Chapter 71: Xiangyang and Nanjing XII

The boss Zheng in Gan Hui's mouth is not Zheng Chenggong, but Zheng Zhilong.

When Gan Hui was young, he married Zheng Zhilong, and he was also a member of Eighteen Zhi.

Fortunately, Gan Hui was a sworn brother back then, otherwise it would not be a good thing to be a sworn brother with Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong was for the sake of maritime supremacy, but he did not leave any affection for his brothers back then. On the contrary, such as Gan Hui, Shi Lang's father, Shi Da? Such an influential, little brother who followed Zheng Zhilong with all his heart, had no intention of being independent. Accepted by Zheng Zhilong.

From the era of Eighteen Zhi, it became the era of the Zheng family. They have also changed from a member of the Eighteen Zhi to the head of the generals surnamed Zheng family.

No matter how Zheng Zhilong treats others, Gan Hui feels that Zheng Zhilong is still good to his family.

Whether it is brotherly righteousness, or the best choice for the Zheng family or the Gan family, is to break off for Zheng Chenggong.

Gan Hui already knew that he was inseparable from the Zheng Group, if Zheng Chenggong died here, the Zheng Group would probably fall apart, after all, Zheng Zhilong's other sons were still young and could not serve the public, and there were too many people in the Zheng family, and it would probably be a pot of porridge for the matter of inheritance.

If the Zheng family does not exist, I am afraid that my family will not be able to be saved.

He sent Gan Mingchen back to report the news at this moment, which was also his selfishness as a father.

Even if Gan Mingchen was unwilling, he didn't dare to disobey his father's thoughts, so he could only go in tears.

He quickly returned, came to Zheng Chenggong's main formation, knelt on the ground, and said what Gan Hui meant.

Zheng Chenggong's face turned pale, and he pondered for a while before he said, "You should be the guard first." ”

"Yes." Gan Mingchen said.

Zheng Chenggong knew what Gan Hui meant, since Gan Hui had the heart to die, no matter what he did, he had to take Gan Mingchen away, otherwise who would still work for the Zheng family in the future, so he was placed in a safe place, and the safest place on the battlefield today is by Zheng Chenggong's side.

"Da Mu, when it is broken, it is broken, it can't be delayed." Zheng Hongkui said solemnly.

Zheng Chenggong bowed his head slightly and said, "Fourth uncle, I'm unwilling. ”

How can Zheng Chenggong be willing.

Now he has retreated, not because of the defeat of this battle, but because of the beginning of the total failure of Zheng Chenggong's overall strategy.

Since he swore to the Northern Expedition, he occupied almost the entire Zhejiang, as well as the number of prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. These places are the essence of the whole of China, and having these places is enough to establish a country, which can support his burning ambitions, and become an independent country in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Qing Dynasty and Xia Dynasty.

It's just a war, if a needle is the same, Zheng Chenggong's dream bubble will be punctured.

If you retreat from here, it is very likely that it will not be able to stand in Jiangnan. Maybe if you retreat to Fujian, you may not be able to gain a firm foothold.

Not to mention, Zheng Chenggong also has to face challenges within the Zheng family.

After all, this battle was strongly advocated by Zheng Chenggong.

After the first battle, the soldiers were lost and the generals were all the elite troops of the Zheng family. Within the Zheng family, it is strange that Zheng Cai and others do not object.

Zheng Chenggong is Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, although he is not the only son, but Zheng Zhilong's other sons are much younger than Zheng Chenggong. So for Zheng Zhilong's sake, he can't shake Zheng Chenggong's position as the head of the family. But the power is much weaker.

If the situation is true, how can Zheng Chenggong be willing.

But no matter how unwilling he was, he had to face the reality. Zheng Chenggong also sees the current situation very clearly, and the possibility of defeat is too high.

Zheng Chenggong tried to control his emotions and said: "Let Brother Cai answer on the boat, and the Linjiang departments will get on the boat first." ”

Zheng Hongkui shook his head and said, "Da Mu is too late. You just come with me, and the reality can't be delayed at all. ”

Zheng Chenggong was shocked in his heart, and immediately understood what Zheng Hongkui meant, that is, to give up almost all the troops on the shore, which was all the efforts of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong's father and son in building the land division, at least 100,000 people, all of them were lost to the Qing army.

"No, it's not that far." Zheng Chenggong said.

Zheng Hongkui almost jumped to his feet in a hurry, and said: "Da Mu, you haven't seen it, the collapse of the army is like an avalanche, it is simply lightning fast. When you react, there is no chance of escape. The root of my Zheng family is on the boat, these are lost, although it is a pity, but only people can make a comeback, at this time, you don't have to be petty. ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "No, thank you Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle should go and preside over the retreat." I won't give up until the last minute. ”

These soldiers are all the essence of the Zheng clan's combat power, if these people are left here, the Zheng clan's losses will be no less than Luo Yulong's losses in Shandong. Zheng Chenggong couldn't accept it, although he knew that a big defeat was imminent, he tried hard to recover his losses.

It's just that compared to the experience of conquest, then the experience of defeating battles, Zheng Hongkui is still a little more.

Zheng Hongkui's judgment was not wrong.

In many cases, it may take a long time to climb from the tipping point, but it only takes a moment to jump from the tipping point, or to soar into the sky.

And at this moment, a message came from the front, and I only heard someone shouting: "Gan Hui is dead, why don't you come down early." ”

But I saw that this man had all his beard and hair, and his roots seemed to be iron spears, riding on a horse, and the spear was raised, and a human head was raised high, and under the protection of his own soldiers, he rushed back and forth among the Zheng army to kill, as if he was trampling on a horse.

This man is none other than Aobai.

"Daddy." Gan Mingchen screamed and fell to his knees. His hands were deeply inserted into the soil, and for a while blood flowed from his hands, and he didn't know where there was an extra wound.

Zheng Chenggong also felt dizzy and almost couldn't hold on.

He knew that Gan Hui had the intention of dying and dying. Even had psychological preparation in his heart, but he never expected that this matter would come so quickly, Gan Hui is a veteran of the Zheng family, and an old qualification among the generals with foreign surnames in the Zheng family. He has a prestige in the army.

Now he died on the battlefield in full view of everyone.

Is it possible for other generals at all levels to survive?

Zheng Chenggong didn't dare to think about this result, but things wouldn't happen because he didn't dare to think about it, and even Zheng Chenggong didn't have to think about it, because the result was in front of him.

After the Qing army defeated the Iron Man Army, the Zheng army was on the verge of collapse, and in order to maintain it, Gan Hui's only way was to fill the gap in the Iron Man Army. But will the Qing army allow it? When the Iron Man Army was breached, almost at the same time, Duoduo's order came down, and several Qing troops nearby, as if flowing water, naturally rushed towards the gap. However, the Qing army was extremely fast in the adjustment of the formation, and it was far from being comparable to the Zheng army.

Throughout this battle, every step of the Zheng army's adjustment was much slower than that of the Qing army.

This is the role of an experienced junior officer, and it is their role in the transmission and execution of an order.

Ao Bai was not the only general who rushed in, but in the melee, Ao Bai exerted his martial arts to the extreme. The so-called first Baturu of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not a lie, he personally rushed into battle, and under the heavy protection of Gan Hui, he beheaded Gan Hui.

All at once, he compared the other generals.

Gan Hui's death instantly caused a chain reaction.

Most of the Zheng soldiers cried and shouted for their mothers to turn around and run, and one army formation collapsed one after another. Once the situation of the Great Collapse is formed, it cannot be changed.

However, at this moment, Zheng Jun is a young general and shows extraordinary qualifications. He is Zhou Quanbin.

Some young generals led by Zhou Quanbin, as Zheng Chenggong's cronies, were in charge of all the artillery in this battle.

But in the middle of a scuffle between the two sides, the artillery on both sides invariably reduced the frequency of fire. The slower and slower firing frequency made these cannons merely the background sound of the battle between the two sides, and had little effect. After all, both sides are scuffled, coupled with poor aiming skills at this time.

If you really fire indiscriminately, I don't know whether to hit the enemy or your own people. Naturally, there will be fewer cannons.

However, at this time, Zhou Quanbin didn't wait for Zheng Chenggong's order to open fire, and he couldn't care about the accidental injury anymore, and he didn't even want the carrying capacity of the cannon. The all-out fire was fired, and the target was the part of the Qing army and the Zheng army that were mixed together.