Annihilated the Eight Banners of Jiangnan, Zhang Huangyan's next plan was to wave his army in Zhejiang and rescue the Qi family and other Jiangnan scholars in Zhejiang.

Just when Zhang Huangyan was planning to wave his army to Hangzhou and rescue the Jiangnan Shi clan of Shanyin and Huiji by encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, a messenger from the Zheng family army took a fast boat to report to the Zhejiang army: "Lord Qiyu, the king of Yanping sent troops to the Northern Expedition!" It's been more than three days since we left! At that time, the king of Yanping will enter from Hangzhou Bay and attack Hangzhou City! The prince hopes that the adults will keep Changshu! ”

"Great!" Zhang Huangyan was overjoyed, "King Yanping will definitely be able to conquer Jiangning when he sends troops!" ”

Hangzhou Green Camp was still besieging the Qi family in Shanyin at this time. The Qing army suffered enough under the Qijia castle, no matter what siege methods the Qing army took, they were restrained by the Qi family's family and the Qiongzhou army, and the Qing army's cannons were easy to transport, and the range was not as good as the Ming army's cannons that shot condescendingly. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, the Ningshao Green Battalion and the Hangzhou Green Battalion lost more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers and more than 5,000 auxiliary soldiers under the castle, which can be described as heavy losses.

In desperation, the Qing soldiers of the Hangzhou Green Battalion did not dare to attack rashly, so they had to adopt the method of siege, trying to trap the Jiangnan Shi clan and the Ming army in the castle. At this point, the Qing army has been besieged for more than a month.

Under the Qijia castle, the corpses of the Qing army were piled up. It was very hot, and the corpses quickly decomposed and stenched, emitting a disgusting stench. In the Qijia Castle, people shouted that the Qing army should send auxiliaries, not to carry any weapons, and to come and collect the corpses with a white flag as a signal.

In accordance with the requirements of the Ming army, the Qing army sent Minzhuang and auxiliary soldiers, waving white flags and carrying no weapons in their hands, to collect the corpses under the Qijia Castle, and then continued to besiege the castle.

Hong Xiguan and the others in the castle were not afraid of the siege of the Qing army at all, because the food in the Qi family castle was very sufficient, enough for the Qi family, Wei Geng and other Jiangnan scholars who came to Qi Mansion for refuge and the Ming army who assisted in guarding the castle ate half a year. Hong Xiguan did not believe that the Qing army could besiege it for more than half a year.

The south shore of Hangzhou Bay, on the coastline. A squad of Green Battalion soldiers patrolling the beach.

As with the coastline elsewhere, the Qing government set up a cordon on the coast, and if anyone tried to cross the border, they would be mercilessly arrested by the Qing soldiers. Although Zhu Changzuo was not as ruthless as Shang Kexi and Wu Liuqi, and did not give an order to kill the fishermen who crossed the border, the fishermen caught by the Qing soldiers were inevitably beaten and sent to Yamen to be imprisoned. After that, local officials decided how to sentence them according to the severity of the case, and if they were "suspected of going to sea", they were sent to exile thousands of miles away if they violated the ban on sea only for the purpose of going out to sea to fish. I don't want to come back.

"Eyes wide! Don't let the pirates come up again! This time, Haikou came up to help the Qi family, and the prefect was furious, and someone had already been killed because of this incident! If we let the pirates come ashore again, we won't be able to eat and walk around! A Green Battalion Qing Army General shouted at his men.

At this moment, a Qing soldier suddenly saw that a forest of black masts appeared on the sea, and a large number of warships were heading towards the south shore of Hangzhou Bay.

"Haikou! There are a lot of pirates! The soldier's eyes widened and he was stunned for a long time before he pointed to the sea and shouted.

The Qing army always looked in the direction of the soldier's finger. I saw that there were thousands of ships under black pressure on the sea. Although they didn't look like very large ships, those ships of two hundred to three hundred materials were already behemoths for the Qing army.

The Qing soldiers on the beach were stunned as the ships flying the Zheng Jiajun flag on the sea got closer and closer, and waited until the Ming warships revealed their black holes. Only then did someone shout: "Run!" ”

"Run!" I repeated the total.

The Qing soldiers spread their legs and fled desperately into the depths of the interior.

"Fire!" Zheng Chenggong's sailor general, Cai Yi, roared.

Dozens of naval guns spat out tongues of fire, spewed white smoke, and shells smashed into the beach. More than a dozen Qing soldiers who did not have time to escape were hit by shells and were beaten to pieces.

Although the naval guns of Zheng Jiajun's small ships are not large, they are all small cannons that can only fire two or three catties of cannons. However, these improved guns and new propellants have a short range, and the shells can hit about two miles.

Before Ning Shao's green battalion learned the news of Zheng Jiajun's arrival, Liu Guoxuan, Xie Yongchang and others from Zheng Chenggong's department had already taken Lu Shimen and horses on a small boat, and under the guidance of the people of the Heaven and Earth Society, they entered Shaoxing from the river.

Seeing the small boats of the Ming army rowing over, the personnel of the Tiandihui who had been ambushed nearby in advance cut the barrage in the small river, and some people dived into the water, cut off the underwater hidden piles, and introduced Zheng Jiajun's boats into the inland river. Then the fishing boats of the Heaven and Earth Society came, leading Zheng Jiajun's fleet towards Shanyin.

Before the Qing army of Hangzhou's green camp, which was besieging Qijia Castle, understood what was going on, Zheng Jiajun's boat had already appeared from the river behind them.

On small boats, light Franc cannons, bowl-mouth guns, bird guns, and bows and arrows were aimed at the Qing army camp on the shore.

"Put!" Liu Guoxuan gave an order.

The guns and arrows of the small boats of the Ming army were fired in unison, the bullets rained down like rain, and the arrows were like locusts. Blood splattered in the crowd, and the stunned Qing soldiers fell in an instant.

"Ashore!" Liu Guoxuan yelled.

Zheng Jiajun's boat came ashore, and a large number of Ming soldiers in red clothes and black armor jumped onto the river bank, quickly formed a group, and killed the Qing army in Hangzhou, who was besieging Qi's family.

Hearing the sound of gunfire, and then looking at the river bank in the distance, I saw that the Qing army fell one by one like harvested rice, and Qi Lisun and Qi Bansun brothers, who were standing on the top floor in Qi Fuzhong and observing, shouted excitedly: "Look over there!" Here it comes! The Great Ming King who came to the rescue of us is here! We're out! The Tartars are coming to an end! ”

Hong Xiguan stood on the city, watching the Qing army under the city hurriedly forming a formation to prepare for battle, and sneered: "Mantis arm blocking the car!" Tartar is no match for King Yanping at all! ”

"Surrender or die!" The Ming army shouted loudly to the Qing army.

The Qing garrison looked at the soldiers who were about to move, and shouted anxiously: "Kill those who surrender!" Kill those who shake the hearts of the army! Don't surrender! The brethren will come up with me and fight to the death against the pirates! ”

Knowing that the Qing army refused to surrender, and saw the Qing army forming a formation and launching a counterattack against his own army, Zheng Chenggong laughed: "Hahaha! I don't know if I'm alive or dead! It's a mantis arm block! But that's fine! Kill these thousands of Tartars today, and it will be regarded as a sacrifice flag for the fourth Northern Expedition of our army! ”

As soon as Zheng Chenggong came up, he sent his most elite Iron Man Army to deal with these Qing troops who tried to stop him. The Ming artillery first shelled and destroyed the artillery that posed the greatest threat to them in the Qing army. Then send the Iron Man Army to attack.

"Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! Seeing groups of iron-clad Iron Man soldiers walking over step by step, officers at all levels of the Qing army shouted anxiously.

Rows of light arrows flew into the sky, drawing an arc and falling. The locust-like feathered arrows shot at the Iron Man Sergeant's body, and only a clanging sound was heard, and the feathered arrows were bounced off by the iron armor and fell to the ground one after another. Unscathed, the Iron Man continued to advance, slow, ignoring the attacks of the bows and arrows.

"Prepare heavy arrows!" The Qing officer shouted.

The Qing soldiers took out the armor-piercing arrows from the quiver, stretched out their bows and arrows, and aimed at the Iron Man Army who stepped forward step by step.

Countless armor-piercing arrows shot out with the sound of howling wind. The arrows were shot at the Iron Men who were unscathed. Even if some sharpshooters shot armor-piercing arrows into the face of the Iron Man Army, these Ming soldiers had iron shields on their faces, and they were bounced off when they hit the heavy arrows.

The Iron Man Army counterattacked, and the Iron Man Sergeant took the bow and arrow from his back and shot a row of feathered arrows at the Qing army. The arrow pierced into the crowd of Qing soldiers, and suddenly a miserable scream sounded.

"Bird's guns! Hurry up with the bird! The Qing officer shouted.

The Qing army's bird guns came up, picked up the birds, and fired rows of projectiles. But against a target fifty paces away. Originally, the power of the bird gun was not very large, and the Iron Man Army had thick iron armor on its body, and the projectile shot from fifty steps away hit the body and was blocked by the iron armor. Although there is a certain amount of damage to people, they will feel impact and pain, but they will not lose their combat effectiveness.

The archers and bird gunners of the Zheng family army immediately stepped forward and aimed at the Qing army's formation. The arrows and projectiles fired in a volley, and the Qing army's bird-gunners were shot by arrows one after another, screaming and falling.

The Iron Man Army walked into the Qing army formation step by step. Engage in melee combat with the Qing army.

The pikemen of the Qing army in front of them stabbed out rows of spears and stabbed them on the Iron Man Army, and they couldn't get into it at all. And the Iron Man Army resisted the spear formation of the Qing soldiers, and rushed into the Qing army formation. After being close, the spear array of the Qing army lost its effect, and was cut to the ground by the Ming army like chopping melons and vegetables.

The Qing army's sword and shield came up and slashed at the Iron Man Army with a big sword.

The big knife slashed at the armor of the Iron Man Army, only to see sparks sprayed out, and the Iron Man Army was unscathed. Although the Iron Man Army wearing heavy iron armor moved slowly, and was slashed several times by the Qing soldiers before he could fight back, the Iron Man was invulnerable, even if he took dozens of blows, he was unscathed, and the Qing soldiers fell to the ground when they were hit.

Even if a Qing soldier rolled on the ground to the feet of the Ming army, trying to cut off the calves and feet, he found that the boots worn by the Iron Man Army were all iron, and they were long iron boots, and it was okay to be cut off on the calves.

The invulnerable Iron Man Army showed its might, causing the Green Battalion to collapse quickly.

The formation of the Qing army was quickly disrupted by the Iron Man Army, and there was a situation of collapse.

"Kill!" Liu Guoxuan roared.

"Kill!" The Zheng Jiajun, who had high morale, followed behind the Iron Man Army, shouting and killing the Qing army.

The Ming army rushed into the Qing formation, slashing and stabbing with swords.

The Qing soldiers who fled in embarrassment did not dare to turn back to resist at all, and were caught up by the Ming army behind and slashed in the field. Some Qing soldiers fled relatively quickly, but the river network in Shaoxing was vertical and horizontal, and before they ran far, there was a river in front of them, and the bridge on the river had already been destroyed by Zheng Jiajun. The panicked Qing army jumped into the river and was killed in the river by the rushing Zheng family's boats, or stabbed to death by spears.

In the blink of an eye, the Hangzhou Green Camp that surrounded Qi Mansion was all annihilated.

The rescued Qi Lisun, Qi Bansun, Qu Dajun, Wei Geng, Qian Zhangzeng, Pan Tingcong, Zhu Yizun and other Jiangnan scholars walked into Zheng Chenggong's camp.

"Thank you Prince Yanping for saving your life! If it weren't for the fact that the King of Yanping had already made preparations, let us build the castle first, and personally led the army to rescue us, I am afraid that we would have lost our lives at the hands of the Tartars! Wei Geng bowed to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong said with a stern face: "Hateful tartar!" They want to kill all the Han people who resist us, they want to destroy the scholars who have the heart to resist, and they want to turn all our Han people into their slaves! This Tatar Qing is even more hateful than Meng Yuan! ”

Wang Xinyu said many times in front of Zheng Chenggong that the Qing court was bad, the Qing court and Meng Yuan were different, although they were both invaders, but Meng Yuan at least did not restrict the development of science and technology and industry and commerce, and did not shave their hair and change clothes, although some people wore Mongolian clothes back then, but it was a small number of people, and Meng Yuan did not force the Han people to wear their clothes, on the contrary, many Mongolians also wore Han clothes. Back then, in Dadu, there were people who wore everything, some Westerners, some Arabs, and some Han Chinese.

When Marco Polo came to the capital, he described the splendid Orient. Later, during the Qianlong period, the British delegation came, saying that the countries of the East were moving from civilization to barbarism.

In later generations, some people put Mengyuan and Manchu Qing together, can it be the same? One brings the Yellow Peril to the West, and the other is the sick man of East Asia. Although they were all invaders, the Manchus were not only slaughtering from the same body as the Mongol Yuan, but they were destroying the Chinese civilization! The history of China, interrupted by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, had the worst impact on the future.

Zheng Chenggong said: "This king is about to enter along Hangzhou Bay and conquer Hangzhou City!" All of you, let's go to Dongfan Island to avoid it first, the smoke of Jiangnan will rise, and when this king defeats the Jiangnan Tartars, you will come back. ”

Wei Geng arched his hand and said: "Lord, then Zhu Guozhi killed my Jiangnan scholar, you must conquer Jiangning, and take Zhu Guozhi's head to sacrifice Jin Shengsigh to them!" ”

"Please rest assured! This king is here this time to unite with Lord Zhang to seize Jiangning! Zheng Chenggong said. He thought to himself: I won't make the same mistake last time this time! This time, you must take Jiangning! As long as Jiangning is conquered, Jiangnan will be controlled, and the Tartars will be in chaos. In addition, Liang Huafeng's thieves who harmed my Zheng Jun must be killed!

"Report to the king! Mr. Zhang replied! Zheng Chenggong sent a messenger to find Zhang Huangyan to return by clipper.

Hearing the news that Lang Tingzuo had been killed and the Eight Banners of Jiangnan had been annihilated, Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed: "This time, Lord Zhang has made a great contribution!" Hahaha! Pass my order and immediately send troops to Hangzhou! ”

Zheng Jiajun's fleet headed towards the Qiantang River, Zheng Chenggong stood at the bow of the boat, thinking in his heart: This Zhang Huangyan, everything else is good, but there is a little bit of bad, and he always wants to support his King Lu. This king originally supported the first emperor, and now that the first emperor is dead, this king still supports Yongli, but why is Zhang Huangyan so dead-eyed?

The fleet flying the flag of the Daming Navy Division sailed mightily towards the Qiantang River, and at this time the Qing army in Hangzhou had learned the news that the Qing army in Shanyin had been defeated and annihilated.

"Don't worry, adults!" A Qing army general said, "We immediately shrink our forces and hold on to the fortified city of Hangzhou!" Although Hangzhou City is not as good as Jiangning, it is not easy for thieves to conquer Hangzhou! (To be continued.) )