On August 10, Zheng Chenggong finally officially launched his troops in Anping and began to attack Quanzhou. A regiment led by Shen Shouyue also went to battle with Zheng Chenggong, while Shang Yi and the third and fourth squadrons were temporarily stationed on Nan'ao Island, waiting for news about Zheng Chenggong. .
From Nan'ao Island to Anping by water, you must pass through Xiamen and Kinmen. Although Zheng Chenggong decided to complete the capture of Quanzhou independently at Shang Yi's request, he still had to inform Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai.
Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai were both very worried about Zheng Chenggong's attack, because Zheng's army had always been good at sea battles and neglected land battles, especially in siege warfare. Zheng Hongkui had fought against the Qing army before, so he was deeply worried about it. Knowing the power of the Qing army, they did not know that Shang Yi's fleet had arrived at Nan'ao Island at this time, so they all advised Zheng Chenggong not to fight the Qing army easily.
Zheng Chenggong is confident now, and of course he will not stop his advance because of their advice. Moreover, it would be better if Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai did not participate in the attack on Quanzhou. After he captures Quanzhou, he will not have to fight with them. Share this victory.
However, this was also Zheng Chenggong's first battle after he raised his army. If he fought well, he could build up his reputation in one fell swoop, and then recruit his father's old troops to achieve great success. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong did not dare to be careless at all. After arriving at Anping City, he immediately Begin to arrange the march to attack Quanzhou.
The Qing army's garrison in Quanzhou was Zhao Guozuo, the Han army's Jia La Ezhen with a red flag. The garrison consisted of more than 6,000 people, of which 2,000 were led by General Xie Yinglong and were stationed in Liushizhai outside Quanzhou City. Quanzhou is like a horn. In fact, the plan to attack Quanzhou was already discussed by Zheng Chenggong and Shang Yi when they were on Nan'ao Island. They decided to first break Liushizhai and cut off the foreign aid from Quanzhou City, and then concentrate their forces to attack Quanzhou. If When Joluo Bahana came to help from Fuzhou, Shang Yi sent troops from Nan'ao to attack Fuzhou. If the Qing army did not come, Zheng Chenggong would join forces with Shang Yi to attack Fuzhou after capturing Quanzhou.
This time, Zheng Chenggong also sent out all the troops he had recruited. His generals Chen Bao, Yang Qihuang, Du Hui, Hong Zheng and others also participated in the battle. Because Zheng Jun was not good at fighting tough battles, the task of attacking Liushizhai was so difficult. The merchant army led by Shen Shouyue acted as the main attack. Zheng Chenggong led Chen Bao and Yang Qihuang to provide support. At the same time, Zheng Chenggong ordered Du Hui and Hong Zheng to lead a thousand troops each to ambush near the road from Quanzhou to Liushizhai to block Zhao Guozuo. Go out of the city to rescue Liushi Village.
After the distribution was completed, Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered the march.
The scale of Liushi Village is not large. Although the walls are made of bricks and stones, they are not very high. The highest point is no more than two feet. Moreover, the Qing troops stationed there basically have no firearms. Attacking such a small village , for the Merchant Army, it was naturally effortless. First, they set up various artillery pieces from the artillery battalion outside the stronghold, and fired a fierce blast at the stronghold wall. Then the soldiers attacked, using rifles to suppress fire on the stronghold wall. The Qing troops did not dare to show their heads on the wall. Then Shen Shouyue ordered a battalion to launch a wall-mounting operation against the wall.
The regiment led by Shen Shouyue does not have much actual combat experience, but in daily training, this whole set of tactics has been practiced very proficiently. Although due to lack of experience, there are still some small mistakes in some cooperation links. It was a mistake, but it basically did not affect the progress of the battle.
Under the cover of firepower from other troops, the battalion responsible for the siege also successfully attacked the wall and started a hand-to-hand battle with the Qing army. The other two battalions also quickly joined the battlefield and climbed onto the wall.
, fought their way into Liushi Village. At this time, the entire battle had been going on for less than an hour.
Zheng Chenggong, Chen Bao and others were also dumbfounded. Although they had long heard that the merchant army was good at using firearms and was brave and good at fighting, they had never seen it with their own eyes, and they didn't know how powerful they were. Now they finally
I saw it, and it was indeed well-deserved. At the same time, Zheng Chenggong also made up his mind to train his soldiers to be like the merchant army.
Seeing that the merchant army was about to capture Liushi Village, Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered his troops to attack Liushi Village. At this time, the merchant army had already entered Liushi Village and opened the gate. Zheng Jun
They also took advantage of the situation to advance in and defeated the Qing army. Nearly a thousand of the 2,000 Qing troops were annihilated and nearly 800 people were captured. Xie Yinglong, the guard of Liushi Village, also died in the battle in the city.
After the victory in the first battle, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but feel refreshed. At this moment, he received another report from Du Hui and Hong Zheng, saying that the Qing army from Quanzhou had indeed come out of the city to rescue Liushi Village, but was intercepted by Du Hui and Hong Zheng.
The two sides are fighting fiercely.
It turned out that Quanzhou guard Zhao Guozuo heard that Liushizhai was attacked by Zheng Jun, and personally led 3,000 troops out of the city to rescue Liushizhai. However, he met Zhengjun Du Hui and Hong Zheng halfway. The two sides started another battle.
There was a fierce battle. Although the Zheng army ambushed the Qing army, in the end, due to their small number and their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Qing army, they were all killed for a while.
After Zheng Chenggong received the report, he asked Shen Shouyue to lead the army to garrison Liushizhai, and immediately led the attack personally to reinforce Du Hui and Hong Zheng. In fact, in the battle to capture Liushizhai, the merchant army was the main force, and Zheng's army did not consume much physical strength.
But after all, we just fought
After winning a battle, Zheng's army was full of momentum, so everyone fought bravely. The Qing army could only support it without any support. After the support army arrived, it could not resist, so it had to be defeated and retreated to Quanzhou City behind closed doors.
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Within one day, they won two battles in a row. The morale of Zheng's army was greatly boosted, and Zheng Chenggong immediately led his army to attack Quanzhou. However, Quanzhou City was not as easy to attack as Liushizhai. Zheng's army attacked four times in a row.
Five days passed, but not much was achieved.
However, Zhao Guozuo stayed in Quanzhou City and spent his days like years, hoping that Jueluo Bahana from Fuzhou would quickly send troops to rescue him. But he didn't know that Jueluo Bahana also had a big head now.
Duan Peng of Xianxia Ridge had received Shang Yi's order and launched an attack on Jianning Prefecture, and successively captured Pucheng, Songxi, Chong'an, Jianhe and other counties.
In Funing Prefecture, the largest anti-Qing uprising in Fujian Province also broke out. Liu Zhongzao, a former bachelor of the Longwu court, recruited his tribesmen in Fu'an. The people swore an oath to rise up and captured Fu'an County. Because the Qing army was ruthlessly recruiting in Fujian, there was no evil.
Failure to do so would arouse great public anger. Therefore, Liu Zhongzao's military rise immediately received the response of the common people and squires from all over Funing Prefecture. While Liu Zhongzao was in contact with the merchant army in Jianning Prefecture, he was also gathering troops to prepare to attack Funing.
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Under such circumstances, Joluo Bahana just felt that he was exhausted. It was good to be able to defend Fuzhou. Now where is the strength to rescue Quanzhou? So he had to order Wang Jin, the deputy general who was guarding Zhangzhou, to lead Zhangzhou's troops to go
Rescue Quanzhou. At this time, Hou Jieluo Bahana didn't know that Shang Yi had already arrived at Nan'ao Island, otherwise it would have been an even bigger headache.
But Zhangzhou is in the south of Quanzhou, and Fuzhou is in the north of Quanzhou. Going back and forth, transferring and sending, wasted a lot of time. Quanzhou was originally the old suppressor of the Zheng Zhilong Group, and the Zheng family is deeply rooted here, with a very deep foundation.
Among the Qing troops guarding Quanzhou, many were Zheng Zhilong's old troops. Therefore, in Quanzhou City at this time, many people who were dissatisfied with the Qing troops or were forced by Zheng Chenggong's reputation began to make moves.
When Zheng Chenggong saw that Quanzhou could not be conquered by force, he also resorted to outsmarting him. He sent people to sneak into the city secretly and contacted Quanzhou's urban and rural Kun Guo Xian, Zheng Zhilong's old subordinate Yang Yi and others to plan internal and external cooperation to conquer Quanzhou. The two sides finally agreed that in
That night, Yang Yi was on duty in the west city and opened the city gate to let Zheng Jun enter the city.
But at this moment, news suddenly came that the Qing army's Zhangzhou garrison Wang Jin led Zhangzhou, Chaozhou, Tingzhou and other armies, with a total of more than 30,000 troops, rushing to rescue Quanzhou and claiming to capture Anping.
After hearing this, the main generals of the Zheng army were all shocked. They all suggested to Zheng Chenggong that they should temporarily withdraw their troops and return to Anping to aid Anping, or they could attack Wang Jin's reinforcements first and then attack Quanzhou. Some people also advocated asking Shang Yi to send troops and fight with themselves.
Join forces to fight the Qing army together.
But Zheng Chenggong flatly rejected the generals' opinions, saying: "Anping is only a small place, and it is not a pity to abandon it. Quanzhou is the place where we will settle down and live, and we must not give up lightly. Moreover, the city of Quanzhou has been destroyed. Today,
, how can we just withdraw our troops? If we fight tonight, we will definitely capture Quanzhou. If the city of Quanzhou is destroyed, even if the Qing army captures Anping, there is no need to worry."
Zheng Chenggong then ordered to block the news of the arrival of the Qing reinforcements, and attack Quanzhou with all his strength tonight. Of course, this time Zheng Chenggong planned to capture Quanzhou on his own, so he decided to use the Zheng Army as the main force in the siege, while the Merchant Army led by Shen Shouyue
They stayed behind in Liushi Village as a supporting force.
So Zheng Chenggong ordered Du Hui to lead an army to ambush at the west gate of Quanzhou to meet Yang Fayi and Guo Xian. He personally led the army as the rear team, while Hong Zheng led 600 people to garrison outside the city. So that night, Yang Fayi, Guo Xian and others
In Quanzhou City, the west gate was secretly opened. Du Hui immediately led his army to rush in and dispersed the defenders of the west gate. Zheng Chenggong also personally led the army into Quanzhou City.
When Zheng Chenggong led his army to attack the city, Liushi Village was also captured by the Zheng army. The guard Zhao Guozuo was also cautious and sent troops to patrol the city day and night. He did not dare to be careless for a moment. Therefore, as soon as the Zheng army entered Quanzhou City, it was quickly defeated by the Qing army.
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After Zhao Guozuo was awakened from his sleep by his own soldiers, he was so frightened that he lost all sleep. He immediately put on his armor and helmet, personally led his troops and rushed to Xicheng to face Zheng Jun. So the two sides started another battle in Quanzhou City.
Fierce fighting.
However, the Zheng army was indeed not good at land warfare. Even though they had already invaded the city of Quanzhou and had more people than the Qing army, they still could not defeat the Qing army. Of course, the Qing army was really desperate at this time, so both sides fought hard.
The battle was inextricable and the battle continued until dawn, still at a stalemate.
At this moment, Hong Zheng, who was stationed outside the city, came to report that reinforcements from the Qing army had arrived and attacked his defense area.