Because Fang Yuan wanted to stay in Jinan Mansion to preside over military and political affairs, and by the way, he fought a dozen cannons with the imperial court in the capital and attacked Weihaiwei, and Fang Yuan gave Zhang Ying carte blanche to support.

Zhang Ying's department had 40,000 soldiers and horses, plus more than 10,000 or 20,000 men and horses under the Xing family and Gao Yuanjue's department, and the number of troops attacking the Weihaiwei campaign this time reached nearly 60,000, and a total of 100 artillery pieces were sent to Zhang Ying, and the military rations and gunpowder were also enough.

In order to put pressure on Zheng Sen, Fang Yuan also gave Shi Lang's sailor an order to order the whole army to feint against the Daming Sailor of Tianjin Wei, forcing Zheng Sen to be difficult to balance left and right.

A month later, the Battle of Weihaiwei finally began.

Fang Yuan was exempted from taxes in Shandong for two years, and the news had already reached the Dengzhou Mansion where Zheng Sen was entrenched. Such preferential conditions, compared with the military management measures implemented by Zheng Sen since he arrived in Dengzhou Mansion, are worlds apart. Dengzhou Mansion, whether it was officials or ordinary people, was 10,000 people who supported the Xuanjia Army to capture Dengzhou Mansion and drive the Zheng family away.

Since the Xuanjia Army stepped into the territory of Dengzhou Prefecture, as long as there were no large numbers of Zheng troops stationed in the prefectures and counties of Dengzhou Prefecture, they immediately opened the door and surrendered.

Only Penglai County, the seat of Dengzhou Prefecture, was stationed with 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Zhou Quanbin, and no one dared to open the door to surrender, and continued to resist.

On the one hand, Zhang Ying ordered Xing Shi and others to contact the old generals of Weihaiwei to prepare a strategy for internal and external cooperation, and on the other hand, the whole army went to Penglai County to attack the city, and first pulled out this stubborn nail.

Zheng Jun's military spirit, morale, and combat power are all inferior to the Xuanjia Army, and even the people's hearts are on the side of the Xuanjia Army, and there is no suspense about the progress of the war. The Xuanjia army bombarded for two days and two nights, and the Zheng army in the city was already panicked, and there were very few who dared to continue to stand on the city wall to guard.

Zhou Quanbin saw that the morale of the whole army was gone, so he could only come up with a way, caught one or 20,000 young and strong men in the city as a meat shield, and went out of the city to charge the artillery position of the Xuanjia Army, while the sergeant of the Zheng Army supervised the battle in the rear and killed the enemy by taking advantage of the situation.

Zhou Quanbin was wishful thinking, but he obviously underestimated this, 20,000 young people to resist and fight. As soon as everyone left the city, the 20,000 young men who were pressed at the forefront either dispersed in a hurry and fled without a trace, making way for the Xuanjia army; Either that, he turned his gun and fought back with the armor sergeant.

These and 20,000 people who served as meat shields not only did not disturb the formation of the Xuanjia Army, but completely dispersed the formation of the Zheng Army. Zhou Quanbin slashed and killed a few people, but more and more people flocked to the city gate, and they couldn't stop the defeat and retreat, so they could only flee back to the city in a hurry.

Zhou Quanbin fled into the city, worried that the Xuanjia army would take advantage of the situation to enter the city, and immediately ordered the sergeants defending the city to close the city gate immediately. But because the Zheng Jun below was lazy, all the young and strong people who were arrested went to open and close the door, and almost all of the people in charge of closing the door were strong men who were captured from the city.

These young men were already gritting their teeth with hatred for Zheng Jun, and now that the opportunity for revenge has finally arrived, where will they follow Zhou Quanbin's instructions to close the city gate, but instead open the city gate and beckon the Xuanjia sergeant who was killed later into the city.

Zhou Quanbin has three heads and six arms, and he can no longer hold on, so he can only choose to lead the army to abandon the city and flee.

He left 2,000 locally recruited soldiers to defend the city, escaped from Penglai County with 3,000 Zheng soldiers, went directly to the port by the sea, and fled south to Weihaiwei on the warship that had already been prepared. The 2,000 sergeants who stayed behind saw that the main general had fled, and they still guarded their farts and surrendered to the Xuanjia army.

Zhang Ying accepted the surrender of these local sergeants and led his army into the county seat of Penglai. In the county seat, the people were thunderous with joy, and every household put white buns and tea at the door to welcome the Xuanjia Army to officially take over Dengzhou Mansion.

In the first battle of Penglai, the Xuanjia army only put two days of artillery, and before the siege began, the Zheng army fled without a fight, and it can be said that it took Penglai County, the seat of Dengzhou Mansion, without blood.

At this point, all the prefectures and counties in the capital of Dengzhou were all gone, and the 20,000 or 30,000 Zheng troops were all assembled in Weihaiwei, and they did not dare to divide their troops to fight.

Zhang Ying rested in Penglai County for three days, and after calming the people, he once again sent troops to gather a large army to the south, preparing to attack Weihaiwei, the last stronghold of the Zheng army in Dengzhou Prefecture.

After Zhou Quanbin led his troops to flee back to Weihaiwei, Zheng Sen was already exhausted, and immediately summoned Liu Guoxuan and Zhou Quanbin to ask about the next countermeasures.

Zhou Quanbin, who returned from defeat, said dejectedly, "General Zheng, the Xuanjia Army has such a strong land combat power, and there is no strong force in the world that can match it. Even Sun Chuanting's 200,000 Ming army was defeated, how can we fight?! ”

Liu Guoxuan, the commander of the naval division, said, "General Zheng, the naval battle alone can be a battle, if the land is lost, there is no chance of winning this battle, and it will definitely be defeated." ”

Zheng Sen looked at the two of them silently for a while, and sighed, "According to what you say, what should our army do?!" ”

Liu Guoxuan said in a low voice, "Zheng Zongbing, I also got a piece of news, Shi Lang's fleet is out of port again, this time the target is not Weihaiwei, but Tianjin Wei, Shi Lang wants to take the opportunity to annihilate our army's fleet retreating to Tianjin Wei!" ”

Zheng Sen was taken aback, and he withdrew all the main battleships to Tianjin Wei, just to preserve the strength of the naval division. If Shi Lang crosses Weihaiwei and directly attacks Tianjin Wei, completely annihilating this naval division, the real general trend has gone.

Liu Guoxuan continued to persuade, "General Zheng Bing, Shandong has fallen on all fronts, and if you continue to fight hard with the Xuanjia Army, you will also repeat Sun Chuanting's mistakes, and it is meaningless to lose troops in vain. We still kept our useful body, and the whole army withdrew to the Tianjin Guard. Wait for the imperial court to gather all the soldiers and horses, and then fight with Fang Yuan! ”

Zheng Sen has been operating in Weihaiwei for two or three years, and he has made Weihaiwei impregnable, so he abandoned Weihaiwei and gave it to Fang Yuan for nothing, he was still a little reluctant, "There is no other way than to retreat?" Bai Bai ordered Fang Yuan to pick up a big bargain in Weihaiwei?! ”

While everyone was discussing, the sergeant hurriedly came to report that the vanguard of the Xuanjia Army had moved to camp outside Weihaiwei.

Coming so fast?!

Zheng Sen didn't know that the army that arrived under Weihaiwei was not Zhang Ying's main army, but the army of Xing and Gao Ze.

Zheng Sen was still hesitating, and another sergeant came to report that the news of the mutiny of the sergeants came from the left battalion in Weihaiwei, and they were attacking the former military camp guarding the city gate, preparing to join forces with the Xuanjia army to capture Weihaiwei.

When Zheng Sen heard that there was still a rebellion in Weihaiwei, he was so angry that he scolded loudly, "Commander Zhou, immediately lead the army to quell the rebellion." The rebels are all killed, and not a single one is left! ”

Zhou Quanbin was about to go as ordered, but was stopped by Liu Guoxuan, "General Zheng Bing, even if the rebellion is quelled, he can't hold Weihaiwei, and he will lose his military strength in vain." Whatever the rebellion, let them go, retreat! ”

Zheng Sen's brain gradually sobered up from the anger, leaving Qingshan without worrying about the lack of firewood, seeing that the wind made the rudder of the wall grass everywhere, killing a few can have any impact on the overall situation, but it delayed the opportunity to retreat.

Liu Guoxuan said in a deep voice, "Before retreating, we can burn Weihaiwei with one fire, we can't get Weihaiwei, and we will never be an enemy!" ”

Zheng Sen agreed with Liu Guoxuan's suggestion, and ordered that the rebels who should cooperate with the outside should not be bothered, and ordered Zhou Quanbin to lead the army to prepare for the burning of the city, while Liu Guoxuan was responsible for carrying all the materials onto the ship and carrying them away by the sailors.

Two days later, when the main force led by Zhang Ying rushed to the city to join the Xing family and Gao Yuanjue, they saw a raging fire burning in Weihaiwei.

Because the fire was too strong, the Xuanjia army could not enter the Acropolis, and it was not until five days later that the fire was extinguished, and Zhang Ying led the army into the Weihai Acropolis.

The entire Weihaiwei has long been in ruins, and thousands of people have been burned to death and burned.

Zheng Sen led the army to withdraw, and the only remaining army was the Ming army that cooperated with the inside and outside, only more than 300 people remained, and the rest were all killed in battle or burned to death.