue and the other three official troops rushed to the death. Li Zizhen immediately sent elite troops to make detours. Zuo Liangyu's troops were in chaos and fell into the peasant army's pre-digging trenches, trampling on each other, and suffered heavy casualties. In the battle, the rebel army received tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers, more than 7,000 horses and mules, and countless weapons, and they surrounded Kaifeng again.

When evil news came, Chongzhen had the heart to eat Zuo Liangyu raw. But he was far away in Huguang and had heavy troops in his hand. What could Emperor Chongzhen do?

Fortunately, good news came immediately outside the pass, but Zheng Zhilong was entrenched in Niuzhuang. Seeing that the Qing army that had attracted Songjin front line to return to the rescue, he immediately went out to go straight to the sea outside Songshan and sent people to communicate with the Ming army in Songshan City. After the two attacked at the same time, they attacked inside and outside, and rescued nearly 10,000 Ming troops besieged in Songshan in one battle (Hong Chengchou falsely reported the number).

Although the Ming army in Xingshan broke through and the Ming army in Tashan retreated helplessly, no matter what, this was a great joy.

In fact, this is true. In the original time and space, the Ming army in Songshan was destroyed, and then the Ming army in Tashan was defeated by the Qing army. Then the 7,000 Ming troops in Xingshan City surrendered without fighting, and Zu Dashou in Jinzhou City also surrendered. More than 30,000 Ming troops in the area north of Ningyuan City were wiped out.

Now, Hong Chengchou is alive, Xingshan breaks through, Tashan retreats, although he loses half of the Jinxi Corridor and sells Renzu Dashou, more than 30,000 Ming army has saved 60 to 70% of it.

Isn’t this a big happy event for the Ming Dynasty?

The most important thing is that Hong Chengchou went to the capital alive.

This man, who was trusted and trusted by Emperor Chongzhen, did not fall into the hands of the Qing army and chose to surrender. Instead, he went to Yanjing with brisk steps.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally had to punish him, but Emperor Chongzhen's trust in Hong Chengchou would not be shaken a lot. More importantly, Hong Chengchou used his personal experience to prove his ability to suppress bandits. He killed Li Zicheng to the point where only eighteen cavalry left to Shangluo Mountain, suppressing the peasant uprising that had been boiling for more than ten years to the bottom. Such talents were exactly what Emperor Chongzhen urgently needed today.

But Zheng Zhilong doubted whether Hong Chengchou had the ability to help Tianqing.

The peasant army today is not the peasant army of that time. While defeating the official army again and again, the peasant army of various peasant army has already absorbed a large number of defeated soldiers and captured prisoners, and the quality of the official army is even better than that of the official army.

Judging from Li Zicheng's old camp performance in that battle of stone, he is quite capable of fighting.

Can Hong Chengchou really suppress the current King Li Chuang again?

Zheng Zhilong doesn't believe it.

In just three years, Emperor Chongzhen had already squandered his chips, both inside and outside the pass. Not only Huang Taiji, but also Li Zicheng.

The only official army in the pass that still has combat power is the Qin army led by Sun Chuanting. However, the Qin army is not the Qin army at the time. This is an army led by Sun Chuanting. Can Emperor Chongzhen still ask Sun Chuanting to give way to Hong Chengchou?

Moreover, the Ming army gathered in Ningyuan will sooner or later disperse. The important towns on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty are not just Liaodong outside the pass!

The news of two bad and good made Emperor Chongzhen feel indescribable, so in August, after receiving the news that Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to give up Niuzhuang and lead his troops back to Juehua Island, he felt very peaceful.

It was all over the years that he had been tempered by bad news. Besides, he knew very well that the possibility of Zheng Zhilong being willing to obey orders and sticking to Niuzhuang was not very great.

However, when the news of Zu Dashou in Jinzhou surrendering to the Qing Dynasty reached, Emperor Chongzhen was still furious and wanted to order Zu Dale to be chopped down. He had a very upset with Zu Dashou, and now he had to settle the account.

Zheng Zhilong ignored the changes in the capital and enjoyed his own blessing leisurely. Since the withdrawal of troops, he has become a little "changed". A sense of laziness from the bottom of his heart makes him look like a tiger who has eaten and drunk enough and has a good sleep. Although he looks scary, he is actually not aggressive at all.

He was very satisfied with his performance over the past period, and he got a lot of reputation from the Tartars. His deal with Zhou Yanru, his deal with Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Bai Guangen and others, each of them took the needs, which greatly supplemented his shortcomings. It could be said that he was satisfied and could not be satisfied anymore.

It was like a tiger who had enough food and drink, and just wanted to rest lazily for a while before she could ignore how noisy the rabbits and foxes in the forest were - how noisy there was in Yanjing City now.

Hong Chengchou absolutely did not want to see Zu Dale being killed. This man was used in the Central Plains and was still a brave general.

Emperor Chongzhen now cannot recruit Zheng Zhilong to Beijing. This is a hidden rule. That is, the court cannot do anything to Zu Dashou, Zuo Liangyu and Zheng Zhilong, it is impossible for them to order them to enter Beijing. The provincial government will not make a good deal, which will make the court lose face in vain. It will also tear the unrestrained face between the central and local powerful factions!

For the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong was an unexpected surprise and could not ask for more.

He would only put a bunch of empty titles, such as the left governor and the cavalry general. The former is a convention, just like the governor and the right assistant censor, and the governor and the deputy minister of the Ministry of War or the secretary of the minister.

General Cavalry is a second-rank official and has a military official. By next year, Zheng Zhilong will not make any contributions. In order to win over him, the Ming court will continue to be promoted to General Jinwu and the Dragon and Tiger General.

Yes, it is the Dragon and Tiger General that Lao Nu was the first. This is the highest rank of generals who were called generals in the Ming Dynasty. The first rank and fourth rank are the same as civil officials, namely the Special Guanglu Dafu, the Special Ronglu Dafu, the Guanglu Dafu, and the Ronglu Dafu.

As for the silver reward sent by Emperor Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong only felt a little sarcastic. Did he still lack the fifty taels of silver? But then again, we can't blame Emperor Chongzhen for not? This rule was determined by Zhu Hongwu.

The navy went south along the coastline and walked with the wind. Even though Zheng Zhilong deliberately reduced his speed, he teased the Qing army while passing by Songshan and Jinzhou, and it only took three days for the fleet to arrive at Juehua Island.

Shen Tingyang looked at Zheng Zhilong walking down the side of the boat, and recalled the past few months, and for a moment, he really felt like a white cloud and a blue dog.

Although Zheng Zhilong was the King of Min and had a strong strength a few months ago, to be honest, he really had no great reputation in the Central Plains and his political reputation was almost zero.

But what about Zheng Zhilong now? He is already a famous general in the gentry and a jade pillar in the sky-raising of the people.

Although Chen Tingyang didn't take him out for several months on Juehua Island, his changes in the pass, the transactions between Zheng Zhilong and Zhou Yanru, and the recent surge in Zheng Zhilong's reputation are all vivid in his mind.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong today is different from Zheng Zhilong in the past.

Chen Nanguang and Jiang Zhe came to welcome him with Chen Tingyang. The former was not easy to say. Jiang Zhe looked at Zheng Zhilong but muttered in his heart.

He especially remembered the person's character when he first met Hong Chengchou that day.

Although he was a literati, he had a great army in his hands and had won the battle. Even though he was covered with white veil around his neck, he still had a heroic spirit. The eyebrows seemed to be light and light, but in fact they had murderous intent.

In general, it gives people a different feeling at first glance.

And what about Zheng Zhilong now?
Chapter completed!