Chapter 153: The End of the Road

With the combat strength of the Zheng army, and the Xuanjia army occupied the geographical advantage, how easy is it to recapture the city wall by attacking back?

The artillery of the Xuanjia Army was condescending, and each cannon could hit the Zheng soldiers on their backs. However, Zheng Jun's artillery returned fire, but the range was not as long, and it could not form a fatal threat to the artillery position of the Xuanjia Army at all.

As the infantry battalion and artillery battalion of the Xuanjia Army continued to climb the city wall, the entire Haimen Dongshan has been built into an artillery formation with huge firepower, and at least fifty artillery pieces have been erected on the city wall.

As a result, the Zheng army that attacked on the back was defeated by artillery, and occasionally rushed under the city wall was easily solved by the infantry battalion sergeants. The Zheng army, which came to the aid from the city walls on the left and right, was crushed under the mountain, and was also shelled by the artillery battalion from time to time, so it was impossible to break through the flank defense line of the Xuanjia army.

After three hours of fierce fighting, from night to dawn, all the vitality of Zheng Jun has been exhausted, and there is no way to fight back.

Shi Fu had to admit the fact that Haimen Dongshan had been lost.

Haimen Dongshan has an overwhelming geographical advantage, with the artillery power of the Xuanjia Army, shelling the Haimen guards in Haimen Dongshan will blow up the Haimen guards to the ground.

Shi Fu knew that the general situation had gone, and the sea guards had been lost, so he immediately began to prepare to evacuate the sea guards.

This time, Shi Fu escaped quickly, and when the Xuanjia Army rested for a while, swooped down from the east mountain of Haimen, and captured the Haimen guard, dozens of Zheng Jun's warships had all been evacuated, and none of them were caught by Fang Yuan. The materials did remain, but the harvest was far less than that of Guanhaiwei.

Fang Yuan began to count the results of the battle, and the battle of Haimenwei annihilated more than 1,300 Zheng troops, captured 57 people, captured 26 artillery pieces, and countless gunpowder and lead bullets.

The infantry battalion of the Xuanjia Army suffered 133 casualties, 46 killed and 87 wounded.

This result is unsatisfactory, barely passable.

Fang Yuan stripped all the captured Zheng Jun naked and imprisoned them in Haimen.

With the loss of the Haimen guards, not only was the Zheng family's naval base in Zhejiang completely destroyed by Fang Yuan, but it also represented the last hope of the Zheng family's fierce general Shi Lang for help, which was also shattered.

Fang Yuan only rested in the Haimen guard for one day, then led the Xuanjia army to open up, gathered a thousand people, escorted the war loot, and went to recruit Shi Lang. The body of Zheng Jun in the Haimen guard was too lazy to clean up, and the matter of cleaning up the battlefield was handed over to Taizhou Mansion.

Shi Lang had been besieged on the mountain for more than ten days, and when all the food had been eaten, he began to eat grass roots and bark.

He also held on to a glimmer of hope that Haimenwei's uncle Shi Fu would be able to send reinforcements to the rescue in time. It wasn't until Fang Yuan threw the captured Zheng Jun sergeant directly up the mountain and informed Shi Lang that the Haimen guards were lost and Shi Fu was unable to go to Fujian, that Shi Lang knew that this Shi clan soldier had fallen into a place of death and had no life.

Shi Lang stood on the mountain forest in a daze, looking at the neat Xuanjia Army under the mountain without tears, and gave birth to deep despair, before the expedition, 10,000 Zheng troops, a huge naval division of sixty warships, and two military guards who had been operating for many years in Guanhai and Haimen, how unstoppable it was at that time, thinking that Mo said that he would rescue Songjiang Mansion, even if he took Suzhou Mansion, it would not be a problem.

Unbeknownst to him, in less than a month, the huge sailor division was beaten by Fang Yuan and lost nearly half of the Zheng army, forty warships, and two impregnable harbor guards.

It was only at this time that he truly understood Fang Yuan's terrifyingness, the terrifying Xuanjia Army. But it's too late to regret it, he has fought to the last of his strength, and there is really nothing he can do at the moment, he just wants to close his eyes forever and lie down and rest.

Shi Lang slowly pulled out his sword, compared it to his neck, knelt southward, and sighed, "Zheng Zongzhen, Shi Lang, the general of the defeated army, committed suicide and apologized!" ”

He had just made a suicidal gesture, and several of the soldiers on his side immediately saved him, crying and begging, "Commander Shi, stay in Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, surrender!" ”

Shi Lang said bitterly, "I don't have the face to go back to see my hometown fathers, and surrendering is also a lot of humiliation by Fang Yuan, if you want to surrender, go down the mountain and surrender!" ”

The soldier said with a bitter face, "Commander Shi, but the word from the Fang Junmen is that if you die, the other five hundred people will pay for their lives together." If you go down the mountain to bear the guilt of Jing and petition, let the other 500 people go back to Fujian. ”

Shi Lang didn't expect Fang Yuan to make such a request, and said in amazement, "What does Fang Yuan want to do?" ”

Seeing that his desire to commit suicide was gradually weakening, the soldiers hurriedly took the opportunity to snatch his sword and said, "Fang Junmen wants Commander Shi to come to the door to ask for surrender." ”

Hundreds of sergeants behind him knelt down in unison and said, "Commander Shi, come down!" ”

Shi Lang looked at the Shi clan people behind him, hundreds of lives were in his thoughts, if he could exchange one life for the lives of five hundred clansmen, it would be worth a thousand.

Shi Lang sighed, stood up and took off his paper armor and battle robe, "Tie the whip for me, and I will go down the mountain and surrender." ”

Fang Yuan was discussing with the generals in the military tent how to reward meritorious deeds when he returned to Suzhou Mansion this time, whether it was Li Zongze's artillery battalion that made the first meritorious service, or Chigutai's Xuanjia Iron Cavalry.

One of the two of them ran thousands of miles to capture Guanhaiwei, the other won the victory of the Jinshanwei artillery battle, and also captured Haimenwei with the infantry battalion. In terms of merit, Chigutai and Li Zongze were so red-faced that they almost rolled up their sleeves and prepared to fight alone.

The two of them are not only fighting for their own merits, but also for the reputation of the Iron Cavalry Battalion and the Artillery Battalion.

Fang Yuan looked at the two arguing with a smile on the corner of his mouth, this kind of army that fought desperately for the sake of the collective sense of honor was the army with real combat power. Why is the army of the Ming Dynasty a tofu army, it is that it is inferior to this breath, and there is no sense of collective honor, so when it goes to the battlefield, it only knows how to save its life, and it is not even ashamed but proud.

Otherwise, why does the modern army have to talk about a sharp knife battalion, a good eighth company, and Dong Chengrui's class, this is cultivating a sense of collective honor.

The two were arguing, and the sergeant outside the military tent suddenly came to report that Shi Lang went to the military camp alone to plead guilty.

Fang Yuan immediately asked Shi Lang to be brought in, and he knelt in front of the military case.

Shi Lang's face was full of stubbornness and arrogance, and he said loudly, "Fang Tuzi, your grandfather Shi is here, why don't you follow the promise and release the Shi clan?" ”

Fang Yuan held the wine glass in his hand, looking at him with a smile, obviously Shi Lang did not give in sincerely, but just wanted Fang Yuan to release the Shi family soldiers and then commit suicide.

Chigutai couldn't help but say, "The Zheng family went north to provoke this time and lost five or six hundred brothers of my Xuanjia Army, do you want to die so easily?" After cooking you, everyone will get a piece of the pie to relieve their hatred! ”

Shi Lang glared at Fang Yuan angrily and said, "Don't sell your tongue, kill your Grandpa Shi, your Grandpa Shi frowned, it was born by a wild dog." ”

He was in full swing now, and Fang Yuan didn't bother to touch the nail, and said lightly, "You think you're a hero when you're dead now?" In my opinion, it is nothing more than a defeated subordinate who does not measure his own strength; In Zheng Zhilong's view, he is just a defeated general dealt with by the military law. It is recorded in the history books that you Shi Lang is only a few words, arrogant and arrogant to challenge our original, and died in battle, hey! ”

Shi Lang trembled with anger when he heard this, and spat at Fang Yuanlian, "Phew! Bah! ”

Fang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Hold Shi Lang in custody, release 300 people from the Shi clan, and escort the rest back to Suzhou Mansion to be imprisoned." ”

Shi Lang saw that he had also detained two hundred clansmen, and struggled violently, but was held down by the Xuanjia sergeant.

Shi Lang couldn't struggle, and said angrily, "Fang Tuzi, you don't believe what you say!" ”

Chigutai pulled out his saber and said sharply, "Fang Junmen, I cut him with a thousand knives." ”

Fang Yuan nodded his finger at him, ordered him to put down the saber in his hand, and said slowly, "The premise for me to release people is that you Shi Lang surrenders, but you went to the door but you were the same as the official uncle who came to inspect, why should I release people?" That's right! ”

"Chigutai, the two hundred people left behind must be the closest to his Shi Lang bloodline, and only let go of those clansmen who can't fight together."

Chigutai received the order, Shi Lang scolded in the military tent, even Fang Yuan's wife, the eighteenth generation of the ancestors scolded all over again, and even Fang Yuan's unborn children were not spared.

"If scolding is useful, what are you going to do with war?"

Fang Yuan smiled coldly, and ordered Sergeant Xuanjia to take Shi Lang down and put him in the prison of the army, so that he could be detained.

Li Zongze asked Shi Lang what kind of detention treatment he would give, and Fang Yuan said slowly, "I want him to be well fed and return to Suzhou Mansion without pain or illness." ”

Li Zongze saw that he treated Shi Lang so favorably, and asked puzzledly, "Fang Junmen, this Shi Lang is full of feces, and it is the greatest mercy to scrape him alive, what are you doing when you catch him back to Suzhou Mansion?" ”

Fang Yuan didn't agree with his words, and muttered to himself, "Shi Lang is the strongest naval general in this era, and he is also one of the best among the generals of the Zheng family who dominate the sea frontier with a naval division. ”