One was intent on sneaking up, the other was completely defenseless, and the so-called three thousand defenders were not enough, and that included the grooms who fed the horses.

Moreover, the purpose of this sneak attack was to capture the thousands of military horses, not to capture the defenders, so it was destined to be a defeat battle, not a war of annihilation.

The soldiers of the second battalion and the first company rushed to the front, the bullets flew out with a whizz, and the oncoming soldiers of the Zheng family army fell one by one.

These defenders, who were still mainly cold-armed, were at a disadvantage from the beginning, and only the share of being beaten was left.

The mortars of the Qin army followed the infantry forward, and when they found the slightest gathering of enemies, the shells fell there accurately, and the defenders of the explosion cried wolf and fled in all directions.

And the most unfortunate thing was that in the first round of shelling, the defender commander was stabbed in the throat by a flying cannonball fragment, and the leaderless defenders were even more difficult to organize.

The process of the battle was easy for the Qin army, even easier than a drill. In less than half an hour, there was not much left of the three thousand defenders.

When the Elder of the First Company stood at the gate of the military horse farm and looked around, except for dozens of horsemen who were feeding the horses and had not had time to run, they were shivering, and there was not a single living enemy in sight.

This made him feel a sense of loneliness that was invincible in the world.

Qiao Shan, the deputy commander of the mortar company, rushed over with the guards, looked at the pieces of war horses in the racecourse, his excitement was overflowing, and he kept rubbing his hands and said: "Lao Wang, Lao Wang, let's send it this time." Look at it, look at these military horses, how wonderful! When we go back, the head of the regiment will definitely give us a great credit. ”

Only then did Lao Wang come back to his senses from the loneliness of the master, and he also went to see those military horses.

In the battle just now, some of the military horses were frightened and ran around, and some soldiers were driving at this time.

"It's another group of cowards, they didn't fight at all, and they ran away before they fired a few shots, I really don't know why Zheng Zhilong's old boy is embarrassed to dominate one side? Is it all about these goods? ”

Looking at the military horses, Lao Wang began to feel invincible in the world again, obviously because this battle was not enjoyable.

Qiao Shan ignored his emotion and took people to find the Zheng family's military horsemen who didn't have time to run.

If you want to get these horses back, you have to rely on the help of these horsemen. Otherwise, they can't play with their two hundred people, and these military horses will not be as obedient as those captives.

When it was getting dark, the men of the first company and the mortar company, with the help of dozens of horsemen, drove more than 2,000 military horses on the road.

As for the military horse farm, there was not a single fire to burn.

The Qin army fought wars, and now it rarely engages in burning, killing and looting. Things can be grabbed, but burning and killing is unnecessary, because in the eyes of the Qin army, these places will sooner or later be their own territory.

Since they are all their own land and property, there is no reason to set fire to their own houses on their own land.

The second regiment was originally a fast reaction force, or a dragoon (that is, an infantry on horseback, riding a horse when marching and dismounting during a battle), plus it was also a military horse, so the marching speed was not slow.

When the sky was completely dark, I finally caught up with the liaison personnel left behind by the second regiment.

The liaison soldiers looked at the vast group of black shadows and listened to the sound of dense horses' hooves, and were startled at that time, thinking that Zheng Jiajun's brigade had chased after them.

"Heavenly King Covers the Tiger!"

"Chicken stew with mushrooms!"

The password was matched, and the liaison personnel emerged from the woods on both sides of the road.

When they heard that the troops of the palace did not wait for the chasing soldiers to rob the Zheng family's army horse farm, and after snatching back more than 2,000 military horses, the soldiers of the liaison squad were all envious, and they were all complaining about why the palace was not their own troops.

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The operation of the Second Regiment not only thwarted the Zheng Army's sneak attack on Wenzhou, but also annihilated the only firearms unit of the Zheng Army, and gained countless gains in the subsequent retaliation actions, which dealt a heavy blow to Zheng Zhilong's gradually expanding ambitions.

Zheng Zhilong's retaliation caused Zheng Zhilong heavy losses, the granary was robbed, and he also lost five million taels of silver, more than 2,000 military horses, and five or six thousand men and horses.

The most serious consequence is of course not these superficial losses, but the serious impact of this retaliation on the morale of the Zheng family.

They originally thought that with the Zheng Jiajun, they had the ability to wrestle with the imperial court, but they didn't expect that the Qin army would be so difficult to deal with, and they were extremely vindictive.

In just a few days, Zheng Zhilong lost his wife and soldiers, and it can be said that he felt the real pain, which made him feel a strong sense of jealousy towards the Qin army, and if he made up his mind that he would never take the initiative to provoke the Qin army.

And because of Zheng Sen's defeat this time, the Zheng family's team, which was preparing to test and contain the Qin army by sea, also retreated, and it was useless to let the British instigate and agitate.

Although he Zheng Zhilong started at sea, his family property and family are all on land. Even if he won the naval battle, he was still no match for the Qin army on land.

As long as Qin Jun didn't come to fight him, there was no need for him to take the initiative to provoke Qin Jun.

And after the incident, when Zheng Zhilong learned from various channels that the Qin army only had a regiment of more than 1,000 people this time, he sat behind the mahogany table and did not speak for a long time.

This army is terrible! This is Zheng Zhilong's final conclusion.

In short, after this incident, Zheng Zhilong became more honest than ever, and strictly restrained his subordinates not to cross the line and make trouble, for fear of provoking the revenge of the Qin army again.

By the way, even the merchants from the north were treated much better in the southeast, which made these merchants inexplicably grateful to the imperial court that had only been slandered before.

Although Zheng Zhilong has stopped, the other party in this incident, and the most humiliating person this time, Zheng Sen, has had a great impact.

Zheng Sen did not collapse, but made up his mind to be ashamed in the future.

Therefore, after repeated requests, he moved out of his father Zheng Zhilong to help, and joined the British mercenaries as a small soldier, training and acting together with those British soldiers.

This defeat was regarded by him as a great shame, and it also made him really intuitively see the gap with the Qin army. And the British had fought against the Qin army, and the British had rich combat experience, so they became Zheng Sen's most suitable teacher.

The British were happy to see it happen, and their initial refusal was merely reserved. Zheng Sen's addition gave the British more confidence to tie the Zheng family to the British chariot. This provided a good opportunity for the British Empire to invade the mainland of Zhongzhou in the future.

But that's all for later.