Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 182 Surprise Attack on Fuzhou
Maybe he felt embarrassed, but Eunuch Liu didn't stay in Quanzhou City, so he hurried to Nan'an, hoping to learn about Tangning's whereabouts from Nan'an's new army.

Nan'an is Zheng Zhilong's hometown, but it has been occupied by the new army who came across the sea.

Since Zheng Zhilong never thought that there would be a Jinshan naval battle, nor did he think that the Zheng Jun navy would be destroyed, so he did not deploy many troops in Nan'an.

After the new army eliminated Zheng Jun's naval division in Jinshan Port, the navy's ships immediately helped the new army on Kinmen Island successfully cross Jinshan Port and land directly in Zheng Zhilong's hometown, Shijing Town, the next day.

After successfully occupying Shijing Town, he led his army northward and occupied Nan'an with less than [-] defenders in one fell swoop.

At that time, Zheng Zhilong was still in a coma. When the incident happened suddenly, the guards could only take him and his family members to flee Nan'an in a hurry, and fled all the way to Quanzhou Fucheng.

However, due to haste, the many wealth and supplies left in Nan'an could not be taken away, and all of them were taken by the new army.

The exact amount is unknown for the time being, but it is said that when Zheng Zhilong woke up and learned of the incident, he immediately yelled and passed out.

Eunuch Liu naturally couldn't get the news he wanted in Nan'an. Even if the new army in Nan'an knew about Tangning's whereabouts, they wouldn't tell him about it. This was an important secret.

Two days later, the news that the navy of the new army appeared on the Minjiang River, and then went up the river, shocked everyone.

Zheng Zhilong looked in the direction of Fuzhou Mansion, his face was ashen.

As the center of the provincial capital, Fuzhou's normal defense force is naturally not weak. However, at the beginning of the war, in order to block the new army from Fujian, the Zheng army gathered its forces and transferred a large number of them to Zhangzhou, Tingzhou and Quanzhou.

After all, Fuzhou is located in the northeast of Fujian, far away from Guangdong, and the new army will certainly not be able to threaten Fuzhou in a short time.

The trend of the war at the beginning was indeed the same. The new army pointed directly at the Zhangzhou government, but the brothers were too weak to use them, and they lost successive battles, losing troops and losing generals.

In desperation, Zheng Zhilong continued to move troops south from other directions, preparing to strengthen the defense of Zhangzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture.

Subsequently, a naval battle broke out, which ended with the main force of Zheng Jun's navy being overthrown.

The navy was over, and Zheng Zhilong had no other support, so he could only desperately block the advance of the new army by land, so he continued to strengthen the defenses of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, especially Quanzhou.

Because he knew that Zhangzhou Mansion could not be kept, he could only try his best to delay the actions of the new army, so he urgently ordered the troops from the peaceful Zheng Zhibao Department in Zhangzhou Mansion and Tingzhou Mansion to come back to protect Zhangzhou Mansion.

However, the movement of the new army was too fast. After defeating Zheng Hongkui's troops, they immediately went north to the coast of Jiulong River.

However, Zheng Zhibao's troops had to detour to the north because they were worried that Wu Shu in Dafeng Mountain would launch another sneak attack, which added a lot of distance, and the troops in Tingzhou Prefecture were farther away.

So when Shi Lang launched a fierce attack on Zhangzhou Fucheng, the reinforcements were still on the way.

Fortunately, the third line of defense originally guarded by brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian had not gone through a battle, and its strength was still intact. At this time, it had retreated into Zhangzhou Fucheng for defense.

Otherwise, with the original [-] troops in Zhangzhou Fucheng, it would not be able to support it for a few days.

Now with the strength of the Zheng Cai brothers, there are about 2 people in Zhangzhou Fucheng, but it is still not optimistic, because the new army has naval support, and the artillery advantage is too great.

Thinking of the new army's habit of cooperating with the navy to launch surprise landing attacks, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but think of Quanzhou Prefecture.

The terrain of Quanzhou Fucheng is somewhat similar to that of Zhangzhou Fucheng. From the Jiulong River along the river, you can directly reach Zhangzhou Fucheng.

And enter Quanzhou Bay, and then go up along the Jinjiang River, you can go straight to Quanzhou Fucheng.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but think that the new army probably wouldn't come to Quanzhou Fucheng step by step by land, but would directly transport troops over by water.

After all, the New Army Navy now has no opponents in the waters of Fujian. It is safe and fast to transport troops and supplies in this way.

Because of this, Zheng Zhilong continued to strengthen the defense forces along the river in Quanzhou Prefecture. For this reason, he also gave up his plan to attack Nan'an City.

Because he suspected that the new army sent surprise soldiers to attack his hometown Nan'an, on the one hand to rob his Zheng family's wealth, on the other hand it must be to attract the defense forces of Quanzhou Prefecture.

The reason is very simple. Nan'an is not only Zheng Zhilong's hometown, but also the gateway to attack Quanzhou Fucheng from land. The strategic location is not unimportant.

But the new army really entered the territory of Quanzhou Prefecture, and only the few thousand troops occupying Nan'an, the normal idea must be to pull out this nail before the main force of the new army arrives.

What's more, so much wealth has been plundered by the new army, even if it is to gain popularity, Nan'an should be taken back.

But after a big defeat, Zheng Zhilong's edge seems to have been flattened a lot, and he became more rational and cautious.

He believed that the wealth that was robbed must have been transported away by the navy of the new army. Even if Nan'an was captured, they would not be able to get it back.

As for regaining the hometown, what's the point?If the city of Quanzhou can't be kept, what's the use of taking Nan'an back?

Moreover, if the new army took the water route, they could reach the edge of Quanzhou Prefecture in a few days. Zheng Zhilong had no confidence in taking Nan'an in a few days.

Once the army is mobilized, the troops sent out will still have to be taken back to Quanzhou Fucheng before the loss of soldiers and generals has not taken back Nan'an City, which will inevitably have a great impact on morale.

So after much deliberation, Zheng Zhilong felt that this risk cannot be taken.

However, he had done all the calculations, and he was sure that the new army was going by water, but he never thought that the target of the new army was not Quanzhou Prefecture at all, but Fuzhou Prefecture, which is the important place behind him, Zheng Zhilong.

"I should have thought of it, I should have thought of it..." Zheng Zhilong muttered to himself, feeling very miserable in his heart.

The new army did not show up in Jinjiang according to the budgeted time, so it should be alerted, but he still firmly believed that the new army would come to attack Quanzhou, and it was only delayed because of insufficient preparation.

If it hadn't been confirmed that the new army had really appeared in Minjiang, he would have continued to wait for the new army to attack Quanzhou Fucheng.

But now that the fact has happened, no matter how regretful it is, it will have no effect.

Fuzhou Prefecture also developed and prospered along the waters, and you can reach Fuzhou Prefecture directly along the Minjiang River.

Quanzhou Mansion is more than [-] miles away from Fuzhou Mansion, and Xinghua Mansion is sandwiched between them.

But the strength of Fuzhou Prefecture is only about [-], and Zheng Zhilong doesn't know if he can last for five days. If Fuzhou Prefecture has already been captured on the way to support, it will be a loss for his wife and soldiers.

Not only was Fuzhou Prefecture not saved, but Quanzhou Prefecture might not be saved either.

In a dilemma, Zheng Zhilong thought of Eunuch Liu, and immediately sent someone to contact Eunuch Liu, asking him to go to Fuzhou Mansion to find Tangning as soon as possible.

Even if Tangning couldn't be persuaded to strike back, it would be good if he could delay for a while. Now he can only be treated as a living doctor.

Eunuch Liu did not make any excuses, this was the purpose of his trip to Fujian. The Qing army had already moved south, and the Chuangjun soldiers were also pointing directly at Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the court was panicked.

The imperial court also thought that the two sides would strike, so that they could spare troops to go north to support them. If the two sides continued to fight to the death, no one would care about the imperial court's life and death.

Zheng Zhilong had already promised that after the two sides strike, they would immediately send troops to the north to support them. Now everything was decided by Tangning alone.

Eunuch Liu didn't dare to delay, and rushed towards Fuzhou Mansion without stopping.

(End of this chapter)