Zheng Zhilong saw the queue of bandits getting closer and closer. He would stop and fire a row of bullets, and then they would start whizzing past him. People fell from time to time. Four or five Japanese guards who were serving as human pillars in front of him had fallen in an instant.
Seeing that the opponent only had two to three hundred people, but he was beaten so hard that he had no power to fight back. Let alone a decisive battle, even if he tried his best, he couldn't do it. He couldn't help but feel sad and angry. He knew that even if he wanted to fight at this time,
He died in vain, so he ordered people to immediately set fire to the city, and he escaped to the dock opposite Gulangyu Island under the cover of the black guards and Japanese guards.
Tongtaro knew that once the army started to flee, it would be defeated like a mountain. If there were no capable generals who dared to die to serve as the "human pillar" of the palace army, it would be easy for the enemy to catch up with the army and cut off the general's head. He immediately called a capable subordinate.
He was ordered to bring fifty men to serve as palace troops, while the others escorted Zheng Zhilong to escape.
After receiving the order, the defenders who stayed in the city hurriedly lit torches and threw them everywhere. They quickly set fire to all the government offices and warehouses in the city. Then they burned several residential buildings and fled in a hurry. Because there was no prior warning.
The plan to burn the city was that there was no accumulation of firewood, clear oil, etc. in the city, so the fire was not big. It was a fire on the dock, because there was a large amount of sugar, cloth, silk and other flammable materials piled on the dock.
It was formed into a fire.
Seeing that they were defeated, the defeated soldiers took advantage of the situation and started robbing and raping wantonly in the city and on the docks. Before Zhongzuo Suo City was defeated, the city was already in chaos, and the cries were loud.
There were two tasks assigned to him at the beginning. One was to capture the city of Zhongzuo. This is no longer a problem. Zheng Zhilong had already abandoned the city and fled. The other was to annihilate the main force of the Zheng army. If possible, capture Zheng Zhi alive.
These two tasks were originally in a sequential relationship. According to the estimation of the staff, the Zheng army should be defeated first outside or inside the city, and then the city was captured. But now they are in a parallel relationship. Shi Zhiqi can either immediately command the troops to enter the city to maintain order, put out the fire, and keep the loot.
. Either ignore the city and continue to pursue the Zheng army and horses that have fled.
However, time did not allow for hesitation. Zheng Zhilong was fleeing in the broken army, and the city of Zhongzuo was burning. Shi Zhiqi hesitated for a few seconds, and immediately ordered the artillery, assault engineers and the third company to occupy the city of Zhongzuo while marching. He led the first and second companies
Continue to pursue Zheng Jun.
He ordered the radio operator to be summoned, and called Mingqiu on the Lichun to report his decision. Although it was very risky to pursue the defeated army with only 200 men, it was a great opportunity to wipe out the Zheng army: in this battle
The more Zheng army generals are eliminated in the battle, the more devastating the blow to the Zheng Group will be.
Mingqiu agreed with his determination on the radio: "...the special reconnaissance team has set up surveillance points nearby. Pay attention to the signals on the mountain. They will use signal flags or reflectors to contact you! In addition, the special reconnaissance team has a special search team that is on the way.
To hunt and annihilate Zheng Zhilong himself, you must cooperate with them! Their contact channel is 921, call sign Wong."
Compared with the indiscriminate bombardment of Anping by Xue Ziliang's detachment, the mission of the Hornets, which was composed of elite members from the Qianshui Association detachment, was specific: to find opportunities to directly hunt and kill Zhilong on Xiamen Island.
Zheng Zhilong is the leader of the Zheng Group. If he can be killed in Xiamen, the already swollen Zheng Group will be leaderless, and most of the members of the Eighteen Zhi will fall into civil strife. By then, coupled with Zou Weilian, who has ulterior motives for the Zheng Group,
Internal and external troubles will bring the Zheng Group to its deathbed.
In the old time and space, the Qing army kidnapped Zheng Zhilong and the once-prominent Zheng family immediately fell apart. Zheng Chenggong's subsequent reunification was actually not successful. Not only did a group of key generals defect to the Manchus, but also a large number of the remaining generals
The rift led to frequent rebellions and disobedience.
Zheng Gongcheng's untimely death must be said to be related to the internal discord he faced, which made him mentally and physically exhausted.
Obviously Zheng Zhilong himself is not only the leader of the entire Zheng Group, but also the backbone and glue of the entire group. Therefore, killing him is the best choice for the Senate.
"Understood!" Shi Zhiqi said and called the messenger:
"Go and call Elder Lu!"
A few minutes later, the messenger brought over Mr. Lu, who was wearing an 80mm steel helmet and a heavy steel plate bullet-proof suit. He was already sweating profusely from the exhaustion from walking all the way.
Although the Senate already has a professional armed reconnaissance team to do all kinds of dirty work and has a lot of information at hand. However, it lacks intuitive understanding of Xiamen Island, so it is urgent to send Lu, who is living in Shandong, to
The elders sent Lu Yuanlao to the team. He was very familiar with Xiamen Island. Although Lu Yuanlao was not from Xiamen, he ran around the ruins of Zhongzuosuo City every day, and his footprints were all over the mountains and rivers of Xiamen Island. More importantly,
Mr. Lu Yuanlao has fought in battles and seen blood. He can be considered an experienced officer after all.
"Lao Lu, I'm going to chase Zheng Zhilong. You lead the team into the city!" Shi Zhiqi spoke concisely.
"Yes! Don't worry. I will hand over the entire city to the hands of the Senate!" Zeyang stood at attention and saluted.
"It all depends on you. It is said that there are mountains of gold and silver, mountains of food and mountains of silk."
Of course Lu Zeyang knew the meaning of his words, so he said no more and just nodded solemnly. The two of them broke up.
Seeing Shi Zhiqi leading the first and second companies in pursuit in the direction of Zheng Jun's retreat. Lu Zeyang called the third company commander, assault engineer platoon leader and artillery company commander, and briefly laid out their respective tasks and points of attention after entering the city, especially
It was the bullets that crushed the soldiers and organized the people to put out the fire.
"Important warehouses and government offices must be guarded." Lu Zeyang said, "If the defeated soldiers want to escape from the city, there is no need to intercept them, just let them escape."
He did not want to cause a street fight in the city. The defeated troops would not be able to escape, which would inevitably lead to a fight between trapped beasts, which would not only increase casualties, but also cause great damage to the city. The Senate had great expectations to get the spoils of the Center and Left Institute. This
Such expectations cannot be defeated by one's own hands.
"The star flag is flying at the top of Wulao Peak, and the orchid is drunk under the phoenix tree!"
Standing on the beach and looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar Wulao Peak not far away, Lu Zeyang, who was wearing a camouflage uniform and looked like a road construction worker, was chanting that although the poems and songs were not very fluent, they were not fluent at all in the Senate.
It's something I've become accustomed to.
The location of Zhongzuo City was what would become Xiamen University. It is backed by Wulaofeng and faces the sea. In terms of Feng Shui, it is a typical ideal configuration of mountains in the north and water in the south. The five hills of Wulaofeng are shaped like a handful.
There is a high-ranking official sitting on the chair of Suocheng. Zheng Zhilong must have been very satisfied with this idea of "promoting officials and becoming nobles", so after occupying Xiamen Island, he unceremoniously used Suocheng as his residence.
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"What a pity, this time you, Zheng Yiguan, will be removed from office and investigated by our empire's Senate!" Elder Lu pointed his ax at the city gate in front of him.
"Enter Assault Engineer!"
The assault engineers are all strong Shandong men wearing steel helmets. They are well-equipped: a double-barreled shotgun made by Lingao is slung on the back, a revolver and a multi-purpose machete are stuck on the waist, and each of them has a Lingao machine in their hands.
Factory imitation long-handled fire breaking ax.
Three cannons from the battalion fired at the east city gate at the same time. After a few shells were fired, the archery tower on the city gate collapsed, smoke and rubble flew into the sky, and the city gate was exploded.
Under the cover of a volley of rifle fire from the third company, the assault engineers rushed into the east gate of the Central Left Institute—later the Baicheng Gate of Xiamen University.
The expected street fighting did not happen. Zheng's army in the city had already collapsed. Those who stayed in the city were all stragglers who wanted to take the opportunity to burn and kill the adulterers. When they saw that the Kun thieves had entered the city, they all hurriedly wrapped up the stolen clothes and fled.
Lu Zeyang was fully armed, holding in his hand the Browning high-power pistol made by Li Yilao. The raw materials for making this gun, from the steel to the spring, were all private goods from the old time and space brought by Li Yilao himself, otherwise Lu Yuanlao would really not have
Dare used it as a weapon and walked slowly behind the large army. There were four or five capable soldiers beside him, who tightly protected him in the center, quite like a "chief" posture.
"Push straight in one row, head towards Lingyun and climb the mountain directly! Take the commanding heights!"
"Second row, attack on the right fork! Go to the Law School and Art... ah no, go to Haiyun! Note that the back is uphill, run at a leisurely pace, otherwise you will be exhausted by the time you get there!"
The current Zhongzuosuo City is naturally different from the later Xiamen University campus in terms of buildings and rivers. For example, after running around for a long time, Elder Lu did not see the Furong Lake that later raised black swans. However, the general topography is still the same.
So much so that Mr. Lu subconsciously issued the name of the Xiamen University Park as an order...
After the orders were distributed, Mr. Lu led the team and headed straight to the government office in Zhongzuosuo City, the destination. The streets were deserted, with only the corpses of ordinary people scattered about and scattered objects. Many places in the city were already on fire.
The smoke was thick. Occasionally, a few ghostly figures flashed through the streets. The soldiers encircled and suppressed along the road, killing and capturing many of the defeated soldiers who had no time to escape. A few raped women had no time to put on their pants and were tripped and fell.
Land, captured alive on the spot.
Although many people were captured and killed, they did not encounter any decent resistance along the way. The defeated soldiers just ran for their lives and soon arrived at the Yamen. The Yamen has been Zheng Zhilong's boss on Xiamen Island since Xiamen Island fell to the Zheng Group.
At the core of his rule, he spent more than half of his time giving orders here: running trade and encircling and suppressing other maritime powers. There must be many of his archives and gold and silver treasures here.
The lobby of Zhongzuo's government office was empty, and all kinds of ceremonial vessels were scattered. Some houses were already on fire. While Lu Zeyang ordered the soldiers to put out the fire and set up a cordon, he ordered the Drum Tower to beat the drums and at the same time ordered people to use loudspeakers.
Order the armored men in the city to report to the government office, "Anyone who doesn't wait for a second will be slaughtered!"