When Zheng Chenggong was still discussing with Yao Qisheng how to use the Black Slave Iron Armor Army better, the spies sent the recent information to Zheng Chenggong.

Seeing that Hu Yousheng, the general soldier of Ganzhou, refused to surrender, Li Chengdong of Guangdong led his troops to cross Meiling, divided his troops into two routes, all the way from Longnan and Xinfeng, all the way from Nan'an and Nankang, and approached Ganzhou.

On the first day of October, Li's army arrived at the city of Ganzhou, and more than dozens of companies and battalions surrounded Ganzhou.

Li Chengdong set up more than 40 red-coated cannons outside the city, and the artillery fire continued to cover the night.

Hu Yousheng saw that the Ming army was strong, and decided to take advantage of the fact that the Li army's camp was not consolidated and the Haogou was not completed, and selected elite soldiers to suddenly open the city to fight.

In the early morning of the next day, the Qing army in Ganzhou went out of the city from the small east gate, south gate, and west gate respectively, and rushed to kill.

Li Chengdong's army was unstable and caught off guard, and was rushed into the camp by the Qing army, and the soldiers retreated in panic, trampled on each other, and the formation was in chaos, and there were many losses of soldiers and equipment.

Li Chengdong was forced to withdraw his troops from Nan'an and returned to Zhaoqing to meet Emperor Yongli.

Ganzhou has not been conquered, and Jin Shengheng cannot be rescued.

The Qing army besieged Nanchang for four months, and the city of Nanchang was besieged for a long time, and food and firewood were scarce.

Jin Shengheng and Wang Deren are in a very difficult situation.

After his subordinates finished circulating the military information, Zheng Chenggong frowned, raised his head to his subordinates, and said: "Li Chengdong was defeated, and now the situation in Nanchang is very unfavorable. What should our army do, and what do you think? ”

Gan Hui thought for a moment and said, "General, the Manchu army is strangling the rebels in Jiangxi. Now that Fujian has few soldiers and horses, we should take the opportunity to capture Fuzhou. As soon as Fuzhou was conquered, the Qing army had no counterattack soldiers and horses in Fujian. Second, it can also play a role in encircling Wei to save Zhao, attract the attention of the Manchus, and reduce the pressure on Jiangxi. ”

Huang Wu objected: "No, our army has a relationship with Li Chengdong in Guangdong and Jin Shengheng in Jiangxi. They were defeated, and our army was simply unable to face the Qing army on its own. I suggest that the general join forces with Li Chengdong and send troops to rescue Jiangxi. ”

Zheng Chenggong couldn't judge when he heard it, turned his head and asked Yao Qisheng and said, "Brother Yao, what do you think?" ”

Yao Qisheng sighed and said: "General, Jiangxi and Guangdong have been reversed one after another, which is beneficial to the situation in the Ming Dynasty. It's a pity that Emperor Yongli did great things and spared his life, he was fierce and timid, jealous and less powerful, there were many soldiers and the division was unclear, his subordinates were arrogant and the government orders were inconsistent, no one coordinated the overall situation and made corresponding decisions, and the powerful factions in various places did their own thing, wasting a great opportunity in vain. ”

Sighing, Yao Qisheng continued: "Although our army won the battle against the Franco, it also lost the opportunity. Otherwise, if our army can take the opportunity to capture Fuzhou and command the whole province of Fujian. Enter to rescue Jiangxi, retreat to hold Xianxia Pass. But now the Qing army can conquer Nanchang at any time. If our army captures Fuzhou at this time, our army will be the biggest threat to the Manchu Qing at that time, and it will inevitably face the encirclement and suppression of the Manchu army. With 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses of our army, more than 100,000 troops of the Shangqing army. Does the general feel that he has a chance of winning? “

Zheng Chenggong thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Difficult! ”

Yao Qisheng said: "In view of this, the opinion of the lower officials is to capture Zhangzhou first and join forces with Li Chengdong in Guangdong to rescue Jiangxi. When the Qing army attacked Nanchang, it attacked the Qing army from behind. After the defeat of the Qing army, our army conquered Fuzhou and captured the whole province of Fujian, so as not to be afraid of the counterattack of the Qing army and to hold Fujian. ”

Yao Qisheng took a breath and continued, "The general is the loyal and filial uncle of the first emperor, who is faithful and righteous in the four seas, and is full of heroes, and is thirsty for virtue. If you send troops to garrison Xianxia Pass, block the main road for the Qing army to enter Fujian. At that time, the government will be repaired internally, and the righteous army will be formed outside. When the time came, the general ordered General Lin to lead the naval division across the sea to attack Zhoushan and Zhenjiang, and the general personally led the army to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the two armies jointly attacked Nanjing. Nanjing is the ancient capital of the Ming Dynasty and a political figure! Once Nanjing is captured, do the people have to eat pot pulp to welcome the general? If so, the great cause can be accomplished, and the Ming Dynasty can be prosperous. This Yao is also a general's conspirator. But the general figured it. ”

Hearing Yao Qisheng's strategy, Zheng Chenggong shouted: "Okay! ”

If there are strategists, it is different, look at it, this strategy is clearly organized, the combat strategy is clear, and the implementation is also very in line with the actual situation of Zheng Jiajun.

I won't fight east and west like before, without any direction.

Zheng Chenggong looked around at his subordinates and said, "Mr. Yao's strategy is very good. I decided to attack Zhangzhou first. Mr. Lu, I want to trouble you to go to Guangdong again and have an interview with Li Chengdong about the cooperation between the two armies! ”

Lu Zhenfei hurriedly arched his hand and said, "It's not troublesome!" ”

Lu Zhenfei took several civil officials to Zhaoqing to meet Emperor Yongli on a sea ship, and Zheng Chenggong asked his subordinates to pack up and prepare to go to Zhangzhou.

On the 12th day of November in the second year of the Yongli calendar, it was close to noon.

Outside the west gate of Xiamen City, the flag covers the sun, and the knife is like a mountain. The 20,000-strong army was all in full force and ready to go.

Zheng Chenggong, who was dressed in military uniform, rode on a lion's high-headed horse, and said to Lu Ruoteng, Hong Xu and others who saw him off: "Mr. Lu, General Hong, during my expedition, the government affairs of Xiamen will be handed over to you!" ”

"Don't worry, General!" Lu Ruoteng, Hong Xu and others hurriedly said.

"Hmm!" Zheng Chenggong Weiwei nodded, Lu Ruoteng and Hong Xu's talents can still be trusted. In addition, this time there will be no more timid people like Zheng Zhiguan who are afraid of death, and with the protection of the Zheng family's sailors, the safety of Xiamen is still guaranteed.

Zheng Chenggong glanced at the Zheng family army behind him, waved his big hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "The army is leaving, and the troops are entering Zhangzhou!" ”

"Woo woo ......" The dull and strong horn sounded,

The army slowly moved, and the Zheng family army had 10,000 sword and shield soldiers, 5,000 musketeers, 3,000 pikemen, 3,000 rattan armor soldiers, 3,000 archers, 3,000 bombardiers, 1,000 artillery battalions, and 2,000 gang leaders, a total of 30,000 troops, and wanted to kill Zhangzhou Fucheng.