Under Gao Huan's high pressure, Zheng Zhilong issued a manifesto in response to Gao Huan and refused to withdraw from Chongming.

In Shanghai County, Gao Huan learned Zheng Zhilong’s reply and saw the manifesto from the Minyue Kingdom.

At this time, Gao Huan handed the manifesto to Zhou Yanru, and then said in a deep voice: "Zheng Zhilong has the support of the fake Ming and the Qing Dynasty, and it seems that he will not easily cede Chongming."

Zhou Yanru and others read the manifesto, stroked their beards and said, "King, it seems that the pseudo-Ming and the Qing Dynasty not only believe that we will attack the Zheng family, but also prompted us to go to war with the Zheng family."

Gao Huan sneered, "Qian Qianyi sent news that the pseudo-Ming envoy arrived in Fuzhou. Zheng Zhilong also took the initiative to make mistakes. He received support from the pseudo-Ming and the Qing Dynasty. But since we released the news that we were about to attack the Zheng family, the pseudo-Ming, the Qing Dynasty, the Shunguo, and Zhang Xianzhong were not cheating. What were their ideas? I knew very well."

Du Yinxi said in a deep voice: "King! Judging from the current situation, all forces are waiting for us to attack the Zheng family and then send troops to attack us. Zheng Zhilong's manifesto mentioned that the five countries attacked Liang, so we must be careful."

Gao Huan nodded slightly, but this situation was expected by Gao Huan.

As early as when Gao Huan marched west to Huguang, the encirclement of various forces against Liang State had been initially formed.

During the Liang army's Western Expedition, in addition to fighting with the Western Army, the Zheng family, the Qing Dynasty, the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, and Li Jiyu all took the opportunity to stab Liang State.

There was still a gap between the parties that time, and no cooperation was formed.

Now with the strength of Liang State, it is the common will of all parties to join forces to resist Liang.

At this time, whether Gao Huan attacked the Zheng family or other forces, he would form a situation where the five countries united to resist Liang.

Gao Huan repeatedly lowered his beard and said in a deep voice: "This does not affect the plan as expected by me. The Qing Dynasty, the pseudo-Ming, and Li Jiyu were wearing pairs of pants, so they must have acted together. Zhang Xianzhong has been waiting for the opportunity since the defeat of Wuchang, and he will not miss this opportunity. However, there is nothing to worry about. My plan is still to suppress Zheng Zhilong and then quickly defeat the Qing Dynasty and the pseudo-Ming. Zhang Xianzhong is not easy to leave Sichuan, and Li Jiyu also needs time to prepare. As long as I quickly and severely damage the Qing Dynasty and the pseudo-Ming, the five countries will attack Liang, which will not pose a threat to me."

Zhou Yanru closed Zheng Zhilong's manifesto, "King, now Zheng Zhilong has received support from the Qing Dynasty and the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, and his attitude is tough, what should I do?"

Gao Huan on Chongming Island is bound to win. If the island is not taken down, the Zheng family's navy will be able to go up the river and threaten Nanjing. Gao Huan's plan to attack the Qing Dynasty in the north may also be affected.

Gao Huan smiled and said, "Zheng Zhilong's tough attitude is just right to confuse me of the Qing Dynasty. However, although Zheng Zhilong is very tough, he is actually still timid in his heart. You see, he moved out of the Five Kingdoms to attack Liang, so he hopes that I will retreat when he sees the difficulties. He doesn't want to fight at all."

When Zhou Yanru and others heard the words, they quickly read the manifesto again.

Du Yinxi asked, "Master, what should I do now?"

Gao Huan said coldly: "I will issue a manifesto to respond to Zheng Zhilong. I will definitely win Chongming. I will then send Zhou Fugui to take down Xianxia Pass for me."

After seeing Zheng Zhilong's manifesto, Gao Huan immediately issued a reply, saying that the Zheng family would not withdraw from Chongming, and just wait for the Liang army's attack.

The manifesto was passed to the north, and Duoduo, Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou were all relieved.

After seeing Zheng Zhilong's manifesto, they felt a trembling heart. They were worried that Gao Huan would not dare to attack Zheng Zhilong when he saw the five countries attacking Liang, so that they would be happy.

Now it seems that Gao Huan won a lot of victories, a little inflated, and began to look down on the heroes of the world.

Since the conflict between the Liang Kingdom and the Zheng family, the Qing Dynasty and the Beiming Dynasty have remained silent, fearing that they would make Gao Huan notice them.

Now it seems that they were too worried, and Gao Huan didn't take them seriously at all.

This is also good. Gao Huan is so arrogant and is about to give him a blow.

At present, the Qing Dynasty and the Northern Ming Dynasty each gathered their troops and waited for Gao Huan to attack the Zheng family, and they then stabbed Gao Huan from behind.

When the Qing Dynasty, Northern Ming Dynasty, Shun Kingdom, and Western Kingdoms gathered their troops, near Xianxia Mountain at the junction of Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, an army of nearly 10,000 people were carrying equipment and pulling mules and horses, advancing towards Xianxia Pass in the mountains and forests.

This is the eastern foot of Wuyi Mountain. The mountains and forests are spreading and the roads are rugged, which is not suitable for large troops to march.

Gao Huan decided to attack the Qing Dynasty first because Fujian was mountainous and the army was difficult to unfold, which was not conducive to the quick decision.

If Fujian is flat, Gao Huan will definitely bounce off Zheng Zhilong first.

At this time, the army advanced far away from the mountain road, and the general was Zhou Fugui. As early as when Gao Huan sent Zhou Yanru to the Zheng family, Gao's army secretly issued a military order to Zhou Fugui, asking him to lead 10,000 troops to gather in Shangrao, Jiangxi, and be ready to march towards Xianxia Pass at any time.

Fujian is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on one side, with a closed terrain.

Generally speaking, when you go from Jiangnan to Fujian, you will take a sea boat, and if you want to take a land route, you will have to pass Xianxia Pass.

Xianxia Pass is the gate to northeastern Fujian, and is the passage from Fujian to connect Zhejiang, Jiangnan and Jiangxi.

In history, when Boluo led his army to attack Fujian, Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to give up Xianxia Pass and allowed the Qing soldiers to enter Fuzhou from then on, thus destroying the Longwu court.

Now, if the Liang army wants to invade Fujian, they must also go to Xianxia Pass.

This time, Zhou Fugui's goal was to seize Xianxia Pass, directly threaten Fujian's security, shocked Zheng Zhilong's courage, and forced Zheng Zhilong to surrender, forcing Zheng Zhilong to accept the conditions of withdrawing troops from Chongming.

The Zheng family withdrew their troops from Chongming, and the morale of the Qing Dynasty, the Northern Ming Dynasty, the Shun Kingdom, and the Western countries were all declining, and they all thought they were happy.

At that time, just when all parties thought that the war could not be fought, Gao Huan suddenly went north and caught the Qing Dynasty and the pseudo-Ming off guard.

At this time, after several days of marching out at night, Zhou Fugui led an army of 10,000 and had arrived twenty miles north of Xianxia Pass.

Seeing that the army was marching overnight, the soldiers were exhausted, Zhou Fugui asked the scouts to find a safe forest and let the soldiers rest on the spot.

It was difficult to walk on the mountain road, and ten thousand soldiers had to bring siege equipment and mortar cannons. The soldiers were very tired. After eating something, they all fell to the ground and slept soundly.

At this time, Zhou Fugui recruited more than ten subordinates to discuss the attack on Xianxia Pass.

"From the intelligence, Xianxia Pass has 5,000 Zheng troops stationed, and the defense is relatively tight in special periods. In addition, in Pucheng County, behind Xianxia Pass, there are 15,000 Zheng troops stationed. Xianxia Pass is in a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although we carried equipment, if we cannot capture it in a short time, not only will the Zheng army in Pucheng come to reinforce, but the Zheng army in western Zhejiang may also cut off our retreat. The situation will be dangerous at that time." Zhou Fugui sat on the stone and painted on the ground with branches, "Tell me, what can I do to take down Xianxia Pass before the Zheng army in Pucheng arrives to reinforce?"

Many generals were meditating and silent when they heard the words. Zhou Fugui glanced at everyone. Seeing that the general Li Chengdong was thinking, he said, "General Li tells you what you think."

After Gao Huan annexed Gao Jie Town, Gao Jie's generals were scattered among the various troops of the Liang army, and Li Chengdong was transferred to the rear army to follow Zhou Fugui to defend Zheng Zhilong.

Historically, Li Chengdong broke through Fujian and Guangdong from Zhejiang, and destroyed the Southern Ming courts of Longwu and Shaowu.

Now he is used by Gao Huan and appears on the Fujian front again.

Zhou Fugui knew that Li Chengdong was quite capable, and he gave him the general's face several times during the autumn festival, so he wanted to ask him what he thought.

At this time, Li Chengdong hurriedly bowed and clasped his fists and pondered: "Mo Jiang does not know the specific situation of Xianxia Pass and cannot give any strategy. However, Mo Jiang is willing to take people to Xianxia Pass to investigate, and there may be some solutions."

Zhou Fugui felt that he was saying something. Instead of thinking hard here and working behind closed doors, it is better to go and see the terrain of Xianxia Pass and understand Zheng Jun’s defense, and you may gain something.

Thinking of this, Zhou Fugui nodded happily, "Okay! I'll leave this matter to you."
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