Although Zhou Kui and Tang Tong were business partners before, Zhou Kui had only met Tang Tong once before and did not know him very well, let alone what Tang Tong really liked. So when he found out that he could not please the Prince Tang by using the Princess Changping's daughter, Zhou Kui was a little troubled. After thinking about it, he felt that Tian Hongyu had a better relationship with the Prince Tang's daughter. He made up his mind to go to the capital and ask Tian Hongyu for advice.
However, after Tang Tong sent Zhou Kui away, he told Chen Yuxian and Dayuer what Zhou Kui had said during a casual chat. Chen Yuxian was a very intelligent woman. She would not interfere with any decision made by Tang Tong, nor was she too jealous. Although Dayuer was very jealous, she was just a concubine of Tang Tong. No matter how jealous she was, she had no ability to control Tang Tong. Moreover, she was also a smart woman. How could she show her jealousy on her face? Besides, as a self-made man, Tang Tong naturally had this kind of strong mentality. Under his pressure, none of the women around him dared to show any jealousy, at least they did not dare to show it in front of Tang Tong.
Tang Tong had enough beauties around him, so he naturally didn't take Princess Changping seriously. Although as a princess of the Ming Dynasty, her status was indeed very noble, but now that Tang Tong had reached such a status, even the most noble woman was just an ordinary person. So not long after Zhou Kui left, Tang Tong forgot about this incident, but Zhou Kui kept it in his mind.
After Zhou Kui met Emperor Chongzhen, he did not dare to tell him what Tang Tong had said. Instead, he told Emperor Chongzhen that although Prince Tang was very moved by this matter, he had too many concerns about it. Prince Tang said he needed some time to think about it. Emperor Chongzhen was a man who cared about his reputation. If Zhou Kui told him what Tang Tong had said directly, Emperor Chongzhen would probably be furious and would most likely have the guards drag him down and give him a few beatings, regardless of whether Zhou Kui was his father-in-law or not.
Emperor Chongzhen was actually worried about the gains and losses of this matter. When he heard that Prince Tang needed some time to consider it, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief for no reason. This was because Emperor Chongzhen could not make up his mind to give his daughter to the man who wanted to seize his Ming Dynasty and use his daughter to exchange for a little more time for the Ming Dynasty to survive. The subsequent negotiations were still deadlocked. With Emperor Chongzhen's personality, how could he easily make concessions? Just when the two sides were deadlocked, Hong Chengchou, a subordinate of Emperor Chongzhen, wanted to do something for the Ming Dynasty under the instigation of several warmongers under his command.
Hong Chengchou controlled the soldiers of Shanhaiguan, and they were not of the same kind as the soldiers under the command of the other generals. In terms of combat effectiveness, as long as the soldiers under Hong Chengchou had some combat effectiveness, the soldiers under the generals were basically a group of bandits, looting everywhere outside the capital and in the areas belonging to the Ming Dynasty. It was not that the Guanning Iron Cavalry under Hong Chengchou did not loot, but it was different from the bandit-like looting under the generals. The soldiers under Chou were usually trained, so even when they looted, they looted in an organized and disciplined manner. However, the area they controlled was too small, and there were not many places for these officers and soldiers to loot. Moreover, due to Tang Tong's immigration policy, there were not many civilians left outside the capital, making it even more difficult for these officers and soldiers to loot. They did not have the courage to cross the border and loot.
Tang Tong and Emperor Chongzhen were negotiating outside Cangzhou City. Hong Chengchou and his men knew about it, as did several important generals under Hong Chengchou. The soldiers under his command had no place to plunder, and no wages were paid from their superiors. The morale of the entire army was very unstable. Hong Chengchou knew that if they did this, they would collapse without waiting for Tang Tong to attack them. So when several of Hong Chengchou's men encouraged him, Hong Chengchou was also moved.
The idea of launching a long-distance surprise attack on Tang Tongzhou was first thought up by Zhou Fenglin, a favorite general under Hong Chengchou. Later, this man encouraged several other generals under Hong Chengchou to use cavalry to attack Cangzhou. It seemed to have some success, because according to intelligence, Prince Tang did not bring too many troops when he participated in this negotiation, and the other party's main force was far away from this place. After considering it for a long time, Hong Chengchou finally made up his mind to take a risk.
Apart from taking risks, the Ming army had no chance of defeating Tang Tong. Hong Chengchou was very clear about this in his heart. It was because of this that Hong Chengchou finally made this decision. Although he would be sentenced to death for sending troops privately, Hong Chengchou himself believed that his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty was obvious to the world.
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