Among the generals of the Qing army, Shi Lang was undoubtedly the most familiar with naval warfare. At the same time, he was confident in his ability to command operations at sea. Long before the decision to reinforce Zhangzhou, the Qing army was ready to let Shi Lang lead his troops to the expedition, but Shi Lang's untimely euphemistic request deepened the Qing court's suspicion of him and made him no longer have the opportunity to fight at sea.

Asking for the right to expropriate as a general soldier is probably something only Shi Lang can do. Of course, Shi Lang's request for exclusive expropriation, in addition to his competitive personality and hope to have the power alone, is more important to consider the overall situation of this campaign and learn the lessons of the last fiasco in the attack on Jinxia.

Da Su led the Qing army to attack Xiamen on a large scale, but almost the entire army was annihilated, and he did not know the wind and the tides, especially the command in the hands of generals who did not have the ability and experience of naval warfare, which was the main reason for his disastrous defeat. Looking at the generals of this reinforcement operation, although Geng Jingzhong, Li Shutai, Ma Degong and others have fought with the Zheng army for many years, they do not have the ability to command naval operations, and although Huang Wu is used in naval warfare, he is not capable and is trapped in Zhangzhou.

However, the power of these people is heavier than Shi Lang, and Shi Lang does not have the right to expropriate, and once there is a difference of opinion, the consequences will be unpredictable in the rapidly changing combat process. Shi Lang did not want to taste defeat again, so he proposed that he only wanted Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, Li Shutai, the governor, and Ma Degong, the governor of Jingnan, to plan with him to reinforce Zhangzhou, and did not ask them to manage the finances, euphemistically expressing his willingness to take responsibility for this operation alone, implying the intention of obtaining the right of expropriation.

In order to gain support, Shi Lang also met with the military department sent to Fujian by the Qing court, gave a detailed description of the operational strategy, and reiterated his request to command the reinforcement of Zhangzhou alone. It is a pity that the rebellion of Shi Lang's two subordinate generals and the rumors spread afterwards made the party very cautious. And Shi Lang was originally wooden in his speech, and he spoke an incomprehensible Hokkien dialect, which made the party affairs of the powerful people in the DPRK and China even more disliked.

In the end, Shi Lang not only failed to achieve his goal, but was excluded from the operation, but the sailors he had worked so hard to train were emptied. Subsequently. The Qing court stepped up the implementation of the policy of "assigning officers and soldiers to other provinces at sea and dispersing their forces to eliminate hidden dangers", and Shi Lang was honored to be one of them and was transferred to Dengzhou, Henan Province.

For the Manchu people, who want to rule the main ethnic group with ethnic minorities, it is difficult to eliminate the psychological complex towards the Han people. It is common to use it, but it is common to be contemptible, suspicious, and precautionary, especially in the fields they are not familiar with, and they are even more afraid that the Han officials and Han will dominate the family.

Shi Lang is useless. Admiral Ma Degong's level was really limited, and the Qing army cobbled together a reinforcement force of strength and ship size, but finally repeated the mistake of the past, suffered a crushing defeat in the naval battle and lost the last naval capital.

The sea reinforcements were extinct, and the generals of the Zheng army, Liu Guoxuan and Feng Xifan, joined forces with the Ming army and defeated the land reinforcements Wang Jin and Liu Yan of Geng Fan respectively, and Zhangzhou became an isolated city, and the Ming and Zheng coalition forces could attack with confidence. And after the Qing army in Zhangzhou got the news that reinforcements were hopeless. The morale and morale of the army were greatly lost, and the internal chaos was also up.

Huang Wu, the Chenggong of Qinghai who defended Zhangzhou, was at a loss. Sick and bedridden. His son Huang Fangdu saw that the power of the Ming Zheng coalition army was blazing, and he was willing to surrender, but he was worried that his father Huang Wu had a deep grudge with the Zheng family, and he was always uneasy in his heart, so he secretly sent people to contact the Ming army. After receiving an explicit promise, Huang Fangdu placed his father under house arrest. And suddenly attacked with his subordinates, killed Xu Long, the general of Nanyang, and Liu Bao, the general of Geng's domain, and surrendered the city to the Ming army.

In the battle of the Eastern Crusade, there were many reasons why the Qing army was not strong, and one of them was the relocation of the coastal border. It is undoubtedly very important for the Qing court to forcibly send all the officers and soldiers who surrendered to Cheng and their dependents to other provinces to reclaim the wasteland. The short-sighted and arrogant Qing government, out of the fear of the Han people and the fear of the sea, adopted these stupid policies to centrifuge those who have surrendered, and chill those who have not. For the vast number of surrendered officers and soldiers, who are mostly coastal people and nostalgic for their homeland, the Ming and Zheng coalition forces are violent, isn't it just their chance to escape the sea of suffering?

Not only did the low-level officers and soldiers deeply hate the policies of the Qing court, but even some high-ranking generals were extremely dissatisfied with this. For example, Jieshi Suli, who brazenly raised the flag to rebel, Shi Lang's department raised the standard guerrilla Zhong Rui, the Chinese army garrison Chen Sheng, and there were many old generals of the Zheng army who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

For these officers and men who have surrendered anyway or surrendered, the overwhelming majority of those like Huang Fangdu have made the decision to "lower the Ming but not the Zheng." The Ming army was orthodox, the Ming court was orthodox, and the Ming Dynasty was dying of several provinces...... Of course, these reasons are important, and "good horses don't eat back grass" is probably also a psychological reason that cannot be ignored by these former Zheng army generals.

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Morning fog is very common in the land of Fujian Province, in the imagination of many Qing soldiers, it seems to have walked for a long time in the fog and darkness, but in fact there is not much time, just the illusion that this environment gives people.

Less than an hour later, the environment began to turn white, the sky began to glow, and although there was still fog and confusion around them, the Qing soldiers and generals knew that the sky was about to dawn, and they had a sense of relief.

The face of the deputy capital Tuhai was not soothed, and the scout had already made contact with the Ming army sentinels, which meant that the Ming army was ahead, and it was getting closer and closer. This situation deepened his anxiety, and after receiving the messenger's information, he immediately led his army back without stopping, but was it still too late? If it is still supported, can the Ming army have the spare strength to draw troops to intercept it, is this an opportunity to break through, or is it blocked by the Ming army, but it is eaten by the Ming army in one bite?

For the time being, the initiative in the war is in the hands of the Ming army. The cavalry did not carry heavy weapons, and it was difficult to break through the well-defended positions of the Ming army, but they lost some men and horses in the tentative attack; The large battalion was attacked, the cavalry galloped under the stars, and the manpower and horsepower were greatly consumed; The situation is unknown, I don't know if the cavalry should come back to help, or if they will crash into the pocket?

This kind of thought made Tu Hai uneasy and had a sense of foreforeboding, but now he could only move forward, and he could only rely on the martial arts of the Manmeng Eight Horsemen to make efforts to turn the tide of the battle.

The sun had already appeared in the east, and the fog was thin, and it would soon dissipate without a trace in the sun, and the gunfire in front of them, as well as the flagflower rockets that took off in the air, made the Qing army who had just breathed a sigh of relief suddenly nervous again.

Tu Hai's face was even more grim, the big war was about to begin? He waved his hand and ordered, the troops stopped advancing for the time being, the personnel dismounted and rested, and after briefly listening to the account of the sentry who had returned to report, he urged his horse forward, accompanied by dozens of guards.

The shallow trenches and deer barrages were not the kind of fortifications that gave him a headache, and Tu Hai breathed a sigh of relief. But when he looked at it, he felt a lot of pressure.

Ten squares converge to form a large formation, which is square and visually shocking. The solemn and strict military formation made Tu Hai secretly frightened, although his face was calm, but he knew that this was probably the strongest enemy he had ever encountered.

When the brave meet on the narrow road, the brave wins, in addition to the battle, it is still the battle! Tu Hai's eyes narrowed and his fists clenched, he had no choice.

………………… (To be continued......)