Mandoroni led the remnants of the army from Anqing to Jiujiang and entered the territory of Jiangxi.

After Zheng Chenggong recovered Anqing, he left a part of the army to garrison, and then led the main force back to Nanjing.

Now the entire Nanzhili Zhongying Tianfu, Zhenjiang Mansion, Taiping Mansion, Anqing Mansion, Chuzhou, Hezhou and other four prefectures and two prefectures are under the control of the Ming army. The rest of the prefectures were still in the hands of the Qing army, and the civil and military officials were named the Son of Heaven by Shunzhi.

Overall, Zheng Chenggong is still under a lot of pressure. Large prefectures such as Fengyang, Luzhou, Yangzhou, and Huai'an have large populations and are also rich in grain production.

If it continues to be consumed, it will be very disadvantageous for the Ming army.

After returning to Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong returned to the garrison as soon as possible, firstly, to tell Zhang Huangyan the good news of the conquest of Anqing, and secondly, to take a good rest.

The rapid march had exhausted him. He is no longer a young man in his twenties, his energy is drained quickly, and it takes a lot of work to accumulate his strength.

"Brother Cangshui, Anqing is a great victory! What do I say, the Dongyu are all paper tigers, and there is no need to be afraid at all. Didn't you see that scene, the fire burned the camp for 700 miles. Tsk, I'm exaggerating, but you know what it means. ”

After seeing Zhang Huangyan, Zheng Chenggong was excited like a child.

With the relationship between him and Zhang Huangyan, that bit of dispute and unhappiness has long been seen out of the clouds.

Zhang Huangyan's face was a little gloomy, and he sat there without saying a word.

If it was usual, he would have gotten up and greeted Zheng Chenggong a long time ago.

What's going on today?

Just when Zheng Chenggong was puzzled, Zhang Huangyan sighed and said: "Da Mu, there is one thing I have to tell you, you must be calm and don't get excited." ”

Well? What does this mean?

Zheng Chenggong was even more suspicious, Brother Cangshui was not like this in the past, how could he be spitting and spitting.

"Come, Damu, you sit first."

Anyway, Zheng Chenggong still fully trusted Zhang Huangyan, he sat down with a smile and said, "Brother Cangshui, now you can say it, right?" ”

"Da Mu, something happened in Zhoushan."

Zhang Huangyan said sadly: "After Lang Tingzuo, Guan Xiaozhong and other thieves retreated to Ningbo, they will send troops to attack Zhoushan with Shi Lang. General Gan Hui was defeated in battle, and the main island of Zhoushan was conquered by the Dongyu! ”

Bang!

Zheng Chenggong only felt that his brain exploded, and the whole person was not good.

"How so?"

Zheng Chenggong muttered to himself: "There are 20,000 soldiers and horses on the main island of Zhoushan, how can Dongyu easily conquer it?" ”

Zhang Huangyan knew that Zheng Chenggong was difficult to accept for a while, but now that this is the case, he will have to accept it sooner or later.

"Da Mu, let General Gan Hui tell you the specific things."

After that, he clapped his hands, and Gan Hui, dressed in armor, walked out from behind the screen.

There was also a delicate-looking young man who walked out with him, and his eyebrows and eyes were quite similar to Zheng Chenggong.

"Your Highness!"

"Father!"

The two shouted in unison.

Zheng Chenggong turned his head to look, who were the two of them Gan Hui and his eldest son Zheng Jing?

"You guys!"

The moment Zheng Chenggong saw the two of them, his heart was completely cold. Because at this time, the two should be on the island of Zhoushan.

Is it really as Zhang Huangyan said, Zhoushan has fallen?

"What the hell is going on!"

These words are not only for questioning Gan Hui, but also for Zheng Jing.

Gan Hui naturally couldn't let the young master take the blame, and took the initiative to speak: "Your Highness, if you don't do the business of His Royal Highness the Prince, you will be incompetent." Shi Lang led the Dongyu Naval Division to attack, with a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people, and Hongyi artillery bombarded the dock. The last general couldn't resist it, and Zhoushan fell. Before the fall of Zhoushan, the last general escorted His Royal Highness the Prince to break through, not asking His Highness for forgiveness, but only asking for a pulse of incense for His Highness. ”

Zheng Chenggong only felt a mouthful of phlegm in his throat, and after a long time, he asked, "How many people escaped?" ”

"Two, two thousand..."

Gan Hui said and hung his head in shame.

"Poof!"

Zheng Chenggong spurted out a mouthful of old blood when he heard this.

"Your Highness!"

"Father!"

"Big Wood!"

Gan Hui, Zheng Jing, and Zhang Huangyan stepped forward at the same time, but Zheng Chenggong waved his hand: "Don't worry about me, I'm fine!" ”

"Of the 20,000 people, 2,000 escaped... What about the family? ”

As soon as he finished asking, Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said, "Even the soldiers only escaped two thousand, not to mention their families." I'm afraid few escaped. ”

The reason why Zheng Chenggong settled the soldiers' families in Zhoushan was that he was afraid that the soldiers would be distracted by taking them with him. It's good now, it was served by Dongyu.

"Your Highness, they are all incompetent. The last general is willing to take full responsibility, and if he wants to kill or chop up, he will listen to His Highness. ”

Gan Hui said bitterly.

"If you don't do your business, it will be impossible for fifty or sixty thousand Dongyu to besiege Zhoushan."

Zheng Chenggong also knew that with the topography of Zhoushan, it was impossible to resist the enemy army several times his own.

This is not Gan Hui's responsibility. If you insist on finding someone to be responsible, it should be him Zheng Chenggong. After all, it was he Zheng Chenggong who decided to leave the soldiers' families in Zhoushan, and it was also he Zheng Chenggong who resolutely chose to go to Anqing to attack Mandoroni when Zhang Huangyan proposed to solve Shi Lang in Ningbo first.

All of this is caused by him now.

He is not responsible for this, who is responsible? Find a subordinate to take the blame? He Zheng Chenggong can't do this kind of thing!

"This temple doesn't dare to tell the soldiers about this. Otherwise, the main hall is afraid that the army's heart will be unstable. ”

Zheng Chenggong's biggest fear now is that if the Ming soldiers know that Zhoushan has fallen, their emotions will collapse.

After all, they are all family people, and their wives and children are on Zhoushan Island.

This farewell is really goodbye.

"Sooner or later, you have to say what Da Mu should say, but you can really slow down for a while, and you can stabilize your emotions first."

Zhang Huangyan saw Zheng Chenggong blaming himself so much, and he felt very uncomfortable.

They are not only close friends, but also comrades-in-arms who have fought side by side for many years. He could understand the pain in Zheng Chenggong's heart at this moment, but escaping would not solve the problem.

"Brother Cangshui, I regret not being at the beginning. If I had listened to your advice and went to fight Shi Lang first, Zhoushan would not have been conquered. ”

Zheng Chenggong sighed: "In order to take an Anqing Mansion and lose Zhoushan, what face do I have to face the soldiers?" Their wives and children died in vain because of one of my decisions! ”

"Da Mu, don't say that. There is a debtor and a debtor, this is obviously a crime committed by Dongyu, why do you have to take it from yourself? ”

Zhang Huangyan said very seriously: "Although Zhoushan has fallen at the moment, the sky has not yet fallen. If you fall because of this, will it not make your relatives bitter and your enemies happy? We have laid down Zhenjiang, Nanjing, and Anqing, should these efforts be wasted? ”

Gan Hui looked at Zhang Huangyan with a grateful face, fortunately, there is still this soldier at this time. If there was no Zhang Huangyan, he really didn't know how to face Zheng Chenggong.

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