Fang Yuan finally waited for the long-lost victory in the naval battle, and his confidence was a little more than a little more.

He found Najib alone who was lying on the bed recuperating from his injuries, sat down in front of the bed, and comforted, "Nashi died to save me, and you still mourn." ”

Naji bracked himself up and asked anxiously, "Governor Fang, there are rumors in the army that he is going to retire?" ”

Fang Yuan frowned, who said that he was going to withdraw his troops? Since even Najib is worried about withdrawing troops, it can be seen that the morale of the army is floating now!

Fang Yuan barely squeezed out a smile, "Commander Najib, this is a rumor, if you don't capture Fujian, you will never retreat!" ”

Najib was worried that his brother's revenge would not be avenged, and that the promised land for the She people and the fangs would not be fulfilled, and when he heard Fang's original words, he would not withdraw his troops, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If you withdraw like this, Naxi will die in vain!" ”

Fang Yuan immediately summoned Chigutai and ordered him to strictly enforce the military discipline of the Xuanjia Army during this time, and if anyone dared to withdraw from the army, he would be punished for disturbing the morale of the army.

Chigutai gave up his hand and took the order, and Fang Yuan said to Najib again, "But to break the Zheng army, there is still one important thing that needs to be sent to the She brothers." ”

Najib hurriedly asked, "Governor Fang, say it!" ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "I think Commander Najib sent a few quick-witted brothers to cross the mountains and mountains, go around the mountain road to Fengling Pass behind the Twenty-Eighth Military Town, and send a letter from me to the guard Zheng Zhibao. ”

The 28 military towns in front of you are like the Maginot Line during World War II, the strong attack must have suffered heavy losses, and the chance of conquering it is very small, and the vision of entanglement in this line of defense is too narrow.

If the whole of Fujian is regarded as a chessboard, the defense line of the 28th military town is just the gate of the gate, and Zheng Sen is just the vicious dog of the gate. If he can force the Fengling Pass behind the 28 military towns, no matter how capable Zheng Sen is, he can only be trapped in this military town surrounded by mountains, and the so-called Maginot Line will be self-defeating.

Guarding Fengling Pass was Zheng Zhibao, who had already been on the surrender letter, but Fang Yuan knew the Zheng family's careful thoughts. If Xianxia Pass and the Twenty-eighth Military Town are there, the Zheng family will still have a fluke mentality, and they still want to resist stubbornly; Xianxia Pass and the 28th Military Town were not there, and the Zheng family was gone, so they sent Zheng Zhibao to surrender, leaving a way for the Zheng clan to survive.

Where would Fang Yuan give Zheng Zhi the opportunity at both ends of the leopard, he asked Zheng Zhi to send a letter, that is, to force him to surrender. Zheng Zhibao either surrendered immediately and cut off Zheng Sen's military food supply; Either wait for the Xuanjia Army to break through the twenty-eight military towns and completely eradicate the Zheng family.

Fang Yuan was defeated in Xianxialing before, and he really did not have the capital to continue to coerce Zheng Zhibao to surrender. But now that Shi Lang's good news has arrived, the Zheng family's naval division has been annihilated, which is enough to scare Zheng Zhibao's courage and force him to surrender immediately.

Najib didn't ask about the content of Fang Yuan's letter, but called three cronies of the clan, ordered the three of them to receive Fang Yuan's letter, and immediately took a detour to the 300-mile mountain road of Xianxialing, went to Fengling Pass behind the 28th Capital Military Town, and handed the letter to Zheng Zhibao, the guard of Fengling Pass.

Fang Yuan also ordered the three of them to bring a huge Xuanjia Army flag and handed it to Zheng Zhibao together.

The three clansmen are all as strong as bulls, and they are good at climbing mountains and mountains. Moreover, these She people are accustomed to mountain life and have a strong ability to survive in the wild, so it is not difficult to stay in the mountains for two or three months.

Eight days later, the three She people took a detour of 300 miles of mountain roads, arrived at Fengling Pass, and handed over Fang Yuan's handwritten letter to Zheng Zhibao, the guard of Fengling Pass.

Zheng Zhibao opened Fang Yuan's letter, which contained the report of the naval battle sent by Shi Lang, and ordered Zheng Zhibao to surrender immediately, hang the military flag of the Xuanjia Army on Fengling Pass, close the Fengling Pass, and cut off all military food supplies in the 28th military town. Otherwise, the previous surrender will be invalidated, and after the Xuanjia Army captures Fujian, all the Zheng clansmen will be exterminated, and the old and young will not be left!

Zheng Zhibao received Fang Yuan's letter, and was so frightened that his soul flew away, knowing that the Zheng family's little abacus had already been recognized by Fang Yuan, and if it was delayed any longer, the Zheng family would be wiped out.

Although Fang Yuan ordered him to surrender immediately, Zheng Zhibao still decided to adopt delaying tactics, first let the sergeant treat the three She people who sent the letter with good wine and meat, stabilize the three people, and then personally went back to Fujian to discuss with his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong.

Fuzhou City

Zheng Zhilong read the letter sent by Fang Yuan to threaten surrender, and was so shocked that he sat back on the tiger skin chair and put the letter back on the desk.

The good news of the victory in Xianxialing sent by Zheng Sen, as well as the defeat in the naval battle, the defeat of Zheng Zhifeng and Lin Xishan, were all placed in front of Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong was also hesitating and deciding, whether to trust his son Zheng Sen and continue to confront Fang Yuan in Xianxialing, or surrender immediately in exchange for the peace of the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhibao saw that he was still hesitating, and said anxiously, "Big brother, there is no time to delay, surrender!" ”

Zheng Zhilong said hesitantly, "But Sen'er just won the battle in Xianxia Ridge and almost killed Fang Yuan on the battlefield, and Fang Yuan is not invincible. I just got the military report that the imperial court has sent Zhou Yuji to lead an army of 150,000 into Huai'an Mansion and is preparing to attack Yangzhou Mansion; Zuo Liangyu also crossed the river and attacked Chizhou Mansion. If we insist on persisting, maybe Fang Yuan will retreat! ”

Zheng Zhibao was so anxious that he sat beside him and persuaded, "Big brother, Lu Zhan, the sailor is like the Zheng family's two legs. Now that one foot has been broken, how long can the other hold on? Sen'er's victory in Xianxia Ridge was just a return to the past, although the momentum was huge, it failed to severely damage Fang Yuan's main force, and even the enemy's main general did not kill a single one. Relying on this kind of victory, he can snipe Fang Yuan into Fujian, which is just a dream! ”

"Even if Fang Yuan retreats this time, what if he retreats? The Zheng family's sailors were gone, the sea trade was lost, and all the financial resources were cut off. Relying on the poor countryside of Fujian, how many sergeants can be raised? What is the standoff with the rich Zhezhi region to continue? If you drag on with Fang Yuan for another year, two years, the Zheng family will collapse without a fight. ”

"Now is the moment when Fang Yuan is in a dilemma, and it is also the time when we can negotiate the most favorable conditions for surrender, if the opportunity is missed, it will be gone!"

Zheng Zhilong recognized Zheng Zhibao's statement, the Zheng family has always been known for being a sailor, not a land war. Now that the strongest sailors have been completely wiped out, how long can he resist Fang Yuan by land warfare, he doesn't have any hope in his heart.

He didn't have any opinions, so he looked at Zheng Zhibao blankly and said, "Fifth brother, what do you think?" ”

Zheng Zhibao said, "The eldest brother immediately wrote a letter, transferred Sen'er's main force back to Fuzhou City, and then the whole army surrendered to Fangyuan. I will go and deal with Fang Yuan, it is necessary to save the lives of my eldest brother and Sen'er, and seek a decent way out for the Zheng family. ”

Zheng Zhilong asked him rhetorically, "If Sen'er is unwilling to abandon the twenty-eight military towns, why do you have to resist to the end?" ”

Zheng Zhibao said in a deep voice, "This matter is related to the rise and fall of the Zheng family, and it must not be done by Sen'er alone." If Sen'er wants to resist stubbornly and does not accept the military order of the eldest brother, it will be a rebellion against the elder, and I will immediately cut off the supply of military rations to the twenty-eight military towns and force him to comply. ”

Zheng Zhilong lay back in the tiger skin chair dejectedly, he was a tiger in the sea, known as Zheng Yiguan, crisscrossing the sea for twenty or thirty years, with a pair of empty hands to lay the great foundation of the Zheng family, is the uncrowned king of the Ming sea frontier.

But now, the tiger has fallen to Pingyang, the king of the sea is also old, his body is tired, he can't pull the bow, and he can't get on the boat, and all his ambitions are like a dream, gone forever.

It's better to just surrender! At least it can be changed to a decent ending, which will draw a complete end to this horse's life. If he was captured and beheaded by Fang Yuan, Ling Chi, and even affected the lives of hundreds of people in the Zheng family, he would be the biggest sinner in the Zheng family, and what kind of face would he have to go to see the ancestors and the ancestors!

Zheng Zhilong let out a long sigh, and the person seemed to be twenty years old, took out the seal of the governor of Fujian and handed it to Zheng Zhibao, and said with a wry smile, "Fifth brother, go do it!" I have only one condition, I will never leave Fujian, and I will die in this homeland. ”