Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"Loss of 32 big and small bird boats, 24 big and small chasing boats, one small gun boat, fifteen double-sail boats, and 43 boats of various colors"

When Shi Lang entered Luermen, there were 550 ships of various kinds, but now almost a quarter of them have been lost.

"Chief General Chen Chang, Deputy Generals Huang Chang, Jiang Maoxun, Counselors Xu Keji, Luo Shi, Chen Yuanzhi, Xie Ying, Guerrilla He Yingyuan, Fang Feng, Chen Yi, Zhu Chun and the following 29 generals were killed, and the rest of the officers were 220 soldiers Six people, among the wounded are 570 people under General Luo Yi"

The main reason for the heavy casualties is that after the outer warships were breached by Zheng Jun’s fire attack boats, the Qing army divisions on the inner warships chose to dive to escape after the fire broke out. As a result, the Qing troops who did not know water were burned to death There were no more than a thousand people, and the rest were drowned in the inner sea.

"The loss of one 140-jin Dafolang machine gun, 250 seven [-]-jin tiger crouching cannons, [-] six horses and pack horses, blunderbuss, armor, knives, gunpowder, etc. cannot be estimated, and there are other"

Facing the painful casualties and huge material losses, although Shi Lang remained calm, the generals and lieutenants under him inevitably had some other ideas.

You know, Shi Lang brought about 8000 Qing troops when he attacked Penghu, and more than 8000 were killed or injured in the naval battle. Although he captured and received about 3 Zheng troops, Shi Lang didn't trust them and only selected 2 of them. As a supplement, because Zheng Kezang was unwilling to surrender to Shi Lang, he transported another [-] troops from Tongshan and Siming. Among them, [-] Qing troops and [-] Zheng army prisoners stayed in Penghu and followed Shi Lang to attack Dongning. About fifty thousand.Among the [-] people, the land division accounted for about [-]% and [-], and the sailors accounted for only [-]% and [-].

After arriving in Dongning, the Qing army first lost more than 800 people on North Shanwei Island, and left more than 7000 people to besiege the Boy Scout artillery fort after being unable to attack for a long time; There were more than [-] men on [-] warships including a cannon boat. So far, there were only [-] men left in the Qing army. Now there are nearly [-] casualties, which means that the Qing army has more than five points before and after. One of the men and horses can no longer participate in the main decisive battle.

In this era, usually when an army loses more than one-fifth, it is already close to the brink of collapse. However, what worries the generals of the Qing army is that there is no way to move forward at this moment. Just floating on the sea waiting for the moment when the food and drinking water run out?

Perhaps because he felt that the atmosphere at the scene was too depressing, Shi Lang cleared his throat, and asked Lin Xian, the commander-in-chief of Haitan Town, who was sitting beside him: "Haitan Town, did the gunboat fleet destroy the seabed barrier set up by Haini?" ?”

Lin Xian reported with a dejected expression: "If you go back to Shi Junmen, the cannons of the gunboat are placed on the bow, which is much higher than the waterline, and the cannons on the ship weigh thousands of catties. Therefore, most of the shells were missed, and even if one or two accidentally hit them, their effectiveness was greatly reduced due to the blocking of the sea water, so for an entire hour, they were not able to break even one of them.

Shi Lang's face darkened, but he didn't continue to speak. Chen Mang, the commander-in-chief standing beside him, stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Shi Junmen, Haini has many tricks. The army is confined to a corner of the inner sea and cannot move, I am worried, and the sea here is very unfamiliar to me, once it gets dark, will the sea rebellion make another sneak attack?"

Chen Mang's words sent a chill down everyone's backs. Yes, even though it's only noon now, once you delay, let alone another fire attack or send some water ghosts to shovel your boat in the dark, So what should we do?

So Yang Jiarui, the commander-in-chief of Xiamen Town, immediately repeated Lin Xian's suggestion before: "Shi Junmen, let the sons go ashore."

"Yes, go ashore." Chen Long, the commander-in-chief of Jinmen Town, also echoed. "It is true that Haini is waiting for work on the shore, but according to previous reports, most of them are old and weak, and there are very few soldiers capable of fighting, and the army still has nearly [-] people. It seems that as long as they go on land, they must Let Hai Ni know how powerful the officers and soldiers are."

Lin Xian further suggested: "If the executive is afraid of Zheng Ni's half-way attack, he can use the strategy of attacking east and west to confuse him."

The three full-time generals kept talking non-stop, Shi Lang's face was calm, but his heart was already overwhelmed.These suggestions sounded to solve the current difficulties, but in essence they may be doubts about his successive mistakes in decision-making. The fault is that Shi Lang still has the right to conscript conferred by Kangxi. I am afraid that these unruly subordinates We will be unable to hold back, and turn against customers.

"My lords are very insightful." Shi Lang thought for a while. Although he could suppress the suggestions of several people, he could not change the current situation, so he could only accept them smoothly. "It seems that it is impossible not to land now," but the landing area is narrow, in order not to be suppressed on the beach by the well-prepared Zheng Jun, so Shi Lang first set up a suspicious formation. "Chen Zongbing, you lead [-] boats to feign in the vicinity of the Yanyan River. Master Lin, you also lead [-] boats to feign to the mouth of Zengwen River." The two took orders and left. "Master Yang, you lead the big and small gunboats to bombard Westport and the platoon first, and the rest of the ships wait for orders."

The deafening cannons sounded again, dozens of kilograms of shells flew over the sea surface of Lixu with gunpowder smoke, and hit the ground heavily, and immediately the house collapsed and the walls were destroyed. Fortunately, after Zheng Kezang led the army to arrive Otherwise, under the inaccurate shelling of the Qing army, casualties would be unavoidable.

"More than 800 Qing troops landed at the mouth of Zengwen River"

"Grandson, I just found out that more than a thousand Qing troops have landed in the area of ​​Yanyan Creek."

"Grandson, the gunboats of the Qing army turned to Westport"

"What are you panicking about!" All kinds of information came pouring in, which only made Zheng Kezang feel his head was like a bucket, so he stopped shouting, which just happened to calm down the agitated boy scouts and soldiers. "Don't worry about him at eight hundred or one thousand, keep an eye on Shi Lang's main force, and urge Hong Gongzhu to at least call up the right guard first."

In the next moment, the Qing army ships of the brigade finally moved, and as expected, they still acted separately.Under the guidance of some of the Qing troops who had already landed, the Qing troops of the brigade rushed ashore from Xigang, Da Pai and Zeng Wenxi respectively. The situation was already very clear. Insufficient troops, one part of the Zheng army could hold back the main force of the Zheng army, thus causing an anti-encirclement situation. On the contrary, if the Zheng army also dispersed its forces, it would not be able to prevent the Qing army from going ashore, but would fall into a situation of fighting on its own. How should Ke Zang respond?

Since Siming withdrew to Taiwan, Zheng Jun Lu Division has five guards and fourteen towns outside the boy scout system. Among them, He You led Wuchang and Wutong towns in Danshui, and Wu Shu led the second town of Rongqi and the second town of Rongqi. Four Towns, Wuxuan Town, and Youhuwei Town were restrained by the Qing army in Lukang, Xiushui and other places and could not go south immediately. Hong Gongzhu led Jianwei Town, Jianwei You Town, Xuanyi Town, and Youwuwei Town. The ports in the inland sea are fortified, and now they are rushing to gather and rush back to join the war, and only Wang Jingong's Zuohuwei, Zhang Xueyao's Zuowuwei Town, Jianwei Zuozhen, Rongqi Town, and Rongqi No. [-] are left by Zheng Kezang's side. Town, Bisu Town, Wuchong Town, the Second Town of the Yongwei Army, plus the Boy Scouts and Luan Yiwei.

Although it seems that there are quite a lot of designations, there are more than 900 people in the Luanyi Guard staying in Anping City, and 200 Boy Scouts are in Beishanwei Island. In addition, although the fifty merchant ships and civilian ships cruising and patrolling the inland sea are veterans of the original navy However, the 150 temporary artillery crews have already emptied the Boy Scouts Second Town except Kunlun Second Biao and the town's cavalry team. In addition, Zheng Kezang left more than 800 people in Bisu Town in Cheng Tianfu and Wannian prefecture maintained law and order, and the combat power of the remaining five towns that had been hastily incorporated into the local Xun soldiers and veterans could not be guaranteed, so there was not much room for Zheng Kezang to make a decision.

"Let Zhang Xueyao lead Zuowuwei and 4000 people from Jianwei Zuozhen to directly attack the enemy of Yanyanxi;" Zheng Kezang hesitated for a whole stick of incense before finally making a decision. "Wang Jin led 4000 people from Zuohuwei Town and the third town of Rongqi to attack Zeng Wenxi. He Gan led the two bids of Luanyiwei and the second town of Kunlunbiao and 900 people from Rongqi Town to block the large platoon of enemies. Yi led the second town of the Yongwei Army and 4000 people from Wuchong Town to attack the enemy of Xigang, and Mao Hongyan led the first town of the Boy Scouts to act as an orphaned guard.”

Zheng Kezang's scheduling is based on the principle of proximity, but his troops are strong or weak, and this difference in combat power is naturally reflected in specific battles.Among them, Luanyiwei, equipped with deer guns, bird guns, and warts, quickly defeated the enemies in the large row; Zang’s previous purges were severely damaged, and he could not wipe out the enemy, but he barely blocked the Qing army in front of him; Zeng Yi, the second town general of the Yongwei Army, was an old man under Chen Yonghua, so he was trusted by Zheng Kezang. Killing the enemy was powerless, and finally defeated the Qing army who had landed in Westport, but was indiscriminately bombarded by Shi Lang after they entered the port area, and Zeng Yi died on the spot, so the road collapsed

The reason why there was such an uneven battle situation was because the cunning Shi Lang still had a hand in his hands. His arrangement was not as simple as dividing the troops and going ashore.For example, Wang Jingong and Zhang Xueyao, one encountered [-] Qing troops in Zeng Wenxi, and the other encountered [-] enemies in Yanyan Creek, but He Gan encountered a soft persimmon, the Qing army who landed in a large platoon It is to contain the troops, the total number is only [-], which is why he is so powerful.

As for the enemy in Xigang, it was the main force of the Qing army. Except for the 3000 sailors who drove the boats to guard the cannons, warships, and wounded soldiers, the remaining [-] Qing troops all went ashore here, so the second town of the Yongwei Army, Wuchong Even if the town is not dispersed by artillery fire, its victory will be short-lived.

"Why isn't it dark yet?" Zheng Kezang raised his head after receiving the battle report and let out an inexplicable exclamation, and then gave the order. "Let He Gan leave Kunlun's second target to clear out the remnants of the enemy, and the rest rushed to Yanyan Creek to assist Zhang Xueyao. After defeating the enemies on the Yanyan Creek side, He Ji led his headquarters and Jianwei Zuo Town to immediately return to support our team. Zhang led Zuo Hu Weizhen reinforces Wang Jingong's department, we must eliminate the enemy in front of us as soon as possible, and then rush to help our team." After finishing speaking, Zheng Kezang stood up. "Mao Hongyan," the deputy commander of the first town on the side leaned over and obeyed. "Gu will go with you to meet Shi Lang, and see how his land battle is going?"

"Grandson, absolutely not. According to reports from various places, the enemy of Xigang is the main force of the enemy army. At least there are 600 to [-] soldiers and horses. Even if there are not [-], there are [-]. The cavalry barracks add up to only [-] people." Mao Hongyan immediately dissuaded him. "The enemy is at least eight times stronger than me. Although the minister can risk his life to resist, the descendants belong to the whole family. There is a saying that the son of a daughter does not sit in the palace. I beg the descendants not to take risks."

"Don't you want to watch the Boy Scouts die?" Zheng Kezang's move was of course not for the sake of showing off his abilities or highlighting his personal heroism. In fact, he clearly realized that if he was defeated in the front, he would definitely not be safe in the rear, so he might as well take risks Following the front line may provide some bonuses to the first town as the supreme commander, and he has weighed that the image of the invincible commander can allow him to suppress the remaining veterans of the Zheng army. Since there are such double benefits, how can he Might not try to give it a shot, of course he couldn't say that. "What Gu told them was to live and die together, not to watch them sacrifice. There is no need to persuade them anymore." Zheng Kezang patted Mao Hongyan on the shoulder. "Gu believes in your loyalty, and even more in the combat power of the Boy Scouts."

Zheng Kezang has always been used to being assertive, and Mao Hongyan can't stop him, but after the news got out, the morale of the Boy Scouts' No.

Zheng Kezang commented in this way, and of course he also reserved his backup: "Send someone to urge Hong Gongzhu again, and order him to arrive at Xigang before [-]:[-] Shenshi. The body is ready"