Chapter 561 [Torrential rain strikes, absconding from Taiwan] three
Mu Linfeng didn't speak when Tang Ruowang wanted to talk, and couldn't shut up when he spoke. He was as good as Nan Huairen. Fortunately, the soldiers brought ginger tea. After Tang Ruowang drank the ginger tea, he told what happened.
Tell Mu Linfeng.
It turned out that before Mu Linfeng's army came to Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong led his family to take refuge in Tang Ruowang's church. However, at that time, the Zheng family's navy happened to be annihilated by Wang Jun's navy.
Can't leave.
It wasn't until a few days ago that Zheng Zhilong expected that there would be a typhoon and saw an opportunity to escape, so he made a desperate move and asked Nan Huairen to help them contact the Dutch. This morning, he risked the ship capsizing and fled to Taiwan.
After listening to what Tang Ruowang said, Mu Linfeng thought to himself: "It turns out that this old boy Zheng Zhilong has not been in Fuzhou for a long time. No wonder I didn't see him when I came!" Then he thought of Zheng Lianxiang and immediately asked Tang Ruowang: "Then I
Where’s the madam?”
Tang Ruowang said quickly: "Mr. Mu is talking about the eldest daughter of the Zheng family, right? She is also on the boat and went to Taiwan!" Then he said: "But I saw that the eldest daughter has never been happy since she came to the church. Several times
I also saw her praying in front of God and always standing alone outside the church at night crying."
Mu Linfeng sighed when he heard this, knowing that this incident was really difficult for Zheng Lianxiang, and then asked Tang Ruowang if he had any news about Zheng Xiyu, and whether he had also gone to Taiwan, but Tang Ruowang shook his head.
Now that we know the whereabouts of the Zheng family, it will be easier to handle, but he murmured: "Taiwan...Taiwan..." After thinking for a long time, he suddenly laughed, and everyone saw it and was confused.
Mu Linfeng secretly said: "That's fine. The Zheng family went to Taiwan. At this time, the Dutch were causing trouble. Zheng Zhilong wanted to be the emperor. How could he be willing to be inferior to the Dutch? Moreover, if he is not from my race, his heart would be different.
At that time, the Zheng family was in trouble in Taiwan, and when Taiwan was in chaos, I happened to take over Taiwan in one fell swoop!"
Mu Linfeng then ordered Tang Ruowang to be released and all the soldiers guarding the church to withdraw, but the surveillance of the church continued.
Mu Linfeng said a few words about net gathering, and was about to disembark, but found that the hull of the ship was shaking violently, and heard the soldiers shouting: "The typhoon is coming..."
Mu Linfeng was heartbroken and quickly ordered all the soldiers on the ships to withdraw to the shore to avoid the typhoon. The ship was really too dangerous. All the navy went ashore. The typhoon came as expected, causing the ships to sway around and some
The ships that had experienced the war were already dead and were immediately blown to pieces by the typhoon. The wood chips of the ships were scattered on the coast, and were soon blown away by the wind.
Seeing that there was no shelter from the typhoon near the coast, Mu Linfeng immediately thought of Tang Ruowang's church. The church was a stone building and should be able to withstand the typhoon. He immediately led all the sailors to brave the wind and rain to go to the church.
Although the church was not big, it could barely accommodate more than a thousand people. Others took shelter in stables, kitchens and various buildings outside the church.
The church lobby was covered with Mu Lin Feng Shui soldiers. The nuns and Tang Ruowang could only hide aside. The soldiers shook their damp clothes, chatted, and looked at the nuns on the side from time to time. The nuns were so scared that they hid in Tang Ruowang's way.
behind.
Tang Ruowang kept crossing himself on his chest and reciting passages from the Bible, as if to encourage the nuns, telling them not to panic, the Lord of Liberty would bless them.
Upon seeing this, Mu Linfeng hurriedly walked to the stage and shouted to everyone: "We were hiding from the typhoon when we came in. If we find any wrongdoing, we will be executed immediately..." Then he went to comfort Tang Ruowang and asked him to tell the nuns.
Don't panic.
Mu Linfeng is most concerned about the war in Fuzhou at the moment. If there was no typhoon, the outcome of the war would have been determined. But now with this typhoon, although the war is not serious, it will definitely be more difficult than before.
One night in the church, I listened to the howling wind and thunder outside the church mixed with the sound of raindrops. The soldiers were lying on the chairs in the church and snoring. The nuns were taken to the side hall at the back to rest by Tang Ruowang.
The next day, the wind did not decrease, but became stronger and stronger. There was no news about the fighting in Fuzhou City, and there was no news about the expedition horses sent out. Everyone thought that it had been blown away by the typhoon.
The nature of a typhoon is that although the wind is strong when it first comes, it is not fatal, but once it stops, the real disaster will come. Once the frontal wind direction of the typhoon stops, the reverse wind will follow, and the wind will be stronger than before.
More fierce.
A few days later, the typhoon finally passed. The soldiers had been staying in the church these days. Tang Ruowang and the nuns were responsible for the food. In a few days, they ate all the food stored in the church for a year. After leaving the church,
Mu Linfeng left a vote worth ten thousand taels to Tang Ruowang.
All the warships stagnant on the seashore had been blown up, and the remains of the ships were scattered everywhere. Mu Linfeng asked Wang Jun to count the lost ships. There were only more than ninety warships left out of the two hundred, which can be said to be a heavy loss.
After Mu Linfeng asked Wang Jun to clear up the mess as soon as possible, he immediately prepared to return to the military camp. Along the way, he saw the ruins of the seaside fishing village. After returning to the military camp, Wu Sangui and Zhang Jian were no longer in the military camp. The soldier told Mu Linfeng that Fuzhou City was now gone.
Take it, the two generals have already entered the city to appease the people.
The military camp has also undergone earth-shaking changes. All the tents have been blown away, and there are not many scrawls left. Immediately, a general came to report the results of the battle to Mu Linfeng. Just like the typhoons that have been coming in recent days, the soldiers did not dare to attack rashly, but could only continue to take advantage of them.
Artillery piled on the city wall of Fuzhou to bombard it. It was not until the city wall collapsed that the soldiers launched an assault and entered Fuzhou City. Although they encountered desperate resistance from the Fuzhou soldiers, they still managed to capture Fuzhou City and captured Zheng Zhibao and Yang Geng alive.
As well as Chen Hui, the number of casualties among soldiers was less than a thousand, including 300 people killed by the typhoon.
Mu Linfeng immediately entered Fuzhou City. When he arrived under the Fuzhou City Wall, he looked at the ruins of Fuzhou City. The former Fuzhou City had changed beyond recognition, and he felt a sense of emotion in his heart.
The soldiers defending Fuzhou City have been replaced by their own people, and all the prisoners of the Fuzhou Army have been detained in the suburbs in the north of the city. The impact of the typhoon in Fuzhou City was not as great as imagined, but the city was full of water, and the people were talking about it.
Use pots and pans to scoop out the water at home.
When they arrived at the government office in Fuzhou, Wu Sangui and Zhang Jian stood in front of the government office waiting for Mu Linfeng. They then entered the government office with Mu Linfeng and then told Mu Linfeng that the mood of the people has stabilized and the Zheng Mansion has also searched.
The servants did not find anyone from the Zheng family. Zheng Zhibao, Chen Hui and Yang Geng were already imprisoned in the prison behind the government office!
Mu Linfeng nodded, seeing that Fuzhou was already under his feet and the entire Jiangnan area had been unified. Now he had to make up his mind and develop Jiangnan well in order to plan for Jiangbei.
After Mu Linfeng stayed briefly in Fuyanei, he immediately got on his horse and went to Zheng Zhilong's mansion. This was the third time Mu Linfeng came. Every time he came, the feeling was different. The building was already empty of people, and the huge one was
The Zheng family also fell apart within a few months.
Mu Linfeng unconsciously walked to the door of the new house where she had married Zheng Lianxiang in Fuzhou. She looked at the double happiness sign on the door of the new house and the red candles in the new house were still there. She was filled with emotion and couldn't help but miss Zheng Lianxiang again.