After the Qing army's naval division was completely dispersed, Zheng Chenggong saw that the overall situation had been decided, so he asked his generals to intercept the Qing ships that tried to escape, and he himself returned to Xiamen Port. Seeing the beacon fire in the direction of Gaoqi just now, Zheng Chenggong felt a little uneasy, so he was anxious to ask what was going on, and just in case, he also sent a team of boats to patrol the sea near Gaoqi.

By the time Zheng Chenggong returned to the port of Xiamen, the envoy to Gaoqi had already returned, and he immediately reported what he had seen and heard to the king of Yanping. After learning that Chen Python had won, Zheng Chenggong was very happy, just now he was still a little worried that the Qing army that had landed could break through to the north, and then escape back to the strait north of Guò, and now this last gate has also been blocked.

Chen Peng defected to the enemy, and according to Zheng Chenggong's rules, the whole clan should be annihilated, and he himself was killed by random arrows. But the envoy sued the king of Yanping County, and Chen Peng's army collectively interceded for him, hoping that the king of Yanping County would be able to show mercy outside the law.

"Since this is the case, let's take it lightly, and we can't chill the hearts of the faithful." Zheng Chenggong replied happily that these troops did not defect with the generals, which made him feel good: "Chen Peng is beheaded, but there is no need to hang the camp gate." The purpose of hanging the head of the traitor is to deter potential traitors, but Chen Peng's subordinates are obviously reliable warriors: "After the execution, the head will be handed over to Chen Python and let him be buried in the funeral, so that he and Chen Peng can be regarded as the whole thing." ”

After a little thought, Zheng Chenggong ordered Chen Python to replace Chen Peng's position and command the army.

"Chen Python's wife and brothers don't ask, and the pro-soldiers are all pardoned regardless of whether they are rebellious at the beginning or not."

Zheng Chenggong quickly issued the order, and the herald shouted yes, and rushed to Gaoqi again with the decision of the king of Yanping County.

"Chen Peng is really a clown jumping off the beam," after the envoy left, Zheng Chenggong's eldest son, Zheng Jing, commented contemptuously: "To dare to have the prestige of the little father in the army, it is really self-defeating!" These are all his father's soldiers and horses, and he doesn't want to pull them away alone. ”

After hearing the words of the prince of Yanping, many generals also agreed, Zheng Chenggong accepted their congratulations with a smile, and then continued to dispatch troops to try to annihilate those landing enemy troops who did not have time to retreat.

After all the generals were ordered to leave, only their father and son were left in Zheng Chenggong's tent, and Zheng Chenggong corrected: "You are not right, Chen Python and they are not thieves, although they have my prestige, but the most important thing is that they are all loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty; Don't say Chen Peng, even if I want to surrender, they will not listen, but will disperse on their own. ”

"What the father said is that the child has lost his word." Zheng Jing hurriedly nodded yes.

"You are the son of the world, you must pay attention to proportions when speaking in front of people, and don't let people misunderstand." Zheng Chenggong felt that Zheng Jing didn't fully listen to it, and he also had some misunderstandings about Junxin, which made him a little worried.

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The Qing troops on the east bank lost the will to resist after fleeing to Shilang, and surrendered to the Ming army in large numbers. The landing ground in the southeast was personally commanded by Dasu just now, and when Zheng Chenggong's sailors approached, Dasu had no time to let all the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade board the ship. After the retreat of Dasu and Huang Wu, there were still nearly 1,000 forbidden brigades and eight banners on the shore, and they became the backbone of the Qing army's resistance.

Under the supervision of these forbidden brigades and eight banners, the Qing army here refused to surrender lightly, but stood guard on the shore and trapped beasts to fight.

In the face of the dense defensive lineup of the Qing army, the Ming army on the opposite side did not rush to launch an offensive, but continued to defend. As the Qing ships in the surrounding waters continued to be wiped out, these Qing troops finally lost all hope of a solution, and while the Qing ships on the sea continued to disappear, more and more Ming naval divisions drove behind the Qing army and launched artillery bombardment on the Qing army formations on the coast.

Blocked by the Ming army in front and the vast sea behind them, the Qing army had no chance to dodge the artillery at all, so they could only stay on the uncovered beach and be bombarded indiscriminately by the artillery fire of the Ming army. The shells kept crashing into the crowd, and each time there would be a continuous sound of broken bones, this situation of being beaten in vain did not last long, and soon a large number of Qing soldiers began to run over and surrender to the Ming army's defense line because they could not bear this torture.

Before dark, even the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade lost the courage to continue resisting, and hundreds of them were also killed and wounded in the Ming artillery bombardment. Seeing that the war situation was hopeless, the invincible Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade also sent envoys to ask the Ming army to surrender, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria demanded that they avoid death - they also knew that Zheng Chenggong might not be trustworthy, but desperate people always wanted to grasp a straw.

Zheng Chenggong, who had just arrived at the front from the port of Xiamen, agreed to the other party's request, saying that as long as the Eight Banners of Manchuria laid down their arms, he would spare the lives of these people.

"Does Father really want to let them go?" After the envoy left, Zheng Jing asked curiously.

Zheng Tai sent a report just now, he failed to catch Huang Wu or Dasu, but intercepted a large number of Qing ships. Desperate, a group of Qing troops abandoned their ships and fled to Kinmen Island, and Zheng Tai's troops then arrived and surrounded them. In order to reduce the losses of the Ming army as much as possible, Zheng Tai sent envoys to persuade him to surrender on the condition that he would not kill prisoners. As a result, a part of the Qing army chose to believe in Zheng Tai and laid down their arms to surrender to the Ming army, and these prisoners were less than a thousand people, of which 200 were the forbidden brigade Eight Banners who came with Dasu. After the Qing soldiers laid down their weapons, Zheng Tai tied them all up and threw them all into the sea.

"Of course I will keep my word." Zheng Chenggong didn't think there was anything wrong with what Zheng Tai did, in the concept of the Ming and Qing armies, the execution of prisoners was not a big deal, everyone was doing it; As for the breaking of the promise, it was considered a normal thing to fall from above, Zheng Tai successfully persuaded the Ming army to avoid casualties, and the soldiers not only did not resent it, but they all thought that Zheng Tai had a good hand.

Zheng Chenggong felt that as the king of the county, he should be stronger than Zheng Tai in the matter of speaking and counting: "After the real Tartars surrender, they will cut off their hands and ears, and then send them back to Quanzhou." ”

Although these people have become completely disabled and unable to take care of themselves, no one can say that Zheng Chenggong did not keep his promise, and after waiting for about half an hour, the Ming army officers who went to surrender returned to report that the remaining Qing troops had all surrendered their weapons. At this point, the more than 10,000 Qing troops who landed in the southeast of Xiamen were all taken prisoner by the Ming army, including more than 200 Manchurian soldiers.

Zheng Chenggong was about to give the order to take action and cut off the hands of all the Manchurian soldiers who surrendered, but he suddenly remembered something in his heart, and the order that had already arrived at Zheng Chenggong's mouth was swallowed by him again: "Lock them all up first, be serious, don't starve the real Tartars to death." ”

After imprisoning the more than 200 forbidden brigades and eight banners, Zheng Chenggong ordered to prepare a fleet and send these Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers to Zhoushan: "I heard that Admiral Deng has attacked Nanjing again, so let Zhang Shangshu transfer these true Tartars to Admiral Deng." ”

Not long ago, Zheng Chenggong learned that after leaving Wuchang, Deng Ming continued to move south, and had already broken through Jiujiang and controlled this key area to march to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is unlikely that Deng Ming's offensive will end here, and Zheng Chenggong estimates that Deng Ming may be worried that he and Zhang Huangyan are busy attacking Taiwan and do not pay too much attention to harassment, so he once again pro-governs Jiangnan.

Just now, Zheng Chenggong suddenly remembered Deng Ming's handling method under the city of Nanjing, that is, to sell the Manchurian soldiers to the magistrates in Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong felt that collecting money in this move was a pretense, and releasing the Eight Banners of Manchuria to affect their fighting spirit was Deng Ming's main purpose. In this case, Zheng Chenggong planned to hand over these prisoners to Deng Ming to dispose of, this kind of work of sacrificing prisoners could not only show his respect, but also let Deng Ming decide the trade-off - Zheng Chenggong did not intend to repeat the mistakes of the past.

"Isn't that a little too much trouble?" Zheng Jing was also very clear about Deng Ming's identity, but he always felt that there was no need to be so polite to Deng Ming: "If Admiral Deng has already gone back, what should the prisoners do?" ”

"If Admiral Deng has already left, then it will be at Zhang Shangshu's sole discretion." Zheng Chenggong had already thought that if Deng Ming's plan was really to break the morale of the opponent's army, then he could act in unison with Deng Ming - besides, there were many Manchurian Eight Banners eliminated in this battle, and the release of 200 people would not have any bad impact.

Regarding Zheng Chenggong's attitude towards Deng Ming, Zheng Jing actually has some opinions, and feels that Zheng Chenggong is not necessary to be so polite to a clan whose strength is far inferior to his own.

"You still didn't listen to what I said just now." Zheng Chenggong noticed his son's disapproval, and sighed again, fortunately, the Min army is still up to Zheng Chenggong is final say, although Zheng Jing's attitude towards Daming is a little subtle, but Zheng Chenggong will not let this kind of thinking affect his decision-making and mentality.

After all these Qing troops surrendered, the Battle of Xiamen came to an end, and Zheng Chenggong captured more than 8,000 horses in the first battle, and finally could start to form his own cavalry team: "Originally, if I wanted to attack Taiwan, the materials were still a little insufficient. ”

After returning from Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong was obsessed with Taiwan, but his troops were not very abundant, and he was worried that if he set off with the main force, Xiamen would become too weak, giving the Qing court a chance to take advantage of the weakness to attack. If, in the process of attacking Taiwan, the news came that Xiamen had been lost and that all the family members and warehouses had been taken by the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong was worried that the army attacking Taiwan would be shaken.

But now Zheng Chenggong doesn't have to worry about this problem, relying on the newly captured equipment, Zheng Chenggong will be able to attack Taiwan without weakening Xiamen too much, and after this defeat, the Qing army will definitely not be able to gather the strength to attack Xiamen again in the short term, which gives Zheng Chenggong a safe period of time to carry out free activities. As long as Taiwan is captured, Zheng Chenggong will move all his family members and strong men to the Taiwan region, so that Zheng Chenggong will not dare to send troops to the southeast for the safety of the base area.

Soon after, a new piece of good news came, Shi Lang would rather sacrifice his own warships in order to get the Manchurian soldiers away, and now the main force of the Xingqing army has been lost and has entered the defensive stage. Zheng Chenggong knew that the ships lost by the Qing court this time were the main force of the country's naval divisions, which made it impossible for Beijing to gather an invasion fleet of comparable size within a few years.

When the Ming army was counting the spoils, Wu Liuqi was still leading reinforcements to take shelter in a bay far away from Xiamen. However, until the end of some of the water and land battles surrounding Xiamen, Wu Liuqi's main fleet still did not reach the Xiamen Sea area.

Wu Liuqi had already sent some miscellaneous troops to Quanzhou before, asked them to obey Shi Lang, set off together, and also agreed to Dasu's call. But Wu Liuqi's henchmen were not sent to participate in today's battle. For Wu Liuqi, if the Qing court could win, then he was not completely out of the woods - he sent a part of the Cantonese soldiers.

"Shi Lang and Huang Wu don't know what to think, they actually dare to fight Zheng Chenggong head-on, both of them are Zheng Chenggong's subordinates, don't they understand the fear?" The courage of Shi Lang and Huang Wu surprised Wu Liuqi, and he and Zheng Chenggong had also dealt with each other many times, and found that they were not at all the opponent of the king of Yanping in naval battles, nor were they able to fight on land.

"Zheng Wei was defeated in Jiangning last year, and I heard that he was defeated by thousands of sailors on Liang Huafeng." One of Wu Liuqi's aides said that he, unlike Wu Liuqi, thought that there was still a chance to capture Xiamen.

"I'm sure that it will definitely not be Liang Huafeng's thousands of sailors who defeated Zheng Re, or tens of thousands may not be enough, it must be that the imperial court has concentrated soldiers and horses from Shandong, Henan and other places to reinforce Jiangning together, and finally has several times the advantage against Zheng Rei, Zheng Reverse, Jiangning will definitely not be able to defeat it, so it is better to retreat." Unlike Shi Lang and Huang Wu, Wu Liuqi had his own method for the Battle of Nanjing, and the former had personally asked the witnesses of the First Battle of Nanjing, so when they came, the combat effectiveness of Zheng Chenggong's army declined; And Wu Liuqi didn't see Liang Huafeng's troops, thinking that Zheng Chenggong's combat effectiveness was still about the same as before: "But these two people made Zheng Chenggong's retreat weak, and they would even want to take the initiative to attack Xiamen." ”

After sending a part of the miscellaneous troops to Quanzhou, Wu Liuqi led the fleet to slowly advance towards Xiamen, and he did not intend to participate in this attack: "Huang Wu and Shi Lang together can't beat Zheng Chenggong, let alone the two of them, even if I add one, I can't do it, this battle is first come, first defeated, then defeated, not undefeated." Wu Liuqi analyzed to his henchmen that he had not just surrendered to the Qing court, and he had already done a lot of work for the Qing court, so there was no need to rush to make meritorious contributions.

After walking slowly for a day, Wu Liuqi didn't advance for long, and ordered to camp as soon as it began to darken.

As a result, early the next morning, Wu Liuqi received news that the Qing army, whether it was a naval battle or a land battle, had been defeated by Zheng Chenggong and had retreated to Quanzhou.

"I already knew?" Wu Liuqi showed off his foresight, and handed a piece of music to the imperial court on the spot, saying that he could not support himself alone, and for the safety of the two Guangzhous, he must return to Guangzhou immediately. After writing the recital, Wu Liuqi immediately embarked on the road back to his hometown with the fleet, and did not hesitate to leave Xiamen.

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When the battle of Xiamen was completely over, Deng Ming learned from the guards that the secret envoy of the governor of Caoyun had arrived in Zhenjiang and was now waiting for his reception outside the camp.

According to the author, there are some relatives and guests at home today, and the number of words is less, and they will be made up tomorrow.