The terrain of Nan'ao Harbor was complex, and Wang Yin was unwilling to take the risk of the ship being stranded in the bay to kill, so he ordered the fleet to force the bay to fire artillery from a distance.
The red cannon has a range of up to ten miles and is a powerful weapon in naval battles.
However, the Zheng army fleet is hiding behind a series of islands, so it is not easy to hit it.
It was getting late, so Wang Yin ordered the fleet to evacuate and stationed at Dongshan Island, more than ten miles away from Nan'ao.
Although he has 30,000 men at his disposal, they are all navy soldiers.
It is not easy to train soldiers who are good at boat handling, especially Western-style warships like Galen ships, which are not willing to be used in hand-to-hand combat for landing and seizing the island.
Therefore, Wang Yin needed to wait until Jin Shenghuan came with the infantry, and then used a fleet to carry the infantry to the island.
On Nan'ao Island, Zheng Sen sat on a chair with a gloomy look on his face.
The disastrous defeat, the successive disastrous defeats, made this Jingnan army, which had just raised its troops, low in morale.
It no longer had the high morale it had when it first captured Kinmen, occupied Xiamen, and captured several prefectures in Quanzhou.
As the leader of the army, Zheng Sen went from being high-spirited at the beginning to looking gloomy now.
The Tartars invaded, refugees spread all over the place, and the mountains and rivers were in turmoil.
The situation in the Ming Dynasty was so dangerous.
Faced with this situation, when Zheng Sen was a young man in school, he made up his mind to imitate the sages, govern the country and bring peace to the world, and do something like this.
A big deal.
However, at the most critical moment of the Ming Dynasty, King Chen Yue of Qi appeared, rescued Emperor Chongzhen, and defeated King Fu who tried to usurp the throne, stabilizing the situation in the precarious Ming Dynasty.
At that time, Zheng Sen, who was studying at the Imperial College in Nanjing, was so envious of Chen Yue that he regarded Chen Yue as his idol.
Therefore, when Manta later moved south and an Eight Banners crossed the river to attack the city of Nanjing, Zheng Sen stepped forward to reorganize the defeated army of King Zheng Jiaqin and made great achievements in the battle to defend Nanjing.
Zheng Sen also entered the official career because of this, and successively held important positions such as military supervisor and governor.
In the next few years, Zheng Sen led his troops in fierce battles in Huguang and Zhejiang, fighting against Western bandits and defeating compliant bandits, and began his military career.
Chen Yue led troops to the Northern Expedition, and Zheng Sen was ordered to lead troops to guard Xiangyang and threaten the traitors in Guanzhong.
Finally, Chen Yue's Northern Expedition was successful and drove Manta out of the pass.
At that time, Zheng Sen was so happy and happy that Ming Dynasty could revive again.
However, who would have known that after the victory of the Northern Expedition, news of the war in Fujian suddenly came, and then the news of Zheng Zhilong's defeat spread to Zheng Sen's army in Xiangyang.
The murderer behind Zheng Zhilong's death in battle was directly pointed at Qi King Chen Yue, because there was too obvious a shadow of the Dongfan Army behind Ai Nengqi's rebels.
Hearing such bad news, Zheng Sen couldn't believe it but couldn't help but believe it.
Because he knew the conflict between his family and King Qi's family.
Whether it was a dispute at sea between the two families, or the Zheng family's attempt to support the Tang king as heir, it was not impossible for the Qi king to secretly deal with the Zheng family.
The hatred of killing his father and destroying the family all determined that Zheng Sen had to be at odds with Chen Yue.
Zheng Sen believed that his talents were not inferior to those of Chen Yue.
What he lacked was just opportunities.
At that time, he had tens of thousands of troops at his disposal.
Following Chongzhen's imperial edict, he worked with Du Yinxi to exterminate the rebels.
At that time, Zheng Sen believed that with his own ability, he could defeat the rebels with his own strength.
With tens of thousands of troops in his hands, he would definitely be able to annihilate the rebels.
He vowed to give Chen Yue a good fight.
Zheng Sen was even more grateful when Chongzhen gave him a national surname.
However, in the battle of Jiujiang, facing tens of thousands of Jiangxi violent troops, Zheng Sen's tens of thousands of troops were completely defeated.
At that moment, he was almost disheartened and did not want to return to Du Yinxi's army.
Instead, he sneaked back to his hometown in Fujian with a few confidants.
Returning to his hometown in Fujian, he heard the news that Chongzhen and Chen Yue had reconciled and summoned Chen Yue back to Beijing.
Zheng Sen knew that it was a foregone conclusion that Chen Yue had the power of the court, which meant that it was impossible to rely on the court to suppress Chen Yue.
Zheng Sen was so unwilling to give up, so he decided to raise troops to appease the enemy.
In order to take revenge and for the ambition in his heart, Zheng Sen was willing to bear the reputation of rebellion.
However, Jingnan's raising of troops was like a joke.
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Chen Yue did not mobilize his invincible Northern Expeditionary Army.
The navy led by Wang Yin alone had already defeated him.
The sky was completely dark, but Zheng Sen stopped the servants from lighting the lamp.
He sat on a chair and looked at the dark sky.
Zheng Sen was thinking hard about how to solve the problem.
The situation is so dangerous, what should I do?
Kinmen and Xiamen were lost, and even Nan'ao, where it is now, was in danger.
Although he had tens of thousands of troops in his hands, Zheng Sen did not have the confidence to defend Nan'ao Island.
After all, the gap between his army and the Ming army was too big.
There were footsteps, and then there were shouts from the guards outside.
From the conversation, Zheng Sen knew that the person who came was Chen Yonghua.
Zheng Sen had always been full of affection for this wise young man.
"It's Chen Canjun, let him in," Zheng Sen calmed down and shouted in a deep voice.
The servant lit the candle, and Zheng Sen took this time to calm down his frustration and adjust his mood.
As the leader of an army, he knew that he must not show weakness in front of his subordinates.
"General Manager" Chen Yonghua saluted Zheng Sen with clasped fists.
"Chen Canjun, do you have any business coming to see me so late?"
Zheng Sen asked.
Is it too late?
Chen Yonghua looked at the sky, it had just darkened.
"General Controller, the situation has become very urgent.
I would like to ask the General Controller what your plans are."
"What are your plans?"
Zheng Sen repeated and asked, "I wonder what you have in mind, Chen Canjun?"
Now Zheng Sen is quite confused, how can he come up with an idea in a short while, but he knows that Chen Yonghua must have some insights into why he came here late at night.
Chen Yonghua said: "General Commander, the situation in front of us is already very dangerous.
Now that King Qi has secured his seat in the court, his strong force has forced almost no one in the Ming Dynasty to dare to oppose him.
These days, the world in the hands of his subordinates The association's organizations in various places were cracked down by Jin Yiwei one after another, and many brothers died at the hands of the imperial court.
Originally, we had a lot of support from the gentry from all over the country, but in recent days, under the power of the Jin Yiwei, there are very few gentry who dare to contact us, and support on land has almost been cut off.
General control, if the situation continues, Wang Yin will not need to come to attack the island, and we will be trapped to death.
Although Nan'ao Island is large, it is simply impossible to supply so many troops."
Following Chen Yonghua's words, Zheng Sen's frown deepened.
He didn't know what Chen Yonghua said.
With tens of thousands of troops and their families, there are nearly 100,000 people on the island.
It is not easy to support so many people on Nan'ao Island.
"General Zhi, since Nan'ao cannot be defended and there are no reinforcements outside, we should cut off and give up.
We should evacuate Nan'ao before more Ming troops arrive."
Chen Yonghua showed a determined look on his face.
"Retreat, where to retreat?"
Zheng Sen asked gently.
He didn't know that Nan'ao couldn't be defended, but it was so easy to retreat wherever he wanted: