Zheng Xi didn't know that Dongfan Island had fallen into the hands of Wang Xinyu, but he only knew that he had been robbed of grain and grass. Tens of thousands of troops are short of food and grass, and once the food and grass are exhausted, it will be the day when the morale of the army will be broken and demoralized. Therefore, Zheng Xi wanted to give up Xiamen and planned to sneak back to Dongfan, but he was unwilling to throw 20,000 elites and a large number of weapons to Wang Xinyu in vain. So Zheng Xi decided to give it a last go, if he could win, drive the Qiongzhou army into the sea, and seize the grain and grass of the Qiongzhou army, he would not have to run; If he is defeated, he will lose the main force and sneak back to Dongfan Island with his generals and personal soldiers.

made a plan, and in the afternoon of the same day, Zheng Xi ordered to take out all the food stocks in the army, let the soldiers let go of their bellies and eat a big meal, and prepare to rob the camp at night and sneak attack.

After the pre-battle preparations were completed, Zheng Xi personally led 300 cavalry cavalry, wrapped the horse's hooves with cloth, and covered the horse's mouth with a sleeve. The 1,000 or so Tiger Guard Battalion Iron Man Army and 500 personal soldier musketeers followed. The rest of the people in the other departments quietly opened the gate of the village in the night, walked out of the camp, and quietly touched the position of the Qiongzhou army.

Zheng Xianqin led the cavalry and personal soldiers, Xiao Gongchen led the Iron Man Army, Cai Yun, Zhang Ji and other generals also personally led the men and horses of the headquarters, and Li Yingqing, who stayed in the camp, was responsible for commanding the Shenji Battalion, and once he saw the attack signal, he shelled the Qiongzhou Army camp.

It was the twelfth day of the lunar month, and the moon in the sky was almost full, so it was not suitable to steal camps on such a day, but Zheng Xi, who was in a desperate situation, couldn't think about it so much, so he had to fight to the death. Lost the main force and ran back to Dongfan, although he could start from scratch, but a few years ago he followed his eldest brother and returned to Xiamen with more than 100 people. That time their brother was almost starting from scratch. Looking back on the difficult development of those years, that feeling is really sad. After all, it is not easy for a strong man to break his wrist, and it is the best choice to be able to keep his elite main force.

Zheng Xianjun approached the Qiongzhou army camp step by step, and it was frighteningly quiet all the way, and there was no movement around, and there was no signal from the secret post of the Qiongzhou army.

"It's so quiet! Something isn't right! Zheng Xi beat a drum in his heart.

There was a large camp of the Qiongzhou army in front, and there were many trenches on the periphery, and several soldiers standing on top of the earth city were motionless. The gate of the fortress was closed, the drawbridge was pulled up, and bonfires were lit around it, illuminating it as if it was daylight, but the Qiongzhou army inside did not move at all, as if they didn't know that someone was coming to rob the camp today.

"Up!" Zheng Raid roared.

Several archers stepped forward, and a row of arrows passed, and several soldiers standing at the head of the city were immediately shot into hedgehogs, but it was strange that the soldiers who were shot into hedgehogs did not fall from the earthen city. But still standing!

Sergeant Zheng threw the rope and climbed the drawbridge to cut it with a knife. Dozens of soldiers set up a simple trench bridge on the trench, crossed the trench, threw ropes, and climbed up the earthen city. But strangely, there is no one stationed at the head of Tucheng! But they didn't think about it that much, but entered the city and opened the gates. But strangely, there was such a big movement. Still can't wake up a few Qiongzhou sergeants who are sitting on the ground sleeping! When Cai Yun stepped forward with the soldiers and cut off the heads of those Qiongzhou soldiers with a knife, he found out that it was a scarecrow!

"Fooled!" Cai Yun exclaimed.

"Bang" There was a cannon shot in the camp, and countless torches were thrown from behind the wall of the inner camp. lit a bonfire set up in the outer camp, exposing Zheng Xijun to the light at once. At the same time, rows of archers of the Qiongzhou army stood up, and rows of bird-gunners stuck out the barrels of their guns from behind the wooden fence.

"Let's go!" Cai Yun shouted.

It's too late. Rows of arrows were fired, birds and flintlock muskets roared deafeningly, and shotgun-loaded guns erupted in balls of fire. The projectile drilled into the crowd, and even the ironclad soldiers of Zheng Zhengjun who were wearing iron armor could not withstand the impact of the projectile flying at high speed. The iron armor was pierced, blood mist erupted from his body, and a scream rang out from the crowd.

Although Zheng's army was well-trained and well-armed, it was difficult to organize effective resistance when it was ambushed. A platoon of shield-bearers had just blocked bullets and arrows with their shields, but they were blown to pieces by the cannonballs. The most elite Iron Man Army, under the bombardment of cannonballs, the iron armor is as fragile as tofu. The musketeers in the confusion, without heavy armor on their bodies, could not shoot in formation, but became the live targets of the Qiongzhou army's bows and arrows and bird guns, and were thrown to the ground one after another.

"Kill!" The king of infantry of the Qiongzhou army, the mountain army, was killed.

Before the people arrived, rows of national surname bottles fell first and exploded in the crowd of Zheng Xianjun, blowing Zheng Zhengjun into flesh and blood. Immediately afterwards, the mountain army entered the crowd of Zheng raiders. In order to deal with the iron men of Zheng Xianjun, the mountain soldiers who took the lead were a group of people with infinite strength, and they all used heavy weapons such as iron hammers and thick plate axes.

With a sonorous metal crash, the most elite iron army of the Zheng family army was vulnerable to the hammer of the mountain soldiers. Wherever the hammers of dozens of powerful Hercules went, they smashed on their bodies, their iron armor dented, and the Iron Man Army who was hit spat blood and fell; was smashed on the head, the iron helmet was smashed flat, and the Iron Man Army's brains burst and he was killed instantly.

The Qiongzhou musketeers in the back stood up in rows, and the muskets roared, knocking down a large number of Zheng Xian's sergeants. Immediately afterwards, the ironclad soldiers of the Qiongzhou Army were in front and the pikemen were in the back, lined up in a neat formation, harvesting the lives of Zheng Xianjun.

"We've been tricked! Let's go! Xiao Gongchen outside took his own soldiers to protect Zheng Zheng and retreated first.

"General Cai!" Zheng Xi looked at the flaming camp and knew that Cai Yun must be more than lucky.

"Lord Wang! Let's go! Zhang Ji also came up and persuaded him bitterly.

"Let's go!" Zheng Xi made up his mind, took a few generals and his own soldiers, abandoned his main army, and fled to the inner harbor in the chaos, where he took a clipper boat and prepared to escape overnight. Since most of Zheng's sailors had been lost, the few remaining clippers were simply not enough to bring all the troops back to Dongfan, so they could only retreat with a few men.

Returning to Li Yingqing's artillery position of the Shenji Battalion, Zheng Xi ordered Li Yingqing to blow up all the cannons and wagons, and bring his own soldiers to flee with him.

On the wharf of the inner harbor, people and horses were crowded, and the chaotic Zheng raided defeated army climbed onto the boat. Seeing Zheng Xi and his men on board, the sailors on board cut the cables, hoisted the sails, and used bamboo poles to prop the boat away from the dock.

"Wait for us!" A large number of soldiers who ran from behind looked at the ships that had already left the dock and cried to get on the boat.

But Zheng Zheng's heart was like a stone, and he let those soldiers cry and shout, and ordered the sailors to hurry up and sail.

In the Qiongzhou military camp, there are fewer and fewer soldiers around Cai Yun, who is under siege. He himself had more than a dozen feathered arrows hanging on his body, and he was hit by several bird gun projectiles, but he was protected by thick armor, and the armor was lined with smooth silk, which could reduce the lethality of the projectiles to the human body. Cai Yun, who was seriously injured, was still stubbornly resisting, and cut down many Qiongzhou soldiers who came up. The corpses around him piled up into a hill, most of them were the corpses of Zheng Xijun, and there were also a few corpses of the Qiongzhou army.

"Surrender or die!" The Qiongzhou sergeant outside shouted loudly.

Hearing the shouts, the desperate Zheng Xian soldiers threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground, raising their hands and surrendering to the Qiongzhou army.

"Surrender or die!" The Qiongzhou sergeant surrounded Cai Yun. Rows of flintlock pistols and birdshots were aimed at him.

"Lord Wang! The end of the world will be at your service again! Cai Yun suddenly grabbed the sword and wiped it on his neck, and a stream of blood spurted out several feet, slowly falling on the pile of corpses.

Wang Xinyu sighed: "This is a loyal and brave man, bury him!" ”

The encircled Cai Yun troops in the camp have been completely annihilated, and Cai Yun killed himself. Although there were a large number of Zheng raiders who were abandoned by Zheng Raid outside, because Zheng Raid abandoned the army and fled for his life, these Zheng raid troops were uncommanded and scurried around like headless flies. As a result, he either ran headlong into the Qiongzhou army and was killed, or he threw away his weapons and surrendered.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Wang Xinyu ordered the soldiers to shout "surrender and avoid death". began to recruit the defeated army of Zheng Raid.

After a night of fierce fighting, Zheng Xi only took a few generals and more than 200 personal soldiers and fled from Xiamen in ten centipede clippers, and the rest of the more than 20,000 elite troops were all annihilated. More than 5,000 of them were killed, and all the others were captured.

After dawn, Zheng Jing sent Hong Xu and Feng Xifan and others down the mountain. Ask Wang Xinyu for peace.

Wang Xinyu sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Hong Xu and others were confiscated at the gate of the camp and sent into the big tent.

"Lord Wang!" After meeting Wang Xinyu, Hong Xu put forward the conditions for peace, "We admit that Zheng Cong is the king of Yanping County, and we only hope that you and the king of Yanping can open up and let our little master live!" After all, our little master is your brother-in-law and the brother of King Yanping! ”

"Hahaha!" Wang Xinyu laughed, "Zheng Cong's title of King Yanping is originally legitimate!" It is the will of the first king, abolishing the prince of Zheng Jing and making Zheng Cong the prince of Yanping! I'm afraid this can't be used as a quid pro quo, right? ”

"Lord Wang, your own brother is also with us, and the little master has not treated your brother badly! During this time, your brother has been doing well with us! Hong Xu said.

Wang Xinyu sneered: "Don't threaten this king's younger brother with this king!" If a big husband wants to become a big man, there must be trade-offs! If you dare to harm my brother, then don't blame this king for killing the killer at that time! ”

Feng Xifan said angrily: "The surname is Wang! If it weren't for the great help of General Ben back then, would you be where you are today? I'm afraid that a little Chen Peng has already pinched you to death! Today, your wings are stiff, and you turn your face ruthlessly? If you are not afraid of being accused of disloyalty and injustice, you should come and kill us. ”

Wang Xinyu said: "General Feng, what are you nervous about?" As long as you honestly lay down your arms and go down the mountain to surrender, this king will definitely guarantee the safety of all of you! ”

"Surrender? Hum! Feng Xifan sneered, "I, Feng, can break my head and bleed, but I can't kneel down to the rebellious ministers and thieves!" ”

"Hee Fan!" Hong Xu drank Feng Xifan, then turned his head to Wang Xinyu and said, "Lord Wang! You want us to go down the mountain and surrender, and we have no objection. I just hope that the prince will reward the two projectile lands of Jinxia to our little master. ”

"Jinxia and Xiamen? No way! These two places can't be given to you! These two places are so close to us! If you want to do us badly, you can stab us in the back at any time! Wang Xinyu shook his head. Originally, Wang Xinyu planned to give Zheng Jing a fief in Kinmen and Xiamen, but later he changed his mind and decided to let Zheng Jing go further afield. After all, leaving Zheng Jing in Jinxia is an unstable factor, and chaos may occur at any time.

"And where are you going to put our little master?" Hong Xu asked.

"Nature is a bigger place than Jinxia! That place is bigger than our Ming land! Wang Xinyu replied with a smile.

Hong Xu asked in surprise, "Where is that?" ”

Wang Xinyu turned his head and said, "Come on, take the world map!" ”

The soldiers took the world map, Wang Xinyu asked people to open the world map, pointed to North America on the map, and said: "Here!" From now on, it will be a fief for you! This place is more vast than our Ming land! This king can provide you with weapons, and you can take your men and go there to develop! Open up territory for me! ”

Hong Xu looked at the map, and only replied after a while: "Since this is the case, then wait for the villain to go back to report to the little master, see what the little master's attitude is, and then reply to the prince!" ”

"Good! The king has given you three days! After thinking about it, you will go down the mountain to find this king! Since this king has promised that King Yanping will not hurt your life, he will naturally not break his promise! Wang Xinyu nodded.

Three days later, after careful consideration, Zheng Jing finally agreed to the conditions proposed by Wang Xinyu and took the people from his headquarters down the mountain. At the same time, Zheng Xi, Xiao Gongchen, Zhang Ji, Li Yingqing and others were also captured by the Qiongzhou army and sent to Xiamen.

It turned out that Zheng Xi did not know that Dongfan Island had fallen into the hands of the Qiongzhou army, so he took his generals and his own soldiers to escape from Xiamen by boat overnight. When he arrived at the Penghu Islands, Xiao Gongchen proposed to go to the island to rest, but Zheng Xi thought that since the grain transportation team had been robbed, the Penghu Islands must have fallen into the hands of Wang Xinyu, so he ordered the fleet to go straight to the east.

The catamaran clipper in charge of reconnaissance had already discovered Zheng Xi's fleet and immediately returned to Dongfan to report.

On Dongfan Island, the Qiongzhou Army and the Yanping Wang Army immediately changed their banners, hung up Zheng Zheng's banner of the King of the Eastern Capital, and waited for Zheng Zheng to throw himself into the net. The next day, Zheng Xi and his party arrived at Dongfan Island and were immediately taken by the Qiongzhou army.

Zheng Jing surrendered, Zheng Xi was captured, and Zheng Cong also rushed to see his brother and uncle when he heard the news.

"I also hope that my brother-in-law can release his previous suspicions, open up to his uncle and eldest brother, and let them live." Zheng Cong was soft-hearted after all, and pleaded with Zheng Jing and Zheng Xi.

Wang Xinyu smiled: "This is natural! I will spare them a way out, after all, we are all Ming people! ”

The two walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and saw Zheng Jing, who had come to ask for surrender, and Zheng Xi, who was tied up by five flowers. At this time, Zheng Jing and Zheng Xi were still scolding each other, and saliva was flying. If someone hadn't restrained Zheng Jing, if Zheng Zheng hadn't been bound, I'm afraid the two would have started fighting a long time ago. After asking about the situation, I learned that the two scolded as soon as they met.

Wang Xinyu walked up to Zheng Xun and pulled out a knife to cut the rope on his body: "Fifth uncle, the little nephew is offended!" But please rest assured, the fifth uncle, the little nephew will not harm your life! The little nephew has already arranged a good place for the fifth uncle! It's much bigger than Tofan! The fifth uncle went there, and he will still be the king of the eastern capital! You can also trade with the Tessians! (To be continued.) )