Zheng Chenggong arranged for the soldiers to collect the bones of the fallen soldiers and the dead so that they could be buried.

It's a pity that the corpses of Ye Yiyun and Chen Ding were burned into charcoal in the flames, and they were already mixed with the soldiers and couldn't be distinguished.

Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to bury them and the soldiers of the Zheng family army who died defending Tong'an under a hill five miles north of Tong'an City.

In order to appease the people of Tong'an, and also to boost morale, Zheng Chenggong asked craftsmen to build a large stone tablet out of marble, on which were engraved the names of the fallen soldiers and people of Tong'an.

At the same time, a hall was built next to the tomb to enshrine their spiritual seats.

After the completion of the gym, Zheng Chenggong held a grand memorial service.

Standing in front of the altar, Zheng Chenggong held the inscription Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs." The brocade cloth of "National Mourning" read aloud:

"Wu Gexi was rhinoceros armor, and the car was wrong and short-handed.

The sun covers the enemy like a cloud, and the arrows and fallen soldiers compete for the first.

Ling Yu staggered for the rest of his life, and his left side was injured and his right blade was injured.

The haze is two rounds and four horses, and the jade is beating the drum.

The days are full of power and anger, and they are all killed and abandoned in the wilderness.

Can't get in and out, and the plains are far away.

With a long sword, he carried the Qin bow, and his head was not punished.

Cheng is both brave and martial, and he is strong and invincible.

The body is dead, the spirit is the spirit, and the soul is resolute. ”

After chanting and singing, the three animals were sacrificed, seeing that so many soldiers had died, and his year's hard work was in vain, Zheng Chenggong couldn't control the sadness in his heart for a while, and couldn't help crying,

Zheng Jiajun and the people of Tong'an were moved when they saw it.

Hong Xu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "General, the general will inevitably die in battle, since he has embarked on this road, he has the consciousness of death." In order to resist the Qing army, the dead soldiers recovered the Han dynasty and the country was also a well-deserved death. They will certainly not complain about the general under Jiuquan. Please also ask the general to regain his strength and lead the soldiers to complete the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty! ‘

Other soldiers were also busy with thousands of hands and shouted: "Please also ask the general to regain his strength and lead us to complete the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty!" ”

In fact, Zheng Chenggong is nothing, but he suddenly saw that so many soldiers had died, and his hard work for a year was in vain, and he couldn't control his sadness for a while, so he cried. I didn't expect them to think that I was crying because of self-blame.

Of course, Zheng Chenggong would not say his inner thoughts, touched a handful of tears, and said loudly to the soldiers: "In order not to let the dead brothers, I, Zheng Chenggong, will definitely lead everyone to take revenge!" ”

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

Many soldiers shouted in unison, and their momentum soared into the sky.

Cleaning up his emotions, Zheng Chenggong set fire to the brocade paper and paper money, and swore in front of everyone that he would avenge this blood revenge. At the same time, the soldiers and people who died were comforted, and the family had monthly supplies for the elderly, and if there were children, the Zheng family would arrange for them to go to school for further study.

At the same time, some disabled veterans are arranged to manage the hall, and people are arranged to pay respects at this time of year.

Hearing Zheng Chenggong's pacification policy, many people immediately knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude.

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After the memorial, Zheng Chenggong returned to the Tong'an Mansion, on the one hand, to appease his subordinates, and on the other hand, to reward the meritorious ministers.

Zhang Jin was promoted from the Tong'an garrison to the Tong'an commander-in-chief, and his position was more than doubled.

Gan Hui was promoted from General Guangwei to General Dingyuan. Yu Kuan, Guo Tai and others were promoted to guerrilla generals.

After the commendation, Zheng Chenggong inspected his subordinates and shouted: "Our army and the Qing army are mortal enemies, Ye Yiyun and Chen Ding died under the Qing soldiers, although I am very sad, but I have nothing to resent." But Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian are my cousins, and they have an alliance covenant with our army. When the Qing army attacked the city, Zhang Jin had already sent people to ask for help. Tong'an and Xiamen were a few feet closer, but they did not send a single soldier to rescue them on the 10th. I hate it! ”

Gan Hui suddenly shouted when he heard it: "General, since Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian don't talk about the alliance covenant, what else do we have to worry about, and directly send troops to destroy them." ”

Hearing Gan Hui's words, Zheng Chenggong was a little moved. But the stakes were very high, Zheng Chenggong didn't make a sound, focused his eyes on Lu Ruoteng, and asked earnestly: "Mr. Lu, how should I choose, and ask Mr. for advice?" ”

Seeing Zheng Chenggong looking at him, Lu Ruoteng hurriedly stood up and said: "Xiamen is an important coastal town, according to which it can support Tong'an and Haicheng, and at the same time look at Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Chaozhou and other places. The Zheng Cai brothers were mediocre and unreasonable, and they were not enough to undertake the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty. The general should quickly seize Xiamen as a base for the development of our army. If not, we will sit back and see what we do. Losing to others is beneficial to others and not to oneself. Moreover, the Xiamen sailor was built by your father, and you took it, which is justified and well-founded. The general can't wait, you can take it quickly! ”

"Mr. Lu is reasonable, taking Xiamen is indeed the best choice for our army!" Hong Xu came out of the ranks and said loudly, "The two brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian will definitely be captured by others in the future, if our army does not take it, it will only miss the opportunity and delay the development of our army." If we can occupy the foundation of our army, we can defend and attack when we retreat, and we can also hope for the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty! ”

"The last general also thought that Xiamen should be taken, Xiamen is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and the shipbuilding industry is thriving, and if Xiamen is captured, the restoration of the former momentum of our army's naval division is just around the corner!" Lin Xishan echoed.

After listening to the opinions of several people, Zheng Chenggong pondered for a while and did not speak.

After a while, Zheng Chenggong suddenly raised his head and said resolutely: "According to what you said, our army will take Xiamen first, accumulate strength and then kill the Qing army." ”

After a pause, Zheng Chenggong continued: "It's just that the forces of the two brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian were originally better than ours, if we take it hard, I am afraid that we will lose both sides and lose the Qing army in vain." ”

Lu Ruoteng said with a smile: "Hard seizure is the next policy, I have been in Xiamen for a while, I know the situation over there, the general can act like this......"

Lu Ruoteng whispered a few words in Zheng Chenggong's ear,

"Good!" Zheng Chenggong heard the laughter and said: "With Mr. Lu's strategy, our army will definitely be able to take Xiamen!" ”

After the meeting, Zheng Chenggong motioned to Gan Hui, Shi Lang, and Lu Ruoteng to stay with his eyes, and after discussing with each other, he began to plot to seize Xiamen.

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian now have more than 70,000 troops, the most important of which is the Xiamen Naval Division, which has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, and 429 large and small ships.

In order to smoothly incorporate the Xiamen Navy Division at that time, Zheng Chenggong sent many secret envoys to contact the generals of the Xiamen Navy Division.

Zheng Zhilong has been operating in Fujian for so many years, and his influence is still there, and there are still a lot of his subordinates among the Xiamen sailors. In addition, in recent years, the two brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian have acted perversely and deducted military salaries, and many soldiers of the Xiamen Navy Division are dissatisfied with them.

In contact with the secret envoys sent by Zheng Chenggong, many soldiers expressed their willingness to take refuge.

Hearing that they were willing to take refuge, Zheng Chenggong finally put his mind at ease and dealt with the two brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian with peace of mind.