Obviously, the Nanyue Army intended to repeat its old trick, using gunboats to fire at the batteries on the south bank, and covering the landing of troops on the south bank of Xiamen Island with dense artillery fire. Then, braving the artillery fire from the batteries, the troops forcibly attacked and took down the batteries on the south bank.

As a result, the defense system that Zheng Jun had spent millions of silver dollars in the Jinxia region for more than ten years completely collapsed.

I know my own business.

Zheng Zhilong knew very well that his army could still fight with the Nanyue Army in a war at sea, but in a confrontation on land, with Zheng Jun's ability to fight bandits and bandits, how could he confront the Nanyue Army, which had fought many bloody battles with the anti-thieves in Liaodong?

"Report!"

A bloodied officer crawled from under the Sunlight Rock.

Zheng Zhihu frowned, when Zheng Zhiguan fled back just now, he wanted to correct this useless thing on the spot as an order for the whole army, but he was stopped by his brother. Now that someone is coming, they know that there will be no good news!

"Handsome! The Nanyue army invaded the inner harbor, and all of the more than 30 ships we anchored there were captured! ”

"Handsome! Taking advantage of our army's unpreparedness, the infantry battalion of the Nanyue Army landed on the east side of the Jincheng Fort, and is now attacking and advancing towards the Jincheng Fort! Our army is unstable! Please send reinforcements! Just in case! ”

Zheng Zhilong gave the name of the core position that took millions of silver dollars and nearly ten years to build during the Jincheng Fort, which means that it is as strong as the Jincheng soup pool. I don't want to see signs of danger there, too.

"Big brother! I took people to the fort to keep the southern army out of Xiamen Island no matter what. Can't let them land on the island! Zheng Zhihu, the most powerful of the brothers, jumped like thunder, "Give me three thousand of your iron soldiers, I don't believe it, I can't drive the southern army into the sea!" ”

That iron soldier is Zheng Zhilong, in view of the fact that his own army sailors crisscross the sea, he can be called invincible. And Lu Shi is relatively inferior. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, it was formed and trained in Xiamen and other places a few years ago, and it can be regarded as the elite of the army's land battalions. The Iron Man military furniture is all armor purchased from Nanzhong, wearing an iron helmet, iron armor, iron arms, iron skirt, and an iron face on the face. Only the eyes, ears, nose and mouth are exposed. Wearing a desperate knife and a funeral gun made of iron and steel, the whole body weighed 30 pounds. In order to organize this infantry that was going to be used for training with Qi Jiguang's art of war, Zheng Zhilong deliberately selected strong and strong soldiers from each battalion to the Yanwu Pavilion in Xiamen Port for selection. Anyone who can lift a hundred-pound stone and walk around the martial arts pavilion three times can be selected into the Iron Man Army.

After this army is trained. From the perspective of Zheng Zhilong and others. Its combat effectiveness is described in Hokkien dialect. It's really "Iron Man Falls!" ”

Therefore, today Zheng Zhihu asked Zheng Zhilong to mobilize this elite force directly under Zheng Zhilong to counterattack the landing of the Nanyue Army.

Zheng Zhilong was hesitating, but he saw many generals asking for battle. He was willing to go into battle with Zheng Zhihu and drive the landing of the Nanyue Army into the sea. Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Zheng Zhilong made up his mind.

Unexpectedly, just as Zheng Zhilong was about to give orders, Zheng Zhibao on the side knelt down in front of him.

"Big brother, we can't fight anymore, let's retreat quickly! If you don't retreat, I'm afraid that my brothers will be buried here! ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Zheng Zhihu jumped to his feet and shouted loudly: "Zhibao, what did you say?" What do you mean that you can't fight, do you want us to run away without a fight?! Have you dealt with the Nanyue Army too much over the years, and you have become a foreign minister?!? ”

"Python two! No nonsense! "Zheng Zhilong may not say anything else, saying that Zheng Zhibao has an outside heart, this is indeed Zheng Zhihu's nonsense!

"Zhibao, you go on!"

Zheng Zhilong looked at the Nanyue Army warships from far and near, as well as the faintly audible shouts of killing on the beach, and asked Zheng Zhibao's opinion loudly.

"Marshal, now that Gulangyu Island has been lost, the Nanyue Army has pressed all the gunboat fire to my Xiamen Island, and the brothers of the Fang Cai family have also seen that the infantry of the Nanyue Army has landed on the beach. The second brother just said that he would bring 3,000 iron men to suppress these troops. It's not that I'm discouraged, the Iron Man Army is a baby bump in our eyes, but for several years since the formation of the army, at most it has been fighting bandits and rebels in the mountainous areas of northern Fujian and western Fujian, and has never fought with a real hard hand. And, even so, Marshal, are you willing to fight all this Iron Man Army that has been training for years?"

"Now that the sun is about to set, our army broke through and crossed the sea to Jimei, Haicang and other places, and there was Hulishan Fort on the side to cover, where the Southern Guangdong Army could not conquer it for a while. The marshal took people to Tong'an to take a small and soft property, and I waited for the early tomorrow morning to go to the provincial capital, the Nanyue army has been attacking the city and expanding the territory for many years, but in Liangguang and other places, it does not dare to attack the capital city without authorization, but only to attack the county and county occupied by the thieves. I can wait until I enter Fuzhou to worry-free, no matter how strong the artillery of his Nanyue army is, he will not dare to blatantly attack the provincial capital! ”

"It's good! After arriving in the provincial capital, I can contact all parties, so that Li Shouhan has to give in! ”

Zheng Zhilong's words are tantamount to signing and drawing on Zheng Zhibao's Jianyi.

The generals were about to express their loyalty and courage again, but unexpectedly, bursts of gunfire and shouts of killing also came from the northeast of Xiamen City, and accompanied by the smoke rising, the smoke was mixed with the firelight.

"Straight sissy thief! These dog thieves are so cruel! He actually plans to copy our back road! ”

Seeing that the battle situation was like this, the generals immediately collected the courage that was originally intended to be used to counterattack the Nanyue Army, and turned it into the courage to prepare for a breakthrough! However, will the Nanyue Army allow them to retreat so calmly?

Staff generals Chen Peng, Zheng Ran, Lin Cha, Chen Lin, Yang Geng, Su Cheng, Cai Qi and others stood up one after another to ask for orders, to open a way for the whole army to survive, or to drive the landing force of the Nanyue Army into the sea!

Even Zheng Sen and several generals such as Chen Hui, Zhang Jin, Chen Ba, and Hong Xu around him, as well as dozens of personal soldiers, raised their arms and shouted, wanting to be the queen of the whole army.

"Python Er, I will allocate 2,000 Iron Man Army to you, and you will drive those Nanyue troops east of Jincheng Fort to the sea for me! Chen Peng, Zheng Ran, show your courage to fight against the Dutch Hongmaoyi. Give me the Nanyue army outside Xiamen City to fight back, and control the hills outside Xiamen City! Pull the cannon up the hill! Echoing with the Huli Mountain Fort, control the waterway in this area! ”

Although it was a large army pressing the border, Zheng Zhilong burst out of his heroic nature under this pressure, assigning generals one by one, distributing troops and tasks in an orderly manner.

"Zhibao, you and Fumatsumu led people across the sea first, to Hulishan Fort, Jimei and other places, gathered troops, and controlled the ships. Wait for us to come across the sea. Everyone went to Tong'an together, took a small property, and went to Fuzhou overnight! ”

"Father, when we leave. Simply put a fire inside and outside the city of Xiamen. Don't leave a whole brick for Li Shouhan to enjoy! A hideous look appeared on Zheng Sen's face. It's better to contain him, so that he can't cross the sea to chase us and so on! ”

"Don't mess around! First, this is the place where we wait. In the fundamental land, how many soldiers and officers' family and property are here, and you are happy to burn it, this army is unstable, what should I do? Second, as soon as you lit a fire, the Southern Army immediately knew that we were leaving, didn't this declare it to the enemy? ”

However, the development of the situation seemed to far exceed Zheng Zhilong's expectations, and just as he had finished assigning the task and the generals of the various ministries were divided into orders to prepare for dispatch, a series of bad news came one after another.

Huli Hill Fort surrenders!

After seeing the Nanyue army ascending near the fort, the defenders there only fired a random fire of guns and cannons, and then broke up in front of the bayonet bushes of the Nanyue army. A few of them fled to Haicang, Jimei and other places to change into civilian clothes, and turned into ordinary people. Most of them had to surrender on their knees. The banner of the Southern Guangdong Army fluttered over the Hulishan Fort, and it had become another stronghold to close Zheng Zhilong!

Several commanding heights outside Xiamen have been lost!

The Nanyue Army, which was well versed in the tactics of attacking the heart and mind, deliberately did not capture the defenders here, but drove them to flee in the direction of Xiamen City with bayonets dozens of paces. The frightened soldiers rushed all the way to the outside of Xiamen, calling for their brother to call their brother and shouting to the defenders of the city to open the city gate and let them enter the city.

For a time, people in Xiamen were panicked, and rumors were spreading.

Before Zheng Sen could say that he could set a big fire, the singles, gangsters, green-skinned scoundrels and other characters in the city had already lit fires in several streets and alleys, shouting everywhere, "The Nanyue army has entered the city!" Xiamen is lost! "The one who will create chaos so that they can take advantage of the fire to loot!

When things came to such a field, Zheng Zhilong couldn't care about it, and personally led people to rush down the mountain and go to Xiamen City to suppress the chaos. After cutting down dozens of gangsters who tried to take advantage of the fire to rob in a row, the shape of the city settled down a little, and several fires that were burning were also extinguished by the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Although his strength is at sea, his ability in land warfare is far inferior to that of naval warfare. But after all, he is also a person who knows the soldiers, and he knows that if he leads people to retreat first, the whole army will be scattered, which will inevitably cause the Nanyue army to chase and kill with all his might, and at that time, I am afraid that no one will dare to imagine the result. Therefore, we must first take the initiative to attack and entangle the Nanyue army, at least until it gets dark. Then you can fight and retreat.

This task of fighting with the Nanyue Army was snatched away by Zheng Zhihu, Chen Peng and others.

Zheng Zhihu led the 2,000 Iron Man Army and his own troops to the direction of Jincheng Fort, while Chen Peng and others took the northeast direction of Xiamen City, trying to drive back the Nanyue army that occupied several hills.

By this time, the sun had sunk below sea level, and the entire sea surface quickly turned from red to pitch black.

In order to prevent night operations from creating more and greater difficulties for the coordination and cooperation between the army and navy, Gulangyu and other places sent orders to the land battalion of the Nanyue Army on Xiamen Island and to the officers and men of the naval division who were engaged in a fierce artillery bombardment with the Jincheng Fort on the sea, and the ground battalion built fortifications on the spot and turned from offensive to defensive. The naval division was withdrawn to Kinmen, Gulangyu, Dadan Erdan and other islands for a short rest and replenishment of ammunition.

"Handsome! The offensive momentum of the Nanyue Army stopped! Is our army going to take those mountains in one go? "Chen Peng sent someone to ask for his life.

"No need! Send someone to keep an eye on him, and ignore him as long as they don't rush down the mountain! ”

"Brothers! Prepare to retreat to Tong'an! ”

Zhilong sent someone to send an order to Zheng Zhihu, asking him to disengage from the Nanyue army and retreat with the army immediately after receiving the news that Zheng Zhilong had boarded the ship and retreated to Tong'an.

"Xiamen Island, I'll let you be wronged in the hands of the Li family for a few days, and I will come back soon!" Command people to roll up their own handsome flags. Closely surrounded by dozens of pro-soldiers, Zheng Zhilong rode his horse to the dock and boarded the boat. Looking back, on the entire Xiamen Island, there were several scattered places with the sound of firecrackers and shouts of killing from time to time.

On the boat, looking at the dark Xiamen Island, like a dead city, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart, decades of fighting at sea, a good foundation, but now it has been lost.

My heart was sour. There were tears welling up in his eyes. Thankfully on board. Several torches were reflected, making it impossible to see Zheng Zhilong's face.

"More than ten years of operation, millions of silver, and countless efforts and energy spent. Now it fell apart in just one day! ”

He didn't know. When he led his own soldiers to lead some of his men and horses to the seashore, boarded the ship, and retreated in the direction of Jimei Haicang. Throughout Xiamen Island and beyond, there was an uproar and uproar on the land and sea fronts. From shipowners to rank-and sailors, from officers on batteries to coolies responsible for carrying gunpowder shells. Everyone had a feeling of being abandoned and deceived, they no longer had the heart to fight, or they ran in all directions, or hoisted white flags high on their ships and positions, announcing that they had surrendered to the Nanyue army! Zheng Zhilong's belongings don't belong to him at all!

Such a heavy loss made Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and the surrounding officers and generals silent.

The sailor didn't know if he could escape a third of the way, and he was afraid that the boat would collide with each other, and the damage would not be small. The infantry didn't dare to think that with the kind of fleshy foot state of the Zheng army's infantry team, they were afraid that the qualifications to pad the horse's hooves for those Dongfan soldiers with broken hair and tattoos were not enough, not to mention the elite soldiers of the famous Nanyue Army in various towns.

Today's incident dealt a blow to the Zheng family, and it was unimaginable to everyone. Whether it was the artillery fire of the ships at sea, or braving the dense artillery fire to pounce on the battery, regardless of the casualties, such ferocity, this was really unimaginable for Zheng Jun

"Father, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers! Don't mind! ”

After Zheng Sen boarded the Jimei Wharf, he saw that the order here was not bad, and the salty smell of the sea breeze blew the Zheng family's banner. On the wharf, the soldiers of the Zheng family held torches and nervously carried all kinds of valuables, preparing to evacuate to Fuzhou through Tong'an.

Regarding his son's advice, Zheng Zhilong just waved his hand, let out a long breath, and he looked at the sky: "Fusong, you Lao Tzu suddenly became a little disheartened today. For many years, my father has been begging for life and wealth in the wind and waves, and I have seen it today, I am afraid that this bowl of rice is over today! It's better to do this, after we arrive in Tong'an, we will distribute the gold, silver, jewelry, and soft wealth stored in the county town to the soldiers, and my father will lead you and a few uncles, and I will wait for the family to go to sea by boat, and take the rest of the gold, silver, soft and other things, or go to Nanjing, or go to your grandfather's house, and also follow the example of Weizi to Yin, just enjoy the wealth in Nagasaki, and live happily in the next half of the world, okay? ”

Zheng Zhilong went from a small follower who followed Li Dan and Yan Siqi's buttocks, to working as a translator for the Hongmaoyi people, to leading a few boats on the sea alone, until he took over the belongings left by Li Dan and Yan Siqi and became the overlord on the ocean for a while, it can be said that the journey was smooth, and he never planted any big heels, but he didn't want this heel to fall so badly today!

"Father! There is no need to do this, we have hoarded a large amount of gold and silver in Tong'an, and even if we cannot live in Fuzhou for a long time, we can carry these belongings to Nanjing. The Yangtze River waterway was used to trade between Japan and Jiangnan. Many of the big names in Fuso are familiar with their fathers, and we are not short of ships and money, and it is only a matter of breath to regroup and make a comeback! ”

"That's it! Big brother, the comeback of Jiangdong's children is unknown! Jiangnan Shilin respects the eldest brother, as long as we withdraw to Fuzhou and gain a firm foothold, the government and the opposition will definitely criticize Li Shouhan and the Nanyue Army for bullying their colleagues and attacking friendly troops like this, and at that time, the eldest brother will lead us back again! ”

Under the persuasion of his son and Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhilong cheered up a little, and ordered people to set off first, along the official road between Tong'an and Jimei to the north, he had to wait for his younger brother Zhihu to come back in Jimei.

Finally, Zheng Zhihu's banner appeared on the sea in the distance, and the most capable person of the Zheng family deliberately did not remove or put away his flag in order to boost the morale of the army. In fact, it is almost time to set the shift, and there is a cloud of darkness everywhere, how can you distinguish the words written on the banner?

Hearing that Zheng Zhiguan said that the handsome love was not good, Zheng Zhihu jumped in front of Zheng Zhilong in a few steps, "Big brother, it's just a small setback, why should the big brother be discouraged?" Although we have lost the battle now, we don't know how many times better than when five ships walked on the sea! ”

Hearing his brother's words, Zheng Zhilong looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "It's okay!" It's okay! I'm just a bit of a bull's horn! If you don't handle the affairs of the Li family well, how can you show off your might at sea? I went to Nagasaki, but I am afraid that it will be used by those daimyo as a gift to curry favor with Li Shouhan! ”

Regarding the political ecology in Japan today, Zheng Zhilong knows far more than Zheng Sen.

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong had been freed from the state of mind of the decadent Tang Dynasty, and had regained the majesty of the previous killing decision, they were all happy in their hearts at the moment.

The team simply held torches and lanterns and ran for dozens of miles in the direction of Tong'an.

"Dashuai, the striker has already arrived at Beauty Mountain, and after passing Beauty Mountain, he will walk more than ten miles to Tong'an County!" (To be continued......)

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