Beginning in the autumn of 1647, Zheng Chenggong led Zheng's army to avoid the county seat, and killed all the way from Zhangpu to Yunxiao along the coast.

Everywhere you go, you reap the rewards. Although there was some sporadic resistance, in the face of the powerful Zheng Jiajun, all reactionaries were paper tigers.

Zheng Chenggong carried out two strong attacks and three artillery demonstrations, and collected 190,000 taels of silver, 280,000 stones of grain and grass, and hundreds of pigs and sheep. Ten thousand catties of fine iron, one hundred and three good horses. and the six tiger squat cannons, all of which were secretly bought by those patriarchs and village chiefs from Daming Dunwei.

In addition to leaving the necessary military funds, Zheng Chenggong sent people to send all the money and food to Haicheng.

At the same time, Zheng Chenggong also selected more than 2,000 young people from the refugees in the two places, and sent them to Haicheng to be handed over to Hong Xu and other generals for training!

Zheng Chenggong, who had a smooth journey, went to Zhao'an, thinking that he would go home for the New Year after recruiting troops here, but he ran into trouble.

At the beginning of his entry into Zhao'an, the cottages and villages that Zheng Chenggong encountered said that they had no money and food to supply Zheng's army.

Even under the threat of Zheng Chenggong's troops, they still insisted that there was no. This can provoke Zheng Chenggong, and directly send troops to conquer a cottage with a bad reputation.

In the cellar and warehouse of this cottage, Zheng Jiajun only found a little grain, and there was not much property in the leader's house.

Zheng Chenggong asked people to bring up the cottage king, and asked, "Why don't you refuse to donate food to help our army fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty." Have you colluded with the Manchu Tartars to dare to resist the Heavenly Army? ”

When the cottage king heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The general spares his life, it is not a small one to deceive the king, but a small cottage can't take so much." “

"Nonsense, how can a huge cottage not be able to get out this little bit of money and food. It's clear that you're hiding, come on, give me this person twenty battles, see if he dares to be hard-mouthed? ”

"The general spares his life, spares his life! It's not a small lie, it's really not. The money and food in the small cottage were taken away by the Guangdong Five Tigers. ”

"Guangdong Five Tigers! I'm grass, it's better to make up a Guangdong Ten Tigers directly, do you think it's the end of the Qing Dynasty! If you really think Lao Tzu is stupid, you just want to get through by fabricating a lie at will. Come on, drag it down and fight. ”

beat the cottage king for twenty, and when his ass was fired, and his flesh and blood were blurred, he still cried and shouted that the money and food were robbed by the five tigers, Zheng Chenggong was on fire, and let people pull down and hit the twenty boards again, and directly knocked people out, until the moment he fainted, he still said that the five tigers robbed him.

Hey, I ran into a guy who wanted money and didn't want to die!

The king of the cottage couldn't ask, Zheng Chenggong asked people to interrogate all the big and small leaders in the cottage, but the answers they got were the same, they were all under the board, and they all cried and shouted that let the five tigers snatch it away.

A person may want money and not die, but it is impossible that so many people are not afraid of death!

At this time, Zheng Chenggong believed that there might really be such a five tigers to grab food from him.

Zheng Chenggong was busy with the spies among the generals and the Zhangzhou people among the soldiers sent out to investigate.

When they came back and reported the news, Zheng Chenggong learned that there were really five Guangdong tigers, no, they should be called Guangdong Five Pirates.

These five pirates are not brothers, but originally in order to survive in a world full of pirates in the South China Sea, so they beheaded chickens, burned yellow paper, and worshiped as brothers of the opposite sex.

They are the black-hearted tiger Zhao Yan, the hanging eared tiger Li Gang, the winged tiger Lei Heng, the flying tiger Wang Bao, and the smiling tiger Li Ying.

They hailed themselves as heroes of the green forest and called themselves the Five Tigers of Guangdong.

In fact, they are just some Haikou who took advantage of this opportunity to grow stronger after the division of the Zheng family's sailors who once crisscrossed the East China Sea.

They occupied the island of Nan'ao, and in addition to robbing merchant ships, they also led thieves to plunder the coastal people. even threatened the people and squires of Zhao'an, Dongshan, and Raoping counties to make them pay monthly capitation fees, protection fees, and the like.

When someone refuses to pay, they simply slaughter the village.

Because they were afraid of their desperate means of killing and robbing them all, the people of the three counties could only try their best to scrape together money and food for the "five tigers".

A few days ago, the Five Tigers came to Zhao'an to collect this month's protection fee, so after Zheng Chenggong came to Zhao'an, he didn't collect a penny.

And in the spies, I learned that the Guangdong Five Tigers are still a bit far from themselves.

When Zheng Zhilong supported Emperor Longwu, in order to show his strength, he recruited hooligans and bandits during that time, and because of this, Zheng Zhilong would have 270,000 troops in a very short time.

It's just that after Zheng Zhilong was kidnapped by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and went to Beijing, these cows, ghosts, snakes and gods scattered in a hurry, occupying the mountains and islands, claiming the king and hegemony, and doing evil. In addition to robbing the people, they also sold the people to Hongyi as coolies.

Listening to the evil deeds of the five tigers, Zheng Chenggong was indignant.

For this kind of bastard who oppresses the people, and at the same time occupies his own territory, as a recruiting general, he naturally refuses to give up.

When Zheng Chenggong just wanted to order the mobilization of ships to come over to conquer these pirates, the steady Lin Xishan persuaded him: "General, now that these pirates have cultivated a climate, they are afraid that it will be difficult to exterminate them, once they are offended, and they are not eradicated." I'm afraid that in the future, it will be difficult for us to trade at sea on this side of the South China Sea. The last general thinks that it is better to surrender first. ”

Zheng Chenggong was also a little moved when he thought that there were also forty or fifty sand boats and more than a dozen lucky ships among the five tigers in Guangdong.

"Uh, okay. Surrender and surrender! Once it is included in my Zheng family's army, it is natural to be allowed to follow military discipline. forgive them, and it will be no more trouble for the people to come. ”

The black-hearted tiger Zhao Yan is the most ruthless, and most of the things that slaughter the village are done by his orders.

However, because of the largest number of robberies, his power is the strongest among the five tigers, and he is regarded as the honor of the five tigers, and he presides over all events.

Zheng Chenggong wrote a letter of surrender in accordance with Lin Xishan's plan, and sent a fast boat to deliver it to Zhao Yan, the black-hearted tiger on Nanao Island.

After Zhao Yan received the letter and read it, he sent someone to invite the other four tigers to his water village.

When Zhao Yan ordered his subordinates to hand over the letter to the other four tigers for circulation, he said: "What do you think of the fact that the eldest prince sent someone to recruit us to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty and raise the banner of righteousness?" ”

It was not because he could really jump over a stream two or three feet wide that he was nicknamed "Winged Tiger".

It is because his real name is Lei Heng, which has the same name as Lei Heng, the heavenly retreating star winged tiger in Liangshan Haoshan, that he is called the winged tiger.

Lei Heng was the most anxious, and after he looked at it, he scolded: "What eldest son, it was when he saw Zheng Zhilong's face that he called that milky dry boy." Now, Zheng Zhilong is unable to protect himself, why should the eldest brother give face to that kid. ”

Hearing Lei Heng say that Zheng Chenggong's milk smelled dry, Zhao Yan just laughed and didn't reply, but asked the smiling tiger Li Ying, "What do you think?" ”

The smiling tiger is the most insidious and cunning, often hiding a knife in his smile, and plotting against his opponent behind his back, so he is called the smiling tiger.

Among the Five Tigers, he often gives advice, Li Yingke can be regarded as the dog-headed military advisor of the Five Tigers, and the black-hearted tiger Zhao Yan has more to discuss with him.

Hearing Zhao Yan's culture, the smiling tiger Li Ying hurriedly replied respectfully: "Big brother, this eldest son is in a difficult situation now, so he just went south to find some money and food to live. According to the younger brother's opinion, it is better to allocate some money and food to the eldest prince to thank the previous master Zheng Zhilong for his grace. As for the matter of the edict, I think it will be waived, and the eldest brother can find some reasons to excuse himself. ”

Li Gang was called the Hanging Ear Tiger because when he fought with others, half of his ears were cut off.

He said disdainfully: "Zheng Chenggong, this kid didn't dare to fight the Qing army, so he hit a few of us with wishful thinking." With the power of a few of us, the one is disrespectful, and the other is not afraid. Why bother to listen to that kid. If you want me to say, it's best to do our own business in South Australia.

Wang Bao originally made a living by hunting, and was good at jumping in the mountains and forests, so he was called the Flying Tiger. "The second brother said it well!"

Wang Bao said angrily, "Zheng Chenggong, a white-faced scholar, doesn't know how thick the sky is, his father can't resist the Qing army, and he is a down-and-out kid who still wants to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty." It's just looking for some words to deceive the ignorant people, to deceive me and a few, big brother, you must not believe his nonsense. Besides, we are doing well now, so why should we follow him to suffer. Big brother, don't you say? ”

Seeing the hanging ear tiger Li Gang, the winged tiger Lei Heng, the flying tiger Wang Bao, and the smiling tiger Li Ying did not agree with the surrender of Zheng Chenggong.

Black-hearted Tiger Zhao Yan said with satisfaction, "I invite you here today, but I just want to ventilate to you, so that someone will confuse Zheng Chenggong and do something difficult for me." Since all the brothers do not agree, I am naturally relieved. It's just that Zheng Chenggong used to be our eldest son after all, and he opened his mouth, and a few of us have to express it. Fifth brother, do as you want. Find three or five thousand stones of grain and grass, and send him five or six thousand silver, and perfunctory him. Let him not mention the matter of surrender again. ”

"Yes, eldest brother, junior brother will send someone to prepare it and let people send it over."

Li Ying got up and replied respectfully, but when he turned to leave, his eyes kept rolling, and he didn't know what to think again.

When the other three saw that the eldest brother had decided, they didn't say anything anymore, anyway, they were just a little money and food. Everyone has a little bit to give, not much. So he said casually: "Just according to the will of the eldest brother!" Now that they had been decided, they did not linger any longer, but arose and took their leave.

Watching them leave, the black-hearted tiger Zhao Yan sat on a chair in the middle of the lobby with a gloomy face and was silent!