In the Fuzhou Mansion, Zheng Chenggong handed the letter to Yao Qisheng and said: "The Manchus have already attacked Azig, and we will also send troops while the Manchus are in chaos now!" ”

Yao Qisheng said: "Well, general, send a fast horse to inform Sun Kewang that the two families will send troops, which will inevitably make it difficult for the Manchu Qing to take care of it!" ”

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After receiving Zheng Chenggong's reply, Sun Kewang summoned Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and his confidant Feng Shuangli.

Sun Kewang said: "Zheng Chenggong of Fujian sent a letter hoping to join forces with our army to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they sent troops to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and we sent troops to attack Huguang. I'm in agreement, what do you think? ”

Feng Shuangli hurriedly stood up and drank: "At the end, everything will obey the orders of King Qin!" ”

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu originally intended to support the Ming and oppose the Qing Dynasty, and when they heard that they were uniting with the Zheng family army to attack the Manchu Dynasty, both of them agreed.

Seeing that everyone did not object, Sun Kewang hurriedly ordered: "I have decided to divide the army into two routes, the Northern Route Army will have Liu Wenxiu, the king of Funan, as the main general, and Bai Wenxuan and Wang Fuchen as the deputy generals, and send troops to attack Xichuan. The Eastern Route Army had Feng Shuangli as the main general and Ma Jinzhong as the deputy general to attack Hunan. Li Dingguo, the king of Anxi, returned to Yunnan and stepped up military training, as a backup army, ready to support at any time! ”

Sun Kewang was deeply jealous of Li Dingguo, who had a heavy army and enjoyed high prestige in the Great Western Army, and in order to prevent Li Dingguo from making war exploits, he would threaten himself in the future.

Sun Kewang consciously did not allow him to participate in the campaign against the Manchus.

Although Li Dingguo was dissatisfied with Sun Kewang for a long time, there was nothing wrong with this deployment, even if Li Dingguo was dissatisfied, he had nothing to say, so he could only give up his hands and drink: "Get the order!" ”

In April 1651, Feng Shuangli and others of the Eastern Route Army led 45,000 infantry cavalry and more than 10 war elephants to march out of Guizhou and into Hunan.

After leaving Guizhou, Feng Shuangli's soldiers divided into three routes, one route to Tongren and Mayang, one route to Pingxi and Benshui, and one route to Solo and Less, to attack Yuanzhou.

The Qing army garrison in Quanyuan Prefecture had only three battalions of soldiers and horses, totaling 3,000 soldiers.

Knowing that he was powerless to resist, the Qing general Zheng Yitong had no choice but to gather all his soldiers and horses and retreat to Yuanzhou.

Feng Shuangli easily conquered the counties and towns under the rule of Yuanzhou and surrounded Yuanzhou like an iron bucket.

On April 15, under Feng Shuangli's order, the Great Western Army attacked Yuanzhou, which had few defenders, and broke through it in half a day, capturing alive the Qing generals Zheng Yitong and Zhizhou Chai Gonggui.

After capturing Yuanzhou, Feng Shuangli did not stay long, and the army took advantage of the victory to attack Chenzhou.

Chenzhou is a heavy county in Huaihua City, Hunan, there are 5,000 Qing soldiers, Xu Yongtan, the chief soldier of Chenzhou in the Qing Dynasty, heard that the Great Western Army was attacking, and Yuanzhou had not broken through, and strengthened the defense of Chenzhou.

Xu Yong's defense was very strict, and Feng Shuangli failed to succeed.

Shen Yongzhong, the general appointed by the Qing court to suppress Hunan, heard that Chenzhou was in danger, and immediately led 20,000 troops and rushed to support overnight.

The two sides fought fiercely under the city of Chenzhou for several days, each with a victory or defeat, and for a time the two sides were in a state of stalemate in Chenzhou.

Liu Wenxiu of the North Route Army led the Great Western Army to ride 50,000 out of southern Sichuan, on the eighth day of the first month of April, Liu Wenxiu's army conquered Syria, the Qing soldiers who defended the city were annihilated, the Qing army's general soldiers in the south did not know their whereabouts in the chaos, the general soldiers fled alone with the leopard, and dozens of victims of Jiala and Niulu.

At the same time, the deputy general Bai Wenxuan also led his troops to attack Chongqing.

Seeing the strength of the Ming army, Li Guohan, the commander-in-chief of Chongqing, held an emergency meeting with Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan, in Jiajiang County on 19 April, and decided to withdraw the whole division north to protect everything.

The Qing generals stationed in Chongqing, Mei Lezhang, Jingge Chaozhong, Tong Shisheng, Bai Hanzhen, Xiang Hongqi, Zhang Jing, Yin Decai, and the general soldiers Bai Yongfu, Chen De, and Lu Guangzu received an order to retreat on the 24th, and crossed the river to the north on the 25th.

On the same day, the Ming army regained Chongqing, and immediately sent troops to pursue the Qing army, surround the Qing army at Zhuxi, which is 120 miles away from Chongqing, and besiege it on all sides with firearms.

On the 28th, the Qing army was defeated, Meile Zhangjing Bai Hanzhen was captured alive, and when Bai Yongfu, the general soldier of Yongning, fled to Baoning with the remnants of the defeated soldiers, there were only more than 300 people left.

Seeing that the Great Western Army had sent troops in accordance with the covenant, Zheng Chenggong also decided to personally lead the Northern Expedition of the Great Army.

Zheng Chenggong left Hong Xu and Lu Ruoteng to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Fuzhou, and Zhang Jin led 10,000 troops to garrison Xianxia Pass, the northern gate of Fujian.

Chen Bao led 3,000 sailors to garrison Nanao, and Chen Yaoce led 2,000 sailors to garrison Yuanshan.

The generals led more than 1000 troops and drove hundreds of ships, either guarding the port areas or garrisoning dangerous places. There is no time to climb and plunder, and there is no need for embankments when there is no flood.

In May 1651, Zheng Chenggong slaughtered the three animals and sacrificed the flag twenty miles outside the city of Fuzhou, and personally led 100,000 horse infantry troops and 20,000 sailors, a total of 120,000 troops to the Northern Expedition.

Zheng Jiajun marched all the way, and the towns and villages along the road opened the door and surrendered without hearing the sound. Zheng Jiajun smoothly approached Wenzhou City.

When Jin Li, the general of Qingping South, heard the news of Zheng's army's attack on Zhejiang, he did not dare to slack off, and led an army of 30,000 to garrison Wenzhou overnight.

Jin Li knew that he didn't have many soldiers and horses, so he didn't dare to go out of the city to fight with the Zheng family's army.

He retreated to the city of Wenzhou, wanting to rely on the city wall to resist the Zheng army.

On the third day of the sixth month, the Zheng army marched to Wenzhou City.

After the persuasion was unsuccessful, Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and the Zheng army began to attack the city.

At this time, the sun rises in the middle of the sky, shining on the earth, reflecting the shimmering brilliance of weapons, adding to the atmosphere of killing.

The drums of war are beating.

Liu Guoxuan led the forward battalion composed of shield soldiers, archers, and musketeers to step forward, listening to the sound of war drums, and advancing with a grim face.

In this Northern Expedition, Zheng Jiajun has been preparing for nearly a year, and all kinds of siege equipment have been fully prepared.

Many people in the army also carried sassers, ladders, and building carts to advance slowly.

More than 70 tall iron shield building cars, began to move in the direction of Wenzhou City, each car stood more than 20 musketeers, as long as they arrived at the city wall, they could shroud the entire city head in the range of arrows, when the city wall was patted, the musketeers could also put on short swords directly across the wall, and attack the city.

Wang Qibang and Yao Guotai led the cavalry of Tieqi Town to wander around, not only to defend against the sudden attack of the Qing army out of the city, but also to attack at any time to support the forward battalion.

In the camp of the Chinese army, behind the ironclad army, one hundred and forty artillery pieces are adjusting their muzzles to Wenzhou City under the operation of thousands of artillerymen.

With a loud bang, the ground shook a few times, and black fog filled the entire artillery battalion.

Hundreds of red-hot cannonballs swept through the air, making a sharp whistling sound, and flew towards the city of Wenzhou.

More than 20 cannonballs hit the Wenzhou city wall, and the cannonballs rushed into the stone wall, knocking the city wall out of countless holes.

The shattered stones scattered in all directions, rolling up a puff of flying sand.

Seven or eight shells hit the Qing soldiers on the city wall exactly.

The Qing soldiers who were hit head-on didn't even have time to scream, and their corpses burst in an instant, blood overflowed, and broken intestines and stumps were sprinkled on the surrounding Qing soldiers.

Those who saw it couldn't help but scream in horror.

In the face of a powerful attack that manpower could not resist, being killed by a single blow was quite a good result, and the worst thing was that the Qing soldiers were pierced by a cannonball and took away their limbs.

He fell to the ground, clutching his wounds and screaming heartbreakingly.

Even if you are lucky enough to survive this war, it is useless.

Wounds that appear when a shell hits with a large amount of gunpowder residue can cause wound infection in a short period of time, and there is no cure at all.

Looking at this cruel scene, many Qing soldiers felt endless fear, and couldn't help but retreat step by step, hoping to be far away from the city head, the place of death.

Jin Li shouted hoarsely to his sergeant, the expression on his face was a little distorted, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

As the artillery fired, Zheng Chenggong drew his sword and pointed at Wenzhou City, shouting: "Attack, kill!" (To be continued.) )