"Ai Nengqi personally led 30,000 rebels, has taken Yongchun City, and is approaching Quanzhou. Zheng Cai was about to arrive in Nan'an with more than 10,000 remnants. ”

In Anping Town, south of Quanzhou Prefecture by the sea, Zheng Zhilong, who received the news, convened his subordinates to discuss the matter, and Zheng Hongkui pointed to the map to introduce the current situation.

"Ai Nengqi in the dog day, if you don't eat this piece of fat in Fuzhou, why can't you get along with our Zheng family!" Zheng Zhibao, who was originally in charge of the sailors on Kinmen Island, was also summoned to Anping, and scolded indignantly after hearing Zheng Hongkui's introduction.

After Ai Nengqi invaded Fujian last year, Zheng Zhilong asked the imperial court to transfer Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen, who were fighting with the Western Army in Huguang, back to Fujian. After deliberation by the imperial court, it was only agreed that Zheng Hongkui would return to Fujian with a small number of troops, and most of the army would continue to garrison Xiangyang under the leadership of Zheng Sen.

There were more than 200,000 Fujian troops, and more than 100,000 private troops belonging to the Zheng family, but Zheng Sen had more than 30,000 people, and later Zheng Zhibao took 15,000 to Nanjing. Zheng Zhibao's army was completely lost when Chen Yue returned to Nanjing, and Zheng Sen's army was trapped in Huguang and could not return. After experiencing the Ainengqi Rebellion, in order to hold Fujian, Zheng Zhilong, as the general soldier of Fujian, had to transfer his descendants into the battlefield and fought continuously with Ainengqi's Western Army, suffering heavy losses.

Now the more than 70,000 people in Quanzhou are the last Zheng Jiajun, and most of them are newly recruited coastal fishermen.

Therefore, when they heard that Ai Nengqi was leading the army to attack, everyone in the Zheng family panicked.

"Big brother, no matter where else, we must defend Quanzhou Mansion and Anping. You are now the deputy general of Quanzhou, and if even the capital of Quanzhou is taken down by the rebels, I am afraid that your official position will come to an end. Zheng Hongkui persuaded.

Zheng Zhilong nodded, deeply convinced. was demoted from the Fujian General Army to the deputy general, which made Zheng Zhilong deeply ashamed, and now if he talks about official positions, he can't even compare with his second brother Zheng Hongkui, after all, Zheng Hongkui still has the official position of Jingzhou General Army.

"Give Zheng Cai an order to garrison Nan'an County, and he is not allowed to retreat, otherwise military law will be engaged! Leaving 10,000 troops to defend Anping, all the other troops went to Quanzhou to fight to the death with the rebels! ”

Zheng Zhilong gave orders repeatedly, and the generals below Zheng Hongkui received the orders with a bang.

Although Anping Town is the nest of the Zheng family, it is only a small city after all, and there are not too many troops, and it is enough to have 10,000 troops to garrison.

For the Zheng family, Quanzhou is their foundation, if even the capital of Quanzhou is captured by the rebels, it will be able to hold Anping, and the foundation of the Zheng family will be destroyed.

Although most of the Zheng family's power comes from the sea, it is inseparable from the support on the road, and the goods of the sea trade and the soldiers of the army all have to rely on the land, so Quanzhou must not afford to lose!

Not long ago, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly returned to Anping from Fuzhou, and he had no intention of defending Fuzhou at all, in order to lead the rebels to Fuzhou, as long as Quanzhou could be kept and Anping could be kept, what if Fuzhou City was defeated by the rebels?

But Zheng Zhilong never expected that the rebels would not attack Fuzhou, but would pour out of their nests and attack Quanzhou.

Ainengqi of the dog day, why do you have to go against Lao Tzu! Zheng Zhilong scolded angrily in his heart.

Under Zheng Zhilong's order, the Zheng family army stationed in Kinmen Xiamen set off by boat and headed towards Quanzhou, the capital city, and Zheng Zhilong himself rushed to Quanzhou with his personal guards.

When Zheng Zhilong arrived in Quanzhou, Lin Chongshan, the prefect of Quanzhou, was overjoyed, and immediately visited Zheng Zhilong and entrusted him with all the guards.

Zheng Zhilong took over the defense of Quanzhou City, distributed troops to defend the four cities, and the ships of the Zheng family's naval division entered the Jinjiang River to prevent the rebels from attacking from the river.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong sent a letter to Zheng Cai, asking him to come to Quanzhou to meet him immediately. However, the people who sent it quickly reported back that Zheng Cai was sick and could not make the trip. After careful inquiry, I learned that Zheng Cai was injured in the battle with the rebels, and Nan'an finally couldn't hold on, and Zheng Cai's army was still more than 20 miles away from Nan'an County.

"Big brother, Nan'an is the gateway to the northwest of Quanzhou, and it is also an important city that covers Anping from the north. So I suggest that we should put the battlefield in Nan'an, and fight to the death with the Ainengchi rebels in Nan'an! “

After a series of battles in Huguang, Zheng Hongkui's command ability has improved a lot, and after studying the map, he put forward his own suggestions to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong was also worried that the rebels would not attack Quanzhou but attack Anping, but after listening to Zheng Hongkui's suggestion, he naturally accepted it gladly.

So Zheng Zhilong sent someone to Zheng Cai to give an order, ordering him to lead the army to rush to Nan'an City, Zheng Cai was injured and could not command the battle, and Zheng Hongkui immediately went to Nan'an to replace him. And Zheng Zhilong himself rushed to Nan'an with the main force.

The rebels are violent, and they will soon attack Nan'an, Zheng Hongkui did not dare to slack off after giving the order, and immediately rode a fast horse towards Nan'an County.

Quanzhou is more than 70 miles away from Nan'an, Zheng Hongkui and his party set off on the first day of more than 100 rides, rested in a small town at night, and rushed to Nan'an City in the morning of the next day.

Standing at the foot of Nan'an City, looking at the Ming army flag fluttering on the city, and the Ming soldiers on the city wall like facing the enemy, Zheng Hongkui nodded with satisfaction. Zheng Cai retreated all the way from Minqing to Quanzhou, and his subordinates could still maintain this style, which made Zheng Hongkui quite satisfied.

The family members around him went to the city to call the door, and soon the drawbridge was lowered, the city gate was opened, and Zheng Hongkui led his men into Nan'an City.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he saw Zheng Cai with a group of soldiers standing not far from the city gate to greet him, which made Zheng Hongkui very surprised.

"Ah Cai, aren't you injured, why are you here not to recuperate in bed?" didn't expect Zheng Cai to greet him with illness, Zheng Hongkui was moved but still reprimanded with a straight face.

"Second uncle......" Zheng Cai was speechless.

"What's wrong? It doesn't look like you're seriously injured, what is the injury? Zheng Hongkui got off the war horse and walked to Zheng Cai's side to ask, but saw Zheng Cai close his eyes, and two lines of tears came out of his eyes.

Zheng Hongkui's face changed greatly, and then he realized that the situation was wrong, and when he looked at Zheng Cai's side, he couldn't even see an acquaintance.

Looking further to the left and right, an elite army of more than 1,000 people suddenly appeared, surrounding more than 100 soldiers who had just entered the city from three sides. Turning his head to look, the city gate behind him had been closed, and a hundred and ten elite soldiers appeared under the city gate, cutting off his retreat.

"Zheng Cai, what the hell is going on?" Zheng Hongkui's face changed greatly, and he took out the steel knife and scolded sharply.

Zheng Cai hung his head and was speechless, and a bearded officer walked out from behind him, and bowed to Zheng Hongkui with a smile, "General Zheng Er, the matter is already very clear, General Zheng Cai has joined our Great Western Army." ”

"Who are you?" Zheng Hongkui shouted.

"Wang Qing, the guerrilla general of the Great Western Kingdom, is also!"