Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 184 Entering Quanzhou

After Fuzhou Mansion was occupied by Tang Ning's army, the morale of the Zheng Army was dealt a huge blow.

On the night of March [-], the general guarding the north gate of Zhangzhou Mansion directly opened the city gate and let Shi Langbu enter the city.

The news that Fucheng had been breached by the new army spread immediately.

The flares of the new army rose into the sky one by one from Fucheng, further confirming the reliability of the news.

The soldiers of Zheng Jun, who had fought fiercely with the new army for seven days, were exhausted physically and mentally. After hearing the news, they immediately bombed the camp.

Because it was night, the two brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian were more difficult to control. In desperation, the two had no choice but to escape from the west gate with their remnants.

The next day, Zhangzhou Fucheng was controlled by Shi Lang's army, and a large number of Zheng's troops were surrendered.

Zheng Zhibao's troops, who were rushing to Zhangzhou Fucheng, heard that Fucheng had fallen, and were shocked. They immediately turned around and headed for Quanzhou Fucheng.

Stopped in Fucheng for a while, the new army divided into two groups, one route Shi Lang gathered more than [-] troops to leave Zhangzhou Prefecture, and enter Quanzhou Prefecture by land.

The other, led by Huang Hairu's navy, will attack the capital city of Quanzhou by water.

At that time, Eunuch Liu and his party arrived at Fuzhou Mansion and were received by Tang Ning in person.

Eunuch Liu expressed his intention of coming here, and his words were sincere, but Tangning didn't give him any face, saying that Zheng Zhilong must be dealt with severely.

Otherwise, when Zheng Zhilong gains power in the future, he will definitely retaliate.

This homeless and countryless traitor, the new army must eradicate this time.

Eunuch Liu had a headache. Tang Ning was indeed right. The battle of Huanggang was also started by Zheng Zhilong. This time it was even more lawless, and he joined forces with the red-haired ghosts to attack the new army.

If it was said that Zheng Zhilong would not think again in the future, Eunuch Liu himself would not believe it.

"Eunuch Liu, today Zheng Zhilong, disregarding the life and death of innocent people, is able to join forces with the red-haired ghosts to attack Chaozhou. In the future, he will be able to join the Tartars to destroy our Daming."

"This ruthless and ungrateful person is not worthy of Mr. Liu's concern."

"It is absolutely impossible for the new army to strike. If Zheng Zhilong leads his troops to surrender, I can promise Eunuch Liu that no one in the Zheng family will be hurt."

"Even if they surrendered or were captured by our new army, as long as they are willing to leave Fujian with Zheng Zhilong, I can release them back."

Tangning's attitude was very firm, so in the end, Eunuch Liu failed to convince Tangning, and Tangning didn't even bother to perfunctory.

So, Eunuch Liu had to rush to Quanzhou Prefecture.

Under Tang Ning's order, Wu Liuqi cooperated with Ye Dacheng's Nan'ao Navy to move to Xinghua Prefecture, and prepared to cooperate with Shi Lang's and Huang Hairu's troops to attack Quanzhou Prefecture.

When Eunuch Liu arrived at Quanzhou Fucheng and saw Zheng Zhilong, Quanzhou was already under the attack of the third army of the New Army.

In less than half a month, when he saw Zheng Zhilong again, Eunuch Liu noticed that Zheng Zhilong had lost a lot of weight, and seemed to be even older than the old eunuch.

It seems that Nan Amber's life is very difficult these days.

"Alas..." Eunuch Liu sighed heavily in his heart. If he knew what happened today, he regretted his carelessness.

Immediately, Eunuch Liu told Tangning's answer.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong roared with his eyes wide open, "I have not failed, I still have fifty thousand troops, one hundred thousand troops."

"Today Tangning takes Fujian from me, but in the future Zheng Zhilong will destroy Guangdong."

Eunuch Liu was shocked, and quickly comforted him: "Master Zheng, don't speak angry words, don't speak angry words."

Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and said, "Tangning is not giving Zheng a chance to live. He is so vicious, even worse than the Manchu Qing Tartars. The Qing army will go south in the future. Let's see how he responds."

"This thief is doing such a thing that hurts the relatives and makes the enemy happy. It will destroy the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and it will definitely not end well."

Hearing Zheng Zhilong calling for a thief, even Eunuch Liu couldn't stand it anymore. It's not all because of you, Zheng Zhilong.

In the end, Eunuch Liu was not able to persuade Zheng Zhilong to accept Tangning's conditions, which he expected.

After all, Zheng Zhilong has Zheng Zhilong's pride, how can he be reconciled to having half his life's foundation ruined by a younger generation.

Eunuch Liu has tried his best, since he couldn't persuade him, he had no choice but to go back to his home and return to his life.

I am afraid that the imperial court could not count on the Zheng army and the new army. Facing the menacing Chuang army and the Qing army, they had to make other plans.

As soon as Eunuch Liu left, Zheng Zhilong arranged his family members out of Quanzhou Mansion first, and asked Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Cai to lead their troops into Yanping Mansion.

On March [-], the magistrate of Xinghua Prefecture surrendered in Kaesong, and Xinghua Prefecture was smoothly handed over to the new army. Wu Liuqi and Ye Dacheng continued to lead the army southward by land and water.

On March [-]th, the navy of the Yellow Sea passed through Quanzhou Bay and went up the Jinjiang River to Quanzhou Fucheng. The [-] troops it carried landed on the north bank of the Jinjiang River and approached the east gate of Quanzhou Fucheng.

The Yellow Sea blocked the Jinjiang River and bombarded the south gate of Quanzhou Fucheng.

Zheng Zhilong went up to the city to resist the battle, but was forcibly dragged down the city wall by the guards due to the heavy artillery fire of the new army.

Inside the camp tent in the city, Tang Bing urgently reported, "Report to your lord, Shi Lang's troops have left Nan'an, and the combined Nan'an new army is approaching Fucheng."

"Shi Lang..." Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth. He thought he treated Shi Lang well, and appointed him as Shi Fu's lieutenant at a young age.

But now, after joining the new army, he showed no mercy to Zheng Jun, who had served in the past, and helped Tangning fight all the way from Zhangzhou to Quanzhou, breaking several cities in a row.

But no matter what, Shi Lang's rebellion was also caused by himself, he knew it well, and his subordinates knew it too.

If Shi Lang's tribe appeared in the west city of Quanzhou, and Wu Liuqi's tribe, who was going south, appeared in the north again, then the entire Quanzhou city would be completely surrounded, and there would be no way to retreat by water or land.

Everyone present understood this point, and the atmosphere was indescribably oppressive.

Several generals looked at each other, and one of the generals took a step forward, knelt down on one knee, and begged: "My lord, Quanzhou Fucheng is already a lonely city, and it is meaningless to defend the lonely city alone."

"I also hope that the adults are concerned about the safety of the tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, and their own safety."

"If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of lack of firewood. Even if Quanzhou Prefecture falls into the enemy's hands, as long as you withdraw to northern Fujian, half of Fujian's country and mountains will still be in your hands. It is not impossible to regroup."

"If you want to fight for a while this time, if your lord has three ups and downs, Fujian will really be over."

At the end, the general had a look of grief and tears in his eyes.

"Yes, my lord, what General Liu said is very true. Now it is not the time of life and death, nor the time of dying together with the city."

"I hope my lord will think twice..."

"My lord..." All the generals knelt down and begged one by one.

Looking at the crowd kneeling in front of him, Zheng Zhilong felt sad. He had never seen them work together like this during the war, but at this moment, each one of them was so righteous.

But he himself had to admit that he was really unwilling to stick to Quanzhou Mansion because he wanted to win.

Thinking of how high-spirited he used to be, thinking of making a decisive blow in Quanzhou Mansion, even if he lives and dies with the city, it is a worthy death.

But now, seeing the new army advancing step by step, looking at the pairs of longing eyes in front of him, his mood can't help being shaken...

(End of this chapter)