Nanming Engineer

Chapter 428 Dark Clouds
In the Ming Dynasty, there were very few cases where foreign surnames were named kings, except for special periods such as the founding of Gaozu and Chengzu Jingnan, there were basically no cases.

Zheng Chenggong's other surname was named the king of the county, which is not unrelated to Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty who loved his talent and recognized him as his clan. In the first year of Longwu, Emperor Longwu who lived in Fuzhou, when Zheng Zhilong brought the 21-year-old Zheng Sen to the palace, he highly appreciated his talent. , said "It's a pity that there is no female partner with Qing, Qing should be loyal to my family, don't forget each other!", and gave Zheng Chenggong the surname of Tianjia, and changed his name to "Chenggong". Therefore, Zheng Chenggong at this moment should be called Zhu Chenggong is right.

Later, when Zheng Zhilong came to the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong was grateful for the kindness of the Ming court emperor. He was determined not to follow his father to Beijing, cut off his robes, and led the rest of the Zheng family to the mountains of southern Fujian. Today, fight a county seat, tomorrow occupy a state city, kill a small group of Qing troops, and avoid a large group of Qing troops, doing everything possible to harass.When the Qing army came to suppress, they retreated to the sea. The Qing army was not good at boats and boats. After suffering a few losses, they were afraid of the water and did not move forward.

Of course, if the Qing government really paid attention to the situation along the coast of Fujian and dispatched the Eight Banners generals to encircle and suppress it, Zheng Chenggong’s tens of thousands of people would not be enough to watch. Gun and other superiors regarded it as a riot like rioters and bandits, and the memorial from Fujian was suppressed at the bottom of the document for a long time.

Surviving in the cracks, the Zheng Jiajun obtained intelligence from Shanxi through northern channels. The news of Nikan's defeat and Boluo's enthronement blew like a summer wind all over the coast of southern Fujian, and everyone who heard it celebrated with joy.

What is even more exciting is the news that the Eight Banners soldiers have begun to shrink. The Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other big cities in the past have begun to gather around Nanjing. In the past few days, the latest news says that these soldiers stationed in the south have begun to gather in the north. .

The departure of the army also took away a large number of people. Hundreds of thousands of people were driven on the road and followed the Eight Banners soldiers to the north. What greeted them was a miserable life of being slaves and servants for a lifetime, working as cattle and horses.

Zhangzhou City controls the fertile Crescent Port, and is stationed by the deputy general of the Qing army, Wang Jin. He faces Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, the uncles of Zheng Chenggong's family who occupy Jinmen, across the sea. The two sides have some secret friendship. Chu, sometimes engage in small-scale battles, but most of the time, they turn a blind eye to each other, just like the relationship between the government and pirates in the past.

The purpose of Zheng Chenggong's army coming here is naturally to take down this city. The mountains in southern Fujian are too bitter to be a good base.

It was Zheng Chenggong's plan to attack Zhangpu County, lure the Qing army in Zhangzhou City to send aid, ambush on the road, and take the opportunity to attack Zhangzhou. However, Zhangzhou, which was unexpected and expected, did not send troops.

"What should we do? Zhangzhou didn't even open the city gates, so it's not as planned." The giant Feng Xin turned his head and asked, the big knife blade in his hand was huge, wider than half a person.

Liu Guo There are no flag soldiers here, but just in case..."

He didn't continue talking, but everyone could understand the hesitation in his eyes, and he was afraid of an ambush.

"What are you afraid of? You have been preparing for so long, how can you back down when the situation comes?" Zhou Quanbin roared, his eyebrows raised, with an angry look on his face: "Training troops for a thousand days, using troops for a while, even a small city like this is afraid How can you achieve great things if you are afraid of the head and the tail?"

Several people looked at each other, and they all tightened their weapons. Zheng Chenggong frowned, stood up abruptly, waved the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "Okay! Don't wait, all soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Flags were flying wildly, and there were numerous figures. Thousands of people emerged from the grass and shadows of the trees, shouting and following their respective generals, rushing down the hillside and heading straight to Zhangzhou City not far away.

The city was suddenly in panic. The sound of warning gongs, running footsteps and random shouts were mixed together, accompanied by hurriedly rising smoke and rushing into the sky.

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Outside Xinfeng City, Li Chengdong fell off his horse and fell on the muddy river beach.

The guards on the left and right rushed forward, pulled him up, and covered his body and face with mud. He wiped the mud from his eyes and roared loudly: "Go! Go quickly!" One deep kick and one shallow kick. ran forward.

The personal guards used shields to cover him, and a group of people stumbled away, rushing dozens of steps away from the river beach that was enough to submerge people's ankles.

Sharp arrows flying from a distance nailed people's bodies "dumbly", stirring up bloody flowers, and screams were endless, but no one dared to look back. Nearly ten thousand people crowded by the Xinfeng River, They are like a ball of salad dressing poured out of an opened can, crowded and panicked, scattered and huddled together, rushing about in the river and along the river beach. into the river.

Blood flowed from the corpse and dyed the river red.

The clouds in the sky were rolling, and I watched silently the crowds of people rushing on the ground. Two distinct streams of people rushed out of Xinfeng City one after another. The fire in the city was burning, and the sky was dyed red.

The scattered Ming army scrambled to escape from the city that had turned into a sea of ​​flames, and ran to the south. The Xinfeng River was two miles away from the city and became a natural moat on the way to escape. It was the flood season, and the river was full of water. The river water in the horse's belly had reached the horse's neck, and the armored soldiers jumped into the water, like floating wooden barrels, and swam desperately to the opposite bank.

People who don't know how to swim will also jump into the water in a daze under such circumstances, stepping on the muddy bottom of the water and walking forward, and then gradually their feet can't stick to the ground, and then they grab their limbs and slowly sink into the water.

The chasing Qing soldiers hacked around with knives and guns, and the cavalry rushed along the river, attacking the Ming soldiers who were grouped or alone, and drove them into the water.

Then he took out his bow and arrow, stood on the bank waiting, aimed at the human head on the water, and shot one arrow at a time, just like shooting haystacks on a shooting range. The river was full of dead fish, blocking the river.

Li Chengdong stood still under the tree on the opposite bank, panting like a bellows. His horse was stuck in the mud just now and was shot to death by the Qing soldiers, but he was fine. The heavy armor became a burden to escape in the mud. But he couldn't get rid of it, so he had to go ashore hard, but he was very tired.

The long knife in his hand had a few small cuts. The fierce battle when breaking out of the city forced him to wield the knife himself. His helmet fell off at some point, and his face was covered with flowers. He was covered in blood. He couldn't tell whether it was the enemy or the enemy. His own made him look very embarrassed.

He looked back and saw the tragic situation by the river through the fire in the city in the distance. More than 2 people who followed him to break through were blocked by the river. The Qing army followed and hacked like chickens. The banks of the Feng River were like hell, tens of thousands of lives were wiped out like lights at this moment, and blood flowed into rivers.

"Catch Li Chengdong!"

"Catch Li Chengdong!"

Shouts like thunder sounded from the opposite bank. The Qing army had already chased to the river, and a group of cavalry rushed upstream to find the bridge.Some impatient Qing soldiers had already jumped into the river, swam to this side while slashing the heads of the Ming soldiers with their knives.

This kind of behavior is very risky. As long as the Ming army gathers on the shore and strikes back, the Qing soldiers in the water cannot resist. But at this moment, the Ming army is like a bereaved dog, with no fighting spirit. Apart from running for their lives, there is no other way in their minds. Two thoughts.

"Grandpa, it's not safe here, let's go!" The guard shouted eagerly, and gathered around him to form a circle.

Li Chengdong wiped away the muddy water on his face, looked back with distracted eyes, waved his hands, and fled with a few personal guards.

At the end of July in the third year of Yongli, Li Chengdong, the Duke of Huiguo of the Ming Dynasty, broke through from Xinfeng and was chased by the Qing army. People in the hall of the Ming Dynasty were panicked.

In the same month, Emperor Yongli issued an edict in Zhaoqing, ennobling Wang Huan, Marquis of Pingliang, as Duke of Liang to control the military affairs in the Northwest.

In mid-August, Xu Tiezhu of Kuizhou Junshanzi Battalion was ordered by the Duke of Liang to go out of Kuimen and send troops to Huguang.

(End of this chapter)