561 several major events, the eldest son and the eldest daughter

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"Hey!"

After watching the recital sent by Zhang Fugui, Li Zixiao also had a general understanding of the general process of this battle, and couldn't help sighing.

"The result of the battle of Songjin has not changed after all, although the process has changed somewhat, but in the end Hong Chengchou was defeated by Huang Taiji."

Li Zixiao thought in his heart.

Hong Chengchou, who was supposed to be defeated more than a month ago, was defeated more than a month ahead of schedule in this time and space.

Next, it is estimated that Huang Taiji will still adopt similar tactics as in history and continue to besiege Songshan, Jinzhou and other cities.

Until the city runs out of food, the Tartars can easily take it and destroy it.

"For the mistakes of this battle, you can't completely blame Hong Chengchou, but also blame his group of pig teammates, especially the chief soldier Wang Pu, who simply deserves to be killed."

Li Zixiao put down the music and said with some annoyance.

"General, can you let me see the recital?" Luo Chao asked Li Zixiao at this time.

"Hmm." Li Zixiao nodded and handed the piece in his hand to Luo Chao.

"The general is right, this general soldier Wang Pu is really damned, if he hadn't seriously implemented Hong Chengchou's retreat order, he would have led his troops to flee first.

As a result, the retreat formation of the Ming army was completely chaotic, and it also gave Huang Taiji the opportunity to intercept in a roundabout way, completely depriving the Ming army of the opportunity to retreat.

There are also Tang Tong, Ma Ke, Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, Li Fuming, these generals, all of whom are pig teammates.

When these people found out that the Tartars had copied their back path, they rushed to flee one by one, trampling on each other, and without the Tartars doing anything, they routed themselves. ”

After Luo Chao watched the recital, he had a clearer understanding of the process of this battle, and at this time he said with a look of deep hatred on his face.

"That's why I said that Hong Chengchou can't carry all the pots in this battle, but only half of the pots, and he has to carry them with pig teammates."

Li Zixiao smiled and added.

"General, is the war in Songjin completely hopeless? Shall we help Hong Chengchou? ”

Luo Chao looked at Li Zixiao and asked out loud.

In Luo Chao's heart, he naturally hoped that the Ming army could win this battle.

The most unbearable, we have to let the Ming army and the Tartars have a draw, so it is much better than the Tartars winning.

However, Luo Chao never expected that the result of this battle would be like this, the more than 130,000 Ming army was defeated so quickly.

Hearing Luo Chao's inquiry, Li Zixiao shook his head and said, "If nothing else, there is no hope for Hong Chengchou to turn the tables in this battle."

As you said, Hong Chengchou and the cities of Songshan and Jinzhou will fall into the siege of the Tartars next, and then it will be equivalent to a slow death.

As for Chongzhen at this time, it is impossible to send a large army to rescue Hong Chengchou outside the pass, and it is only a matter of time before Songshan and Jinzhou are broken by the Tartars.

As for whether we should rescue Hong Chengchou, my answer is: no.

With the little power we have in our hands now, if we go, except for throwing ourselves into the net and being wiped out by the Tartar elite led by Huang Taiji, it is impossible to rescue Hong Chengchou.

With the strength of our White Dragon Army at this time, we can't save this battle.

We can take advantage of Huang Taiji and Hong Chengchou to fight a decisive battle in the Songjin area, land in Zhenjiang, and make such a big deal of things, which can already be regarded as making a big profit.

Since we have made enough money, we should withdraw, Songjin is in troubled waters, I don't plan to get wet, let's just withdraw the army and return to Tamna Island. ”

How could Li Zixiao go to the Songjin front line at this time to go to the troubled waters, he wanted to think about participating in this battle, before the decisive battle between Huang Taiji and Hong Chengchou, he should have brought people there.

Since at that time, Li Zixiao didn't bring people to go, you said that now Hong Chengchou has been defeated, why is Li Zixiao still going to do it, looking for death!

"Hey, once Songshan and Jinzhou City are broken, my last line of defense outside the gate will be completely gone.

Next, the only thing that stopped the Tartar cavalry from entering the south was Shanhaiguan, and it was estimated that the Tartars would seek Shanhaiguan in the next step.

Once the Shanhaiguan Pass is also in hand, at that time, the entire Ming Dynasty can no longer stop the Tartars from entering the customs and going south, Daming, the wind and rain are shaking! ”

After Luo Chao got Li Zixiao's reply at this time, he also felt a sigh of emotion in his heart, feeling sorry for the Ming soldiers who died on the front line.

But what Li Zixiao said about his own situation, Luo Chao also understood that the White Dragon Army at this time was not strong enough to have the ability to fight with the Tartars who had exhausted the strength of the country.

Li Zixiao also understood that after the Battle of Songjin, the Ming Dynasty was actually dead, and no one could save this rotten tree.

Whether it is the Tartars outside the Guan, or the rebellion of Li Zicheng and other thieves in China, they can take Chongzhen's life, and the Ming Dynasty has little time left to survive.

"The Ming Dynasty is dying, my 'expansion' plan should also begin, I want to expand the territory in my hands and expand the army before the Ming Dynasty falls.

Otherwise, when the Ming Dynasty dies, what will I do to fight with the Tartars and Li Zicheng, these bandits! ”

At this time, what Li Zixiao was thinking in his heart was actually these, he didn't care much about Hong Chengchou's fiasco in Songjin and the subsequent slow death.

Li Zixiao wanted to take advantage of the demise of Daming to use his identity as a 'Zhenguo general' on his body, and finally take a piece of fat from Daming to eat.

Otherwise, when Chongzhen dies, his identity as a general of the Zhenguo will not be as good as it is now.

Li Zixiao's first target was not Kaifeng Mansion, which he valued before, but Shandong, which was close to him, north of Jiangbei.

Especially in the coastal areas of Shandong, there are several port cities, such as Dengzhou, Laizhou, Yantai, Weihaiwei and so on.

Whether it is Kaifeng or Shandong, it is what Li Zixiao values, and it is also what he is preparing to take next, and he can't tolerate anyone getting involved.

Therefore, when Li Zicheng marched into Kaifeng, Li Zixiao did not hesitate to send Qi Wei to lead a heavy army to prevent Li Zicheng's plan to occupy Kaifeng.

On the Shandong side, for the time being, there is no threat from Li Zicheng's thieves, and there is only one general soldier Liu Zeqing, and Li Zixiao doesn't pay attention to it at all.

As long as Li Zixiao can occupy Shandong, control the coastal ports of Shandong, plus the Port of Arthur and the Liangang of Qingniwa in the Jinzhou area occupied by Liu Zhong at this time.

In this way, Li Zixiao basically mastered all the northern ports in the Bohai Bay area, which was conducive to his plan to focus on the development of maritime trade in the next step.

Li Zixiao didn't want to miss the Age of Discovery, in his opinion, no matter whether Daming died early or late, as long as he was there, he would never let Tartar sit on the throne again.

In the future, once he unifies China and develops maritime trade, he will also turn his focus to the sea, just like those countries in Western Europe at this time.

At that time, whether it is to trade at sea or even to colonize at sea, a strong navy will be needed, and a strong navy will not be built in a day.

Therefore, Li Zixiao has to start preparing now and take precautions.

Even, Li Zixiao used a long time and rich profits to awaken the desire of those merchants under him to go to sea for trade.

Li Zixiao's future plan to 'expand to the sea' not only relies on the strength of his own navy, but also the power from ordinary people and businessmen, which is also crucial.

But all this must be laid out as soon as possible, and then it will take a long time to operate, so that Li Zixiao can eliminate the bad influence of the Ming Dynasty court that has implemented a sea ban for hundreds of years.

Li Zixiao's deployment of all these marches to the sea began with his contact with Zheng Zhilong, the formation of a navy, and even the formation of a caravan to go to sea.

At least for now, everything is going well, and everything is developing in the direction Li Zixiao expected.

And then, after Li Zixiao returned to Jiangbei, he was even more busy.

Whether he is busy grabbing territory, expanding the army, developing maritime trade, or dealing with Li Zicheng in the west, any thing is much more important than saving Hong Chengchou.

"Zhang Fugui, in addition to the battle of the Songjin Ming Army, do you have anything else to report?"

Since Li Zixiao decided not to meddle in the war of Songjin, he could only regret Hong Chengchou's defeat in his heart, so he asked Zhang Fugui again.

"Yes, General, I have one more thing here that I think is more important.

That is, I just received a report from an undercover agent lurking in Quanzhou.

Half a month ago, Zheng Zhilong started a war with the red-haired ghosts in the south of Ryukyu (at this time, Li Zixiao's side officially used Taiwan's ancient name 'Ryukyu' as Taiwan's name) at sea.

The two sides first fought several naval battles in the southern waters of the Ryukyus, and Zheng Zhilong's fleet seemed to have the upper hand.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong also sent people to land in the northern part of the Ryukyus and attack the two castles of the red-haired ghost in the southern Ryukyus from the land.

So far, there has been no further news, it is a bit far away from us, and there will be a delay of several days in the transmission of information.

However, according to the news from his hometown Lord Qian, three days ago, Zheng Zhilong also sent his son to Yangzhou in person to buy artillery and muskets from us.

It can be seen that their battle with the red-haired ghosts did not end so quickly, and those red-haired ghosts are not easy to deal with.

In accordance with the general's requirements before leaving, Lord Qian fulfilled all of Zheng Zhilong's requirements, except that he did not sell flintlock pistols and guns with a caliber of more than thirty-two pounds.

This time, Zheng Zhilong sent his son to purchase more than 300 artillery pieces, more than 5,000 improved guns, and a large number of iron-shelled mines in Yangzhou, worth more than 500,000 taels of silver.

Hehe, this Zheng Zhilong is also rich enough! Zhang Fugui smiled and reported.

"Oh? Zheng Zhilong actually fought with the Dutch? That's a good thing!

It seems that most of the red-haired ghosts on the Ryukyus are restless and try to snatch a piece of meat from Zheng Zhilong's fleet at sea, which angers Zheng Zhilong.

In addition, Zheng Zhilong has also coveted the southern land of the Ryukyus for a long time, otherwise with Zheng Zhilong's character in recent years, it is impossible to easily start a war with the red-haired ghost. ”

After Li Zixiao heard what Zhang Fugui said, he was also overjoyed, and at the same time analyzed the reasons for the war between Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch.

In any case, Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch fought in the Ryukyu Sea, which had no effect on Li Zixiao, and he was happy to see them pinch each other.

After all, Zheng Zhilong is also a potential enemy of Li Zixiao at this time, and as for the red-haired ghost on the Ryukyus, in Li Zixiao's opinion, it is not a good thing.

If Zheng Zhilong can defeat the red-haired ghost and recover the southern part of the Ryukyus, he will save Li Zixiao in the future.

"I'll fix a letter later, you can take it back to Qian Guangyuan, and tell him that if you continue to strengthen your cooperation with Zheng Zhilong, you can fully meet the Zheng family's procurement of artillery and firearms.

Of course, flintlock pistols and guns with a caliber of more than 32 pounds were still prohibited from being sold, so Qian Guangyuan took the opportunity to ask the Zheng family for some skilled shipwrights to strengthen our shipbuilding capacity. ”

Li Zixiao thought about it and said to Zhang Fugui.

"Yes, my subordinates understand." Zhang Fugui responded respectfully.

"By the way, General, there is another great event, and my subordinates have to report it." At this time, Zhang Fugui suddenly smiled and said to Li Zixiao.

"Oh? What's good? ”

Li Zixiao looked at Zhang Fugui with a bright smile on his face, and he was also curious, what was a good thing.

A week ago, news came from my hometown that the eldest lady and the second lady gave birth to a son and a daughter respectively after three days.

Mother and son, mother and daughter are all safe, congratulations to the general, you are a father. Zhang Fugui said with a smile.

"Ahh What did you say? Wan'er and Mingxi gave birth? That's right, calculate the time, it's time for the day, I've forgotten about it, haha, I'm a father, I'm a father. ”

When Li Zixiao heard the news, he was first shocked, and then ecstatic.

"Congratulations to the General." After Luo Chao heard the news, he was also overjoyed and congratulated Li Zixiao.

In China, especially in ancient times, the issue of heirs was particularly important, let alone Li Zixiao's identity.

In fact, Li Zixiao's subordinates have long been looking forward to Li Zixiao having children.

"A son and a daughter, good, good!"

Li Zixiao hadn't recovered from the joy of the news, and his face was filled with an excited smile.

"General, this time my subordinates came here, and they were also entrusted by the two ladies.

The two ladies knew that the general might not be able to return to Jiangbei for a short time, so they entrusted their subordinates to ask the general to give names to the little general and his daughter.

The two ladies said that their names had to be chosen by the Grand General himself. ”

Zhang Fugui looked at Li Zixiao and said with a smile.

"Good! Lao Tzu's son and daughter, of course the name has to be taken by Lao Tzu, let me think about it, what is the best name? ”

Li Zixiao's face was happy, and he began to think of names for his eldest son and eldest daughter.

"From the point of view of time, when Wan'er and Mingxi gave birth, I was taking people in Shengjing City, and Shengjing and his party were a great victory and fruitful results.

Moreover, outside the battle of our place, if there is no accident, we will also win the class, in this case, my eldest son is called Li Jie!

My eldest daughter is called Li Shuo, and as for the nicknames of the two little ones, let my mother take them.

If I had given the names of the two little ones, my mother would have beaten me when I got back. Ha ha! ”

"Yes, my subordinates have written it down, and when I return to Jiangbei tomorrow, I will inform the two ladies, as well as the old ladies, and they will definitely be very satisfied."

(End of chapter)