Chapter 8: The Battle of Haicheng (5)

Just as Zheng Chenggong was thinking about entering the city, the situation at the city gate changed abruptly.

When the city gate fell, Hayden's general soldier He Wenxing sent his last hole card, five hundred cavalry.

In the hardest time, Hewenxing did not send them to the city wall to fight the five hundred cavalry, at this time he accumulated horsepower and galloped from a distance. The powerful impact force suddenly forced the Zheng Jiajun at the city gate out of the city like a bulldozer with full horsepower.

After recapturing the city gate, Hayden's chief soldier He Wenxing immediately shouted to his own soldiers: "Quick, pour all the firewood and oil into the city gate now." ”

A personal soldier reminded He Wenxing, saying, "General, there are still our cavalry at the city gate?" ”

He Wenxing, the chief soldier of Hayden, glared at those pro-soldiers and shouted: "Didn't you hear the order clearly, go!" ”

When are you still worried about what you're doing?

Countless firewood and oil were dumped at the city gate by He Wenxing's own soldiers and the young men who had been forcibly recruited before, and then the entire city gate was burned red.

With the help of oil, the fire spread, and some Qing cavalry who had not yet rushed out of the city gate were instantly swept into the fire and ripe.

But many more Zheng Jiajun, who were crowded at the city gate and nearby, died in the fire.

The screams of the Qing army and the Zheng family army came and went, and at this time, Hayden City under the fire was like a Shura hell.

"Report ......"

At this time, a cavalry spy of the Zheng family army rushed from afar.

After the spies ran closer, they got off their horses and knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Report to the general, the Qing army reinforcements are marching in a hurry today, and there is still half a day to reach Hayden." ”

Half a day to reach Hayden! Hearing the news, Zheng Chenggong was as depressed as five thunderbolts.

Zheng Chenggong looked up at Hayden City and stormed it for a day, and at this time it was already sunset and clouds.

Outside the city gate, the cavalry of the Qing army saw that there was no way to retreat, and desperately broke out.

On the city wall, He Wenxing, the chief soldier of Hayden, while regrouping the morale-boosted Qing army to kill the Zheng family's army, organized Qingzhuang to take advantage of the fire to block the city gate with sand and heavy wood.

Fight to the end, is it still impossible to escape defeat?

No, absolutely not. I, Zheng Chenggong, am a national hero who wants to go down in history, how can I fail here!

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly raised his sword and roared angrily: "My Zheng family army only has cowards who died in battle and did not escape, kill!" ”

After speaking, Zheng Chenggong snatched the handsome flag of "Zhaofeng General" from the guard, held it, and rode a horse to the gap.

Gan Hui, Chen Hui and other generals saw that their eyes were clear, this general was simply crazy, how could there be a master general who would charge in person.

It's just that now Zheng Chenggong has rushed out, and he can't pull it even if he wants to.

Gan Hui, Chen Hui and others hurriedly followed Zheng Chenggong's Tiger Guard and Tiger Ben's two battalions to attack the gap in the city gate.

They shouted while rushing: "Only those of the Zheng family army who died in battle did not escape, kill!"

Seeing the general carrying the handsome flag and charging to kill in person, the soldiers of the Zheng family army stopped.

The generals all rushed to kill in person, what did they have to be afraid of.

Morale that had plummeted because of the retreat. Seeing the general so heroic, the morale that was originally a little low suddenly rose,

Zheng Jiajun roared in unison: "Zheng Jiajun only died in battle and did not escape, kill!" ”

The Qing soldiers in the city saw that the Zheng family army had retreated, and they thought it was safe and were ready to pack up the sand and gravel to fill the gap.

After all, Haicheng City cannot be compared with the big cities of Quanzhou and Nanjing, and the city gate is small. In addition, a few days ago when the city was defended, the boiling oil and firewood were almost hungry, and now the fire is not big.

Zheng Chenggong let out a loud shout, and the prancing horse jumped over the wall of fire and rushed into the city.

When those Qing soldiers saw it, they were terrified and dodged one after another.

Zheng Chenggong didn't care much at this time, just like a tiger, rampage, killing these Qing soldiers.

Zheng Jiajun, who followed closely, saw that Zheng Chenggong had entered the city, and he also rushed into the wall of fire and entered the city.

More and more Zheng Jiajun entered the city, and Zheng Chenggong shouted loudly, "He Wenxing, you have been defeated, and if you don't surrender, when will you wait?" ”

He Wenxing ignored Zheng Chenggong and said sharply, "Drive out the thieves with General Ben!" ”

He Wenxing led his own soldiers to kill.

Seeing that He Wenxing refused to surrender, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly rode his horse to meet him.

Zheng Chenggong's mount, the lion horse, is a thousand-mile horse bought for a thousand dollars.

In a moment, Zheng Chenggong rushed up, picked up his sword, and slashed at He Wenxing with one move.

He Wenxing defended the city for three or four days in a row, and he was already exhausted, Zheng Chenggong took advantage of the horse's strength to split Huashan and slashed heavily on the barrel of his gun.

He Wenxing suddenly couldn't bear it, his body fell, and he fell the hard ground.

He Wenxing felt that the bones in his body were almost about to be knocked apart, and the Venus in front of him was fluttering, and he was dizzy.

Zheng Chenggong drank, "Tie him up for me!" ”

"Yes, General!"

The soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion who followed behind were busy tying up He Wenxing in all sorts of ways.

Seeing that the other lord would be captured, Zheng Chenggong raised his sword and shouted loudly, "Your lord will be captured, surrender quickly!" ”

As Zheng Chenggong shouted, Zheng Jiajun's soldiers also kept shouting.

"Your lord will be captured, surrender quickly!"

"Those who surrender on their knees will not die!"

Seeing Haicheng's chief soldier He Wenxing tied up and the handsome flag falling, Haicheng's soldiers suddenly lost their fighting spirit.

After the limited resistance was ruthlessly hacked to death by the Zheng family's army, those Qing soldiers were even more frightened and hungry, and when they were shouted to surrender, these people immediately chose to surrender.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Chenggong breathed a sigh of relief and finally took Haicheng City.

Gan Hui and Hong Xu saw that the Qing army had surrendered, and hurriedly surrounded them to express their great dissatisfaction with Zheng Chenggong's practice of charging into battle in person.

For these persuasions, Zheng Chenggong humbly accepted them, saying that they would not be in the future.

But Zheng Chenggong didn't think so, now he is weak, and sometimes he can't do it if he doesn't charge in person to boost morale.

When Liu Bei didn't get enough of the five tiger generals, didn't he often go into battle in person?

If you don't have to work so hard to charge the battle yourself, you can only develop it, and there are many capable generals under your command, so it is possible!

Zheng Chenggong walked into Haicheng City and watched the situation in the city.

During the Ming Dynasty, Haicheng was a famous port for foreign trade and a metropolis in southern Fujian, known as "Little Suzhou and Hangzhou". "The town is prosperous, and the port is full of sails" is its vivid historical portrayal.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the production of grain and cash crops in the Zhangzhou Plain entered a golden age, and the handicraft industry represented by the textile industry developed rapidly, and the shipbuilding industry and shipping industry were quite developed. A large number of subtropical rainforests grow in Nanjing, Pinghe and other counties in the upper reaches of the Jiulong River, and in Zhangping, Hua'an and Tingzhou Prefectures in the upper reaches of Beixi on the Jiulong River, providing cheap materials for shipbuilding in the lower reaches of the Jiulong River. As early as the Song Dynasty, Yuegang and Fuzhou, Xinghua, Quanzhou and called the four major shipbuilding places in Fujian, and became the famous "Fu Ship" manufacturing place in the early Ming Dynasty.

Looking at the shops and storefronts in the city, Zheng Chenggong nodded.

Yes, it's not in vain that I will fight to capture Haicheng City.

As I walked, I suddenly heard a commotion and smashing sound.

Zheng Chenggong's face suddenly sank, and he said sternly: "I have repeatedly warned the soldiers not to disturb the people, smash and rob. That general dared to disobey the order. The military judge went to see which unit it was, and he actually committed the crime against the wind, and punished me severely to set an example! ”

The accompanying military judge immediately responded with a fist clenched, "No! ”

After a while, the military judge ran back and whispered in Zheng Chenggong's ear, "General, it wasn't our soldiers who did it. After Dingyuan Bo Zhenglian's troops entered the city, they robbed the people of their money. General, you see if you want to arrest it! ”

Zheng Chenggong heard a cold face and said, "Let's go, go back to the county government!" ”

This battle of Haicheng, although it was attacked by two brothers, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Cai, was based on interests considerations.

In addition, Zheng Chenggong used a knife to hold Zheng Lian and forcibly took away his army command, which made Zheng Lian hate Zheng Chenggong to the core.

However, even if the two hated each other so much, under the oppression of the Qing army, they had to suppress their anger and did not dare to fight, so as not to give the Qing army a chance to break through.

When he entered the city afterwards, Zheng Lian regained control of the army, and immediately let all the soldiers protect him, and captured the treasury and silver first.

Out of sight is clean, and Zheng Chenggong is not in the mood to pay attention to Zheng Lian.

After hearing that the treasury silver was robbed, Zheng Chenggong immediately sent someone to inform Zheng Lian that if he got the things, he would get out of the house as soon as possible!

Zheng Lian didn't want to meet Zheng Chenggong, so he robbed the treasury cleanly, and robbed the people of Haicheng by the way, and the soldiers' waists and stomachs were full, so they got on the ship and returned to Xiamen.

Looking at the clean treasury that could starve rats, Zheng Chenggong had a bitter face.

Lean against the mountain, and the mountain will fall; Rely on people, people will run; It's all on your own!

"Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, you wait for Lao Tzu. One day, Lao Tzu will get it back with interest. Zheng Chenggong said fiercely.

The Qing army reinforcements saw that Haicheng had been conquered, and the Zheng family army was waiting for it, knowing that there was no way to recapture it, so they retreated. (If you like it, give it a ticket, collect it, and support it!) )