Zheng Sen's 50,000 Zheng troops had been holding out in the 28th military town for a month after being cut off from military rations. Zheng Jun first ate up the hoarded military rations, and then began to loot the grain stored by the people in the military town, pigs and sheep. In the end, even the mules and cattle transported with the army were all killed and eaten, and they struggled to support them, and continued to confront Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan received a military report from Jing Jie from Nanzhili in the barracks, although he asked Jing Jie to send a military report every day by fast horse for 800 miles, but today's military report really made him panic.

Princess Kunxing actually wanted to stick to Yangzhou Mansion, so she brought 2,000 Haisha Gang and 1,000 Xuanjia soldiers to Gaoyouwei to garrison against Zhou Yuji's 80,000 Ming army!

General Fang Yuan slapped heavily on the army case, and said angrily, "This Princess Kunxing, she is already crazy?!" Jing Jie, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, would even agree?! ”

Hu Qi, who was guarding the guard, had recovered most of his injuries, and he secretly glanced at the military report that Fang Yuan received, and he was also taken aback, the princess went to the front line in person, which was too unbelievable, "Princess, will she want to take the opportunity to surrender to the court?" ”

Fang Yuan was still very confident in Princess Kunxing's loyalty, he was worried about Princess Kunxing's safety, got up and paced back and forth restlessly in front of the military case, "No, she doesn't want to surrender to the imperial court, she really wants to resist the imperial army's southward march with a high post guard." ”

Hu Qi said at a glance, "This, there is no life!" ”

Fang Yuan kept muttering, "This military report was sent ten days ago, which means that it is unknown whether the princess is still alive now." This stupid woman, when the army marches and fights, it is the boudoir embroidery and making moon cakes?! I have tens of thousands of men in the Xuanjia Army, and I need her to be a stupid woman to show her head and defend against foreign enemies?! ”

Hu Qi listened to him scolding the princess, but the concern between his words was known to passers-by, he was really concerned about the safety of the princess, so he scolded indiscriminately, "Governor, do you want to send a partial division back to help Nanzhili?" Or let the sailors under the command of Shi come to the rescue? ”

Fang Yuan slowly sat back in front of the army case, and sighed deeply, Zheng Sen was still holding on after cutting off the military rations, just waiting for himself to withdraw the army. If there is a hint of reinforcement at this time, Zheng Sen will give birth to the dawn of victory, and he will inevitably continue to grit his teeth and persevere. When this battle will be over is far away.

What's more, sending a detachment of 10,000 people to return to the aid is just a drop in the bucket for the situation in Nanzhili, and it will not be able to relieve the siege.

Now is the critical moment of confrontation between the two sides, whoever can hold on to the end will be the winner!

Fang Yuan burned this military report, shook his head and said, "Princess, since she threw herself to death, she can only ask for more blessings, I hope there will be a miracle!" ”

He stared at the military token and fell into deep thought, but he couldn't just do nothing here, he had to do something to solve the problem quickly.

Fang Yuan immediately summoned Gan Hui, who was familiar with the terrain of Fujian, and asked, "Commander Gan, Zheng Sen has been holding on to the twenty-eight military towns, does he have any other way to retreat?!" ”

Gan Hui thought for a while and said, "Twenty-eight military towns, there is Xianxia Pass to Zhejiang in the north, Fengling Pass to Fujian in the south, Liushi Pass to Jiangxi in the west, and Anmin Pass in the east. ”

As soon as Fang Yuan heard it, he knew where the joints were, Xianxia Pass and Fengling Pass were already impassable, Zheng Sen could not withdraw from Jiangxi, and the only way to withdraw was this Anmin Pass, and hurriedly asked, "What is the situation in Anmin Pass?" ”

Gan Hui replied truthfully, "Anmin Pass is a small pass, at least fifty miles of mountain roads, and the road is dangerous and difficult, so there is usually no army marching from Anmin Pass." However, after passing the Anmin Pass and Longmen Gang, you can evacuate to Quzhou Mansion, and then go to sea through Chuzhou and Wenzhou Mansion. ”

Fang Yuan nodded, he knew Zheng Sen's military plan well, and he held on to it to the end, but it was really impossible to retreat from Anmin to Quzhou, Chuzhou, and Wenzhou and flee to the south. In other words, as long as he made a posture of attacking Anmin Pass, Zheng Sen would not be able to stay in the Twenty-Eight Military Town.

Fang Yuan immediately found Chigutai, the deputy commander of the Xuanjia Army, and Naji, the commander of the Mountain Special Battalion.

He ordered Najib to send 3,000 shes, bring enough compressed biscuits, climb over the 100-mile mountains and mountains of Xianxia Mountain, and go to attack Anmin Pass. If the Zheng army evacuated from the 28th military town came to seize the pass, there was no need to fight, and the pass was withdrawn and released.

He also ordered Chigutai to lead only 5,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry to ambush at the exit of Longmengang, and when the Zheng army withdrew from the Longmengang mountain range, he attacked halfway, giving this stubborn Zheng army a fatal blow.

Chigutai and Najib took the order to leave, and Fang Yuan explained to Gan Hui again, "Change the content of the loudspeaker again, if Zheng Jun and the barbarian mercenaries dare to resist again, officers of more than 1,000 households, exterminate the three clans, and confiscate family wealth; Officers and soldiers with less than 100 households, clans wiped out high halls, wives and children. ”

In ancient and modern wars, there is no precedent for the army to destroy the enemy's officers and sergeants, and Fang Yuan's issuance of this cruel military order is to fight psychological warfare, to conquer Fujian quickly and decisively, and return to the division to rescue Nanzhili.

The night wind in the twenty-eight military towns was howling, and Zheng Sen stood lonely at the head of the military town wall, looking at the sparkling Xianxia Ridge. Since Fang Yuan's clan ordered, these days, there have been more Zheng Jun sergeants who have fled to Xianxialing and Fengling Pass. The previous 50,000 Zheng troops have now fled halfway; The 50,000 barbarian mercenaries, most of the tribes also negotiated the evacuation conditions with Zheng Zhibao of Fengling Pass, and withdrew from Fengling Pass in batches.

In today's 28 military towns, there are less than 30,000 Zheng troops left, and there are 10,000 barbarian mercenaries, all of whom were influenced by Zheng Sen's personal charm and voluntarily stayed to live and die with Zheng Sen.

Zhou Quanbin walked up to him and persuaded, "Chief soldier, it's too cold at night, go back and rest!" ”

Zheng Sen took a deep breath of the mountain breeze and muttered, "Bangxian, the twenty-eight capital army can't hold it, right?!" ”

Zhou Quanbin sighed and said, "General soldier, the situation is already very critical, and it won't last for ten days." ”

Zheng Sen's eyes oozed tears, and he said with a wry smile, "Is it that I'm too stubborn and stubborn, so that you will also suffer together!" ”

Zhou Quanbin half-knelt and said, "People should always have a little backbone and blood. If Fujian all learn from Zheng Zhibao and his ilk and surrender without a fight, it will be a great shame for Fujian men! However, manpower is sometimes exhausted, but there is no need to be confined to the gains and losses of one city and one place. ”

Zheng Sen heard that he was talking and asked, "Bangxian, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Quanbin said in a deep voice, "The last general is a native of Kinmen Island, and Liu Guoxuan's letter from the Kinmen Navy Division also arrived in the military town three days ago, and he suggested that we no longer need to fight Fang Yuan to the death in the 28th military town. Maintain the vitality and evacuate to Wenzhou Mansion as soon as possible, and the Kinmen Naval Division will pick us up in Wenzhou Mansion and go to Kinmen Island. ”

Zheng Sen sighed and said, "Fujian is lost, how long can we survive if we withdraw Kinmen Island?" ”

Zhou Quanbin said, "There are still 100 warships and 500 civilian ships on Kinmen Island, plus our 30,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses, which can attack the island of Taiwan garrisoned by the Dutch. After taking the island of Taiwan, he can confront Fang Yuan for a long time. ”

Zheng Sen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said hesitantly, "But we have been holding out for a month, if we withdraw at this time, it will be a failure!" ”

Zhou Quanbin saw that he still had illusions about the imperial court and Zuo Liangyu's side, and said in a deep voice, "The imperial court has repeatedly reversed itself, and its prestige has long been lost, and it is unreliable; Zuo Liangyu is just a rogue dressed in the skin of an official army, and counting on this kind of person is tantamount to conspiring with a tiger! ”

Zheng Sen was about to say another when a sergeant hurriedly came to report that An Minguan was under attack and asked him to send troops to support him quickly. Once Anmin Pass is lost, the Zheng army of the 28th military town will completely become a turtle in the urn, and there is no way to retreat.

Zhou Quanbin hurriedly said, "Chief soldier, if you don't evacuate, everything will be closed!" The last general is willing to cover the evacuation of the general army behind the town hall of the twenty-eight capitals! ”

The military situation was urgent, Zheng Sen also threw away his illusions and issued a military order, "Gather 20,000 sergeants, loot enough food to evacuate in the military town tonight, and rescue An Minguan tomorrow." Bang Xian, you stay in the 28th military town, and you only need to hold on for five days, and then withdraw and join me! ”