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Chapter 284 Disturbing the Enemy's Heart

Thousands of surrendered Zheng army soldiers finally appeared in front of Duoduo.

When the Eight Banners soldiers saw the Zheng army soldiers, they were defeated by the Ming army before they even approached the defense line, and snorted with disdain.

When the soldiers of the Green Camp saw it, their faces were full of ridicule.

When the Zheng army soldiers first surrendered, the army was uneasy and had no will.

Although many generals thought that after all the surrenders, they performed well and showed their faces to the new employer in order to develop well, the morale of the soldiers was not high and they were directly defeated by the Ming soldiers.

Since Zheng Zhilong left, the treatment of Zheng's soldiers can be said to have plummeted.

Although the food of the Zheng army soldiers was not as good as that of the Eight Banners, they definitely exceeded that of most green camps, and their salary was also greater than that of the green camps. But now Duoduo cannot continue to treat them, so other green camps will naturally have opinions, and the Qing Dynasty will definitely not be able to afford it.

In history, after Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty were Wu Yi Bo Shifu, Chengji Bo Zheng Zhibao, and ten generals of his subordinates, and 113,000 soldiers.

In addition, the Qing Dynasty also used Zheng Zhilong's signature to surrender coastal areas such as Baisha and Jiazi in Guangdong. Moreover, the generals of Zheng Zhilong's troops, Shi Lang, Liang Li, Huang Ting, Cheng Sheng and Hong Xishan, led by Wu Yi Bo Shifu, followed Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong into Guangdong, and actively participated in the fight against the uprising in Shunde County and the suppression of the Zhang Jiayu's anti-Qing army in Zengcheng.

The Zheng army followed Li Chengdong to fight and made a lot of efforts. They even fought to Wuzhou. Under the command of Li Chengdong, they continued to attack eastern Guangxi, which was quite harmful to the Southern Ming Dynasty.

However, due to the time of the Qing Dynasty, a chain of contempt had already been formed within the Qing Dynasty. Zheng's army was discriminated against by other Qing troops. After making meritorious service, not only did not receive rewards, but was instead subject to an opportunity to be destroyed and disbanded. This made Huang Ting, Hong Xishan and other generals live a life of living under others. They swallowed their anger and felt that they were not treated with talent and did not reward merit. Finally, they left the Qing army and defected to Zheng Chenggong.

At this time, Duoduo's attitude towards the Zheng army, in addition to the navy, actually wanted to wait for an opportunity to annex, destroy and disband the infantry.

On the layers of terraced fields, Zheng soldiers retreated in the fields. Many Zheng soldiers who were trapped in the mud did not have time to escape and were surrounded by Ming soldiers. More than 6,000 Zheng soldiers lost 2,000 people, less than 4,000 people, and fled back.

Shi Fu, Shi Lang and others were filled with regret and felt ashamed of being in front of Duoduo.

Originally, after the Zheng army surrendered, they were not favored by other Qing troops. Today, they showed big faces again. When the two retreated, they were a little scared. They came to Duoduo and kowtowed, "Prince, the enemy's defense is tight. The slaves and others failed to attack. Please punish them!"

Duoduo looked at the two of them without showing anger, but said calmly, "It's just a tentative attack, let's forget it this time!"

Shi Fu, Shi Lang and others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the word, and hurriedly saluted, "I thanked the prince for not killing him. I will definitely do my best to defeat the enemy in the future!"

Duoduo pulled out his horse's reins, "Go back to the camp, think about why you didn't attack just now. I will listen to what you said later!"

In less than an hour, the Qing army, who had set up their formation, withdrew back to the camp and ended today's attack.

On the terraced fields, the Ming soldiers did not rush down, but defeated the Zheng army and drove them down the terraced fields, and stopped chasing them.

At this time, the Qing army retreated, weapons and flags were scattered everywhere in the ridges and paddy fields. Teams of Zheng army prisoners, covered with mud, were taken back to the low wall by Ming soldiers and taken care of them.

Zheng soldiers went down to the field to charge. After the Ming soldiers rushed out, Zheng soldiers could not run fast in the mud that was not in the calf. They were divided and surrounded by the Ming army that was fiercely along the ridge of the field, and captured more than a thousand prisoners.

At this time, Zhu Yihai, Zhao Ming and others under the banner of Daqiu watched the Ming soldiers clear the battlefield, and their faces showed excitement. Even Wu Zhaosheng, who had no confidence before, was quite excited.

Zhu Yihai looked at the battlefield and nodded in praise, "The place chosen by Bo'an is indeed good!"

Wu Zhaosheng was also surprised and said, "Most of the Zheng army soldiers are Fujian natives, good at fighting in the mountains and forests, and they didn't even rush up to fight with us in close combat. What's the Tartars still afraid of us? We can defend with all our strength, and we may not be able to stop Duoduo!"

When everyone praised Zhao Ming, Ruan Mei walked quickly with her sword and helmet, clasped her fists and said, "Your Highness, the soldiers captured thousands of Zheng's troops, how to deal with this group of cords!"

Zhu Yihai frowned slightly, then looked at Zhao Ming and said, "What should Bo'an think of it?"

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "It is useless for us to keep more than a thousand people. Instead, we need to separate the troops to guard. I think it is better to let them have a full meal and then let them go back!"

"Just let them go?" Wu Zhaosheng raised his eyebrows, "Is it too cheap for them? The world's general trend is broken, because Zheng Jun went to Qing Dynasty. We still want to treat them to eat and drink?"

Zheng Zhilong's visit to the Qing Dynasty this time did bring huge crisis to the Ming camp, causing the Ming Dynasty to fall into a dangerous situation of national destruction, and causing trouble to all forces that insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty.

After hearing Wu Zhaosheng's words, Zhu Yihai turned his head to look at Zhao Ming and asked, "Why does Bo'an suggest letting them go?"

Zhao Ming explained: "There are few Manchus, and every battle they will drive the green camp and fight. Now that tens of thousands of Zheng's army surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Duoduo will inevitably urge the Zheng army to attack fiercely. Zheng's soldiers found that they were used as cannon fodder by Duoduo, so they would naturally be dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty. At this time, if your highness put down more than a thousand prisoners, they will inevitably spread your highness's kindness. At that time, if the Zheng army attacks again, the soldiers will definitely not be able to use their lives, and they will not even be afraid of being captured, so that Duoduo cannot use the Zheng army to consume us!"

Wu Zhaosheng frowned and said, "What if Duoduo discovered our intention and killed the person who put it back?"

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "This Zheng army will inevitably be angry and will increase our chances of victory. However, Duoduo will not do this, he will control people at most."

Zhu Yihai nodded, "Just do it according to Bo'an's wishes!"

Ruan Mei took the order and left with her fists. Zhao Ming said: "Your Highness, now we have attracted the Duoduo army in the front. The navy has secretly gathered and is preparing to encircle Duoduo's retreat. However, Duoduo has many Zheng army naval forces. If our army wants to increase the chance of victory, we should send people to Jinxia and ask Zheng Yukui and others to send troops!"

Zhu Yihai nodded, "Who are you willing to go?"

Xia Wanchun bowed and said, "Your Highness, I am willing to go!"

More than a thousand Zheng army prisoners were waiting for the Ming army to fall in panic, not knowing how the Ming army would deal with them, traitors.

At this time, a group of Ming armies carried hot rice and milky white fish soup to the camp where the prisoners were imprisoned and distributed food to the prisoners.

The Zheng army soldiers took the food and drank a little uneasy, but Zhao Ming came over surrounded by a group of generals, attracting everyone's attention.

"Brothers of Zheng Army, I am Zhao Ming, the Marquis of Pinggu. I know that you are being snatched by Zheng Zhilong, and I am not really trying to join the Qing Dynasty. How could I not do anything to make a horse and a cow for the Tartars? I know that this is not your original intention. After this meal, I go down the mountain. Don't work hard for the Tartars anymore." Zhao Ming boarded a big cart and spoke loudly.

After hearing Zhao Ming's words, more than a thousand prisoners ate the food of the Zhejiang Army and saluted them one after another, saying that they did not want to serve the Tartars, and were all driven by Shangguan.

After Zhao Ming finished speaking, he left directly. After a thousand prisoners were fed, they were deported.

The next day, Duoduo urged the Zheng army to attack again. After last night's summary, Duoduo and the Zheng army generals all had some confidence, believing that at least they could be close to the Ming army today. Optimistically, they might be able to occupy a few more mountains.

The attack began soon, but soon Duoduo was surprised. The attacking Zheng army was defeated faster than yesterday. Moreover, when they fled, some soldiers saw that the situation was not good and were even too lazy to run, so they surrendered directly and acted extremely decisively.

Duoduo looked at Zheng Jun who was retreating from Manye, his muscles twitched on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's really a mud that can't be supported on the wall!"
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