Chapter 6 Golden Gate

The lord was dead, less than 2,000 Qing soldiers were killed, and the grain and grass were burned by Zheng Xinguo taking advantage of the chaos.

Li Chengdong, the deputy general of the Qing army, saw that there was no way to continue attacking Anping Town, so he could only retreat to Fuzhou with the remnants of the army.

Seeing that the Qing army retreated.

Zheng Xinguo threw the horse to the care of his own soldiers and sat under the big tree.

I didn't realize it in the battle before, but now as soon as it was over, Zheng Xinguo felt a pain all over his body, and kept rubbing his swollen and sore arms.

He finally won. This battle really scared Lao Tzu to death.

In the future, I will never do this kind of thing of leading troops to rush into battle, it is simply gambling on my life.

The attack on the Qing camp without night can be regarded as the first time since he crossed over to lead an independent army, although there are reasons for the carelessness of the Qing army.

But in the first battle, more than 600 people could be killed, which can be regarded as a few achievements since the Southern Ming Dynasty.

It seems that Lao Tzu's ability to lead troops in battle is not too bad.

While Zheng Xinguo was resting, the deputy general Lin Xishan was busy counting casualties and spoils.

In this battle, although the Ming army won, its own casualties were not small, with nearly 400 casualties.

Zheng Xinguo listened to the casualty report, his brows furrowed.

The army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was really a scumbag, and this situation was still like this.

It seems that if Lao Tzu really decides to resist the Qing Dynasty, he will have to find a way to train a strong army.

Although the casualties were a bit large, the loot that was searched made Zheng Xinguo laugh.

In order to guard Anping, Zheng Xinguo spent more than 100,000 taels of silver before and after.

Thinking of all that real money, Zheng Xinguo still feels heartache.

Looking at the dozen or so boxes in front of him, the boxes were full of gold, silver, treasures, silk and cloth.

Zheng Xinguo sighed in his heart, and finally got some capital back.

When Lin Xishan brought over more than 600 intact war horses, Zheng Xinguo's heart suddenly burst into joy.

This is a top-notch weapon that is hard to buy even with money.

During this period, firearms were not mature enough, and cavalry was still the king of land warfare.

Without machine guns, the cavalry could still only fight with cavalry.

However, the south did not produce high-quality war horses, and since the Qing army occupied the north, the purchase and sale of horses were strictly controlled. Now buying a war horse is a lot of hard work and a huge cost.

With these 600 war horses, Zheng Xinguo knew that he would not lose money at this stop.

After carefully putting away the war horses, Zheng Xinguo rang cut off all the heads of those Tartars.

As for the useless corpses, in order to avoid the plague, Zheng Xinguo had people dig a big pit and bury them hastily.

At this time, the captured women were also released by Zheng Jiajun, and they all cried all over the sky.

Knowing that it was the military master in front of them who saved them, they all knelt in front of Zheng Xinguo and kowtowed.

Zheng Xinguo hurriedly said: "You all got up, now these Tartars are dead." Go back too! ”

Many local women were anxious to go home after the death, and after thanking Zheng Xinguo, they went back.

As for the rest of the women, they all bowed their heads and wept. Their families have been killed by the Qing army, and they are homeless.

Looking at these lonely women, Zheng Xinguo's heart softened, and he said softly: "Since there is nowhere to go, follow us back to Anping first!" ”

When those women heard this, they knelt down and kowtowed and thanked: "Master Xie!" ”

By the time these things were dealt with, it was already dawn.

Zheng Xinguo stepped on the war horse and shouted loudly: "Let's go, let's go back to the city!" ”

With the victory, his men immediately rode back with joy.

Zheng Xinguo returned to Anping Town with hundreds of Tartar heads, and the entire Anping Town was a sensation.

Since the Ming Xizong, the Ming Dynasty has lost many battles against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now they have all been defeated in the south.

In Anping City, hundreds of people poured into the streets to look at Zheng Jiajun and point, looking at the heads of those dead Ordotai, and exclamations sounded from time to time.

At the city gate, Wang Dexing, the magistrate of the county, led the gentry of Anping to meet him in a big stride, and shouted loudly: "Congratulations on the victorious return of the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

The gentry also hurriedly shouted: "Congratulations on the victorious return of the Grand Duke!" ”

For a while, Anping Town shouted in unison: "Congratulations to the Governor on his victorious return!" ”

Seeing so many people congratulating him, Zheng Xinguo was proud in his heart, but he said: "It's just a small victory, what a hexagram!" ”

Wang Dexing hurriedly said: "Since the Ming Xi Sect, the Tartars have rarely been defeated, and now the battle of the Metropolitan Governor can be described as shocking to the world, and the ancient famous generals are nothing more than that!" ”

Although he knew that what he said was a bit exaggerated, Zheng Xinguo still smiled. "Hehe, everyone has been promoted, and it is the soldiers who have used their lives to have this victory! Yan Ming never dared to take credit! ”

After dealing with the gentry at the city gate and distributing the promised bounty to the soldiers, Zheng Xinguo returned to Zheng's mansion.

I fought a battle, I was covered in blood and I was sick.

After the servant prepared the soup, Zheng Xinguo couldn't wait to soak in the hot water and sighed comfortably.

There is no war, no need to worry about your own life,

Zheng Xinguo's whole body relaxed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

This battle was won, and the little life was picked up.

But what about the future?

Once the Qing army sent troops to attack again, Anping, who only had more than 2,000 soldiers left, would not be able to resist at all.

It's better to take advantage of the fact that the Qing army has not sent any more troops, and hide in a safe place!

Just where to go to the east?

There are many islands in the east, but only Xiamen, Zhoushan, Kinmen and other islands can really garrison troops.

Xiamen is now controlled by Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, who have 70,000 troops, including 40,000 sailors and 4,500 ships.

Xiamen can't go!

Lu Jianguo and Zhu Yihai opposed the Qing Dynasty on the Zhoushan side, and if he went there, he would inevitably obey him. Everything you do is subject to others, and it is difficult to develop at all.

I can't go to Zhoushan.

Now it seems that we can only go to Kinmen. Small is small, but if you go there by yourself, you can develop completely independently, and it is an island, and the Qing army without a decent sailor will not be able to attack it for a while, and you can develop steadily in Kinmen for a few years.

There is a buffer time of a few years, and with his own knowledge and vision, he should be able to develop, defeat the Manchus, and revive China.

After taking a bath, eating a hot meal, and sleeping soundly, Zheng Xinguo began to liquidate the property of the Zheng Mansion and prepared to escort him to Kinmen to be the capital of the army!

After a busy day, Zheng Xinguo completely liquidated the assets of the Zheng Mansion.

The Zheng family has 3,400 acres of fertile land in Fujian, but many of these are already within the sphere of influence of the Qing army, and they have been invaded by the Qing army, and if they want to get it back, they can only wait until the Qing army is defeated.

In addition to the fertile land, the Zheng family owned gold, silver, jewelry, and jewelry worth about 3.89 million taels, and grain 110,000 stones.

Looking at so many gold and silver treasures, Zheng Xinguo didn't understand why Zheng Zhilong wanted to take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Use this money as a reward, even if your subordinates are all improvised people. Under the impetus of silver, he will also be as fierce as a tiger, and he will be happy to kill the Qing army. Why bother to be a lackey of the Qing army?

Until now, he has been placed under house arrest by the Qing army, and life and death are manipulated by the Qing army.

It seems that the huge wealth accumulated through the monopoly of maritime trade in the past twenty years has made Zheng Zhilong and his horse love stack no longer ambitious, and he has become a miser who enjoys glory and wealth.

Hey, Gentle Township is a hero's mound!