Chapter 578: Pyrrhic Victory

The city of Zhangzhou quickly quieted down, and the artillery bombardment inside and outside made the Ming army defeated and fled, no matter from which point of view, the Huazhou army was a great victory, but whether it was Lin Mengchu who led the soldiers down from the ship, or Yang Shishi at the city gate, there was no joy on his face.

The eyes are full of casualties of the Ming army, although the bloody gas is blown away by the sea breeze a lot, but the smell is still disgusting, although there are many casualties of the shelling, but the death of the Ming army is more about trampling and slashing each other, when escaping, because the formation was too dense at the beginning, the distance between people was too close, and the escape could not improve the speed at all, and there were people in front of the front and left and right.

Listening to the whistling of cannonballs in the sky and watching the people around him fall in pieces, some things can't be taken care of, and many people draw their knives to slash their companions in front of them, in order to kill a way.

If you take out a knife, others will not stand still, the battlefield of Fangcai is like a pot of porridge, cannibalism, trampling when escaping, everything is miserable, the number of deaths of the Ming army must be at least three times that of the Huazhou army, and the tactics of new artillery and artillery are used on the battlefield and have achieved amazing results.

Lin Mengchu, under the escort of three hundred firecrackers behind him, crossed the battlefield like Shura Hell and came to the city of Zhangzhou, and there were already officers who went to Zhangzhou City to mobilize the people Ding Zhuang, came out to carry the corpses, sprinkled lime water, the weather was hot, so many corpses, it was easy to cause a big epidemic.

Yang Shi just sat on the artillery mount, looking at the people around him with a dull look carrying the corpse, the body of the Ming army was directly thrown in the center, waiting for a while to be burned, the body of the Huazhou army was the officer identified after the identity of the officer, to be registered in the register before it could be cremated, looking at the soldiers and officers under his command, once one by one, but at this time it became a cold corpse, and it was not a good thing to put on anyone.

But there is another reason for Yang Shi's decline, that is, although he won a big victory this time, but the casualties can be said to be too big in the battle case of Huazhou, the firearms and equipment of the Huazhou army make them rarely fall into hand-to-hand combat, so the casualty exchange ratio has not been high, today's battle under the city, the power of the firearm has been fully exerted, and it was forced to be pressed by the opponent's rattan soldiers, the Huazhou army of 5,000 people inside and outside the city, there are only less than 3,000 left, and many teams have been disabled, although this battle has come down, The Ming army in Fujian was also greatly damaged, but the price paid by Huazhou was really too painful.

This is also because Yang Shi is too big, thinking that the Huazhou army is invincible in the world, and he can even use the first shot of artillery to deal with the Ming army, and directly line up out of the city to fight, but he didn't expect that in the end, it was the artillery that helped them a lot, and this was to win the battle.

Seeing Yang Shishi like this, Lin Mengchu didn't know what to say, so he could only say with a sad look on his face, and said seriously:

"Lord Garrison, on the battlefield, there were originally casualties, so don't be too sad!"

Hearing Lin Mengchu's comforting words, Yang Shishi's mouth moved, and it seemed that he wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed and didn't say anything.

When Deng Minyue walked halfway, he knew that this defeat and the guilt of the fall of Zhangzhou were not reasonable, and he thought about it, his family in Fujian is also a martial arts family, if he runs away, I am afraid that he will accumulate a large family, and when he is about to enter Fuzhou, he wiped his neck with a knife, and everyone dies and everything is over, which can be regarded as preventing a disaster for his family.

Originally, when the local army went out to fight, there were civilian leaders and eunuchs, but this time everyone's grasp was very large, thinking that such a big advantage would not fail to come back, and it was the general army of Fujian who led the troops, and Fujian Province did not have a civilian official who could suppress the scene in addition to the governor, and the eunuchs of the prison army were also unwilling to go out of the city, anyway, there would be no less credit on the credit book at that time.

Both sides hung up their names, but they didn't expect such a result, the eunuch of the prison army was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pot, but the governor was relatively relaxed, and now, for him, there seemed to be no other way out except for the dismissal and dismissal of the official, so he was much calmer, and wrote the documents of the defeat there, ready to send them to the Beijing division by fast horses.

Although the eunuch grade of the prison army is low, but his hands and eyes are all over the sky, and he can talk to the governor, so he can't come up with any ideas, so he simply goes straight to the governor's yamen with gifts, and takes out his rogue ability to be a low-grade eunuch back then, so he has to ask the governor to come up with an idea.

At this time, there are still any ideas to take, but since he has already understood his fate, the governor of Fujian is indeed calm and relaxed, and his attitude is excellent, he just asked with a smile:

"Father-in-law, do you know Yizhou?"

The eunuch was stunned for a moment, thinking how to ask this, Fujian's officialdom has made a lot of cheap money at sea, rich officials can directly invest in sea trade, and officials without money collect benefits every year when Fujian's poor people go to Yizhou, and they can take oil and water.

Of course, the level of the governor of Fujian and this eunuch, in fact, they all have some businesses under their names, and these businesses have branches in Yizhou Beigang, and Yizhou Beigang here is where Taipei is located in later generations. When his minions traveled back and forth between Fujian and Yizhou, they naturally brought the news from there. So these people are not strangers to Yizhou, but the Ming officialdom has a purpose, that is, more things are better than less things.

Looking at the wealth and prosperity of Yizhou, Fujian is not no one who has had bad intentions, such as arson and plunder, but seeing the fierce pirate giants in the past, and the Japanese merchants who seem to be beasts are honestly trading in Yizhou, I know that this is a hot trouble, and it is easy to touch.

Since he couldn't touch it, and he wanted to rely on the other party to make a fortune, he simply kept silent, lest he report to the court, and the court would make a big move and cut off his own financial route.

"Yizhou, our family knows, the governor is joking, you and I have a few industries in Yizhou Beigang, but this defeat in Zhangzhou, what does it have to do with Yizhou!"

"Father-in-law, the military academy that came back this time said that the people who fought against them were not Francophone ghosts at all, they were all Han Chinese, these people were wearing clothes and armor, and the weapons in their hands were not my Ming Dynasty's military guards, nor were they the means of those pirates and bandits, as well as giant ships and ships......"

Hearing this, the tea bowl in the hand of the eunuch of the prison army had already fallen to the ground, and he said in a trembling voice:

"Yizhou, Yizhou is reversed!"

People who come and go to Yizhou know that Yizhou's regimental training system and a powerful navy are incomparably strong, and they also know that Yizhou is only the jurisdiction of the so-called Huazhou, and there are several territories belonging to Yizhou in Nanyang, such a powerful force, and the land that does not belong to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, this kind of force is beside Fujian, and the officials in Fujian are faintly worried, afraid that Yizhou will rebel, because there is a judgment in their hearts, that is, as long as Yizhou goes to war, then Fujian will not be able to resist at all, but although Yizhou has a strong force, But there has been no major movement.

After such a long time, the officials in Fujian have been wishful thinking, and they can only think wishfully that Yizhou is just a harmless force, there is no danger around them, and they are all ostriches who are willing to bury their heads in the sand.

But when he heard the governor talk about this situation, all the worries and fears were flooded, and the eunuch finally realized that at this time, I am afraid that there was really nothing to think about.

"Your Excellency, the culpability for this matter is very great, and looking at the methods of the Central Committee today, there is no mercy to forgive us, what are you going to do, Your Excellency?"

When the governor heard this, he didn't speak, took a sip of the tea bowl, and after a long time, looking at the eunuch who was already anxious to jump up, he said leisurely:

"This official's family can't eat it, if you go to run your own industry, it's also a pleasure, and the official's family and relatives are around, which is also convenient."

Hearing his words, the eunuch was stunned, the expression on his face changed a lot, and it took a while before he laughed in a dumb voice, as if he had put down some baggage, and said with a smile:

"After our family entered the palace, we were also alone, and we didn't have so many worries."

The two sides looked at each other and laughed, but the eunuch stood up and hugged his fists but did a courtesy between civilians and walked away.

After the defeat of Zhangzhou, the defeated troops either fled to Guangdong, or in the direction of Fuzhou, and there were a number of defense gaps around Zhangzhou City.

The soldiers fled, and the officials everywhere were panicked and trembling and sticking to their posts, all hoping that the governor would come up with an idea, but ten days after the defeat, the governor of Fujian suddenly disappeared, no matter where he was found, and there was another thing that was not very noticeable, that is, the eunuch of the Fuzhou battalion was also missing.

The political envoy of Fujian Province and the Yamen vaguely knew something in his heart, and on the one hand, he sent an expedited letter to Nanjing and Jingshi, on the one hand, he scolded in his heart, and on the other hand, he also began to send his relatives and family members out, Fujian high-ranking officials, who have no property in Yizhou.

The fast and urgent letterhead arrived in Nanjing and arrived in Beijing at the fastest speed, but at this time no one cared about it, and there were more important things in front of the emperor and his ministers......