The sight moved away from Zhifu Island. As a slight force of the Zheng group, in the current situation, there was really no elite soldier in the eyes of the highest-level figures in the country, and there was no such a person as Zheng Sen.

They just want to see Zheng Zhilong, and the Zheng Group, which is invincible at sea.

Let Zheng Zhilong lead the Fujian fleet northward, this was a helpless move in the capital. The Zheng Zhilong Group's strong private armed nature is something that no one can ignore.

But it is really necessary to mobilize Zheng Zhilong's navy for the sake of war. Even if you want to break the siege of Songjin, you must rely on Zheng Zhilong. No matter what Zheng Zhilong plans in his heart.

There are even some ministers with "conscience" who still have concerns whether other troops can go north smoothly.

Although China's north-south shipping had matured as early as the Mongolian Yuan, Kublai Khan moved his capital to Yanjing and named it Dadu. In a short period of time, the population of Dadu soared from more than 100,000 to 800,000, filling his stomach became the most urgent and difficult problem in the Mongolian Yuan. Because the annual grain income of 123 million stones in the early Yuan Dynasty, 10 million stones came from Jiangnan.

How to transport huge amounts of grain to Beijing safely and quickly? This has become the focus of whether the Mongols can truly rule the Central Plains.

Under such a huge and urgent need, the Mongols' shipping became a task that must be completed. The huge pressure generated huge motivation. In a short time, the Mongols used ships and lives to make a route.

From Liujiagang, Wusong, we entered the sea, passed through Haimen Huanglian Shatou, arrived at Xihaizhou, lived in Jiaozhou, and arrived at Chengshantou (now Rongcheng, Qilu), with a total water distance of 13,000 miles. Then, we advanced westward from Chengshantou along the inner sea, and finally berthed in Haijin Town.

This road is the current route for sand ships to transport grain from sea.

The route is completely along the coastline, so there are many shallows and it is very dangerous to sail. Moreover, when the ship carrying grain is sailing, it is not only moving against the wind but also sailing against the current, with a slow speed.

This is because Shen Tingyang is full of flat-bottomed sand ships. If it were the fleet Zheng Zhilong led today, the situation would have been even worse.

Therefore, when Zheng Zhilong went north this time, after arriving at Zhoushan, the fleet would change direction and go straight into the ocean to find the Kuroshima, which is the warm current of later generations.

Although the latter is mainstream, it will float to the east side of the Japanese archipelago, there are two branches that diverge, one into the Bohai Strait and the other to the west side of Japan.

Although Zheng Zhilong’s past transactions did not involve Beiyang, it did not mean that he did not know anything about Beiyang.

The team followed the dark tide and arrived at Zhifu Island in mid-February. However, Tianjin was still frozen, and the Liaohai Sea was even more icy and snowy. If Zheng Zhilong's army wanted to march into Songshan, they would have to wait at least another month!

"Father!" Zheng Sen held the medicine bowl and looked at Zheng Zhilong worriedly.

No one expected that Zheng Zhilong, who had been brought to the north, had just gotten off the boat on Zhifu Island and fell ill that night. Fortunately, it was not a high fever, but it was just a cold and a snot flowing.

But even so, the incident of Zheng Zhilong being sick made the gentry in Denglai a big joke. Moreover, there were not only one or two people in the entire Zheng army who were frozen. Because before, the climate was not as cold as it was on the sea.

Wherever the dark tide passes, it is far away from the coastline and the sea water is deep, and the heat is naturally high, and the temperature is naturally higher than that from the shore.

From high temperature to low temperature, Zheng Zhilong did not let his subordinates pretend to behave. This is the most realistic reaction.

In this way, the southerners were impatient with the coldness of the north, which seemed to have become an unshakable fact.

Yanjing City, in the Ming Dynasty Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the memorial that Zeng Ying, the governor of Denglai, and smiled silently. "I have always heard that the southerners are not patient with the northern cold, but I don't expect that Zheng Zhilong's team is so unbearable."

As soon as he felt happy, he forgot the three thousand Zhejiang soldiers who Qi Jiguang brought to Ji Town back then.

"Chen Qing is too worried."

Chen Xinjia was secretly annoyed, but he had to say flattery to Emperor Chongzhen. It was still long. He was in the center and was a close minister of the emperor, and there was still time to plan slowly.

Emperor Chongzhen was in a great mood and a big knot in his heart. Chen Xinjia repeatedly attacked Jiang Dejing, and Hong Chengchou and Zheng Zhilong became village party members. He was vaguely saying that Zheng Zhilong had to be on guard against the enemy's way north, but it was not useless at all.

Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate. Although he has achieved great achievements in recent years and has performed very tamely, he must be careful. In this regard, you can only know one or two things by Emperor Chongzhen turning Cao Bianjiao into the general of Jizhen instead of going outside the pass.

However, no matter how happy he was, it was only a short time. Songshan and Jinzhou were still surrounded. Li Zicheng, the peasant army in the Central Plains, was powerful, and Zhang Xianzhong, who was worried about internal and external difficulties and heavy government affairs, made Emperor Chongzhen breathless.

His greatest hope now is to untie Songjin's siege, and to maintain Jinning's defense line, he would save Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou, or rescue Hong Chengchou. The Zheng family navy, who is far away in Denglai, is his only hope.

After Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Bai Guangen and others fled to Ningyuan, they were soon divided into two. Wu Sangui, Li Fuming and Tang Tong's army remained in Ningyuan. Ma Ke and Bai Guangen led their troops to retreat into Shanhaiguan.

Emperor Chongzhen did not give up on the idea of ​​rescuing Song Jin, and had long ordered them to rectify their troops. Chen Xinjia even proposed: I would like to kill Wang Pu, and order Ma Ke and others to be issued a military order, and then I will be killed immediately without mercy.

First, Yang Shengwu, the governor of Shuntian, governor of the army in Ningyuan, Liaodong, and went out of the pass to rescue Song Jin. However, before March, Yang Shengwu died.

The chief assistant Zhou Yanru strongly recommended his students. Fan Zhiwan, who was then the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, governor of Jizhou, Yongping, Shanhai, Tongzhou, and Tianjin. Emperor Chongzhen approved him and was appointed as the right assistant censor of Fan Zhiwan.

Shortly after Emperor Chongzhen received the memorial from Denglai, an urgent letter also arrived at Fan Zhiwan, who was in Shanhaiguan.

The latter saw Fu Zhixiao and transferred the Zheng family navy to the north, which had no effect in Fan Zhiwan's eyes. Hong Chengchou was defeated in Songshan, and the possibility of unlocking the siege of Jinzhou was lost.

Now it is best to keep Ningyuan.

If he decides, he will build several small cities outside Ningyuan City now, and then set up a navy to build Juehua Island, with the momentum of the city's corner.

There is no hope in Jinzhou City. It is better to rescue Hong Chengchou from Songshan and then withdraw the troops, horses, food and wages from Xingshan.

He was the one who governed the various troops, but the one who really took charge of the country was Emperor Chongzhen.

"Kill, kill—"

A clearing on the inside of Zhifu Island became the school ground for Zheng Jun to train in the following time.

Whether it was the Zheng army who was heading north with the ship or the Yi Yong of Zhifu Island who had already changed his military uniforms and armor, his morale was extremely high at this moment.

Because Zheng Zhilong had long preached that in this battle with the Tartars, he should be rewarded with no slightest amount of reward.

One Jianlu head is fifty taels, one Mongolian Tatar head is forty taels, one two Tartar head is thirty taels, and one coated head is twenty taels.

Even the veterans of the Zheng army cannot ignore such a high reward.

For this reason, Zheng Zhilong also made regulations for naval warships, bird gunners, gunners, etc., do you share the cake? All the benefits cannot be cheaper. The landing military soldiers are not? When calculating military merit, it is not just the first-level meritorious service.

Zheng Zhilong, who was preparing to do something, simply chose the trick of having a brave man with a heavy reward. He had money in his hands, and in the current situation, compared with ideological preaching and motivation, real interests could be more touching.

He is different from the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen's treasury was empty and could run away, while Zheng Zhilong was a well-known rich man with endless money in his hand. His words naturally won the trust of the entire army.

Zheng Jun, whose eyes were red with white money, was now dreaming of killing the Tartars heads.

But the floes in the Beiyang made the fleet rest in Denglai for a month before setting sail again. During this month, Emperor Chongzhen issued three imperial edicts to Zheng Zhilong.

However, I didn’t give one or two taels of money, and I didn’t give a grain of food. I had three good words from the imperial edicts and a bunch of great principles, but all I had to do was false.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was at a loss, could only use this little work to motivate Zheng Jun. Anyway, he would not spend money on saying good things.
Chapter completed!