Zheng Zhibao rushed back to Fengling Pass three days later, and he had been delayed for six days. But fortunately, the three She people had wine and meat in Fengling Pass, as well as beautiful women, and they were very happy, and they didn't show any impatience.

Zheng Zhibao immediately wrote a reply letter, the content of the reply letter was the conditions for the Zheng family's surrender, first, Fang Yuan forgave Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Sen, and other Zheng clansmen; Second, the Zheng family's existing wealth is willing to hand over Fang Yuan's original three million taels of silver to repay the loan of the war bonds, and the remaining silver must be retained; Third, the Zheng family is willing to be a rich businessman who is a farmer, and no longer interferes in military and political affairs, but does not leave Fujian, and requests that his hometown Nan'an County be designated as the fief of the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhibao handed over the reply letter to the three shes, and presented fifty taels of silver, ordering the three of them not to talk too much when they went back.

Eight days later, Fang Yuan also received a reply from Zheng Zhibao, and he was acceptable in principle to the conditions for the Zheng family's surrender. But on the issue of details, he must clarify his attitude.

First, Zheng Zhilong can avoid death, and if Zheng Sen surrenders immediately, he can also avoid death; If they resist again, they will not surrender.

Second, Fang Yuan didn't know how much silver and land the Zheng family had scooped up over the years, but it was obviously not enough to hand over three million taels. War bonds, pensions for the fallen soldiers, silver for the army, promises to the Xuanjia sergeants, the good fields of the She people and the fangs. Together, Fang Yuan's condition for sacrificing the army was to hand over five million taels of silver and 500,000 mu of fertile land.

Third, the Zheng clan has a very high prestige in Fujian, and if the clansmen want to continue to stay in Fujian, it is not allowed in principle. However, considering the timely surrender of the Zheng family, Nan'an County can be classified as the fief of the Zheng family, but it must be placed under residential surveillance. Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen couldn't leave Nan'an County for half a step.

In his reply, Fang Yuan once again reiterated that he should not expect to delay time by negotiations, and that after receiving the reply, he must immediately order Zheng Sen to surrender or cut off the military rations of the 28th military town, otherwise, all surrender conditions will be null and void.

When Zheng Zhibao received Fang Yuan's reply again, he could already see the impatience expressed in Fang Yuan's letter.

On the one hand, he sent someone to send the surrender conditions proposed by Fang Yuan to Zheng Zhilong in Fuzhou City, and on the other hand, he wrote a military order, stamped it with the governor's seal, and sent it directly to the 28th military town, ordering Zheng Sen to come to Fengling Pass to discuss military affairs.

Two days later, Zheng Sen arrived at Fengling Pass and asked straight to the point, "Fifth Uncle, why did you summon me?" ”

Zheng Zhibao took out the governor's seal of the governor of Fujian and put it on the military case, indicating that he came to negotiate with Zheng Sen on behalf of Zheng Zhilong, "Sen'er, my eldest brother and I have discussed and decided to surrender Fang Yuan in exchange for the peace of the Zheng family. ”

Zheng Sen had just won the victory in Xianxialing, and the morale of the army was at its peak, when he heard that Zheng Zhibao actually asked the whole army to surrender, his face sank with anger, and he knew that Zheng Zhibao had slandered in front of his father again, and he no longer cared about the feelings of his uncle and nephew, and said angrily, "Where in this world is there a reason to surrender after winning a battle?" Zheng Zhibao, you are the sinner of the Zheng family! ”

He called his uncle's name, and his face was torn, Zheng Zhibao slapped the military case heavily, and said sharply, "Zheng Sen, the sinner of the Zheng family is you!" If it weren't for your repeated provocations, sending troops to attack Zhezhi, and even leading Japanese soldiers to invade, how could your fourth uncle, Lin Xishan, and Feng Xin die in battle, how could Shi Lang's uncle and nephew, and Gan Hui surrender to the enemy, and how could the Zheng family's naval division be wiped out? How could the Zheng family end up today? ”

"Now that the Zheng family is in a catastrophe, you still want to gamble with the lives of more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers! Gamble with the lives of the Zheng family! You're obsessed! ”

Zheng Zhibao held up the governor's seal with one hand, and patted the military case heavily with the other, "This is the military order of the eldest brother!" If you don't even pay attention to your father and uncle and dare to disobey the military order, I will immediately cut off the military rations of the twenty-eight military towns! ”

Zheng Sen was so angry that he glared at Zheng Zhibao, "I, Zheng Sen, would rather die than surrender!" ”

Zheng Zhibao looked at him for a moment, Fang Yuan's surrender conditions were conclusive, as long as Zheng Sen dared to resist again, he would definitely die, he persuaded for the last time, "Zheng Sen, I say it again, turn back to the shore, don't make any more military disasters, and let the 50,000 Zheng soldiers in the twenty-eight military towns have a way to live!" ”

"Lack of erection and conspiracy!"

Zheng Sen ignored his advice, scolded him, stretched out his foot, kicked a wooden chair, and turned away in anger.

Zheng Zhibao saw that he was stubborn, and he was determined to fight to the end, and he could have been arrested immediately. But for the sake of the eldest brother Zheng Zhilong, and also because the two of them were uncles and nephews after all, they forced down this idea and let Zheng Sen go back to the twenty-eighth military town.

In order to prevent Zheng Sen, he took the risk of leading the army to attack Fengling Pass, and ordered Fengling Pass to close the gate, and set up five artillery pieces on the city wall, once there was a change in the direction of the 28th military town, he would immediately return fire.

Five days later, the envoy to Fuzhou City returned and reported to Zheng Zhibao, who agreed to Fang Yuan's surrender conditions. Now that Zheng Zhilong's side has agreed, Zheng Zhibao no longer has any scruples, and orders the quartermaster to immediately cut off Zheng Sen's military food supply.

Zheng Zhibao replied to Fang Yuan, agreed to all the surrender conditions, and truthfully informed Zheng Sen that he was stubborn and stubbornly resisted, and Fengling Pass had cut off the military rations of the 28th military town.

Eight days later, Fang Yuan received a reply from Zheng Zhibao and agreed to Fang Yuan's surrender conditions. After a month of back and forth negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement on surrender. The only thing to deal with is Zheng Sen, who is still stubbornly resisting in the 28th military town.

Fang Yuan immediately copied 100 copies of the reply letter and circulated it to the whole army, the Zheng clan had surrendered, the army rations of the Zheng army in the 28th military town had been cut off, Zheng Sen would collapse in a few days, as long as he worked harder, he would be able to capture Fujian and return triumphantly.

When the officers and men of the whole army got the news, they saw that victory was in sight, and the promised fertile land and silver were about to be fulfilled, and the morale and morale of the army were once again high.

The fire in Xianxia Ridge burned for more than half a month, burning a large area of mountains where Xianxia Pass was located into charcoal, and finally gradually extinguished. At this point, Xianxia Pass was destroyed in one fell swoop, without the cover of mountains and thorns and trees, and even a few bare passes also lost their ability to defend.

Due to the unbearable combat strength of the Zheng army, Zheng Sen did not dare to lead the army to enter Xianxia Pass again, but only ordered to strictly guard the defense line of the twenty-eight military towns, and surrendered Xianxia Pass to Fang Yuan.

Now that Zheng Sen gave up Xianxia Pass, Fang Yuan was happy to accept this great gift, the trees in the mountain range had already been burned out, and he no longer had to worry about the barbarians penetrating the mountain and burning the mountain again with Zheng Jun.

Fang Yuan once again arranged for 30,000 soldiers to be stationed in Xianxia Pass, and the company camp was thirty miles away, until the fourth pass, and even the military camp was stationed on the mountain ridge, and the confrontation with the Zheng army in the 28th military town was resumed.

He also bought high-powered lookout glasses and set them up on the mountain, keeping an eye on the movements of Fengling Pass at any time. For more than ten days, it is true that the materials in the direction of Fengling Pass have not been transported out of the mountain pass and transported to the 28th military town.

It seems that Zheng Zhibao did follow his promise and cut off the supply of military food to the twenty-eight military towns.

This kind of strategic confrontation alone could not completely destroy Zheng Jun's military morale. Fang Yuan also imitated Liu Bang's embattled tactics when he besieged Xiang Yu under the wall, as well as the political offensive of the two sides of the Korean and Korean sides who crossed the former peninsula and shouted through loudspeakers.

He directly bought 50 loudspeakers on Taobao, and arranged for 300 sergeants who were familiar with the Fujian and Zhejiang dialects, as well as the She people and the Fangren folk songs, to shout, sing, and persuade the Zheng army soldiers in the 28 military towns and tens of thousands of barbarian mercenaries to shout, sing, and persuade them to surrender 24 hours a day, in an attempt to completely break the military spirit of the Zheng army.

Zheng Jun was cut off from military rations, and was harassed and shouted day and night, the morale of the army boosted by the previous victory in Xianxialing plummeted again, and in the past few days, there have been sergeants who have secretly fled to Fengling Pass at night.

Zhou Quanbin found Zheng Sen, reported the sergeant's escape, and advised him to withdraw his troops as soon as possible. Although Fengling Pass has been cut off, there is a small pass on the right side of the mountain - Anmin Pass, which can be retreated to Fujian.

Zheng Sen said in a deep voice, "No, it will be a failure to withdraw troops at this time!" I just got the military report, the imperial court has begun to attack Yangzhou Mansion, Zuo Liangyu has also crossed the river to attack Chizhou Mansion, hold on for another one or two months, Fang Yuan will definitely retreat! ”

Zheng Sen is a character who would rather die than surrender, although he is currently in a desperate situation, he still has the only hope of turning defeat into victory, which is the offensive of the imperial court and Zuo Liangyu against Zhezhi.