Zheng Zhilong didn't need to care if Anthony's stomach was blown up, he was now landing from Zhifu Island with his people, and when the news spread, Tunqi was already shocked.

You must know that at the moment in Denglai, the main force of the Qing army is attacking Yexian (Laizhou) - there is a real attack, a strong attack.

Nikan gathered dozens of Hongyi cannons and bombarded them, and the troops of all units bravely stepped forward, which was completely different from the siege but not attack in May and June.

The two armies have been fighting there for a month or two, and little by little they have attracted each other's forces, regardless of the navy and army.

The main forces on both sides are not in the Zhifu area, nor are they under the city of Dengzhou.

Now the confrontation between him and Zheng Zhibao in the Zhifu area is a wordless tacit understanding.

The same is true for the Laoshan area, where the strength of the army in Jiang Zhe's hands is limited, and he takes the initiative to attack, but he can't beat the Thai army led by Li. The Tartars were not blind for so long, and they built many ramparts, even bastions.

There was a situation in the Tartar army, and Zheng Zhibao had quickly informed Hei Bingtai, but Hei Bingtai was not a god, and now he could only find out that most of those people were Germans, and there were a few English and Spaniards.

As for how they came to the Tartar army, and the extra artillery in the hands of the Qing army, it has not yet been explored. Like the news reported by Jiang Zhe, the Black Ice Platform also investigated carefully, but this intelligence thing is really not something that you can get results and do it right away if you put your mind to it.

The main force in Zheng Zhibao's hands has already driven to the outside of Ye County. There's no way around it.

The battle of the defenders of Ye County was unfavorable, and the main generals Zhou Lianggong and Zeng Zhi saw that the hearts of the soldiers in the city were shaken, and they immediately asked for help from Dengzhou for fear of hesitation.

In fact, although the Qing army drove outside Ye County, the connection between Keye County and Dengzhou was never severed. This place is too close to the coastline, and there is a water connection between them, and the Qing army never thought of completely encircling Ye County.

- If the Zheng army crossed the sea and attacked fiercely outside, and the Yexian army inside cooperated with it, how many lives would the Qing army have to fill to get stuck at this point? Nikan was reluctant. Compared with human life, he felt that he could survive for a while.

It also takes time for the Qing army to build fortresses, doesn't it?

In August and September, after the ice floes appeared on the sea, the defenders of Naye County did not retreat, and foreign aid was naturally cut off.

After Zeng Ying received Zhou Lianggong's request for help, she immediately sent reinforcements. However, in terms of the strength of the Dengzhou army, it was difficult to defend the city, and the reinforcements sent out were actually the Zheng army. It was the little Yuan battalion sent by Zheng Zhilong to defend the city in Dengzhou.

The combat effectiveness of the central part of Yuan Shi is not strong, and there are still more cold weapons than hot weapons in the army, but the equipment is really good, and there are still some deficiencies in dealing with the Tartars, but they are not afraid of fighting the second Tartars and the Mongolian Tartars, and there is a lot of advantage in playing the green flag. With the sailor, he can also contain the Qing army.

However, with the northward transfer of a large number of Qing troops in the Jiaozhou area in July, the Tartar troops outside Yexian County increased greatly, and the Hongyi artillery increased from the initial dozen to dozens, and Zheng Zhibao had to send his troops to Yexian.

You can't be indifferent, in that case, wouldn't you just watch the Tartars pull out the nails one by one? Therefore, the current battle situation in Denglai, Ye County is the focus, and the main combat forces of both sides have gathered on the battlefield.

As for the Laoshan, Dengzhou and Zhifu areas, they are all confrontation and containment, and a pair of eyes are all staring at the victory or defeat of Laizhou.

Because it's winter. In half a month at most, the ice floes at sea will be formed, and the fleet will need to leave the shore and return to port. Whether the defenders in the city of Naye County will retreat or continue to hold the city will come to a conclusion in the next few days.

Tunqi felt that it was mostly possible to retreat.

Because in the time after July, if it weren't for the Zheng army's many attacks on the Qing army at sea, they would have set up a water village by the sea. The coast is only thirteen or fourteen miles away from the county seat of Ye County, and there is a water water more than ten zhang wide in the middle, although because the water is shallow, the Zheng family's big boat is not able to enter, but the flat-bottomed sand boat can easily come and go.

Therefore, the personnel and materials in Ye County have been replenished, and they have never been really cut off. This is also the biggest reason why Zhou Lianggong and Zeng Zhineng have always adhered to it.

Without foreign aid, can they still hold on to Ye County for half a year? The answer seems clear.

In Tunqi's view, the Qing army has a great advantage in combat strength, and it is also greatly beneficial to them today. So, their harvest season is coming.

Only wait until Yexian is taken, the main force of the Qing army there is divided into two, one part of it is killed in Dengzhou, and the main force of Dengzhou and Zheng army continues to be contained, and the other way is to kill Benlao Mountain, cut into it from the sea, and see if it can be completely solved.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong's sudden leader arrived, which would shake off the overall situation.

"Retreat!" Tunqi immediately made a decision and led the troops to retreat to Dengzhou. As mentioned earlier, the Tartars also built a lot of castles in Denglai, and even Zheng Jun had the same headache when he saw the fortress, but the location was not in the Zhifu area, but it was concentrated in Dengzhou.

The Qing army set up a strong camp outside the city of Dengzhou, and three small fortresses protected its safety, and Tunqi was about to retreat.

In this way, he can rely on his limited strength to resist Zheng Zhilong's army.

It will not cause the situation of the Qing army in Denglai to collapse in a row.

At present, the situation of the two armies is in a state of equilibrium, and each other's main military strength is set in Ye County, and only by waiting for a result on the battlefield in Ye County can both sides be freed.

In this case, the opponent added a huge force, which would not only make the balance of power unbalanced, Zheng Zhilong's force could at least sweep Dengzhou, defeat the Qing army in Zhifu, Dengzhou, and Jiaozhou, and make the Manchu Qing's efforts in Dengzhou for several months be wiped out, and even affect Laizhou and Qingzhou.

Even, if Zheng Zhilong led his troops to bypass Denglai, enter the deepest part of Laizhou Bay, enter Qingzhou, and cut off the back road of the Qing army, this could turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop.

Tunqi hurriedly sent someone to report to Nikan in Ye County. Then he sincerely prayed for the blessing of the Buddha and blessed Zheng Zhilong not to go to Qingzhou.

In the past few months, they have been very oppressive of the gentry in Denglai and Qingzhou, and if the back road is cut off, the Tartars can only tear off their disguised faces, burn and loot for the needs of the army, and reveal their true colors.

The people's hearts will be lost.

"It's too dangerous......"

In the Qishan Institute, Zheng Zhilong looked at the map of Qilu in front of him, and muttered to himself in his heart.

Zheng Sen beside him, looking at the map with blazing eyes, looked excited. "It's a great time to turn the tables in one fell swoop."

Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Tartars was dragged in Ye County, they bypassed Denglai and went straight to the coast of Qingzhou. After cutting off the supply lines of the Tartars, they have a solid advantage.

Think about it, how much material needs must be for the 80,000-strong army of the Tartars? Once the back road is cut off, not to mention the 80,000 troops who can be called Tartars, they will be wiped out immediately, at least they will win a big battle and recapture Qingzhou.

Zheng Zhilong just wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this, how could he think about it when he was fighting. Then it depends on the enemy.

"Fuson was thinking too simply. There is a way to know oneself and know one's opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Now we don't know anything about the logistics of the Qing army in Ye County, and we don't know how much grain the Tartars still have in their hands. Besides, even if they really don't have food in their hands, then don't the gentry Denglai have food in their hands?

If we cut off the supply lines of the Tartars, but we can't let the Tartars collapse in a short time, we will be the ones who are unlucky. ”

Zheng Zhibao said unceremoniously.

When the main force of the Qing army gathered in Ye County, someone proposed to him to send troops to Qingzhou to block the official road leading to Denglai in Qingzhou.

At that time, the waterway was unblocked, but Zheng Zhibao didn't agree, because he was afraid that he would not be able to kill the Tartar by pinching the back road, but let the Tartar beat Ye County.

And now it's September, and in a few days, the sea of Laizhou Bay will be full of ice floes, and the waterway will definitely be cut off.

Zheng Zhilong can't kill the Qing army in the short term, but the sea is no longer feasible, so he will be in Qingzhou at that time? Or do you want to run back to Dengzhou from Qingzhou immediately?

There is no sea transportation, four or five hundred miles by land, and you have to face the resistance and pursuit of the Tartars, and you have to take off a layer of skin if you don't die.

And staying in Qingzhou, how long can the materials in his own hands be consumed?

It was really surrounded by Tartars and attacked so fiercely as Ye County, so can it hold on?

Of course, he can also let the main force of the Zheng army in the Zhifu area join him at that time, and then call Zeng Ying, Jiang Zhe and Zhou Lianggong, all go all out, each stick to the Qing army as much as possible, and then lead his troops to fight with the main force of the Tartars who came back to fight in the Qingzhou territory.

You don't have to be beaten up and scream.

The Qing army had a lot of numbers, but the Green Flag soldiers were too low, and the Zheng army, with so many artillery and so many muskets, it was difficult to say who would win and who would lose when the firepower was sufficient.

It's just that it's easy to fight, and the cost is too much (to Zheng Zhilong), and it's too early.

It's not yet time for him to go into battle shirtless, and go in with the white knife of the Tartar and the red knife out. The situation has not come to that point......

At this stage, Zheng Zhilong is still the most advantageous.

The main force that fought with the Tartars was still the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng. Zheng Zhilong is a bias puller, helping Li Zicheng to hold the side of the Tartar. Don't let the Tartars fight with them with all their might.

- Zheng Zhilong's intention to build a bridgehead along the coast is obvious, that is, to contain the Qing army and use the smallest number of troops to contain the most Qing troops. It's not like to fight the Qing army.

That was his most immediate and outward purpose. In fact, he's done just fine so far.

Whether it is Guanwai, Jinmen, or Denglai, Zheng Zhilong's total land troops are only 20,000, but he has restrained half of the Tartars' military strength.

"It's too dangerous to go to Qingzhou." Zheng Zhilong shook his head and made a decision. He still remembers the lessons of the Battle of Yanzhou. He didn't want to fall into the old pit again, safety first.

In fighting a war, we must grasp our greatest advantage -- the strategic initiative.

If Ye County is lost, it will be lost, just to pull the troops back to Dengzhou City.

Zheng Zhibao looked at his eldest brother, the army had arrived on Zhifu Island, and there were more than 10,000 horses. It's one thing not to venture to Qingzhou, it's another thing not to be idle.

This is a force that can pry the tide of battle.

"Then take ......"

"Let's go to Laoshan. Knock down Li Shutai. ”

Zheng Zhilong said after a long groan.

It took a lot of effort for the Tartars to build a fortress outside Dengzhou City, but this was not the case for the Zhifu area, and it was not the case for Laoshan Mountain.

The latter two seem to be ordinary treatment, but in fact they are very different.

The Tartars don't bother in the Zhifu area, because they know that the Zhifu area is the most difficult to bite. As for Laoshan, it is a place where they will gnaw this winter......