The news of the Shandong army's attack on Fujian did not spread until nearly half a month later, and it was the "Imperial Newspaper" founded by Chongzhen that revealed the situation.

The royal newspaper vigorously condemned Zhao Yan's sudden attack on Fujian, and Zhao Yan immediately counterattacked, declaring that the Shandong military group had the power to prosecute any criminals in the Dali Temple.

As for what kind of goods Zheng Zhilong is, later the Ming Dynasty newspaper made a series of attacks on Zheng Zhilong.

When Chongzhen learned that the Shandong army suddenly attacked Fujian, he didn't react for a long time, and he never expected that the Shandong army would mobilize seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses to the south so covertly.

Yang Sichang entered the palace to meet him, believing that the Fujian Pass was strong and it was impossible for the Shandong army to conquer Fujian in a short time, and suggested to Chongzhen that something should be done to contain the attack launched by Zhao Yan.

Chongzhen immediately criticized Zhao Yan in the "Royal News", and then the two parties attacked each other in the newspaper, and the war of words was fought every day.

On the one hand, Chongzhen began to mobilize the Beijing camp.

The newly recruited army of 100,000 moved to the south of the Beijing Division under the condition of insufficient training, and the troops were gathered in the Tianjin area, with the posture of attacking southward.

This decision was opposed by Sun Chuanting, but when Chongzhen insisted on doing so, as long as he carried out this order, he advanced south to the Tianjin area.

Zhao Yan received a report from the Ministry of Intelligence and ordered: "Let the 01, 02, and 03 cavalry battalions go to Beijing to wander around." ”

"Yes."

The military headquarters quickly issued an order, and Lin Yi, Wu Yongliang, and Qin Zhiyuan received the order, and immediately broke through directly from the Zhangjiakou area into the Guannei.

It only took three days to appear outside the capital city.

This frightened Chongzhen so much that he urgently ordered Sun Chuanting to return to the division on the same day, Sun Chuanting scolded Yang Sichang for being a fool in Tianjin, if he hadn't let Chongzhen lose the territory of more than a dozen provinces, this time he would not have let the Shandong army move at will in Daming, at least he could organize a few lines of defense to resist.

The three cavalry brigades made two circles outside the city of Beijing, and after firing a few rounds of air artillery outside the city, they withdrew to Zhangjiakou.

This frightened Chongzhen into a hurry, and he felt that he still had the strength to compete with Zhao Yan. For a while, even the war of words in the "Royal Newspaper" was extinguished.

When the three cavalry brigades retreated, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't dare to scream in the royal newspaper, and for Zheng Zhilong, he could only watch the result.

On the third day of the first month of August, the "Daming Daily" published a war report, saying that Xianxia Pass had been conquered, and 60,000 troops had invaded Fujian and were advancing towards southern Fujian, and it was expected that the civil war could be ended within two months, and the Shandong Navy inflicted heavy losses on the Fujian naval division at the mouth of the Minjiang River, and the naval battle could also be ended within two months.

The world couldn't help but be shocked, in just one month, the Shandong army had already invaded Fujian, and even the Fujian Navy Division that dominated the southeast was defeated!

......" has already invaded Fujian at this time, but Zheng Zhilong may escape from the sea at any time, and it is even more likely that he will die before escaping. Mao Yuanyi said to Zhao Yan: "Zheng Zhilong is very greedy for comfort, and the lord can ensure that he is a rich man, and he can definitely force him to surrender." ”

"Rich man!" Zhao Yan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Okay, then make sure he is a rich man, and leave him 10,000 taels of silver after the house is raided." ”

"10,000 taels ......" Mao Yuanyi was a little speechless.

"Zheng Zhilong will definitely hide something by himself, 10,000 taels is already very face-saving, but this bottom line cannot be revealed in advance." Zhao Yan said.

"What about the rest of the Zheng Group?" Mao Yuanyi asked.

"If those main members know each other, leave them 10,000 taels!" Zhao Yan said, 10,000 taels is really not much, those rich families in the south are more than 100,000 taels at any house, and the amount is huge, this 10,000 taels is really not much money.

"If you don't know each other, let's talk about it." Zhao Yan said.

…… In August, the 80,000-strong army of the 1st Shandong Division marched down the Min River and arrived on the opposite bank of Fuzhou and the south bank of the Min River!

The situation in Fujian has taken a turn for the worse for Zheng Zhilong.

First, the Fujian Navy Division was defeated at the mouth of the Minjiang River, losing more than 50,000 people, and then the Xianxia Pass in northern Fujian was conquered, and 60,000 Shandong troops poured into Fujian.

The entire Zheng Group was in a panic.

Zheng Zhilong was extremely remorseful at this time, the entire Zheng Group had no previous pride, and the Shandong Navy was no longer colorful, and the defeat of the Minjiang River Estuary made the Zheng Group completely aware of the huge gap between them and the Shandong Navy.

I'm afraid that even if those big Western ships are launched, they won't be able to compete with them.

Zheng Zhilong recruited people to discuss, the senior executives of the Zheng Group gathered in Shijing, Zheng Zhilong looked left and right, did not see Li Guozhu, and asked, "Where is Li Guozhu?" ”

Everyone shook their heads.

Zheng Zhilong's face was extremely unsightly, and a bad premonition rose to his heart.

At this moment, a subordinate ran to report in a panic: "My lord, Li Guozhu has gone to sea with more than 10,000 people and more than 50 boats. ”

"Smack!" Zheng Zhilong was furious and slapped the table.

Everyone bowed their heads and was speechless, what else could they say at this time!

Blame Lee Kook-suk?

Li Guozhu is the son of Li Dan, and many of Zheng Zhilong's family business were inherited by Li Dan.

Originally, Li Guozhu and Liu Xiang broke away from Zheng Zhilong and were attacked by Zheng Zhilong.

After a great defeat of the Fujian Navy, Li Guozhu directly launched a long-prepared rebellion, and when the high-level officials of the Zheng group gathered in Shijing, he successfully instigated more than 10,000 people, and directly drove more than 50 large ships out and headed straight for Tainan.

After a day and a half of driving, Li Guozhu went directly to Tainan.

At this time, there was almost no sea power in Tainan, only a clipper ship was patrolling the sea, Li Guozhu came directly to the outside of Dayuan Port, and then sent a small boat into the port.

The newly appointed governor of Taiwan, Li Yiqing, received the alarm and quickly rushed to the port, and then the small boat sent by Li Guozhu sailed into the port, and the battery did not attack.

A few messengers walked down from above, saying that Li Guozhu had brought more than 10,000 people to defect.

"The matter of defection is not under the jurisdiction of this official, you go back and let Li Guozhu go to the mouth of the Min River to find the First Fleet." Li Yiqian kicked the ball away.

At this time, Tainan's defense was empty, and there was no strength to restrain these people, in case something happened, Tainan would definitely not be protected, so he kicked the ball to the First Fleet.

Food and fresh water were also delivered.

Li Guozhu was rewarded, and asked people to go to the port to ask for some food and fresh water, and Li Yiqian, the governor of Taiwan, gave it very happily, and Li Guozhu, who had obtained food and fresh water, let the fleet sail straight to the mouth of the Min River.

Three days later, when they reached the mouth of the Min River and encountered the First Fleet, Li Guozhu had the white flag hoisted and then sent an envoy to contact them.

After communicating with each other for a while, the envoy went back to report, and after a while, Li Guozhu took a boat to Wen Bangliang's flagship.

"I said that my eyelids jumped today, it turned out that the old man came." Wen Bangliang laughed, and Li Guozhu also smiled: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and the eldest brother's demeanor is better than back then." ”

"Come, go in and drink with my eldest brother."

The two sides soon called each other brothers, Wen Bangliang used to be just a pawn, where was Li Guozhu's big brother, but now the situation is different.

Wen Bangliang is now the deputy commander of the First Fleet, and he Li Guozhu has long lost his family business, and the Shandong Navy has become the hegemon of the southeast coast and even the whole of Asia.

The two of them drank in the cabin for a while, and they didn't talk about business, just chatting there. After a while, the two of them drank more than a dozen glasses of wine, and they were a little dizzy, Wen Bangliang asked, "I don't know what the virtuous brother has planned?" ”

"I want to be in the army." Li Guozhu said and poured another glass of wine into his stomach. Wen Bangliang said with a smile: "This is not bad, now there are opportunities in the navy to get ahead, just look at the level of ability." ”

"Oh?"

"Brother doesn't know! Now the Shandong Navy is divided into two parts, one is our First Fleet, which is mainly distributed in Asia. The other part is the American fleet, which is spread tens of thousands of miles away in North America. And this world is so big, the Ming Navy is simply not enough to control the global maritime hegemony, we still have to expand to the south and west, and we also need to send frigates to defend merchant ships, we need a larger navy, in the future, our navy needs to continue to expand, at least three to five times larger, if the virtuous brother has the ability, it is still possible to mix the head of the fleet in the first district. ”

"However, to serve under a general, you must first be not corrupt or take bribes. Otherwise, it is only a matter of time before the head is lost, and the general has always been ruthless in killing the greedy. Wen Bangliang said: "As an officer in the Shandong Army, the salary is not too high, but the world is so big, he will definitely be able to get a piece." If the virtuous brother can be honest and honest, the brother can guarantee that you will enter the naval academy, and as long as you complete your studies, you can become a naval officer. ”

"Whoever doesn't want to make a contribution, just do what the eldest brother says!" Li Guozhu said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll promote my brother to the Naval Academy."

…… Li Guozhu fled with more than 10,000 people and more than 50 boats, which dealt a great blow to the Zheng group, and many officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy Division were panicked.

Within days, thousands of soldiers had disappeared, all of whom had fled home.

No one could see the dawn of victory, and no soldier was willing to continue fighting with the Shandong army.

For Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu's departure made him lose his last hope, although the Fujian Navy at this time still had more than 300 medium and large warships, but no one felt that they could compete with the Shandong Navy.

Failure is only a matter of time.

But their way out...... But I still haven't thought about it.

Escape?

Where can they flee? The Shandong Navy will always chase after it.

War?

But I can't beat it.

It won't be long before the Shandong army will reach southern Fujian.

At this moment, the envoy from Shandong came.

The envoy looked arrogant and said to Zheng Zhilong: "If you are willing to surrender, the general promises to be rich and noble, and to be a rich man in peace and stability. ”

(To be continued)