Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 359 Chapter 359, the British public calmly analyzed that Emperor Chongzhen was happy but worried
"What?" Li Guozhen was also obviously surprised after hearing the words of the British Duke.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Li Guozhen couldn't help but said: "Grand Duke, aren't you worried about Duoduo setting up other ambushes? Be careful of fraud!"

The British Duke laughed, and said to Li Guozhen: "Didn't Uncle Xiangcheng see it? Doduo's troops are already insufficient."

Li Guozhen frowned, and said: "The Duke judged from the situation in front of him?"

The British Duke nodded and said: "Exactly. If Dodo had enough troops, then he would not choose to give us an empty camp, but should arrange enough troops in the camp to prevent us from entering it." The vanguard is in an ambush."

Li Guozhen said: "Is there a possibility that Duoduo actually wants to use the illusion created by the camp to lure us to advance rashly and then ambushe us in front?"

The British Duke said with a smile: "It is true that this possibility is not ruled out."

Li Guozhen was in a hurry: "Then why is the Duke so aggressive? We can definitely advance steadily and steadily."

The British Duke looked at Li Guozhen, his expression gradually became serious: "Because His Royal Highness is still in the north."

Li Guozhen was stunned.

The British Duke took a deep breath and said slowly: "Uncle Xiangcheng, have you forgotten? His Royal Highness is the real key figure in this war. You and I and all the troops in Shanhaiguan are actually just His Highness the Crown Prince's assistant."

"Since it is an assistant, then we should do what the assistant should do. Right now, Dorgon has obviously led the army of slaves to go north to besiege His Highness the Crown Prince. If our progress is too slow, it will cause His Royal Highness to The situation on the border is getting more and more difficult.”

"We must use the fastest speed to attack the hinterland of Jiannu, so that we can deter Jiannu's top management, force them to become scrambled, and give His Royal Highness the real opportunity to defeat the enemy!"

"Yes, there are indeed huge risks in advancing at extreme speed, but compared with the overall strategic situation, what is this risk?"

After listening to the words of the British Duke, Li Guozhen was also silent.

After a while, Li Guozhen gritted his teeth and said: "What the Duke said is very true, I will arrange it now!"

The sound of the trumpet sounded a moment later, and many messengers ran back and forth waving the command flags in their hands, conveying orders to every Ming Dynasty soldier.

"British public order, go north at full speed!"

"Go north!"

The mighty Ming army began to move, quickly changing from the original battle formation to a marching formation, bypassing the burning Qing army camp, and quickly pursued along the direction in which the main force of the Qing army was advancing.

Beijing City, Daming Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne with a relaxed expression.

"From this point of view, the overall situation of spring plowing this year is quite good."

Fan Jingwen said respectfully: "That's right, Your Majesty. After summarizing the data reported by the local authorities, the total number of acres of spring plowing this year has reached the highest value since His Majesty took the throne, and it is expected to continue to grow in the next two years."

When Chongzhen heard the words, he was naturally more pleasantly surprised and kept smiling.

From the perspective of historical law, there will always be a period of time for recuperation and rapid recovery after the change of dynasties.

Although Daming did not perish, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong almost poisoned the entire Central Plains, and Zhu Cihong directly uprooted a large number of powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River, which gave Daming a huge amount of unclaimed land.

Through the efforts of the cabinet and local officials, many refugees returned to their hometowns and their lands were redistributed.

Originally, the reason why the refugees joined forces with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong was because of natural and man-made disasters due to land annexation. Now that they have enough land, the bandit troops in various places in Ming Dynasty disappeared at an alarming speed.

Most people actually just want to live a good life. Those who naturally like to put their heads on their trouser belts and put white knives in and out of red knives are very few after all.

Li Banghua said with a smile: "Your Majesty does not know that there is still a large amount of land in Henan, Shandong and Nanzhili that no one cultivates. The next step is to encourage the people in the south of the Yangtze River to go north to cultivate. It will be more gratifying."

Jiangnan is a good place, but it is limited to the Taihu Plain. If you look at the whole of Zhejiang, you will find that most of it is actually mountainous like Fujian.

Cultivated land is scarce in places like this, and many people have no choice but to choose to do business to make money. A large number of merchants who went to Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty came from these two provinces.

There is land at home, who wants to go out and run a business that will die outside at any time?
Chongzhen heard the news, the smile on his face became more and more intense, and he repeatedly said hello.

"I am so happy!"

Chongzhen has been emperor for almost 20 years, and there is really no year where he can be as comfortable as this spring.

At this moment, an eunuch rushed in.

"Your Majesty, Shanhaiguan British Public Emergency Report!"

This sentence immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Chongzhen took a look at the battle report, he was taken aback for a moment, and then his brows relaxed.

"Dear dear friends, the British Lord said that he has broken through the Qing army camp outside Shanhaiguan, and is continuing to advance to the west of Liaoning!"

When the news came out, the cabinet ministers present were surprised at first, and then they were all very happy.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, His Majesty."

"Breaking the camp of slaves this time, the recovery of Western Liaoning and Eastern Liaoning must be just around the corner!"

Although it is still hard to say when the west and east of Liaoning will be recovered, everyone said the scene was beautiful.

Chongzhen was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Zhuqing, it seems that this time, the plan of Lang'er and British Duke has indeed succeeded. By the way, where is Lang'er?"

After Chongzhen asked this question, the hall suddenly fell into silence.

Chongzhen seemed to have noticed something, and the smile on his face began to disappear.

"The Duke of England shouldn't have defeated Jiannu so easily. Jiannu's strength cannot be so weak. So, did Jiannu transfer the main force to deal with Lang'er?"

Still no answer.

Chongzhen finally got angry and patted the table: "Why is no one talking!"

Several elders and the chief eunuch looked at each other, and finally focused on the eunuch Wang Chengen, who was in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies.

Wang Chengen felt helpless, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness is in the depths of the Monan Grassland. It is not easy to get news back and forth. It is true that the Ministry of War has not received any news. The servant has already communicated with Mr. Fan Ge. If there is news The words will definitely be submitted to the palace by the Ministry of War as soon as possible."

"However, please don't worry too much, Your Majesty. Since His Royal Highness has already anticipated the strategy of the Duke of England, then the current situation must have been expected by His Majesty. Your Majesty only needs to wait a few more days, and you should be able to Received the news of His Royal Highness's triumphant return."

Chongzhen's brows were tightly furrowed, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth.

"I hope so!"

For the ruler of Ming Dynasty, this great victory from Shanhaiguan did not seem to make him happy, but instead made the atmosphere more dignified.

(End of this chapter)