The short but fierce battle ended with the rout of the Zheng family's army. Wang Qing, Chen Fangbo, Luo Jiadong and other generals led their subordinates to pursue the defeated Zheng Jiajun.

The "rebels" were divided into small units of 1,000 people, some followed and killed, and some suddenly cut off the retreat of the rout, and the cooperation was extremely skillful, and the defeated Zheng Jiajun could no longer form the ability to resist, so they could only let the "rebels" eat it in one bite.

One by one, the soldiers of the Zheng family army cried and shouted, threw away the weapons in their hands, took off the armor and military uniforms on their bodies, and threw away all the cumbersome items, just to be able to run faster.

Luo Jiadong led 5,000 soldiers to the east to pursue Quanzhou, and Wang Qing and Chen Fangbo each led 5,000 troops to the south to pursue and kill in the direction of Anping.

The remaining half of the army was left behind by Chen Mo to clean up the battlefield and take care of the prisoners for repair.

Luo Jiadong chased all the way to Quanzhou, killing nearly 1,000 soldiers along the way, and approached the city of Quanzhou. Because Zheng Zhilong led the army out of the nest, the capital city of Quanzhou was only guarded by hundreds of officials. Zheng Zhilong's 50,000 troops were defeated, how could these hundreds of officials hold the city? Before Luo Jiadong could lead his troops to attack the city, the officials defending the city dispersed in a hurry and lost the entire Quanzhou city to the rebels.

Lin Chongshan, the prefect of Quanzhou, locked himself and his family upstairs and wanted to set fire to himself, his hands trembled and burst into flames, looking at his crying wife and children, he really couldn't do it, he threw away the flint with a long sigh, and surrendered with the masters and officials in the palace.

When the news of Zheng Zhilong's defeat came, the sailor immediately pulled out the anchor and set sail in the direction of Xiamen.

Of course, only a few defeated soldiers fled in the direction of Quanzhou, but most of the defeated soldiers fled in the direction of Anping with Zheng Zhilong.

Anping is the old nest of the Zheng family, and it is a fortress built by Zheng Zhilong on the seaside with a huge amount of money, with moats, walls and docks, and can be supported by sailors at any time.

In fact, the number of Zheng soldiers killed in the battle was only one or two thousand, which is not too many. But at that time, the Chinese army was shot by the Ming army and killed more than 1,000 people, and finally couldn't hold on to the rout, which caused the rout of the other queues. The 50,000-strong army was defeated in such a daze, and under the pursuit of the Ming army, some of the routs died under the pursuit of the rebels, many chose to surrender after being overtaken, and some did not know where to escape, and the army that successfully escaped back to Anping with Zheng Zhilong was less than 5,000.

An Pingyuan was guarded by 10,000 troops, plus 10,000 sailors who withdrew to Xiamen Kinmen, and Zheng Zhilong still had 25,000 troops under him at this moment. Although there were a lot of people, the morale of the army was cold, and their morale had dropped to the extreme.

Until now, Zheng Zhilong still couldn't accept that the rebels' combat power was so fierce. Where is this the rabble of Western thief rebels under Ai Nengqi, even the Eight Banners full of soldiers, the personal guard battalion of Chen Yue, the king of Qi, is nothing more than that!

The army of 50,000 couldn't hold even an hour, Zheng Zhilong was ashamed and depressed. For more than ten years, his Zheng family army was proud of its well-equipped combat power as a pillar in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and it was necessary to transfer troops from Fujian when the imperial court was in trouble, and his son Zheng Sen has been leading troops to fight at the forefront of the battle against the Manchurian and thief army.

didn't expect to be beaten by Ai Nengqi today and run away with his tail between his legs, which made the pride in Zheng Zhilong's heart disappear.

But why did Enen's men become so powerful? Zheng Zhilong was surprised in his heart, in the past year, he had led his troops to fight with Ainengqi countless times, but he had never been so embarrassed.

Wang Qing and Chen Fangbo led their troops to chase and kill Zheng Zhilong all the way, and only then stopped the pursuit at Lingyuan Mountain, which was twenty miles away from Anping, and set up camp to start repairing.

Two days later, Chen Mo came to Anping with the main force, and in addition to the 15,000 main forces of the department, he also held nearly 20,000 prisoners.

Twenty-five thousand troops were approaching Anping City, even if he had long been clear about the situation in Anping City, when he saw the tall city wall of Anping, Chen Mo couldn't help but be shocked.

There is a city wall three feet three feet high, and the outside of the city wall is a moat more than three zhang wide, and the ditch communicates with the sea, and the castle of the Zheng family in Anping, which is adjacent to the sea, is really strong.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong built Anping to settle his family, and he considered comfort rather than defense, otherwise if he really built it like the Dutchman's Resha Fortress, it would really be impossible to attack.

At the moment, for Chen Mo, who participated in the attack on the Dutch Resharan Castle, it is not too difficult to break through this castle.

However, just before Chen Mo decided to attack the city, Zheng Zhilong sent people out of the city again to negotiate, and it was no longer Shi Fu who came, but Zheng Zhilong's third brother Zheng Zhibao.

"My eldest brother said that as long as the big boss is willing to retire, everything will be easy to discuss." Zheng Zhibao humiliated and prayed.

"Hehe, if you want us to retire, you can, one million taels of silver, twenty thousand loads of grain." Ai Nengqi said with a smile.

Zheng Zhibao's face showed a look of embarrassment: "One million taels of silver is fine, but 20,000 quintals of grain really can't be taken." ”

Don't say you can't take it out, even if you can take it out, you can't take it out, you handed over all the food to the rebels, what do the more than 20,000 troops in the city eat?

"If you can't take it out, start a war, I don't have time to grind with you, as long as you lay peace, all the wealth in it is ours." Ai Nengqi sneered and waved his hand to drive Zheng Zhibao away.

"How?" Zheng Zhilong asked Zheng Zhibao, who had just come back, impatiently.

"Big brother, Ainengqi doesn't want to talk about it at all, he wants one million silver and 20,000 quintals of grain in one bite, where do we have so much food!" Zheng Zhibao gave a briefing on the negotiations.

"The lion opened his mouth, you are right, Ai Nengqi doesn't want to talk about it at all, but has been paying attention to our peace." Zheng Zhilong said disappointedly.

"Big brother, I've been having a question for the past two days, why did Ainengqi become so capable all of a sudden?" Zheng Zhibao continued, "Big brother, you also know that we have fought so many battles with Ai Nengqi before, and although the bandits under him are powerful, their strength is just like that. But this time it felt very different. ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded: "This is also my doubt, at that time, you led the Chinese army to fight against Ainengqi, and you just came back from the Ainengqi camp, how do you feel?" ”

Zheng Zhibao touched his nose, carefully reviewed the battle process and what he had just seen in the Ainengqi camp, and said slowly: "Now there are many firearms in the Ainengqi army, which are beyond the ordinary, and they are extremely sharp. When I led my troops to fight against Enench, his firecrackers were so dense and incessant that there were so many firearms that a rebel army that surrendered and rebelled was simply not possible. Moreover, in hand-to-hand combat, a lot of grenades were suddenly thrown from the Enench army, and the serial explosions caused countless casualties to my brothers, and then they were defeated.

And just now in the Ainengqi camp, I saw that although all of Ainengqi's subordinates were dressed in rags and rags of the rebels, their mental outlook was definitely not what a rebel army should have. Big brother, you also know that most of Ainengqi's subordinates are some homeless people, some poor people, these people are not well fed and clothed on weekdays, and they all have vegetables on their faces. And now most of the soldiers in the Ainengch camp are red-faced. So, I'm sure this is not the same tributary of thieves as before! ”

"If it's not the previous tributary of thieves, where did it come from?" Zheng Zhilong muttered, and suddenly his face changed, "I understand!" ”