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Chapter VIII

At night, the sky is full of stars. This is a scene that China in later generations will never see.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the starry sky above his head and remembered his relatives and friends in his previous life. He had not remembered his previous life for a while. But tonight he had to remember it because tonight was New Year's Eve of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen!

I miss my family more during festivals. This poem is really nothing wrong.

Without phone calls and internet, in the classical era when most people cannot get out of their county in their lives, you can understand the loneliness and sadness of "being alone in a foreign land and being a stranger".

But the completely opposite of his sad mood at this moment was the joy of the soldiers in the army.

Whether it is the black soldiers, the Japanese dwarfs, the refugees of Denglai, the other military soldiers who are dominant, leaving their hometowns or knowing each other, they are not as attractive as a delicious meal.

How could Zheng Zhilong forget about the big big money?

Apart from the lack of fine wine, pigs, sheep, cattle, chickens, ducks, geese, big fish and prawns, although they are all slaughtered and dead, they are taken out to reward the army today, which is also very satisfying to the whole army.

Not to mention the volunteers and bald soldiers brought out by Zheng Zhilong to attack Zhifu Island, the Qingzhou Ming army under Li Shiyuan has not passed such a generous army for many years.

Zheng Zhilong was still worried about whether the Qing army would take the opportunity to attack, but the fact is that the Qing army outside made a honest move.

Abatai has made a decision to attack Zou County through Eshuo's strategy - he led 5,000 troops to Jining Prefecture with his two sons Bohe, and a large number of money, grain and materials from the Northern Army arrived in Jining City. These were the harvests of the Qing army in Northern Zhili. Then he drew tens of thousands of people from Dai Jiaji, and combined his 20,000 troops to reach Zou County.

This takes time to prepare.

Although the Qing army still surrounded Dai Jiaji, the main attack direction of the Qing army had changed.

The Qing army of Dai Jiaji quietly moved out a large number of troops at night. The remaining Qing army commander Quintama, holding ten thousand people and eight banner soldiers in his hand. Even if he was not bluffing, Zheng Zhilong could not notice something was wrong.

What's more, the Qing army has been in the "attack".

Turge used the darkness as a cover to pile up the improved shield trucks at the entrance of Daijiaji. This move is "cumbersome" but it also works very well.

After pouring buckets of cold water on these shield cars, they would store them one by one ice sculpture on the next day. They were so strong that they could not even "chew" the red cannons.

Especially in the Nanying, there was not even a red cannon, and there was no way to stop it. I could only watch the Qing army pushing the modified shield chariot to the gate of the Nanying. Then the defenders of the Nanying suffered a great loss in the battle between muskets and crossbows.

The Tartars' bows and arrows are fierce and poisonous, with a very high head. They are either in the middle of the face, or shot in the neck, or the chest. It can be said that as long as they are shot, the death rate of musketeers will be quite high.

Although they could not break the wall, they could see that it was profitable and would not give up this advantage. They made some sharpshooters move every day, and even learned to use grenades to counter Zheng Jun.

In such a contest, the Qing army took the initiative and had the advantage. The mistake was not that it was too slow to take effect, but it was really a brilliant strategy to destroy Dai Family Ji.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong is far from resting at peace.

Looking at the Tartar camps with bonfires outside, Zheng Zhilong was not afraid of the cold arrows of the Qing army every day. He even thought it was good to waste it. It was just the first month of the year, and if you want to see the spring flowers bloom, it will be at least the end of February and early March, and it will be still long.

How could so many Qing troops always surround Dai Jiaji? Why did the Tatar army enter the Frontier? Isn’t it that specialized in dealing with him Zheng Zhilong?

Burning, killing, plundering, is the purpose of the Tartars entering the Frontier.

Zheng Zhilong was guilty of not having that much weight, so he made the Tartars mobilize so much.

If the Tartars always spend time with Zheng Jun like this "game", it would prove that they had given up their plan to force themselves.

The Tartars could not afford the casualties.

This is the best.

Zheng Zhilong claimed that he was not born with talent, and things were too complicated, but they would be confused.

Building hard villages and fighting stupid wars. Zheng Zhilong’s most suitable reference for guns and cannons, as well as money and food, the war flow of violent soldiers and his once shaved heads are the ones that Zheng Zhilong is currently the most suitable for reference.

If you do too many mobile wars and play too many strategies, it will not match him.

Just like the current war..., he taught him a lot of lessons.

Although the battle was not over, Zheng Zhilong had already started to reflect. He felt that he was not suitable for fighting this kind of war, but the initiative he had before was completely suitable for him in his own war. For example, it was really difficult to play with the Tartars when they were not strong enough.

"Go to the injury camp."

From the wall of the village, Zheng Zhilong came to the injury camp. This is the home of the largest rich man in the town. There are a hundred houses of all sizes, and now they have become the wards of wounded soldiers. Their food is also the best in the entire army.

Sanitary conditions are already very high, but Zheng Zhilong can still smell a bloody smell, and there are still a burst of moans. The military doctors are no longer busy. The wounded soldiers in the day have been dealt with long ago. There are only a group of apprentices busy. They have to prepare hot water at all times, clean the wounds, change the dressings, clean the utensils, and organize the medicines in case of emergency needs.

There were a hundred wounded soldiers treated here, some of which were mild and serious. Several minor wounded soldiers were sitting in the yard. When they saw Zheng Zhilong coming, they stood up and set up. Zheng Zhilong hurriedly stopped them. Dexin's medical battalion officer also came with the military doctor and had greeted Zheng Zhilong.

"How are the soldiers injured?"

"It's okay for me to say that the more than ten people who were seriously injured were probably unable to save them. They were too seriously injured and were helpless." This battalion officer was a medical officer on Zhifu Island. He was a doctor in the Zheng family's fleet. He had seen many lives and deaths on the sea. But now he spoke with regret.

Time passed day by day, and when the Lantern Festival came, the Qing army outside the Dai family suddenly took action.

On the watchtower, Zheng Zhilong looked at the opposite side with a monocular lens, his face full of smiles - the Qing army was evacuating.

"Immediately send troops to destroy the shield cart ice sculpture outside the village wall and ask Zhou Yi to lead the troops out. The general wants to know the exact actions of the Tartars."

Zheng Zhilong issued instructions repeatedly, and then happily fought with the crowd and returned home.

The Tatars were able to withdraw their troops on their own initiative, no matter what the reason was, it means that the Tatars really gave up their plans to force themselves to eat Daijiaji.

Doesn’t this mean that his own life is absolutely safe?

This is the most wonderful gift to a time traveler who is greedy for life and fear of death.

But what will the next battle situation look like?

"You all tell me, what do you want to do if the Tartars broke the Dai family siege?" Zheng Zhilong looked at the location of Qingzhou on the map.

A map was hung on the wall, and the location of Ziyang City was highlighted, and cities in all directions were also marked.

From east, west, south, north and north, no matter how you look at it, the Tartars' breakthrough can only go east.

"Master, as far as the last general is concerned, the Tartars are either urging our army out or going east." Li Shiyuan said first.

"Our army has its own cavalry. If the Tartars want to rush our army out, it will not be that easy. The students are afraid that the Tartars will go to attack Ziyang, Zouxian, and even Qufu. If someone is sent to ask for help, our army..."

Compared with Li Shiyuan, Jiang Zhe was undoubtedly thinking more deeply. As soon as these words were said, everyone present felt uncomfortable except Zheng Zhilong.

After finally seeing the Tartars retreat, I felt relieved. If I "take the initiative" to rescue, I would really jump into the fire pit again. But you can't help but not save them. The three places have their own merits and cannot be ignored.

Only Zheng Zhilong was very worried, but he firmly believed that the Tartars would not attack the Kong family. As for Ziyang and Zou County, the strength of the defenders was not weak.

"Master General, our army fought against the Tartars and confronted each other. After months of rest, the soldiers were tired. They could not go to save them..." Gan Hui ignored the prince of the Zhu family, the saint of Confucius and Mencius, and said.

Zheng Zhilong looked at Li Shiyuan, then looked at Jiang Zhe, Tan Si and others. Each of them looked bad. I don’t know if anyone knew that the army would be in danger after leaving Dai Jiaji, a base that had been operating for a period of time, or because of what Gan Hui said.

"Ahem. General Gan understands that he loves soldiers, but..., please be careful." Tan Si said a little embarrassedly. But his embarrassment was the laughter in Zheng Zhilong's heart. Is this person okay? He is not a pedantic and stubborn person?

A group of people really can't think of any good way. Once that kind of thing happens,..., there is no way, no way.

If you fight, you can't win; if you don't fight, you can't bear the charge. Everyone is sitting there, both civil and military, but when you look at me, I look at you, you can't see a flower.

At this moment, when the group of people were at a loss and were helpless, suddenly a personal guard outside quickly came to report: "Report to the Grand Marshal, you all, don't accept the Zhou team officials at night to ask for a meeting!"

A group of people were stunned. Zhou Yi was back so soon?

"Don't you send it in."

Then everyone saw Zhou Yi with an anxious and shocked look on his face.

"What's the situation outside?" Zheng Zhilong calmed down and asked.

"Return to the Grand Marshal, Abatai went south. The Taurus army gathered and had seized Zou County a few days ago. General Yuan and the Meng family were all unaware of their lives and death. A large fire broke out in the city and was seriously damaged. Then the Taurus soldiers and horses bypassed Ziyang and rushed straight to Qufu."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Zou County was destroyed, destroyed, the Meng family... is over? Tan Si's face immediately pale as wax.

"What?" Zheng Zhilong was dizzy, "What did Hong Chengchou make for? Abatai had up to 30,000 soldiers, and he also had so many supplies and supplies to carry. Can't the soldiers and horses under him be crushed with mud?"

Zheng Zhilong roared angrily. He even felt a sense of betrayal in his heart. Hong Chengchou must have not put in his strength. Fortunately, he saved his life.

"After following the Tartars for several miles, the villain dispersed his subordinates. One of them met the messenger from Ziyang." Zhou Yi paused and said, "However, in the opinion of the villain, the general should not be too worried about General Yuan and the Meng family. There are 7,000 small Yuan camp soldiers in Zou County. Even if they are defeated, the Tartars will be killed or injured. General Yuan may have taken the Meng family to escape. Moreover, the Tartars are extremely cruel and evil. If they captured General Yuan and Meng family, they would have been widely publicized. Now that they have never heard of their words, they are mostly not caught. In addition, although Zou County was seriously damaged, Meng Lin in the north of the city is still safe and sound."

Zheng Zhilong's heart was filled with speechless annoyance. Why did he trust Hong Chengchou so much?

He is so hard that he has worked hard to make money to gain reputation and credit. Although he must have saved many lives, the key is still to himself. Don’t just mess with mutton without eating it.

Mr. Meng still has a look on the surface. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was seriously dissatisfied with his thoughts and was seriously disgusted with him. He deleted one-third of the book "Mencius" and promulgated the rest nationwide, Zhu Ming also recognized it during the Jiajing Dynasty.

After all, he is a sub-sage of Confucianism. If the Ming Dynasty is unspeakable, the Meng family will have an impact. As well as the ward of Zou County, Yuan Shizhong, who was "recommended" by Zheng Zhilong, will not be a minor trouble.

Zheng Zhilong sighed.

In the blink of an eye, he thought so much. But what Zhou Yi said next was like a "life-saving pill", which called him "resurrected from the dead".

As long as Meng Wenyu is not dead and Meng Lin is not destroyed, everything will be easy.
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