Soon, 3,000 armor armor completed the landing at Gaoqi, and the Ming army, which was supposed to defend the entire defensive line, remained in the camp and did not come out to form a battle formation. As early as after getting the Ming army's warships, the Qing army had no doubts about Chen Peng's sincerity in surrendering, and after the landing was completed, they were completely relieved, and after seeing that even the red flag had been lowered on the Ming army's camp, which had not moved, the Qing army that landed hurriedly lit the beacon fire and reported the good news of the successful surprise attack to the friendly forces at sea.

In the camp of the Ming army in Gaoqi, more than 1,000 Ming army armor and 2,000 auxiliaries silently looked at the green flag that gradually raised the flagpole.

"The world has been decided, the general trend of the Puppet Ming Dynasty has gone, and this time the imperial court has sent five provincial water divisions and 200,000 troops. The outcome is clear at a glance, even if you follow the Zheng family to resist to the end, it is not a dead end in the end? Chen Peng looked around his subordinates triumphantly, patted his chest and said: "Brothers, I have been following the general for so many years, and the general has already arranged the future for everyone. ”

"Okay!"

"Okay!"

The soldiers behind Chen Peng brandished their swords and guns one after another, and cheered as they had been instructed in advance.

After the cheers for the soldiers stopped, Chen Peng shouted to the officers and soldiers again: "Brothers, go with the general to take Xiamen Port and share prosperity!" ”

Among the pro-soldiers behind him, another cheer sounded: "Wealth together, wealth together, wealth ...... together"

However, few of the soldiers in the audience echoed it, most of them remained silent, and after a few people shouted twice, they also stopped in disagreement when they saw that their companions around them were silent.

"This wealth and lowly position can't be shared with the general." After a long silence, suddenly a lonely voice sounded in the front row.

The voice was made by one of Chen Pengjun's subordinates, named Chen Python. After hearing this objection, Chen Peng's face suddenly sank.

"Chen Python!" A personal soldier next to Chen Peng pointed at him and shouted, "Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?" Would you be where you are today without a general? Don't you remember who promoted you from the petty soldier? ”

Chen Python couldn't answer this series of questions, Chen Peng was his benefactor and boss, everyone present knew that he could have today's official position because Chen Peng promoted him in Zheng Chenggong, and Chen Peng never left him behind once for his past achievements, and he would ask for credit to the king of Yanping County for Chen Python every time.

Chen Python, who was speechless, silently pulled out the saber on his waist, and after seeing his move, the personal soldiers around Chen Peng were shocked and angry, and they all drew their weapons to protect the general. ”

"He was not a native of Jin or Xia, he left his hometown and smuggled most of Fujian to join the king of the county - since the day he left home, he never cared about life and death, in order to expel the Tartars." Chen Peng lowered his head and stroked the big knife in his hand, but his voice was indeed loud and powerful: "Although the lowly job wants to return to his hometown one day day and night, the lowly job would rather be a ghost in a foreign land than shave his hair and become a tartar soldier and return to his hometown." ”

Saying this, Chen Python raised his head and looked at Chen Peng fearlessly: "The matter of revenge of the general, the humble duty is categorically impossible to do, the humble duty is just that you can't share this wealth with the general, and the humble oath is to fight with the Tartars to the end." After speaking, Chen Python's knife body drooped, and he arched his hand at Chen Python on the stage: "Retire from your humble position." ”

After the salute was finished, Chen Python turned around and walked towards the gate of the camp separately.

Several people who had a good relationship with Chen Python also drew their weapons and saluted their general: "Resignation from humble duties, and lowly duties will not be able to share wealth with generals." ”

A large number of Ming soldiers turned around and followed Chen Python's back without hesitation, many of them also had the same experience as Chen Python, and some of their hometowns were farther away in Guangxi and Hunan. These soldiers went all the way to the Min army, not to betray Zheng Chenggong to the Qing army for the sake of a defection, and now it is the fifteenth year of Yongli, and the soldiers of the Fujian army, like the Zhejiang army, are the vast majority of those who remain are unwavering resisters - with Chen Python's example, they all know very well who they should follow.

More and more Ming troops turned to leave, and the barracks, which was still dense, became empty in a blink of an eye, Chen Peng tried his best to shout behind the backs of his subordinates, but in vain, no one who left looked back at him.

Looking at the empty stage, Chen Peng lost his soul and was speechless, these more than 1,000 soldiers of the headquarters were his capital, and it was his merit to ask Da Su for merit and reward.

"Your Excellency."

Chen Peng, who was stunned, heard the voice of a pro-soldier from behind him, this pro-soldier was the same as Chen Python, he had received Chen Peng's favor, and his chain of allegiance was firmly tied to Chen Peng, so since Chen Peng said to surrender, this pro-soldier would not object but execute the order without thinking. Just now after seeing Chen Python actually draw a knife to his benefactor, this personal soldier immediately stepped forward to accuse him with righteous indignation, and at that time the personal soldier thought that Chen Python was going to commit murder to his benefactor's boss, and his anger was also from the heart - if Chen Python dared to take a step forward towards Chen Peng, this personal soldier would be the first to pounce and kill this villain who would take revenge on the spot.

"My lord, the villain is sorry for you." This pro-soldier was originally from Longyan, and like Chen Python, he rushed to Xiamen to join the army, and then was assigned to Chen Peng's camp: "The villain has changed his mind, and the villain can't share the wealth with the adult." ”

After saying these few words with a face full of shame, the soldiers quickly ran off the platform, and hurried to catch up with most of them. When Chen Peng called his name, the soldier who had betrayed his benefactor was ashamed and ashamed, and had to run twice as hard as he could, so that he could escape from the barracks as much as possible.

The other two soldiers in Chen Peng's right hand glanced at each other, suddenly knelt down at the same time, kowtowed heavily to the benefactor three times, and then stood up silently, flew down one after the other, and ran in the direction of the camp gate after landing...... Chen Python took the lead and came to the shore with a big knife, and he saw that the second group of Qing troops had come to the shore, and some war horses were being led off the boat. Chen Python glanced back, and saw that behind him were all comrades from the Ming army who came with him, including soldiers and auxiliaries, but he didn't bring flags and golden drums. Chen Python waved the big knife in his hand vigorously, and then took the lead to run towards the shore again, and the Ming army behind also silently followed—there was no drumming, and there was no killing shout for the time being.

When Chen Python and the others ran over, the three hundred strong troops Baqi had just landed ashore with horses and the green battalion, and when they saw a large number of Ming troops running over, the generals of the Qing army looked very confused and didn't know what these people were going to do.

It will definitely not be an attack on the Qing army, the Qing army generals are very sure of this, Chen Peng has shown enough sincerity before, and this group of Ming troops did not play the red flag, did not beat the war drums, and did not have any formation, so they rushed to the shore.

"Probably came to show us the way," the Qing army fell from above and came up with this idea, in their opinion, this is probably the new Ming army busy with meritorious service, and there are many Ming soldiers who are obviously unarmoured, and they are also mixed with the soldiers to run to the shore, and the Qing army is all armored soldiers, and there is a sense of joy when they see that there are many Ming soldiers without armor: "They are all here to help us carry armor, right?" ”

"Kill!" It was only when they ran close to the front that Chen Python and the others suddenly let out a deafening shout.

"Are these stragglers attacking us?" Until the Ming army rushed over, the officers of the Qing army were still incredulous, the Ming army on the opposite side looked like a lot of people, but the armor looked like hundreds, and the Qing army that landed had 5,000, including 500 cavalry; The Ming army did not have a defensive line to rely on, did not have a strict formation and unified command, but they launched an attack on the Qing army recklessly.

...... "Lower the sails, lower the anchor." After seeing that Chen Yaoce's ten warships were all destroyed, Chen Cai, who was behind him, quietly ordered, that when Chen Yaoce was attacked just now, Chen Cai did not send any reinforcements. Chen Cai personally led ten ships to form a defensive line, and after ordering the battleships on the defensive line to drop anchor, Chen Cai also ordered the battleships that followed closely behind to also anchor - most of the battleships that followed were also Chen Cai's subordinates, and Chen Cai was afraid that they would not be able to hold their breath and come up to reinforce him.

However, Chen Cai did not give such an order to abandon the oars, because Chen Yaoce had resisted until the first moment, the ocean current had become calm, and the tide was about to start to ebb next, and Zheng Chenggong's counterattack could occur at any time. Chen Cai estimated that he would not need to resist for a long time, and when the current began to pick up, the main force of the Ming army would begin to counterattack. Chen Cai estimated that the attack time left for the enemy would not exceed half an hour, and it did not seem difficult to hold on to such a period of time.

In fact, it is even simpler than Chen Cai imagined, since last night, the Qing army has set off from Quanzhou one after another, and today the Qing army sailors have been engaged in various combat missions since dawn, and for the Qing army sailors, this tense state has been maintained for at least six hours. Therefore, after defeating Chen Yaoce, the Qing army did not launch an attack on Chen Cai's defense line for a long time. Seeing that the opponent was slow, and also realizing that his own counterattack was imminent, Chen Cai ordered to fire all the artillery on the Qing ships. After the heavy artillery bombardment by the Ming army, the fatigue of the Qing army became more obvious, and the Qing warships that tested the Chen Cai defense line in the front row retreated one after another, and everyone from the gunners to the sailors seemed to be weak.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong, who was sitting in Xiamen Port, ordered the whole army to board the ship, and he had already heard the sound of cannons from Chen Cai's fleet, which was already very close to Xiamen Port.

"Aren't there any garrisons left here?" Although he received Zheng Chenggong's clear order, the officers around him couldn't help but confirm it.

The beacon fire in the direction of Gaoqi Xiamen Port also paid attention here, and led many people to feel uneasy, and immediately many officers sent people to check the movements in the direction of Gaoqi, and at the same time sent a reinforcement to prevent xìng. However, Zheng Chenggong refused this offer, and instead ordered all the troops around the port of Xiamen to board the battleship and prepare to participate in the naval battle.

"Yes." Zheng Chenggong nodded slightly, he knew that many of his subordinates were worried about the north, because they thought that the Qing army did not have the ability to force crossing, so the soldiers and horses on Gaoqi's side did not put too many, only Chen Peng's 1,000 people, if the Qing army really crossed Gaoqi with thousands or even tens of thousands of troops, then they were likely to defeat Chen Peng, and then enter the hinterland of Xiamen Island, and even threaten Xiamen Port. After Zheng Chenggong ordered the whole army to attack, he explained to his subordinates: "If there is a loss here, we will destroy the ugly sailors and come back." ”

Almost when it was learned that Chen Yaoce was killed, the Ming army began to prepare for the final decisive battle, and when the fierce cannon sound sounded on Chen Cai's side, the Ming army was already ready, just waiting for Zheng Chenggong's order.

"The Tartars have arrived at the door," Zheng Chenggong asked the officers around him loudly, "Has the tide begun to recede?" ”

"Exactly!" The surrounding officers replied in unison.

"Has the Tartar already arrived at the door?"

"Not bad!" Again, everyone shouted yes.

Zheng Chenggong nodded, and he first muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "I won't forget you." Then he shouted in a voice that could be heard by the officers and soldiers who were waiting for him all around: "Attack, let's go and kill all the Tartars." ”

"Yes!"

The Ming fleet was all killed from the port of Xiamen, and after seeing Zheng Chenggong come to the aid with the main force, Chen Cai also ordered all the warships to raise their sails and rush to the Qing fleet with the main force. Taking advantage of the north wind and retreating, Zheng's battleship was fast, and in the blink of an eye, it collided with the oncoming Qing fleet.

While the two sides were still at a distance, they exchanged artillery, a large number of archers gathered on the deck, and when the hostile ships staggered by, the archers swarmed up and threw rockets at the enemy ships.

…… At this time, Shi Lang was still with Dasu, commanding the landing operation of the Qing army, and the Qing army could always hear the sound of artillery from the west just now, which made Shi Lang feel quite at ease, knowing that Huang Wu had been fighting with the Zheng army's naval division; When he saw the beacon fire rising in the direction of Gaoqi, Shi Lang thought that victory was in sight. At the same time, the landing on all fronts also seemed to expose the weakness of the Ming army's insufficient strength on land, and some areas seemed to have been abandoned by the Ming army.

At the same time that the infantry occupied some of the battle lines that the Ming army voluntarily abandoned, the cavalry units of the Qing army also landed in Xiamen, and now the Qing army is really busy sending the war horses ashore, although it will take some time, but Da Su and Shi Lang are convinced, but when a large number of cavalry appear in front of the Zheng army, they will be able to give them a great sense of deterrence.

At this moment, the cannon sound on the west side seemed to suddenly become much more dense - just now Shi Lang had always thought that this was because of the distance, so only a few cannon sounds could be transmitted to this side - indeed, hesitating about the distance, most of the cannon sounds may not be heard, but it is obvious that the density of this artillery is many times more at once.

"Ouch." Shi Lang was stunned for a moment, and then shouted, he suddenly noticed that the tide had begun to recede now, and the ocean current had begun to flow from north to south unconsciously. At this time, the fighting in the west suddenly became fierce, and it did not look like a good omen.

…… And when the Ming army sailors led by Zheng Chenggong collided with a large number of Huang Wu's warships, the battle situation on Gaoqi's side changed unexpectedly. When Chen Python left the barracks and rushed to the Qing army's position, he was determined to fight to the end and would rather die than surrender, so he did not carefully consider the issue of unified command and formation before launching the charge. Rushing over with Chen Python, whether it was a soldier or an auxiliary, most of them had similar thoughts to him, and they didn't think too much about their own safety - after Chen Peng announced his surrender, most of the Ming soldiers did think that they had lost, and now they only wanted to be as good as possible to be attacked by a Qing army opponent and pull a cushion for themselves.

The formation of the Ming army was indeed too loose, and there was no battle formation at all, and when Chen Python and others cut the big knife at the head of the Qing army, some of the Ming army had just left the barracks and ran towards the beach.

However, the Qing army was also not ready for battle, and many Qing troops waited until the Ming army approached, thinking that these chaotic Ming troops were here to meet them. After being attacked by Chen Python and others, the Qing generals finally concluded that this was a counterattack launched by the Ming army, and tried to command the Qing army to fight with them, but the Qing army was slow to move on the coast, and the Ming army was unable to form a formation like the Ming army. As for the hundreds of cavalry, they could not play the slightest role, and when they were attacked by the Ming army, most of the cavalry were still busy letting their mounts jump into the sea to land; The horses that had landed were also walking in the water, or on the soft beach.

Under the fierce attack of the Ming army, the landing Qing army was defeated and retreated, and the retreating Qing army blocked the way for their companions to get out of the beach, and then continued to retreat, as the battle line continued to move towards the coastline, the beachhead of thousands of Qing troops became more and more crowded, and the space available for maneuver became smaller and smaller.

Most of the Qing troops who landed at Gaoqi had no previous experience in fighting the Zheng army, and had never seen a Ming army that could draw with the Qing army in the case of equal numbers, let alone an opponent who dared to attack the Qing army several times larger than them, and was able to gain the upper hand.

After only a quarter of an hour of landing, the Qing troops in Takasaki only took a slight peek inland, and were driven back to where they disembarked, and the Qing troops in the back stood knee-deep in the water, feeling their pants and boots sink deeper and deeper, while their companions in front continued to squeeze backwards, trying to push them deeper into the water.

On the opposite side of the Qing army, the Ming army was still attacking, they drove the Qing army off the beach, and then seized most of the beach from the enemy, and now Chen Python and others at the front are about to step into the water - every Qing soldier who tried to stand firm and resist along the way was cut down to the ground by the Ming army, and now the enemy on the opposite side is about to lose the courage to resist, they parry the blade of the Ming army, while retreating step by step, with all their strength to squeeze into the gap of the other Qing soldiers behind them.

In the Ming army camp in Gaoqi, Chen Peng silently looked at the battlefield not far away, the enemy with strong troops was compressed into a mass by the Ming army, which was only one-fifth of them, and it was already a complete defeat, and some Qing soldiers in the farthest part had already begun to board the boat, as if they wanted to escape from this battlefield.