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Chapter 693 Major Mission
When Zhu Yousong's brigade arrived in Chaozhou, it was already February 1649 AD. Zhu Yousong's personal conquest this time not only brought 10 troops, but also 5 sailors led by the iron-armed Canglong He Zhaoxiong were also ordered to go to Guangdong. assemble.

Considering that Zhu Youlang, Sun Kewang, Ashan and others had just been destroyed, before departure, Zhu Yousong ordered Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo to stay in Yunnan, and made him the governor of the three provinces, responsible for assisting the local officials in supervising the post-war affairs of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi. military and government affairs.

By March, counting Li Zicheng's troops, there were more than 3 troops in eastern Guangdong and southern Jiangxi.

For the capital, Gao Hongtu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Wang Duo, the second assistant of the cabinet, cooperated with the Ministry of War to mobilize food, grass, salaries and silver from various places, and transport them to the Fuguang battlefield one after another to support the front line.In the final analysis, fighting is still about money. Without strong logistical support such as soldiers, horses, money and food, no matter how powerful the army is, it is like water without a source and a tree without roots.

In addition, Zhu Yousong received a report from the capital, and the situation in the entire Ming Dynasty was very good. Now that the climate of the Little Ice River has passed, the natural disasters that threatened the Ming Dynasty are basically gone.Chaos in government in the Middle East, eunuchs monopolizing power, and party struggles that have brought disaster to the country have been eliminated. Driven by the efforts of Gao Hongtu, Wang Duo and other virtuous ministers, the six cabinet ministries, civil and military officials, have made great efforts to govern, and a situation of good governance and harmonious people has begun to take shape.

The bandit chaos that directly led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty was suppressed, the Tartars were driven out, the economy of the Ming Dynasty began to recover, and the common people lived and worked in peace and contentment.Last year alone, the national treasury achieved balance.This is an unprecedented record for a poor bottom-up treasury that has been deficit for years.

Now the entire vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, except for the banditry and wars along the southeast coast, the stability has been restored everywhere.

After Zhu Yousong received such a report, his heart was surging.Doing the math, it has been more than four years since he traveled here, and the sick tree riddled with holes in the Ming Dynasty has begun to revive?Four years, in the long river of history, can be described as a flick of a finger, and Zhu Yousong feels a sense of accomplishment.

But Zhu Yousong did not dare to take it lightly. The Zheng family army has been entrenched in Fujian for many years and has great influence. Tang Wang Zhu Yujian and Donglin Party backbone Huang Zongxi are unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history. It will not be eliminated in a short time.

In addition, the Dutch occupied the treasure island of Taiwan.Although the Qing Tartars were driven back to their hometown in the Northeast, they will inevitably make a comeback.The Mongolian Tatars are also eager to move and ambitious.There is a long way to go to restore Daming and eliminate all evil.

There are also some island countries nearby, which look inconspicuous.But they are all grass on the wall, whichever side is hard, they will fall to whichever side.When the Ming Dynasty is strong, they are the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise they will become the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and the fox pretends to be the tiger.

Zhu Yousong is very aware of this, and this is why he is determined to build a great empire of iron and blood.

But to fight against the outside world, you must first settle down inside. If you don’t sweep a house, why sweep the world?
The 10 soldiers and horses that Zhu Yousong brought over from the Yunnan border this time are also very strong, as can be seen just by looking at these famous generals.There are Daxi King Zhang Xianzhong, Generals Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, Zu Keyong, and Ma Bao. Now these two generals have all recovered from their injuries.

In addition, there are Liu Zhaoji, Minister of the Ministry of War, Ma Wannian, the one-eyed general, Lu Xiao, Fang Dongxu, Li Zhushi, Li Quan, Zhang Nai, Shuangxi, female generals Gao Guiying, Ma Jinhua, He Xuanjiao, Huiying, Huimei, Liu Chunhong, etc.

Together with Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses, there are more famous generals, such as Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, Zhang Huan, and so on.

There are also two advisers, one is Song Xiance, and the other is Yan Ximing.

With so many generals and 30 strong soldiers, Zhu Yousong is well prepared to deal with a big pirate leader Zheng Zhilong. This time, this banditry must be completely eliminated.

But the situation that is not good for Zhu Yousong now is that Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's uncle and nephew are imprisoned on Jinmen Island in Xiamen.

In addition, due to the defeat of Zheng's uncle and nephew, Li Zicheng, who was implicated, also suffered a defeat.Now Zheng Zhilong's forces still control Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Xiamen and other places, covering most of Fujian.

And the battle on land should not be a problem, I am afraid it will be a battle at sea.The red-haired thieves and Dutch invaders who occupied Taiwan should not be underestimated.Because Zheng Zhilong has business contacts with them, economic interests may lead them to directly send troops to intervene.Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate, so if he is in a hurry, maybe the pirates will come to help him.

Everything else is nothing to worry about, these Dutch colonists should not be underestimated.Because Zhu Yousong had studied history, in the first half of the 17th century, the most powerful country in the world was not the Ming Dynasty, nor the Qing Dynasty established by the Manchurian Tartars, but the Netherlands.

Now the Netherlands has replaced Portugal and Spain as the maritime hegemony.It has seized colonies everywhere, and Taiwan is one of them.As a result, the Dutch have also become coachmen at sea. They have a powerful fleet, advanced artillery, and they are arrogant and arrogant wherever they go.

But Zhu Yousong must not bypass Taiwan, and must completely solve the problem of Baodao, drive away these Dutch invaders, and let her return to the embrace of the mainland, directly under the government.

Historically, this was the credit of Zheng Chenggong, Shi Lang and others.But that was more than ten years or even decades later, because his time-traveling, this important and bright mission, fell on his head, and Zhu Yousong wanted to do it now, and had to do it.

But this undoubtedly added a lot of complicated factors to this war.

Therefore, after Zhu Yousong arrived in Chaozhou, military commanders from all walks of life came to see him, and Zhu Yousong held a high-level military meeting before the imperial court.

Liu Zhaoji, Minister of the Ministry of War, Marshal Zhang Xianzhong, Marshal Zhang Xianzhong, General Marshal Li Zicheng, Marshal Song Xiance, a scholar, Yan Ximing, governor of Guangdong, governor of Jiangxi, governor of Fujian, and other armies The commander-in-chief and other high-level military and political figures all participated.

How to fight this battle well, eliminate Zheng Zhilong and Wang Zhu Yujian, save the Zheng family's uncles and nephews, drive away the Dutch red-haired sons in one fell swoop, and restore the treasure island of Taiwan, on these major issues, Zhu Yousong asked them to offer advice and suggestions.

I heard that Taiwan affairs will be involved this time. This is something that civil and military officials did not expect. This is something that Chongzhen, who has been an emperor for more than ten years, would never have dared to think about.

In the face of Zhu Yousong's ambition to equal the heavens, for a while, these civil and military officials, military and political officials expressed their opinions and talked a lot, and they couldn't agree on what to do.

Zhu Yousong patiently listened to their opinions, but in fact he didn't have any.Zhu Yousong directly came up with his own plan, advancing both land and water, and defeating each one.

But what he wants to do now is to rescue Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's uncle and nephew first,
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