Since ancient times, Fuzhou has been a city with little presence, although it has always been the capital of Fujian, but both its popularity and political status are very low, and people have paid more attention to its military value since ancient times.

Generally speaking, cities at the junction of the sea and inland waterways are often able to develop and grow by virtue of their shipping node advantages and port trade. However, Fuzhou's port conditions were severely constrained by the surrounding mountains and mountains, and it was not able to fully play its role.

Although Fuzhou is adjacent to the sea, it is surrounded by mountains and mountains. The Drum Mountain in the east, the Qishan Mountain in the west, the Wuhu Mountain in the south, and the Lotus Peak in the north have caused a certain barrier to Fuzhou's land transportation to the outside world. Therefore, for a long time, Fuzhou's transportation relied on the Minjiang River, which connects western Fujian, northern Fujian and the sea.

And now Geng Bingyi has encountered such a situation.

Six or seven days ago, Geng Bingyi led the 1st Infantry Battalion, the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, the 1st Artillery Battalion, and a logistics department composed of heavy soldiers and medical personnel, totaling more than 13,000 people, to Fuzhou.

Zheng Zhihu is a well-known warrior in Zheng Zhilong's group, known for his bravery, this time he was ordered by Zheng Zhilong to lead more than 6,000 pirates to attack Geng Bingyi, intending to attack Geng Bingyi while his foothold was not stable. If it can be defeated, then Zheng Zhilong, who is watching the battle from behind, will lead all the main forces to go out to hunt down Geng Bingyi's troops and strive to annihilate them all.

If Geng Bingyi's department is completely annihilated, then the entire situation in Fujian will be completely alive, and Zheng Zhilong will inevitably be famous all over the world.

It's just that the ideas of the two brothers Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu are good, but the next battle has taught them a hard lesson, when Zheng Zhihu personally commanded more than 4,000 bandits who were waiting for work to attack Geng Bingyi's troops who had just arrived in Qishan, the imaginary panicked scene of fleeing everywhere did not appear, and they were greeted by rows of barrages composed of lead bullets.

The bandits who had never seen this kind of scene were all stunned for a while, and when they faced the sergeants and officers and soldiers of the guard post in Fujian for most of the past six months, although the Ming army could not be said to be about to collapse at the touch of a button, the weak combat effectiveness of the Ming army had given them a very profound experience, and they believed that as long as they charged, the Ming army that seemed to have bright armor would be defeated and retreated, and then the army would be defeated like a mountain.

This idea is not only Zheng Zhihu, but also the thousands of bandits, this is not arrogance, but the self-confidence they have developed in the past half a year. It's a pity that there are some things that they didn't expect in advance.

When the bandits began to charge from the mountain towards the Ming troops who had just formed a position at the bottom of the mountain, they were greeted by lead bullets like raindrops.

Listening to the sound of gunfire like firecrackers in their ears, looking at the rows of fallen companions and the white smoke of gunpowder in front of them, these bandits who were still holding up all kinds of weapons in a vicious manner were immediately frightened, and many of them turned around and ran away, but they did not know that there is a very famous proverb in the army of later generations, never expose your back to your enemies.

This sentence is almost a familiar proverb in later generations, but these bandits naturally don't know, seeing their own heavy casualties, Zheng Zhihu, who was supervising the battle behind, also issued an order to retreat.

However, Zheng Zhihu forgot that how can a person's speed run faster than a lead bullet at a speed of hundreds of meters per second, in the face of those enemies who exposed their backs to themselves, where would the firecrackers be polite, they did not hesitate to pull the trigger in their hands, and knocked those bandits to the ground one by one, and then with the arrival of the artillery battalion, one by one the flowering bullets also smashed down, blowing up these bandits all over the field. By the time the bandits escaped from the range of the artillery, less than 500 of the more than 4,000 bandits had returned.

It can be said that this battle stunned Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhilong, who were originally full of confidence, originally in their opinion, no matter how powerful the Jiang Ning Army was, even if it was a tiger in Fujian, it had to lie on its stomach, with tens of thousands of bandits in their hands, the Jiang Ning Army was limited even if it was powerful, and no matter how bad they were, they could fight with the Jiang Ning Army to lose both.

But the reality slapped them hard, the charge launched by the four thousand bandits, and more than three thousand fell in less than two quarters of an hour, such casualties almost scared everyone stupidly, and the consequence of this battle was that Zheng Zhilong immediately ordered the remaining more than 10,000 bandits to retreat back to Fuzhou City and never come out again.

Zheng Zhilong shrank like this, but he inadvertently gave Geng Bingyi a big problem.

"Master Geng, how long are we going to stay here? Those turtle sons are in Fuzhou City, can't we do this with them? ”

In Geng Bingyi's battalion, Cao Yingmao, the commander of the second cavalry battalion, shouted loudly, and behind him sat Qiu Disheng, the commander of the artillery battalion, and dozens of officers such as the commander of the battalion and the deputy commander of each battalion.

Geng Bingyi frowned and said to Cao Yingmao: "What are you anxious about, is it so simple to attack the city?" Or are you planning to use your cavalry battalion to storm the city of Fuzhou? ”

"This ......" Cao Yingmao paused and said a little stupidly: "Don't we have an artillery battalion, we can adjust the artillery to attack the city." Let's use artillery to bomb the city wall of Fuzhou for three days, I don't believe that we can't take Fuzhou! ”

"Ridiculous!" Geng Bingyi was angry, and his eyes glared: "If you talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I will immediately show Uncle Ming, remove you from the position of commander of the cavalry battalion, and then throw it into my infantry battalion for a few years?" ”

"I ...... I don't say it, just say it. ”

Hearing this, Cao Yingmao immediately withered. He and Geng Bingyi can be said to have known each other for many years, and when they were in Jiangdongmen Qianhu in the past, Geng Bingyi was a deputy Qianhu, and Cao Yingmao was a hundred households. Now that he has finally been promoted to the position of commander, if he is beaten back to the prototype, how can Cao Yingmao still have the face to see his former comrades.

After reprimanding Cao Yingmao, Geng Bingyi said to everyone: "Look, the topography of Fuzhou City is comparative, and its city is built on a basin. To the south is Wuhu Mountain, to the east is Drum Mountain, to the north is Lotus Mountain, and we are now stationed in the west. And the Min River just passes in front of Qishan and Wuhu Mountain, and if we want to attack the city, we must force the Minjiang River, but this is an almost impossible task for us, because we don't even have a boat, you all talk about it...... What should we do? ”

Everyone in the big tent was silent, in the past, the place where the Jiangning army fought was either Liaodong or the Zhenjiang area near Nanjing, not to mention Liaodong, almost all of it was plains. The flat terrain there is very conducive to the maneuver and play of the cavalry, and although there is also a Yangtze River in the Nanjing area, at that time it was just to fight some unfashionable Japanese robbers, and they were still close to their own nests to fight, so they didn't feel any problems, but now they have to face the Ming Dynasty, Nanyang and Fusang or the giant Zheng Zhilong, the difference in difficulty immediately came out.

This is not to say that the combat effectiveness of the people of Zheng Zhilong's group is more powerful than that of the Manchurians in Liaodong, but it is reflected in the change in the mode of combat. The thing is obvious, if you want to take Fuzhou City, you have to cross the Min River, and if you want to cross the Min River, you must have a boat, and now all the boats in the Min River area have been searched by Zheng Zhilong's people, and there is not even a sampan left, so it is impossible for the Jiang Ning army to swim over, right?

What's more, the Jiangning army is full of a lot of northern soldiers, and they are out-and-out landlubbers. As soon as I thought of this, everyone here felt that my brain hurt terribly.

After being silent for a long time, Geng Bingyi said: "Everyone, when I came, my uncle once instructed me that if you encounter something, you must not attack it, and you must take the lives of your brothers as the first priority. Of course, what we soldiers eat is a severed meal, but we must not die indifferently, so this official ordered, from today onwards, if there is no official order, anyone who dares to fight without permission will be severely punished! Do you understand everything? ”

"Got it!" The tent resounded with the slightly muffled voices of the generals.

Seeing that everyone's mood was not too high, Geng Bingyi raised his voice again: "Of course, we are not waiting here, from today onwards, we will scatter all the nights, I want to know the every move of those thieves in Fuzhou City, and I don't want to see those thieves hanging around us all day long!" ”

"Whoa!" This time, everyone's voices are finally a lot more tidy!

In fact, not only Geng Bingyi's subordinates were looking at the Minjiang River in front of him, but Zheng Zhilong in Fuzhou City was also standing on the city wall looking at the opposite side of the Minjiang River with an ugly face, and behind him stood Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Cai and other generals

Feeling the hunting wind passing across his face, Zheng Zhilongtou asked without replying: "How is our injured brother?" ”

Zheng Zhibao replied on the side: "The injured brothers have all been resettled, but in the past few days, hundreds of brothers have been injured too much and have left after they can't survive." Most of those brothers who were hit by buckshot would have a fever and die a painful death, with only a few brothers who had survived. ”

Standing behind his eldest brother Zheng Zhihu's head hung down at this time, in the battle of Qishan a few days ago, he could be said to have lost face, more than 4,000 people who fought only came back less than 500 people, and now more than 100 people have died, such a loss is a heavy blow even for Zheng Zhilong, who has more than 30,000 subordinates, because the people who followed Zheng Zhihu to fight a few days ago are all experienced bandits, and now there are more than 3,000 people at once, not to mention Zheng Zhilong, even Zheng Zhihu feels trembling.

Zheng Zhilong turned his head and looked at Zheng Zhihu who was hanging his head behind him, a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes, Zheng Zhihu is his most beloved brother, he has always been known for his bravery, Zheng Zhihu has followed him around these years, and has made a lot of contributions, it can be said that Zheng Zhilong can have today's achievements Zheng Zhihu accounts for at least thirty percent of the credit, he doesn't want to see his younger brother collapse after a defeat.

He patted Zheng Zhihu on the shoulder and comforted, "Okay...... Don't be too sad, second, how can there be a general who is always victorious and undefeated in this world, this time you have suffered a loss, and you will earn it back next time. ”

Feeling the caring gaze of his eldest brother, Zheng Zhi's eyes turned red, "Big brother, that's more than 3,000 brothers who have followed us for many years, and it's gone all of a sudden, I feel distressed!" ”

"If you really feel sorry for your brother, then don't cry like a here." Zheng Zhilong said sharply: "Now, those Jiangning troops who killed our brothers are stationed in Qishan, and we who are alive should think of revenge for them. ”

"Why don't I want to, it's just that those Jiang Ningjun's firearms are too powerful." Thinking of the scene during the battle a few days ago, Zheng Zhihu felt that his scalp was a little numb.

It is said that since the age of fourteen, he and his brother Zheng Zhilong were expelled from the house by his father to wander around the house, and he has seen a lot of knowledge over the years, he has led the Zheng family's fleet to fight east and west, and he has not seen less firearms such as artillery and firearms, but he dares to swear that he has never seen such fierce firepower as the Jiangning army.

The thunderous sound of artillery and the rain of lead bullets were something he had never seen before. Among them, what shocked him the most was that the shells of the Jiang Ning Army would explode, which was the most frightening.

"Are firearms powerful?" Zheng Zhilong sneered, pointed in the direction of Qishan and said: "No matter how powerful his artillery is, it can't hit us, no matter how powerful the Jiangning army is, if there is no boat, he can only watch us by the river, and he will never be able to attack, and you haven't found out, the more people from the Jiangning army on the other side, the bigger their flaws!" ”

"Flaws?" The crowd exclaimed in unison.

"It's a flaw!" Zheng Zhilong sneered: "Judging from the information sent by those people these days, that Jiang Ningbo brought a total of more than 26,000 soldiers and horses to Fujian this time, and this time he sent out to attack Fuzhou was his number one general Geng Bingyi, Geng Bingyi alone brought more than 13,000 people, and Yang Feng also arranged an infantry battalion of more than 5,000 people in Putian, so that Yang Feng's troops in Xiamen are only about 6,000, you say, is our opportunity coming?" ”

"Big Boss...... You want to attack Xiamen? The crowd let out an exclamation in unison.

"It's ......" Zheng Zhilong's face showed a sneer, "Now everyone thinks that we are shrinking in Fuzhou City and dare not move, but if our people and horses suddenly appear in Fuzhou, will Jiang Ningbo be scared to pee his pants?" ”

"It's not just scared of pee, I think he's going to be stupid!" Zheng Xing, another capable member of Zheng Zhilong's subordinates, shouted excitedly, "Big boss, this trick is high, if our people suddenly appear in Xiamen and catch them off guard, those dog officers and soldiers will definitely be stupid!" ”

"Good ......" Zheng Zhilong said loudly: "Pass my order, except for leaving 5,000 people to defend the city, everyone else will follow me on the ship, let's attack Xiamen!" ”

"Yes!"