Section 8: Baptism of war, the hidden dragon out of the abyss

It has been more than ten years since he crossed into this world, and now Zheng Kezang has grown from a small child to a gentle and elegant young man. After practicing martial arts for more than ten years, Zheng Kezang's internal strength is comparable to that of others for 30 years, which makes Liu Guoxuan cry out for evil, claiming that the current Zheng Kezang has advanced to the realm of first-class masters in the rivers and lakes, and in terms of internal strength alone, there are not too many who can win against him. But there is another meaning in this statement, that is, Zheng Kezang's actual combat experience is still very immature, and if he wants to win against the second-rate masters in the rivers and lakes, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

For this, Zheng Kezang did not deny it, but temporarily rejected Chen Jinnan's proposal to bring it inland, officially set foot in martial arts, and even gradually take over the Tiandihui, although Chen Jinnan was far away in the inland to preside over the Tiandihui's anti-Qing and Ming restoration affairs, and was not in Taiwan all the year round, but he paid a lot of attention to Zheng Kezang, even more than Zheng Jing, in his mind, with the same mind as Liu Guoxuan, that is, to train Zheng Kezang to be a qualified heir to the king of Yanping County. Speaking of which, when Chen Jinnan put forward this suggestion, Zheng Kezang was really moved, but he already had a comprehensive plan in his heart, and he had to endure the long-awaited dream of the rivers and lakes in his heart. There is another reason why Zheng Kezang made such a choice, that is, the pressure brought to him by his ten-year-old brother Zheng Kezang. Speaking of Zheng Keshuang, it is really a good fate, he was deeply loved by Mrs. Dong as soon as he was born, everything was considered for him, paving the way for him everywhere, as if he was the heir of the king of Yanping County to cultivate, and even more so, so that Feng Xifan secretly fell to Zheng Keshuang, and heard Fu Bo say that Mrs. Dong and Feng Xifan have made a marriage contract, and the wedding will be held as long as Zheng Keshuang and Feng Xifan's daughter is an adult. There is no doubt that Zheng Keshuang, with the secret support of Mrs. Dong and Feng Xifan, has embarked on the old road of wanting to replace Zheng Kezang as in history, which also prompts Zheng Kezang to make his voice heard in the army and in the Ming Zheng Dynasty as soon as possible, and lay a solid foundation to deal with the pressure from outside and inside in the future.

And this year, it happened to meet the neighboring flat force of the potbelly kingdom in Shalushe to rebel against the Ming Zheng Dynasty, Zheng Jing was furious, and decided to drive the expedition in person, and took Liu Guoxuan as the general, and refused to accept the conquest!

When it comes to this pot-bellied kingdom, we have to talk about the current situation in Taiwan at this time. In that year, Zheng Chenggong led the navy to the east, expelled the Dutch colonists, although the establishment of a ruling regime in Taiwan, brought a wave of immigration, but the population is still insufficient, simply unable to occupy the entire territory of Taiwan, this situation has continued until Zheng Jing ascended the throne, in Taiwan in fact, the ruling area is only Dongning County, Tian X County and WN County, the county of two counties, which is the whole of Taiwan, is only a very small part of the southeast coast. The Ming Zheng Dynasty was the first Han regime in the history of Taiwan! But it is precisely because of this that after the establishment of the Ming Zheng Dynasty, it has not been recognized by the aborigines of Taiwan, and in the eyes of these aborigines, the Ming Zheng Dynasty is no different from the Dutch colonists, they are all foreign invaders. Even, to a certain extent, these natives were more friendly to the Dutch colonists, because the Dutch colonists only plundered wealth indirectly by means of commerce; However, the Ming and Zheng Dynasty wanted to occupy the land, implement the policy of "integration of soldiers and peasants", and send the Ming and Zheng troops to various places to reclaim, which did greatly encroach on the living space of the aborigines, and also led to many armed resistance of the aborigines. And the big belly kingdom, because of its proximity, is the most fierce resistance among the aborigines of Taiwan, and it is also the largest armed force among the aborigines.

The Potbelly Kingdom is a "cross-ethnic quasi-kingdom" jointly established by the aborigines of the Babula tribe, the Maowu tribe, the Bazehai tribe and some of the tribes under the Hongya tribe, and the co-owners of each tribe are also known as the Potbelly King. At first, the reason for the establishment of the Potbelly Kingdom was to resist the invasion of the Dutch colonists, but after two failed attempts to resist the invasion of armed resistance, and the colonists did not annex land on a large scale, but only for "trade", the Potbelly Kingdom had to sign a contract with the Dutch colonists to express their obedience, and sent people south several times to participate in the annual "local conference". However, during these two armed resistances, the Potbelly Kingdom also played its own prestige, which made the Dutch colonists dare not underestimate them, let alone persecute them excessively. For this reason, the Potbelly Kingdom actually remained semi-independent, allowing only Dutch colonists to cross the territory and open up trade routes, but not allowing them to settle, and forbidding Dutch missionaries to preach within their tribes. In this regard, the Dutch colonists only turned a blind eye and did not force each other too much, which made the Potbelly Kingdom's feelings towards the Dutch colonists gradually eased, and some of the tribes that received the "benefits" became more friendly to the Dutch colonists. In the Ming and Zheng periods, the potbelly kingdom was invaded and occupied, the living space was compressed, and then compressed, and increasingly suffered from the strong threat from the more and more powerful Ming Zheng Dynasty, and had to rise up to resist, often armed conflicts with the Ming Zheng Dynasty, the two sides won and lost each other, the big belly kingdom was not happy, the losses were quite heavy, and the Ming Zheng Dynasty also lost Gao Ling and Yang Zu two excellent generals. This made the Ming Zheng Dynasty and the Potbelly Kingdom have deeper and deeper grievances, and they all wanted to annihilate each other in one fell swoop.

This time, the Potbelly Kingdom made a comeback, and gathered all the armed forces of various tribes in the Shalu Society, and there was a great posture of not driving the Ming Zheng Dynasty out of Taiwan. Zheng Jing was able to show weakness and mobilize all sides of the army, including Neisi Town, Qianzhen, Houzhen, First Town, Second Town, Third Town, Fourth Town, Fifth Town, Left and Right Wuwei Battalion, Left and Right Tiger Guard Battalion, Xiaoqi Town, Artifact Battalion, Qinding Town, a total of 50,000 troops, in addition to the navy and the necessary garrison troops in one county and two counties, he did his best to swallow mountains and rivers, and the general Liu Guoxuan divided his troops into two roads, suppressed the Big Belly Kingdom with thunderous might, and vowed not to return to the Dynasty if the Big Belly Kingdom was not destroyed.

With such a great opportunity, how could Zheng Kezang let it go. Zheng Kezang found Zheng Jing and successfully persuaded Zheng Jing with the powerful reason that "the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband", threw himself into Liu Guoxiang's account, and personally participated in this war. Because Zheng Kezang fought on the battlefield for the first time, Liu Guoxuan was afraid of his lack of experience and even more worried about his safety, so he did not let him lead a battalion of military horses alone at first, but placed him in the personal guard battalion, the most powerful and brave and warlike cronies under his command, appointed him as the deputy commander of the personal guard battalion, and ordered the original deputy commander to fully assist and protect him.

Liu Guoxuan's army was drawn out, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Shalu Society, although the Potbelly Kingdom has drawn all the armed forces of the tribes, but these aborigines live in undeveloped wild places all year round, and most of them live by hunting, regardless of men, women and children, they are by no means powerless, so the people left behind by the tribe are by no means without the strength to fight, plus this is a matter of life and death for the two countries, everyone has the determination to die. As a result, Liu Guoxuan's army suffered from inspired resistance along the way. Even so, in order to train Zheng Kezang faster and better, promote him to grow up faster, and be able to take charge of himself, Liu Guoxuan still made a lot of money, and every time he encountered the sworn resistance of the remaining forces of the tribe of the Big Belly Kingdom, he would order Zheng Kezang to lead the personal guard battalion to fight, and he would lead the army to suppress the battle.

In this way, after a series of bloody battles, Zheng Ke has really grown up under countless baptisms of blood and fire, not only becoming more and more mature in leading troops, but also being able to take charge of himself, and gradually enriching his actual combat experience in martial arts. At the same time, because Zheng Ke hid as the respect of the prince, when there was no war, he ate and lived with the sergeants, personally integrated into it, without any shelf, and waited for every big battle, but also took the lead, brave, and the great feats were all fought by real swords, rather than the second ancestors of other wealthy families who came to hide in the rear and made military achievements, so they won the admiration and love of Liu Guoxuan's army from senior generals to soldiers and pawns. But the price of all this is also extremely expensive, and it can even be said that it was piled up with the blood of Liu Guoxuan's personal guard battalion, when Liu Guoxuan's army arrived at Shalushe, the personal guard battalion had been completely disabled, although there were not many real dead people, but basically everyone in the entire personal guard battalion had lost their combat effectiveness, and even the former commander of the personal guard battalion was seriously injured, and without several months of recuperation, it was difficult for the personal guard battalion to re-form combat strength, at least this decisive battle was indeed unable to participate. Even, after losing this powerful combat power, Liu Guoxuan's army is likely to suffer a lot of damage in this decisive battle. However, all this is worth it in Liu Guoxuan's mind, Zheng Kezang, as the son of the Yanping County Palace, the first heir to the throne, and the only candidate for the most ideal next Yanping County King in his and Chen Jinnan's minds, if Zheng Kezang can grow up as soon as possible, whether it is Liu Guoxuan or Chen Jinnan, who is far inland, he will spare no effort, even if he pays a big price.

Liu Guoxuan's guard battalion is unable to fight again, has been escorted back to the rear to rest, for missing the decisive battle, although the soldiers of the guard battalion will have some regrets, but they will never hate Liu Guoxuan, or Zheng Kezang, they are Liu Guoxuan's absolute cronies, no matter what Liu Guoxuan ordered, they will obey unconditionally, coupled with the previous series of bloody battles, they have made enough achievements, will not be weaker than a decisive battle, they have made great strides in terms of combat power, I believe that when the guard battalion completely recovers, It must be stronger, more invincible!

The Guards Battalion will no longer participate in the Armageddon, but Zheng Kezang is indeed in good shape, so how can he miss the upcoming Armageddon. Fortunately, Liu Guoxuan had already made arrangements, and just set up camp in front of the Shalu Society, waiting for Zheng Jing's army to arrive, he carefully selected strong men from each battalion, and temporarily formed a battalion of 2,000 soldiers and horses, which was independently commanded by Zheng Kezang. Monitor the dynamics of the Big Belly Kingdom of the Shalu Society to prevent its sneak attack, and the task of guarding the camp also fell on Zheng Kezang. Maybe the Potbelly Kingdom is preparing for war with all its might, and it has not sent troops to sneak attack. On the contrary, Zheng Kezang divided the 2,000 men and horses into two groups and took turns to harass the enemy at night, so that they could not live at night.

Three days later, the 30,000 troops commanded by Zheng Jing arrived as scheduled, but because they also suffered a lot of resistance and obstruction along the way, and they did not bear almost all their strength like Liu Guoxiang's personal guard battalion, so although the entire army suffered little loss, it was indeed exhausted and needed to rest for a few days. However, the day of Armageddon is not far off. And the army of the potbelly king also took a fancy to this, or was really annoyed by Zheng Kezang's harassment, and sent troops to attack on a small scale every day, and the task of leading troops to resist naturally fell on Zheng Kezang. And because both sides are preparing for the final Armageddon with all their might, this kind of temptation, tired enemy skirmish, both sides tacitly restrain themselves, almost at the touch of a touch, so both sides are very damaged.

And so another five days passed, and the decisive battle was today!

The two sides have been at war for many years, and they can be said to know the roots, and they can't play any tricks. The Shalu Society is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and in addition to the frontal attack, there is only a small road on the west side that can go straight into the Shalu Society, but the Big Belly Kingdom obviously knows this and will definitely take precautions. Therefore, Zheng Jing and Liu Guoxuan agreed that they would attack the Shalu Society from the front and crush the Potbelly Kingdom with a thunderous momentum. However, Zheng Kezang put forward a different opinion, he believes that the mountain path on the west side should not be let go either, and must be used, and if it is used properly, it can even get unexpected miraculous effects. For this path, the Potbelly Kingdom has no more than two choices, or send troops to defend, but it is expected that because we know that they will send troops to defend, we will not send troops to attack from everywhere at all, so it is very likely that even if the defense will be lax, this just gives us the opportunity to do the opposite and make a contribution in one fell swoop; At the same time, since this mountain path can be used for our attack, it can also be attacked by the enemy and unprepared, and our attack from this can also play a defensive role. Therefore, whichever one the Potbelly Kingdom chooses, we must make use of this mountain path, and we must not miss the opportunity. After discussing Zheng Kezang's point of view, Zheng Jing and Liu Guoxuan greatly appreciated and agreed, and agreed that Zheng Kezang would lead his troops and horses to launch a surprise attack from the small road and cooperate with the frontal attack on the army.

The rumbling war drums sounded, and the Shalu Society shouted in front of the Shakespeare to kill the heavens, whether it was the Ming Zheng army or the Potbelly Kingdom, they all forgot to die, and the battle situation was very tragic.

Zheng Kezang led the military horses of his headquarters and quietly stepped on this winding and rugged mountain path. Along the way, Zheng Kezang temporarily handed over the headquarters to the deputy general commander, and he personally explored the way for the military horses of the headquarters. Zheng Kezang is extraordinary, he is the best candidate to explore the way, he goes over the mountains and forests without making a sound, leaving no traces, and halfway through, he sees nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses of a battalion of the Big Belly Kingdom rushing down violently. Immediately, his heart moved, and he quietly returned quickly, and urgently arranged the undulating attack point.