Chongzhen was as excited as if he was injected with chicken blood.

A sense of excitement filled his heart with a dream come true.

Since moving south, he dreamed that he could restore the Central Plains north, but his strength was not allowed. The Southern Ming court was simply empty-handed, and the only soldiers and horses in his hands were either deserted soldiers or mobs.

Not to mention the Northern Reset to the Central Plains, even the threat from Zuo Liangyujun in the upper reaches could make him worry about gains and losses and unable to sleep at night.

Before Zuo Liangyu died of illness, the situation in the Jinling court was really bad.

Emperor Chongzhen had no control over the left army.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen lacked troops and regained lost land, and it was a delusion to recover lost land. It was difficult to protect himself. In addition to being able to suppress Zuo Liangyu with great righteousness, he also had to use Zheng Zhilong's power to consolidate his authority. Therefore, even though he was a little unhappy, he agreed with the "union of enemy troops and suppression of enemy troops" policy, which was a voice of approval in the court and the country at that time.

The latter said that they would first "unionize the enemy and pacify the enemy", then destroy the Northern Territory and restore the Central Plains, and reorganize the rivers and mountains. In fact, the second half was false, and they were lies to comfort Chongzhen. If the Tartars were so easy to use and so foolish, they would not be able to get into the barrier.

Emperor Chongzhen himself knew this.

If the real alliance defeats the enemy, the world will be separated from the north and the south in the future.

When the Qing Dynasty joined forces to destroy Li Zicheng, the Ming Dynasty went north to recover the Central Plains. This is completely nonsense!

The gentry and bureaucrats in Jiangnan were very eager for this, because in this way, their own interests would not be damaged. Once the war with the Qing Dynasty started, the court would inevitably need a large amount of military expenditure and would inevitably have to pay extra wages, which would be paid from their pockets. There was also the possibility of a great defeat, and if the country and family were destroyed, their losses would be even greater.

On the contrary, it is a strategy of "union and suppressing the enemy". Once this strategy is implemented, you can enjoy a place full of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River and still live a life of luxury. Without a large number of scholars from the northern region to compete for power and throne with them, wouldn't it be a pleasure?

Even a large number of northern officials and imperial concubines sent to Jinling did not think about the issue of restoring the Central Plains.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to restore the Central Plains north, how could they be driven to Jinling?

Still stability is the first priority.

They had just experienced great shock, and a large number of people thought so at that point in time.

Including Hong Chengchou and others, they were all afraid of the Eight Banners soldiers from the heart, believing that the plains and field battles were definitely not the enemy of the Tartars.

But with Zuo Liangyu's sudden death, all this had a new turnaround.

As soon as Zuo Liangyu died, Zuo Menggeng's control over the generals of the 36th Battalion was greatly weakened, which means that the court's influence on the various units of the Left Army was greatly increased. Zheng Zhilong wanted to establish a country overseas again. The southern Ming court, which was originally a bit unstable, was immediately as stable as Mount Tai, and there was no feeling of swaying wind and rain again.

There are even further possibilities in the eyes of some people!

Why can't we go further? The 800,000 left army will be gathered by the court, why can't we go further?

Huang Degong, who had always opposed the plan to suppress the enemy, won’t say anything, but Hong Chengchou’s attitude made a big turn of 180 degrees.

With hundreds of thousands of troops from Zuo Liangyu's tribe, not only did the river defense in the upper reaches of Jinling have been stable, but the strength of the Southern Ming Dynasty has also increased significantly.

However, the Qing Dynasty and Li Zicheng were in a tough battle. At this time, they took the opportunity to fight the Northern Expedition. They could not say whether they could enter the Northern Zhili and recover the Shenjing in one fell swoop, but Qilu was sure of it.

Even if the Qing Dynasty realized something was wrong and quickly withdrew its troops from Shanxi and Shaanxi, how could those long-term soldiers crush the million victorious troops of the Southern Ming Dynasty?

Don’t let Zheng Zhilong’s proposal be destroyed, and the settlement of the gentry and officials who surrendered to the north, the large amount of money, grain and wealth were already there. Hong Chengchou privately thought that there was no problem with morale and morale.

After seeing Hong Chengchou's memorial, Emperor Chongzhen found a reason to recruit him into Jinling for negotiation, but he became even more fascinated. This man was already soft-hearted and easily moved. He had his own decided idea but went to the dark...

Hong Chengchou became Emperor Chongzhen's favorite minister for a moment.

Now he saw that the thing he had dreamed of was already in front of him, and he could not bear it. If he could still hold it back, he would not be Chongzhen.

However, one of the major premises for Hong Chengchou's proposal was that all the main forces of the Qing Dynasty were fighting with Li Zicheng in a fierce battle, so Emperor Chongzhen could only wait patiently and patiently.

God pays off on those who are interested, and he finally waits for it.

From the news of Gushi Khan in Qinghai that he was moving, Emperor Chongzhen cheered up. Sure enough, the Qing Dynasty took ruthless measures against Li Zicheng. With the fall of Datong and Heluo, the prefectures in northern Henan and northern Shanxi fell under the control of the Qing army, and northern Shaanxi and southern Shanxi were completely exposed to the Tartars.

Duoduo first attacked southern Jin. After mobilizing Li Zicheng's Dashun troops, the Mongolian troops in the south of the desert had already gathered a large army, joined forces with the Eight Banners soldiers led by Ajige, and quickly moved south from Yulin and went straight to Yansui.

Li Shun was completely in a passive state.

Now Li Zicheng, Jinzhong, and Jinnan are all desirable. If the Bai Wang army in Xiangyang had not been trapped too deeply, Jing Xiang would not have wanted it. He would have been determined to defend Guanzhong, shrinking his troops as much as possible, and preparing to fight the Ajige army.

Emperor Chongzhen received such news in Jinling City. The time between them has passed. Now Li Zicheng and Ajige must have come to the battle in Yansui.

Great opportunity, isn’t this a great opportunity?

Since Hong Chengchou offered his advice to him, he has been looking forward to the arrival of this day all the time these days.

Now it finally arrived.

After Dorgon in Yanjing City received the news of the Mingtian army's northern expedition to the Central Plains, he urgently passed the order to the army. At that time, the Tartars were probably fighting against Li Thief and both sides were injured.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he could not control his joy. It would be best if the dog bites the dog, and they would be beaten to death. He formed a large army and went straight to the Central Plains, Qilu, and even went straight to Yanjing. How could the Tartars resist?

He even subconsciously ignored Zheng Zhilong.

You should know that in Hong Chengchou's plan, Zheng Zhilong is a very important part.

Since entering the pass, the Tatars have long accumulated heavy troops in the capital, because of the Zheng army in Tianjin.

In the past two years, the Qing Dynasty had thought of many ways to launch various offensives against Tianjin, but the result was not satisfactory. Therefore, it was necessary to let Zheng Zhilong fight to Tianjin during the war. Not to mention defeating the Qing army on the opposite side, at least to restrain them. In this way, with the offensive of Denglai, the only Eight Banners soldiers in the Central Plains, Qilu and Northern Zhili were all restrained. Can the Great Ming Dynasty soldiers still go north?

But now Emperor Chongzhen seems to have forgotten Zheng Zhilong.

Hong Chengchou was the governor of the nine provinces, namely Huguang, Central Plains, Qilu, Northern Zhili, Jinxi, Guanzhong, Gansu, Jiliao and other places. The governor and military affairs were also responsible for food and wages. Then he ordered Zuo Menggeng to be the deputy governor and set up high.

The generals of the Zuoying Camp Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Hao Feizhong, Jin Shenghuan, Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Ensheng, Wu Xueli and others were all named generals, either going north to the Central Plains or continuing to surround Xiangyang, while Zuo Menggeng, the deputy governor, was left in Jingzhou and guarding against Sichuan and Sichuan.

This really makes me want to swallow Zuo Jun in one bite.

At the same time, Liu Liangzuo from Fengyang, Gao Jie from Xuzhou, Xu Dingguo from Guide, Liu Zhaoji from Huai, Hong Chengchou's headquarters, and Huang Degong's army who were transferred were unified under the command of Hong Chengchou.

The actual strength of each army is no less than 300,000, and it is known as a million troops. It attacks in a vast and multi-way manner.

Perhaps Emperor Chongzhen believed that these troops were enough. In the battle to restore the Central Plains, he no longer needed Zheng Zhilong's help in the battle to restore the Shenjing in one fell swoop. He did not need Zheng Zhilong to share this huge achievement.

In fact, it is less than October. Although there is already ice floating in the Bohai Sea, the sea road from Denglai to Tianjin is still smooth. Of course, the risk during sailing will be greater. But Zheng Zhilong can still lead his army to Tianjin.

Emperor Chongzhen saved him a big problem.

After the news spread, let alone the Qing Dynasty would have unexpectedly expected that the honest and decent Ming army suddenly turned against them, even Zheng Zhilong was a little confused.

Isn’t this a bit too illusory for a time traveler to attack the Qing Dynasty?

Hong Chengchou sent Zheng Zhilong another handwritten letter to relieve Zheng Zhilong's doubts. But he also concealed some news.

This is Hong Chengchou.

A very talented and capable person, but his personality is less strong and less stern, so he will never become a person like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, and it is even less likely that he will be a reincarnation of Yu Qian who turned the tide.

Looking back on Hong Chengchou in history, after the defeat of Songshan, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and became a traitor under the Xianghuang banner, leaving behind the eternal infamy. When he was in charge of the southwest, he repeatedly asked for dismissal because of his "fear of difficulties", and wanted to escape. In the face of major issues, at critical moments, Hong Chengchou could never stand the test and could not stand the backbone, which fully demonstrated the weak and essential side of his character. This is also the fundamental reason for his failure in character. Therefore, although he was wholehearted and loyal to the Qing Dynasty, it was not worthy of relying on the Qing rulers, and he received the least "welfare" among a big traitor. This is the inevitable consequence of being a slave and a vassal.

This letter is just a very ordinary letter. Hong Chengchou's meaning is also very simple, just to say to Zheng Zhilong and ask him to help and work hard in the subsequent war.

This made Zheng Zhilong feel that it was nonsense.

Of course he will do his best, and of course he will not allow it.

Because Zheng Zhilong had a great distrust of the Ming army from the bottom of his heart, he felt that he would not have to do anything bad about this "Northern Expedition Plan" and that the Ming army would be defeated neatly.

What's more, he is now in Denglai instead of Tianjin, so he can only involve Haoge.

"Send the order and send troops." The soldiers who are already preparing can attack now.

Zheng Zhilong was wearing armor and rolling over the horse. The black panther was jogging forward, but at this time, others were still a little dazed.

"I really couldn't imagine..." Emperor Chongzhen made an expedition in the north so quickly.

The cold wind blew on his face, calming down Zheng Zhilong's head, and then he saw Zuo Liangyu at a glance.

This person who has been dead for a year has really stirred up the trend of the world.

If this warlord with an army of 800,000 is still sitting steadily in Huguang, and if Emperor Chongzhen doesn't solve this big problem, how dare he really dispatch a large army to the north?

It is impossible not to talk about subjective will, but to only talk about reality.

Now Emperor Chongzhen dispatched a "million" army to attack the Central Plains in the north. Even if Zuo Menggeng had become an empty shell, the 36th battalion generals left by Zuo Liangyu had been secretly attracted by the Ming court.

"Hei Ice Station has not paid enough attention to this..." He did not receive much news about this.

After thinking about it, "Well, the power of the Black Ice Platform is still lacking!"

After all, it is an intelligence organization that has only been developing for only three or two years. How can it really cover everything? Moreover, their focus in the south is Jiangnan, not Huguang.
Chapter completed!