1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 566 Zheng Zhilong's Shaking
July 1646, Daming, Fuzhou.

In the past few months, facing the torrential attacks of the Qing army, Zheng Zhilong, the Marquis of Nan'an (after the prince Zhu Cihong succeeded to the emperor, became the marquis of Zheng Zhilong) experienced a series of disastrous defeats.

On February 2, the Qing army led by Duoduo entered Hangzhou and captured more than a hundred officials and generals under King Lu.

On February 2, when the Qing army attacked Shaoxing, Huang Kehui, deputy general of the Zheng army, only guarded for one day. Under the bombardment of the red cannons of the Qing army, he abandoned the city and fled.

At the beginning of the year, under the order of Emperor Denglai Yongchu, Zheng Zhilong sent Zheng Cai led 3 troops into Jiangxi to assist the local anti-Qing armed forces.However, after Zheng Cai's troops entered Jiangxi, they did not dare to go deep. They just lingered at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian, and sat and watched Jiangxi's various anti-Qing armed forces surrendered Jin Shenghuan (formerly Zuo Liangyu's general), Wang Tizhong (formerly Dashun Army's Baiwang Department) Will) be eliminated one by one.At the beginning of March, when the main force of the Qing army reached the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian, Zheng Cai led his troops and fled back to Fujian in embarrassment.

On March 3, Dodo, the coach of the Qing army, ordered Dorobe Le Boluo to attack Ningbo. The general Yang Geng was defeated and retreated to Ninghai. When the Qing army Liu Liangzuo quickly attacked, he was defeated again and fled all the way to Taizhou. A line of defense was hastily set up on the south bank of the Jiaojiang River.

On March 3th, Boluo divided troops to attack Jinhua. Lieutenant General Huang Kehui and General Cheng Xueen wanted to abandon the city and retreat to Hengzhou, but General Shi Lang insisted on holding on.However, when Bo Luo bombarded the city with red-clothed cannons and the surrendered troops stormed the city, the Jinhua defenders were frightened. Huang Kehui took the lead to escape from Jinhua. There are many dead.

On April 4, the Boluo Department of the Qing Army went straight to Hengzhou after a short rest.Jin Shenghuan's troops who attacked from Raozhou (now Shangrao) in Jiangxi Province attacked Zheng Jun in front and back.Three days later, Hengzhou City fell, Cheng Xueen surrendered, Huang Kehui and Shi Lang fled to Xianxialing with less than a thousand people.

On April 4, the Qing army stormed Xianxia Ridge, but failed and lost more than a thousand soldiers.

On April 4, the Qing army's cannons in red were transported to the front line and attacked Xianxialing again, but they were attacked fiercely by the artillery of the closed Zheng army, losing several cannons and more than 10 troops.

In the following ten days, the Qing army attacked Xianxialing several times, but Zheng Jun, relying on the dangerous terrain and numerous artillery, prevented him from making an inch, so he had to retreat to Hengzhou and rest temporarily.

On April 4, Liu Liangzuo, Tian Xiong, and Hu Maozhen of the Qing army sneaked across the Jiaojiang River at night, but Yang Geng of the Zheng army failed to stop the Qing army on the bank and was defeated back to Taizhou City.

On May 5, the Qing army encircled Taizhou on three sides, and declared that if the city was not surrendered, Taizhou would be destroyed and the city would be massacred.The army and civilians in the city were shaken accordingly. When officials and gentry escaped from Taizhou by sea boat at night, Zheng Jun also fled to the wharf and took the boat away.

On May 5, the Qing army easily entered Taizhou City.

After Zheng Zhilong received countless defeat reports, he became angry from embarrassment. He beheaded more than ten generals under Lieutenant General Huang Kehui, imprisoned General Yang Geng, relieved Zheng Cai from his post, and strictly ordered Wenzhou General Chen Feng to stick to Wenzhou and not take a step back.

However, on June 6, the Qing army detoured to the upper reaches of the Oujiang River from a mountain path and sneaked across the river.

On June 6, more than 7 people from Liu Liangzuo and Tian Xiong of the Qing Army gathered under the city of Wenzhou. Led by the villagers captured nearby, they filled several trenches under the city within a few days.

On June 6, the Qing army began to attack the city with ants, and there were countless plundered villagers. Under the city, the Qing army and villagers suffered numerous casualties.

On June 6th, Dorobel Lek Dehun (grandson of Prince Lilie Daishan) led more than 15 main force of Manchuria Zhenghong Banner, Han Army Xianglan Banner, Han Army Xianghong Banner and Eight Banners to the foot of Wenzhou city. Carrying several Hongyi cannons and countless siege equipment.

On June 6, Chen Feng, the general soldier of Wenzhou, saw that the Qing army was powerful and dared not resist. He led the whole city's soldiers and civilians to surrender.

After several years of painstaking efforts, it was easy to occupy the key points along the coast of Zhejiang. As a result, under the tide of the Qing army's offensive, within a few months, Zheng's army was completely defeated and lost [-] troops.What made Zheng Zhilong even more depressed was that Chen Feng, the general of Wenzhou, surrendered, and more than a hundred warships of the navy stationed in the Wentai area were also captured by the Qing army, which can be described as a heavy loss.

Now, after the Qing army conquered Zhejiang, they immediately transferred Li Chengdong and Hu Maozhen into Jiangxi, preparing to go south to cooperate with Jin Shenghuan to attack Guangdong together.The Boluo Department of the Qing Army was stationed in Hengzhou, eyeing Xianxialing, Xiongguan, the gateway to western Fujian.

Facing the three-way attack of the Qing army, Zheng Zhilong was unavoidably at a loss.Although he knew that the Qing army was more capable of fighting, he never expected that the troops under his command would be completely defeated when faced with the Qing army's attack, and they would lose ground continuously.If it weren't for the mountainous terrain of Fujian that restricted the large-scale offensive of the Qing army, and the Zheng army relied on firearms to guard the dangerous Guanling.Maybe, the Qing army went straight to Fuzhou and Quanzhou and drove them all the way to the sea.

I thought that I possessed the three places of Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang, as well as two overseas territories of Taiwan and Luzon, with tens of thousands of troops in the water and land divisions, and more than a thousand warships.Why now, when the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty came, they knocked down tens of thousands of horses and drove him back, occupying Zhejiang and advancing into Fujian and Guangdong.

This Daqing is really amazing!

However, although this Qing Dynasty is powerful, my Zheng family is not easy to mess with.On the one hand, Zheng Zhilong continued to dispatch troops to strengthen the defense of Xianxialing and Shaoguan; on the other hand, he actively organized naval forces, preparing to defeat the naval forces formed by the Qing army's seizure of warships in Wentai area, so as to ensure the maritime safety of Fujian and Guangdong.

But just today, Bo Luo, the coach of the Qing army's attack on Fujian, sent him a letter, the content of which was nothing more than to persuade Zheng Zhilong to surrender, to let him give up resistance and surrender to the Qing Dynasty.For this reason, the Qing army gave Zheng Zhilong surrender to the Qing Dynasty and listed many attractive conditions, one of which deeply moved him.

"Now that Guangdong and Guangdong are not at peace, the governor of Fujian and Guangxi has been ordered to treat each other."

For Zheng Zhilong, who has always wanted to continue to rule the roost in the southeast coast, this is undoubtedly an absolute temptation.Although there are two overseas territories of Taiwan and Luzon behind us, if things go wrong, they can leave the mainland at any time and transfer to Taiwan and Luzon.However, if there is an opportunity, who wants to go to the wild lands of Taiwan and Luzon if they occupy both Fujian and Guangdong!
In addition, Zheng Hongkui, who was captured in Zhenjiang last year, also wrote a letter to Zheng Zhilong, telling how the Qing Dynasty valued him. The land will also be the hereditary territory of their Zheng family. After the Qing Dynasty, the safety of the thousands of miles of sea and territory will also be entrusted to the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong was moved.

However, his eldest son, Zheng Sen, didn't take it seriously, saying that Jiannu was cunning and feared to deceive his father with false words, and if he was not careful, Jiannu would definitely bite him back.

Moreover, he also said some very insightful words: "The land of Fujian and Guangdong is no better than the north. If you set up an ambush based on danger, you can collect people's hearts to consolidate your foundation, sell various ports to pay for it, select generals to train troops, and call It’s not difficult. Husbands and tigers can’t leave the mountains, and fish can’t escape the deep waters; leaving the mountains is not majestic, but leaving the deep waters will make you trapped. May my father think about it!”

The mountainous terrain in Fujian and Guangdong is dangerous enough, and it is difficult for the slaves to gallop and use troops. It is time for my Zheng family to defend the land and make a great cause. How can we easily surrender the Qing army?
Zheng Cai, who was dismissed from the post of general soldier, tried her best to persuade Zheng Zhilong to negotiate with the Qing army on surrendering.He said that the Qing army attacking the Jiangxi-Fujian border and Zhejiang were merely Han servants who surrendered to the Qing army. They were already so brave and good at fighting.

In addition, the main force of the Qing army is fighting against the Shun army and the Western army in Hubei, Sichuan and other places, and it is easy to put down the bandits.At that time, the free Qing army will definitely gather all kinds of troops and horses to attack. How can Fujian resist it.

In addition to the eldest son, Zheng Sen, who was firmly opposed to submitting to the Qing army, Chen Hui, the deputy general of the firearms battalion, also advocated resistance.He said that with the help of firearms and the cooperation of Emperor Yongchu's Ming army, the Qi army in the land of Denglai defeated Jiannu several times, making them dare not take a step east.

And I, Zheng Jun, started training the firearm battalion a few years ago, and now there are more than a thousand troops, skilled in formation, enough to face the enemy head-on with Jiannu.What's more, apart from the firearms battalion, my Zheng army still has more than two thousand "iron men" who are tough and brave, and there are more than ten thousand other elite soldiers. With the favorable terrain of Fujian and Guangdong, they can completely fight Jiannu. .

However, Zheng Zhilong's aide, Tang Shiwen, claimed that although Zheng's army has the dangers of mountains and rivers, holds tens of thousands of soldiers capable of fighting, and has the power of more than a thousand warships, the current Qing army has swept the world, and it is almost irresistible in the territory of Ming Dynasty. The enemy, after they have wiped out all the places one by one, is bound to mobilize the power of the whole country to attack Fujian and Guangdong.Let me ask, how can a corner of the coast be able to resist the blow of the country.

At the same time, he also reminded Zheng Zhilong that at sea, they were still fighting the Dutch. Although they had a slight advantage, they could not subdue the Dutch and end the dispute with them in a short time.If, at the time when Fujian and Guangdong were fighting fiercely with the Qing army on land, the Dutch attacked and killed Zheng Jun by sea again, it may be difficult to even surrender the land of Tailu.

Seeing that everyone was arguing, Zheng Zhilong hesitated for a while, unable to make a conclusion.

The country, nation, loyalty, and righteousness are all floating clouds. To Zheng Zhilong, only interests are really important.As for being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, killing one's life to become benevolent, this is too noble, we can't do it!

So, for the Qing Dynasty, should I surrender or not?

(End of this chapter)