The civil strife in the Ming Dynasty must be resolved before Jianyu reacts!

Since Zhu Linmiao had decided to quell the coup d'état of the Tang Dynasty in accordance with the secret edict of the Empress Dowager Zeng, he did not delay for a moment, and immediately led all the officers to set off overnight to return to the gloss, where the main force of the Long Wei Army was repairing.

"My lord, according to what the girl from the Namu clan said, there are more than 20,000 Ding Kuichu in Fujian alone, plus Tang Wang's own men and horses, the strength is probably around 25,000."

Zhang Jiayu looked at Zhu Linmiao, who was walking side by side, and said with some concern: "And the luster only has more than 5,000 people in the Dragon Guard. Is it safer to recall the broken camp sent to Jiangxi? ”

Zhu Linmiao had already thought about this problem, shook his head and said: "Driving captives at any time is the first priority, the night is long and there are many dreams, and we must end the battle situation in Guangxin as soon as possible before the situation in Tianxing Mansion has an adverse impact on Jiangxi."

"As for Ding Kuichu's 20,000 horses, they are definitely not more elite than the main force of Azig's Jianjiao. I believe that five thousand dragon guards are enough to defeat it.

"At the moment, officials everywhere have either not received information or are waiting to see the situation. Only by thwarting the coup d'état of the Tang Dynasty as quickly as possible can all parties have confidence in the imperial court. ”

Zhang Jiayu nodded thoughtfully, he understood what King Chen had not said, if it dragged on for a long time, it would greatly weaken the prestige of the imperial court and cause the place to be alienated.

While the two were talking, a horse suddenly came to them, stayed close, and said loudly: "Report!" There is urgent news from Quanzhou. ”

Shi Lin hurriedly stepped forward to take the letterbox and handed it to Zhu Linmiao.

"Quanzhou?" Zhu Linmiao took out the letter paper and unfolded it, and approached the torch to take a closer look.

The letter was written by Zheng Chenggong, detailing all matters after his return to Quanzhou.

He first tried to persuade Zheng Zhilong to no avail, so he planned with Zhang Guoxuan to prevent Zheng Zhilong from supporting Jianyu to attack Tianxing Mansion. Unexpectedly, before Zheng Zhilong could make any moves, he heard the news that King Chen had broken the main force of Jianyu in Yanping and killed Bolo.

Zheng Zhilong was immediately shocked, and he no longer had the intention of being the governor of Fujian and Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty, and began to pack up his soft and prepare to flee for his life.

Previously, Zheng Chenggong used his familiarity with the waterways near Zheng Zhilong's lair to secretly transfer Zhang Guoxuan's fleet to the vicinity of Zhangzhou Port.

The port of Zhangzhou was the home port of Zheng Zhilong's fleet, and Zheng Chenggong contacted some of Zheng Zhilong's officers who were unwilling to surrender, and planned to cooperate with the outside world, fill Zhang Guoxuan's ship with incendiary materials, and infiltrate the port to burn Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

But Zheng Zhilong didn't know why, he sent the fleet to sea in advance. Zheng Chenggong hurriedly launched an attack, but only intercepted Zheng Zhilong's rear ships and burned them all.

Zheng Chenggong judged that he should burn the baggage ships and some of the warships that Zheng Zhilong was transporting his belongings, but at least more than sixty percent of the warships, especially the heavy ones, had already left the port and should have gone north to Shandong to surrender to the prisoners.

At the end of the letter, Zheng Chenggong blamed himself for failing to destroy Zheng Zhilong's fleet, and said that he had recruited nearly a thousand loyal and brave men in his hometown and rushed to Shaowu with Zhang Guoxuan to join the Long Wei army.

Zhu Linmiao handed the letter to Zhang Jiayu, who quickly read it and said with emotion: "The general surnamed Guo has made great contributions this time!" ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "Zhang Guoxuan only has one hundred and forty small boats in his hands, while Zheng Zhilong's fleet has thousands of the most advanced warships, and it is extremely rare to be able to burn forty percent of them.

"And Zheng Zhilong has been entrenched in Fujian for decades, coupled with the control of maritime trade, the wealth he has amassed must be extremely amazing." Zhu Linmiao remembers reading some information that Zheng Zhilong had a monthly income of nearly 400,000 taels at the peak of foreign trade, of which at least half of the net profit. I am afraid that his entire family property can be as huge as 30 or 40 million taels!

"If it weren't for Damu to burn these belongings, when Zheng Zhilong landed in Shandong, this money alone would be enough to consume the food and salary for several years of fighting."

He thought about it for a while, and then instructed Zhang Jiayu: "Send someone to inform Da Mu and ask him not to go to Shaowu, and rush directly to Tianxing Mansion to meet." ”

"Yes!"

When the messenger left, Zhu Linmiao frowned and pondered. Although Zheng Chenggong had achieved good results, Zheng Zhilong brought at least more than 600 warships to join Jianyu.

Moreover, these ships can definitely be said to be the most advanced in the whole of East Asia at present, with a lot of reference to the shipbuilding technology of the Dutch, and their combat effectiveness is much higher than that of ordinary Ming warships.

Jianyu was not good at water warfare before, and now that he has such a powerful fleet, it will inevitably have an extremely adverse impact on the Ming Dynasty. In particular, it would seriously interfere with the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty.

Maritime trade is one of the key contents of Zhu Linmiao's next plan, which plays a vital role in alleviating the financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty.

"It seems that a strong fleet must be formed." He immediately shook his head and sighed secretly, "Although technically there is an absolute certainty that it can overpower Zheng Zhilong's warship, the navy has always been a gold-swallowing monster, where does this start-up capital come from?" ”

He immediately thought of Zhang Xianzhong's Shen Yin, and couldn't help but look to the west, it seems that Sichuan has to go, and he must get this silver!

Two days later, Zhu Linmiao led a group of officers to join the main force of the Longwei Army, and then marched eastward without stopping, heading straight to Tianxing Mansion.

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"This King Chen really doesn't know how to lift!" Zhu Yuao slammed the newspaper in his hand to the ground, which said that King Chen did not obey the order, but led his army to Tianxing Mansion, and he had reached Yanping last night.

"Your Highness, seventy percent of King Chen's troops are fighting with Liu Guangbi in Jiangxi, and there are only 5,000 people here." Wang Yinghua said disapprerovingly, "If he wants to use his mantis arm as a car, he has General Su's 20,000 troops to crush him into powder!" ”

"What Lord Wang said is not true," Su Guansheng shook his head and said, "Xiaguan was in Jiangxi and Wang Chen...... Well, let's fight against Jin Shenghuan together, and I know the elite of his department.

And King Chen's men and horses are divided into two parts, one is called the broken camp, the main body of which is the righteous army he recruited, and then it was rectified and trained. Although the number of people is large, it is not the main force.

"The second is the Dragon Guard, this is the elite of his recruitment and training, and his combat power is several points higher than that of the Broken Battalion. As far as I know, it was this Dragon Guard who he brought to Tianxing Mansion this time, although there were only a few thousand people, but they were definitely the elite of the elite! ”

He turned to Zhu Yu and said: "This Dragon Guard Army once defeated Gao Jinku's 15,000 army with 3,000 troops in Fuzhou, and its combat power can be seen. Your Highness should be cautious. ”

Zhu Yuao nodded when he heard this, "Only King Chen's team in Fujing dares to disobey the orders of the imperial court, and they will be defeated to deter the people at both ends of the first rat!" ”

He Wufu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "As long as this battle is played with the prestige of the imperial court, His Royal Highness can take advantage of this victory to officially supervise the country." ”

The rest of the people immediately nodded and seconded when they heard this, but only Su Ping stood aside with a frown, not knowing what he was thinking.

Suddenly, a eunuch from the palace came in with the latest Tang Bao sent to him, and He Wuwu hurriedly took it to Zhu Yuao.

The latter unfolded and glanced at it, and couldn't help but be furious again, "These waste! After cleaning up King Chen, I will definitely punish these rats severely! ”