Zheng Zhilong, a warlord who has been entrenched in Fujian for more than ten years, at least resisted the Dutch maritime offensive for the Ming Dynasty, repeatedly repelled the Dutch offensive, and prevented the Dutch from infiltrating the Ming coast, which can be said to have more merit than demerit.

Fang Yuan still maintained a kind of respect for Zheng Zhilong, and did not summon him to come to lecture, but under the leadership of Zheng Zhibao, he personally went to Zheng Mansion and met Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong sat on the handsome seat dejectedly, neither saluting nor speaking, just looking straight at Fang Yuan, looking at this young commander who single-handedly buried the foundation of the Zheng family.

Hu Qi pointed to Zheng Zhilong sitting as steady as Mount Tai, and scolded, "Zheng Zhilong, you are a general of the defeated army, why don't you quickly ask Governor Fang for the guilt!" ”

Zheng Zhilong laughed and said, "When I, Zheng Zhilong, were crisscrossing the sea frontier, the governor of what party was still playing with urine and mud. I'm old, and I don't have a few years to live, if I want to kill, I will be killed, and I will not be humiliated! ”

Zheng Zhibao's face changed drastically, and he didn't know if his brother would be retaliated against by an unexpected attack if he angered Fang Yuan so much.

Fang Yuan patted Hu Qi on the shoulder, causing him to take a few steps back, and then bowed deeply to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong didn't find out if Fang Yuan wanted to salute first and then soldier, and said coldly, "The defeated general, I can't stand it!" ”

In the stunned eyes of everyone, Fang Yuan said slowly, "This salute is to thank Governor Zheng for his respect for the Ming Dynasty to defend against the Dutch, of course Governor Zheng can afford it." ”

Zheng Zhilong was stunned on the spot, Fang Yuan's victorious and not arrogant bearing made him stunned, in comparison, he was a defeated general and sat in the hall like an uncle, which was a laughing stock.

He hurriedly got up and returned a salute to Fang Yuan, "The general of the defeated army, why should you be brave and let Governor Fang deal with it!" ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "From now on, the fight against the Francois led by the Dutch will be handed over to the Governor, and Governor Zheng will be relieved to be a farmer, or a rich businessman, and live in Nan'an's hometown!" ”

He glanced around at Brother Zheng Zhilong, and said, "Zheng Sen is still resisting, Governor Zheng must not have any more dissenting intentions and secretly collude with him, otherwise, this governor can only be punished for rebellion." ”

The so-called punishment of rebellion is to punish the Zheng family. This was also Fang Yuan's last warning to the Zheng Zhilong brothers.

Zheng Zhilong sat on the tiger skin chair dejectedly, and said in a loud voice, "Okay! Good! I, the Zheng family, have already admitted defeat, and as for whether Zheng Sen wants to die or live, it has nothing to do with my Zheng family. ”

Fang Yuan got his promise, although he didn't know whether it was true or not, he still decided to let go of the Zheng family, "Okay, Governor Zheng will hand over five million taels of silver, 600,000 mu of land, and move to Nan'an County within half a month!" ”

Fang Yuan turned around and walked out of the Zheng Mansion, Zheng Zhibao hurriedly chased after him, and said respectfully, "Governor Fang, I will send the deed and silver in full." It's just that Zheng Sen is just young and vigorous, can Governor Fang be tolerant and tolerant, and let me send another letter to persuade him to surrender. ”

In history, Zheng Sen is a self-righteous and bloody hero, this kind of person would rather die in battle than surrender. Since Zheng Zhibao wants to toss, he has to toss.

Fang Yuan suddenly remembered one person, that was Qian Qianyi, who was hiding in Fujian, this old thief from Donglin had to be caught and executed by Ling Chi!

Fang Yuan pulled Zheng Zhibao and asked, "Yuwen, where is Qian Qianyi, this old thief?" ”

Zheng Zhibao said truthfully, "Before the war started, Qian Qianyi disappeared, and I heard that he fled to Guangdong and took refuge with a familiar Cantonese businessman. ”

"This old money thief is still slipping away so fast!"

Fang Yuan was secretly disappointed, it was impossible for him to send troops to Guangdong to rob people for the sake of Qian Qianyi, so he could only give up temporarily, patted Zheng Zhibao on the shoulder and said, "Yue Wen, you have made a great contribution to the recovery of Fujian this time." In terms of meritorious deeds, I will make you the chief soldier of Nanzhili, and go back to Nanzhili with me. ”

Zheng Zhibao thought that as soon as the Zheng family surrendered, all the future would come to naught, but he never thought that Fang Yuan was willing to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, Zheng Zhibao was grateful and bowed down to him again.

After Fang Yuan and Zheng Zhibao said goodbye, Hu Qi found the hundred households Liu Gen who surrendered in Xianxialing and wanted to make a good living from Fang Yuan.

After Liu Gen arrived, he was about to platter himself, Fang Yuan said straight to the point, "Liu Baihu, our original merit will be rewarded, and now you are named a thousand households and a thousand guards and sergeants." The main duty is to take care of Zheng Zhilong in Nan'an County, as well as the Zheng clan, and once there is a disturbance, immediately report to the Zhejiang General Army. ”

Liu Gen's eyes rolled, and after figuring out Fang Yuan's thoughts, he asked tentatively, "Is Governor Fang's so-called caretaker going to ......?"

He stretched out his finger and scratched it on his neck, hinting at whether Fang Yuan was going to secretly kill Zheng Zhilong, as well as the Zheng clan, and never suffer in the future.

Fang Yuan saw that he was asking for merit in his self-righteousness, and said with a smile, "Ben Du is the kind of person who goes back on his word? Let you take care of it, just to prevent Zheng Sen from sending someone to secretly collude with Zheng Zhilong, understand? Zheng Zhilong has protected the Ming Sea for 20 years, and has made outstanding contributions, and with this merit alone, as long as he does not cause military disasters, the governor wants him to enjoy a prosperous old age. Don't take it upon yourself to humiliate Zheng Zhilong, otherwise the Governor will be severely punished. ”

Fang originally didn't need to talk so much nonsense with Liu Gen, but he was worried that after he left Fujian, Liu Gen would make some miscalculations by his own cleverness, abuse, blackmail and blackmail Zheng Zhilong and the Zheng clan, so he had to reveal his heart to protect Zheng Zhilong.

Fang Yuan arranged the sergeant to monitor Zheng Zhilong and his party, but his thoughts went to Zheng Sen who had evacuated. Zheng Sen is his mortal enemy, but he still admires this enemy in his heart. For the sake of ideals and beliefs, we have repeatedly defeated and fought uncompromisingly, and fought to the end. Compared with Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Sen is definitely worthy of the name of a hero in troubled times.

Letting this hero of troubled times escape like this is indeed a big trouble. However, the military situation in Nanzhili was urgent, and Fang Yuan had no time to stay in Fujian to continue the pursuit of Zheng Sen, so he could only hope that Chigutai, who went to ambush, could have a miracle and kill Zheng Sen!

Zheng Sen and his entourage of Zheng Jun withdrew from Anmin Pass, just out of the mountain pass, and after a day of travel, they were intercepted and killed by the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry.

Only then did Zheng Sen know that everything was in Fang Yuan's calculations, and even his retreat, Fang Yuan had calculated it.

The Xuanjia Iron Cavalry led by Chigutai has not been on the battlefield once since the attack on Fujian, and there is no silver or land without military merits. Now when he saw the retreating Zheng Jun, it was like a hungry tiger seeing a lamb, and he pounced fiercely.

The Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was too fierce, and Zhou Quanbin could only lead 5,000 Zheng Jun to cover the withdrawal of the main force of the Zheng army.

The two sides were deadlocked for two days and two nights, and Chigutai rushed down and fought Zhou Quanbin's troops into a crush. These 5,000 Zheng troops were originally outcasts, and they were sent to feed the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to cover Zheng Sen's 20,000 Zheng troops and 10,000 barbarian soldiers to evacuate.

Zhou Quanbin resisted a little, and when he saw that the army was defeated, he immediately led more than 100 personal soldiers to flee overnight, and when he escaped a big river, he destroyed all the wooden bridges that crossed the river.

Chigutai pursued and killed, but was blocked by the river. It takes at least two days to cross the pontoon bridge. Moreover, he is not familiar with the terrain of Quzhou, Chuzhou, and Wenzhou at all, and the prospect of chasing and killing the past is unpredictable.

Chigutai chose to stop the drums, and with the victory of annihilating the five thousand Zheng army, he went back to Fang Yuan to return to his life.

Zheng Sen and his entourage of Zheng Jun escaped the pursuit of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, and after seven days and seven nights of rapid marching, they finally arrived at Jinxiangwei in Wenzhou Mansion to rest.

Liu Guoxuan, who secretly led the Kinmen sailors north, had been waiting for a long time, and he brought 90 warships and 500 civilian ships requisitioned from Kinmen Island to pick up Zheng Sen and go to Kinmen Island.

Zheng Sen was chased to the end of his life by Fang Yuan, with only 30,000 remnants left, and the way out in the future was at a loss. The whole of Fujian surrendered, and even Shi Lang's fleet was still stationed in Zhenhaiwei and Xiamen Island, eyeing the remnants of the Zheng family.

Counterattack Fujian, Zheng Sen has no need to count on it for the time being.

His only choice at the moment is to adopt Liu Guoxuan's suggestion, first flee to Kinmen Island to recuperate, and after rearmament, capture the Dutch island of Taiwan, and then use the people of Taiwan Island and Luzon and other places to continue to negotiate with Fang Yuan to the end.

Zheng Sen got on the main ship of the Kinmen Naval Division, looked back at the mainland for the last time, and said in a deep voice to the only two remaining generals, Liu Guoxuan and Zhou Quanbin, "I, Zheng Sen, will never admit defeat, and I will come back one day to fight with Fang Yuan!" ”

The second general received the order with a bang, and the fleet sailed away from Jin Xiangwei and disappeared into the vast sea.