Chapter 65: Xiangyang and Nanjing VI

Money doesn't solve all problems, but it solves some.

Zhou Fuchen summoned the ship's sailors and forced the battleship to rush to the beach. It has moved dozens of zhang to the north, and the bottom of the ship has been filed, even if it is in the summer and autumn season, when the Han water rises again, these ships will probably not be usable.

But sometimes it costs to fight a war.

These stranded ships almost forcibly built a temporary fort in the Han River, so that they could bombard the city wall of Fancheng two or three miles away.

The news of the battle between Luo Dai and the Qing cavalry, Zhang Xuan also knew. However, he didn't care, because although he had high hopes for Luo Dai, Luo Dai's department was just a partial division, and the battle that really decided the outcome was still here.

Although the cannon is in place. The rumbling cannon sounded, and although the soldiers on both sides had not yet touched, the scouts on the periphery of the two sides were fighting, and the cannons were already whistling back and forth, indicating that this big battle was about to begin.

And this big battle is a fancy-free offensive and defensive battle between the two sides, although it has not yet begun, the air is full of rumbling and slaughtering, as well as the implicit smell of gunpowder.

I don't know when, artillery has become an important pillar on the battlefield.

The battle of Xiangyang kicked off. Zheng Chenggong did not stay in Zhenjiang for long.

In April of the fourth year of Wuxing, Zheng Chenggong had been staying in Zhenjiang for a long time.

During this period of time, Zheng Chenggong's sailors cleared the Yangtze River, but all ships with Qing flags were sunk one after another. A Yangtze River was held in the hands of the Zheng family. With such great convenience, it brings Zheng Chenggong a great advantage.

Zheng Chenggong did not set off immediately in Zhenjiang. Of course, he wanted to wait and see Zhang Xuan's reaction, but he was a little too busy, because he learned that Zheng Chenggong was in Zhenjiang, and there were people with heads and faces all over the south of the Yangtze River, and one of them was counted as one, and they all came.

For a time, Zheng Chenggong became famous, spread all over the world, and became a famous general in both civil and military affairs. The momentum is almost close to Zhang Xuan.

Some people even put him alongside Zhang Xuan as Zhang, Zheng.

Not only that, but the rebels from all over the country surrendered to Zheng Chenggong. For a time, the troops under Zheng Chenggong's command increased greatly, from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Of course, these soldiers are just people's husbands, and they still owe some fire when they really fight.

But in the face of such an opportunity to expand the army, Zheng Chenggong naturally will not give up.

He could almost be said to have taken it all, gathered all these rebels, and then rewarded each of them. For a time, when Zheng Chenggong set off from Xiamen, there were only more than 100,000 horses, but now it has swelled rapidly to more than 200,000.

With the Zheng family cutting off the Yangtze River, many prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River could not contact Nanjing, so they voted one after another

Fall.

Even among the Zheng family, such as Zheng Cai, he didn't dare to be disrespectful to Zheng Chenggong.

Although it is not yet the time for a decisive victory, it has to be said that Zheng Chenggong's decision has brought the Zheng family to the peak of glory.

Zheng Zhilong's life, even if he was in a high position in Great Xia, he did not completely wash away the traces of his pirates, and even couldn't wash them away at all, but Zheng Chenggong succeeded to the throne for only a few months, and he created a momentum. For a while, the eyes of the corporal in the world were on Zheng Chenggong's body.

Zheng Chenggong was excited at the same time, but also under pressure.

After Zheng Chenggong determined that the battle of Xiangyang began, he sighed slightly in his heart, a little pity, he had already guessed that Zhang Xuan would most likely not go east, but not as neatly as Zhang Xuan, and launched a big battle in Xiangyang during the Battle of Nanjing.

However, he also had a trace of anger in his heart, and said secretly: "Do you look down on people like this? ”

He seemed to feel that Zhang Xuan's letting him attack Nanjing first was simply contempt for him.

Zheng Chenggong took a few deep breaths, not letting too many emotions affect his thoughts, he summoned the generals of Zheng Jun and said: "I want to wait for work with ease, sit in Zhenjiang, and let Duoduo lose his breath, but I don't want Duoduo to have a bit of a general's demeanor and not be able to shrink in Nanjing City." We're the only ones to do. ”

Zheng Chenggong is still quite skeptical about the combat effectiveness of Zheng's army.

Therefore, he tried his best to give Zheng Jun an advantage in the battle.

In today's situation, Zheng Chenggong knows that it will not benefit him to drag it out, and Duoduo is also aware of this. After all, the war now does not depend only on the two of them, there is also a Zhang Xuan, as long as Zhang Xuan repels Zilharang, there will naturally be a time for the army to advance eastward.

For Duoduo, it was a crisis in which the army was attacked from both sides, and it was not good news for Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong was a little looking forward to Zhang Xuan's eastward advance, so that he could join forces with him and break the Qing army, but he was also worried that if Zhang Xuan advanced eastward, Zheng Chenggong himself was afraid that he would be suppressed by Zhang Xuan, and the distribution of benefits after the war might not be favorable to the Zheng family, or it might cause a fire.

This kind of complicated mind is even more difficult for Zheng Chenggong to explain at once, when he knew that Zhang Xuan would not go east, he was happy or surprised.

"Your Highness, congratulations to Your Highness, congratulations to Your Highness, the Qing army has been frightened, and it is a natural thing for Your Highness to enter the river and Zhejiang." A general of the Zheng clan said.

As soon as he said this, the people below congratulated Zheng Chenggong one after another.

Of course, Zheng Chenggong knew that if the Qing army did not move, it would never be because of this. But he knew that when he went out to fight, he could be angry and not vented, so he smiled slightly and said: "In this case, the army marched westward, and together with the generals, he broke through Nanjing and smashed their turtle shells. ”

"Yes." The generals agreed.

Zheng

Successfully left a soldier to guard Zhenjiang, and the remaining more than 200,000 horses and horses all went west along the Yangtze River by land and water.

The army is mighty and magnificent.

On the road, thousands of people are a battalion, and the company camp is dozens of miles, set up along the river, divide the troops into lines, and the bonfires are in the sky, and above the water, hundreds of boats, going upstream, almost cover the Yangtze River.

And at this moment, seeing such a huge army, people can't help but think of throwing a whip and cutting off the stream.

Now, if hundreds of thousands of horses really don't throw a horsewhip, it is estimated that they can really cut off the Yangtze River.

How could Duoduo not know about such a huge movement?

But Duoduo was still calm, just didn't fight, but the soldiers below were driven crazy one by one.

Since the era of old slaves, the Qing army has won more with fewer defeats. After decades, I have long developed a sharp spirit, watching the enemy come step by step, but I can't take the initiative to attack, but I have been suppressed by the requirements of my superiors, and my reasonable requests have not been answered, and some people are panicked for a while.

Naturally, there are many people who come to Duoduo and say that they want to fight, these people have everything, some Duoduo can be appeased by combining grace and power, but some people have to speak with good words to be appeased, and Azig is one of them.

Azig said: "Tenth brother, the thief has already arrived at the door of the house, and if you still don't move, you can order me to clean up all these earth dogs and chickens." ”

"Starling, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan." Duoduo said: "If you want to hit the Zheng clan hard in this battle, you still need to wait quietly. ”

"What is there to wait for." Azig said: "I sent someone to see the Zheng family's soldiers, that is, general, it is eye-catching. As soon as you give the order, I'll get rid of them. Why do you have to be so distressed? ”|

Dodor shook his head and said, "The time has not yet come. ”

Azig suddenly said angrily: "When, the time has come." Old ten, can you explain what you want to do? ”

"What do I want to do?" Duoduo slowly put down the teacup in his hand, and Duoduo said coldly: "I want the Zheng family to be ten or twenty years later, and I am still terrified when I think of this battle, and I want the Zheng family to have no future." No matter how many come, they will be buried under the city of Nanjing. ”

The ruthlessness with which Duoduo spoke was exactly what Azig had in mind, and he said, "Well, I know this matter, how you are going to arrange this battle. ”

Duoduo said: "Without him, show him weakness, lead him to attack the city, and when he can't attack for a long time, he can make them doom with just a gentle push." ”

Azig was slightly stunned in his heart, and said loudly: "Okay, tenth brother, I didn't misunderstand you. I'll appease the people below, but by the time that day comes, I've been waiting for a long time,"