Chapter 595: The Crisis in Fuzhou City
After Haoge took control of the tea-producing area of Wuyishan, he used the tea trade to exchange a large number of weapons with the Australians, and the combat effectiveness of the army has obviously improved a lot.
The time taken to attack the city and plunder the land was also significantly faster than before, and of course, there was also a reason why Zheng Zhilong deliberately reduced his troops.
In order to control the main cities, Zheng Zhilong had ordered the troops in other parts of Fujian to shrink, among which Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Kinmen and other places were the key defense objects of his army.
And he himself sat in Quanzhou to command the front-line operations, in private he had already given his subordinates the commander-in-chief, and when he couldn't beat it, he retreated, and even in order to run away, his ship in the port was ready, as long as the situation was not right, he was ready to sail to sea.
The current Fujian is of little use to him, and the reason why he is still staying here is that the territory of Annam has not been completely stabilized, and when it is all stabilized, he plans to slowly transfer the people of Fujian to the past, otherwise it will be an invisible pressure on that side so much at once.
However, Hauge seems to have discovered his plan to transfer the gold and silver treasures, so he stepped up the siege of the city, trying to win that the rich and gentry in the city did not completely transfer the money and grab it.
It's just that the city of Fuzhou is thick and thick, and it is not so easy to attack it, even if the Australian artillery is used, it is useless, and the most important point is that the Australian artillery is also erected on the city wall of Fuzhou, which is obviously bought by Lao Zheng from the Australians.
In the past, the Manchu Qing had purchased artillery from the Zheng family before entering the customs, so it is not surprising that the Zheng army was equipped with artillery.
Hauge, who launched several attacks, failed to take Fuzhou City, which seriously affected the morale of his army and land.
The sergeants were already a little tired and didn't want to attack, but he had been tempting everyone with all kinds of verbal benefits, so everyone risked death to attack.
This situation has been going on for a week, and the defenders of Fuzhou City are very stubborn and have no intention of withdrawing at all.
The defenders of Fuzhou City are the elite of the Zheng family's army, and the number of this army is not large, but it is good at defending the city.
Tang Wang, who originally lived in Fuzhou, had already taken a boat to Hong Kong at this time. The Zheng family gave a sum of money to the Tang King, and let him choose whether to stay in Fujian to organize the military and civilian resistance to Haoge, or go to Hong Kong.
Tang Wang decided to go to Hong Kong without thinking about it, even Zheng Zhilong was gone, why did he stay, Lao Zheng would definitely take everyone away.
Although rights are a good thing, they must also be famous in order to enjoy rights, and how to enjoy rights without life.
So Tang Wang decided to go to Hong Kong first, and then contact Australians to go to Australia, and staying away from this land has become his current choice.
Only by going to Australia can I guarantee the safety of my life. Now King Tang has the same idea as the previous King Fu, it is important to save his life.
It is not safe in the Ming Dynasty, and at least no one dares to do anything to themselves in Australia.
However, at this time, Tang Wang would not have thought that King Fu had received the support of the Australians and was preparing to establish an overseas country, if he knew this news, it is estimated that his feelings towards Australia would be even stronger.
Being able to connect with Australians has now become a hot word, and whenever Australians are mentioned, as long as you are familiar with Australia. That's going to give you a good look.
In fact, there are not many people in the empty city of Fuzhou, and as soon as the dignitaries leave, the people in the city will be even more unable to stay, especially the Tang Wang. Let the gentry and officials in the city also go to Hong Kong with them, and there are not many people in the city at this time.
Even if Haoge captured this city, it would not make much sense, because Zheng Zhilong had already emptied all the gold and silver treasures and valuable things in the city, including food and supplies, to Jinmen. The other batch was sent to the base where Annan had already taken down.
These materials are all good things for him, and what Annan lacks the most is materials, and with materials he can continue to expand his territory. Then realize your dream of becoming an emperor.
The Australians expressed their support for his eviction, and only suggested that he should not move the people's belongings, and suggested that he could use a boat to build a ship and transport people who were willing to follow him to Annan for arrangement, after all, the territory there also needs to be managed.
If a group of people can be transported in advance, it will also be very helpful for the development of his territory.
Lao Zheng felt that it made sense when he heard it, it was not enough to have a territory, and someone was needed, just forget those Annan monkeys, they were too stupid, and it was better to transport some Fujian villagers to rule more steadily in the past.
Now the main purpose of his troops to hold Fuzhou is to delay time, and the city of Fuzhou has pinned down Haoge's main army, so that Haoge does not have the experience of sending a large army to other places.
This gave Zheng Zhilong a certain amount of time to transport migrants and supplies, and with this part of the time, he could transport more migrants and supplies to Annam.
Therefore, he ordered the troops in Fuzhou to delay for ten days as much as possible, and only ten **** could transport half of the materials and people from other places, and then the troops in Fuzhou were withdrawing.
Fuzhou City was seen as a crisis by outsiders, but it was an opportunity for Zheng Zhilong, and only by delaying Haoge's army could he have a chance to accumulate more and prepare for the future.
It's just that Haoge is also imminent to capture Fuzhou City, because Dolgon's army has already gone south, once he waits for him to go south, it will be difficult for him to attack Fuzhou again in the two Guangzhous, so he must try to capture the entire Fujian before this, which has a different meaning for him to return to the dynasty.
The entire court is now saying that he can dominate Jiangnan, and it is precisely for this reason that Dolgon is jealous of him, so he sent his eldest brother Azig south to snatch military merits.
This time he is bound to win, how can he let Dolgon snatch military merits in vain, he must take Fuzhou, and then attack Zheng Zhilong's other important town, Quanzhou, these two places are the political and military bases of Zheng Zhilong's power group, attacking these two cities will also be of some help to attack other places.
Hauge is not a complete reckless man, he still has some brains, so he knows that it will be much easier to capture several important cities of the enemy first and deter them, and the rest of the smaller ones.
The fifth attack on Fuzhou, the artillery and personnel have been mobilized to the best position, but after a round of shooting, there is still no change in Fuzhou City, even on the city wall, there is no change at all, in this case, Hauge had to give the order, attack to the death, take advantage of the enemy's fatigue and break time to forcibly attack the city, take down the city, which is too important for Hauge. (To be continued.) )