I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 167 Something Happened in the North

The idiot emperor Zhu Youjian has not yet arrived in Korea, but he has received two surprising pieces of news——

Jiannu rushed to attack Shanhaiguan.

Dozens of northern tribes suddenly united, and a group of Khan kings swore an oath on the banks of the Onan River, forming a 15-strong cavalry force and marching southward.

Shanhaiguan, Jizhou Town, Datong Town, Yulin Town, and Ningxia Town are all in emergency.

In a word, something happened to Daming's entire northern defense line...

……

When receiving the flying report, Zhu Youjian was fishing, basking in the sun, and drinking coffee on the deck of the armored battleship. Anna, Catherine, and their daughter were jumping excitedly on the deck, like two canaries.

"North, what happened?"

Holding the letter from Feige sent by Jin Yiwei, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly, feeling a little unreasonable.

"Jiannu suffered two defeats in a row, and the cavalry who can mount a horse probably doesn't even make up [-]?"

"It's similar to the Northern Man. It sounds like there are nearly a hundred tribes, and the number of people combined is quite large. It's no problem to form 20 million cavalry..."

Zhu Youjian pondered for a few moments, then waved, and asked a Jinyi guard to call Zheng Zhilong.

With Mao Yuanyi not around, the idiot emperor's "military talent" could not be displayed, which made Zhu Youjian feel a little bit disappointed.

"The old boy is fine, he fights and kills, eats and drinks, and rebels under the order, so don't feel too comfortable..."

"My humble minister Zheng Zhilong sees the Lord Long Live!"

When Zhu Youjian was thinking wildly, Zheng Zhilong walked over quickly, bowed and clasped his fists and asked, "Long live God called urgently, what's the big deal?"

"Sit down first," Zhu Youjian pointed to Ma Zhazi beside him, and said with a smile, "I'm fishing alone, and I'm so bored, I call you to chat."

Zheng Zhilong Xie En sat down, glanced at the two foreign women not far away, and muttered in his heart: "Isn't there two..."

"Fei Huang, if you were the dog emperor of Jiannu, or the Khan king of the northern barbarians, under what circumstances would you unite and send troops south to attack Daming?"

Zhu Youjian asked casually.

"This... Let Weichen think about it." Zheng Zhilong sat up straight, and began to deduce and think.

Long thought.

Zheng Zhilong said seriously just now: "Long Live Lord, did Jiannu go south to attack Shanhaiguan?"

Zhu Youjian shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "It's more than that."

Zheng Zhilong nodded slightly, and said in a deep thought: "Either, major changes occurred in the northern grasslands, snow fields, deserts and other places, forcing them to raise troops to go south and survive their own crisis through looting;

Or, there was a major change in our Ming court..."

Zhu Youjian patted his thigh with a 'snap', and said with a smile: "Well, you King of Zhenhai, you really have two tricks, and I thought of it with you!"

Zheng Zhilong chuckled, but didn't answer.

During this period of getting along, Zheng Zhilong found that this idiot emperor was easy-going and kind to his ministers, not a mean and ruthless dog emperor.

But its problems are also very obvious.

He is very successful, lavish, likes to be a teacher, idle, ignorant, not greedy for money but very lustful, the only advantage is his thick skin...

"Then tell me, what major changes happened to our Ming court?" Zhu Youjian continued to ask.

"This should have something to do with the great epidemic in the capital," Zheng Zhilong thought about it, and said seriously: "At the same time, it should also have something to do with Long Live Lord's personal conquest of Korea;

There is a great epidemic in the capital, and Long Live God is not in the capital, which means that there is no leader among the dragons, and there is a great opportunity to take advantage of it.

At the same time, Weichen heard that Fengsheng's wife, Hakka Baba, had defected and fled Beijing, and fled to the southwestern coastal area, making trouble there, and it was almost time for the weather.

Could it be related to this? "

Zheng Zhilong was a little worried and fell into deep thought.

Zhu Youjian was also lost in thought.

There is no way, Zhu Youjian knows better than anyone else what is going on in Ming's northern defense line, even if the double salary is allocated, those who can get into the hands of the soldiers will probably hang their lives.

Corruption!

Both greedy and corrupt.

The Ming Dynasty was already rotten.

Even if there are two major cleansings, killing some, exiling some, and torturing some, it will not be able to withstand the complete festering and the peeling of the officials.

Once Shanhaiguan was breached by Jiannu.

Once the thousands of miles of defense in Ningxia Town, Yulin Town, Datong Town, and Jizhou Town were breached by Beiman cavalry.

For Zhu Youjian, it was simply a great joy!

The current Jiannu, Northern Man, and even the local emperors in the southwest and northwest are like a pack of mad dogs, as long as they smell food somewhere, they will rush on it regardless.

Crazy hungry.

All hungry.

'Keep the basics, let a few groups of mad dogs in, and then quickly cut off their back roads. '

'First, let's drive away the wolves and tigers, and clean up the house for me. '

'Then, there will be another round of beating dogs behind closed doors, killing those dog slaves! '

Tsk tsk, do you still need Mao Yuanyi to rebel?
"Fei Huang, how many troops can you mobilize here? What I mean is to form another iron army and beat the dogs behind closed doors!" Zhu Youjian asked suddenly.

"Long Live Lord, there are still [-] old, weak, sick and disabled on Weichen's side, and they can definitely be drawn to fight a tough battle." Zheng Zhilong pondered a few times, and said: "As long as there are enough firearms and a morsel of food, they are a pack of wolves."

"Old, weak, sick and disabled?" Zhu Youjian was taken aback for a moment, and then he was overjoyed.

"Fei Huang, your words are so cloudy that you almost got me involved." After speaking, he laughed out loud.

Zheng Zhilong also laughed.

The [-] "old, weak, sick and disabled" he mentioned are really old, weak, sick and disabled.

However, they were all veterans of the Daming Navy, the southeast coast, Fujian and Zhejiang, and other places. Because the imperial court could not provide enough food and pay during the Tianqi period, they simply abolished a small half.

Among them, the vast majority of the veterans who were dismissed were from poor families, had neither land nor any skills to support their families, so they had to be reduced to bandits, bandits and pirates.

Later, Zheng Zhilong developed Tai Peng Bao Island, and sent most of the old soldiers to Taiwan Peng Bao Island with dozens of boats of food to open up wasteland and farm...

Before, he had already given thirty thousand old soldiers to the idiot emperor.

Unexpectedly, the King of Zhenhai actually held [-] to [-] yuan in his hands!
This is really a surprise.

Such a group of veteran soldiers, as long as the guys in their hands are tough, have enough food, and a little training, they will be an iron army that cannot be beaten or dragged over!

How could Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, not be overjoyed?

In addition to the [-] veterans who were transported here before, this guy Zheng Zhilong has hidden a hundred thousand elite soldiers under his hands...

Fortunately, I acted early and recruited him to be my own.

Otherwise, according to the original script, Li Dayan, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang, Wang Monk and other thieves rebelled inside and made trouble, and Jiannu colluded with the Liaoxi generals on the front line of Shanhaiguan to knock on the gate and go south.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang, the great grandfather, was alive, he would probably have a headache.

"Fei Huang, send an order immediately to let your [-] veteran soldiers gather quickly and secretly transport them to the north."

"I'm going to send a decree to prepare enough guns and ammunition for them. They are all the most advanced muskets and artillery of our Ming Dynasty. I guarantee that they will not be numb!"

Zheng Zhilong suddenly stood up, bowed and clasped his fists and said: "My minister, obey the order!"

"By the way, that Mrs. Feng Sheng fled to the southeast coast and is said to have become a pirate leader. She is called a white widow or a black widow. You have to be careful not to let her take the opportunity to bite you.

That woman's mouth is poisonous. "

Zhu Youjian added a sentence.

Zheng Zhilong promised, turned around and passed the order.

The idiot emperor Zhu Youjian sat on the deck, half-closed his eyes, looked at the vast sea, and suddenly sighed.

Thinking of Keshi Baba, Zhu Youjian became upset for no reason, and regretted that he had not been executed at the beginning, leaving behind a poisonous snake, which was finally given to Daming to bite him hard.

The prairie plague in the capital should stop soon, right?

"This time, if we don't make a mess, I will... kill Jiannugou emperor Mang Gurtai!"

(End of this chapter)