Zheng Zhilong! That's Zheng Zhilong!

It was Zheng Zhilong, who was canonized as the Marquis of Nan'an by the Ming Court and awarded the post of Chief Military Officer of Fujian!

Wu Erhu couldn't think of any reason for Zheng Zhilong to surrender.

"Is that true? Are we really going to persuade Zheng Zhilong to surrender? ”

Wu Erhu's voice trembled a little, and his breathing became a lot shorter.

"Of course it's true! My grandfather is majestic and has already planned everything. Wu San is in charge, this is a great opportunity to make contributions to the Qing Dynasty. If this matter is done, the glory and wealth will not be captured! ”

Mr. Wang, who had been silent, suddenly became talkative, and he talked eloquently, foaming at the mouth.

Wu Erhu was also seduced by the bright prospects he described.

He swallowed a mouthful of spit, licked his chapped lips, and said in a harmonious voice, "What can I do?" ”

Human nature is selfish.

At first, the reason why Wu Erhuzi was reluctant to go to Fujian was because he could not get any tangible benefits at all.

But now the situation is completely different.

If Zheng Zhilong can be recruited for the Qing court, then he will naturally be credited with a lot of credit.

"Let's sail to Fujian first, and then listen to the dispatch of so-and-so."

Mr. Wang said word by word.

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"Lord Wang, Ming Army, it's Ming Army!"

Ye Chen exclaimed in surprise.

Dodor followed his voice and looked over, and sure enough, he saw thousands of horses galloping towards him.

At this time, the Qing army was attacking the city with all its might, and the Chinese army was very empty and weak, only about 1,000 people.

And seeing that the cavalry of the Ming army is at least tens of thousands, I am afraid that so many cavalry will not be able to resist it.

The Eight Banners are all warriors, but the warriors are not made of steel and cast iron.

When encountering cavalry on the camp, the warriors will bleed, be wounded, and die.

For the first time in his life, Dodor felt fear.

"Lord Wang, make a decision early."

Ye Chen said respectfully on the side.

"Withdraw... Withdrawal! ”

Duoduo struggled to squeeze the two words out of his mouth.

"Woo woo ~ woo woo ~ woo woo ~ "

The low sound of the conch horn sounded again, and the Qing army that stormed the city was stunned.

One short and two long, is this a retreat?

They heard you right, right?

"Woo woo ~ woo woo ~ woo woo ~ "

The sound of the horn became more and more urgent, and they were finally convinced that it was not that they had heard it wrong, but that they were really going to retreat!

The mentality of the Eight Banners is different. Some breathed a sigh of relief, some were faintly unwilling, and some were secretly happy.

The execution of the Eight Banners is still very strong. Except for the Zhenglan Banner led by Kyoro Bahana, who was the vanguard, the damage to the other flags was not too serious.

They quickly withdrew and approached the Chinese army.

There's a handsome flag there, and there's nothing wrong with leaning there.

But something surprising happened to them.

Shuai Qi... It's moving!

The handsome flag actually moved!

And it's not slow!

What's going on? Could it be that Prince Yu ran away?

The children of the Eight Banners didn't want to believe this fact, how could Prince Yu, who they admired extremely wise and powerful, escape?

But instinct still told them to lean in the direction of the handsome flag as much as possible.

So a strange scene happened, Duoduo's Chinese army was running, followed by the elite of the Eight Banners, and at the end was the Ming army under the command of Gao Jie.

The Eight Banners Army was chased by the Ming Army!

In fact, this is caused by poor information communication on the battlefield.

Duoduo's first reaction when he saw the Ming army attacking the Chinese army's main formation must have been to run, because he could not stop the Ming army's charge with only 1,800 people.

And the reaction of the Eight Banners after that was not wrong. Because they heard the sound of the conch horn and heard the order to retreat.

If there is any problem that is insisted on being pointed out, it is that it is impossible to communicate in a timely manner on the battlefield.

Duoduo couldn't stop and wait for the Eight Banners to return to their positions, they had to take the first step.

This gives the impression of panic and rout.

In fact, the main force of the Eight Banners was not too damaged.

Gao Jie was also surprised.

He was ordered by the emperor to reinforce Texas, and he was ready for a bloody battle, but who would have thought that Duoduo would run away like a rabbit.

Gao Jie ordered people to chase for a while, and then stopped chasing.

First, the Eight Banners Army are all cavalry, and the mounts are all high-grade Mongolian horses, and the Ming Army mounts are not opponents compared to the explosive strength of the feet.

Second, the losses of the Eighth Banner Army were not large, and when they regrouped, they would not have any advantage in a head-on duel with Gao Jie's troops.

It is better to take advantage of the defeat of the Eight Banners Army to capture all the siege equipment such as red-coated cannons and trebuchets.

You must know that it is impossible for the Qing army to re-produce trebuchets in a short period of time. As for the red-coated cannons, they were even more scarce, and unless Kong Youde reinforced Texas, Duoduo could only stare at the city wall.

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After running for a long time, Dodor finally felt safe.

He stopped, put up the banner, regrouped, and counted the soldiers.

He was pleased that the attrition of the Qing army was not serious, and at least eighty or ninety percent of the troops remained.

It's just a pity that those cannons and trebuchets were thrown down.

However, siege equipment is not as important as people.

Especially the elite of the Eight Banners, each of which is very precious.

As long as there was hope, Dodor didn't think his decision was too much of a problem.

It's just how did this Ming army suddenly appear?

Although the Qing army did not besiege the city again, it was also closely monitoring the movement of the four city walls, and did not find that the Ming army had killed.

And the Ming army rushed out from the west of the main formation of the Chinese army, and the west ... It should be the direction of Linqing.

Could it be that this Ming army is a Ming army that came from Linqing?

The more Duoduo thought about it, the more it made sense, and the more he thought about it, the more scared he became.

If the Ming army of Linqing rushed to reinforce it, wouldn't it mean that Luck Dehun lost the battle.

Apart from this possibility, Duoduo really couldn't think of any other reason.

Thinking of the bronze statue at the head of Texas, Duoduo took a deep breath.

Could it be that Luckedhun was really cast into a bronze statue?

The Lord will be captured, this is no longer a simple defeat, but a fiasco!

What a pig!

Duoduo was heartbroken.

Those green battalion troops are just that, but the Han Eight Banners and the Meng Eight Banners are the elite of the Qing army.

In this way, most of the losses were lost, and the impact on the strength of the Qing army was huge.

Although there is still the Heavenly Blessing Army and the Eight Banners, the Qing army has no absolute advantage over the Ming army at least in terms of numbers.

Where do we go from here?

Originally, Duoduo wanted to take a break and then fight back to attack Texas. But now it seems that it is time to think long-term.

"Send someone to call Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, and ask them to come to see this king!"

At this time, it is no longer possible to divide the army. Continuing to divide the troops, Duoduo felt that the Qing army would be broken by each one.

"Slaves obey!"

Ye Chen answered, and left quickly to arrange for the riders to go to Leling and Haifeng.

Now it seems that the division of troops was a mistake from the start. It's just that this is Dolgon's arrangement, and everyone is convinced.

However, the generals were not subject to military orders abroad, and now the Dordor had to do it at his own pace.

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Kong Youde was on the rise, but he received an order from Duoduo and retreated to Texas in a daze.

Geng Zhongming's situation was similar, and he withdrew his troops to Texas as soon as he received the order.

Although both of them are Han vassal kings, they know very well that they are just two high-level minions, how dare they disobey if the master has it?

After the two led their troops to join Duoduo, Duoduo reorganized the escaped Mengbaqi, which could be regarded as recovering his vitality and having a bottom in his heart.

Rao was so, and he did not immediately order a storming of Texas.

Before he found out the reality of the Ming army, Duoduo would not attack rashly, and God knows if he would suddenly kill a cavalry from somewhere.

This also gave the Ming army a chance to breathe.

They seized the time to strengthen the city gates, fill the gaps in the city walls, and carry a large number of stones along the horse road to the city.

They judged that it was a tug-of-war, and it was difficult to tell the winner in a short period of time.

But not long after, something happened that surprised the Ming soldiers.

The Tartars actually retreated!

This time it was a real retreat, not a ploy.

The Qing army retreated north.

No one said what the Qing Tartars thought, but one thing is for sure. They won this battle, and Shandong defended it!

The soldiers of the Ming army all cried with joy, and some hugged each other and cried.

It turns out that the Tartars are nothing more than that, as long as they are united, the Tartars have no chance to take advantage of it.

Of course, there are also reasons for the Holy Emperor's personal expedition to boost morale.

If it weren't for the Holy Son of Heaven coming to Shandong in person, it would be difficult for the Ming army to be so sincerely united.

Zhu Cihong was naturally pleased.

Seeing the description of the war and the experience of it in the newspaper are completely different feelings.

Being able to witness the great victory of the Proving Army made Zhu Cihong feel very happy.

There is still hope for Daming!

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Duoduo's sudden decision to withdraw his troops to Beizhili was of course not hot-headed, but because he got the news that Azig had not attacked Huguang.

Without Azig's energy to contain the Ming army in Huguang, it would be difficult for the 100,000 people of Duoduo alone to gnaw Shandong.

The Qing army's attack on Shandong was actually a three-plate axe. It's hard not to have an advantage after the three-plate axe. The Ming army could mobilize the armies of Huguang and Nanzhili to reinforce Shandong, and the influx of a steady stream of new troops could completely change the situation on the battlefield.

Of course, there is another consideration for Duoduo's retreat, that is, there is not much food and grass. Needless to say, all the grain and grass under the command of Luckedhun were burned, and the consumption of grain and grass by the army under Duoduo was also very great.

If this continues to be consumed, I am afraid that the soldiers will have to go hungry.

Although the withdrawal was likely to provoke Dorgon's wrath, Dorgon didn't care.

He and Dorgon didn't think the same.

Dolgon is determined to be in the world, but Duoduo feels that there is nothing wrong with returning to his hometown in Liaodong.

Even if he is finally forced to withdraw from Shanhaiguan, isn't it the same life when he returns to Beijing and Shenyang?

In this way, it seems that whether Shandong is won or not is not so important.

Besides, the situation is not so bad that it is.

The Qing Dynasty still owned Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Beizhili and other provinces in the Guannei.

Although food is a problem, it can be made with tightness. If you really can't do it, you can go to the steppe to rob the Mongolian tribes, and go to knock a bamboo pole in North Korea.

In short, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and Duoduo doesn't believe that he can't take Shandong, so he hasn't sent it this day.

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"Ahh

Wu Erbeard sneezed hard.

The weather is so unpredictable, one moment the sky is clear, the next moment it is lightning and thunder.

After rounding the Zhoushan Islands, Wu Erhuzi's sea ship was hit by a big storm, and the sea ship almost capsized under the storm. In comparison, it is nothing to be infected with wind chill.

Wu Erbeard walked to the deck and looked into the distance, except for the ocean or the ocean, not even the shadow of the land could be seen.

If this continues, it will take at least seven or eight days to reach Fujian.

As a pirate, Wu Erhuzi was naturally in awe of Zheng Zhilong.

The story of this pirate leader is legendary, and he has always miraculously saved the day when others think he is going to lose his life.

After that, Zheng Zhilong was even more miraculously whitewashed, accepting the imperial court's recruitment to become a Ming general, and all the way to the high position of Nan'an Hou and Fujian General Army.

It's a pirate's dream.

Of course, dealing with such a pirate would be another matter entirely.

Fortunately, the matter of contacting Zheng Zhilong and recruiting him does not need to be done by Wu Erhu, he only needs to be responsible for driving the ship to Fujian.

After standing on the deck for a long time, the sea breeze gave him some headaches.

Boredom, Wu Erbeard chose to go back to the cabin to sleep.

Sleeping at sea is the best way to spend time.

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Seven days later, the ship docked in Quanzhou.

Fujian is Zheng Zhilong's territory, and Quanzhou Mansion is Zheng Zhilong's hometown.

The entire sea off Quanzhou was blocked by the Zheng family's naval division, and any enemy ship approaching would be attacked intensively.

Wu Erhuzi naturally paid a large amount of silver before he was allowed to dock on the shore.

Fortunately, he didn't have to pay for the money, otherwise he would really have to die of pain.

After Mr. Wang went ashore, his first stop was naturally to go to the old house of the Hong family.

Although Hong Chengchou's father has passed away, his mother is still alive. One of the purposes of his trip was to help Hong Chengchou bring his mother back to Beijing.

The old house of the Hong family was not easy to find, and Mr. Wang searched for the address several times but could not find it, and finally asked the local people to find the specific location.

Obviously, this old mansion has been some years old, and the wet sea breeze has made the wooden doors a little rotten.

Mr. Wang stepped forward and knocked on the door, and it was a long time before an old woman came to open the door.

This old woman is obviously not Mother Hong, because she is fifty or sixty years old, and Mother Hong is over seventy years old.

Mr. Wang said with a smiling face: "I want to ask to see Mrs. Hong." ”

The old woman was stunned for a moment, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Come with me." ”

She let Mr. Wang into the courtyard, and sighed while leading the way in front: "It's rare that there are still people who remember the old lady, and this family has been defeated since the fifteenth year of Chongzhen." ”

Mr. Wang's face was a little ugly, but he didn't say anything, and followed the old woman to a room.

"Old lady, someone has come to see you."

After a few moments, the door creaked open, and a wrinkled old lady came out on crutches.

"Who is it?"

Mr. Wang was overjoyed. He hurriedly took a step forward and said, "Old Madam Hong, I am your son's eldest follower. Lord Hong specially sent me to pick you up to Beijing to enjoy your blessings. ”

Old Madam Hong was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "This unfilial beast! I'm over 70 years old, and he taught me to be an old mother? You call him, you call him himself! I want to kill this unfilial beast with my own hands and eliminate the harm for the people of the world! ”

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