Chapter 90: The Battle of Xiamen (2)
It has been a long time since the enemy has attacked the water village, and the Xiamen Navy Division does not have much vigilance.
The Qing army's sailors approached the water village very smoothly, and when they were about to set fire to the camp, He De led the troops out to inspect.
As soon as the Qing army saw that Zheng Jiajun had come out, they immediately launched an attack.
The Qing army lit fires everywhere, and when the water village was on fire, and at the same time, the rockets on the ships of the Qing army's sailors were shot over in a hurry without money, so that He De's men suffered heavy casualties.
He De's troops were suppressed behind the wooden fence by the rain of arrows and could not get out at all.
Seeing that more and more Qing troops had landed ashore and attacked the water village, He De was anxious and shouted: "The Qing army has attacked!" The Qing army has attacked! ”
He De originally wanted to remind the Xiamen sailors to prepare for the battle.
I didn't expect ......
"Kill ......" The shouts of killing in the sky were noisy in the Xiamen Water Village.
"What's going on? What's going on? Zheng Zhiguan was awakened by the sound outside the camp, and hurriedly threw down the dice and ran out of the camp to take a look.
The sailors of the Zheng family who were panicked everywhere, the sailors of the Qing army who shouted earth-shattering, shouted and screamed, and screamed one after another.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! My lord, the Qing army has come ashore. A Duwei, covered in blood and with torn armor, stumbled in front of Zheng Zhiguan and said in horror.
"The Qing army has come ashore!" The night breeze blew, Zheng Zhiguan was suddenly terrified, and was so frightened that he threw down his troops and ran through the back door.
Zheng Zhiguan's escape made the Xiamen sailors, who were originally just panicked, bomb the camp.
No one called the shots, they got into a mess and didn't know what to do. Seeing others fleeing, many people blindly followed suit.
He De saw that the Xiamen sailors were in chaos, he didn't care about those sharp arrows, held up a rattan card, and shouted while retreating: "Don't mess up, don't mess up, gather all ...... to me"
Seeing that someone stood up to give an order, some panicked people found the backbone, and more than 900 sailors gathered around He De one after another.
He De wanted to lead these sailors to counterattack the water village and drive the Qing army out.
But some of them were in a panic and threw their weapons in the water village.
The archers of the Qing army defeated He De's counterattack with a rain of arrows, and He De's original more than 900 people are now only more than 700 people left.
"General, this won't work, we have too much damage, we can't kill the Qing dog!" A soldier shouted urgently.
He De saw that his subordinates all died on the way to the charge, dead under the arrows of the Qing army's archers, he gritted his teeth and called his deputy Hu San, and said, "Hu San, you go and report the situation to General Hong." ”
"What about you, General?" Hu San hurriedly asked.
"I'm delaying the Qing army here, our wives and children are all in the city, and we must not let the Qing dog attack Xiamen City. Just go! ”
"Yes, General! Take care! Hu San knew that the situation was urgent, and rushed all the way to Xiamen City.
"Brothers, the benevolence of the general, everyone knows it. When he dies, he will support our family. But if we escape, the harshness of the general, everyone knows. I won't say much if I don't say anything superfluous, whether to fight or flee, everyone decides for themselves. ”
"General, needless to say. I'm not going to run away! ”
"Yes, I am willing to die in battle, and I am not willing to flee and disgrace my family!"
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He De clenched the sharp knife in his hand and shouted: "He is worthy of being a good man of the Han family, and he must not let Qinggou enter the city, otherwise our wife and children will suffer." Kill the enemy with me! ”
Without hesitation, He Deyi rushed to the Qing army of nearly 7,000 with his soldiers.
Although the soldiers and horses were thin, He De stubbornly delayed the Qing army in Shuizhai for half an hour.
Ma Degong successfully captured Shuizhai and captured 24 lucky ships and 44 sand boats in Xiamen Shuizhai.
Seeing so many warships, Ma Degong was overjoyed and drank: "Quick, you drive these ships back to Fuzhou and tell Master Li Qingtai." Now that Xiamen has been captured by Lao Tzu, please let him send someone to transport soldiers and horses over to guard against Zheng Chenggong's counterattack. ”
"General, we haven't conquered Xiamen City yet, and there is a water village in the west of Xiamen, do you want to wait for these to be taken and then report?"
"Now Zheng Jiajun is like a frightened bird, it is easy for Lao Tzu to take Xiamen City, you go and report it and let him bring someone!"
"Yes, General!"
Ma Degong left more than 1,000 people to collect supplies, grain and grass in Shuizhai, and he led 7,000 people to Xiamen City.
Lan Cheng really wants to follow the general to kill ghosts and make achievements. But Zheng Chenggong decided to let him stay and guard Xiamen, and he worked diligently every day.
Today he was on duty, and when he was patrolling the city with his men, he suddenly heard a noise outside the city.
Escorted by several guards, Zheng Zhiguan ran all the way to Xiamen City with the fleeing soldiers.
Lan Cheng just wanted to ask Zheng Zhiguan why he suddenly ran back to Xiamen City.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhiguan ignored him, ran into the city, and ran back to his mansion.
Zheng Zhiguan walked into his mansion, regardless of his wife and children, he only cared about asking his soldiers to pack up the jewels and silver, and then fled to the eastern harbor with his own money, and escaped overseas on a lucky boat.
Zheng Zhiguan ran over, and then more and more defeated sailors fled back to Xiamen.
The defeated soldiers of the Navy Division fled back to Xiamen City, and when they saw Xiamen City, they exclaimed, and ran again and again and shouted: "The Qing army killed ......"
"The Qing army is coming, run!"
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Early in the morning, the people of Xiamen got up early in order to make a living.
Hearing that the Qing army was coming, the people of Xiamen suddenly panicked, like headless flies, running around, running over and over again and shouting: "The Tartars are coming!" The Tartars are coming! ”
"The general is defeated, and the Qing army has come to kill!"
"Zheng Chenggong was killed by the Qing army, and the Zheng family is finished. Let's run! ”
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As the news of the Qing army's landing spread, rumors spread for a while, the people were panicked, the whole Xiamen fell into chaos, and the whole city was in chaos.
At this time, Hu San also rushed back to Xiamen City, and when he saw Lan Cheng, Hu San hurriedly said: "General Lan, the Qing army is coming, hurry up and close the city gate!" ”
After speaking, Hu San ran into the city and rushed to Hong Xu's mansion.
Hearing Hu San say that the Qing army was attacking, Lan Cheng was shocked.
The Qing army attacked the shore and broke through the water village!
Lan Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly came to his senses. Busy drinking; "Come, close the gates."
Lan Cheng wanted to close the city gate, but Wei Commander Ji Yin had just run back to Xiamen at this time, and when he saw that the city gate was about to be closed, he immediately shouted: "Don't close, don't close, let me in!" ”
The defeated soldiers outside the city saw that the city gate was about to be closed, and they also rushed in desperately.
Seeing the defeated soldiers rushing to the gate, the guards immediately panicked, some people hurriedly closed the city gate, and some people did not dare to close the door when they saw that it was the general who took the lead.
The defeated soldiers blocked the city gates, and Lan Cheng's desperate shouting failed to stop them from rushing into Xiamen City.
In the chaos, the time to close the gates was wasted.