Outside Jinan City, Zheng Zhilong received the news of the first defeat in the Northern Expedition of the Ming army. Seeing the specific information about the Battle of Handan sent by Black Ice Platform, Zheng Zhilong did not shout at the gentry in Handan as soon as possible. Instead, Xu Er's stupidity and arrogance made him speechless.

Xu Dingguo, who used this kind of thing as a pioneer, was not only stupid, but also gave birth to a stupid son.

The first defeat of the Ming army in the Northern Expedition was still speechless. This not only caused the defeat of the Ming army, but also reflected a fact that the gentry in the northern region had a huge gap with the Ming Dynasty.

The behavior of the gentry and people in Handan is the best example.

Xu Er'an did not realize that so many Qing soldiers were hiding in the city, but no one signaled Xu Er'an from beginning to end, that was the separation of the citizens of Handan and Zhu Ming.

Zheng Zhilong felt that Emperor Chongzhen might have helped the Tartars a lot during this Northern Expedition.

Although in a sense, this divine assist also has Zheng Zhilong's indirect assist!

Anyone who has studied the reasons for the Handan incident will not miss Zheng Zhilong's memorial for recklessness. Even if the Jinling court has no conclusion at all.

But what if they see it?

Will Zheng Zhilong still be afraid?

He doesn't care at all.

On the contrary, I was very curious. Is this only case in this city like Handan, or will it become a prairie fire?

Although the war in Northern Zhili has nothing to do with him for the time being, Zheng Zhilong is now "focused" on Haoge outside Jinan City!

After Prince Hao fled back from Qingzhou, he rushed to Jinan. Zu Kefa hurriedly led his troops to retreat. In this way, the two soldiers gathered with Wang Aoyong's troops in Jinan City, and the total force became 40,000 to 50,000.

Learning from the lessons of the previous battle, Haoge drove the Qilu Green Banners soldiers to set up camps around Jinan City, and then supported them with the Eight Banners soldiers. Taking advantage of the low temperature and coldness in winter, the camps everywhere were all bright. Not to mention that Zheng Zhilong didn't know how long it would take for him to solve Haoge, and even if he could solve Haoge in time, he was not ready to go north.

It was said that it was to consolidate Qilu and eliminate Huyan; it was said that it was that Emperor Chongzhen did not take him to play with him at all, so he was better off being tactful. But in fact, it was because he felt that the Ming army would sooner or later, and he would save a lot of trouble by staying away from him.

To avoid being pulled up by the Jinling court officials to block the gun hole when the Ming army was defeated, or being scolded as if they were to die and refuse to save them.

There is still room for turning over when being cursed by literati and poets.

Look at the later generations of Cao Cao, Qin Shihuang, and Yong Laosi, all examples. Don’t they all whitewash the ‘people’?

But if there is such a thing as not saving you when you see death, it will be a stain that cannot be washed away.

Just like the Xuzhou murder incident of his wife Cao, Qin Shihuang's abuse of people's strength, and Yong Laosi was unkind to his brothers. Zheng Zhilong believed that the dynasty he established would definitely push China from the old historical track to a new peak, and Zhu Yuanzhang was the second worst. If it were good, he could clean up the "Xuanwu Gate" like Li Er when he was alive.

So, although he doesn’t care about Shilin scholars, in a sense, he still cares about ‘famous reputation in later generations’!

There is a little risk, he can avoid it if he can.

It’s just that Haoge’s current approach is to waste time. When Zheng Zhilong went north, he brought tens of thousands of troops. In addition, Zheng Jun’s troops were originally in Denglai, and the Denglai Ming army led by Zeng Ying, the total force was more than 30,000.

Even if he was divided into Jiang Zhe's troops and the troops left in Denglai and Qingzhou to clear the local forces, Zheng Zhilong also had 20,000 combat soldiers.

In terms of military strength, the Qing army had an absolute advantage. Unfortunately, only 8,000 Eight Banners soldiers were left in Haoge's hands, and most of the 40,000 to 50,000 Qing army were green flag soldiers with weak combat power.

Haoge didn't dare to set up a battle to fight Zheng Zhilong. His only purpose now is to delay time.

Because his confidence in the Qing Dynasty never wavered.

Emperor Chongzhen’s millions of soldiers were not the millions of Zheng troops. What could they do if the Ming troops they saw in the past have millions of soldiers?

Haoge believes that as long as the main troops of the Qing Dynasty in Shanxi and Shaanxi are all drawn, they will inevitably wipe out all the so-called millions of Ming troops like boiling water and pouring snow!

At that time, the army will follow the trend and go south. After the Southern Barbarians eat the Qing Dynasty, they will vomit out all the things they have to go out of Jiangbei!

And he, Prince Su of the Qing Dynasty, now his only purpose is to trip Zheng Zhilong up and tie him to Qilu! Even if he lost the entire Qilu.

He can't be involved in the upcoming decisive battle.

Fortunately, the Southern Barbarians were still uncoordinated, and they still pulled each other against military and national affairs. God knew how happy he was when he was in Qingzhou to get the latest military situation sent by Wang Aoyong.

After the Ming army took Dongchang, they went north and went to the Ming Dynasty, but turned a blind eye to Jinan and ignored it.

Haoge's heart was immediately let go.

It seems that the news coming from the south is correct. Emperor Chongzhen was very wary of Zheng Zhilong.

Ignore the overall situation and just want to ask myself and Zheng Zhilong to fight against each other without distractions...

The senior officials in the Qing Dynasty were not united. Haoge cursed Dorgon to die early every day. However, in military and national affairs, the cooperation between the two sides was still tacit.

Although Dorgon was not a big deal, he left the hard bones to Haoge and transferred Duoduo to eat meat. However, in the climate of the Ming army's massive Northern Expedition, the bottom line of the situation in the high-level Qing dynasties was very low for the situation in Qilu.

As long as Haoge can keep Zheng Zhilong in Qilu, he will even throw away all Qilu, or separate all the soldiers (green flag soldiers) in his hands, which will be a merit or abdication.

Haoge's posture in Jinan is too thick. It is obviously time-consuming.

Even Zheng Zhilong was a little enlightened. The task of Haoge might not be to tie him up. Otherwise, after the defeat of Qingzhou, he shouldn't have led his troops to withdraw from Beizhili?

So much so that we watched the Ming army enter northern Zhili, completely cutting off the land connection between Yanjing and Jinan! We were not panicked, but we were all focused on setting up formations outside Jinan City.

If Zheng Zhilong still can't understand his mind, he will be full of water.

At the same time, he could also feel the full confidence in Haoge's heart - he didn't think that the Ming army could win the Northern Expedition, right?

Now I don’t know if Hong Chengchou can see something from Haoge’s abnormal behavior. As for Emperor Chongzhen in Jinling and the other ministers, Zheng Zhilong is not hopeless.

In Jinling, there is no place to be quiet while singing and dancing, and it is full of saliva. From the market to the Shilin, and then to the court, there is no place to be quiet.

"Do you want to write a letter to Hong Chengchou?"

"Write, or not?"
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