There are very few cases of foreign surnames being crowned kings in the Ming Dynasty, except for special periods such as the founding of Gaozu and the Jingnan of Chengzu, there are basically none.

In the first year of Longwu, Emperor Longwu, who lived in Fuzhou, greatly appreciated his talent when Zheng Zhilong took the twenty-one-year-old Zheng Sen to the palace, and said "It's a pity that there is no female match, Qing should be loyal to my family, don't forget it!" ", and was extraordinarily gracious, gave Zheng Chenggong the surname of his family, and renamed it "Chenggong", so Zheng Chenggong at this moment should be called Zhu Chenggong.

Later, Zheng Zhilong descended to the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong felt the grace of the Ming Emperor, and resolutely did not want to follow his father to Beijing, cut off his robe, but led the rest of the Zheng family to the mountains of southern Fujian, relying on the coastal islands, and confronted the Qing army that was not good at naval warfare. The Qing army came to suppress, and retreated to the sea, the Qing army's boats and ships were not fine, and after suffering several losses, they were afraid of the water, so they came and went, and the two sides came and went in the coastal area of Fujian, and it became a situation of mutual stalemate.

Of course, if the Qing court really attached importance to the situation along the coast of Fujian and sent the Eight Banners generals to encircle and suppress it, Zheng Chenggong's tens of thousands of people would not be enough, but compared with the scorching war situation in the north and south of the mainland, some local battles on the seaside were harmless at all.

The Zheng Jiajun, who survived in the cracks, obtained information from the direction of Shanxi through the channels in the north, and the news of Nikan's defeat and Bolo's beheading blew all over the southern Fujian coast like a summer wind.

What is even more exciting is the news that the Eight Banners have begun to shrink, and the Eight Banners soldiers who used to be stationed in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and other big cities have begun to gather in the area of Nanjing, but in the past few days, the latest news says that these soldiers stationed in the south have begun to assemble in the north.

The departure of the army also took away a large number of people, and hundreds of thousands of people were driven on the road and followed the Eight Banners to the north, and they were greeted by a miserable life of being slaves and servants all their lives, as cattle and horses.

Zhangzhou City, which controls the rich Crescent Harbor, is garrisoned by Wang Jin, the deputy general of the Qing army, and Zheng Chenggong's uncle Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, who occupy Kinmen, across the sea, and the two sides secretly have some friendship, although they are hostile, but they are not clear, sometimes they make a little small-scale battle, but most of the time, they turn a blind eye to each other, just like the relationship between the government and pirates in the past.

Zheng Chenggong led the army to come here, the purpose was naturally to lay down this city, the mountains of southern Fujian were too bitter, and it was really not a good base.

It was Zheng Chenggong's plan to capture Zhangpu County, lure the Qing army in Zhangzhou City to send reinforcements, ambush on the road, and take the opportunity to capture Zhangzhou, but Zhangzhou, which was unexpected and expected, did not send troops.

"What to do? Zhangzhou didn't even open the city gate, and it was a little different from the plan. The fierce general Feng Xin turned his head and asked, the blade of the big knife in his hand was huge, wider than half a person.

Liu Guoxuan is a Confucian general, and he is the role of a think tank in the army, he muttered: "Wait, the news in the city can't come out, and I don't know what the situation is in the city, although it was confirmed a few days ago that there are no flag soldiers in the city, but in case ......"

He didn't continue, but the hesitation in his eyes was understandable to everyone, and he was afraid of an ambush.

"Afraid of what? I've been preparing for so long, how can I retreat?! Zhou Quanbin roared in a low voice, his eyebrows were upside down, and his face was indignant: "Training troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, even such small state cities are timid, how can they achieve great things?" ”

Several people glanced at each other, and they all clenched the weapons in their hands, Zheng Chenggong stared, stood up suddenly, waved the long knife in his hand, and roared: "Okay!" Don't wait, all the soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy! ”

Thousands of people emerged from the grass and the shadows of the trees, shouting and following their respective generals, rushing down the hillside and heading straight for Zhangzhou City not far away.

The city was in a panic, and the sound of warning gongs, running footsteps, and shouting and screaming were mixed together, accompanied by the hastily rising wolf smoke, and rushed into the sky.

……

Outside Xinfeng City, Li Chengdong fell from his horse and fell on the muddy river beach.

The guards on the left and right pounced on him, pulled him up, and the mud on his body and face was pasted on his body, he wiped the mud from his eyes, and roared loudly: "Go!" Come on! "Running forward with a deep foot and a shallow foot.

The guards covered him with shields, and the group stumbled away, rushing dozens of paces, leaving the riverside tidal flats that were ankle-heavy enough to drown people.

The sharp arrows flying from afar "tuk tuk" nailed to the people's bodies, aroused a blood flower, and the screams were endless, but no one dared to look back, nearly 10,000 people crowded on the side of the Xinfeng River, they were like a ball of canned food poured out after the salad dressing, crowded and panicked, scattered and crowded into a ball, in the river, the river beach wolf rushed to the dolphins suddenly, from time to time someone was shot by the arrows flying behind him, fell into the river.

Blood flowed from the corpses and stained the river red.

The clouds in the sky rolled, speechlessly looking at the rushing crowd on the ground, two distinct streams of people rushed out of Xinfeng City one after the other, the city fire was burning, and the sky was already dyed red.

The Ming army that was scattered scrambled to be the first, escaped from the city that turned into a sea of fire, ran to the south, the Xinfeng River was on the two miles of the city, became a moat on the way to escape, it was the flood season, the river was swollen, the river water that was usually not the horse's belly had reached the horse's neck, the soldiers wearing armor jumped into the water, like a floating barrel, desperately swam to the opposite bank.

People who don't know water, in this case, will also jump into the water in a daze, step on the mud at the bottom of the water and walk forward, and then gradually their feet can't stick to the ground, and then scratch their limbs indiscriminately, and slowly sink in the water.

The pursuing Qing soldiers slashed around with knives and guns, and the cavalry ran along the river, charging the Ming soldiers who were either in groups or alone, and drove them into the water.

Then he took out his bow and arrows, stood on the shore in good order, aimed at the heads of the people on the water, and shot them one by one, like a haystack on a shooting range, and the corpses of men and horses in the river floated up and went down the river, like a dead fish full of rivers, blocking the river.

Li Chengdong stood still under the tree on the opposite bank, panting like a bellows with a "snort, snort, snort", his horse was just stuck in the mud and was shot to death by the Qing soldiers, but the person was fine, the heavy armor became a burden to get out of the mud, but he couldn't get rid of it in a hurry, so he had to stiffen up to the shore, but he was tired enough to choke.

The long knife in his hand collapsed a few small holes, and the fierce battle when he broke out of the city made him have to swing the knife himself, the helmet fell off at some point, and his face was also covered with flowers, and he was covered in blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was the enemy or his own, which made him look very embarrassed.

He looked back, through the fire in the distant city to see the tragic situation by the river, with him broke through more than 20,000 people, blocked by the river, the Qing army followed and slashed like chickens, so that the two sides of the Xinfeng River are like hell, tens of thousands of lives at this moment like lights extinguished, blood flowed like a river.

"Catch Li Chengdong!"

"Catch Li Chengdong!"

Thunderous shouts rang out on the opposite bank, and the Qing army had chased to the river, and a group of cavalry rushed upstream to find a bridge. The anxious Qing soldiers had already jumped into the river, wading through the water to this side while wading their swords to harvest the heads of the Ming army.

This kind of behavior is very risky, as long as the Ming army assembles on the shore and strikes back, the Qing soldiers in the water will not be able to resist, but at this moment the Ming army is like a lost dog, with no fighting spirit, except for fleeing, there is no second thought in his mind.

"Grandpa, it's not safe here, let's go!" The guards shouted eagerly, gathering around him in a circle.

Li Chengdong wiped a handful of muddy water from his face, looked back with a sloppy gaze, waved his hand, and fled with a few guards.

At the end of July of the third year of Yongli, Li Chengdong, the Duke of Huiguo of the Ming Dynasty, broke through from Xinfeng, was pursued by the Qing army, besieged and killed on the bank of the Xinfeng River, less than 5,000 people returned to Guangdong with Li Chengdong, Nanyue was shocked, the wind was loud, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were panicked.

In the same month, Emperor Yongli issued an edict in Zhaoqing, enshrined Wang Huan of Lianghou as the Duke of Liangguo, and controlled the military and political affairs in the northwest.

In mid-August, Xu Tiezhu of the Kuizhou Army Mountain Battalion was ordered by the Duke of Liangguo to go out of Kuimen, and the troops were sent to Huguang.

(End of chapter)