Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 259 I have never lost a bet
Zheng Sen ordered people to find a pair of expensive coffins in the city, and contained Liu Rushi's body.According to Liu Rushi's last words, the coffin was carried to a temple, hung under the beams of the house with a few thick ropes, and buried by hanging the coffin.

After that, the three armies disappeared and a grand funeral was held.Because Liu Rushi had no children, Zheng Sen and Qu Shixu watched and mourned as disciples, with all the etiquette.

Late at night, after burning thousands of pieces of paper in the mourning hall, Qu Shichu said: "Brother Sen, since you proposed the bet, I have to return to Da Yuan Island as soon as possible to report the matter to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to make a decision."

"Go ahead, please tell Chongzhen that I, Zheng Sen, am a man of promise. Within this month, the Ming army will only attack the city of Zeelandia, and I will not cause any trouble." Zheng Sen said.

Qu Shixu kowtowed three times towards the coffin, stood up and said, "Master, your soul is not far away, and I wish the Ming army an early capture of Zeelandia City, so that your painstaking efforts will not be in vain!"

Then he left overnight, and the next morning, he returned to Sankunshen Island to meet the emperor.

When Li Cunming heard the news of Liu Rushi's death, he was speechless for a long while, his heart was greatly shaken, with mixed feelings.

Liu Rushi really is a decent person, she really is a strong woman who cares about the overall situation!

"Sister Liu, why did you die? After you die, what will Sister Xiangjun do, how will she bear the grief?" Chen Yuanyuan cried.

Hearing Chen Yuanyuan's cry, Li Cunming came back to his senses and said, "Chen Yuanyuan, please mourn! Liu Rushi made her own choice and lived up to her life's ambitions. She is a hero among women, and I will definitely live up to it." Her good intentions. As for Li Xiangjun, please enlighten her a lot."

After ordering someone to send Chen Yuanyuan to rest, Li Cunming asked the people in the tent to leave, leaving Xia Wanchun and Qu Shixu alone.

Li Cunming took out a secret document and said: "Qu Shiqi, this is the report of the Jinyiwei spies investigating the Jiaxing Mansion incident and the cause of Zhu Yousong's death. They are all here. I burned them in front of you and will never mention this matter again. "

As he spoke, he lit the oil lamp and burned the secret documents.

He also said to Xia Wanchun: "The decree is to present Liu Rushi as a third-class gentleman. According to her last wish, after I drive out the Tartars, I will set up a shrine and burial. Xia Wanchun, you have written a biography for Liu Rushi, and it will be included in the biography of women in the history of the country. , for the praise of the subjects of the world, and for future generations to cherish and commemorate."

Qu Shixu was so moved that the emperor burned that secret document, destroying Liu Rushi's crimes and preserving her innocent reputation, and then gave her an imperial order to pass on the decree, which can be described as grand and mighty.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Liu Niangzi knows, and she will be able to smile at Jiuquan..." Qu Shixu knelt down and burst into tears.

Li Cunming supported Qu Shixu, and said softly: "You have been running around for days, go to rest first. Zheng Sen wants to make a bet with me, and I promise him that, please go see Zheng Sen tomorrow and stay by his side until he surrenders to the Ming Dynasty If there is any abnormal situation in Zheng Sen's army, you should report it to me immediately."

After Qu Shiqi left the Chinese army's tent, Li Cunming called Shi Lang and Du Chen, told him about the bet with Zheng Sen, and asked, "What do you think?"

Shi Lang felt resentful because Zheng Sen killed his family, and snorted coldly: "Zheng Sen is not a good person, the reason why he made the bet is not so much to follow Liu Rushi's last wish, but to have a wishful thinking. "

"First of all, the city of Zeelandia is impenetrable and has fierce firepower. Zheng Sen played the trick of driving away tigers and wolves, causing our army to fight fiercely with the Dutch and consume our strength. He watched the fire from the other side so that he could benefit from it in the future;"

"Secondly, during the period of time when we attacked Zeelandia, Zheng Sen could calm down the local riots, stabilize the rear, and solve the food crisis. Your Majesty, I don't think there is any need to bet with him!"

Shi Lang's analysis was profound and insightful, revealing Zheng Sen's plan.Xia Wanchun also agreed: "Your Majesty, what General Shi said is not unreasonable. We should not let Zheng Sen lead the way."

Li Cunming stroked his beard and said with a smile: "How can I not see through the mess in Zheng Sen's belly? But he has made a way out. If I don't accept the move, wouldn't it be a joke? It's a bet. At least we are in the same place. There is no need to fight on both sides within the month, let’s take over the city of Relanja first. Hey, bet, I have never lost!”

Shi Lang knew that the emperor had made up his mind, so he turned to the topic and said: "Your Majesty, the city of Relanja is a hard nut to crack. Can we capture it within a month?"

Li Cunming said: "The Dutch are trapped in an isolated city, but we have Huang Degong and Yao Qisheng who have continuously shipped food from Guangdong and Fujian respectively. The best way is to surround them without attacking them. They will consume all their food and fighting spirit, and they will naturally be captured. Zheng Zheng Sen is a slippery man who limited the time for us to attack at all costs."

"Zheng Sen thought that we might not be able to break through the city of Zeelandia within a month, but I want to shorten the time and take the city in half a month, so that Zheng Sen can see how powerful our army of the Ming Dynasty is!"

Shi Lang gasped. How many lives would have to be sacrificed to capture the city of Relanja in half a month?

"Could it be that His Majesty has already thought of a plan to break the city?" Shi Lang asked cautiously.

"There is no countermeasure yet, but I believe that there is no unbreakable city in the world." Li Cunming narrowed his eyes and said without doubt, "Shi Lang and Du Chen obey the order and order you to send troops to attack Zeelandia immediately. Remember, this battle Do your best!"

At dawn the next day, Shi Lang commanded [-] Ming troops, and Du Chen led [-] men to the city of Zeelandia and launched a fierce attack.

Li Cunming also came to the front line. He boarded the Dafu boat from Erkunshen Island, ordered the soldiers to drive the Dafu boat outside the port of Zeelandia City, and stood on the deck to watch the battlefield closely.

The situation of the Ming army attacking the city of Zeelandia was no different from that of the Zheng army. They were suppressed by the artillery fire in the city, and the battle was extremely difficult and tragic.

Soldiers kept dying, and by sunrise the casualties had climbed to more than 2000.But the emperor did not order to stop the attack, so Shi Lang and Du Chen could only grit their teeth and persist.

Gunfire was flying and gunpowder smoke was filling the air.The strong northwest wind blew the smoke to the sea and onto the ship, which was very pungent.

Li Cunming held up a binoculars to observe carefully, and sighed secretly in his heart: "What a majestic city, what a powerful firepower, one man guards the gate, ten thousand men can't open it!"

Xia Wanchun covered his nose, and said in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty, you must order to stop the attack, or send more troops, otherwise General Shi and Du Chen will not be able to hold on, and the entire army will be wiped out!"

Li Cunming finally nodded and said: "Ming Jin withdraws!"

The battle was over, and the cheerful and proud shouts of the Dutch could be heard from a distance, while the retreating Ming soldiers were dejected and depressed.

Du Chen sighed and said: "The Dutch are too powerful and difficult to fight. It's really difficult to fight!"

"Your Majesty, more than 3000 of us have died, and we haven't even reached the city wall yet. I am incompetent, please punish me!" Shi Lang frowned, feeling aggrieved and useless.

Li Cunming laughed loudly: "No, we won this battle!"

What, how did you win?
Shi Lang and Du Chen looked at each other in confusion.

(End of this chapter)