Chapter 250: Cornered
The new city near Yuegang is very majestic and magnificent under Zheng Zhilong's overhaul at any cost, spending millions of taels of silver and massive manpower and material resources.
This big city is not smaller than the scale of Naxi City, and its circumference has reached nearly thirty miles.
It's just that because it is a fortress-type city deliberately built by Zheng Zhilong, it is not as simple and vicissitudes as Xi'an City, and it is slightly luxurious, which is relatively thick and majestic.
This majestic city is much more awesome than his Yuegang lair in the original history.
In the council chamber of the city lord's mansion in the new city, the generals of Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang, as well as the lord of the imperial court, and several Dutch officers, were all seated.
Everyone is now blushing, silent with sad faces, just drinking tea one after another, as if they have never drunk tea in their lives.
Everyone is at a loss now, falling from heaven to hell in an instant, this change is too fast, in the ups and downs, everyone suspects that they are in a dream.
Even, a considerable number of people feel the urge to urinate.
If it weren't for the fact that behind this heavy city, there is a large scale of mountainous dense forests, and there is a small underground secret road to communicate, which is considered to have a way out, everyone is estimated to have run away a long time ago, where do you dare to stay here?
There is no doubt that everyone at the scene is panicked!
"What should I do?"
"Where is the way out?"
"How do you get out of the predicament in front of you?"
This is the most urgent and direct question that lingers in the minds of the high-level leaders of all the forces here.
Around Zheng Zhilong's gilded Taishi chair, the high-level members of the Zheng family's fleet were naturally seated, and the core generals of the Zheng family's army who were still alive and not seriously injured were all concentrated here.
Some of them were bandaged on their heads, hands and feet, and there were faint traces of blood oozing out, apparently they had been more or less injured in the previous bombardment, but they just didn't seem to be affecting their movements.
In fact, the so-called high-level officials of the Zheng family pirate group are the three brothers of the Zheng family.
The real power of the Zheng family's fleet and even the Nanzhen Governor's Mansion was mostly in the hands of their three brothers.
Everyone else is a foil, a soy sauce player.
Under normal circumstances, as long as the three Zheng Zhilong brothers make a decision, they only have the share of execution.
Zheng Zhilong is now the host, sitting in the middle of the top of the chamber, with Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao on either side of him.
Because the result of the rout battle in the morning was so frustrating, after sitting down, they were silent.
Since the three brothers were silent, the others were even more afraid to be silent.
For the Zheng family, the past six months of the eighth year of the Apocalypse have definitely been the most colorful year in their lives.
The ups and downs of life make them all like a dream now, and they are a little unclear whether they are living in a fake world.
At the beginning of the year, their Zheng family began to have great luck after Zheng Zhilong defected to the Southern Ming Dynasty.
Especially on March 3 this year, after the official establishment of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it can be said that the scenery is infinite, and the ancestral tomb is smoking, and it is prominent for a while.
Zheng Zhilong's family and everyone in the family have received great rewards from the Southern Ming Dynasty, and none of them have been missed.
But this morning, a thunderbolt from the sky stunned the people of the Zheng family!
All his ships were wiped out, the sailors were almost completely destroyed, and even the 300,000 troops under his command now fled back to this Zheng family fortress city, only about 100,000.
The rest of the Nanzhen soldiers, without even thinking about it, must have been scattered, becoming groups of rebels, and fleeing without a trace.
Moreover, now the soldiers of about 100,000 people in the city have basically lost all their swords and guns, and their fighting spirit has also been lost by the royal fleet of the Northern Ming Dynasty.
The current army in the city has no morale at all, and they all look lifeless.
Liu Xiang and they are even more miserable, because their strength comes from their hundreds of large and small ships, as well as a rabble of 30,000 pirates.
Now that the Guangdong Navy Fleet that has just been formed has been almost wiped out, less than 5,000 soldiers can escape to this city, which is basically finished.
Not to mention the Dutch who had suffered heavy losses and had come to the Moon Harbor to trade.
Not only were their own fleets completely destroyed, but even the officers and soldiers, as well as all the captains and even admirals, were almost completely killed and wounded.
Now, the people who have finally escaped death have not yet eased their breath, and those soldiers of the Northern Ming Dynasty have begun to take advantage of the fire to rob again, wanting to launch a siege war and completely eradicate their own people!
Now, what is in front of you is no longer a difficulty, but a critical node of life and death.
If you are not careful, not only will your future be bleak, but even saving your life has become a big problem.
has just experienced the indiscriminate bombardment of the Northern Ming Dynasty, and the survivors here already know the power of the Royal Navy artillery of the Northern Ming Dynasty.
The determination of that ridiculously strong fleet to completely eradicate all enemies in the Moon Harbor area is now very obvious.
If you can't pass this level, everyone, including the Zheng family, will be finished.
Almost all of the people present were on the enemy's must-kill list, and most of them were also used by the enemy to die, and it was impossible to die easily.
This...... The situation is serious! The situation is critical.
"Big brother, what should we do?" Goshoya
Zheng Zhibao finally spoke.
"You say nickname? Now the enemy army is besieging the city on a large scale, their cannons are so powerful, those shells will actually explode, and the power is still great! What kind of city can stand it? ”
Zheng Zhilong's heart was at a loss now, and he said bitterly.
"I ......"
Zheng Zhibao frowned, thought for a while and said, "Shou, you definitely can't hold this city, then there is only ......"
He really didn't know what to do before the current desperate situation.
The situation is so pessimistic, no matter what they do, the Zheng family seems to have no way to avoid this catastrophe, and it seems that running away as soon as possible has become the only way.
If the enemies of the Zheng family are other enemies, it will be fine.
The problem is that the current enemy of the Zheng family is the unfathomable strength of the Northern Ming Empire, which is an incomprehensible behemoth.
If he had known that Zhu Youxiao's Northern Ming Empire was so powerful, Zheng Zhilong would never have taken the initiative to join the Southern Ming Imperial Court.
I simply made a fatal mistake.
This mistake only brought half a year of glory to himself and the Zheng family, and in the blink of an eye, it will be wiped out.
Alas! If it weren't for the time when he encountered the royal fleet of the Northern Ming Dynasty, it happened that all his own ships were concentrated in the Moon Harbor......
As a result, he was caught off guard by a surprise attack by the enemy, and he had no power to fight back, only to watch his own side, and got a tragic ending that almost wiped out the entire army.
If it weren't for that coincidence, or if the enemy hadn't sneak attacked...... Zheng Jiajun would definitely not be so miserable.
However, it is useless to regret it now.
"In the future, we will have to abandon the sea and go ashore temporarily."
Zheng Zhihu looked at his two brothers and interjected.
Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao both looked at their second child in shock, quite puzzled.
Abandon the sea and go ashore? Do you think you can go ashore if you want to?
Once ashore, the Zheng family's foothold in the future, the fleet that it has always relied on will be truly gone.
The Royal Navy of the Northern Ming Dynasty would never have let go of the Zheng family's fleet in the future, even every warship and merchant ship.
In the future, without warships and merchant ships, what else will the Zheng family have?
Zheng Zhihu said slowly: "Big brother, third brother, the fleet of the Northern Ming Imperial Court has now landed, and it is cleaning all the areas of this Moon Harbor and Kinmen Island, and we are definitely not able to stay here." ”
"Only temporarily go ashore, leave here or Fujian, save your own life first, and then talk about it, and then look at one step and take one step in the future."
"Ladies and gentlemen." Liu Xiang interjected on the side, "I estimate that the current big move of the Beiming naval fleet is to permanently occupy the coastal area of Fujian." ”
"Their purpose should be to block all the coasts of the Nanming Empire, so that we will never be able to develop our maritime power, in order to cut off our trade and cooperation with the Nanyang side and block the Nanming Empire on the mainland."
I have to say that Liu Xiang's vision is really powerful, and from the current bits and pieces, he can accurately deduce the purpose of Colonel Zhu You and the Royal Navy.
"If we want to go to sea in the future, as long as we survive this period of time, we can go to sea again."
Liu Xiang frowned slightly, and said slowly, "As long as we are quiet, we don't stimulate these fleets of the Northern Ming Empire, and go to the south or the vast areas of the South Seas." ”
"After leaving here, we will find a hidden location and rebuild the sailor's ship, and we will still have a chance to go to sea again."
Zheng Zhibao frowned and said: "However, whether it is going ashore or rebuilding the sailor, it is not a matter if you have to leave Fujian!" ”
"Let's not talk about whether there will be enough money and food in the future to form a sailor and a fleet."
He said worriedly, "After we leave this Fujian, how long can we stay in other places?" The Royal Navy or the Great Army of the Northern Ming Empire continue to come and pursue, where else do we run? ”
His words made everyone else feel very uncomfortable.
All the insiders, including Zheng Zhilong, couldn't help but stretch their necks, feeling as if they were a little out of breath.
There is no way, the name of the Beiming Royal Fleet puts a lot of pressure on them.
Especially at this time, hearing the name of the huge and powerful Royal Navy of the Northern Ming Empire, their hearts felt as if they were being pressed by a big stone, and they were powerless.
If the current collapse of everyone's fleet is the most direct threat in front of us, then the current siege of the Beiming army is the most fundamental threat to the big guys.
If you don't get out of the world as soon as possible, you won't be able to talk about anything.
offended the Westerners or the Southern Ming court, and there was a chance to go ashore and go to the sea.
However, having offended the mysterious and invincible Northern Ming Empire and their Royal Navy, they will not even have a chance to shore the sea in the future.
However, the people at the scene have seriously offended such a terrifying enemy, and they are the kind that never stops!
The atmosphere of the scene suddenly froze.
All of a sudden, there was silence, as if the black storm was about to fall.