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Bidding farewell to the sixth year of Yongli in which the southwest and southeast launched a major counteroffensive, in the seventh year of Yongli, the tug of war between the two sides is still continuing. First, in March and April, Li Dingguo attacked Zhaoqing, and at the same time, Chen Kai recovered the Qiongzhou capital. Then, in April and May, the two victors of the Battle of Zhaoqing and the Battle of Qiongzhou returned to Guangzhou to tear apart.

Throughout the first half of the year, Guangdong has not stopped. In contrast, the battlefield in southern Fujian was only cloudy at first.

In the battle of Zhongcuo last year, both sides ended in defeat. The Qing army's Fujian Promotion, Jinhua Town Standard, and Fujian Left Road Town Bid were completely lost, and even the Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou also lost a few Niu Lu soldiers. On the side of the Ming army, it is a fact that the Qing army was repulsed, but its own casualties were not uncommon, especially the troops on the right flank were attacked by the Qing army, and they also suffered extremely serious internal injuries.

In the following days, the Qing army transferred the Green Battalion from the north to the south to restore the strength of the Fujian Green Battalion; On the side of the Ming army, because the losses in this battle were far from reaching the battle of Fengchao Mountain in history, Zheng Chenggong did not cancel the establishment of the 28 star camps to fill the towns, but just restored his strength step by step.

However, compared with the Qing army huddled in the line from Fuzhou to Xinghuafu, the Ming army was much more active, relying on the strength of the sea, the Ming army launched the encroachment on the coastal islands of Fujian. In the past year, most of the Guantang Mountain and Langqi Island in Fuzhou Prefecture and a series of islands off the coast of Funing Prefecture have been controlled by the Ming army, and long before the island chain was formed on the battlefield in Guangdong, the Fujian side completed the naval blockade of the Qing army in Fujian in a more rapid and solid way.

The Ming army was in Quanzhou Mansion, and the Qing army was in Xinghua Mansion, and the competition to increase troops that had begun since the Battle of Zhongcuo last year never stopped. It was not until the beginning of May that it seemed to find that the weather was too hot after dragging on, and the Qing army took the lead in impatient and mobilized a large army to march in the direction of Quanzhou.

In the battle of Zhongcuo last year, the Qing army set out from Xinghua Fucheng and walked through the coastal plain area to the county seat of Hui'an. Hui'an County is the gateway to the northeast of Quanzhou Prefecture, and if you take it, the Qing army can directly take that heartland.

Therefore, when the Ming army won, especially after Chen Kai defeated Geng Jimao twice with the fortress, at the suggestion of Feng Chengshi and other staff, Zheng Chenggong ordered the construction of a fortress around the county seat of Hui'an. In this regard, Chen Kai gave more professional suggestions, and at the same time sent craftsmen and quality inspection apprentices with experience in the construction of fortresses to Hui'an to assist in the construction of the Hui'an fortress group.

If the Qing army wants to attack, it will not only be attacked from multiple angles by the fortress itself, but also covered by some long-range artillery on other fortresses.

Compared with Lu Feng's two large fortresses, these small fortresses are more easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Ming army started with Zheng Chenggong, to the generals in various towns, to staff such as Feng Chengshi and Pan Gengzhong, and even those ordinary soldiers were full of confidence in this. Not to mention, Chen Kai defeated Geng Jimao twice with the fortress, and in their opinion, even if Jin Li came, it is estimated that he would come to die.

Everyone was looking forward to this, looking forward to replicating the miracle created by Chen Kai on the bank of the Luo River - using the fortress to consume the living force of the Qing army, and then when the enemy was weak, launching a counterattack with the land division, thus defeating the Qing army.

It is expected that in the process of Chen Kai's seizure of Hong Kong Island, the control of the Pearl River Estuary, and even the recent recovery of Qiongzhou Mansion, it will continue to ferment and expand. In their opinion, with only one victory, they can sweep through Fujian and go north to Zhejiang, and this general trend can be regarded as existing. However, Jin Li will not dance with their baton, this time the army dispatched, just sent the superior cavalry to the vicinity of the fortress group in Hui'an County to take a look, and with a slight false shot, Jin Li's army went up the Mulan River, passed through Xianyou County, turned west, and went straight to Yongchun County in Quanzhou Prefecture, without any intention of hitting the fortress in Hui'an County!

Yongchun County is located in the south of Dehua County, north of Nan'an and Anxi counties, and west of Xianyou County. This place has entered the inland hilly area of Quanzhou, in fact, it is not suitable for the Qing army to advance in a big way, but the Ming army can make better use of the terrain to carry out volleys. But if Yongchun is broken, then down the Taolin River, the Qing army can go straight to Nan'an County, and even the capital city of Quanzhou, and it will be difficult for the Ming army to stop it.

Yongchun County was originally located in the peach forest farm, so it was named Taoyuan County when the county was first established, and it was renamed Yongchun a few years later. To the Song Dynasty, the county moved to the southern foot of Dapeng Mountain, after the Ming Dynasty was disturbed by the Japanese rebellion, the old county administration built a fortress, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Chenggong's uncle and nephew attacked the city of Quanzhou in the first year of Yongli, Yongchun County had gentry and the people responded, and later occupied the fortress of the old county when the Qing army entered and suppressed, until it was lured by the Qing army to break the city, and the killing was opened.

When building the Hui'an Fortress, Zheng Chenggong also strengthened the county seats of Yongchun County and Dehua County. This pair was originally made of clay as the lining and stone as the surface, and was two feet and five feet high. Surrounded by moats on the east, west and north, facing Taolin Creek in the south, and equipped with defense facilities such as enemy towers, nest shops, and floating platforms, Yongchun County has a higher level of fortification.

Hearing the news, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly led the army north, but also left some troops in Hui'an County, so as not to make the plan of attacking the west. Although it was an internal battle, the distance was farther, and it was only after getting the news that he hurriedly set off, Zheng Chenggong arrived a day later than Zhi Jinli. However, Jin Li did not attack immediately after arriving, but stopped the way for the Ming army to go to help, and put on a posture of sending reinforcements.

The original plan of using the fortified city to consume the Qing army's vital strength and thus defeat the Qing army more easily was completely shattered as the Qing army occupied a favorable position. For the city, the Qing army did not rush to attack, but only sent a small number of troops to monitor the small number of defenders in the city, but left all its forces to meet Zheng Chenggong.

On the other hand, Zheng Chenggong quickly set up camp after arriving, and he also knew very well that Jin Li wanted to defeat it with field battles, so as to achieve a sweep of the Ming army. As for the city, it is the least worrying.

At this scale of the war, many of the general calculations of both sides are actually on the surface, especially when the two armies have already made contact.

Zheng Chenggong rested for a while, and the army launched an attack on Jin Li's headquarters. The Ming army dispatched infantry from 21 towns and cavalry from 3 towns, with a strength of no less than 30,000 troops, and the Qing army also had the Hangzhou garrison of the Eight Banners and the rebuilt Fujian Banner, Fujian Left Road Town, Fujian Right Road Town, Quanzhou Town, Zhangzhou Town, etc., as well as some of the Zhejiang Green Battalion that went to help, plus nearly 30,000 horses.

A field battle of this magnitude unfolded in this valley sandwiched between hills, and it was difficult for both sides to produce any tricks, and some were just hard-fought attacks.

On May 13, the two sides clashed, with the Qing army taking the lead with the Green Battalion as the lead, and the Ming army meeting with each town. Compared with last year, the Ming army's combat effectiveness in the Battle of Zhongcuo has grown a lot, but the Qing court has a solid family foundation, and the green battalion soldiers directly transferred from the north are not lagging behind.

The battle continued into the afternoon, and both sides invariably transferred their respective ace troops. The Qing army's Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners, and the Ming army's Rongqi Town and Zuo Xianfeng Town raised the fighting to a higher level.

The sound of shouting and killing resounded through the river valley, the sword light and sword shadow, the blood flowed sideways, the earth was soaked, and the blood gathered into a stream, slowly flowing towards the peach forest stream, and there was a great posture of dyeing this stream red. This is a battle of life and death, both sides have already fought with fire, just attacking each other, until nightfall, neither side intends to leave fate to luck, and they tacitly retreat.

After collecting troops and returning to the camp, the Ming army did not achieve a breakthrough against the Qing army, and its strategic task could not be regarded as completed. However, the losses in each town were not small, and Zheng Chenggong knew very well that if he fought again with this division, he would never have the patience for casualties like today, so he simply sent people back to Quanzhou overnight and mobilized some of the battalions that had not participated in the battle to converge in order to fight again.

The advantages of fighting on the inner line began to appear, and by the next day, who knew that the reinforcements on this side had not yet arrived, but the Qing army on that side was the first to withdraw.

The losses of the Qing army were also not small, and Zheng Chenggong did not doubt that he led the army directly into Yongchun County to rest. Unexpectedly, the Qing army went and returned, and directly blocked the road where the reinforcements came.

"Since ancient times, retreating from the enemy has always been the most dangerous, which is why so many generals have figured out those hidden schemes. Our army intends to defend the territory, and then regain the lost territory, and withdraw the army, this discussion is not appropriate, and the generals should be fully prepared to fight with the Tartars again! ”

The Ming army had the city wall as a barrier, and reinforcements were coming, and it did seem to have an advantage over the Qing army. However, the reinforcements are only used to supplement the towns to facilitate the re-fighting, no matter how strong the city wall is, but the overall size of the Qing army is too huge, and it has dragged on for a long time, and the Qing army has transferred more reinforcements from other prefectures and counties, and even from neighboring provinces, and the Ming army's soldiers and horses are completely insufficient.

In fact, since Zheng Chenggong raised his army, especially in the fifth year of Yongli and the sixth year of Yongli, he actually relied on continuous victories and constantly weakened the strength of the Qing army in Fujian to gain greater advantages in the following battles. This time, the Qing army has been preparing for a long time, and Jin Li is indeed a difficult opponent, but if it is consumed, it will be detrimental to it, let alone give up Yongchun, then it can only retreat to Nan'an, and the land of Quanzhou will be attacked from many sides, and the situation will worsen.

Zheng Chenggong has made up his mind, and the generals can only obey the order, and rely on the army to hold the city and the surrounding dangers. Reinforcements were quickly transferred back to Nan'an County to assist in the defense, and Zheng Chenggong confronted the Qing army with this large army, until the hundreds of artillery pieces that Jin Li had prepared early but had not arrived because he could not keep up with the march arrived, and the battle broke out again.

Just like the Battle of Haicheng in history, Jin Li mobilized hundreds of artillery pieces to attack. However, this time, although the strength of the Ming army is better than that time, the outlying strongholds of Yongchun County are not as specially reinforced as Haicheng earlier.

The Qing army attacked the outlying strongholds first, and while constantly clearing these siege obstacles with artillery, it was also inflicting as much damage to the Ming army as possible. In contrast, Zheng Chenggong hurried over, but the artillery was at a disadvantage. In this way, day by day, the Ming army's outlying strongholds continued to be lost, although the Qing army also lost a lot of soldiers in the process, but on the whole it became more and more unfavorable to the Ming army.

"The court is using this to punish me, and I can only die and not go. Among the generals, those who can lead the people to gain merit are willing to give this question. ”

The situation tended to be unfavorable, Zheng Chenggong simply took out the seal letter to recruit the general and sent his staff to circulate the army. When the generals heard this, their morale slowed down, and they offered suggestions one after another, and even the middle governor Gan Hui generously stated: "Who has not died in life since ancient times, leave this Dan to take care of the sweat." This time try your best to defend, if there is an accident, you will also die! ”

The generals responded with indignation, and Zheng Chenggong personally braved the dense artillery to climb the towering enemy platform to observe the Qing army's formation, which really boosted the morale of the Ming army.

The last stronghold on the periphery couldn't last long, Zheng Chenggong simply redeployed, and mobilized the pure firearms troops that had been separated from Rongqi Town not long ago to set up an ambush in Shenqi Town, waiting for the Qing army to attack.

Before nightfall, the last stronghold fell, and the Qing army mobilized artillery to bombard the county seat of Yongchun. It didn't stop all night, until the sky was slightly bright, Jin Li changed to release empty artillery, and at the same time mobilized the Qing army to attack. It was still the green battalion that took the lead, and the garrison of the Eight Banners was behind, and the Qing army swarmed to fill the river and climb the fence, reaching the city, and the arrows rained down, trying to get to the city in one fell swoop. The Ming army in the city held a big axe and slashed bravely, and then the Qing army stepped on the corpse that was cut down and continued to climb the city, and the battle was extremely fierce.

The Ming army fought to the death, and the Qing army was never able to break through the city walls. The two sides went back and forth until the sky was bright, Zheng Chenggong looked at the enemy tower, and saw that most of the Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou had followed up, and hurriedly lit the fuse by He Ming, the chief military officer of the artifact town.

In an instant, the powder kegs buried outside the moat exploded, and the smoke covered the sky, and the Qing army was immediately in chaos, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and the Qing army had to flee in embarrassment. However, this time, because the starting point is no longer the historical Zhangzhou capital city adjacent to Haicheng County, Yongchun County is not close to Xianyou County, Jin Li has no way to transport back the hundreds of artillery pieces as in history, so he had to throw these treasures that were easily mobilized from Zhejiang, Jiangnan, and even Jiangbei to the Ming army.

A big war, starting from the beginning of May, the two sides fought two battles before and after, and the small battles were countless, and it was not until the beginning of June that the winner was determined. After nearly a month of fierce fighting, the strength losses of both sides were not small, even the Ming army as the victor.

Before the war began, Zheng Chenggong smelled that Jin Li was about to launch an offensive, so he sent someone to deliver a letter to Chen Kai. After receiving the letter, Chen Kai did not hesitate to embark on the journey back to Chaozhou. How did he know that he had been delayed for a while by a storm at sea, and counting the time it took for the letter to arrive, by the time he returned to Nan'ao Island, the war was over.

The report of the battle situation was sent urgently, and Chen Kai returned to the capital of Chaozhou with his front foot, and he was delivered with his back foot. After reading the letter, Chen Kai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then pushed the letter to Wang Jiang, who came to report.

"The Tartar has been repelled by the king master, and it is estimated that it will not be able to slow down for a while. That is, Master Wang is afraid that it will take a lot of time to ease his breath. ”

"Hey, Jin Li is indeed a good general among the captives, this hand is really old and spicy."

At that time, Dalan Mountain was killed by the surprise attack and siege of Tian Xiong, the governor of Zhejiang, and this Jin Li, Wang Jiang sighed, and Chen Kai only nodded: "No way, the fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is already famous." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Kai couldn't help but sigh. After all, the terrain of Quanzhou Mansion was not like the bureau he had set up in Chaozhou, and it was not a Lotus Mountain Range, which greatly reduced the possibility of the Qing army attacking Chaozhou Prefecture from other regions. The fortress played a greater role because of the geographical situation and strategy, but these prerequisites did not exist, and breaking through the fortress was no longer the only way to go.

"This time, Jin Li didn't come to hit the fortress. It seems that the next time the Qing army in Guangdong comes again, it will not go crazy again. Time is running out. ”

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