Chapter 499: Zheng Zhilong descends to the clear
After sending Dutong Durd to lead troops to pursue the fleeing Emperor Longwu, Azig personally led the army to Fuzhou, wanting to occupy Fuzhou and force Zheng Zhilong's Zheng family to surrender. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
For Azig, although Emperor Longwu is the honor of the emperor, his importance is not as important as Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong has an army of more than 100,000 people in a province, and occupies the Nanyang shipping route of Japan, and the annual sea trade income is as high as millions of taels of silver, which is truly a rich country. And Emperor Longwu has the title of emperor, and the army under his control is only a few hundred people, just a puppet of the Zheng family. As long as Zheng Zhilong is forced to surrender, he can control the whole province of Fujian in his hands, and then collect and surrender tens of thousands of troops, and based on the wealth of the Zheng family, he can surround Nanjing from the south and attack the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang!
When Azig led the 10,000 8 banners and 40,000 green battalions to the city of Fuzhou, Fuzhou City unsurprisingly surrendered, and Zheng Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Longwu Imperial Court, led the city to surrender on his knees, while Zheng Zhilong led his army south and returned to his old nest Anping.
Azig ordered the rectification and surrender of troops in Fuzhou, and went out to appease the people, while sending people to Zheng Zhilong's lair to Anping, and ordered Zheng Zhilong to surrender immediately. At this time, the news of the defeat and death of Durd's Jianning Mansion reached Fuzhou.
"Seventy percent of the 1,000 Eight Banner elite soldiers have been killed or wounded, this Ming army is by no means an ordinary Ming army, it must be Ren Siqi's Chongming army." Belebolo asked Azig for an order: "I am willing to take my own army to Jianning and defeat the Chongming army and capture Ren Siqi!" ”
Last year, Bolo followed Prince Yu Duoduo to fight with the Chongming army several times, but he did not take much advantage, so that he has been humiliated.
"No!" Who knew that Azig flatly rejected him, "I will personally lead the troops to defeat Ren Siqi, you immediately lead the troops to the south and force Zheng Zhilong to surrender immediately!" "Among the Manchu kings, Azig was a true warmonger, and he was highly regarded by Dorgon for his many military exploits. In last year's southern expedition, Azig first defeated Li Zicheng's army, and then forced Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of troops to surrender.
It is precisely because of the invincibility of his outstanding military achievements, coupled with the fact that he has not touched the Chongming army much, that Azig is very disdainful of Duoduo Bolo and others repeatedly eating deflated at the hands of the Chongming army. Even if Azig was blocked in Wuhu not long ago, he only thought that the Chongming army ships were strong and powerful, and if the combat power was not comparable to the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners. When he heard the news that Durd's army was defeated in Jianning and the Chongming army sent troops to Fujian, Azig couldn't help but get excited. He immediately decided to personally lead the army to meet the Chongming army, so as to demonstrate the invincible combat power of the Eight Banners.
Just when Azig was about to raise troops, Zheng Zhilong's surrender letter was sent to Fuzhou, and after opening it and reading it, Azig laughed.
"When the minister heard that the emperor entered the Central Plains, he went south, and he cherished the heart of obedience. However, the mountains and rivers were blocked, and when he learned that the soldiers had arrived, the ministers immediately withdrew the troops stationed in various places, and told the prefectures and prefectures to store grass and straw to welcome the army......" Zheng Zhilong's letters are full of humble words, and the feasible text hints at his great strength as a bargaining capital with the Manchus.
"Zheng Zhilong, as long as he is coerced and enticed, he is not afraid that he will not surrender." Bolo said dismissively. Over the years, he has been accustomed to seeing greedy and cowardly Ming Dynasty generals, and Zheng Zhilong is just one of them.
"I'll give you 3,000 8 banners and 10,000 green camps, and Fuzhou will be handed over to you, remember, to solve Zheng Zhilong as soon as possible, okay Fujian is in our hands." After Azig gave some instructions, he personally led the soldiers to Yanping.
After Bolo received the order, he immediately sent someone to Anping to deliver a letter, inviting Zheng Zhilong to meet with Fuzhou to discuss his surrender. At the same time, he ordered his subordinate Gushan Ezhen Fulakta and other commanders to march to Nan'an in order to put pressure on Zheng Zhilong.
After Zheng Zhilong learned that the Qing soldiers were forcing to Nan'an, he panicked and sent someone to Fuzhou to meet Bolo, saying, "I am afraid of making the king a sin." If you recruit me, why force me! ”
After Bolo read the letter, he pretended to reprimand Fulakta, ordered him to retreat thirty miles, and at the same time sent two people, including the scholar of the Inner Academy, to see Zhilong in Anping with a letter, which said: "I am so important to the general, and the general can establish the Tang Domain." People and ministers will do their best; If you can't do your best, you will do things clearly, and take advantage of the time to make contributions, and this heroic thing is also. If the general does not assist the master, why should I use the general! And the two Guangdong have not been peaceful, and now the governor of Fujian and Guangdong is sealed to treat each other. I want to see the general, and the business is also the reason. ”
After Zheng Zhilong read the letter, he decided to go to Fuzhou in person to meet Bolo.
His son Zheng Sen persuaded: "My father always holds great power, and he can't change his mind lightly. With the fineness of children, the land of Fujian and Guangdong is no more arbitrary than the north. If you rely on high risks and set up an ambush to defend against it, although there are millions, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fly through. Pack people's hearts to consolidate their roots; The sea lanes were opened widely, and the ports were sold to meet their salaries. Then select generals to train troops, call on the world, and it is not difficult to forge ahead. ”
Zheng Zhilong said: "The childish man talks in vain, and he doesn't know the times. The husband is separated by a moat, and the four towns are strong and cannot resist the enemy, not to mention a corner of peace. If you can't draw a tiger, wouldn't you be like a dog? ”
Zheng Sen said: "What my father has seen is probably, he has never been fine, the time and place are favorable, and there are different ears. Although the Qing Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses, it could not be driven for a long time. There is no one in our court's committee, and the ministers are in power, and once the ice cracks and collapses, it will become a coal mountain. Therefore, when it is time, the row goes straight in, and the ugliness is cut off to inherit the unification. When he went to the southern capital, he was not afraid of the Yangtze River, and he carefully examined the reason, the monarch was not the king of chaos, and the ministers were many mediocre ministers, so that the heroes of the world hated it, and it was difficult to rely on it.
King Chongming went up the river with the power of an island and went down to Nanjing with one blow, which shows the combat power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the so-called Eight Banners are not more than Er'er.
Why don't my father follow the example of King Chongming, if he takes advantage of his ruggedness and stifles his danger, then the geographical advantage still exists, and the people's hearts can be collected. Based on Fujian, the Chongming Army raised troops to the Northern Expedition, expelled the Manchus, and restored the Ming Dynasty. ”
Zheng Zhilong said: "Ren Siqi just took advantage of the main force of the Qing soldiers to go west, so he was lucky to succeed, and when the Qing soldiers came to their senses, they sent several troops, and their demise was expected." Know the times for the handsome. Recruit me today, and you will give me a gift. Gou and the competition, once lost, wagging the tail and begging for mercy, then there is no way to regret it. The vertical is contemptuous, and there is no need to talk about it. ”
Zheng Sen saw that his father did not obey, so he took his clothes and knelt down and cried: "The husband and tiger must not leave the mountain, and the fish must not escape the abyss; If you leave the mountain, you will lose your prestige, and if you get out of the abyss, you will be trapped and killed. My father should think twice. ”
Zheng Zhilong saw Zheng Sen's speech, tired of listening, and rose up with his sleeves.
On November 15, Zheng Zhilong, despite the advice of his sons Zheng Sen and Zheng Hongkui, arrived in Fuzhou with 500 soldiers to meet Bolo, and as soon as he entered the city, Bolo was placed under house arrest. Bolo forced Zhilong to write a few letters in front of him, in order to appease the Zheng family and his generals, and said to Zhilong: "This has nothing to do with you, and it is not my concern.
Wu Yibo Shifu, Cheng Jibo Zheng Zhibao and his subordinates had a total of ten soldiers, 113,000 soldiers, and after receiving Zheng Zhilong's order, they ordered the whole army to surrender, and Bolo surrendered Zheng's army of tens of thousands without a single sword or shot.
On November 30, Bolo treacherously ordered his subordinate Qing troops to invade Anping, looting and plundering, and Zheng Sen's mother Weng was also raped and hanged herself in anger. Zheng Zhilong's net worth of tens of millions of taels of silver accumulated by relying on sea trade all fell into the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.