Fuzhou.

Since Zheng Sen refused to negotiate peace and launched a large-scale attack from Jinsha, Dasu has been holding on for a full three months, and the Zheng army outside the city has also been besieging him for a full three months.

Zheng Sen learned from the lessons of Nanjing's defeat and did not give Dasu any chance to delay the army. On average, every five days, Zheng Sen would organize a fierce attack on Fuzhou City. This caused great casualties in the Qing army in the city. If Dasu had not firmly controlled all the Qing army in Fuzhou City, opened the vassal treasury to reward the army, and even Manzhou soldiers would have overwhelmed the formation, he would have announced the change of ownership in just a few attacks on Fuzhou.

Zheng's army was good at the navy, but short of the Lu army. Tens of thousands of Lu army who had been carefully trained for the Northern Expedition to the River were destroyed by Nanjing City. Generals Gan Hui and Yu Xin both asked the Qing army to capture it. Although they were rescued by the Taiping Army, they were left under Zhou Shixiang with tens of thousands of Zheng's soldiers who were rescued. Zheng Sen had written several times to ask for the return of these soldiers, but they were delayed by Zhou Shixiang for various reasons. This move made the momentum look at the vast Zheng army lacking the power of land battle and besieging Fuzhou City for three months. The Zheng army would not be able to break the city every time they attacked. Even if the Lu army was not strong, the cannons opened several times, and the soldiers also stepped into Fuzhou City, but were defeated by the Qing army in the city, resulting in a failure.

Zheng Sen was very sorry for this and often told others that if Gan Hui and Yu Xin were there, Fuzhou City had been taken long ago and Dasu would have been captured early. Unfortunately, the facts were not as good as Zheng Sen's wishes, and he could only be helpless. Fortunately, Fuzhou is an isolated city, Dasu is a trapped bird in a cage, and sooner or later he will be trapped to death. Zheng Sen saw the situation very thoroughly. He knew that Dasu could not have reinforcements at all. Guangdong and Jiangxi were under the control of the Taiping Army, and the only support he could get

The aid can only be in the direction of Zhejiang. The Qing army in Zhejiang was not strong. I heard that Ma Jinbao had reached the city of Hangzhou. I think that Zhao Guozuo, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Tong Guoqi, the governor of Zhejiang, are now unable to take care of themselves and it is impossible to have troops to support Dasu. In other words, even if Zheng Sen cannot capture Fuzhou City, as long as he is trapped for a few months, Fuzhou will be destroyed without conquering it. After all, the food in the city is very limited. No matter how hard Dasu can defend it, it will eventually be unable to solve the belly problem.

A few days ago, news came from Nandu that Yu Xin died in Guazhou, Jiangbei, which made Zheng Sen feel quite uncomfortable. He was annoyed Yu Xin. If it weren't for Yu Xin, he wouldn't have been defeated so badly in Nanjing, but he was also very sad to really know the news of Yu Xin's death. That day, he stayed alone in the tent for a long time, and his mind was filled with the past when Yu Xin came to join the army. In the end, Prince Fujian could only sigh.

The Tang Dynasty King Zhu Yue was the emperor in Nandu. After the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, Zheng Sen was granted the title of Prince of Fujian. Nandu specially sent a minister to Xiamen to announce the imperial edict and sent the King of Fujian. At that time, Zheng Sen was leading the army to attack Fuzhou, so the prince Zheng Jing came forward to receive the envoy from Nandu. However, Zheng Jing could not make the decision on this matter, so he quickly spread the Fuzhou camp.

After learning about this, Zheng Sen discussed with Chen Yonghua and others, he decided to take over the title of Prince of Min from the Dingwu court. Later, Zheng Sen ordered the household official Zheng Tai to return to Xiamen on behalf of himself to accept the title of Prince of Min from the Dingwu court. This move made Jin Xia think that the vassal lord recognized the Dingwu court. However, the people around Zheng Sen knew that the vassal lord actually did not agree with the Dingwu emperor in Nandu. However, Zhu Yue, with the support of Zhou Shixiang, had actually controlled the Nandu and worshipped Xiaoling, which made the vassal lord unable to establish a new monarch, so he had to recognize the vassal lord. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the vassal lord to explain to the soldiers under the vassal lords, the royal family and ministers of Jin Xia.

After accepting the title of Prince Min of Dingwu court, Zheng Sen did not relax his fierce attack on Fuzhou. In his opinion, Fuzhou was already his own possession, and Fujian was even more of his own territory. If he did not go to Fuzhou for a day, and if Dasu was not solved, he would not be true to his name in one day.

After several days of preparation, Zheng Sen's general Zhongyong Hou Chen Ba personally led 5,000 soldiers to attack the Fuzhou city wall. In addition to 500 carrying cloud ladders and 300 shield chariots to attack the camp, there were also archers and more than 3,000 gunmen. The soldiers who attacked the camp were rested for a few days and carefully selected strong soldiers from various towns. Before the war, Zheng Sen gave a heavy reward, and whoever could climb to the top of Fuzhou city first would get his sword.

The sword of the vassal lord was more inspiring than any reward of gold, silver and jewelry. The soldiers wanted the sword of the vassal lord, and the officers wanted it more. At the beginning of the attack, the five thousand soldiers showed amazing momentum, which made the Qing army on the city tremble.

There were artillery at the top of Fuzhou city. After Dasu failed the naval battle last year, he collected artillery stations from all over the country in Fuzhou. At that time, he thought that the Zheng army might take advantage of the victory to attack Fuzhou, so the more artillery there were, the better. As a result, the Zheng army did not attack Fuzhou, but instead went north to attack Nanjing, which made these artillery useless. However, now every one of them came in handy and became a weapon in Dasu's hands.

Chen Ba was not fascinated by his anger. He learned from the previous lessons of the siege and scattered the parts very much, minimizing the threat of the cannons on the top of the city to his side.

With the sound of cannons, the Zheng army soldiers rushed to the city, and the two sides fought fiercely, screaming in the city. At noon, because of the great casualties, Chen Ba had to call out the gold to withdraw his troops. After the Zheng army retreated, there were corpses under the city wall, and the Qing army on the city was also corpses.

"The vassal lord, the last general is incompetent, please punish him!"

After returning to the camp, Chen Ba knelt in front of Zheng Sen without saying a word and apologized for his incompetence.

Zheng Sen did not blame Chen Ba, but went up to help him up and comforted him with kind words. Other generals under the vassal also came forward to comfort Chen Ba, saying that victory or defeat was common in military affairs, and loyal and brave waits should not be taken seriously. Chen Ba stood there silently, looking at the city of Fuzhou with a look of unwillingness.

"The vassal lord, Dasu is worthy of being a powerful general of the Qing court. His warfare was well-organized. His subordinates thought it was not necessary to seek urgent results, but should slow down the plan. Use siege instead of war, and trap him for a few more months. Let's see if Dasu has three heads and six arms."

Chen Yonghua advised Zheng Sen not to rush to break the city, so as to avoid the soldiers under the vassals being left unintentionally under the city. Now, instead of fighting, the encirclement has been long, and the food in the city is cut off. Dasu must bow his head even if he does not bow his head when he is.

Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "I heard that when King Jin attacked Xinhui, the Qing army in the city fed the people, so the King Jin had no choice but to withdraw his troops... My family was worried that if the long encirclement was over, the Fuzhou city would repeat the Xinhui tragedy."

When Chen Yonghua heard this, he remembered that the Qi King in Nanjing was a survivor of the Xinhui tragedy. He heard that his parents, wife and children were killed and eaten by the Qing army, so he fought and thus had a situation of restoring the Nandu today. If the Qing army in Xinhui had not killed and eaten the Qi King's blood relatives back then, there might not be Taiping Army, nor the current situation. This is really a disaster.

Chen Yonghua was worried that the vassal lord would relieve the siege because he felt sorry for the people in Fuzhou City, so he hurriedly advised: "Weapons are a bad thing. The vassal lord must not be a woman's kindness. If Fuzhou is not down, this Fujian area will not be owned by the vassal lord, and it will also damage the vassal lord's reputation."

"Everyone knows these vassals, I just can't bear it..." Zheng Sen hesitated, "Or will I agree to Dasu's request?"

Dasu sent the left governor of Fujian, Zhang Jing, to Xiamen to negotiate on the same day. If Zheng Sen used sea ship to transport officers and soldiers from Fujian and their families back north, Dasu would hand over the entire province of Fujian. This condition was rejected by Zheng Sen on the spot because in his opinion, the Qing army in Fujian was not a strong enemy at all, and he took Fuzhou like a bag. But now, he had to consider this matter, because in March, the Qing army in the city suffered great casualties, but his vassal also lost tens of thousands of soldiers. If Dasu took the weight and was determined to defend Fuzhou, the vassal would probably have greater losses. Even if he could obtain the entire vassal, it would be a little more costly.

Chen Yonghua was also a little hesitant. If he agreed to Dasu's request, there would be no more casualties in the vassal states. However, once the incident of the vassal states sending the Qing army in Fujian back north by sea ships, it would inevitably affect the reputation of the vassal states. There are pros and cons. When he was in a dilemma, Liu Guoxuan hurriedly reported that it was Huang Zhao who asked to see the vassal states.

"Huang Zhao is not with Siming to assist the prince, what are you doing here in this vassal?"

Zheng Sen was a little surprised. Before his personal expedition, he ordered his eldest son Zheng Jing to stay in Xiamen, and ordered his clan brothers Zheng Tai and Huang Zhao to assist the eldest son in handling Jin Xia's affairs. The eldest son was still very young and had insufficient experience, so Zheng Sen, the big and small government affairs of Jin Xia were actually handed over to Zheng Tai and Huang Zhao for handling. Now Huang Zhao suddenly came from Jin Xia. Could there be any urgent matter?

Confused, Zheng Sen asked Liu Guoxuan to bring Huang Zhao. When he saw Huang Zhao, Zheng Sen was surprised because Huang Zhao in front of him had no trace of Xuan Yu's arrogant minister. He was extremely embarrassed, his body was covered with dust and his eyes were covered with blood. He looked like he had not had a sleep for many days.

"The vassal lord, the subordinates finally saw you alive!"

When Huang Zhao saw the vassal lord, he burst into tears. While crying, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zheng Sen.

"How did this happen? Why are you crying?"

Zheng Sen was very surprised and subconsciously took the letter from Huang Zhao, which was written by his in-law Tang Xianyue. The letter only had eight words - "How can we govern the country if we don't manage our family strictly?"

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Good news: Subject 2 passes!

I will take the third subject tomorrow morning!
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