Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 185 Please enter the urn
In the early morning of March [-], Zheng Zhilong left more than [-] people behind Fucheng, and led [-] people out of Beicheng.

At noon that day, Liu Can, who stayed behind, opened the four gates and surrendered to the new army Xiancheng.

After hearing the news, Zheng Zhilong's face changed drastically, and he was extremely angry, so he had to abandon his luggage and fled lightly with only three days of dry food.

Shi Lang, who was marching into Quanzhou Prefecture, immediately turned to chase, and Wu Liuqi's troops going south changed direction, preparing to enter Quanzhou Prefecture through Xianyou County in Xinghua Prefecture, and planned to intercept Zheng Zhilong in Yongchun County.

Due to the road and other reasons, Wu Liuqi took a step later, and Zheng Zhilong went through Yongchun first.

But Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to stop at all, because Wu Liuqi was chasing too closely, and Shi Lang's men were behind him.

Passing through Yongchun is Dehua, and after leaving Dehua, it will be Yanping Mansion, so it will be safe for the time being.

The dry food they carried was basically exhausted, the soldiers were exhausted, and some soldiers who fell behind and couldn't keep up were simply abandoned.

As a result, Zheng Zhilong discovered that many of these people were pretending to be exhausted and wanted to take the opportunity to escape, so he killed dozens of them without hesitation to make an example.

In order to prevent the morale of the army from being unstable, he publicly promised that after arriving at Yanping Mansion, each person will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver.

Although the incentive of money can stimulate some morale, it is not a long-term solution. In the long run, soldiers will only recognize money but not people.

If the battle goes well, these people's morale will be boosted, but once they lose, they will choose to betray without hesitation, who only focus on their own interests.

From Zheng Jun's performance since the start of the war, it can be seen that their hearts are not really on the Zheng Group, but are just bound by some kind of interests.

Zheng's group is like a big copycat, a big bandit den, and many of Zheng Zhilong's behaviors are also very similar to a bandit leader.

When the bandit leader can't protect himself, the bandits below will naturally have various thoughts.

On the night of the [-]th, the remnant army, who had almost collapsed, finally saw the faint light on the top of Dehua City.

"When you arrive in Dehua, you will have good wine and good meat, brothers, just keep going..."

The lieutenant general conveyed Zheng Zhilong's message to the whole army, which really inspired the lifeless army and speeded up a little. .

About half an hour later, everyone could clearly see the towers of Dehua City, and with the help of the firelight on the city walls, they could also see patrolling soldiers.

The patrolling soldiers on the tower obviously also noticed this sudden army, and immediately became vigilant.

More than a dozen soldiers of the Zheng army came to the city gate and called, "Open the city gate quickly."

"Who is under the city?" The soldier on the city wall asked loudly.

"Master Zheng, Chief Bing, is here, quickly open the city gate."

The soldiers on the city wall hesitated for a while, but still asked: "How to prove it?"

"Presumptuous..." Chengxia yelled loudly.

"Our army is at war with the new army. In order to prevent the new army from entering the city, please prove your identity."

A person from the city came to the front and shouted loudly: "I am Zheng Zhikui, and Zheng Zhilong is my elder brother. Hurry up and open the city gate."

There was silence on the city wall for a while, and then someone raised his head and asked loudly, "Is it really General Zheng?"

"How can there be a fake?"

"I can't really see it at night. I will let the general enter first after I lower the drawbridge. After confirming my identity, I will open the city gate."

Zheng Zhikui pondered for a while, and said, "That's great, let's put down the suspension bridge."

With a creaking sound, the suspension bridge was slowly lowered across the moat. Zheng Zhikui and his party immediately walked across the suspension bridge and walked under the city wall.

The city wall in Dehua County was only three to four feet high. Under the light of the fire on the city wall and around Zheng Zhikui, people on the city wall could see his face clearly.

"It really is General Zheng, open the city gate quickly."

With a creak, the gate to the Wengcheng was closed and the city gate was opened. Zheng Zhikui and his party immediately returned to report the situation to Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong felt relieved and immediately ordered to enter the city.

Passing through the Wengcheng and entering the city from the main city gate, the exhausted soldiers couldn't wait any longer, so they couldn't maintain their formation and swarmed into the city.

Zheng Zhilong also looked tired. In order to rush for the past few days, he has suffered no less than others.

Suddenly, loud bangs came from the gates of the Wengcheng and the main city gate, the flames shot up into the sky, screams came out, and there were screams of panic from the soldiers.

The soldiers at the gate of the urn city and the gate of the main city retreated into the urn immediately, as if these two gates suddenly became the gates of hell.

"What's going on?" Zheng Zhilong asked loudly, his voice had already been drowned out by the surrounding voices.

Before getting a response, I saw the gate of the Wengcheng being lowered slowly, and the gate of the main city was also closed with a bang.

The soldiers who had entered the urn city were kept outside, and the soldiers who had entered the city through the main gate also disappeared.

The remaining hundreds of people were sealed in the Wengcheng together with Zheng Zhilong.

"oh oh……"

At the same time, there was a loud cry, and figures suddenly appeared on the walls around the Wengcheng, raising their guns, drawing their bows and arrows, aiming down with killing intent.

"It's a trick, protect your lord..." Zheng Zhikui shouted.

The shield soldiers immediately stepped forward and raised their shields, protecting Zheng Zhilong's surroundings and the sky above.

But, what's the use of this, being trapped in the urn city is like catching a turtle in the urn, with the current weapon in hand, there is almost no ability to resist, at most, you can linger for a while.

"You have been supported by my Zheng family for many years, how can you be so rebellious." Zheng Zhikui shouted angrily.

However, no one responded to him, only a clear voice came from the tower, "Master Zheng, Tang has been waiting here for a long time."

Hearing this familiar voice and that surname, Zheng Zhilong's eyes widened, and he shouted in disbelief, "Tangning, is that you?"

"Haha, it's Tang X. Mr. Zheng, we meet again this time, don't worry about it."

"Impossible, aren't you in Fuzhou? How could you be here?" Zheng Zhilong still couldn't believe it, his voice was very excited.

"Master Zheng, ask your people to lay down their weapons, let's go to the city to have a drink and talk, I will solve the confusion with Master Zheng..."

Zheng Zhilong became even more excited and shouted, "Tangning, it's impossible, impossible..."

Tangning's voice turned cold, and she shouted, "I will not force anyone to surrender. Those who put down their weapons and surrender will live. Otherwise, they will die."

"You have a cup of tea to make a choice. Those who choose to surrender, put down their weapons and stand under the west wall."

"Now, the timer begins."

Almost as soon as Tangning finished speaking, someone put down their weapons and shouted, "I surrender, I surrender."

After all, he threw the weapon in his hand, and then quickly ran to the west wall, almost standing close to the wall.

Someone took the lead, and a group of people put down their weapons, and then swarmed towards the west wall.

Even the shield soldiers who used shields to protect Zheng Zhilong, some people pondered for a while, let go of the shields, and then ran away quickly.

Zheng Zhikui's eyes turned cold, and he quickly swung the two soldiers over with his sword. His personal guard also quickly pointed the blade at the person who was about to surrender.

"噗噢噐..." Immediately, dozens of soldiers drew their swords and faced each other with hideous faces, as if they would not be polite if they disagreed with each other.

(End of this chapter)