Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Just after the new year in the 40th year of Yongli, Zhao Shilin sent another [-] reinforcements to He Fu. Of course, with the arrival of the reinforcements, there was also a stern order, asking He Fu to solve the "less than" [-] people on Qiongzhou Island as soon as possible. military.He Fu had been prepared for the pressure from the governor, so on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, he commanded the army and set up flags to point south.

This time, in order to avoid Zheng Jun's preset fortifications on the front line of stability, He Fu took Wenchang first, then Huitong and Lehui, and then flattened Zheng Jun's resistance all the way.Of course, He Fu also considered that Zheng Jun might encircle Wei to rescue Zhao and attack Qiongzhou from Anding. Therefore, in addition to leaving 3000 people to guard Qiongzhou, he also left [-] green battalions after he entered Baisha Water Village and joined the Guangdong Navy. , one thousand township braves and one thousand sailor soldiers formed a corner with the Fucheng defenders.He Fu, who was so conscious of being infallible, swaggered and led his troops southward.

In order to prevent the Zheng army from having a chance to attack, the Qing army strictly complied with the requirement of camping for [-] miles a day, and lived while traveling. The distance from Dongsha Shuizhai to Wenchang County (Note: Wenchang Township in Wenchang) is only more than [-] miles away. , The Qing army walked for four days.However, the snail-like Qing army finally moved to Wenchang, only to find that it was already an empty dead city.

Whether it is an empty city or a dead city, but the news of the victory is still full of flowers, so the mansion and the province cheered in unison, Mr. He is really a famous general in ancient and modern times, and the army is omnipotent, regardless of Wenchang. It is also lost in the hands of He Fu of.

The cowhide was blown out, but He Fu felt a little uneasy, where did Zheng Jun go?Not daring to act rashly, he sent scouts around to investigate, but Zheng Jun didn't find out, and he brought disaster to the people in the countryside who had escaped from the war.

Hearing the repeated confirmations from the scouts, some generals of the Qing army couldn't sit still, so they stood up and advised: "The military gate, there is no trace of the sea on the same line, and our army should go south quickly."

"According to what I have seen along the way, although there are no big mountains in Qiongdong, there are many hills and valleys, what if the sea turns against it and hides in it?" He Fu did not accept it. "Explore again, further south, until Zheng Jun is found!"

He Fu is an admiral, with military power in his hands. His insistence, others don't have much to say, isn't it just to continue to explore the way?Yes, then explore.But no one thought that Tan Ma had already appeared in Lehui County, and no trace of Zheng Jun had been found. Now, Tan Ma didn't even dare to go deep.

"Isn't Zheng Jun haunting the north of Jiaji Ridge?" He Fu stroked his chin and looked suspiciously at the map. "Then where will Zheng Jun be?"

"It's not really on the front line of stability, waiting to copy our retreat." A general soldier judged so. "Or I went to Jonesy, maybe I'm preparing to attack Changhua and seize Danzhou."

Having said that, He Fu couldn't go south anymore: "Send someone to An Ding quickly, this is evil."

Just when He Fu was restless, Jonesy's battle report finally came into his hands. It turned out that two days before He Fu sent troops from Qiongzhou, more than a thousand people from the Zheng Jun Marine Corps, which claimed to be five thousand, marched westward and arrived in Changhua Under the castle

The Changhua City in front of the Zheng Jun Marine Corps was first built in the 25th year of Hongwu (1392) in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Yu Ke, a thousand households, was ordered to burn bricks and build walls. Due to various reasons, the city was not completely built. In the ninth year of Yongle (1411), Changhua The county was harassed by Japanese pirates. In order to resist the Japanese pirates, Xu Mao, a thousand households in Changhua, rebuilt the city. The surrounding stone and brick walls are two and a half kilometers in circumference, six meters high and five meters thick, and there are 550 stone stacks. There are eight shops, four city towers, four city gates, Qizhan Gate in the east, Zhenhai Gate in the west, Ninghe Gate in the south, and Ningwu Gate in the north. A five-foot-wide trench was excavated near the wall around the city, and Changhua became the key point of Qiongzhou's coastal defense for a while.But it is a pity that because the city is close to the sea, it was repeatedly attacked by hurricanes and typhoons, and the military equipment was decadent in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, so the former "Xiongcheng" is now dilapidated. Trees grew even on the bridle path behind the parapet

In the siege battles of this era, at the beginning, each other bombarded each other with artillery. No, with a loud noise, a hot solid bullet shot out from the barrel of Zheng Jun's only three-inch long gun. , hit the upper part of the city wall directly, and the old wall soil was scattered all over the place.Naturally, the Qing army was not to be outdone and fought back bravely. Not to mention, they were very accurate, and killed many swimming fish in the moat in an instant.

"You bastard, how did you slap, were you fighting against the sea or your own people." The garrison commanding the battle slapped the gunner. "Quickly, put more medicine!" After reprimanding the gunner, the guard raised his sword and loudly encouraged the Qing army on the side. "There are not many Zheng soldiers. When the cannon fires, follow me and rush out to kill them. Everyone can change their official hats and belts!"

Since the actual number of troops dispatched by the Zheng army was no more than a thousand, and they surrounded the three gates and had a sentry of recruits at the east and west gates to bluff, the number of soldiers who appeared at the south gate of the main battlefield was only five or six hundred, which was almost as large as that of the Qing army. The strength of the defending troops on the front was the same, and some of them seemed to be low-strength supply troops without any ambushes, so the Qing army, who was moved by the prospect depicted by the defense, suddenly became bolder.

At this time, the cannons on the top of the city rang again. This time, the two red cannons with enough gunpowder were finally able to threaten Zheng Jun, but the landing point was too far away. Zheng Jun's artillery changed positions.

"Come on!" Taking advantage of the disappearance of the artillery fire suppressed by Zheng Jun, the closed city gate was opened from the inside, and two or three hundred Qing soldiers rushed out with their upper bodies naked, looking fierce, as if You will be invincible. "Kill a Haini and reward ten taels of silver, and kill the boss to advance to one level." In the slogan, the self-hypnotic Qing army felt that victory was already in sight, but because of their attack, the gunners who were afraid of accidental injury also stopped at this time , Only the hoarse shouts of the Qing army's defense remained on the battlefield. "Kill all Hai Ni, eat delicious food and drink spicy food!"

Since the chief officer at the regiment level has not yet been decided, Zhang Qizhong's new boss, Lu Youfang, the marine sentry officer of the Lugang team, has become the highest ranking officer in the marine team. With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen black slaves pushed A few odd cars come up.

There are some five-foot-long pipes arranged at intervals on the car, which look like the rocket launchers of the future, but the diameter of the iron pipes is much smaller, only about five inches.The iron pipes are divided into upper and lower three layers. The angles of the six iron pipes on each layer are slightly staggered, which is even more weird. The outer layer of each iron pipe also has two wings of thin iron heat sinks, so I don’t know The Zheng army officers and soldiers who used it called it "official hat car gun".

At this time, the Qing army had already killed more than a dozen steps closer, but seeing the dark-skinned black slaves, these Qiongzhou local green battalion soldiers who had never seen the market were a little hesitant, and subconsciously slowed down.

But Lu Youfang did not have the spirit of Fairplay. When he saw that the Qing army's footsteps were disordered, he immediately ordered: "Fire!"

As if a typhoon was passing by, after the sound of fried beans, the twenty or thirty Qing soldiers who ran in the front were almost wiped out. Looking at the colleagues in front of them who either died strangely or were still howling, Some Qing troops timidly prepared to flee backwards, some tried to fight back with flat guns, while some bold ones thought that Zheng Jun's firepower was unsustainable at all, so they continued to charge forward. The shape of the army became more and more chaotic.

At this time, several vehicles were pushed down, and Zheng Jun, who was rearranged in a row, set up their firearms and prepared in a leisurely manner.The order to shoot was issued soon. After the first volley, more than a dozen Qing troops were knocked down, and then another volley was fired. This time, the number of Qing troops who fell to the ground was even greater.When Zheng Jun, who was holding the deer blunderbuss, dispersed, the three-inch cannon that had just moved to one side suddenly fired a shot at an angle, and at least a dozen Qing soldiers fell to the ground like a punctured water bag and shot blood.

The Qing army tried to embolden them by cursing loudly, but the sailors with rattan cards and sharp knives bravely went up to them, and the two sides immediately fought.After fighting hand-to-hand for a while, the terrified Qing army found that he could not break through the defense of the rattan plate at all, and it was fine if he could not break through the rattan plate woven with iron wire. The heavy chop was offset by the thick kunskin-sharkskin composite armor on the opponent's body, at most a shallow layer of oily skin was cut.

Of course, the Zheng army was not without casualties, either fell under the Qing army's blunderbuss, or was stabbed through with a long spear, but compared with the Qing army's hundreds of casualties, Zheng Jun's more than a dozen fell to the ground But it's not worth mentioning at all.

"Go back!" The impulsiveness of Du Si who attacked recklessly had turned into fear at this moment, so he slashed vigorously, forcing Zheng Jun who was in front of him to turn around and run, shouting as he ran. "Go back to the city, withdraw back!"

Du Si took the lead and ran away, and the Qing army, which was already low in fighting spirit, ran back in a swarm.

"Catch up, don't let the Qing army flee back to the city!" Lu Youfang roared, charging ahead. "Kill!"

Because Zheng Jun was caught in the defeated Qing army, the cannons on the top of the city were also dumb. However, all the defenses of the sannyasis were about to cross the moat. At this time, the city gate was suddenly closed, and before he could face There was a look of fear, and a row of bows and arrows suddenly shot out from half of the city wall, but it was Changhua County who rushed to the top of the city with a group of supplementary Xiangyong and Minzhuang, passed the bewildered stay-at-home President Qian, and decisively ordered to shoot all of them with.

"Damn it! I'm Dusi, I shouldn't die here." Dusi, who was shot by himself, fell powerlessly in the mud, feeling the loss of blood and strength, and cursed like mosquitoes from his mouth. "Changhua County, I'll call you"

Although the slanting bow and arrows and blunderbuss pushed back Zheng Jun's charge, Zheng Jun's three-inch gun, which quickly turned its cannon, hit the gunpowder pile at the top of the city without two shots. A county magistrate who swore to serve the Qing court turned into a puddle of meat. Seeing the death of the magistrate, Du Si and Qian Zong were also dead. Luying, Xiangyong, and Minzhuang who survived the explosion rushed away immediately. Dispersed, Changhua County fell into the hands of Zheng Jun

He Fu, who listened to the report, sighed and said: "Zheng's army of five thousand first fell into Changhua and then entered Danzhou. They have good means and courage. Ten thousand people dare to surround Wei and rescue Zhao."

"In case the sea goes against the military gate, is there really five thousand?"

"What 5000 people, two or three thousand will be enough." He Fu sneered. "Even if there are 5000 people, how many will be able to attack all the way to Qiongzhou? Is it possible that the [-] troops left by the official can't even defend Qiongzhou?"

"Junmen, there may not be five thousand Haini on the west road, but what if Haini increases troops?"

This is true, the Qing army can increase troops, why can’t the Zheng army, but He Fu thought about it for a while and shook his head: "Is Haini not going to Dongning at all? If you still want to protect Dongning, even if you send more troops to Zhu Qin How much do you dare to mobilize, kid?"

Speaking of this, He Fu, who has already mastered everything by himself, grabbed a command arrow: "Pass on the general's order, the whole army will attack, the troops will enter Wanzhou, and cut off the way back from the sea, and we must win the first battle."