Chapter 948: Closing the Siege (Third Update)
"Let Zheng Cai go back?" Wang Yin looked at Zheng Zhilong angrily, "Minqing is lost, and the rebels will go straight to the city of Fuzhou, how can they retreat?" “
Zheng Zhilong said in a loud voice: "The rebel army is strong, even if the last general sends troops to reinforce, it may not be able to hold Minqing, so why can't you retreat?"
Zheng Cai led the troops back to Fuzhou, and you have enough troops to defend the city, otherwise, when the rebels come to the city of Fuzhou, can you hold Fuzhou with only the more than 10,000 troops in the city? “
"So, are you going to disobey the Governor's command?" Wang Yin looked at Zheng Zhilong coldly.
Zheng Zhilong raised his head: "The last general will not dare, but the last general will never transfer Quanzhou's army again." Master Overseer, if you don't give Zheng Cai the order to retreat, the last general will send him a letter to ask him to retreat! “
"Okay, Zheng Zhilong, do you think that Bendu's knife is disadvantageous?" Wang Yin smiled angrily.
Zheng Zhilong glanced at Wang Yin contemptuously: "Master Inspector, don't forget, in addition to the 3,000 standard battalions in your hands, the 10,000 troops in this city are also trained by the last general. After speaking, he laughed and walked out of the study with his head held high.
Wang Yin looked at Zheng Zhilong's back and sneered.
"My lord, isn't it just so cheap for him?" In the study, Qian Fenglin, the governor of Fujian, who had been silent, said with a smile, "Why don't you just arrest him and kill him now." ”
Wang Yin glanced at Qian Fenglin: "If you don't want Fuzhou to be in chaos now, just send someone to catch him and kill him!" ”
Qian Fenglin smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, the Zheng family has been operating in Fujian for many years, and its power is very huge, so it is not cost-effective to fight a snake and be bitten by a snake." My lord, there are a large number of officials waiting for you to meet in the official hall outside. ”
Wang Yin smiled coldly: "I'm a superintendent who is about to be deposed and asked to return to Beijing, what do you see them doing?" ”
Qian Fenglin smiled slightly: "The rebels have captured Yanping Mansion, I heard that they are dividing their troops to capture Jianning, and the new superintendent Zuo may not be able to come to Fuzhou, Hengshan Gong, you still have to be the superintendent for a while." ”
Wang Yin pondered slightly, and said: "Fenglin, although Lord Zuo Maodi Zuo is not our own person, he has always had a good relationship with the prince, and Lord Zuo is also a capable official, you go down and arrange it, don't let him die in the chaos." ”
Qian Fenglin nodded: "I'll just give the order." ”
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Zheng Zhi's dragon head didn't go back to the superintendent, and even the officials waiting in the flower hall couldn't shout.
"What the hell is going on? Why did Zheng Zongbing leave angrily? ”
"Who knows, maybe there was a dispute with the Overseer."
"This Zheng Zhilong is too domineering, how dare a mere Qiu Ba be rude to the superintendent?"
"Well, who knows what's going on? However, now that the rebel attack is imminent, this Fujian is inseparable from General Zheng's soldiers, so it is understandable that he is a little arrogant. ”
Zheng Zhilong naturally couldn't hear the discussion behind him, he angrily went out of the superintendent, and immediately ordered to leave Fuzhou City.
"Big brother, are we really not going to save Zheng Cai?" Zheng Zhibao asked on horseback.
"How to save it? Our current army adds up to 50,000 or 60,000 people, and most of them are sailors. The rebels are menacing and have a large number of troops, even if we pour out, we may not be the opponent of the rebels. Zheng Zhilong sneered.
"But in that case, I'm afraid Fuzhou may not be able to hold it, what if the court blames it?" Zheng Zhibao asked worriedly.
"Blame? Chongzhen, is he blaming us? The current situation is not caused by Wang Yin? As long as we have troops in our hands, even the imperial court has nothing to do with us! Let's go, go back to Nan'an! ”
More than 1,000 cavalry guards were around Zheng Zhilong, leaving Fuzhou and heading straight for Quanzhou.
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In Minqing City, Zheng Cai received a letter from Zheng Zhilong and immediately prepared to retreat.
The rebels firmly controlled the waterway of the Minjiang River, and it was impossible to withdraw from the Minjiang River to Fuzhou. However, Zheng Cai had no intention of withdrawing to Fuzhou at all, because Zheng Zhilong ordered him to lead his troops back to Quanzhou. Fuzhou's life and death, Zheng Zhilong didn't want to care at all.
At present, Zheng Cai's troops still have more than 10,000 troops, and although the rebels are several times with him, they are dividing their troops to go to the countryside to get money and food, and the rebels surrounding the city are about 20,000 people.
Taking advantage of the dawn, Zheng Cai ordered the southern gate of Minqing to be opened, and the whole army withdrew from Minqing County.
The Ming army came out too suddenly, and it was the time of Li Min, the rebels were caught off guard, and there was no time to intercept them, Zheng Cai led people to easily break out of the encirclement and go south.
From Minqing to the south, it only takes four or five days to enter Quanzhou Prefecture. Zheng Cai led more than 10,000 troops straight south. However, according to the spy Tianming, a rebel army is in hot pursuit.
"Dog's Ai Nengqi, why don't you attack Fuzhou and follow behind Lao Tzu's ass?" Zheng Cai scolded indignantly and ordered the army to speed up the march.
However, as soon as the speed is fast, the formation naturally cannot be maintained, not to mention that the training combat strength of the Zheng family's army is not very good, and this speeding up and escaping will immediately be like herding sheep. More than 10,000 troops walked between the hills, pulling back and forth for more than ten miles, like herding sheep.
"General, this is not good, if the rebels catch up, we will be all finished!" A confidant officer whispered in Zheng Cai's ear.
"I don't know this yet? If you don't want to finish, you can speed up the march for Lao Tzu and prevent the rebels from catching up! Zheng Cai scolded angrily.
For the ancient army, those who could keep the formation intact when retreating were already considered elite soldiers. Those who can still have the strength to launch a counterattack when retreating can be called an elite division. It's a pity that the army under Zheng Cai is still far behind.
However, if you run away like this, as long as you are fast enough, you may not be able to escape. However, just as Zheng Cai fled to the foot of Gaogai Mountain with the vanguard troops, a cannon rang out, and an army shouted out of the valley, and a large banner embroidered with the word "West" fluttered in front of the team.
There was an ambush! Zheng Cai was so shocked that he never expected that there would be a rebel army waiting for him in front early.
When the emperor fled in a hurry, Zheng Cai's army was not in good order, and the army was not in order, and they were tired and out of breath after marching for dozens of miles, where did they have the strength to deal with the sudden rebel ambush?
Zheng Cai also wanted to try his best to resist the ambush soldiers that appeared in front of him, so that he could kill him, but except for the hundreds of families around him who could barely follow him, the other soldiers had collapsed. Countless Zheng Jiajun cried and shouted and fled, and countless soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.
The rebels ambushed the soldiers in a neat line and killed the Zheng family army in a panic.
More than ten miles away, the pursuing rebels have also caught up, and they are chasing and killing, and more than 10,000 Zheng family troops have fallen into the encirclement of the rebels......
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