Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 814
Zheng Zhibao was extremely depressed during this time.

Zheng Zhilong was even more depressed than Zheng Zhibao.

But after seeing the beacon smoke rising high on Kinmen Island, the depression levels of the two were evened out—they were both equally depressed.

Needless to say, the reason why Zheng Zhilong was depressed was that during the Battle of Pingtan, the elites he had saved up so hard were almost wiped out by Yang Menglong. When he went north, more than 600 warships stretched for more than ten miles, and their flags covered the sea. How amazing. prestige?However, after the First World War, there were only about thirty warships left that were ordered to flee with him to Fujian.What made him vomit blood even more was that God seemed to want to help Yang Menglong. When he was escaping south, a strong wind blew, and warships were constantly blown to the giant reefs of the island by the sea wind, and were smashed into pieces!Originally, with the ability of Zheng's sailors, such an accident would not have happened. The problem was that in the battle with Yang Menglong, their losses were too heavy. The sailors of many warships suffered heavy casualties, including masts, sails, etc. The rudders, anchors and other equipment were also damaged to varying degrees, causing them to scramble in the face of strong winds. In the end, they could only watch in despair as the out-of-control warship crashed into the cliff like a crazed bull...

Everything is like a repeat of the bad luck of the Spanish fleet in the British-Spanish sea battle. The difference is that the Spanish Armada lost a lot in the sea battle, only a dozen warships were sunk, and only when it was withdrawing to Spain In the event of a storm, many warships were overturned by the stormy waves, or sank on the rocks, causing the Spanish losses to skyrocket.Zheng Zhilong was worse than the Spaniards. He lost his main force in the Pingtan naval battle, and now he was hit by storms one after another. It was like cutting his bleeding wounds one after another. The depression can be imagined.What frightened him even more was that Yang Menglong had no intention of accepting it as soon as it was good. After the big victory, he just gave the Transformers fleet a day to repair the battleship, replenish ammunition and personnel, and then launched a pursuit.Zheng Zhilong was so frightened that he almost lost his wits, and fled south desperately. Putian and Quanzhou, the fortified cities he had worked so hard to manage for many years, did not dare to stay, but when passing by Quanzhou, he went ashore and met Li Shu, encouraging him to stick to Quanzhou, and He promised that as long as Li Shu sticks to Quanzhou, there will be a steady stream of supplies, people will be given to people, and weapons will be given to weapons.After doing this, Master Zheng began to flee for his life again... Because during the time he stayed in Quanzhou, Yang Menglong had greatly shortened the distance between them, and he was only half a day away from him!
So you have to keep running.

When he arrived in Xiamen, Zheng Zhilong hesitated, not knowing whether he should stop.Xiamen is his hometown. If Xiamen is lost, the Zheng family will be finished. Ordinarily, he should return to Xiamen to take charge of the overall situation, but he has already made Yang Menglong scared. The most important thing is that Han Peng's army of more than 1 people is overwhelming him. The force was pressing towards Xiamen, and Xiamen might not be able to hold it... Finally, he gritted his teeth and continued to flee south, and sent someone to notify Zheng Zhibao to come and join him.His reason was that land warfare was not his strong point, and it would be useless even if he returned to Xiamen. He might as well meet up with Zheng Zhibao as soon as possible to make plans for the future.

———The timid and selfish can always find countless fair and just excuses for their actions.

The most direct impact of Zheng Zhilong's retreat was that Xiamen was leaderless and in chaos, forcing his son Zheng Chenggong to step into the forefront early and shoulder the burden of life and death for hundreds of thousands of people on his still immature shoulders.Zheng Chenggong's outstanding performance in times of crisis also brought Zheng Zhilong's era to an end 10 years early. Even his most loyal subordinates believed that he was no longer worthy of being the leader, a man who could abandon his troops without hesitation in the face of life and death. , A general who abandons his family can only be abandoned by his own troops.

Fleeing all the way south, he came to the junction of Fujian and Guangdong to meet Zheng Zhibao, only to find that Zheng Zhibao was just as depressed as he was.

During this time, Zheng Zhibao continued to launch small-scale attacks on the rear of the Han Peng Army, trying to force the Han Peng Army to turn back to protect the rear supply line.However, after launching the attack, they realized that it was not so easy. The mountain barbarians and bandits who listened to Zheng's words in the past did not obey orders, and the rear of Han Peng's army was not as lively as he thought. The convoy transporting food and weapons Basically, you can’t even find a shadow, only some bastions are distributed on the supply line, one every 150 miles, used to hoard strategic materials such as explosives, shells, bullets, firearms, medicines, etc. The convoy from Guangdong only delivers these things No, food and the like are not transported. The soldiers stationed in the bastion either eat compressed biscuits, or go out to buy food nearby.Now Zheng Zhibao is a little bit overwhelmed, even if he wants to fight, he can't find someone to attack. Besides, weapons are not like food. They destroyed several batches of ammunition, and the impact on Han Peng's army was pitifully small!What's more terrible is that those bastions with dozens of people and hundreds of people stationed are far more difficult to deal with than he imagined. Just a tentative attack cost hundreds of lives, and the sailors screamed out of fear. , the guy in my hand can't catch the enemy hiding in the bastion, and the bullets and grenades fired from the bastion keep harvesting life, what a fart!
Zheng Zhibao was completely lost.The dog-like Heluo new army was so relieved of his rear that he didn't take him seriously at all!Originally, the greatest significance of copying the grain road is to shake the enemy's morale, make the enemy panic, and then defeat them in one fell swoop, but they don't take you seriously at all, copying what?

The depressed Zheng Zhibao waited for Zheng Zhilong, who was also depressed and crazy, the two of them were really brothers.Both of these two have experienced many storms, but now they are both in a state of hesitation, not knowing what to do.Now they have two choices. The first is to return to reinforce Xiamen and break through the naval blockade of the Denglai Navy. The second is to continue southward to attack Guangzhou. No matter which strategy they choose, the Heluo New Army will be passive.But now neither of them can get excited. They think that the small bastion is so difficult to deal with, and Guangzhou, which the Heluo New Army has been operating for two years, will only be more difficult to deal with.As for the reinforcement of Xiamen... Thinking of the terrifying combat power of the Denglai Navy, both of them trembled. How could they have the courage to fight against the Denglai Navy!If you're bored, let's drink away your worries.

Then they received bad news about Xiamen's bloodless Kaicheng.Zheng Zhibao ran away on the spot, angrily greeting his nephew who was not up to date, and the family's [-] generations of ancestors.But in the middle of the scolding, seeing Zheng Zhilong's pale face, he quickly shut up... Leopard just scolded his elder brother too!Zheng Zhilong was so angry that he vomited blood and roared repeatedly: "Go back to the teacher! Go back to Xiamen! I'm going to kill that Nizi!"

Zheng Zhibao said in his heart: "Come on, big brother, you can act. If you really care about Xiamen so much, you won't run away to me regardless!" She is his aunt no longer, but Zheng Zhilong is still his uncle and cannot be disobeyed.So, this fleet, which stayed behind Han Peng's army for a long time without accomplishing anything, set sail and headed for Xiamen. As for what to do after arriving in Xiamen, no one can say.

After a long voyage, we finally arrived in the waters of Xiamen. Before everyone could sigh "I'm home at last", I saw the high beacon smoke rising from Kinmen Island.These beacon systems were built and perfected by Zheng Zhilong with countless silver dollars. He didn't use them much, but the Heluo New Army used them. Zheng Zhilong's expression was not to mention how depressed, like crying and laughing, it was completely broken look.Zheng Zhibao said cautiously: "Brother, don't worry, although the thief Yang has occupied Xiamen, my Zheng family has run Xiamen for so many years and has a deep foundation. He can't shake it in just a few days! As long as our warships appear in the port of Xiamen , the surrendered soldiers will definitely respond in large numbers and drive out Yang Thief!"

Zheng Zhilong glared at him and said lightly: "What a beautiful idea!"

Just as he was talking, the Transformers fleet had already rushed over in the formation of geese. The more tacit cooperation and the vigorous style made Zheng Zhilong lament that he was not unjustly defeated.He shouted: "Everyone must not act rashly, without my order, the cannon must not be reloaded!"

Now everyone is stupid, don't reload, you let us stretch our necks and be slaughtered?Well, anyway, with the perverted accuracy and range of the Transformers Fleet guns, even if they loaded the ammunition, they would still be slaughtered by stretching their necks. Standing and lying down would cause them to be stabbed, so it’s better to lie down. This is an elegant posture. a little.

On the Cybertron, Yang Menglong put down the binoculars and said to Zheng Chenggong, "It's your father and your uncle who are back."

Zheng Chenggong's complexion changed drastically, the last thing he wanted to see happened!The corner of his mouth twitched, and after struggling for a long time, he finally managed to say: "Master Hou, this subordinate is willing to..."

Yang Menglong glared at him: "What do you want? Are you willing to go up to fight as a striker? I want you to be big, and your son beats your father. Isn't it the opposite?"

Zheng Chenggong shook his head, not knowing what to do.

Yang Menglong said: "Just watch it, it's none of your business."

Zheng Chenggong said in a low voice, "Master Xie..." Yang Menglong's meaning was very clear, no matter how bastard Zheng Zhilong was, he was also Zheng Chenggong's father, who gave birth to him, raised him, and painstakingly raised him. A father's love is like a mountain, and it is absolutely unacceptable for a son to beat his father.But he also has his own difficulties. Now Xiamen, Kinmen, and Penghu Islands are all under the control of Yang Menglong, and all the troops have surrendered. Everyone is happy and wants to find a future with the Heluo New Army, but Zheng Zhilong is back at this juncture. , isn't this fatal!Zheng Zhilong is definitely not Yang Menglong's opponent, he must make a statement and let Yang Menglong know that he and he are of one mind, otherwise if Yang Menglong becomes suspicious, let alone him, everyone will suffer!But expressing this attitude means that he will meet his father in battle... Fortunately, Yang Menglong has his principles, and he will never do such a thing as forcing other people's sons to beat his father. Only then did Zheng Chenggong let go With a breath of air, while admiring Yang Menglong's principles and mind, he also secretly complained in his heart: "Father, why are you coming back? Do you want to kill us!"

The two fleets approached quickly, Zheng's fleet lined up, but did not make any further moves, and the Transformers fleet did not have the habit of wasting shells. As long as the enemy fleet did not fire, they would keep moving forward until the naval guns hit the opponent. up to the forehead.

The distance between the two fleets was only 300 meters.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong made some noise. Under his command, a flag was hoisted on the flagship mast... It was a white flag!

Including Zheng Chenggong, all Zheng's generals breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Tingyang looked at Yang Menglong: "Is there any fraud?"

Yang Menglong didn't care: "If they are tired of working, just cheat me." Commanding the flagship to drive forward, approaching Zheng Zhilong's flagship, he said with a smile: "Admiral Zheng, we meet again!"

Zheng Zhilong stared at him viciously, as if he wanted to eat people.

Yang Menglong smiled sweetly, I neither robbed your wife nor threw your son into the well, you look so bitter and bitter, what's wrong with you?

The two looked at each other like this, as if they were competing to wink first.

Zheng Zhibao glared at his nephew who didn't live up to expectations, rolled up his sleeves, and as soon as the eldest brother coughed, he would rush over and beat up this ungrateful bastard!
The sailors of the Zheng family stared at the officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy, and the officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy also stared at them provocatively, as if to say: "Why, not convinced? If you don't accept it, come again, and beat you until you are convinced!"

The atmosphere has become a little weird...

In the end, Zheng Zhilong was defeated in the eye-to-eye fight, knelt down on his knees, and said in a harsh voice: "This old man is ignorant, arrogant, and overestimated. He offended Lord Hou. Please forgive him!"

(End of this chapter)