On May 22, the fifth year of Yongli, Zheng Chenggong's department entered the Cizao area according to the original plan. Immediately, Zheng Chenggong's Ming army began to collect grain, grass, and taxes, just as they did when they attacked the Yongning Acropolis and Chongwu Qianhu City half a month ago.

This is a normal thing, after all, the army will be scattered if there is no food. For example, after seizing Xiamen Island, Zheng Chenggong once captured Gaopu Village, but it was not to occupy it, but only to unload the bricks and stones of the village and transport them away, and finally left a flattened village for the Qing army. Most of the bricks and stones that were transported were used for the restoration of Wutong Village and the restoration of Zhongzuo City by Zheng Zhiguan.

Collecting supplies is almost a must-do for Zheng Chenggong's troops when they launch an offensive against the Qing army's occupied areas, and Fujian has seen it too many times, but it is not new. However, it doesn't matter whether it is fresh or not, the important thing is that the landlords in the area of the magnetic stove suffered, when Zheng Chenggong collected grain and grass, he would often open the net to the poor people, but these landlords had food and money at home, and they were willing to pay taxes to the Qing court but refused to pay taxes to the Ming army, which is always unreasonable.

Zheng Chenggong began to collect grain, grass and taxes, and the landlords sent people to ask for help from the Qing army in order to reduce their losses. A few days later, Wang Jin, the commander of Zhangzhou, arrived with 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, and confronted the Ming army here.

The original Zhangzhou general soldier Wang Bangjun had died in Pantuoling, and the Qing court took Wang Jin as the chief military officer, and he also took a fancy to the battle of Quanzhou in the first year of Yongli, and Wang Jin's performance when he relieved the siege of the Qing army in Quanzhou. However, what this Wang Laohu inherited was a mess, Wang Bangjun was killed, and nearly 2,000 Zhangzhou Qing troops disappeared in Pantuoling, killed, and captured. And his opponent is no longer the fledgling Zheng Chenggong back then, but the new leader of the Zheng Group, with a national surname of no less than 20,000 people.

According to the original plan, Zheng Chenggong ambushed Rongqi Town in the south of the Cizao Mountain Pit, ambushed the right town in the north of the Cizao Mountain Pit with aid, ambushed the left pioneer town and the left town in the Cizao Society, and sent three towns of Qinding Town, Qianfeng Town, and Youchong Town to lure the enemy.

The town guards the post of chief military officer of Zhangzhou Mansion, and the two before and after are surnamed Wang. However, Wang Bangjun in history first defeated the Ming army in the Battle of Pantuoling, beheaded Ke Chenshu, and annihilated Zhongchong Town, and then successfully lifted the siege of Chaozhou in the second year, forcing Zheng Chenggong to go to the sea again, and he was disdainful of Zheng Chenggong, so he would stray into the encirclement. And today's Wang Jin, although he has also relieved the siege of Quanzhou, but he is not Wang Bangjun, and secondly, Zheng Chenggong's development in recent years has been much smoother than in history, not long ago Ma Degong, Huang Shu not to mention, even Wang Bangjun's head has been used to decorate the credit book of the Fujian Ming Army, at this moment he will never dare to underestimate the enemy anymore.

While maintaining a presence here and confronting the Ming army, Wang Jin sent people back to Zhangzhou to ask for help from Wang Zhigang, the general soldier of the left road in Fujian. Wang Zhigang was originally Gao Jie's general, and his subordinates were more effective than his former subordinates. Wang Jin didn't dare to hold it up, so he confronted it here, but it was a pity that Zheng Chenggong was never an inflexible elm pimple, and once he found that Wang Jin refused to enter the trap, he immediately lifted the ambush and dispatched the whole army to attack the Qing army.

The total strength of the Ming army is not less than 8,000, which is more than twice that of the Qing army, Wang Jin found that the establishment of the Ming army seems to be a little strange through the exploration of horses, relying on the number of cavalry is far superior to the Ming army, choosing a wide and suitable for the cavalry to play in the array, using the right of confrontation as a test, the result was easily defeated by the Ming army.

Wang Jin fled in a small setback, and the Qing army relied on the suppressive force of the number of cavalry, and constantly used the ability to maneuver with the Ming army, and finally fled back with most of his subordinates, and retreated back to Zhangzhou with Wang Zhigang, who had just left the city.

The battle of the magnetic stove finally ended in the victory of the Ming army, and Zheng Chenggong defeated the enemy army that he hated many years ago. The only pity is that Wang Jin is not as arrogant as Wang Bangjun, and he did not enter the ambush circle, although he was also defeated, but the losses were much less, and he left some of the palace troops that could not be saved and fled.

Zheng Chenggong according to the performance of the generals and the towns, with Su Mao and Lin Sheng as the first merit, Gan Hui officers and soldiers as the deputy merit, Wan Li and Ke Peng officers and soldiers as the deputy merit, according to the enemy reward and promotion. Immediately, he led his troops back to Xiamen, but as soon as he came back, he heard the news that Shi Lang had escaped from prison, and he was even furious.

Shi Langqiren, although the level of power and strategy, or emotional intelligence, is not high, but there is still a set of troops in command and training. In addition, Shi Lang, once as the mastermind of Zheng Chenggong, knew very well about the Zheng Group and the Fujian Ming Army under Zheng Chenggong, and once it was used by the Qing army, the harm was extremely huge.

This aspect is one of them, and more importantly, Zheng Chenggong handed over the task of guarding the Shi family's father, son, and brother to his cronies, Lin Xishan, and as a result, he disappeared inexplicably. Lin Xishan didn't know anything about this, and there were many unbelievable things in the confession of his deputy general Wu Fang. For example, when someone came to Zheng Chenggong and issued an official document, why didn't Wu Fang check it carefully; Another example is that halfway through the journey, Wu Fang and his party were knocked unconscious, first, why didn't the people who came kill them, and second, they were suddenly knocked unconscious, they were knocked unconscious together, and all of them didn't react, as if they had been discussed, these doubts are all hinting that Lin Xishan has the possibility of guarding and stealing, and the dispatch department will design the possibility of secretly releasing Shi Lang.

Zheng Chenggong was furious, so he wanted to execute Lin Xishan to set an example. Lin Xishan is Zheng Chenggong's old subordinate, he has followed him for many years, and his relationship with the generals is also good.

In the festival hall, the voices of the generals pleading one after another, it was Zheng Chenggong, and his heart was inevitably touched. When the Qing army slaughtered Anping Town, he arrived too late, buried his mother's bones, and decided to burn his clothes and raise troops. At that time, figures such as Hong Xu, Chen Hui, and Lin Xishan, although they did not have any soldiers and horses in their hands, their prestige among the old troops who surrendered to the Qing army under the orders of Zheng Zhilong was still quite heavy. Go to the Qing Dynasty, not to mention more, there is always a rich man, and there is even the possibility that the Qing army will use them in order to divide and reduce the Qing and Fujian army. But one by one, not only did they not descend, but they also did not follow the leaders of the Zheng Group, who were stronger than him, such as Zheng Cai and Zheng Hongkui, but followed him all the way to Nanao Island, from that hopeless desperate situation to the present.

The anger faded, Zheng Chenggong already had remorse, and after careful calculation, Lin Xishan did have the possibility of designing to release Shi Lang, because he handed Shi Lang over to Wu Fang to be detained, but Wu Fang's problem was even greater. And whether it is Lin Xishan or Wu Fang, he has no tangible evidence. At this moment, the generals persuaded hard, Zheng Chenggong also planned to come down this step, but for Wu Fang, even if he did not guard and steal, there was negligence in guarding, and he would never let it go easily.

The words were already in his mouth, but before he could say anything, a personal soldier hurriedly pushed the door in, and then rushed to Zheng Chenggong's side in three steps and two steps, and reported in his ear.

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong was stunned, and then he couldn't take care of these generals, and hurriedly rushed out. It wasn't until a sea ship that had just sailed that he saw Shi Lang's body that had already been cold, and when his hanging heart fell, a greater shock followed.

"Didn't Chen Senjun say how he was sure that Shi Lang would definitely land and flee from there?"

"If you return to the country, no. Chen Senjun only said a word, just in case, the blind cat really bumped into the dead mouse, and never said anything else. ”

"Blind cat crashing into a dead mouse?"

Zheng Chenggong immediately shook his head, secretly saying in his heart that it was not so simple, and turned to interrogate the captured soldiers and entourage. The answer obtained in the result was no different from the one brought back by Cai Qiao.

"Su Mao! Bless! ”

Back in the festival hall, the generals still maintained the same posture as when he left. At this moment, there was no need to plead, Zheng Chenggong walked in front of Lin Xishan, and helped up this old subordinate who had been following him for many years with both hands.

"The matter has been clarified, and you have been wronged."

"The last general, the last general......"

helped Lin Xishan up, and Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered the generals to get up. However, just when the generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and were about to stand up and sit down again, Zheng Chenggong immediately said the second half of his words.

“…… Except for Su Mao, the chief military officer of Zuo Pioneer Town. ”