Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"This is a letter from Qin She. There are some suggestions in it. Gu is not sure. Please ask Erqing to read it, so that I can weigh it for Gu."

In the government office of Quanzhou, Zhu Jin handed over the letter he had just received from home to Feng Xifan and Chen Shengwu.Speaking of which, Zheng Kezang sent a letter from home every month to the front of the army.However, in the past, they mostly wrote about household chores, anecdotes about children's camps, and reading experience. This time, they talked about military and state affairs in an unusual way, which displeased Zhu Jin, who had been going smoothly since the Western Expedition.However, after being displeased, Zhu Jin thought about it carefully, and found that Zheng Kezang's proposal seemed reasonable, but Zhu Jin really couldn't make up his mind to implement it, so he recruited two trustworthy advisers around him .

Feng Xifan and Chen Shengwu hesitated for a moment, took the letter paper, and looked at it together, only to see that the upper half of the letter paper had been folded, presumably it should be a normal part of the letter from home, only the last paragraph was displayed in front of their eyes.

"My son has nothing to do and has read all the histories. I feel deeply disturbed when I get something. I think that the only ones who can conquer the world by driving the new attached army are the Mongolian and captives. There are many, but they are all unbearable in a battle. Every military event is invincible without Taiwan's elite soldiers. As the saying goes, if you kill one thousand enemies, you will injure eight hundred. From grasslands to prosperous Tang Dynasty and down to the Taizu of this dynasty, all followed the national policy of emphasizing the inside and the outside. Editor, if you pick up soldiers from various towns, their family members should also bring them to Taiwan to grant them land to plant, so that they may return to their hearts. My son is good at talking about important military affairs, and he is inadvertently panicked, and he repeatedly bows his head."

After Feng Xifan and Chen Shengwu watched it, they couldn't help but look at each other, and then lowered their heads, no one dared to be the young bird.

"It's all over." Zhu Jin asked impatiently when he saw the thoughtful look of the two. "What do you think, sir?"

Seeing Zhu Jin's eager eyes, Feng Xifan gritted his teeth, and bowed down to Zhu Jin: "Although Yuanzi has never studied military affairs or fought in battle, he can learn from the past and learn from the present. , Congratulations to Dongning, and congratulations to the revival of Daming."

"Sycophant!" Chen Shengwu slandered inwardly, but he couldn't help but sang on the floor. "Yuanzi was strategizing, and he could see the pros and cons of the army at a glance. Although the minister followed the king personally, he was blinded by one leaf and failed to pick up the leftovers in time. It is really speechless. I also ask the king to punish the negligence of the ministers!"

"Okay, okay, I don't want to listen to Qing and others talking about these things." Zhu Jin is also a ruler with many years of experience in governing. Of course, he knows the purpose of the two people in front of him, one congratulating the other and pleading guilty, but he doesn't want to spend too much money on these aspects. Thoughtful. "Your Majesty, please tell me whether it is feasible to annex the newly attached army that Qinshe said."

"Yuanzi probably learned by analogy from the fact that the king flowed Hong Chengchou's family."

What Chen Shengwu is referring to is that in March this year Zheng Jing ordered the destruction of the gods and ancestral halls of Hong Chengchou worshiped in Zhangquanchao and other geology palaces, and replaced them with Zodiac generals and exiled Hong Chengchou's relatives to Langqiao, Jibian, Dongning.On the one hand, this connection is quite far-fetched, on the other hand, it attributes Zheng Kezang's suggestion to the inspiration of Zhu Jin's actions, which greatly belittles Zheng Kezang.

"However, this feudal clan is marching into Guangdong, and it is the time to vigorously recruit heroes from all over the world. If we attack the new attached army at this moment, I am afraid that it will spread to the outside world and scare the people from all walks of life. It will not be so easy to induce surrender in the future. "Chen Shengwu laughed twice. "Yuanzi's constitution is good, but the time is not yet."

Hearing Chen Shengwu's response, Feng Xifan's heart moved. He remembered that Chen Shengwu also opposed Zheng Kezang's suggestion last time. Thinking of this, Feng Xifan immediately decided to help: "Your Majesty, the new attached army's combat power is extremely poor. The towns are bound to be rectified, and the vassal is making great efforts to go south to Guangdong, and the soldiers are very fast, so I also think that this matter should be delayed."

Of course Feng Xifan didn't really object to Zheng Kezang's opinion, in fact he was preparing to dig a big hole for Chen Shengwu.

"However, what Yuanzi said is very true. It doesn't necessarily mean that the vassal loses its soldiers and generals, but the newly attached army is cultivated in the city. Once the main force of the vassal is damaged, it will be a situation where the Tai Ah will hold back in an instant. The king must make preparations early. ah"

Under the influence of two close ministers, Zhu Jin decided to temporarily put aside Zheng Kezang's suggestion on reorganizing the army, but Feng Xifan's remarks on consuming the newly attached army took root in Zhu Jin's mind. In April of the same year, an order was issued, requiring Huang Fangdu and other new commanders of the attached army to visit him.

Huang Fangdu was worried that Zhu Jin's move was to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so he said that he was ill and would not go to court.Huang Fangdu's actions confirmed Feng Xifan's worries, so Zhu Jinbian sent his cousin Zheng Bin to Zhang to comfort him.

"Or lead troops to follow Zheng Jun to attack Guangdong in the south, or give up military power and become an official in the shogunate?" Hearing Zheng Bin's suggestion on behalf of Zhu Jin, Huang Fangdu, who was lying on the couch pretending to be sick, coughed twice with difficulty. "Zheng Changshi, it's not that Yu doesn't want to serve in front of the general's army. It's really a relapse. I also ask Chang Shi to tell the general that when Yu's body and bones are a little better, he will definitely release his military power. As for entering the curtain, there is no need. When the time comes Please ask the general to grant a few acres of wasteland in Taiwan, and the more than a hundred members of Yu Huang's family can cultivate and feed themselves."

Zheng Bin left with a look of disbelief, but before he left Huang's mansion, Huang Fangtai, Huang Fangdu's cousin Huang Fangtai rushed into Huang Fangdu's room with Huang Yi, Huang Guan and Huang's children: "Grandpa, why If you don't take this opportunity to detain Zheng Bin, it's better to make Zheng Jing'er a child."

"Nonsense! Zheng Bin is just an abandoned son, what's the use of detaining him, it's better to let him go back to his life, and give Yu the time to rectify the city defense and train the soldiers." Speaking of this, Huang Fangdu looked at Huang Fangtai. "Brother, you should sneak to Guangdong immediately, meet Anda Gong, and say that Yu Huang's family is willing to respond internally, and ask him to send troops to rescue him immediately."

Huang Fangdu's rebellion is obvious, but Zhu Jin's side is not ready. On the one hand, Zhangzhou City has a lot of food and Huang Fangdu has been operating for many years. Therefore, Zhu Jin had no choice but to continue to use political solutions.

Zhu Jin sent an invitation to Huang Fangdu through Geng Jingzhong, inviting Beishang to join forces with Geng Fan to attack Zhejiang.Huang Fangdu was worried that he would be flanked by Zheng's army after leaving Zhangzhou, and he was afraid that he would be cannon fodder after arriving in northern Fujian. In addition, he was unwilling to abandon the old nest that had been entrenched for many years, so he ignored Geng Jingzhong's letter. In this way, the chance of peacefully resolving Zhangzhou was completely lost.

At the end of May, Qing Anda Gong Shangzhixin mobilized about 3 Qing troops from all over Guangdong to fight with Zheng Jun at Limulus Mountain.Zheng Jun adopted the tactics of breaking through the middle and outflanking the two wings to meet him.He You, the general of Zuohuwei, led his troops to attack bravely, and went straight to the middle army of Shangbu. When Shangzhixin's army was in chaos, Liu Guoxuan attacked one after another, and Shangjun was defeated.In this battle, Zheng Jun defeated an enemy three times his own with less than [-] people, and his prestige was greatly enhanced. The failure of Shang Zhixin also meant the beginning of the downfall of the Huang family.

"Kill!" The rumbling cannon just stopped, and the shouts of killing filled the sky again.In the eyes of the Zhangzhou defenders who crawled out of the cave, the densely packed ant-like human heads below the city were like a roaring sea, pushing wave after wave, and pounced on themselves who seemed to be in danger.

"Shoot! Shoot them to death!" Huang Fangdu, who was standing in the enemy building at the head of the city and watched the battle, squeezed out a few words from between his teeth. The Huang family is extremely disadvantaged, but Huang Fangdu has no way out. You must know that his father, Huang Wu, dug the Zheng family's ancestral grave in order to show his loyalty to the Qing court. People die together.

Following Huang Fangdu's order, guns and cannons were fired from the top of Zhangzhou City, and amidst the thunder and light, rows of Zheng Jun fell on the road ahead.However, in the past few years, Zheng Jun's forces retreated to Taiwan, and Zhangzhou was already a safe zone. The Qing court did not have too many firearms here, so the casualties caused by guns were acceptable to Zheng Jun.However, they avoided various firearms with a low rate of fire, but the bows and arrows fired in salvo caused considerable losses.

Looking at the soldiers howling in the hail of bullets, Zhu Jin's face was solemn.

"Your Majesty, you can't fight any more." If Zhu Jin's face was still solemn, Hua Shanglan, who was driven to the front line, would be as mournful as a concubine. "If you hit Renwu Town again, there will be nothing left."

Looking at the Zuo Admiral, Xingming Hou Zhao Desheng, and Zuo Vanguard General Zhang Xueyao who were also frowning in fear, Chen Shengwu stepped forward and cupped his hands to Zhu Jinjian: "Your Majesty, the city of Zhangzhou is high, and Huang Ni has already prepared for it." , I am afraid that it will not be taken lightly for a while, and the spirit of the striker has been lost today, it is better to return to the camp and besiege the city for the time being, and fight again in the future."

"When will the Red Barbarian Artillery Team arrive?" Ci was not in charge of the army, and Zhu Jin deliberately used up all kinds of power, so he didn't immediately accept Chen Shengwu's request, but urged: "Send the order, it won't arrive within five days, Kill the battalion officer, if you don't come within ten days, all the town generals and below will be killed!" After hearing Zhu Jin's murderous words, everyone looked at Shang Hualan with pity, and it wasn't until this time that Zhu Jin said slowly. "What Chen Zanhua said is also reasonable, Mingjin."

The sound of the gong made everyone in the city breathe a sigh of relief. Huang Fangdu slowly walked out of the enemy building and shouted at his subordinates: "Seeing that no Zheng Jun has retreated, they are also human, with one nose and two noses." The eyes, the arrows will bleed after eating the blunderbuss, and people will die, it’s nothing special, today everyone has done a good job in defending the city, and the rewards will be doubled!"

There was a burst of cheers from the top of the city. The big guys were all tucking their heads in and seeking their future with their lives. Naturally, the more money they got, the better.However, unlike the elation of the lower-level soldiers, Cai Long, Huang Fangdu's general, still frowns.

"Grandpa, Biaoxia just sent someone to check it out. More than 40 people died and about a hundred were injured." This number is not large, much smaller than Zheng Jun's casualties, so this is not Cai Long's worry. The place. "A quarter of the gunpowder has been used, and nearly [-] arrows have been used. What if the siege takes a long time?"

"What?" Huang Fangdu was startled, there was not enough gunpowder, and his cannon would misfire next. "Damn it!" But after cursing this sentence, Huang Fangdu pretended to be calm. "Don't be afraid, Zheng Jun's soldiers are only five thousand, and today's loss is too much to bear. Speaking of which, the one who should be worried now should be Zheng Jing." Long also convinced himself. "Even if the Zheng army only besieged the city and didn't attack it, it's nothing to be afraid of. Yu has already prepared enough food and fodder for a year. Even if we use up food with Zheng Jing, we can win by energy consumption."