Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Meeting with Jiujiang
Although Li Laiheng and others were unable to go out of the city to greet him, there was still no problem with going out of the palace to greet him.
Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Liu Xingming and other Kuidong nobles stood at the gate of the government office to welcome Zheng Chenggong and his party, and the momentum was huge.
No matter what, Zheng Chenggong is also a prince with a title above everyone else.
Zhang Huangyan is also a dignified Minister of War, and he must fulfill his etiquette.
From a distance, I saw a crowd of people surrounded by a man in silver armor walking towards the government office.
Li Laiheng thought to himself that this should be Zheng Chenggong.
These soldiers really don’t know etiquette, so they should have prepared a horse for Zheng Chenggong.
It was really a rude to let Zheng Chenggong walk into the city like this.
This way, wouldn’t it seem that the Kuidongs of Kuidong are not good at being human?
Li Laiheng felt guilty and hurried forward a few steps: "Haha, Your Highness, King Zhong, I have heard of Daming for a long time and finally met today. I am Li Laiheng, the honors of Kuidong, came to greet you."
Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong quickly signaled his followers to dodge and quickly stepped forward and said, "Duke Lin is so polite. I am still a little ashamed when I speak. I have not made any achievements, so why do you treat me so politely?"
"Haha, what is your Highness Zhong? Restoring Nanjing and Hangzhou has greatly shocked my Ming Dynasty. If this is considered to be a merit, then our little skill may really be nothing."
Yuan Zongdi joked.
"I said, brothers, let's stay at this gate, so welcome His Highness Zhong in."
Liu Tichun added in a timely manner.
"Yes, please come in quickly."
Li Laiheng woke up as if he was dreaming, and extended his arm and made a gesture of asking for help.
Zheng Chenggong laughed: "Then I would like to thank Duke Lin."
After saying that, he was not polite and walked in front
But it was said that a group of people waited to enter the government office and then went to the backyard.
This backyard was decorated and renovated by Zhao Liben into a complete Jiangnan garden, with pavilions and towers.
Although Li Laiheng and others were vulgar, they also knew that this was an extremely elegant garden, so it was naturally the most appropriate to invite Zheng Chenggong and his party here.
The group of people sat in equal parts, and Li Laiheng personally poured wine for Zheng Chenggong.
"King Zhong is here, let's drink this cup!"
"Ahem, wait. Come on Brother Cangshui."
Zheng Chenggong looked at Zhang Huangyan and smiled awkwardly and politely.
"Haha, I actually forgot Zhang Benbing. In this way, Li punished himself with a cup."
After saying that, Li Laiheng picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
Zhang Huangyan stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word.
He could see that Li Laiheng was really happy, so he didn't care about these details.
In fact, Zhang Huangyan has been trying to change his identity over the years.
At the beginning, he was alone in Zhoushan and shouldered the plan to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
But that was because there was no way, so he could only come out and take over.
Later he met Zheng Chenggong, and Zhang Huangyan knew very well that it was time for him to retreat to the second line.
With Zheng Chenggong's talent, Zhang Huangyan can fully shoulder this burden, as long as he fights with him.
Zhang Huangyan is actually more suitable for handling logistics and internal affairs. It is indeed a bit difficult for him to take on military and political power alone.
Over the years, he has become accustomed to acting as a green leaf by Zheng Chenggong. So when Kuidong Zhuxuns ignored his existence a little, Zhang Huangyan was not angry.
The importance of Zheng Chenggong is the importance of him, Zhang Huangyan, and the two of them are not separated.
"Come on, let's drink this cup."
When Zhang Huangyan's wine glass was full, Li Laiheng raised his wine glass again.
For a moment, everyone stood up and raised their glasses to respond.
"Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty!"
"Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty!"
The wine glasses clinked, and then everyone drank them all, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
"His Royal Highness Zhong, what's the situation in Nanjing now?"
"Nanjing is very stable, but Hangzhou may be attacked by the Eastern Captain at any time. I am uneasy if this thief Shi Lang is not eliminated."
I have to say that Shi Lang has always been a knot in Zheng Chenggong's heart.
It is not only because of Shi Lang himself, but also because Shi Lang has the most powerful navy in the Qing Dynasty.
Although Hangzhou was taken down, Shi Lang ran away, and the threat from his navy to Hangzhou was always there.
"This time I will conquer Jiangxi, and I plan to take over southern Zhejiang and restore Zhoushan."
Zheng Chenggong always remembers the pain of Zhoushan. In his opinion, the day of avenging shame is not far away.
"By the way, Your Majesty is starting from Changsha this time, right?"
Zheng Chenggong suddenly remembered something and said suddenly.
"Yes, Your Majesty and the King of Jin should be fighting to Nanchang soon after starting from Changsha."
"Your Majesty asked us to take down Jiujiang to avoid the robbers' robbers' robbers' robbers' robbers' robbers' robbers can only flow south at most. If you want to go north through Jiangxi, you will have no chance."
Li Laiheng analyzed it and said: "Your Majesty is so smart. You can first take Huguang and then seek Jiangxi. As for Nanzhili, you can slowly plan it."
In fact, as far as the whole of the south is concerned, Huguang and Jiangxi are not inferior to Nanzhili in terms of population and wealth.
Nanzhili is more prominent in political sense because of Nanjing.
Now that Zheng Chenggong has taken Nanjing, other prefectures and counties can naturally take it slowly.
The reason why they did not directly attack Fujian and Guangdong was because, on the one hand, they jumped too much and drove straight in, on the other hand, these two provinces were the vassals of Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao. It was unwise to rashly break up with these two people before the Ming army firmly controlled Jiangnan.
"But I'm still a little worried, will the Tartars take the opportunity to attack Xichuan? Will Wu Sangui from Yunnan be at peace again."
Li Laiheng’s worries are not unreasonable.
In the past, Li Guoying did not dare to attack Sichuan rashly because Li Laiheng and others were there in Kuidong.
Now Kuidong's main force has been transferred to Huguang and even Jiangxi, and Kuidong has lost one reliance on the empty Shu area.
If Li Guoying sent troops from Hanzhong to attack, His Highness the Crown Prince and Governor Wen would not know whether they could defend it.
As for Wu Sangui, it is even more unreassuring.
It would be better if he had been at ease to be a dog in the Qing Dynasty, but now Wu Sangui is taking over Yunnan and listening to the throne.
Under this situation, no one can guarantee that Wu Sangui will not be moved by Sichuan.
After all, compared to Yunnan, Sichuan is still much richer.
"Now you can only take one step at a time. You can't be afraid of your hands."
Zhang Huangyan said aloud: "No matter how you look at it, there is no problem in hitting the Jiangxi flag."
"Since we have successfully met, we must consider how to cooperate with His Majesty to take Nanchang. Nanchang is the heart of Jiangxi and the provincial capital. The old dog Hong Chengchou will definitely set up heavy troops in Nanchang. It may be difficult to take it with the power of the King of Jin alone."
"This is reasonable. Since we have arrived in Jiujiang, we can't watch the show here."
"Let's do this, leave 30,000 people to guard Jiujiang, and all the others will kill Nanchang."
Chapter completed!