In November of the fourth year of Longwu, the Ming and Qing armies surrounded Fujian and rekindled the war.

The Ming army was still in a passive state when fighting against the Qing army on the two battlefields of Zhejiang and southern Ganzhou, and the Ming army was also cautious in the key Fujian battlefield.

After more than 50,000 Ming troops entered Fujian, the army walked along the coast, with six gunboats and hundreds of lucky ships transporting supplies.

Zhu Yihai was the nominal commander of the Ming army, but the actual command was Zhao Ming. There were more than 100,000 Zheng army in Fujian, and Duoduo's troops might have entered Fujian. After Zhao Ming entered Fujian, although he did not encounter any decent resistance, he did not dare to be careless, for fear of falling into the siege of the Qing army and the Zheng army.

Due to the huge power gap, Zhao Ming took a risk to march, and the army advanced along the coast, and the sea ships accompanied him. The preparation was not right, so he evacuated from the sea.

"Governor, forty miles ahead, Ningde City is Ningde City, and after Ningde is Fuzhou Prefecture!" Zheng's surrendered general Liang Li rode a horse and introduced to Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming looked around and heard that Fujian was "eight mountains, one river and one branch of land". When he saw it with his own eyes, he realized that what he said was true. Fujian is indeed full of mountains and is simply not suitable for survival. Fujian people like to go to sea, and most of them cannot support so many people.

There are many coastal provinces along the Ming Dynasty, but Fujian gave birth to pirates like Zheng Zhilong, which is related to the fact that there are many fishermen on the coast of Fujian, and the people are not afraid of the sea and often go out to sea to seek life.

"Who is stationed in Ningde City?" Zhao Ming asked.

Liang Li said: "Report to the governor, it is Zheng Lian stationed!"

"Zheng Lian?" Zhao Ming frowned and said, "Send scouts to investigate and send orders to continue, and the army will continue to advance and rushed to Ningde City before dark."

When military orders were heard, the whistle cavalry came out everywhere, and the infantry and soldiers raised their speed and advanced quickly towards Ningde.

When the army was about to approach Ningde, the cavalry in front suddenly shouted loudly, "Wolf smoke!"

At this time, the army advancing at full speed also discovered the smoke pillars rising in front of them. Many soldiers who were marching could not help but look up. It was probably because of Zheng's discovery of them and then warned them to the rear.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming looked terrified, pulled out the reins of the horse and shouted loudly, "Go forward at full speed!"

On the official road, the Ming soldiers immediately started running, the cavalry urged the war horses, and the soldiers took big steps, and the army rushed towards Ningde City like a winding giant python at a high speed.

An hour later, the Ming soldiers turned a bay along the coast, and a city built by the sea appeared in front of everyone.

Flags fluttered on the city, and there were obviously many people stationed.

Zheng Lian was Zheng Chenggong's brother. After Zheng Zhilong left Fujing and went to Yanping, he asked him to stay in Fujing. When he heard that the Zhejiang army entered Fujian, he immediately led his army to resist. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left Fuzhou Prefecture, he came to Ningde, and a scout reported that the rebel general Liang Lixian Pass and the Zhejiang army had already entered the pass, so he simply stayed in Ningde and refused to leave, strengthening the defense and waiting for the Zhejiang army to come.

At this time, Zhao Ming looked at Ningde City. The city was built near the sea. It was a mountain to the west and a bay to the east. There were Zheng army warships in the bay. If the Zhejiang army wanted to bombard it, it could only attack the city and was also bombarded by Zheng army warships. It was indeed difficult.

At this time, Zhao Ming looked into the city from afar, with figures on the city, and soldiers were running back and forth, preparing to defend. In the port of the east sea, ships were cruising, and the gun windows on the side of the warship were lifted, ready to bombard the Zhejiang army near the city wall at any time.

Zhao Ming took the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile and waved his hand back, "The army first went down to the camp!"

As it got darker, Ming soldiers set up camp outside the city, and Zhao Ming and others gathered in the central army commander's tent.

In the tent, Zhu Yihai sat upright in the middle, Zhao Ming sat on the left head, and the rest of the generals sat in turn.

Zhu Yihai looked at Zhao Ming and asked, "Qing Family, how about Ningde's defense?"

Zhao Ming said: "Your Highness, the guard is Zheng Lian. According to investigations, about 20,000 Zheng troops blocked the road!"

Zhang Mingzhen said on the side: "Just checking the terrain just now, there is a mountain to the west of the city, and the army cannot be expanded. The sea to the east. If you want to attack the city, you can only attack the north. I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult!"

Wu Zhaosheng said: "Yes, Zheng army warships are moored in the port of Chengdonghai. If the city is attacked, soldiers will be attacked by ships, which is indeed troublesome."

Zhu Yihai frowned and looked at Zhao Ming, "Is there any way for your family?"

"Hmph! Ningde is just a small city, so it is not difficult to destroy it. However, I think that before siege the city, I will still surrender. Zheng Zhilong wants to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but the Fujian soldiers may not necessarily surrender to the Qing Dynasty. They are just being bullied and forced by the situation, so they have no choice but to follow!" Zhao Ming bowed to Zhu Yihai and said, "Now your highness has arrived in person and will shoot letters to recruit him. It may be effective. If the Zheng family does not surrender, it will not be too late to attack the city."

Zhu Yihai laughed and said, "It depends on your family's wishes!"

At this moment, Zhu Yihai wrote a letter of encouragement to surrender, saying that he was very powerful, and told his family that he had entered Fujian not for personal gain, but because Zheng Zhilong colluded with the Qing Dynasty and wanted to hand over Fujian to the Qing Dynasty, so that the guards in the city knew what they were doing, to resist the rebellion of the government troops and to help the evildoers.

That night, Zhao Ming sent a hundred copies of the letters and sent soldiers to shoot them onto the top of the city.

The defenders on the city picked up the letter, and they were in panic. Zheng Lian received a report and rushed to the city. After watching the letter, they kneaded it into a ball in anger and ordered the letter to be confiscated and the person who had the private hiding was killed.

Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Zheng Lian was also hesitant, worried about the prospects after investing in the Qing Dynasty, and did not support Zheng Zhilong's ideas very much. However, since Zheng Zhilong had made a decision, he could only support it.

At this time, Xin had just confiscated, and another Ming army soldier rushed to the city outside the city and shouted, "Listen, brothers in the city, Zheng Zhilong threw the country into the country, and His Highness the Crown Prince sent troops to come in person. I know that you and others were deceived and could not bear to betray each other. I advise you to surrender when you open the city and not help the evil! You and others are all from Fujian, and you are responsible for defending your territory. You are willing to see the land of Fujian and trap Hu Chen, but you have to shave your hair and braids, and you do not recognize your ancestors. You have to see your wife and daughter bully the Tartars. You and your Fujian brothers are very thoughtful!"

The shouts under the city made the Zheng army whisper in the city. A general of the Zheng army immediately waved, "Miltrumman, shoot them to death!"

Zheng Lian waved his hand with a heavy face: "Don't fire the gun, leave a line, and there may be many roads in the future!"

When Zheng Lian saw the reaction of the Zheng soldiers, he was a little hesitant. These soldiers were all supported by the Zheng family and they should be the same as the Zheng family. However, when facing the issue of shaving their hair in Qing Dynasty, the Zheng soldiers were obviously not as firm as Zheng Zhilong.

This made Zheng Lian more worried about his future after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. He was not prepared to surrender, but he did not want to completely fall out with Zhejiang.

At this time, the soldiers reported to Zhao Ming that the Qing army in the city had no response in the face of surrender. Zhao Ming then ordered people to rush to make siege equipment and sent a small boat to explore the water traces of the east sea port in Chengdong, find local fishermen, and ask about the waterways entering the harbor.

After a few days of preparation in the Ming army, Zhao Ming had already figured out the water patterns of the east sea port in the city, so he immediately reported to Zhu Yihai, "Your Highness, tomorrow minister is preparing to use naval gunships to launch a raid first, bypass the reefs, rush into the harbor, annihilate the Zheng army navy in the harbor, and then launch a ship to bombard the city, and the army went to Ningde in one go!"

In the big tent, everyone nodded slightly after hearing Zhao Ming's plan. At this moment, Guo Zhong picked up the tent and said anxiously: "Your Highness, Governor, Zheng Lian ran away!"

Zhu Yihai stood up suddenly, and Zhao Ming also frowned, his heart trembled.

In the dark night, Ming soldiers set up torches, and a large number of Ming soldiers entered Ningde County. Zhao Ming rode a horse to accompany Zhu Yihai. Zhu Yihai saw the flames. Zhao Ming looked dark and couldn't help asking: "Your family, Zheng Lian retreated, and the road to Fuzhou was opened. Why is your family depressed?"

Zhao Ming shook his head, "Zheng Lian suddenly withdrew, there may be a change!"

Ningde is the gateway to Fuzhou. Zheng Lian suddenly gave up, and there must be a reason.

At this moment, a pair of cavalry rushed over, Luo Wenyao turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and reported urgently, "Report to Your Highness, the Governor, the Qing army entered the pass and approached Fuzhou!"

When Zhu Yihai and others heard the words, their fear changed. They didn't expect that the Qing army would come so quickly...
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