Chapter 341 First victory

Two elite troops, A and B, under the command of the rear captain of the Zuo Army in the Jiangnan Theater, quietly moved to Hezhou Mansion in the upper reaches of the adjacent river. They crossed the river at night and then marched quickly, passing by Jiangning, and attacked Dan Tu.

The old ministers of the former Jiangnan dynasty braved the disapproval of the world and, without legal principles, forcibly promoted the former Fu Wang Zhu Yousong to the throne of God, named Hongguang, and succeeded the Zhu family.

However, the small court of the puppet emperor only had wind leakage from all sides, and the entire thatched house could not shelter it. I don't know how many puppet emperor's ministers secretly defected to Jiangbei and were willing to provide cover for the army to cross the river.

But there are many people who secretly seek refuge, but few who are accepted. But it is also selective. Only those who are capable and have few flaws in their previous virtues will be accepted, and the rest will be rejected.

And just in case, these accepted defectors are surrounded by personal guards in black.

With their cover, six thousand elite soldiers easily crossed the river from Hezhou, crossed the natural chasm and entered the ground south of the Yangtze River under the watchful eye of Zheng Zhilong's naval patrol.

Following the already planned marching route, with the help of the cover along the way and the cover of the night, they passed by the puppet emperor's small court, and at the end of Chou Shi, they had arrived at Dantu.

"In front of us is Dantu. The Dantu water village of Fujian pirate Zheng Zhibao is on the riverside outside Dantu." The six thousand elite soldiers temporarily stopped to rest for a while while the two generals were talking.

"According to the message from the black-clothed guards, we are still five or six miles away from Dantu Water Village. It is now the end of Chou Shi, and Yin Shi is approaching. Our brothers in the Navy will launch an attack in Yin Shi, and we must not hold back. Not only must we not be held back, we must also make the first contribution.”

"The brothers of the Black Guards should be arriving soon. Wait a moment, and as soon as the Black Guards have information, attack immediately, good or bad."

"good."

After a while, a soldier came to the two generals with a guard in black.

"Jiang San, the black-clad guard, has met two generals!"

"Don't talk nonsense." A general asked: "How is the situation at Dantu Water Village?"

"Zheng Zhibao only listened to the orders of his brother Zheng Zhilong, and the first plan failed." Jiang San, a black-clothed guard, said: "However, the deputy deacon and dozens of colleagues are in the water stronghold. Once the war breaks out, Zheng Zhibao and the following will be captured. The important thief leader will have no chance of escaping..."

After hearing this, the two generals nodded in unison: "That's good. We are not afraid of not being able to defeat the pirates, we are just afraid that the pirates will escape. As long as we can capture the leader, this Dantu water stronghold will be destroyed with a single blow and we will catch them all in one sweep."

After Jiang San, the black-clothed guard, left, the two generals seized the time. In about the time it took a cup of tea, the six thousand troops quickly moved into action and rushed towards Dantu Water Village at the fastest speed.

Seeing the Yin hour approaching, County Master Chen in the Bamboo Tower was already restless. In addition to a black-clothed guard guarding him, the previous envoy and others had long since disappeared.

He walked to the window and suddenly said: "Is Yin Shi coming soon?"

Suddenly, there was a burst of thunder on the river outside the water village. The sound of whining and cracking the air suddenly started, and in an instant, the earth shook!

At the same time, alarm bells sounded in the water village. The originally quiet water village suddenly became boiling.

Chen Xianzun stood in front of the window and clearly saw dense black dots flying in the moonlight, hitting the bamboo buildings, docks and warships along the water village. However, he saw the bamboo buildings collapsed and sawdust flying on the docks. The warships were riddled with holes, and some even disintegrated and sank on the spot!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The shrill screams were earth-shattering, accompanied by faint screams that woke up the entire night sky. The torch fell to the ground, the bamboo and water village began to burn, and amid the billowing smoke, Zheng Zhibao ran out of the main village in panic, and he was shocked when he saw it!

"Somebody come!"

Zheng Zhibao took a deep breath: "Go and see what's going on!"

Before anyone left, someone came and shouted: "Third Master! Third Master! The enemy is coming from the river!"

As he spoke, there was another burst of thunder on the river, and the second round of shelling had arrived.

Seeing the facilities on the Shuizhai River collapsing and burning under the bombardment, Zheng Zhibao's expression was as solid as iron: "Quickly gather troops and prepare to board the ship!"

He had never thought of going overland. The first thing that comes to mind is to board the ship and fight the incoming enemy. Dantu Water Village has tens of thousands of water divisions and two hundred warships. As long as he boards the warships, he will be confident enough to defeat the enemy.

But looking at the warship under fire, his heart was bleeding.

"Walk!"

Zheng Zhibao roared and ran towards the water with an eyebrow-tip knife in hand.

But before they had taken a few steps, there was another loud sound of cannons outside the Lumen in the rear, and the shouts of killing were earth-shattering. Zheng Zhibao's heart felt cold and his feet moved faster.

When he passed a bamboo building, suddenly, five figures hiding in a dark corner came out like lightning and flint, and with lightning speed, they chopped down melons and vegetables among the more than ten guards around Zheng Zhibao. After killing them all, when Zheng Zhibao reacted and raised his knife to resist, he was knocked to the ground with a punch.

"It's you!"

Zheng Zhibao's eyes widened.

It was the deputy deacon of Jiangnan Black Guards, the young attendant who had been beside Mr. Chen before.

"It's me." The deputy deacon played around with a rope and tied Zheng Zhibao tightly in two or two strokes. Then he smiled and said, "Deputy Jiangnan, the black-clad guard of the National Security Department of Daxia, has met Zheng San, the leader of the family."

Zheng Zhibao's whole body stagnated, and then his breath was greatly reduced: "It turns out that he is from King Xia."

Attacked from both land and water, the first round of shelling did not cause too many casualties to the Fujian Navy at Dantu Water Village. If Zheng Zhibao and a group of Fujian naval forces react in time, they may not be able to board the ship and break out. But unfortunately, the black-clothed guard's trump card put an end to all this.

There were forty or fifty black-clad guards hidden in the Dan Tu Water Village. Zheng Zhibao had no idea how they hid in. Along with him, all the named generals were captured and killed by the black-clad guards as soon as the war started.

The snake is helpless without a head. Without Zheng Zhibao and other generals, Dantu Water Village will never be able to recover. Zheng Wu's navy quickly approached and sealed off the river bend outside the water stronghold. Then six thousand elite soldiers from the land route easily entered the water stronghold. In less than half an hour, the battle of Dantu's water stronghold came to an end. Certainly.

After defeating Dantu's water stronghold and killing all Zheng Zhibao's troops, Zheng Wu's navy left a force of 3,000 troops to guard Dantu and build a fort. Then without stopping, the fleet went straight up the river and headed towards Longtan.

The army's 6,000 elite soldiers did not stop, but turned around and went to Longtan to fight with them.

At Mao hour, Longtan is in sight.

Like the previous alchemy disciples, Longtan at this time was also the quietest time of the day. On the eve of dawn, everything is the quietest.

But Zheng Zhilong had already gotten up.

Ever since yesterday night, he had had a vague feeling of uneasiness in his heart, and he had not slept soundly all night. Before the rooster crows, he gets up.

The water village in Longtan is much larger than that of Dantu. Here are Zheng Zhilong's most elite 20,000 naval troops and 400 of the best warships.

Standing on the river embankment, the morning stars in the sky are getting brighter and brighter, but the night is still dark. The rows of bamboo and wooden buildings in the water village are looming in the night and the lights.

Zheng Zhilong looked sad, and his mind was uncertain.