Mang Erdoni led the remnants to run from Anqing to Jiujiang and entered the territory of Jiangxi.

After Zheng Chenggong recovered Anqing, he left some of the troops to garrison, and then led the main force back to Nanjing.

Now the entire Nanzhili Zhongyingtian Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, Anqing Prefecture, Chuzhou, Hezhou, etc. are under the control of the Ming army. The remaining prefectures are still in the hands of the Qing army, and civil and military officials regard Shunzhi as the emperor.

Overall, Zheng Chenggong is under great pressure. Major mansions such as Fengyang, Luzhou, Yangzhou and Huai'an have a large population and are rich in grain output.

If it continues to be consumed, it will be very unfavorable for the Ming army.

After returning to Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong returned to the garrison palace as soon as possible. First, he told Zhang Huangyan about the good news of conquering Anqing, and second, he wanted to take a good rest.

This rushing march made him exhausted. He was no longer a young man in his twenties. He was exhausted very quickly, and it took him a lot of time to accumulate enough energy.

"Brother Cangshui, Anqing Victory! What I said, Donglu are all paper tigers, and they are not afraid of it. You didn't see that scene, the camp was burning for seven hundred miles. Tsk tsk, I mean it is a bit exaggerated, but it means that, you know."

After seeing Zhang Huangyan, Zheng Chenggong was so excited that he was like a child.

With his relationship with Zhang Huangyan, the unhappiness of the dispute had long been beyond the sky.

Zhang Huangyan's face was a little gloomy and he sat there without saying a word.

If it were usual, he would have stood up to say hello to Zheng Chenggong.

What's wrong today?

Just when Zheng Chenggong was puzzled, Zhang Huangyan sighed: "Damu, there is one thing I have to tell you. You must be calm and not be excited."

Hum? What does this mean?

Zheng Chenggong was even more suspicious. Brother Cangshui was not like this in the past, so why did he hesitate?

"Come on, Damu, you sit first."

No matter what, Zheng Chenggong still trusted Zhang Huangyan fully. He lifted his robe and sat down and laughed: "Brother Cangshui, can you say it now?"

"Damu, something happened in Zhoushan."

Zhang Huangyan said sadly: "After Lang Tingzuo, Guan Qizhong and other thieves retreated to Ningbo, they sent troops to attack Zhoushan with Shi Lang. General Gan Hui was defeated, and Zhoushan's main island was captured by the Eastern Captain!"

Boom!

Zheng Chenggong only felt that his brain was in a bad mood.

"how so?"

Zheng Chenggong murmured to himself: "There are 20,000 troops on the main island of Zhoushan, how can the Eastern Barbarians easily conquer it?"

Zhang Huangyan knew that Zheng Chenggong would find it difficult to accept it for a while, but now the fact is already so it will still be accepted sooner or later.

"Damu, let General Gan Hui tell you about the specific matters."

After saying that, he clapped his hands and Gan Hui, dressed in armor, walked out from behind the screen.

There was also a handsome boy walking out with him, and his eyebrows were quite similar to Zheng Chenggong.

"Your Highness!"

"Father!"

The two shouted in unison.

Zheng Chenggong turned his head and saw who were not Gan Hui and his eldest son Zheng Jing?

"you!"

Zheng Chenggong felt completely disheartened when he saw the two. Because at this time they should be on the main island of Zhoushan.

Is it really as Zhang Huangyan said that Zhoushan has fallen?

"what is going on!"

This was both a questioning Gan Hui and a message to Zheng Jing.

Gan Hui naturally could not let the young master take the blame and took the initiative to speak out: "Your Highness, if you don't do the prince's affairs, the generals are incompetent. Shi Lang led the Donglu Navy to attack, with a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people, and red barbarian cannons bombarded the dock. The generals could not resist, and Zhoushan fell. The generals rushed to the fall of Zhoushan and protected His Highness the Prince to break through, not asking His Highness for forgiveness, but only wanted to leave a lineage of incense for His Highness."

Zheng Chenggong felt a mouthful of phlegm blocked his throat. After a long time, he asked, "How many people escaped?"

"Two, two thousand people..."

After saying that, Gan Hui lowered his head in shame.

"puff!"

Zheng Chenggong spurted out an old blood when he heard this.

"Your Highness!"

"Father!"

"Big Wood!"

Gan Hui, Zheng Jing and Zhang Huangyan stepped forward at the same time, but Zheng Chenggong waved his hand: "Don't worry about me, I'm fine!"

"Twenty thousand people, two thousand escaped...whether the family members?"

After asking, Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said, "Even the soldiers have only escaped two thousand, not to mention the family. I'm afraid there are not many who escaped."

The reason why Zheng Chenggong settled his soldiers' families in Zhoushan was because he was afraid that the soldiers would be distracted by taking them by his side. Now, he was defeated by Donglu.

"Your Highness, all the generals are incompetent. The generals are willing to bear all their responsibilities. If they want to kill or cut, they will obey your highness."

Gan Hui said with a heartache.

"If you don't do your business, it is impossible for 50,000 or 60,000 Donggu to besiege Zhoushan."

Zheng Chenggong also knew that with the terrain of Zhoushan, it was impossible to resist several times his enemy's army.

This is not Gan Hui's responsibility. If he insists on finding someone to take responsibility, it should be him Zheng Chenggong. After all, it was Zheng Chenggong who decided to keep the soldiers' families in Zhoushan, and it was Zheng Chenggong who resolutely chose to go to Anqing to attack Mang Erdoni when Zhang Huangyan proposed to solve Shi Lang in Ningbo first.

All of this is now caused by him.

Who will be responsible if he is not responsible for this matter? He found a subordinate to take the blame? Zheng Chenggong can't do such a thing!

"I dare not tell the soldiers about this. Otherwise, I will be afraid of unstable morale in the military."

What Zheng Chenggong is most worried about now is that if the Ming soldiers knew that Zhoushan would collapse after the fall of the fall of Zhoushan.

After all, they are all family members, and their wives and children are on Zhoushan Island.

This farewell is really a farewell forever.

"It's time to time that Damu has to say something, but it can really slow down first, and you can stabilize your emotions first."

Zhang Huangyan felt very uncomfortable when he saw Zheng Chenggong blaming himself so much.

They are not only close friends, but also comrades-in-arms who have fought side by side for many years. He could understand the pain in Zheng Chenggong's heart at this moment, but escaping cannot solve the problem.

"Brother Cangshui, I regret it. If I had heard your advice and went to fight Shi Lang first, Zhoushan would not have been conquered."

Zheng Chenggong sighed: "In order to throw Zhoushan away with Anqing Mansion, what are my faces facing the soldiers? Their wife and children died in vain because of my decision!"

"Damu, don't say that. There are injustices and debts, and this is obviously a crime committed by the Donglu. Why do you have to take it into yourself?"

Zhang Huangyan said very seriously: "Although Zhoushan is now in a fall, the sky has not yet collapsed. If you collapse because of this matter, wouldn't it make your relatives feel sorry for your enemies? We have captured Zhenjiang, Nanjing, and Anqing. Should these efforts be wasted?"

Gan Hui looked at Zhang Huangyan with gratitude. Fortunately, I still have my soldiers at this time. If it weren't for Zhang Huangyan, he really didn't know how to face Zheng Chenggong.

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