Shi Lang led a group of remnants of the army, took the ship of the sailor, crossed the strait, and went all the way to Jinxia. The sea route is not long, it will be there in a short time, get off the boat, and see the Zheng army soldiers and horses assembled on Jinxia Island from a distance, Shi Lang does not feel sad from it.

entered his mother, and finally rushed to the place of Jinxia, but he suffered a big defeat all of a sudden, such humiliation, how can he be ashamed of his true feelings.

Just when he was still sighing, Zheng Hongkui in the distance, under the leadership of a group of guards, had come quickly.

Seeing the arrival of the lord, Shi Lang let out a long sigh, knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "The last general is incompetent, and all the soldiers and horses have been lost, please punish General Zheng!" ”

Subsequently, Shi Lang told Zheng Hongkui everything about the sneak attack by the Tang army on the coast of Changtai in 1510, and after listening to it, Zheng Hongkui was also pale.

I really didn't expect Tang Jun to come so quickly.

They went all the way south, and actually defeated the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Shi Lang Department with a surprise attack on the coast of Changtai.

Now it is good, Zheng Jun is always in Guangdong and Fujian, only 150,000 soldiers and horses, this time he reimbursed 50,000, and killed a full third of the troops, such a loss for Zheng Jun, can be called an unbearable burden.

This Shi Lang really deserves to be killed!

Although Zheng Hongkui was very angry in his heart, he also knew that at such a moment when people's hearts were disheartened, he should not punish his generals at will. The current plan is to comfort him first, after all, the final result is still to wait for Zheng Zhilong to arrive, and then it is more appropriate to decide in person.

Thinking of this, he sighed, lifted Shi Lang up from the ground, and comforted; "General Shi has worked hard to lead the troops from afar, and this defeat is mostly due to the ambush of the Tang army, but he can't complain about the general. The general took everyone to eat first, and then prepared to take a boat to Penghu with our army. ”

Shi Lang's heart was relieved, so he promised loudly, and then he suddenly thought of something again, so he asked Zheng Hongkui: "General, why haven't you seen a large number of sailors of our army on this Jinxia Island?" But hasn't our army's sailors been assembled yet? ”

Seeing Shi Lang's question, Zheng Hongkui was depressed, but he had to reply with a wry smile: "The head of the family has arranged for Zhibao and Zheng Cai to go to various places overseas to assemble the fleet of sailors. However, now in Penghu, it seems that more than 60 large and small ships have been assembled in recent days, plus more than 30 ships traveling between Changtai and Jinxia, more than 80 ships are available, which is enough to transport the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses on the island, as well as the officials and their families who have moved from various places, to Penghu. ”

Shi Lang nodded slightly, but said in a low voice: "General Zheng, it is best to transport all the soldiers and officials to Penghu as soon as possible." It's just that I've been worried that if our army's naval division arrives late, and Tang Junshui arrives in Penghu first, how can these more than 80 ships be the opponent of the Tang army's naval division. In case the sailor misses ......"

Zheng Hongkui waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to say any more, and said: "Don't worry about this matter, the head of the family knows that our army is about to gather here today, and it is estimated that ships will be sent over in a while. ”

Shi Lang sighed, so he didn't ask any more, and went down with more than 5,000 defeated soldiers, Zheng Hongkui looked at his departing figure, and unconsciously sighed a long sigh.

After waiting for about two hours, the sun was already in the west, but there was no boat coming from Penghu, Zheng Hongkui and others were waiting anxiously, but they saw a black line on the horizon of the sea area west of Jinxia.

"General Zheng, the ship is coming!"

Beside him, a guard pointed to the line and shouted happily.

Zheng Hongkui looked at it from the clairvoyant mirror, and sure enough, the waters at the end of the sea and the sky were not, a black line was getting thicker and thicker, and gradually, countless large and small ships came out, and its momentum became more and more vigorous.

"Hey, there are so many ships? Could it be that Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Cai's fleet has already assembled back to Penghu, so there are so many of them? For a while, Zheng Hongkui was suspicious.

However, no matter what, Zheng Junshui was able to arrive at such a critical time, Zheng Hongkui was still very happy in his heart, and a faint smile began to appear on his face.

He held up his thousand-eyepiece to observe the movement of the incoming ship, but gradually, the smile on his face began to stiffen and his body began to tremble almost uncontrollably.

Damn, this, where is this Zheng Jun's fleet, these ships are the Tang Army's sailors at the same time, and the bow of each ship is planted with the flag of the Tang Army's sailors!

Huge fear quickly rose from Zheng Hongkui's heart, and his heart was quickly enveloped by a strong sense of unease.

Could it be that the Penghu Islands, which are the foundation of the Zheng family's foundation, have been taken by the Tang army, so the Tang army can attack Jinxia so unscrupulously?

No! That's impossible!

Zheng Hongkui's heart was intertwined with fear and confusion, and his frightened expression was even more indescribable, and with the approach of the Tang Army's sailors, more and more Zheng soldiers also saw that the incoming ship was the Tang Army's sailors' ships, and suddenly everyone's faces were full of frightened looks, and they were talking about it.

Seeing that the army was in turmoil, Zheng Hongkui immediately made a decision and ordered loudly: "The whole army listens to the order!" The Tang Army's naval division is attacking in a big way, and our army must not take it lightly! The whole army quickly formed a formation 300 paces away from the coast and the sea to resist the enemy! ”

"Order!"

The Zheng army hurriedly set up a formation on the spot, preparing to meet the Tang army's attack on the island, and the entire beachhead was in chaos.

Zheng Hongkui himself has been closely following the movements of the Tang Army's naval division with a clairvoyant mirror, and when he saw that the Tang warships were approaching step by step, he was as nervous as a drum.

Next, as the Tang Army's sailor approached, he watched a scene that made him even more stunned.

Depend on! The person who stood high on the bow of the Tang Army's naval division and was standing side by side with a Tang Army general was not the prince Zheng Chenggong, who else could it be!

At this moment, Zheng Hongkui only felt that the last glimmer of hope in his heart was quickly lost here.

It seems that Penghu is really lost.

The Tang army must have completely wiped out the Zheng army and naval division in Penghu and occupied the entire Penghu before moving westward again, in order to completely wipe out all the Zheng troops on Jinxia Island.

At the bow of the Tang army, I only saw the son of the family, but I didn't see the head of the family, so Zheng Zhilong must have died in battle, and the prince saw that the situation was not good, so he led his troops to surrender, and then came to Jinxia with the Tang army, it is estimated that he will persuade himself and the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to surrender.

Yes, that's how it should be.

At this moment, Zheng Hongkui's heart was mixed, and the corners of his eyes were wet, but he couldn't bear to show it.

Pity Zheng Zhilong I as a hero, and finally end up like this, it's really embarrassing.

Alas, if he hadn't had illusions in his heart, forced himself to compete with the Tang Army, and still wanted to seize the Tang Army's overseas territories and surrender to protect his life as soon as possible, how could he have ended up with such a result!

Zheng Hongkui sighed and grieved in his heart, and then thought of a more serious and urgent problem.

If the head of the family has died and the son has descended, then what will he do next?

With more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, do you really want to continue to be the enemy of the Tang Army and compete with the Tang Army? Zheng Hongkui was confused.

No, no.

Now that his brother is dead, as his most trusted brother, there is only one way to avenge him!

Soon, the Tang Army's naval division approached the Jinxia coast, and the more than 20 ships of the Zheng army on the Jinxia coast had already fled without a trace. The Tang army sailed straight to the coast without any obstacles, dozens of large ships were lined up on the seashore, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed directly at the Zheng troops who were in formation, full of a dignified sense of coercion and force.

At this time, on the main ship of the Tang Army, the commander of the Tang Army, who was standing on the bow of the ship with Zheng Chenggong, opened his voice and shouted at the Zheng Army who was in formation: "I am Li Dingguo, the commander of the third town of the Tang Army." Who is Zheng Jun on the beach now, please come forward and answer quickly! ”

Hearing this person's shout, Zheng Hongkui, who was originally standing in the back, sighed softly, and accompanied by dozens of guards, rode out from the back and slowly came to the beach.

The group rode their horses and approached, and Zheng Chenggong, who was standing on the opposite side of the boat, immediately saw that it was the second uncle Zheng Hongkui, so he immediately shouted: "Second uncle! I am a success! Please come forward and listen to what this nephew has to say. ”

Zheng Hongkui looked at him coldly, he didn't want to speak, but in the end, he stepped forward, stood about ten steps away from the bow of the Shenglong, and replied with a wry smile: "The son is fine, but I don't know the situation of the head of the family, but what is it?" ”

The muscles on Zheng Chenggong's face trembled, knowing that Zheng Hongkui had a lot of sarcasm after his words, his heart suddenly became angry, but on the surface, he still replied calmly: "Second uncle, my father led our army's naval division to fight the Tang army yesterday, and died in defeat. In order to protect the foundation of the Zheng family, the nephew led the people to join the Tang Army and dedicated the Penghu Islands. Fortunately, with the consent of Kaien, the third mayor of the Tang Army, Kai'en, the officers and men of our army and property were vigorously preserved. ”

He paused for a moment, and then continued: "Subsequently, in order to avoid fighting and save the lives of the soldiers of my Zheng army as much as possible, my nephew agreed to set off from Penghu with the Tang Army's sailors and came to Jinxia to persuade the second uncle and all the soldiers to surrender to the Tang Army together. I also hope that the second uncle will recognize the situation, don't force himself to fight with the sky, and ...... for himself."

"Shut up!" Hearing Zheng Chenggong say this, Zheng Hongkui's face was flushed, and he interrupted Zheng Chenggong's words sharply: "Success, I really didn't expect that you would be such a person, even if the second uncle was blind, he couldn't see you clearly in advance!" ”

"Second uncle!"

"You don't have to say more!" Zheng Hongkui replied hatefully: "Success, people live in the world, and they should be ashamed." The Tang army killed the head of the family and killed your biological father, and you didn't think about revenge for him at all, but in order to save your life, you bent down and surrendered to the Tang army, which is really shameful. Under my eldest brother's nine springs, how can I look away! You are so spineless, it is okay for your family to surrender to the Tang Army, but you accompanied the enemy who killed your father to come here to persuade me to surrender, you are really shy and have a good intention! You don't say anything, you and my uncle and nephew have broken off, and let the soldiers and horses come down and fight with me! Our army still has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and when we can fight with the Tang army, it is difficult to say who will kill the deer. ”

"Why should the second uncle be so stubborn!" Zheng Chenggong was refuted like this, and he hated it in his heart, but he had to persuade him on the surface: "Even though the second uncle now has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but only according to this Jinxia alone, there are no reinforcements outside, and there is no food and grass inside, even if our army does not attack for the time being, just surround this Jinxia, how long can you support it!" What's more, now that Jinxia has been surrounded by the Tang Legion, it is like an iron bucket, even if you want to escape, what way do you go?! ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Chenggong let out a long sigh, simply bypassed Zheng Hongkui, and shouted loudly to the silent Zheng Jun behind him: "Brothers! The Tang army has arrived, and it is about to attack Jinxia on land and water, and you are trapped on an isolated island, lacking food and grass inside, and there are no reinforcements outside, so what can be done to defend it for a long time? If you listen to the words of this son, the officers and soldiers of the whole army have put down their weapons here and surrendered to sincerity, the Tang army has always been lenient, not ignorant of the predecessors, and will not investigate the past, and will definitely give you a good way out, and your life can be saved. Ruoer and the others are obsessed and will definitely fight against the Tang Army to the end, but they are afraid that it will be useless to die in vain after all, and there is no half value. And if you die in battle, not only will you not have any compensation, but your family and clan will also be implicated, and it will be difficult to raise your head for the rest of your life. In the end, I hope you will be cautious! ”

As soon as Zheng Chenggong finished speaking, Zheng Jun, who was originally silent below, suddenly felt like boiling seawater, and everyone turned their heads to each other and talked in low voices.

What's more, he quietly laid down his weapons, stood up blankly, raised his hands high, and signaled his intention to surrender to the Tang army.

Seeing that their own military morale was fluctuating, the soldiers had no will to fight, and some people even made a surrender move. Zheng Hongkui was so anxious that he shouted at Zheng Jun: "Everyone! You and others are all loyal and righteous, and you are deeply favored by the head of the family, how can you surrender to the enemy at such a critical juncture, without the slightest backbone and shame? Please be firm in your hearts and stick to the battle with this general, you will be able to kill the enemy soldiers, and finally avenge the head of the family. ”

Although he shouted like this, Zheng Jun, whose military heart had been dispersed, had no desire to join him in avenging Zheng Zhilong's death, and more and more soldiers threw down their weapons without authorization and began to run backwards.

Zheng Hongkui was furious, he pulled out his waist knife, and slashed at the soldiers who threw away their weapons and fled without permission.

"Bang!"

At this moment, a crisp gunshot rang out from the Zheng army's formation. A bullet whistled out and hit Zheng Hongkui's heart.

Zheng Hongkui was hit hard, and was hit by the huge impact force and even stepped backwards, before he fell to the ground with a thud, and the wound on his back spurted blood, and he looked like he was not alive.

The originally noisy environment immediately quieted down. All of them looked at the place where the white smoke was rising.

The white smoke rose up, revealing Shi Lang, who was still holding a fire gun, with a cold face and an expressionless face, as if the person he shot and killed just now was not Zheng Hongkui, but a small prey in the mountains.

The general of the Zheng army, who escaped from the Tang saber and gun, turned his head and took this second important person of the Zheng family to surrender his name to the Tang army.

Such a transformation is a wonderful irony.

Perhaps for Shi Lang, it is a great opportunity to invest in a new owner.

"Listen to all! Zheng Hongkui disobeyed the order of the prince and has been killed by the general! Everyone, please follow this general, accept the order of the prince, and surrender to the Tang Army! Shi Lang threw the firearm in his hand and shouted an order to everyone, and at the same time, raised his hands high to make a surrender gesture.