"Is this Ning Yuan?"

The waves were slightly lowered, gently patting the ship's side. Zheng Sen stood in the mast hanger, looking up at the city on the shore. It was only a square city with a circumference of seven miles. It was not vast in his eyes, but the golden sunlight bathed it with a dazzling layer of brilliance.

Ningyuan City is a dazzling name for the Ming Dynasty, which is like a candle in the wind. Fifteen years ago, Yuan Chonghuan became famous here and defeated the wild boar skin's attack. It is rumored that he also invaded the thief chief, which made Nurhaci die in half a year!

How could Zheng Sen not know about Ningyuan City? Even though Yuan Chonghuan died very disgraceful, the achievements of the "Ningyuan Victory" were still extremely affirmed by the Ming Dynasty, rather than being erased.

Historically, it was also after this war that Ningyuan City, about a hundred miles north of Shanhaiguan, was firmly grasped by the Ming Dynasty until Wu Sangui borrowed troops to enter the pass!

Ningyuan is now also the location where Hong Chengchou gathered the Eighth Route Army.

This is the information Zheng Sen learned, so he led the fleet straight towards Ningyuan.

As a barrier to the northern part of Shanhaiguan and an important link outside the Ming army, Ningyuan City, located in the western Liaoning Corridor, is still very garrisoned.

Soon, a team of horse soldiers rushed forward.

The leader was burly and was Wu Sanfu, the younger brother of Wu Sangui, the general of Ningyuan regiment training. Although this person looked very powerful, he was not strong at all. He was afraid that the fleet on the sea came from the Eight Banners Tartars, and he was worried all the way.

It is now the end of mid-August, and at the end of July, Hong Chengchou gathered the generals of the Eighth Route Army and had already vowed to go on the expedition. In other words, Zheng Sen's news is one of the first, and not many defenders in Ningyuan City are the second!

However, there seemed to be thirty or twenty ships on the seaside, all of which were large ships. Even one ship carried one or two hundred people, and three or five thousand Tatars suddenly rushed to Ningyuan City, and the defenders in the city could only close the city and guard it!

But fortunately not! Although Wu Sanfu was stunned by Zheng Sen's arrival!

However, Ma Shaoyu, who arrived later, smiled. He was the head of the Ministry of War, and the confidant of the Minister of War Chen Xinjia. He and Zhang Ruoqi, the doctor of the Ministry of War who had arrived in the army early, were both confidants of Chen Xinjia. They all came to urge Hong Chengchou to advance quickly and fight quickly.

As a civil minister, Ma Shaoyu naturally knew what the Zheng family represented by Zheng Sen had a relationship with Hong Chengchou. Thinking of the news in the capital and Jiang Dejing's proposal, it was even more obvious.

After knowing his identity, Zheng Sen heard that Hong Chengchou had already vowed to go to war, but he was not regretful, but was happy. The reinforcements had finally advanced for four or five months.

Of course, the money and food on the ship cannot be given to Ning Yuan.

"Since the general manager is not here, the money and grain cannot be cheaper Ningyuan." Shi Lang murmured to Zheng Sen, "The young master should also understand the activities of the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Once the money and grain are given to Ningyuan, more than 100,000 soldiers will eat horses and chew them, and they will be able to float away all of them. Hong Chengchou has no benefit, so how can he win the love of the general? "

Money and grain must be delivered to Hong Chengchou's army in person. Only by tangible benefits can it be considered to be a consolidation of human favors.

Zheng Sen is no longer the young master of the past, so he naturally understood Shi Lang's words. With a command, more than 20 ships set sail under the noses of a group of civil and military officers on the shore.

Twenty thousand stones of grain, and tens of thousands of silver...

On the shore, Ma Shaoyou looked at the fleet slowly sailing off the coast, and felt so painful when she saw a cooked duck flying away with her wings.

"What a rude Zheng Sen, you are so rude, you are not a son." Ma Shaoyou said fiercely in his heart.

Then looking at the group of soldiers around him who wished they could stretch out their palms in their eyes, he snorted coldly. He couldn't bear it at this time, so why didn't he stop it just now?

There are only three warships in front of me, and the rest are just grain ships. How can I not send them to the ashore if I hold Zheng Sen? I dare not act rampantly, isn’t it just that I am afraid of Hong Hengjiu!

"I have long heard that Jiang Hongzheng and Zheng both went out of a county in Fujian Province, and they are suspected of forming cliques and making personal gains. This is the case today. When I return to Beijing, I must submit a good report to the emperor!"

With a swaggering sleeve, Ma Shao left happily.

Zheng Sen on the sea didn't know that he had already hated Ma Shaoyu, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. The mere head of the Ministry of War, and the capable figure in front of Chen Xinjia, was only a sixth-rank official. Unless Chen Xinjia had a pitfall in his mind, he would have become dirty with the Zheng family because of him.

At this moment, we were talking about the war ahead with Shi Lang, and regretting the death of Yang Guozhu, the general of Xuanfu, in his country.

However, on July 26, the Ming army was beaten by a blow after swearing to the expedition. Hong Chengchou led his army to the area of ​​Rufeng Mountain in the south of Jinzhou City. The next day, he ordered Yang Guozhu to lead his troops to attack Xishimen, but the Qing army was ambushed. The Qing army persuaded surrender with high officials and generous salaries. Yang Guozhu fought to the death and refused to surrender until he was shot.

Then he talked about Hong Chengchou's march strategy, he wanted to do everything step by step and be a chariot. Chen Xinjia advocated a quick battle and a quick decision on the grounds that the court's food and salary were insufficient, and Emperor Chongzhen also believed so.

Zheng Sen had no combat experience, and only felt that Hong Chengchou did this, and Emperor Chongzhen was an outsider and an expert in leading the country. Shi Lang disagreed: "Yang Zhengrong died for the country, and the army lost its morale, but his morale was still strong and his morale was also exciting. At this moment, it was time to roar the drum forward! Hong Hengjiu was actually frightened and did not dare to launch a fierce attack. I think he was a person who was a false reputation and was unwilling to the world to look forward!"

Shi Lang scoffed at Hong Chengchou.

Zheng Sen frowned, dissatisfied with Shi Lang's contempt for Hong Chengchou, but he felt that what Shi Lang said was not unreasonable.

The court is short of food and wages, which is a fact that it cannot be eliminated. How could Hong Chengchou, as the governor of Ji Liao, not know? And since he knew, he wanted to lead his troops to advance slowly. Isn’t that a contradiction? Isn’t this a problem for His Majesty?

And as Shi Lang said, when the army moved, it took advantage of its strong morale and sent troops to attack... It seemed to make sense.

Zheng Sen, who has not experienced war experience, is obviously very immature now.

"Don't let Zunhou (Shi Langbiao's name) speak nonsense. Hong Zhengzheng suppressed the bandits, and it was common to the people of the world. How could he not know the soldiers? Our dynasty and the Tartars suffered several major battles, but they were defeated by division of troops. This is the reason why the General Secretary took the steps to serve as a car, and took steps to the camp, and carried out with great importance."

Zheng Sen is still more 'believing' his senior in the imperial examination, Hong Chengchou.

"Since the army has arrived outside Jinzhou City, the grain and grass are stationed in Bijia Mountain. Let's go straight to Songshan City!"

Zheng Sen decided to turn around and order.

Songshan City is closer to the army than Bijia Mountain, so it is better to send money and grain to Songshan City.

Shi Lang didn't argue with Zheng Sen. They were just talking on paper. Whether the matter had happened to them or they were commanding the army, they were just standing and talking without hurting their backs.

The two of them are like keyboardists on the Internet in later generations, pointing out the country, passionate words, and dirt. But in fact, they have nothing to do with the overall situation! They don’t know at all that Hong Chengchou has completely abandoned his “steady strategy”, and he can still take responsibility for Chen Xinjia’s pressure, but Emperor Chongzhen could no longer resist the urging. He had made up his mind and decided to fight quickly!

Zheng Sen led the fleet to sail north, and Huang Taiji, who had arrived at the Songjin battlefield, was also thinking hard about a strategy to defeat the enemy. Tens of thousands of Ming troops gathered together, which was not something that the Eight Banners soldiers could swallow in one bite.

What's more, there are many mountainous hills in southern Jinzhou, and the Eight Banners can be used to defend the Ministry, and the Ming army can do it.

Huang Taiji couldn't even think about it if he had to eat more than 100,000 Ming troops!

Huang Taiji was not the only one who was worried. The entire Qing Dynasty's high-ranking officials were worried. Although they easily killed Yang Guozhu, they were defeated in the subsequent battle with the Ming army.

Huang Taiji was so anxious that he ran five hundred miles from Shenyang to Jinzhou, and walked all the way, so that he could not stop his nosebleed, that is, he could not stop his nosebleed. If the form of the Eight Banners was better, he would not have caught chickens like this.

The current war is not Huang Taiji's responsibility alone. As a "joint-stock company", although the Qing Dynasty has not yet been listed and the Aisin Gioro family has occupied the largest absolute shares, the senior executives of the Qing Dynasty have calculated ones, and they are all small shareholders.
Chapter completed!