Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The change of hands in Jiaxing terrified the Qing army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They didn't know where Zheng Jun's next attack would be directed. For this reason, Jiangsu Governor Zheng Duan was forced to order Wan Yongqi to abandon the newly recovered Kunshan City and withdraw his entire division to Suzhou, Zhejiang. Governor Shi Lin also restrained the reinforcements from eastern Zhejiang that had already arrived at the front line of Hangzhou. Only [-] soldiers from Anhui Wannan Town, Jiangxi Jiujiang Town, Hubei Tibiao and Jiangnan Tibiao from the Xuan (City) Guang (Germany) line to reinforce Huzhou More than [-] people continued to gather in northern Zhejiang.

On August [-]th, Prince Jian Yabu, who had rushed from Fuzhou to Hangzhou, received an imperial decree from Kangxi to restrain the Qing army in northern Zhejiang from attacking Jiaxing as a rebellious general. .

On the same day, the left-behind troops of Zheng Jun in Dongning landed in Xinghua Bay with four divisions, cut off the official road between Xinghua and Fuzhou, and bombarded Xinghua City the next day, forcing Fujian Governor Dong Guoxing to rush Ordered the Fujian Qing army, which was filling the front line of Wentai, to turn around and go south to prepare for the Zheng army to go straight to Fuzhou.

On August [-], Yang Jie, the admiral of Jiangnan in Huzhou City, was ordered to command the Qing army in northern Zhejiang to advance eastward.On the same day, Miao Qina, who arrived in Suzhou City, also brought the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Langshan Town, Jiangning and Jingkou in northern Jiangsu, the Governor Biao Zuo Camp, Pukou Camp, Liyang Camp, Guazhou Camp, Yangzhou Camp, Caobiao Zuo Camp There are more than [-] people in each of the towns of Shouchun and Anhui.So far, the Zheng army faced the [-]-strong Jiangsu Qing army on the northern front, and the [-]-odd Yang Jie troops on the western front. In the southwest, there were [-] Zhejiang Qing troops under the command of Yabu himself. An army of [-] soldiers came over like Mount Tai.

On August [-]th, the Jiangsu Qing army reoccupied Kunshan, and then divided their forces to capture Taicang and Jiading. At this time, Zheng Jun, who knew that the Qing army was in dire straits, had already driven thousands of people eastward to the sea. Some of these people were The civilian husbands whose family members recruited for Zheng Jun followed Zheng Jun this time to avoid disaster, and more of them were robbed and enslaved because they organized regiments to be hostile to Zheng Jun.

Although the people who were crying for their fathers and mothers were unwilling to leave their hometowns, in front of Zheng Jun who was killing chickens and monkeys, the only end for them who did not dare to join the team was a dead end. After a day and two nights of traveling day and night, Zheng Jun safely boarded the transport ship at the mouth of Liuhe River. Only the mess of the place was left to the chasing Qing army.

On August [-], Zheng Jun abandoned the three counties of Shanghai, Huating, and Qingpu, and the Zhejiang Qing Army also captured Tongxiang and Shimen Counties. Therefore, the situation further turned to Zheng Jun's unfavorable side. However, Zheng Jun who landed in Fujian on this day The army defeated the Qing army reinforcements from Quanzhou and Hui'an to rescue Xinghua, killing and injuring more than [-] people and taking [-] prisoners, so that the whole province of Fujian was in emergency

On August [-], in view of the signs of joining forces between the Qing army attacking from Huzhou and the Qing army occupying Tongxiang and Shimen, the main force of Zheng's army voluntarily abandoned Jiaxing City and retreated to Pinghu and Zhapu.The next day, the gentry in Jiaxing, who realized that the Zheng army had really retreated, sent people out of the city to look for the Qing army. The envoys encountered the Xiezuo Camp in Yanzhou (Note: Jiande) of Quzhou Town, which was the vanguard of the Qing army, so He Wuhua, the governor of the capital, flew to report to the town. And the Yabu camp, under the guidance of the Jiaxing gentry, marched into Jiaxing City without bloodshed.

On August [-]th, the southern Jiangsu Qing army marched straight into Qingpu and other counties that were already empty, and then the main force marched southward, heading straight for the city of Songjiang. Just received a ghost city.

Although the Qing army in northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu reported victories to Beijing repeatedly, they could not conceal that there was no leader to report their military merits. Southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang were the most important places of wealth for the Qing court. The large-scale massacre was out of date, so Yabu and Miaoqina could only try their best to drive the ministries to recover the lost ground as quickly as possible, which created opportunities for Zheng Jun.

On August 21, six outposts and one artillery post of Zheng Jun's troops in the direction of Songjiang seized the opportunity to attack the Pukou Camp and Liyang Battalion in front of them. The blunderbuss collapsed, so that Cao Biao and other troops, who were only ten miles away from the forward, could not be rescued. They watched Zheng Jun withdraw by boat by water.

"Quick," watching the transshipment boats transport artillery, horses, barrels of gunpowder, etc. on board one by one, and then saw that some Songjiang people who were unwilling to be driven from their homes by Zheng Jun deliberately turned over into the water and tried to escape but were caught. When Zheng Jun shot and killed Ye Cheng, his heart felt restless. "Captain, what kind of battle are you talking about? Didn't you agree to let the Northern Fleet break into Zhigu to deter Beijing, but now let us act as transport ships?"

"Ye Hujun, don't complain." Although Xie Siqi was also dissatisfied with the current situation, he understood that if the forces of four divisions were lost in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang, even if it would not be a disaster for Zheng Jun Lu Division, It will not be so easy to regain strength in the future, and the navy cannot go ashore to fight after all. "The higher-ups must have their own considerations, we'd better obey orders." Speaking of this, Xie Siqi asked the boatswain beside him. "How close is it to full?"

The bosun looked at the list in his hand and responded, "Another thirty people."

"Let them hurry up." Xie Siqi urged, while looking back at Ye Cheng. "Second officer, don't worry about it. The battle must be fought. Tell me, should we start after the Tartars build the Tianjin Shipyard, or do it now when the ground is still empty?" "

On August 22, the Qing army recovered the counties of Haiyan, Pinghu, and Louxian. In a sense, the Qing army had already recovered Songjiang and Jiaxing, but the Zheng army still relied on the ports of Zhapu and Nanhui to transfer troops and supplies. As well as coercing the civilian husbands and other common people, the Qing army still couldn't do all the work for this.

However, due to the obvious intention of Zheng Jun's active retreat, whether to pursue Zheng Jun caused a lot of controversy within the Qing army. The unscathed withdrawal of the army not only damaged the face of the Qing court, but also made it impossible to explain to Kangxi and was suspected of colluding with the enemy.After a heated debate, Yabu made the decision to attack Zhapu Port. As for the low-lying terrain along the Nanhui line, the Jiangsu side had warnings about the victory in Kunshan and the pursuit of Loubei. Therefore, although Miao Qina also gave the same order to attack, but The Jiangsu side kept going at every step, which was tantamount to sitting back and watching Zheng Jun walk away.

On August 23, the Fujian Zheng army broke through the city of Xinghua. In desperation, Dong Guoxing, the Governor of Fujian, had to lead the Superintendent Biao and the Military Biao to go south to Fuqing in person. As they approached step by step, Zheng Jun took more than ten thousand people from Xinghua to withdraw from the Nanri Islands and then transfer to Taiwan.

On August 24th, the Qing army in Zhejiang Province had not yet launched its final general attack on Zhapu, the new governor of Jiangxi Province Yu Chenglong was still stranded in Beijing and had not yet seen Kangxi, and the rest of Xiong Xin's troops revolted in Yining (Note: Xiushui) and other places in western Jiangxi. Because of the large-scale transfer of troops to the east, the forces in the border areas of Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui were extremely weak. Under the banner of "Three Princes of Zhu", the rebel army reappeared and swept Wuning, Tongshan, Xingguo (Note: Yangxin) and other places, threatening Huangzhou and Qizhou to the north. Zhouzhou and Daye, threaten Jiayu, Chongyang, and Pingjiang to the west, threaten Nanchang and Ruichang to the east, and threaten southwestern Jiangxi after crossing the Jiuling Mountains

Of course, the resurgent Ganxi Rebel Army could not immediately have an impact on the movements of the Zhejiang Qing Army. Also on August 24, the Zhejiang Qing Army formed three formations of 6 people and slowly approached Zhapu from the east, west, and north. More than [-] people formed formations relying on Jiulong Mountain, Qilong Mountain, Dongchang Mountain, Tangshan Mountain and the former site of the Zhapu Navy Camp.

Although the hills along the river and the sea such as Jiuli Mountain are not high and steep, the narrow terrain in front of them is also quite rugged, coupled with muddy places such as puddles, the Qing army focused on the original Zhapu water village.However, the Qing army just launched the Hongyi cannon to shoot at the Zheng army's position, but it was counterattacked by the Zheng army's naval gunboat, not to mention the powerful four-inch (28 pound) short cannon on the Zheng army's gunboat, which was considered less powerful The three-and-a-half-inch cannon is also enough to be proud of the battlefield, and the result of the artillery battle between the Qing army and it is naturally self-evident.

Seeing the failure of the artillery battle, the Qing army tried to submerge the Zheng army with crowd tactics, but under the impact of the chain bombs and cannonballs fired by the Zheng army's gunboats, less than half of the soldiers and horses passed the artillery blockade. As for those who survived by chance, Then he was hit by the concentrated fire of Zheng Jun's platoon guns, and was forced to cross the Zheng Jun artillery blockade again and fled back in embarrassment.

Because they did not correctly understand the advantages and disadvantages of manpower and firepower, the retreating Qing army did not admit defeat. Yabu thought that the Zheng army's artillery could not continue to fire, so he ordered more troops to be pressed again, but Zheng Jun had a large number of gunboats patrolling the sea, and when one of the single-sided cannons overheated, the other immediately went to take over. This ensured that the firing frequency of the cannons remained basically stable, so Yabu's tactics were declared a failure.

One army was defeated, and the three armies were frustrated. The Qing army was forced to give up the next battle, allowing Zheng Jun to withdraw in a leisurely manner.

On August 25, the Zheng army withdrew the troops on the front line of Jiuli Mountain, and the Qing army hurriedly filled it up. As a result, the Qing army occupied the commanding heights on the battlefield.However, when the Qing army was still panting and pulling the heavy artillery to the top of the mountain, the Zheng army had basically withdrawn the land troops on the front line of Zhapu.

Standing by the trestle bridge in Dinghai Port, looking at the soldiers of the Zheng army unloaded from the returning ships, Hong Gongzhu asked left and right: "How many troops have not been transported back?"

The military officer standing behind Hong Gongzhu replied: "There is also a regiment of the right tiger guard and the four whistlers of the left martial guard."

"Pass down the order to let all the troops returning to Chang country to repair immediately. Three days later, the whole army will have to point south." Speaking of this, Hong Gongzhu asked again. "Has the amount of food and grass been counted?"

"The food shipped from southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang is enough for the army to feed for 20 days, but if you count the people stranded on the islands of Zhoushan, it is enough to eat for eleven or twelve days at most."

"The windy season is over now, and the sea route from Dongning to Zhoushan is reopened," Hong Gongzhu ordered as he turned and walked towards the sneezing war horse restlessly. "Let Yan Daoji use a splint boat to quickly transport a group of people to Dongning, and at the same time transport food back as soon as possible." A soldier in the army took the order and left immediately. A mysterious smile appeared. "I don't know how Kangxi, the Tatar Chief, will react when he knows that our army has appeared under the city of Ningbo again?"