Chapter 96o Escape! Escape! Escape! Look where you're going!

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Surrender?

Continue the fierce battle?

Zheng Chenggong didn't know how to choose. Small^Say^ Ad-free ~Apex*~Net.

At this moment, he felt a blank in his mind. It was as if I had a lot of things in my head, groggy and stuffed with them all. However, if you want to accurately analyze what you are thinking, Zheng Chenggong can't do it. He felt that his mind was no longer under his control.

In fact, everything in front of him made Zheng Chenggong enter a state of escape. He doesn't want to face everything in front of him, he doesn't want to believe everything in front of him. He couldn't afford everything in front of him, he couldn't accept it. He wished he was dreaming. As long as you wake up from the dream, everything in front of you will disappear.

Such a result is absolutely unbearable for him. Last time, in Zhang Zhun's hands, he had already suffered a loss, and he was definitely not willing to suffer a loss a second time. When he came to Nanjing this time, Zheng Chenggong came with a revenge mentality, and he wanted to quietly give Zhang Zhun a ruthless blow, but he didn't expect that he accidentally got into the big inside of the Tiger Ben Army. In the world, there is no such thing as a cup more than the mistakes of the past.

If you want to use one word to describe Zheng Chenggong's mood at this moment, that is to want to die. Really, he really wanted to die. Rather than endure the torment of defeat like this, it is better to die happily. Anyway, if you die, you're gone, and if you're dead, you're nothing. As long as he dies, everything around him will leave him.

When the time comes, he will not feel his father's criticism or the contemptuous eyes of others. He no longer needs to be locked up in a small dark room to reflect, and he no longer needs to worry about the position of his heir. Around him, there was only boundless darkness.

However, Zheng Chenggong was unwilling to die like this. He was really unwilling. His ambitions and ideals have always been very ambitious. He always felt that his father's vision, which was only staring at the seas of East Asia, was indeed too small. Defeating the Dutch and dominating the South Seas was his initial goal. Dominating the ocean is his ultimate ideal.

In order to achieve his goals, Zheng Chenggong has put in a lot of efforts. He worked hard to learn the knowledge of naval warfare, worked hard to improve his command ability, and worked hard to understand the movements of his opponent. He hopes that he can realize his ideals step by step. However, before he had time to display his talent, it was in Zhang Zhun's hands, and all of them were shattered.

The cruel reality hit him repeatedly. To say that in the last battle, he was accidentally defeated by Zhang Zhun's men, and there is really no excuse for losing this battle. In the last battle, he was able to inflict a certain degree of casualties on the Tiger Ben Navy, but in this battle, he was completely in a position of being beaten.

Zheng Chenggong couldn't figure out why he was so unlucky to meet the Tiger Ben Army Navy here. If they meet on the sea, even if they are defeated, he may be able to escape. It's a big deal to retreat for the time being, and make a comeback in the future, but here, on the river near Nanjing, he doesn't even have a chance to escape. If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being too unlucky to encounter such a tragic thing in such a place.

"The eldest prince?"

Zheng Shouyuan asked in a low voice.

Zheng Chenggong didn't react.

In fact, when he heard Zheng Shouyuan's shout, he just didn't react, because he didn't know how to answer Zheng Shouyuan's words. Faced with the scene in front of him, Zheng Chenggong had no way to save him. The only thing he could do was refuse to surrender. He would rather be defeated than surrender to the Tiger Navy. He didn't want Zhang Zhun to see the ugliness of his defeat.

"Alas"

Seeing Zheng Chenggong like this, Zheng Shouyuan could only sigh.

Such a result is indeed too big a blow for Zheng Chenggong, and it is really not surprising that he has such a reaction. As the eldest son of the Zheng family and the future heir of the Zhang family, Zheng Chenggong has had high hopes since he was a child. Therefore, since he was born, Zheng Chenggong has been arrogant and has eyes above the top. His goal is much bigger than Zheng Zhilong.

Sometimes, Zheng Chenggong and his father discussed problems, and Zheng Shouyuan would listen to them. Zheng Chenggong's words are full of pride and ambition and the belief that he will win. For his father's cautious and down-to-earth approach, Zheng Chenggong obviously disagreed.

According to Zheng Chenggong's idea, the Zheng family fleet should desperately expand, take out all the main forces, fight against the Western powers, and level all the Western powers in one fell swoop, so as to dominate the business of the South Seas. As long as they monopolize Nanyang, the Zheng family's profits will increase by at least three times. Such a huge profit is enough to support the Zheng family's fleet to dominate the world.

Zheng Zhilong was a little worried about his son's thoughts. After all, he is a character who comes and goes in the wind and waves, and he has eaten more salt than his son has eaten. Zheng Zhilong knows very well that his son is a little ambitious and unrealistic. However, in order not to dampen his son's enthusiasm, Zheng Zhilong usually does not say anything.

In this way, Zheng Chenggong's xìng grid has slowly become more ambitious and unrealistic. He felt more and more that the Zheng family fleet began to have the ability to dominate the world. As long as the Dutch were defeated, no one else was the opponent of the Zheng family's fleet. Therefore, the last time the Zheng family fleet wanted to deal with Zhang Zhun, Zheng Chenggong, who was only fifteen years old, immediately volunteered to ask for help.

Unfortunately, his first action was thwarted by the Tiger Army. This made Zheng Chenggong feel very uncomfortable. Originally, he thought that it would be easy to destroy the Tiger Army with his own ability, but he didn't expect to be beaten on the head by the Tiger Army. If you want to talk about the degree of psychological discomfort, it is simply needless to mention.

When he was locked up in a small black room to reflect, Zheng Chenggong's mind was full of only one belief, and that was revenge. He eagerly hoped that he would have the opportunity to lead his troops into battle again. Zheng Zhilong has feelings for his eldest son after all, so he gave Zheng Chenggong a second chance. Unexpectedly, Zheng Chenggong's second action became what it is now.

No matter who you change, if you suffer the same opponent in a row, your heart is not much better. Especially for an arrogant person like Zheng Chenggong, it is indeed too uncomfortable to lose in the hands of Zhang Zhun twice in a row. Zheng Shouyuan estimated that in Zheng Chenggong's heart, he wanted to eat Zhang Zhun raw.

In fact, even Zheng Shouyuan himself is infinitely emotional. Even he couldn't imagine that Zheng Chenggong was defeated again when he made a second sortie. As the old man of the Zheng family, Zheng Shouyuan's naval combat experience can be regarded as very rich. However, in front of the situation in front of him, Zheng Shouyuan himself has no way to get out of the predicament.

Compared with the defeat last time, I am afraid that the consequences of this time will be more serious. Last time, Zheng Chenggong brought back some warships after all, and saved part of his strength. However, this time, I am afraid that I will not have a chance to bring back even a battleship. It's not good, even he and Zheng Chenggong himself will die in the hands of the Tiger Benjun.

When the Zheng family's fleet was crisscrossing the world, who knew Zhang Zhun's name? Does anyone know the name of the Tiger Army? However, in just a few years, Zhang Zhun has risen and become powerful, and the Tiger Ben Navy under his command can actually crack his teeth against the Zheng family fleet.

Such a result is indeed too uncomfortable, and Zheng Shouyuan can't accept it. The process of the rise of the Zheng family's fleet took twenty years. In the middle, it can be said that there have been hardships, ups and downs, and the Zheng family has paid an extremely heavy price.

The elders of the Zheng family, including Yan Siqi at the beginning, racked their brains and exhausted all their energy to build the Zheng family's fleet into what it is today. However, a sea power that has only appeared for four or five years has defeated them, you call the elders of the Zheng family, how can you be embarrassed?

A four- or five-year-old kid beats a twenty-year-old boy in the prime of life, it sounds like a fantasy. However, when all this was really born in front of his eyes, Zheng Shouyuan had no choice but to swallow this bitter fruit. He began to regret that he shouldn't have played against the Tiger Army in the first place. If the Zheng family fleet and the Tiger Ben army formed an alliance, where would there be today's fiasco?

Actually, if you think about it seriously, it is not impossible to form an alliance with the Tiger Ben Army. The sea is so big, and there is so much wealth that no one can grab it. As long as the Tiger Army Navy and the Zheng Family Fleet unite to deal with the Western powers together and snatch the profits under their control, both families can eat to their heart's content. It's a pity that the Zheng family chose the path of war.

Now, it's too late to say anything. At this point, even if the Zheng family proposes an alliance, I am afraid that the Tiger Ben Army will not agree. What kind of person Zhang Zhun is, Zheng Shouyuan is not very clear. However, he knows very well that as a hegemon, if he has the upper hand, he will never give in. It's as if Zhang Zhun must force Huang Taiji to death. A soft-hearted person will never be able to become a hegemon.

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Since Zheng Chenggong had no other instructions, Zheng Shouyuan had no choice but to let the battle continue. As far as the current situation is concerned, it is not so easy for the Tiger Army Navy to eat the Zheng family fleet in one go. At least, the Zheng family fleet can hold out for three or four days. If the situation changes in these three or four days, the Zheng family fleet will still have a glimmer of life.

As a result, the shelling on the sea surface continued continuously. The main warships of both sides continued to fire at each other. The rumbling sound of cannon has been returning to the river surface. The thick smoke of gunpowder shrouded most of the river. The battle continued into the evening.

During this period, Zheng Shouyuan sent people ashore and tried to send news by land to Zheng Zhilong, who was far away in Fujian, to ask for reinforcements. Zheng Chenggong can't do such a humiliating thing. However, Zheng Shouyuan can. Zheng Shouyuan believes that for the safety of Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Zhilong will definitely lead the army to the rescue. No matter what, Zheng Chenggong is the eldest son of the Zheng family

Since the Zheng family's fleet is going to fight to the end, Li Jicheng is naturally accompanied to the end. On the one hand, he arranged for warships to take turns to participate in the battle, and on the other hand, he sent Cangshan ships to guard near the mouth of the Yangtze River. If the warships of the Zheng family's fleet appeared at the mouth of the Yangtze River, he would immediately prepare for a two-sided battle.

At the same time, Li Jicheng also informed Zhang Zhun and the top brass of the Huben Army and Navy through various news channels about the situation here. Li Jicheng estimated that Zheng Chenggong would definitely ask for reinforcements, and Zheng Zhilong should also be the first to reinforce. If the Zheng family's fleet pours out, the Tiger Ben Navy will definitely have to go out with the whole army.

The two sides fought from dawn to dark, and from dark to dawn, with almost no pause. Both sides sent warships to take turns in the battle, and the wounded battleships were moved to the back and handed over to the craftsmen to repair as much as possible. After the repairs were completed, they reappeared on the front line and continued to participate in the battle. Until it really doesn't work anymore.

In the shelling of Jī Lie, the ships on both sides were constantly damaged, and the sailors on both sides also continued to suffer casualties. A large amount of blood was poured into the river, and the surface of the river had long been dyed red. In the morning and evening, the morning sun and the sunset are reflected on the river, and it is red. However, this kind of red scenery will only make people feel terrible, not beautiful.

In the rumbling cannons, the people who watched the excitement in Nanjing City also ran almost as well. Fools know that no matter which side wins, their goal is the city of Nanjing. No one can say for sure whether they will go overboard after entering the city. For the sake of his own life, it is better to leave Nanjing City temporarily.

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The news continued to pass out, and the high-level of the Tiger Ben Army, including Zhang Zhun, were also alarmed at this time. Similarly, Zheng Zhilong, who is far away in Fujian, also knows about the situation of being born here. Without thinking, both of them quickly ordered reinforcements. As a result, the reinforcement fleets of both sides are rushing to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The first dispatch of the Tiger Army Navy was naturally the Second Fleet stationed on Jeju Island. Subsequently, the Third Fleet, which was stationed in the port of Busan, also arrived. On Zheng Zhilong's side, as long as there are battleships that can be dispatched, all of them have been dispatched. Zheng Zhilong himself led the team personally. Seeing that a bigger battle is still brewing.

The battle also alarmed the ground forces of their respective countries. On the Tiger Ben Army, the first to move was the Suzaku Legion stationed in Yangzhou. They quickly moved westward, reached the area of ** and Jiangpu, and could cross the river at any time and attack Nanjing. On the Zheng Jiajun's side, it was the musket team that came from Fujian that was alarmed. They traveled under the stars and nights, desperately rushing to Nanjing City. The battle between the two armies on land was also at the touch of a button.

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The shelling inflicted great losses on the warships of both sides. After the next day's shelling, all six dragon god ships of the Tiger Ben Navy withdrew from the battle. There is no way, these six dragon god ships are all scarred and must be repaired before they can continue to fight. Similarly, the three-masted gunboats of the Zheng family's fleet were also basically paralyzed. As a result, the two sides switched to saber ships and armed merchant ships and continued to bombard.

The number of sailors and casualties on both sides is also rising. On the side of the Tiger Ben Army and Navy, two or three hundred people die every day. On the Zheng family's fleet, the number will be much more. After all, the lethality of the Dragon God Ship is still very large. In general, the sailor consumption of the Zheng family's fleet is more than two or three times faster than that of the Tiger Ben Navy.

On the third day of the battle, the Zheng fleet finally could not resist. In the three days of shelling, the battleships of the Zheng family's fleet have lost seventy percent. The rest of the battleships were also scarred. If it weren't for geographical reasons, the Zheng family's fleet would not have been able to escape, otherwise, there would have been warships that would have taken advantage of the chaos to escape.

"The ...... of the Eldest Prince"

Zheng Shouyuan's bitter request.

"Retreat"

Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to give an order.

The line of defense for the retreat of the Zheng family's fleet was the location of the Longjiang Shipyard. Zheng Chenggong is still very familiar with the structure of Nanjing City, and his move is obviously to prepare a way back for himself. The Longjiang Shipyard is hidden deep in a tidal flat, and large warships cannot enter. This means that only small boats can continue to fight.

Zheng Chenggong's mind is actually very simple, if he can't defeat the Tiger Ben Navy at sea, he will abandon the ship and retreat ashore. The Zheng family's musket team is coming from Fujian under the stars. Calculate the time, and it should be almost there. As long as you join up with your musket team, you will be safe.

However, where would the Tiger Ben Army Navy give Zheng Chenggong a chance to escape easily? Li Jicheng immediately ordered the warship to chase after him. Those small, light and flexible Cangshan ships have become the vanguard of the Tiger Navy. As a result, the two sides continued to engage in artillery battles near the Longjiang Shipyard.

Bursts of shells kept falling on the tidal flats, splashing a large amount of mud. The Longjiang Shipyard, which was already deserted, was unprecedentedly lively. The cannonballs fell in the mud with a strange gurgling sound. After continuous battles, the Zheng family's fleet was completely annihilated. Zheng Chenggong threw down his flagship and hurriedly ran towards Nanjing City.

The Tiger Army Navy is certainly not to be outdone. Li Jicheng immediately ordered a group of sailors to go ashore in pursuit. Zheng Chenggong ran in front, and the sailors of the Tiger Army chased behind, and the distance between the two sides was only about two or three hundred meters. It's a pity that the Tiger Ben Army Navy is not equipped with army weapons such as the Tiger Ben Gun, otherwise, Zheng Chenggong will definitely not be able to escape.

However, even so, Zheng Chenggong is already very embarrassed. Not to mention that the fleet led by himself was completely wiped out, and even when he went ashore to flee for his life, he was closely pursued by the enemy, which was really embarrassing. The dignified eldest son of the Zheng family ended up like this, which is really sad. Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but feel a little sad. Is it true that I am going to die here?

"The Great Prince"

"Over here"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

But it was the city of Nanking that was opened, and a musket team came out of it.

Zheng Chenggong turned his head and looked at it, and his heart was ecstatic. It turned out that it was Zheng Zhilong's black musket team. The gate of the cave in Nanjing City was opened, and the musket team that came from Fujian just occupied the city of Nanjing. This is a mercenary army composed mostly of African black slaves, and its combat effectiveness is decent.

"Withdraw"

"Retreat to the city of Nanjing"

Zheng Chenggong roared with relief.

He took the remnants of the Zheng family's fleet, abandoned all the warships, and hurriedly broke into the city of Nanjing. He then immediately ordered all the gates to be closed and the musketeers to keep them tightly guarded. The sailors of the Tiger Army pursued them near the city wall, and were shot with muskets by the black musketeers, and had to retreat.

After repelling the pursuit of the sailors of the Tiger Ben Army, Zheng Chenggong was relieved. He hurriedly learned about the situation in Nanjing City. As a result, he was shocked to see that at this time, Nanjing City was already empty, and there were only a few residents.

Fortunately, Liu Zongzhou is still here. As the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Liu Zongzhou believed that he should stay in Nanjing City, no matter what kind of changes occurred here. Regarding Zheng Chenggong's arrival, Liu Zongzhou did not welcome him, and his expression was quite cold.

Judging from the previous three days of fighting, Zheng Chenggong's performance was indeed disappointing. This made Liu Zongzhou even more desperate about the strength of the Zheng family's fleet. Even if he cooperated with the Zheng family fleet, there was no way to repel the Tiger Ben army. In that case, why cooperate with the Zheng family fleet?

"Liu Zongzhou, you should believe us"

Zheng Chenggong said angrily.

Liu Zongzhou did not speak.

"Push it out"

"Chopped"

Zheng Chenggong shouted angrily.

This unenlightened Liu Zongzhou, since he is looking for death, it is good to fulfill him.

Liu Zongzhou was killed, and the city of Nanjing became even more lonely, which made Zheng Chenggong feel as if he was in a prison cell. He hurriedly ordered the black musketeers to make full use of all the resources in the city, and then defend the city of Nanjing, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

However, in the city of Nanjing, there are not many resources that can be used by Zheng Chenggong, and the number of soldiers that can be replenished is even smaller. The black musketeers searched the city for a long time, but found only a few hundred old, weak, sick and disabled. There was no way, Zheng Chenggong had to rely on the 5,000 musket team to defend Nanjing City. His only hope was for his father's reinforcements to arrive soon.

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"Commander, they have occupied the city of Nanjing."

A staff officer reported to Li Jicheng.

"Got it."

Li Jicheng nodded coldly.

The Tiger Ben Army Navy has to deal with the sea power of the Zheng family's fleet, and as for the battle on land, it is a matter for the army. In other words, the Vermilion Bird Legion, Qizi Battalion, and Taozi Battalion of the Tiger Ben Army are all near Yangzhou. In particular, the Suzaku Legion is the main force of the Tiger Ben Army in the future, and it is most suitable for them to attack Nanjing City.

The commander of the Vermilion Bird Legion is Yin Fengyi. After the Blue Dragon Legion, Zhang Zhun ordered the formation of three new legions, namely Hao Linyong's White Tiger Legion, stationed in Zhuozhou; Yang Zixuan's Xuanwu Legion, stationed in Luoyang; Yin Fengyi's Suzaku Legion was stationed in Yangzhou.

These four major legions, after expansion, all have 625o soldiers, plus officers, artillery and auxiliary troops, the total strength has reached nearly 10,000 people. It can be said that the mobile combat strength of the Tiger Ben Army is basically in these four major legions. The rest of the troops are basically on garrison.

When Zheng Chenggong arrived in Nanjing City, Yin Fengyi knew the news. Unfortunately, he commanded an army and could not pose an effective threat to Zheng Chenggong. Subsequently, Li Jicheng arrived, and he couldn't help. Battles on the water, that's a naval thing.

After leading his troops to Jiangpu and ** and other places opposite Nanjing City, Yin Fengyi has been paying attention to the battle on the river. The battle between the Zheng family fleet and the tiger army navy was indeed very fierce. It's a pity that Yin Fengyi couldn't help, so he could only watch in vain. However, after the naval battle, it was the turn of the army to step forward.

The Zheng family's fleet actually controlled Nanjing City in advance, which really made Yin Fengyi feel a little surprised. It doesn't matter, though. It was not very difficult for the Tiger Ben army to attack the city of Nanjing. Prior to this, Yin Fengyi had already led his troops and rehearsed many attacks on Nanjing City.

"Legion Commander, the order of the Governor has arrived"

Just when he was full of ambition, Zhang Zhun's order came.

Zhang Zhun's order was simple, that is, to take the city of Nanjing, and then control Jiangnan.

As for how Zheng Chenggong and others were handled, Zhang Zhun did not write. There is no meaning to write, that is, you Yin Fengyi will do it yourself. Generally speaking, the meaning of looking at it is to clean it up. Only the dead are the most reassuring.

"Out"

Yin Fengyi waved his hand and led the troops out.

At this time, Li Jicheng also took the warships of the First Fleet to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and was responsible for sending the Suzaku Legion to the south bank of the Yangtze River. The Suzaku Legion boarded the ship from the north shore and reached the shore of Nanjing City directly, and then attacked Nanjing City while marching.

The first to appear, naturally, was the artillery battalion. The artillery battalion equipped with the Suzaku Regiment was also equipped with 125 field guns. The commander of the artillery battalion is none other than Xu Ziwen. He ordered the artillery battalion and the field artillery to be spread out in turn, and the city of Nanjing was bombarded indiscriminately.

On the head of Nanjing City, although there are a lot of cannons, there are thirty or forty at each city gate, but there are no red-coated cannons. The range and power of the general Francophone artillery are inferior to the field artillery of the Tiger Army. Therefore, the artillery battle between the two sides, from the very beginning, was the field artillery of the Tiger Army that had the upper hand.

The Zheng family's black musket team, using the walls of Nanjing, desperately resisted. The mercenary army composed of these black slaves, at the beginning, the combat effectiveness was not bad. However, under the onslaught of the Suzaku Legion, they gradually became unable to hold on. Seriously, the weapons used by the black muskets are simply incomparable with the rifled guns.

On land, even the murderous Tartars are no match for the Tiger Army, let alone the Zheng family's musket team? After a few hours of fighting, the Zheng family's black musket team was wiped out by more than a thousand people. Seeing that it was not the road, Zheng Chenggong once again had the idea of retreating. However, he is still the same as before, always unwilling to accept his failure.

"Boom"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang.

Zheng Chenggong turned his head to see that the door of Waijinchuan was now opened.

The tidal wave of Tiger Ben soldiers swarmed from the ruins. Those black musketeers, on the other hand, were also a little tough, and when they picked up their muskets, they fought hand-to-hand with the Tiger Army. However, their numbers were too small, and they were all killed after a siege by the Tiger Ben soldiers.

"Huh?"

"Dark people?"

"Who are they? Dirty"

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army, it was the first time they saw a black man, and they couldn't help but make some fuss and talk about it. In the Ming Kingdom, white people have seen it, and black blacks, most people have never seen it. However, they were just a little curious. After their curiosity, they continued to attack Zhongfu Gate.

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