Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 486 Zheng Hongkui was defeated

Lin Yi on the giant ship Yangwei had to report that Hongmaozi's battleship formation was scared away, so he couldn't help laughing. He stood on the Yangwei warship and watched with binoculars. In the distance, Hongmaozi's battleship turned his head and looked embarrassed Ji Dong fled, but Ji Yi disdainfully said: "Run away? Will I be able to finish with you if you run away? Unless you go to your hometown in Europe, sooner or later, the prison country will settle with you, and this day is not far away Already!"

Along the way, the Ming army was invincible, whether it was the navy or the army on the shore.Wherever the soldiers came, the soldiers of the southern army either abandoned the pass and left, or surrendered in anticipation of the wind. Within a month, Lin Yi's navy and soldiers on the shore fought from Zhejiang to Fujian.

Fuzhou was originally the government office of Zheng Zhilong's main town in Fujian. Later, he thought he was a small official, so he abolished Nan'anbo and established himself as the king of Nan'an.

After Zheng Zhilong proclaimed himself emperor, he first established his capital in Nan'an Prefecture, and later moved to Fuzhou. They called it "Fujing", which is the capital of the Great Southern Empire, and Nan'an Prefecture became the companion capital of the Great Southern Emperor's Land. Zheng Zhilong also followed Daming's example. It looks like, at the Daxing Ancestral Temple in Nan'an, the accompanying capital, worshiping the ancestors and sending heavy troops to protect them.

However, his Great Southern Empire is similar to the Nanming regime in history, and the signs of short life have been fully exposed. This is also similar to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's Dashun and Daxi, both of which are the kingdom of the country and the kingdom of dew.
When Lin Yi led the fleet approaching the waters of Fuzhou, the entire Great Southern Empire was shaken again.

Because the current Great Southern Empire is already besieged on all sides, and the situation is precarious. It is even more critical than the Ming Empire three years ago. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she is like a lamp in the wind.

Because Lin Yibing went out of Hangzhou Bay, taught Hongmaozi's fleet in the waters of Zhoushan, defeated the Southern Army in a bloody battle in Wenzhou, beheaded hundreds of Japanese devils, surrendered Zheng Chenggong and Tianchuan Makiko, and captured 4 sailors in one fell swoop. The Southern Army with [-] people in the interior, and then entered the sea area of ​​Fujian. Of course, the Ming Army in the west and the Ming Army in the north have not been idle in the past few months.

They worked hard to push the front line forward.

The first is the 10,000+ West Route Army headed by Gao Guiying and Li Yan. They have now recovered Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu. In the first battle in Macau, they drove away the Portuguese colonists, took over Macau, and won the Portuguese colonial fleet. More than a hundred advanced naval warships.

Gao Guiying and Li Yan knew people well, and asked Liu Wenxiu to train the navy here. Liu Wenxiu was Zhang Xianzhong's Funan King, and he was good at training navy and commanding water battles. Give it to him to use and let him train sailors.

Within two months, the Ming army navy here was able to familiarize themselves with the equipment of these warships, with the cooperation of the local navy. More than 200 warships and 2 sailors, under the command of Liu Wenxiu, set off from the sea and headed straight for Hong Kong Island.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Xin'an County. Xin'an County in the Ming Dynasty was a large county seat, and its jurisdiction included parts of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Dongguan in later generations.

But now the Portuguese colonists don't want to leave. The Portuguese colonial leader Edward fled from Macau to Hong Kong, planning to ask for help.But this Edward was wrong.They stayed on Hong Kong Island for only two months before their butts warmed up, and Liu Wenxiu led a large number of warships to kill them.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong's Great Southern Empire would not send troops to protect him, and the Lisbon government of Portugal, across the ocean, did not send a fleet or soldiers.

Among the people like Edward, even those who escaped first and brought them over later, there were no more than 200 people in total.The Portuguese colonists who heard the news had no choice but to keep their tails tight and continue running, boarding three warships in a hurry, and fled in embarrassment.

They left Asia, drifted on the ocean, and arrived in Lisbon, Europe a few days later.Since then, these colonists have never dared to set foot in China's territory.

Liu Wenxiu drove off the Portuguese colonists without bloodshed, landed on Hong Kong Island, and took Xin'an County in one fell swoop.

During this period, the Ming army on the shore was not idle either. Under Gao Guiying and Li Yan's planning, with Li Dingguo as the vanguard, Huang Degong as the deputy vanguard, and Mongolian general Subotai as the deputy general, a vanguard army of 1 horses was formed to go straight to Guangdong. clever.

Gao Guiying and Li Yan led generals Zu Keyong, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, and Mongolian general Minmin Mutel led the main force of more than [-] Ming troops, including thousands of camel artillery teams, as backup.

Gaoming is also a county seat, that is, the area around Foshan City, Guangdong Province in later generations. Because it is very close to Guangzhou, Gaoming County has an important strategic position, which is the west gate of Guangdong.

The Ming army was invincible all the way, attacking the city and seizing the village, and soon entered the territory of Gaoming County.

Guarding Gaoming is Southern Army General Zeng De. The number of defenders in the city has now increased to [-]. This man is Zheng Chenggong's subordinate, brave and resourceful.Historically, he had a feud with Shi Lang and was beheaded by Shi Lang. Zheng Chenggong was furious and wanted to kill Shi Lang. Zheng Chenggong fell out with Shi Lang.

Now because of Ji Dong's time travel, their fates have all changed.

In a fertile field dozens of miles outside Gaoming City, Zeng De left 1 horses to defend the city, and personally led 1 horses out of the city to resist the enemy, and set up a battlefield with Li Dingguo's 1-horse vanguard battalion.

Before the battle between the two armies, Zeng De scolded Li Dingguo for his capriciousness. When he was facing Qin Muchu, Li Dingguo was furious and just about to fight, "How can I use a bull's knife to kill a chicken?"

Zeng De fought Huang Degong with a broadsword, more than [-] rounds were tied, at this time the Mongol general quickly stepped up to help the battle, the soldiers of the southern army saw that the Ming army wanted to win with more, so what would they do?Zeng De's generals were afraid that the general would make a mistake, so they rushed over in a swarm.

When Li Dingguo saw it, he ordered his troops to kill him too.Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, 2 horses from both sides fought in front of the formation, until the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, heads rolled, and blood rolled into rivers.

In this melee of 2 horses, it is usually difficult to tell the winner or loser for a while, because most of Zeng De's men and Li Dingguo's men are old Ming soldiers or thieves and pirates.

But there is a special team in Li Dingguo's vanguard battalion, which is more than 1000 Mongolian cavalry brought by Subotai. The eagles on the grassland are the most powerful. They are proud of their ancestor Genghis Khan Although it was the end of the Ming Dynasty, the combat power of the Mongolian cavalry was still good. As far as Subotai is concerned, their more than 1000 cavalry were once compiled as the elite division of the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Now they have also surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Together with your camel artillery battle, you have pledged your allegiance to Lin Yi, the Great Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty.

With more than 1000 Mongolian iron cavalry, the Southern Army could not resist. This is equivalent to the elite field battle between the old Ming Army and the Qing Army's Eight Banners. .

Here Zeng De could hold out against Huang Degong for a while, but then Subotai and Li Dingguo came up, and he had to flee in defeat.

Therefore, when Zeng De’s 1 men were defeated and returned to the city, only 5000 men and horses were left. Zeng De had to stick to the city. Together with the soldiers defending the city, there were still more than 4000 soldiers and horses in the city. .Therefore, Li Dingguo's vanguard battalion chased after the city, and even attacked several times, but failed to attack, and instead lost troops and generals.

Li Dingguo had no choice but to set up camp on the spot and think of other countermeasures. At this time, Gao Guiying and Li Yan arrived with the main force.

After Gao Guiying and Li Yan inspected the enemy's situation, they bombarded Gao Ming with red cannons and camel artillery.These moving gun mounts were so powerful that the Confederate Army on the top of the city couldn't lift their heads.Under the cover of fierce firepower, the Ming army formed five thousand death squads, rushed across the moat, climbed up the city wall, entered the city, opened the city gate, and tens of thousands of Ming troops rushed in like a tide.

After the city was broken, the Southern Army and the Ming Army started street fighting.

In the melee, Zeng De met Liu Fangliang, Li Zicheng's general, with silver helmets and armor and silver spears, and he was the champion of the three armies.Once he had to use a big sword to kill two generals, and it was inseparable. After more than 20 rounds, there was no winner.At this time, Yuan Zongdi came to help.

Like Liu Fangliang, he was once a hero under Li Zicheng.This man is good at using a pair of steel whips. Unlike Huang Degong, Huang Degong uses a single whip, but he uses double whips.The two fought against Zeng De, but now Zeng De couldn't hold back, and he fought and retreated.

But Zeng De's retreat was unstoppable, because the Ming army was getting more and more, Zeng De retreated from the west gate to the south west, and then retreated to the east gate, and met Li Dingguo head-on.

The two men killed each other with two swords. After counting, Li Dingguo handed the sword to his left hand, reached out his right hand and pulled out the four-edged silver mace, and slapped Zeng De on the head.

Zeng De couldn't see it well, and desperately lowered his head, avoiding it, and now it was on his back.With a click, the nail leaves flew wildly.

Zeng De yelled, and a mouthful of blood spurted into the air.Dun felt dizzy, almost fell off the horse, threw away the knife, desperately hugged the horse's neck and ran away.

Li Dingguo didn't chase him, he hung up his big knife, inserted his mace, and took out his bow and arrow with his hand.The wolf-toothed arrow buckled and re-stringed, the iron tire bow opened like a full moon, and the arrow traveled like a shooting star. Zeng De, who had only run dozens of steps away, fell off the horse.

Li Dingguo inserted the bow and arrow, took off the sword for the second time, Tima rushed to the front and raised the sword in his hand, once he got a head and fell to the ground.

Once Zeng De died, the dragons had no leader.Confederates surrendered.The Ming army quickly took the county. , an hour later.Coach Gao Guiying, Li Yan, General Zu Keyong and others led a large team of troops into Gaoming.

After Gao Ming was taken down, it was equivalent to picking up the gate of Guangzhou, because Gao Ming was less than a hundred miles away from Guangzhou. The Ming army repaired the troops in the city, and then 10,000+ Ming troops rushed to Guangzhou. The vanguard was still led by Li Dingguo, and the deputy vanguard Huang Degong , Lieutenant General Subotai took his Mongolian cavalry.

At this time, the general of the Southern Army sitting in Guangzhou was Zheng Hongkui, who was Zheng Zhilong's fourth brother and Zheng Chenggong's third uncle.

This is one of the eighteen Zhi, formerly known as Zheng Zhifeng.He and Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhiwan, etc. traveled all over the rivers and lakes in the early years, and were famous in Nanyang and Dongyang.Later, when he was recruited by the imperial court, Zheng Zhilong became the general town of Nan'anbo Fujian, and Zheng Zhifeng became the general soldier of Zhenjiang because of his fame in the examination and changed his name to Zheng Hongkui.

After Chongzhen hanged himself, Zheng Zhilong believed that the spring that belonged to them had come, and he established himself as the king of Nan'an. Later, he established the Great Southern Emperor, ascended the throne and sat in the palace, and Zheng Hongkui was also recruited back. Sitting in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Originally, Zheng Hongkui was very powerful in Guangdong and Guangxi. He had generals Zheng Chenggong, Zeng De and others under him, as well as Li Dingguo who was a partner with them.In addition, with the support of the Portuguese colonists, it was more than enough to deal with the Ming Dynasty, but the good times did not last long. Li Dingguo surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong was transferred away, the Ming army was aggressive, the Southern Army lost cities and territories one after another, and the Portuguese colonists also ran away.Not only was Guangxi lost, but now half of Guangdong is also lost.In front of him, Gao Ming was captured by the Ming army again.

Zheng Hongkui felt unprecedented pressure. Coincidentally, someone came to report that Ming army general Liu Wenxiu led 2 sailors to drive away the Portuguese colonists in one fell swoop, landed on Hong Kong Island in Guangzhou, and took Xin'an County in one fell swoop. The front is approaching Guangzhou.Guangzhou City was attacked on both sides, which was really worse. Zheng Hongkui did not dare to fight, so he had to stick to Guangdong City and wait for help.

Unexpectedly, before the reinforcements arrived, he got the news that Zheng Chenggong had surrendered to Ming Dynasty. Zheng Hongkui was stunned. He held on for more than 40 days in Guangzhou City, and the solid city wall was finally blasted by the red cannons and camel cannons of the Ming army. The Ming army rushed into the city like a tidal wave.

Zheng Hongkui knew that Guangzhou could no longer be defended, so he took the remnants of the defeated generals and fled.After the Ming army took Guangzhou, they pursued it all the way.Zheng Hongkui was defeated and fled from Guangdong to Zhangzhou and Xiamen in Fujian. So far, Ming's West Route Army has completely taken Guangdong and Guangxi.

(End of this chapter)