"Do it!" Seeing the fireworks signal, Shi Fu, who was disguised as an auxiliary soldier on the shore, waved his hand.

The bearded man standing in front of him was the first to pull out his short knife and cut off the head of the Zheng Raider in front of him with a single sword.

Shi Fu pulled out his knife and shouted: "Brothers, go on!" ”

The Qiongzhou sergeants on the dock disguised as auxiliaries immediately began to move, showing off various weapons one after another, and slashed at the Zheng Xianjun auxiliaries who were caught off guard in front of them. In the blink of an eye, more than 100 Zheng Xi soldiers on the dock were all cut down in a pool of blood. Then Shi Fu tied a white cloth on his left arm as a sign and went to the camp of Zheng Xianjun. On the transport ship, the armor soldier hiding in the cabin jumped up from the cabin, rushed to the dock along the gangplank, and shouted to kill Zheng Xijun's barracks.

Both sides were wearing Ming army uniforms, and the Qiongzhou army tied a piece of white cloth on the left arm as a symbol, and anyone who saw no white cloth on the left arm was slashed with a knife.

Shi Fu and Luo Beard led the mountain soldiers to rush all the way to kill, and the Zheng Xi soldiers they met turned into headless ghosts.

At this time, most of the soldiers in the Zheng Xianjun barracks had just laid down, and when they heard the shouts of killing, they hurriedly put on their clothes and ran out of the tent; Some Zheng Xi soldiers who had not yet slept also hurriedly picked up their weapons and rushed out of the tent. The unprepared Zheng Xi sergeant rushed out of the tent, only to see a large group of people wearing the same military uniform as himself rushing around the barracks, lighting fires everywhere, and the scene was chaotic. A man in the same uniform slashed off his head with a knife.

In the chaos, Sergeant Zheng didn't pay attention to the white cloth tied to the attacker's arm, thinking that it was the enemy who approached him with a weapon, and when he saw someone approaching, he used his weapon to greet him.

"Ahh Before he could recover his senses, another Zheng Raider slashed at the side and slashed his head. And the other Zheng Xian sergeant was hacked to death by the real Qiongzhou army.

There was chaos in the camp of Zheng Xianjun. The soldiers killed each other, and suffered heavy casualties. The prepared Qiongzhou army slashed and killed the opponent accurately, and it was almost impossible to kill their own people by mistake.

In the sea between Gulangyu Island and Xiamen Island, the Drake, the flagship of the Nanyang Navy, rushed into the Lujiang waterway first. The so-called Lujiang waterway is the narrow sea between Gulangyu Island and Xiamen Island, with a width of only 600 meters, and there are large camps of the Zheng Jiajun Naval Division on both sides, which are densely moored with the large and small ships of the Zheng Raiding Army.

"Fire!" Wang Xinyu personally gave an order.

The Drake opened fire on both sides at the same time, and the upper and lower rows of gun doors spewed dazzling fire, and shells whizzed. smashed towards the battalions of the Zheng family's army and sailors on both sides. Since the target was fixed, Zheng Xi's ship was full of lanterns, making it an excellent target at night. A row of red-hot cannonballs fell into the water wall, shattering the gates and reducing the towers built on the water to pieces. The cannonballs fell into the sea, raising columns of water that soared into the sky. Some shells hit the warship, which immediately ignited flames.

The Invincible, Brave, Courage, and Intrepid ships that followed closely behind opened fire one after another, and the cannonballs smashed into the naval division village like hail, and smashed into the Zheng raid army camp on the shore. Red-hot shells fell on the ship. Falling between the tents, fires broke out everywhere, the flames soared into the sky, and the soldiers of Zheng Xianshui let out a scream of ghosts and wolves.

The battleship opened heavy fire on Zheng's sailors. And shelled the batteries on both sides of the strait. The mortars installed on the upper deck of the battleship continued to shoot flowering shells, which landed on the Zheng raider's battery, blowing up clusters of tumbling flames.

At the same time as the attack of the Nanyang naval fleet, the transport fleet transporting the main forces also approached the beach. Small boats were lowered from the Spanish galleons and the Dutch Galen. The soldiers of the Qiongzhou Army and the army men boarded the boat, rowed hard, and rushed quickly in the direction of the beach.

At this time, Zheng Xi was not in the seaside camp. In the large camp of the Army Division in the interior. He personally commanded the siege of Zheng Jingjun, which had been besieged for more than half a month. Seeing that Zheng Jing's defeat was a foregone conclusion, Zheng Zheng, who had the Dongfan base and arsenal, could contain Wang Xinyu and Zheng Cong, and could also use the hands of the Qing court to consume the Qiongzhou army in Jiangnan, so he had the opportunity to launch a Northern Expedition when Wang Xinyu and the Qing court were both defeated, seize Jiangnan, and even pacify the Central Plains in the near future and win the world.

Zheng Xi was dreaming about yellow sorghum when the rumbling sound of cannon from the seaside woke him up from his sweet dream.

Outside, a pro-soldier came to report: "Lord Wang! Our camp of sailors has been attacked! Some of the thieves have already come ashore! There are still a lot of thieves and sailors who are shelling our army! ”

"What's going on? Could it be that the Tartars have come to attack? Zheng Xi jumped up from the couch. But after thinking about it, it is impossible for the Qing army to sneak attack him, Shi Lang's sailors have long been annihilated by the Qiongzhou army, Shi Lang himself was transferred to the capital by the Qing court to serve as an idle position, how can the Qing army on the other side still have the ability to attack him? The only possibility is the Qiongzhou Army!

"Wang Yu dog thief! I'm your ancestor! Lao Tzu and Zheng Jing fought you to the death, and helped you solve Zheng Jing, who wanted to kill you, but you stabbed Lao Tzu in the back! Zheng Xi scolded.

Zheng Xi's subordinates Cai Yun, Xiao Gongchen, Zhang Ji, Li Yingqing and others all urgently gathered in the Chinese army's tent.

"Lord Wang, what should we do now?" Xiao Gongchen asked.

Zheng Xi looked around, but he didn't find his most trusted military advisor Yan Yuan, so he asked, "What about Yi Zhi (Yan Yuanzi), why haven't you seen others?" For such a big thing, why didn't Mr. Yan come? ”

Xiao Gongchen stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang! The last general will go to Mr. Yan! ”

"Go and get Yi Zhi! He has a lot of ideas! With him, the king is relieved! Zheng Xi said anxiously. Yan Yuan did come up with a lot of tricks for Zheng Jing during this time, which allowed Zheng Zheng to easily break Zheng Jing's strong defense on Xiamen Island and force Zheng Jing into a desperate situation.

"No!" Xiao Gongchen stepped back.

Xiao Gongchen took people to Yan Yuan's residence, but found that it was empty, and Yan Yuan had long since disappeared. Xiao Gongchen touched the quilt and found that it was still hot, and it seemed that the person had just left not long ago.

"Could it be that he went the other way to the camp?" Xiao Gongchen thought in his heart and returned to the Chinese army camp with his own soldiers. found Zheng Xi and his wife, and the truth of everything was revealed.

"Slap" Zheng Xi kicked over the table fiercely, roaring like thunder: "Yan Yizhi!" I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! You turned out to be the man of the king's feather thief! This king really misjudged you! ”

Xiao Gongchen said: "Lord Wang, that Yan Yizhi must not have run far, and the last general will take people to chase him!" ”

"Quick! You must bring back this meticulous work that set up a poisonous plan to harm this king! This king is going to cut him with a thousand swords! Zheng Xi yelled.

Xiao Gongchen took the soldiers and led the hunting dog to chase after him. Seeing that he was about to catch up with Yan Yuan, the main force of the Qiongzhou Army that had just landed appeared in front. As soon as the two sides played. There were many soldiers in Qiongzhou, and Xiao Gongchen returned defeated, and he could only watch Yan Yuan be rescued by the arriving Qiongzhou army.

"Lord Wang! A large number of thieves have landed! It's coming to our Chinese army camp! Xiao Gongchen was embarrassed and fled back to report to Zheng Xi.

Zheng Xi looked up to the sky and shouted: "Wang Yu thief, deceive people too much!" Regardless of the fact that your own Qiongzhou was attacked by the Tartars, you sent troops to attack this king! No, this king hasn't lost yet! We can fight to the death! ”

Then, Zheng Xi ordered the Lu Division to build fortifications overnight to resist the attack of the Qiongzhou army.

On both sides of the Lujiang waterway, the Western-style warships of the Nanyang Navy shelled Zheng Xian's naval division, and then released small boats to rush into the naval division's Dazhai that was bombarded by giant ships. Board the ship of Zheng Xianjun, slash and kill the soldiers of Zheng Xianjun's sailors, and fight to capture the ship. Originally, Wang Xinyu bombarded with gunboats, and then attacked ships with fire, which could completely sink all the ships of Zheng Xianshui's division. But it is not easy to build a ship, and it can be captured as much as possible. For the officers and soldiers of the naval division of Zheng Xijun's army, those who could be captured were captured as much as possible.

The Qiongzhou army attacked on both sides by land and water, and the Zheng Raid army and water division suffered a crushing defeat. After a fierce battle for about an hour, the remaining soldiers and warships of Zheng's army began to surrender one after another.

On land. After the main force of the Qiongzhou Army Land Division landed, it went all the way to the camp of the Zheng Army. Along the way, Zheng Xijun couldn't resist it at all, and was killed all over the field, and blood flowed like a river. Before dawn. The Qiongzhou army approached the camp of the Zheng Army.

The two armies faced each other in the area from Yundang Inner Harbor to Dongping Mountain in the central part of Xiamen Island, and Zheng's army built a defensive formation, dug a large number of trenches, and piled up sandbags to build bunkers. And relying on Dongping Mountain as a fire support point, a temporary battery was built and cannons were erected on it. Condescendingly aimed at the Qiongzhou army.

I have to say that Zheng Zheng's strength is still very strong, and Wang Xinyu is also afraid of Zheng Zhengjun's various new weapons, so he does not dare to attack rashly.

If Wang Xinyu gave the order to attack rashly, once he was attacked by Zheng and the ammunition van was shot intensively, whether it was a swarm of rocket fire vans or a multi-barreled thunderbolt fire van, it would be a nightmare for attacking infantry! Once attacked by these two new weapons, the denser the formation of the charge, the heavier the losses.

Wang Xinyu sent an order to go down and let people dig trenches to build fortifications, preparing to besiege Zheng Xi's army, and called Yan Yuan, who was familiar with Zheng's army, to ask about the situation: "Yi Zhi, can the gunpowder projectiles on Zheng Zheng's thief's side be sufficient?" In particular, ammunition for fire vans. ”

"Enlightened handsome! Although Zheng Zheng's ammunition is not very large, there is still a certain amount. The Hongyi cannons on the top of the hill had more ammunition, and the ammunition for those swarming bee vans was enough to fire three rounds in a salvo. As for the multi-barreled Thunderbolt fire box, there is also more ammunition. In addition, Zheng attacked the army with a large number of new firearms, and if he wanted to attack strongly, the losses would be not small. However, Zheng Xi's weakness was the lack of food and grass. His grain ships were all looted by the commander, and the grain and grass left in the barracks could only last for three days. Yan Yuan replied.

Wang Xinyu nodded and said, "Since this is the case, we can't attack!" Zheng Zheng's army is well-armed and has strong firepower, and it will inevitably suffer heavy losses when attacking our army, so we can only seize his weakness of lack of food and grass to besiege him! ”

More and more Qiongzhou troops landed, and Zheng Cong's Yanping Wang army also landed on Xiamen Island, and the two armies worked together to build a large number of trenches, pile up a large number of sandbags, build fortifications, and use dustpans filled with sand to build improvised forts, build earth slopes, and arrange mortar positions in the back, preparing to besiege Zheng's army.

Most of the auxiliaries who were pushed to the front by Wang Xinyu to build fortifications were prisoners, some were Qing soldiers captured from Jiangnan, and some were Zheng Xian's soldiers who were captured on Dongfan Island.

Discovering the movements of the Qiongzhou army, Zheng Xi knew that the Qiongzhou army was going to besiege him.

Zheng Xianjun opened artillery bombardment, the cannon erected on the improvised fort made a shocking roar, the cannon spit out a ball of fireball, the shell smashed into the position of the Qiongzhou army, the solid shell landed and bounced everywhere with flying sand and stones, and the flowering shell fired by the mortar exploded the splashing shrapnel. The auxiliary soldiers who were building the fortifications were suddenly subjected to heavy artillery bombardment by Zheng's army, and at this time the fortifications were not completed, and the auxiliary soldiers had nowhere to hide, so they were killed and wounded many people on the spot.

"The thieves have fired! Run! "Seeing that his companions were smashed by shells, their brains burst, or their stomachs disemboweled by shrapnel from flowering shells, the auxiliaries who were building fortifications threw down their tools and turned around and ran.

"There is no forgiveness for those who escape!" The soldiers who followed behind the overseer immediately came up and slashed indiscriminately with their swords. Hacked to death some of the auxiliaries who had abandoned their tools and fled for their lives. The auxiliary soldiers who did not die were coerced by the steel knives of the war team, so they had to bite the bullet and brave the fierce artillery fire of Zheng's army to build fortifications.

The cannonballs shot by Zheng Xianjun kept falling on the position, causing bursts of churning blood mist in the crowd of auxiliary soldiers, and some people were directly hit by the shells, which immediately turned into a burst of blood and flesh, and some people's entire heads were smashed, and Bai Huahua's brains and blood were splashed all over the ground. On the construction site, many mutilated corpses fell.

However, the overseers behind were holding steel knives to suppress the formation, and these auxiliaries did not dare to escape. Only desperately digging fortifications. They knew that as long as they dug a trench, they could block the artillery bombardment of Zheng's army. After paying the price of more than a thousand casualties and auxiliary soldiers, the trenches of the Qiongzhou army took shape.

After digging a trench, the auxiliaries can continue digging with the help of the trench. At this time, Zheng Zheng's artillery bombardment was ineffective, and several shells were often wasted, but not a single person was killed.

The auxiliaries dug in the trenches, and the excavated earth was piled up in front of them, forming an earthen platform. There were also auxiliaries who carried sandbags filled with sea sand and walked through the trenches. Pile sandbags in front and build a sand slope to prevent shelling. As the Qiongzhou military fortifications advanced, Zheng Xi became more and more uneasy.

"Lord Wang, Yan Yuan is a thief. He knows the situation of our army well and knows that our army lacks food and grass. If we allow the thieves to besiege us, I am afraid that within five days, our army will be starved of food. The morale of the army will be in chaos! Rather than being besieged, it is better to give it a go, and the last general is willing to lead his troops to battle! Hinder the thieves from building fortifications! Li Yingqing stepped forward to ask for battle.

Zheng Xi nodded in agreement: "Okay!" This king will give you five thousand soldiers. You go and attack it! If you can't attack it, you don't have to attack it, just withdraw your troops immediately! ”

Li Yingqing received the order and led 5,000 elites to attack the position of the Qiongzhou army.

The Qiongzhou army did not dare to attack rashly, but it did not mean that the firepower of the Qiongzhou army was inferior to the Zheng attack army, the weapons of the two armies were comparable, and the combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers on both sides was almost the same, the key was to see who occupied the favorable terrain. Since Zheng Xijun left the fortifications to attack, it was something that Wang Xinyu couldn't ask for.

In the fortifications, the tiger squat cannon, the three-pounder cannon, and the Franc machine spit out tongues of fire, and the mortar cannons hiding behind the dirt slope shot flowering shells, and the fire vans in the rear also showed their might, and the whistling fire dragons pounced on Zheng Xianjun. Solid shells bounced through the crowd, stirring up gusts of blood. The explosions of flowering shells and swarms of rockets continued, shrapnel and iron balls flew sideways, and in the smoke of gunpowder, the soldiers of Zheng Zheng fell in pieces like weeds harvested by a sickle.

Before it was the turn of the musketeers of the Qiongzhou army, the attacking Zheng raiding army was defeated and retreated. It was Li Yingqing who saw that the situation was not good, and decisively ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, otherwise all the 5,000 people would be lost on the way, and they would not even want to step into the position of the Qiongzhou army.

Zheng Jing, who was compressed by Zheng Zheng in the central mountains of Xiamen Island, was already desperate, but he heard the sound of fighting under the mountain, so Zheng Jing sent scouts to spy on the situation.

Soon after, the scout reported: "Report to the king!" We are saved! It was Wang Yu and Zheng Cong who brought people to fight Zheng Raid! They raised the banner and said they were coming to save us. ”

"Whoa" Zheng Jing swept all the wine glasses and dishes on the table to the ground: "Wang Yu thief!" You're taking advantage of others! This king doesn't need you to fake your feelings to save him! You're a weasel giving a chicken a New Year's greeting! ”

"Lord Wang! Since Wang Yu is your brother-in-law, he will still consider Ling Mei's feelings. What's more, Zheng Cong is your own brother, Lord Wang, it is better for us to fall into their hands than in the hands of Zheng Xi. In this way, we might as well send someone to talk to them, but if it doesn't work, we will recognize Zheng Cong's title of king of Yanping County. Hong Xu stepped forward and proposed.

Feng Xifan disagreed: "The prince must not bow to those two thieves!" This throne of the king of Yanping County was originally yours of the prince, and it was Wang Yu's thieves who teamed up with Zheng Cong to take away your throne! With such a great feud, how can it be compromised! ”

"But people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, what can we do if we don't make peace with them now?" Hong Xu sighed, "As the saying goes, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, as long as you can survive, are you still afraid that those generals who are loyal to you will honestly listen to Zheng Cong and Wang Yu, the two thieves?" Don't forget that there are still many generals in Jiangnan who are loyal to you! ”

Zheng Jing finally agreed and bowed his head to Wang Xinyu to sue for peace.

After three days of construction, the Qiongzhou army has completed the fortifications of the encirclement of Zheng's army. At this time, the food in Zheng's army was about to run out, and then there was no need for Wang Xinyu to attack, and Zheng's army would collapse on its own.

"Lord Wang, what should we do now?" Cai Yun asked.

"Give up Xiamen Island and immediately withdraw to Dongfan overnight! Let Wang Yu and the thief face Zheng Jing directly! As long as we return to Dongfan Island, we have a strong castle, a steel mill and an arsenal, and the population of the island, and the king feather thieves can't help us! Let's be the king of the Eastern Capital first, and then go to Wang Yu and Zheng Cong, the two thieves, to settle accounts! Zheng said.

"Lord Wang, but there are not many ships left, how can our soldiers and horses on the island withdraw to Dongfan?" Zhang Ji asked.

Zheng Xi said bitterly: "I can only give up everything!" Let's take our own soldiers and retreat to Dongfan! When my father surrendered to the Tartars, the eldest brother (Zheng Sen) only returned to Xiamen with less than 100 people, didn't he also pull up a strong army? At that time, the eldest brother had nothing in his hands! We have Dongfan Island today, with steel mills and arsenals, and more than 5,000 elite soldiers on the island! With such a foundation, we will be able to develop in a few years! (To be continued.) )