"The old man in the army, the pirates are lazy, and God bless me in the Qing Dynasty. But there are many troops. Will you observe it for another day or two?" Speaking of this, the general swallowed and then added: "It is not a matter of pursuing military discipline overnight. If the pirates' discipline is even more dispersed, then the attack will be twice the result with half the effort."

As soon as this statement was made, many generals agreed. However, before the two important officials, Ma Guozhu and Titicacum, and Guan Qizhong, who was eager to make meritorious service, made a refutation, Liu Liangzuo, who had just entered the city today, said sarcastically: "Wait for a few more days, I'm afraid I won't win."

"Why did this great man say this?"

Liu Liangzuo was a powerful Guangchang Bo in the four towns in Jiangbei in Hongguang Dynasty. He was armed with tens of thousands of armor under his command, and was a warlord with the merit of supporting him. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he had the great achievements of killing Huang Degong, but after the war in Jiangyin, he was basically idle and scattered by the Qing court. It would be no big deal if these new generations of green camp generals did not recognize him.

"Ten days ago, Prince An's army attacked but failed to win. Now the Zhejiang bandits have begun to sweep away Jiaxing and Huzhou. It is possible to go north to meet the pirates at any time. At that time, hehe."

Prince An Yue Le, who was one of the few noble kings in the Qing court who could still show off, was stunned by the generals present, but one of the generals suddenly remembered something.

"I dare to ask this handsome man..."

"Someone, the Han army's yellow flag is inlaid with the mountains, Liu Liangzuo."

Liu Liangzuo followed Yue Le south, and many people knew about this. Seeing the main person here, the doubts disappeared, and the only thing left was worrying about Yue Le's safety.

"Prince An is fighting and retreating, and has returned to Hangzhou to defend himself. This general was sent by Prince An to Jiangning for help after entering the city..."

The person who asked for help turned into a wiping his butt, and Liu Liangzuo's sarcasm was immediately understood by the generals. Since Yue Le was fine, Jiang Ning naturally wanted to try to expel the Fujian Ming army as soon as possible, and then go south to rescue Yue Le. Thinking about Liu Liangzuo just entered the city today, Ma Guozhu announced that he would launch a night attack, so everything was natural.

Yue Le is dead, Liu Liangzuo is very clear, and Ma Guozhu also got news from Liu Liangzuo. A prince Heshuo died in Hangzhou, Xiao Qiyuan and Liu Liangzuo were extremely guilty, and Ma Guozhu, Titicacum, like Guan Qizhong, was not cleaned up. Especially Guan Qizhong, the saying that the pirates marched into Jiangnan was too smooth, which led to Prince An being forced to leave the city to fight and death in battle was enough that he would never be able to recover.

Since Yue Le's life is at stake, it is inevitable to drive away the Ming army in Fujian as soon as possible. At night attacks, the soldiers are in the essence but not in the number of them, and Ma Guozhu quickly decided on the candidates.

Late at night, the general of the Han army was appointed as the general of the Jiangnan of Angbang Zhangjing, Guan Qizhong, the general of the Han army, Zhang Tianlu, and Liu Liangzuo, the Han army's inlaid yellow flag, led hundreds of elite cavalry selected by the reinforcements, and the five hundred cavalrymen who were appointed by Su Song and the more than five hundred Han army flags, leaving Zhongfumen.

Guan Qizhong and Liu Liangzuo were eager to make meritorious contributions and would definitely fight hard. Zhang Tianlu's troops were the strongest of the reinforcements, no matter what, they had to use steel on the blade. Along the way, Qing soldiers were tied with horses and cloth, and according to the detailed guidance, they easily approached the vicinity of Zheng Chenggong's army camp group. The first person to be hit was Yu Xin's Forward Town.

At dawn, the final renovation was completed, Guan Xiaozhong, Zhang Tianlu and Liu Liangzuo first launched a surprise attack on Qianfeng Town according to the established plan.

The Qing cavalry of the brigade came overwhelmingly, and the guards at the gate of the camp were immediately killed. The Qing army took advantage of the situation and rushed into the camp.

At this time, most of the soldiers in Qianfeng Town were still sleeping. In a hurry, the armor was not covered with their bodies and weapons were not held in their hands, so they had to leave the camp to fight. There were crying from women and children everywhere, and the infantry did not fight without formation. There was no time to arrange the array here, and they were also worried about the families who were panicked and were being killed by the Qing army. The number of old camps in Qianfeng Town, the Zheng Chenggong army, was as loose as sand, and was easily defeated by the Qing army with a large scale and planned scale.

The camp was lost, Yu Xin, the chief general of the vanguard town, was captured, and his soldiers and his family were scattered. All those who could escape were fled to other military camps. If it weren't for Guan Xiaozhong and others who dared not pursue them in depth, the Ming army would have suffered greater losses.

After being attacked suddenly, all the battalions were shocked and lost the camp of Qianfeng Town. A big hole was broken in the defense line. Zheng Chenggong had to rush to lead his troops to retreat temporarily.

After a day of hard work, Zheng Chenggong's army gathered at Guanyin Sect at Guanyin Mountain, preparing to fight here for the Qing army that would take advantage of the victory to continue the attack.

The Yifeng Gate line where Zheng Chenggong originally camped was located in the north of the inner city of Nanjing, close to the Yangtze River. The place where he retreated this time was the northernmost end of the outer city, and after Guanyin Gate was Yanziji. Zheng Chenggong had to be in danger here. His army was all infantry. It was obvious that he could not escape the Qing cavalry, and it was even more dangerous to be attacked by the Qing army on the road. Moreover, he had just won a great victory not long ago, so he naturally did not want to give up the Nanjing city that was close to him.

Historically, another reason for Zheng Chenggong's northern expedition to Nanjing was that the Qing army invaded Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Qing Dynasty's troops in Jiangnan were in a once-in-a-lifetime extreme emptiness. If this time cannot be successful, it would be impossible to wait for such an opportunity, so it is worth fighting for the death.

That night, Zheng Chenggong began to set up defense lines here. Yang Zu, the commander of the left vanguard town, led the support of Yao Guotai in the right town, and Yang Zheng in Houjin Town, and Lanyan Village in Qianchong Town, to help the big mountain; the central admiral Gan Hui and the fifth army Zhang Ying were buried in the mountain; the left Wu Guard Lin Sheng and the right Tiger Guard Chen Kui lined up to meet the enemy at the foot of the mountain; Zheng Chenggong himself personally supervised the right tiger guard Chen Peng, and Wanlu of the Right Chong Town responded at Guanyin Gate; the latter admiral Wan Li, Xuanyi Zuo Town Wanyi and others blocked the main road of the Yuda Bridge; the Xuanyi Hou Town Wu Hao, and the Zhengbing Town Han Ying followed him through the water route; Huang An of Zuochong Town was responsible for the navy to prevent the Qing army from invading from the water.

When the Qing army won the first battle, all Qing troops in the city competed to go out of the city to camp. If Zheng Chenggong expected, the Qing army would indeed continue to attack. By the early morning of May 24, the Qing army would use the four left-wing banners of Jiangning, Jiangning, Jiangning, Jiangning, Jiangning, Zhang Tianlu, and Han army's inlaid yellow flag, and Liu Liangzuo led the main force to advance by land; Jiangnan, Jiangnan, governor, Xi Jinping, led the troops to cooperate with water; Jiangnan, Jiangxi, remained in the city.

The Qing army in Jiangnan was all out, and the main force was directed to Guanyin Mountain. Although the four towns resisted tenaciously, they eventually collapsed due to their defeat in the army. Lan Yan was killed, Yang Zu, Yang Zheng, and Yao Guotai led the remaining troops to flee, and the position on the top of the mountain was occupied by the Qing army. Zheng Chenggong sent the Right Tiger Guard Chen Peng and the Youchong Town Wanlu climbed the mountain to rescue, but it was too late.

The position at the top of the mountain was lost, and the Ming army's defense line opened wide. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the condescending Qing army took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on the Ming army at the foot of the mountain, surrounding the Central Admiral Gan Hui and Zhang Ying's troops stationed in the valley. The two generals of Gan and Zhang were unable to break through the siege. Gan Hui was captured and Zhang Ying was killed. The Lin Sheng and Chen Kui towns were also wiped out. Later, the admiral Wan Li and others were attacked by the Qing soldiers at the top of the bridge. They were defeated. Wan Li was captured and Wan Yi escaped in a swim.

The defense line was penetrated and the Lu Division was defeated. Zheng Chenggong had to lead his personal guards to the riverside to transfer the navy to cover the Lu Division's retreat.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong mobilized the navy, and Chen Peng and Wan Lu were also trying hard to organize the army to retreat. Relying on years of strict training, although the army was defeated, the two towns under Zheng Chenggong's personal supervision were still covering the fleeing defeated soldiers on the positions and fighting and retreating. When Zheng Chenggong arrived at the navy, the cannons on the ships soon began to pour into the Qing army's ranks, greatly reducing the pressure on the Ming army's land division.

Retreat in front of the formation, which was the most dangerous thing, especially in the case of a crushing defeat. However, Zheng Chenggong did this with the elites of the two towns and the navy. Most of the defeated soldiers who retreated to the riverside were lucky enough to board the ship in an orderly manner until they evacuated here.

However, the original position of the general flag was Pan Zhonggeng, who was responsible for coordinating the retreat of the defeated soldiers and the soldiers guarding the general flag were surrounded by the superior Qing army. Until all the dead were killed, the general flag was still floating in the outer city of Nanjing.

After evacuating Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong did not hesitate and immediately gave up the Zhenjiang and other places that had been recovered before, took away all the towns left by Zhou Quanbin and other surrendered soldiers in Zhenjiang, and evacuated them to Chongming Island.

During the Battle of Nanjing in history, Chongming Island was still under the control of the Susong Navy's left-behind troops. Zheng Chenggong besieged from all sides, but instead suffered losses of troops and was forced to give up Chongming and retreat to Fujian.

Now, Chongming is in the hands of the Ming army, and Zheng Chenggong has all the defeated soldiers who have lost their system into those incomplete units. However, the army is organized, and the combat power will inevitably decline temporarily. He will suffer consecutive defeats, lose his troops and lose his generals, and the families of the soldiers are also separated, and his morale is extremely low. It is probably impossible to fight again. There are even voices in the army that are eager to withdraw from Fujian, which is getting stronger and stronger.

"Hey, ten years of accumulation have been lost in one go, and the situation is over."

At this moment, the 31-year-old Zheng Chenggong seemed to have been aged four years and two months, which was exactly the same as when he failed to siege Chongming at the end of July of the 13th year of Yongli.

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"The army broke its lute and thigh, the enemy horses were injured and stormed, and floating corpses accumulated in the wild and covered the river, and the survivors tied up their hands." "The heroes called the enemy cavalry were wiped out and wiped out all the barbarians."

This is the letter written by Zhu Zhiyu, a great scholar in the late Ming Dynasty who happened to be in the army, was excited to write to his friend in Japan.

Coincidentally, I am happy to hear that Zheng Chenggong was in the two battles. His teacher Qian Qianyi also excitedly wrote the poem "It is so fertile to fill the ditches with the meat", "Kill all the Jie slaves to save hands", "The enemy is cross-stricken, and the Southern Dipper is still China" to praise the achievements made by the Ming army in Fujian. But today, when receiving news that Zheng Chenggong had been forced to give up Zhenjiang and other places, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but sigh: "The defeat will be a tragedy forever, and a tragedy forever!"
Chapter completed!