The news of the Ming army's defeat of the Qing army at Jiangdong Bridge spread quickly, and the Changtai guard general and the magistrate were frightened and hurriedly abandoned the city. The gentry and people in the city welcomed the Ming army into the city, and so far Changtai County was recovered.

After the Great War, the army was in dire need of rest. On the occasion of resting, Zheng Chenggong set up 28 battalions in the name of 28 constellations, thinking that the towns would have stamina. Half a month later, the army was rested, the 28th battalion was also formed, and the army turned westward, and soon besieged the capital of Zhangzhou.

Zhangzhou Mansion City is located in the northwest of Haicheng County, the southwest of Changtai County, the Longxi County seat in the east of Nanjing County, more than 2,000 zhang in circumference, the city is built with stones, the female wall, the enemy platform, the watchtower, the tower, the moat and other defensive buildings are readily available.

Longqing opens the sea, has already become the sea trade center of the moon port adjacent to Zhangzhou City, driven by its radiation, Zhangzhou City economic prosperity, become a "hundred workers and scales", "machine hammer" symphony of commercial and handicraft city. The economic prosperity here has promoted the process of urbanization, and there is a saying of "nine streets and thirteen lanes" in the city, where tens of thousands of people live all year round, providing human resources and consumption for the prosperity of the city.

Zheng Chenggong surrounded the city, but surprisingly, this time he did not rush to attack, nor did he dig tunnels as in history, and continued to use the collapse method to break the city. On the contrary, he sent a messenger back to the Zhongzuo Institute, and Zhongzhenbo Hongxu, who was in charge of the local affairs of the Zhongzuo Institute, and Feng Chengshi, who was in charge of the military affairs of the Ordnance Bureau, also hurriedly organized manpower, and soon, the suitable ship set sail and slowly sailed into the Jiulong River, and carried down the things that Zheng Chenggong specially asked for in a heavily guarded place.

Ten days later, under the protection of heavy troops, shouting trumpets, the auxiliaries did their best to transport five huge artillery pieces to the outside of Zhangzhou.

The artillery was made of copper, it was huge, and the caliber was really not small. The most rare thing is that these five guns are almost carved out of a mold, and even the meaningless scratches on them are the same.

Stroking the body of the copper cannon, Zheng Chenggong's face revealed the color soul and soul that he had seen on the face of his fourth uncle Zheng Hongkui a few years ago. But this time, none of the generals around him expressed the slightest surprise at this, but one by one they seemed very eager to try.

"At the end of last year, Cheng collapsed the walls of the Jieshi Acropolis with two auxiliary guns. Today, our army has a spirit gun and four deputy guns, so we can teach the Tartars in Zhangzhou City a lesson! ”

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In March, Chen Jin's troops defeated Jiangdong Bridge and absconded all the way back to Tong'an County. Fearing that the defenders of Tong'an would have different intentions, Chen Jin simply camped outside Tong'an City with his cronies, continued to rein in the rout, and at the same time mobilized more reinforcements to relieve the siege of Zhangzhou City.

Chen Jin, the epigraphy Tianzhang, a person from Jinzhou, western Liaoning. Like other members of the Liaoxi Jiangmen family, he also rose step by step with the formation and expansion of the Guanning Army during the period of the Apocalypse, when Liaodong was in flames and Liaoxi could not even touch the edge of the war. During the Chongzhen period, with the construction of Dalinghe City, he had been appointed as the secretary of Dalinghe.

After the Battle of Dalinghe, Chen Jin surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and gave the world job Niu Lu Zhangjing, adding half a future. The Han military flag was formulated, and the cattle were awarded. Next, the Qing army entered the customs, first for the governor of Denglai, to suppress the anti-Qing uprising in Shandong; Later, he was promoted to the governor of Jiang, and sat in Jiangnan as Hong Chengchou's deputy; Later, he was changed to the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and was responsible for the military and political affairs of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.

Since becoming the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Chen Jin has fought against the Ming army, including Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Cai, Zheng Hongkui, and the Lu Jianguo system, as well as against the Qing rebels in various places. In the second year of Yongli he organized, he sent a large-scale aid to Fujian and the offensive against Siming Mountain and Zhoushan in the fourth year of Yongli and the fifth year of Yongli, and destroyed the Ming army in Zhejiang led by Zhu Yihai of Lu Jianguo step by step, and suppressed the large-scale anti-Qing uprising in Zhejiang once and for all.

In terms of ability, Chen Jin can be regarded as outstanding among the governors in the early Qing Dynasty. However, over the years, he has spent more energy on suppressing the Lu Jianguo, which is a greater threat to the Qing court's rule in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and by the time he completed the suppression of the large-scale anti-Qing movement in Zhejiang, and then turned back to Fujian, Zheng Chenggong has grown into a more difficult opponent than Lu Jianguo, and with the help of Chen Kai, Zheng Chenggong is now stronger than in history.

Jiangdong Bridge was defeated, and his plan to suppress the Ming army in Fujian by himself came to naught. The local Qing army in Fujian has not many troops that can be mobilized, such as Fubiao and Jiebiao, all of which suffered a crushing defeat last year, and their combat effectiveness has not yet recovered; For example, the town mark on the right side was completely annihilated by the Ming army last year, from the general soldier on the right side to the men below, all of them were re-established; As for the town mark on the left road, it was still besieged by the Ming army in the city of Zhangzhou, and he was too busy to take care of himself.

On the Zhejiang side, there are still some elite troops, but most of them are beyond the reach of the whip. Most recently, the troops of Jinhua General Ma Jinbao were transferred to Jiangxi at the beginning of the year to assist the Jiangxi Qing army in suppressing the Jiangxi Ming army entrenched in Wuyi Mountain.

In order to maintain the military pressure on the Ming army and to give confidence to the defenders of Zhangzhou, Chen Jin hurriedly transferred the troops of Yang Minggao, the governor of Fujian, and Shi Fu, the general soldier of the right side of Fujian. This month has passed, and the two Qing armies have already arrived in Tong'an County to station, but after the inspection, Chen Jin felt even more pressure, because the condition of these two armies is not very good, especially Shi Fu's right town mark, there is a serious lack of experienced officers and veterans, he is a military general, and he will never be mistaken.

"What can be counted on now is that the Zhangzhou official army can hold the city, hold on until the order to call on the Eight Banners of Hangzhou to garrison Hangzhou arrives in Hangzhou, and hold on until the Eight Banners Army goes south to Fujian......"

With this in mind, Chen Jin also knew that this could not be done overnight. It is not from southern Fujian to Hangzhou, although Chen Jin is the governor, but the Eight Banners Army such as the Eight Banners stationed in Hangzhou, even if it is the Eight Banners Army composed of the Han Army Banner, it is not something he can say alone. It is inevitable to pass through the imperial court, and it will take a lot of time to come and go. The Eight Banners Army stationed in Hangzhou is basically from Liaodong, and if they go to Fujian to fight in the summer, their combat effectiveness will inevitably be affected, and they are afraid that they will not be able to enter the Fujian battlefield until September or October at the earliest.

September and October, it may not sound far away, but it's only April, at least five months away. And for such a long time, anything can happen, God knows if Wang Jin, Wang Zhigang and Chen Shangzhi can hold the city, God knows if that Zheng Chenggong will find a way to break through the Zhangzhou Mansion, and God knows if the guy named Chen Kai will jump out and mix in again!

The development of events is entirely up to the others, especially the opponent's choices, and he can only watch here. The feeling of powerlessness hit, and the depression in Chen Jin's chest was even worse, and even his face was gradually full of sorrow.

However, things in this world are often all good and bad. At this time, a fast horse galloped into the camp, and the Qing cavalry with a sharp arrow in his arm rolled into the saddle and fell off his horse, only after a little interrogation by the officers outside, he hurried to his big tent, and reported that he was the least willing to hear the news.

"Zhangzhou Mansion City, that's it, gone?"