Chapter 123: Autumn Wind (3)

The army set sail and soon arrived at the port of Guizhen, east of Zhangpu County. Here is only 30 miles away from Zhangpu County, according to the agreement, after Zheng Chenggong decided, he notified Wang Qifeng in advance, so as to prepare, when Zheng Chenggong's army went straight to Zhangpu County, Wang Qifeng launched a surprise attack, opened the city gate, and welcomed Zheng Chenggong's army into the city, in order to do his best.

The cronies sent by Wang Qifeng to Chaozhou returned to Zhangpu County as soon as possible, and when he entered the city and arrived at the military camp in the city, he did not see Wang Qifeng's people.

"Okay, Yang Zuo Xiao'er, if you are unkind, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unjust."

rushed back to Wang Qifeng's home, Wang Qifeng's injuries were not serious, and even Yang Zuo himself did not exert any strength. However, losing his face in front of his subordinates really made him angry. Not to mention, in the long run, there will be no prestige, how can the officers and non-commissioned officers below be brought, he will be just a piece of meat on Yang Zuo's chopping board sooner or later.

After some secret discussion, Wang Qifeng sent his cronies back to inform Zheng Chenggong, saying that everything was ready on his side, and he was only waiting for Zheng Chenggong's army to attack the city.

When his cronies left, Wang Qifeng still didn't act too early, so as not to startle the snake, but in the afternoon, it was Yang Zuo's personal soldier who invited him to Yang Zuo's mansion for a banquet with a flattering face.

"The handsome invited, the last general will definitely be there."

Someone sent off his own soldiers, but Wang Qifeng pretended to return to the camp, and then found a reason, and hurriedly fled out of the city with a group of cronies, without even half a minute of hesitation.

It is difficult to say whether it is really leaked, but Yang Zuo's performance is really unreasonable, especially at such a critical juncture, Wang Qifeng is responsible for his family, but also for Zheng Chenggong's army, and he does not dare to take the slightest risk, so he has to quickly flee in front of Zheng Chenggong's army.

A big war that opened up the situation in southern Fujian ended before it broke out, Shi Lang sneered at this, but Chen Kai seemed to be still thinking about something.

After appeasing Wang Qifeng, Zheng Chenggong let him go down to rest temporarily. But when Wang Qifeng left the big tent, Shi Lang provoked the conversation, openly and secretly reminded the generals, especially Zheng Chenggong, when Wang Qifeng sent someone to negotiate, how Chen Kai persuaded him. The implication is self-evident.

"There is no reason why a soldier is dangerous. This time, in the final analysis, it is still Yang Zuo's vigilance, otherwise with the strength of our army, and then there is an internal response to open the city, the chance of victory is still very great. ”

Chen Kai didn't say anything to refute, but Zheng Chenggong explained for Chen Kai first. After such a while, Shi Lang couldn't use this to attack Chen Kai again, because once the object of the quarrel became Zheng Chenggong, he would never have a chance of winning. Of course, even he seems to have vaguely discovered that Chen Kai's status as Zheng Chenggong's most important assistant is not as easy to bring down as he imagined, so he doesn't plan to continue to blindly kick this iron plate for the time being.

However, Shi Lang still put forward different opinions on the appointment of Wang Qifeng. Not to mention that Wang Qifeng is a northerner, in this military and political group, which is mainly composed of people from southern Fujian, can he be trusted immediately, but only say that a newly attached military general will be appointed too early, and if he has different aspirations, the loss will be immeasurable.

"I'm afraid, even this point, Zheng Chenggong won't rely on you."

Leaving the big tent, Chen Kai didn't look at Shi Lang, but sneered in his heart. Sure enough, the next day, Zheng Chenggong issued an order to merge most of the cavalry in each town to form a new military town called Tieqi Town, with Wang Qifeng as the chief officer of Tieqi Town and responsible for the training of cavalry in the whole army. From a garrison to a commander-in-chief, the speed of promotion is simply jaw-dropping.

Attacking Zhangpu County, since it has lost the effect of a surprise attack, once the troops are under the city, what they are about to face is no longer as simple as the defenders in the city, and the entire Zhangzhou Mansion and even the entire Fujian Green Battalion will come one after another. Zheng Chenggong knows very well that the current Fujian is no longer what it used to be, and there are still small-scale anti-Qing movements in various places, but the Ming army of the Lu Jianguo system has withdrawn into Zhejiang, and the Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian brothers seem to be still trapped in the situation of food shortage.

The army left without a fight and returned to Dongshan Island to temporarily camp in order to observe the scenery of southern Fujian. Chen Kai arrived with the ship, and had a secret conversation with Zheng Chenggong that night, and then quietly left Dongshan Island with a team of personal soldiers led by Zheng Chenggong's personal guard Cai Qiao and went by boat.

Chen Kai's departure did not cause much movement. In the final analysis, he is a pro-people official, who joined the army earlier, and Zheng Chenggong felt that he would definitely be able to take Zhangpu County, just because he was in charge of the government and the people. Now that it's Zhangpu, even the next direction of attack is still unknown, so instead of letting Chen Kai continue to waste time here, it is better to go back to Nanao Island, maybe there will be something new to toss and provide greater combat effectiveness for the army.

Chen Kai is gone here, and Wang Qifeng's Iron Riding Town over there has also opened a shelf. In the open space in front of the copper mountain, Wang Qifeng said that the mule was pulled out by the horse, and the cavalrymen who had just turned into the iron cavalry town spread out and rode their horses on the school yard. The sound of horses' hooves roared like rolling thunder, smoke and dust rose everywhere, Zheng Chenggong and the others couldn't see clearly what was going on in it from a distance, they only felt that the momentum was huge and quite imposing.

"It's true that the cavalry is a clutch soldier, but it's so unscrupulous, and it doesn't even have a bit of discipline, so it can probably only be regarded as the level of just learning to ride a horse."

Ignoring the angry eyes of others, Wang Qifeng jumped off the platform, turned over and jumped onto the war horse, lifted a stick and rushed into the crowd of cavalry. In a moment, as several cavalry generals who led the team were knocked off their horses by Wang Qifeng who suddenly came in, the cavalry in the entire area became even more disorganized, and even gradually the robes of the team began to disappear into the crowd.

There is no shortage of discerning people on the platform, whether it is Zheng Chenggong, Shi Lang and others, even if the use of cavalry is not very good, but the knowledge of watching the soldiers can still be understood to some extent. The area in front of him was still full of smoke and dust, but as Wang Qifeng fought in and out, the chaotic atmosphere became more and more obvious, and even soon developed to the point that even laymen like them could clearly see the huge problems that existed here.

"A cavalry general from Zhongdu can do this, if it is the Eight Banners Army, I dare not imagine it."

Shi Lang poured out these words, but he couldn't bear to blurt them out. Recalling that they scolded Li Chengdong for several years, it was not with the hard power of real swords and guns that they could be convinced, and let them drive, otherwise it was only in the name of the Qing court, not to be said by others, even he Shi Lang would not urinate Li Chengdong.

Gradually, the cavalry became more and more chaotic, and when Wang Qifeng returned to the point platform from the gradually dissipating smoke and dust, even the thunderous sound of horses' hooves was lowered by I don't know how many degrees, and it seemed that it was so chaotic that it was impossible to maintain even the minimum horse speed.

"It's really miserable."