Chapter 52: Breaking through Ping'an Town and capturing Zheng Zhilong alive

Zheng Zhilong calmly arranged the adjusted deployment to his subordinates, and these generals who were loyal to him had not left, and the captain of the guard suddenly broke in.

Under normal circumstances, although the captain of the guard has a very close relationship with Zheng Zhilong, the captain of the guard never participates in Zheng Zhilong's military meetings, and he is very able to put himself in the right position. Suddenly broke in this time, Zheng Zhilong knew that something big must have happened. After the meeting, the generals got up and left as soon as they saw the captain of the guard break in and didn't say anything. Seeing that everyone had gone out, the captain of the guard did not speak, waved his hand outside, and a man came in disheveled. As soon as the man entered the door, he knelt down and cried, "Master! It's all over! Go and save them! ”

When Zheng Zhilong saw this person, his head slammed, and when he heard this person kneeling and crying, Zheng Zhilong immediately knew that something was wrong. Because this person is a family member who has followed him for many years, he followed his family together, and he is here to explain that something really happened to his family.

Zheng Zhilong calmed down and shouted, "Idiot! What's the use of crying? Tell me what's going on? ”

This family member, while crying, intermittently left Ping'an Town, was intercepted by the Yaogang people, and killed all the five hundred guards, and told them the process of robbing them together.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was completely collapsed, how could he suddenly end up like this in half of his heroic life, and he couldn't figure it out. Zheng Zhilong can understand the advanced tactics of special operations and land and water.

"The kiln people asked you to come back, didn't they let you tell me this?" Zheng Zhilong asked coldly.

"This ,....." The family didn't dare to say it.

"Say it! What do they want you to bring? ”

"He, they say, want you to surrender, he, they guarantee your life!" The family said timidly.

"That's it! Go down. Zheng Zhilong said indifferently.

"It's sir!" When the family got up and went out, they said, "Master must find a way!" ”

Zheng Zhilong waved his hand and asked him to go out, but he didn't speak. But not long after the family went out, they heard the sound of broken water cups coming from Zheng Zhilong's house.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't figure out how his family could fall into the hands of the Yaogang people, and he made the decision to let his family go, and the time from making the decision to leaving was very short, and he was always proud of his wise decision. Even if the kiln people get the news, they won't take action so quickly! Also, the tactics of interception before and after deployment, it takes time to choose the interception location, how could it be so coincidental that the kiln gang people succeeded? Could it be that the people of Yaogang can pinch and calculate, and the prophet will calculate where his family will flee from there?

Zheng Zhilong couldn't figure out what was going on even more if he wanted to break his head, and what's more, he didn't know anything about the situation outside Ping'an Town, Quanzhou Port and Quanzhou City fell into the hands of the Yaogang people, or they knew it through the leaflets of the Yaogang people. How does Zheng Zhilong know how many people have been studying him for a long time with much more advanced technology and strategy. Such advanced methods are beyond his comprehension now.

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong had dropped the cup and had been in a daze, the captain of the guard saw that he couldn't wait to die like this, so he hurriedly asked Zheng Zhilong: "Big brother!" We can't wait to die here! What about the family? ”

"Huh!" Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly twice, "What should I do?" Rather than me surrendering and being a prisoner with them, let's die together! ”

"But! The Zheng family can't live without a queen? "The captain of the guard is still loyal.

"Nope! I have studied the Yaogang people, especially that Zhang Zhimu, they will not be killed, and they will definitely not embarrass my family. Zheng Zhilong covered his face and said. At this time, he had no other way but to hope that the people of Yaogang would show mercy.

Another burst of artillery was heard from the direction of the northern wall. Zheng Zhilong stood up abruptly and said, "If you want to occupy Ping'an Town, I want to make the blood of the people of Yaogang flow like a river!" ”

Li Jing no longer cares about the affairs of Li Jing's side, the division commander is happy, and he serves Li Jing comfortably, as long as Li Jing doesn't care about anything. Li Jing is also happy and relaxed, and makes the brothers happy, this is a good thing, why not do it?

At dawn, after breakfast, the division commander here ordered the artillery to drag up 130 heavy guns, concentrate more than a dozen cannons, and aim at the city wall north of Ping'an Town.

After communicating with Fan Chengkun and them, they heard the cannon on their ship ring, and more than a dozen 130 cannons here fired directly at a city wall at close range. The power of the 130 cannonballs was incomparable to that of the 203 cannonballs, but a dozen cannons bombarded a city wall at close range, and soon blasted the city wall into a big hole.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong's family was escorted over by the special forces, and Li Jing said to the special forces: "Send him to Ping'an Town from that opening." Let him tell Zheng Zhilong to surrender, and we will treat the prisoners preferentially! ”

After sending Zheng Zhilong's family to Ping'an Town, after a long time, I saw that the people in Ping'an Town were constantly filling the gaps with sacks, and there was no response inside. Li Jing knew that Zheng Zhilong was determined to fight to the end, time could not be delayed any longer, and the matter of Ping'an Town must be completely resolved today. After communicating with Fan Chengkun, Li Jing ordered to occupy the gap in the northern wall of Ping'an Town.

The division commander could be regarded as waiting for the order to attack, and immediately ordered the mortar to clear the defenders around the gap. Zheng Zhilong heard the burst of artillery that was the cannon crying wolf howling of the ghost who blew up the defenders who blocked the gap. As the artillery fire spread in all directions, a company of infantry rushed into the gap with automatic rifles, and immediately climbed the walls on both sides of the gap. The defenders on the city wall, when they saw that someone had ascended the city, quit. After a burst of firearms, he rushed over with a spear, but the narrow city wall was blocked by a squad with light machine guns. No brave soldier can beat a single blazing bullet. Soon, the city walls on both sides of the gap were blocked by the corpses of Zheng Zhilong's brave soldiers.

As the number of soldiers on the city wall increased, the Yaogang soldiers began to attack and advance on both sides of the city wall. Attacking both sides along the city wall is a classic combat tactic of the Yaogang army. The officers and men are skillful. When the heavy machine guns and mortars were sent to the city wall, the Zheng Jiajun who rushed over to try to plug the mouth could appreciate what a metal storm was. The officers and soldiers of the Zheng family who received the order to block the mouth desperately charged towards the occupied mouth, but how could the flesh and blood rush through the rain of metal bullets to form a storm. One by one, the flesh and blood were killed on the way to the charge. The four corners of the gap were really full of blood for a while, and the bloody wind was everywhere.

After piling up a mountain of corpses around the gap, the Zheng family army no longer had the courage to attack.

When Li Jing came to the gap, she couldn't help frowning, and said to the division commander: "If Mr. Zhang knew that you had killed so much, he would have removed you and let you go to open up the wasteland and farm." ”

"Huh! If Mr. Zhang asks about this, I'll say that you ordered me to do this! The division commander joked with Li Jing.

"You let the past rest, because you want to have the credit for it. Why do you want to push me when something happens? You little bunny! Li Jing scolded while pointing in the direction of Zheng Zhilong's mansion and said, "Tell the soldiers to go over and surround it, and we can take Zheng Zhilong directly." Today's business must be neat! ”

"That's it! You can watch with a telescope right here! After speaking, the division commander ordered a regiment to rush towards Zheng Zhilong's mansion, and along the way, Zheng Jiajun soldiers kept coming out to fight hard, but they all turned into corpses and fell on the road, and the street fighting automatic rifle was a sharp weapon. Ping'an Town is not very big, and a regiment of Yaogang soldiers surrounded Zheng Zhilong's mansion in Ping'an Town. At this time, Fan Chengkun and the small speedboat they put down also drove in along the waterway. The boat on the sea can be driven directly to the courtyard of Zheng Zhilong's mansion. There is a pier in the province here.

Knowing that the gap had been occupied, and the soldiers who had blocked the gap had been killed and wounded, there was no news that they had been recaptured, Zheng Zhilong knew that his mansion was about to be surrounded, and he waved his hand and called the captain of the guard and whispered: "We are on that small island in Penghu, and outsiders don't know much." If you can get out, what's there will be yours! In a moment of chaos, you escape from underwater. They don't pay attention underwater. ”

Zheng Zhilong and this guard captain are both mixed from the sea, the water nature is not generally good, Zheng Zhilong's idea is very practical, but the guard captain said: "If you don't leave, I will die with you, and I will definitely not go by myself." Otherwise, I will protect you, and we will walk under the water together. I've got all the bamboo poles ready. "The bamboo pole that the captain of the guard said was used to stretch out of the water to breathe when he walked underwater.

"Bastard! If I go out like this, life is better than death," Zheng Zhilong said, "You go out, once there are still people in my family who go out, you can also help them with those things!" ”

The captain of the guard had no choice but to nod his head tearfully.

At this time, the sound of gunfire was mixed with the sound of gunfire outside Zheng Zhilong's mansion, and the shouts of loudspeakers were heard, and they began to persuade the soldiers in Zheng Zhilong's mansion and Zheng Zhilong to go out and surrender. At this time, Zheng Zhilong bowed to the captain of the guard who had followed him for many years and said, "Brother, please!" ”

The captain of the guard knelt down and said, "Big brother! Brother, I can't die with you! Take care of yourself! ”

Zheng Zhilong stomped his feet and said, "Alas! Come on! ”

"Yes! Eldest brother! The captain of the guard said yes and got up and left.

Zheng Zhilong looked around the lobby, this was all carefully built by himself, and it seemed that he was going to lose his chances. Zheng Zhilong came to the courtyard, kicked the ladder, came to the courtyard wall and shouted loudly outside: "Listen to the other side!" I am Zheng Zhilong, please come out and speak! ”

Which division commander of Yaogang stood up and said, "Zheng Zhilong, if you want to come out and surrender, just tell me!" ”

"Who are you?"

"I am, the commander of the first division of the second army of the Yaogang People's Army!"

"Huh! You're not qualified to talk to me! "Zheng Zhilong is very arrogant.

"I'm the Supreme Commander here, can I talk to you?" At this time, Li Jing, who rushed over, took over.

"Huh! Who are you? ”

"I'm Li Jing, deputy commander of the Yaogang People's Army, and the official is not big, so you can make do with me!" Li Jing said badly.

"Oh! It's General Li Jing, it's really an honor! I've admired the name for a long time! Zheng Zhilong said, "If you rebel today, aren't you afraid that one day the court will punish you for your crimes?" ”

"I think you'd better talk less nonsense!" Li Jing said, "You colluded with the imperial court to commit the Qiankun Gate several times to murder our President Zhang, not to mention, you are the king and hegemon on the southeast coast, will the imperial court tolerate you to establish an independent kingdom here?" If you are interested, order your men to lay down their weapons and leave them alive before they die for your stupidity! ”

"Haha! General Li, I heard that your martial arts are good, but I didn't expect your eloquence to be even better! Zheng Zhilong said, "I am a little dissatisfied with my defeat in front of you today, you are bullying people with the things in your hands." I think, how about we try what we have? ”

"Actually, you're not just losing with weapons. Whether it's morality, strategy, or tactics, you're too bad! I'm afraid you still don't know how you lost. You are not qualified to negotiate any terms with me. If I didn't want to kill fewer people, we could have flattened Ping'an Town with a burst of artillery fire. Not to mention your mansion. However, today I am going to convince the losing heart, and I can compete with you. If I lose, let you out of Ping'an Town!" What if you lose? ”

Li Jing's words poked Zheng Zhilong's heart, and Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but admire Li Jing from the bottom of his heart, and said in his heart that it was not unjust to lose in the hands of such an opponent. Speaking of spirit, Zheng Zhilong said: "If I lose today, I will order the soldiers to put down their weapons and surrender, and let you fall!" ”

The reason why Zheng Zhilong is like this is also because he knows that there is no chance of winning except for fighting hard and dying more.

"Good! I see that the area in front of your house is very wide, how about we fight it out here? Li Jing pointed to the front of Zheng Zhilong's mansion, which was a very wide place.

Although Zheng Zhilong wants to leave his mansion in this way, Zheng Zhilong believes that the kiln people will not take the opportunity to embarrass him, because the kiln gang people are now in control of the victory, and there is no need to make such a move.

Zheng Zhilong suddenly jumped off the wall and pulled out his sword as soon as he landed. Li Jing also pulled out her sword and greeted her, and at this time, the camera in the kiln outside hurriedly pointed the camera at the two of them.

Zheng Zhilong knew that Li Jing's skills were not ordinary, and Li Jing also knew that Zheng Zhilong had specialized in swordsmanship. Although Li Jing is very confident in herself, she does not dare to slack off.

The two men held their swords opposite each other, and at this moment the sound of gunfire stopped, and the soldiers on both sides also held their breath, as if the air had condensed, and only the swords in their hands were shining in the sun.

Suddenly, the two of them advanced forward at the same time, and with a wrong effort, the two swords had already been handed over several times.

One turned around and fought again, Li Jing and Zheng Zhilong both had points in their hearts about their opponents. After two rounds, Li Jing knew very well about Zheng Zhilong's swordsmanship, this person's swordsmanship was good, but his cultivation was too poor and he couldn't reach a very high level. Another look, Li Jing made a false move, Zheng Zhilong thought that the opportunity had come, and slammed out a sword, but the trick was old, and it was too late to think about the sword again, Li Jing's sword tip pointed directly at his throat, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly used the back of the sword to make a move, Li Jing flipped his wrist, and knocked the sword in his hand with a bang. Zheng Zhilong himself was also shocked and fell to the ground, but Zheng Zhilong, who fell to the ground, suddenly took out a short sword and swung it at his neck. Li Jing saw it in her eyes, and at the same time shot a dart, and with a "dang" sound, she knocked the short sword in Zheng Zhilong's hand away. In these few times, without Zheng Zhilong's feeling, outsiders can also see that the kung fu of the two is too different.

At this time, Li Jing said: "General Zheng, don't lose your kung fu and lose again!" Well, if you lose, you will order your soldiers to surrender, you are not trustworthy in doing so! ”

Zheng Zhilong sat on the ground and almost stuffed his crotch into his pants, and Li Jing said again: "General Zheng, in fact, your swordsmanship is good, but your heart is not quiet, and I don't blame you for losing here." It's understandable that you were suddenly upset by a sudden change. When you have time, your mind is calm, and we will have a good discussion! ”

Zheng Zhilong understood that this was Li Jing giving himself a lot of face, which showed that although Li Jing in front of him was very cold, his cultivation was very high, which made Zheng Zhilong feel even more ashamed. Zheng Zhilong turned over and stood up, and shouted in the direction of his mansion: "Listen up!" Open the gates, lay down your weapons, and obey the kiln man! ”

After speaking, Zheng Zhilong went over to pick up his sword and took the scabbard, inserted the sword into the scabbard, turned around, handed it to Li Jing and said, "I, Zheng Zhilong, am convinced!" ”

Li Jing took Zheng Zhilong's sword, and at the same time whispered, "General Zheng, don't worry! Your family is all fine. We've all made arrangements, and I'll have them sent back in a moment. ”

"Alas!" Zheng Zhilong sighed, arched his hand and said, "Thank you, General Li, I am convinced to lose in your hands!" ”

"General Zheng, don't be polite, as long as you lay down your arms, we will not be enemies. Maybe we can be friends in the future. However, for the time being, you still have to be wronged. After speaking, Li Jing waved his hand over and two special forces gave Zheng Zhilong his hands behind his back, handcuffed him, and escorted him.

At this time, the gate of Zheng Zhilong's mansion had been opened, and the defenders inside had also laid down their weapons, and the soldiers of the kiln had poured in. The Zheng Jiajun in Ping'an Town also laid down their weapons one after another, and Fan Chengkun and the others also docked the boat on the dock when they heard the news, and brought people to Zheng Zhilong's mansion in Ping'an Town. Li Jing and Fan Chengkun haven't seen each other for a few months, and they are very happy to see each other.

Li Jing said: "Hurry up and send a telegram home!" There must be a hurry at home. ”

"Yes, yes!" Fan Chengkun said, "Now immediately send a report to the family and tell the family." Ping'an Town has been laid, and Zheng Zhilong was captured alive. The results are being sorted out! ”

After receiving a telegram from Fan Chengkun and Li Jing at home, Chen Yufeng immediately called Zhang Zhimu and told him the good news.

Zhang Zhimu couldn't help but say, "It's perfect!" We built a house for Zheng Zhilong in Yaogang. Send their families back when it's convenient! ”

"Mr. Ouyang has already sent this news to Li Zicheng," Chen Yunfeng said: "The following matters depend on how Zheng Zhilong cooperates." If he had cooperated well, our job would have been much easier! ”

"Huh! With Li Jing over there, Zheng Zhilong will be honest and obedient. But tell Li Jing that Zheng Zhilong's treasure must be taken out. Zhang Zhimu said.

Not long after receiving the telegram from Li Jing and Fan Chengkun, the telegram from Emperor Chongzhen also arrived. Emperor Chongzhen reprimanded Zhang Zhimu in a telegram for not keeping his word and going to war against the official army without authorization. This has never happened before. Obviously, Emperor Chongzhen was angry. Zhang Zhimu also felt a little strange, how did Emperor Chongzhen get the news that the Yaogang people were attacking Zheng Zhilong so quickly.

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen did not know that the Yaogang people had captured Quanzhou, and it was when the Yaogang people and Zheng Zhibao were engaged in a naval battle, a merchant ship bound for the mouth of the Yangtze River saw this naval battle, because their ship was downwind, they soon entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the owner of the dock told the officials and soldiers on the wharf what they saw. The official army knew that this was a big deal, and immediately reported it to the boss, and after Dongchang knew about it, he immediately sent the news back to the capital.

Emperor Chongzhen took Empress Zhou and Princess Changping all the way back to the capital happily, feeling very happy, and this time to meet Zhang Zhimu Emperor Chongzhen was a reassuring pill. Zhang Zhimu vowed to promise himself that if there was an emperor, there could only be Emperor Chongzhen, although the words were a little awkward, but Zhang Zhimu still supported himself. In addition, Zhang Zhimu also promised to strengthen investment in the capital and build electricity manufacturers and shopping malls in the capital. After these news were brought back to the capital, the people all over the city were talking about these things. Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay attention to those Wenchen who had been looking for awkwardness before.

But suddenly came the news that Li Zicheng had begun to attack Zheng Zhilong, which made Emperor Chongzhen's mood worse again, he thought that this was the capricious performance of those thieves, so he hurriedly sent a telegram to Zhang Zhimu to ask what was going on, and asked Zhang Zhimu to stop Li Zicheng's behavior quickly. He thought that Zhang Zhimu would definitely take it seriously, otherwise he would become the kiln gang man armed Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng would attack the official army of the imperial court. But Emperor Chongzhen waited for a few days, and he didn't wait for the kiln gang people to reply to the telegram. Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to send another telegram to urge, but after thinking about it again, he couldn't be too ungenerous, Zhang Zhimu would definitely give himself an explanation, but a few days passed, and there was no news from the Yaogang people, but they waited for the news that the Yaogang people were fighting with Zheng Zhilong's fleet at sea. Emperor Chongzhen understood that Li Zicheng's military action was to cooperate with the Yaogang people, and they must have done it to Zheng Zhilong under the pretext that Zheng Zhilong hired people from Qiankun Sect to harm Zhang Zhimu.

For the sake of Zheng Zhilong, Emperor Chongzhen and Zhang Zhimu had no words, but this Zhang Zhimu didn't give himself face at all, so he sent a warship to attack Zheng Zhilong. I used to know that they were combining the army at the Zhenjiang base, but now it seems that they have long been ready to attack Zheng Zhilong. asked Zhang Zhimu about it, and that Zhang Zhimu was still sloppy with himself. Therefore, the telegram to Zhang Zhimu was also reprimanded.

Zhang knew that the wood would not be satisfied with the material to Emperor Chongzhen, so he did not immediately send a telegram back to the emperor.

In this battle against Zheng Zhilong, the people of Yaogang have changed the way they used to be constantly reported by radio and newspapers, and they have always kept it a secret. However, after achieving such results, Zhang Zhimu invited the two princes over and informed them of the battle situation in Fujian. When the two princes heard the news of the victory, they were overjoyed. King Zhou said: "Great, with Fujian, we can directly do overseas trade ourselves." Our products can be multiplied several times to earn silver. ”

The acting king asked worriedly: "The emperor is not angry, is he?" ”

"Huh! A telegram came, and we were reprimanded. But until now, the emperor has not known the results we have achieved. I want to report the results of the battle to the emperor tomorrow. In fact, the emperor shouldn't blame us. The emperor knew that Zheng Zhilong had hired Qiankun Sect to attack us, and he didn't say anything. We'll have to figure it out ourselves! Zhang Zhimu said, "However, our attitude must be sincere, otherwise the emperor will not be able to come to power." ”

After talking to the two princes, Zhang Zhimu made another call to Zhang Xianzhong, wanting to inform him. But Zhang Xianzhong didn't go out, Zhang Zhimu left a message asking Zhang Xianzhong to come back, it would be best to come over.

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