At the end of February of the fifth year of Yongli, Zheng Chenggong was facing the ordeal of the storm, and Chen Kai was still practicing the Zhangquan sub-patrol standard camp with only 500 people, the settlement of the Zheng family in Shijing, outside Anping Town, Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, the Qing army of the brigade surrounded a civil official with a second-grade top and a fourth-grade top and a few shaved squires all the way, until they came to the port built by Zheng Zhilong to strengthen the sea trade capacity of Anping Town.

"Governor Zhang, you can talk and count, these ships have been handed over to you, you can speak to the imperial court for my brother!"

Among the squires, the leader is a rich man in his thirties and less than forty, who seems to have some literati temperament and some military aura, but he has no martial arts, but it is useless, at this moment they have chosen to be obedient, the only thing they can count on is that the governor in front of him can fulfill his promise and defend Zheng Zhilong to the Qing court as a governor.

Speaking of which, the rich man was originally an earl, that is, Zheng Chenggong's fifth uncle, Cheng Jibo, Zheng Zhibao, a powerful figure within the Zheng Group back then. But now, he can only beg for the mercy of the Qing court here, even if he still tries to appear strong in tone, but he still can't hide the psychological disadvantage in his bones.

"Cheng Jibo, please rest assured, this official is just a ship that takes some sea trade, and there is no usability. Since Cheng Jibo is so generous, the official naturally has to repay the favor, and the official should do his best to make his brother's affairs, and Cheng Jibo's help will be indispensable in the future sea trade. ”

"The old man of Fujun is full of words, and the uncle please relax. However, with all due respect, you still have to try to persuade your fourth brother and nephew that it is not a good thing to act against the imperial court like this. You must know that the Eight Banners of Manchuria are invincible, think about Chu Zhen in those years, millions of male soldiers, such as Jin Shenghuan, Daniel Zhang, Hao Xiaozhong, Li Guoying, Xu Yong and other generals, all of them are enemies, how can they be, they are not attached to the imperial court, this is the mandate of heaven, and it cannot be disobeyed. ”

“……”

Two civil officials, you say a word, I say a word, Zheng Zhibao doesn't dare to believe it, but he doesn't dare to disbelieve it completely, who let Zheng Zhilong is now under house arrest in the capital, they will inevitably have to throw a mouse taboo, what can they do.

A total of eight seagoing vessels were handed over, all of which were merchant ships that went to Japan and the South Seas for maritime trade. Zheng Zhibao was a little distressed, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to transfer these sea ships that had never been in the hands of the Qing army to these guys, and then after the transfer was completed, he left and returned to his hometown in Anping Town to continue to care for the elderly.

After Zheng Zhibao left, the two civil officials looked at each other and smiled, and the colors of greed stirred each other, so that everyone around them inevitably had goosebumps.

These two civil officials, one is the right of the Imperial Palace, the governor of Fujian Zhang Xuesheng, and the other is the deputy envoy of the Fujian Inspection Department, Xingquan Branch Patrol Road Huang Shu. The former is a member of the Han Army with a blue flag, who was promoted from the Senate of Zhejiang Governor's Grain Road; The latter was a subordinate of the Ming court, originally a patrol of Huguang, and the imperial history of the supervision army of Zuo Liangyu of Chu Town. Zhang Xuesheng is okay, it's just a flag man, which was a common phenomenon in the Qing Dynasty, but Huang Shu has never been a fuel-efficient lamp.

Hongguang Dynasty Donglin Party took advantage of the power of Chu Town to stir up wind and rain in Nanjing, and then Zuo Liangyu went down the river to the side of the Qing Dynasty, and he jumped up and down, especially for impeaching the cabinet chief assistant Ma Shiying's ten crimes, which is famous all over the world, and is the most a Donglin party stick.

This person later followed Zuo Mengeng to surrender the Qing army, from Jiujiang Road in Jiangxi, to Huguangti to learn Taoism, and then to Xingquan Road in Fujian today, he has been flying around the position of Sipin Daotai. The Qing court has basically understood that this is a person who will not do anything but make trouble, and is unwilling to promote him to a higher position.

As for whether Huang Shu is aware of this problem, it is not easy to say. This time, he hugged Zhang Xuesheng's thigh in Fujian, and as soon as he heard that Zheng Chenggong sent troops to Qinwang, he hurriedly persuaded Zhang Xuesheng to send troops to attack Xiamen and seize the Zheng family's sea trade savings.

"I've finally got enough of the boat now."

Fujian Sailor, its strength in the Ming Dynasty is the best in the southeast, but since the Qing Dynasty, due to the existence of the Zheng Group, it is the worst in the southeast provinces, not one. The ships of the Qing army in Fujian, small and pitiful, can fit dozens of people is already very remarkable, not to mention that it is competing with the Zheng group at sea, and even all along the coast are allowed to let the Ming army go in and out with it, it is really a joke.

Hearing that Zheng Chenggong had done his best to serve as the king of the army, they hurriedly organized ships, but they were transferred around, that is, more than 60 small boats, and even the soldiers of Feng Junrui, the general of Fubiao, could not be transported, let alone the general soldiers and horses on the right side of Fujian who participated in the conspiracy. But this time, with these eight large sea ships, not only is it enough, but there is also a surplus, just enough to wait for Ma Degong to land on the island to carry the gold and silver treasures accumulated by the Zheng family, and even bring hundreds of cavalry to the island, and he is not afraid of field battles.

The ships were secretly mobilized, and on 27 February, the troops and horses of the General Commander of the Right Road of Fujian and the General of the Fujian Governor's Standard Battalion, Feng Junrui, boarded the ship and anchored. Xiamen is not as good as Kinmen, but a coastal island adjacent to the coastline, the Qing army came in a big way, and the eight large ships handed over by Zheng Zhibao took the lead and took the 60 or so small boats to Xiamen Island.

For the defense of Xiamen, Zheng Chenggong was led by Zheng Zhiguan, and the headquarters of the Landeng Station of Houzhen was stationed in the city of Zhongzuo, and the two parts of Ruan Yin of Qianchong Town and He De of Youchong Town were stationed in various places, and there were also sailors patrolling.

The Qing fleet sailed and encountered the Ming naval division in the waters of Liuwudian across the sea to the east of Xiamen, and the Ming naval division was defeated by a small setback, and the Qing army took advantage of the victory to land at the Wutong Wharf in the northeast of Xiamen Island.

Wutong Wharf since the Song and Yuan Dynasty is the official crossing, in the early Ming Dynasty, when Jiangxia Hou Zhou Dexing built the city of Zhongzuo, also built Wutong Village here, garrison defense. Since Zheng Chenggong seized Xiamen Island, he also demolished the Gaopu Walled City Wall to strengthen Wutong Village. However, no matter how strong the city defense is, it must be garrisoned by firm soldiers to become a moat, when Ma Degong's headquarters landed, the Qianchong town stationed in Wutong Village fled without a fight from the chief military officer Ruan Yin, and went directly in front of the Qing army.

"Quick, get off the ship, enter Wutong Village, and cover the landing of the follow-up troops!"

Ruan Yin went, and the Qing army was more courageous, but as the Qing army entered Wutong Village, looking from the lookout, another Ming army appeared, but Ma Degong was still shocked.

Here Ma Degong noticed the Ming army, and He De, the chief officer of the other Ming army, also noticed the Qing army. Whether to fight or withdraw, this is a question, just when He De hesitated, his deputy Yang Sheng said: "What is the sailor of the Fujian captive division like, don't we know yet, these eight sea ships are obviously reinforcements from Zhejiang or Guangdong." Now that the captives are powerful, Ruan Shuai has been defeated, even if we rush up, we will not be able to do well. It's better to avoid the edge for the time being, anyway, it's not us who will flee first. ”

Yang Sheng's words entered He De's heart, although he didn't think that Guangdong would have such a big plot against Chen Kai, and there would be such spare strength, but it was not easy to say in Zhejiang. After thinking about it, he only hesitated for a moment, and then ordered a retreat, temporarily avoiding the edge, but looked at Ma Degong, who was once worried in the distance, for a moment.

With two Ming armies in a row, they fled without even fighting a battle, and Ma Degong hurriedly gave the order, which immediately caused the cheers of the Qing army. It is an indisputable fact that he and Fubiao are indeed stronger than these two Ming armies, but if they advance lightly, they are not familiar with the terrain, and they are afraid of being ambushed, so they have to seize all the time to move the troops on the ship to the shore before they can do the next military action.

Ma Degong was the general of Huang Degong, the prince of Yasukuni in the four towns of Jiangbei, and he was a veteran general who was killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountains in the north. This cautious use of troops is a foolproof strategy - the Ming army defending the island only has the strength of three towns, but only 3,000 soldiers, compared to the Qing army composed of the right town mark and Fu Biao, even if they are combined, they are also at a disadvantage. What's more, the Qing army brought 500 cavalry this time, as long as they went ashore, the infantry and cavalry were mixed against the pure infantry, and it would be as if it was devastating.

Without the sea as a shield, this Xiamen Island is almost undefended, naked in front of the Qing army.