Just when Zheng Jingsou led the navy to launch a general attack on Dengzhou, the army led by Zheng Chenggong also set out from Pei County, Xuzhou and marched into Yanzhou.

Yanzhou has been a place that must be fought for by military strategists since ancient times. The most famous one is the Three Kingdoms period.

Of course, Yanzhou during the Three Kingdoms period was much larger, which was far from the concept of a Shandong prefecture in the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, Yanzhou is also one of the largest territory among the prefectures in Shandong.

It can be said that Yanzhou Prefecture is the southern gate of Shandong. If Yanzhou is lost, the entire Shandong will be in danger.

Zheng Chenggong did a lot of preparations, and both food, supplies, and sentry scouts were prepared almost perfectly.

Therefore, shortly after entering Yanzhou, Zheng Chenggong received news that Suksaha temporarily changed his mind and transferred the troops that had originally hoarded in Jinan and Qingzhou to the south.

The intention is naturally self-evident, just to block Zheng Chenggong's army from the periphery of Shandong.

I'm afraid Suksaha also thinks that blindly shrinking and defending is not a solution.

Moreover, even if he defended Jinan, the court would inevitably be impeached, so he decided to fight Zheng Chenggong in Yanzhou.

Zheng Chenggong was not too worried about this. Since he had to fight sooner or later, it would be the same as if he was going to fight sooner or later.

He has heard of Suksaha. He claims to be a god of troops, but he is actually a very good guy who loves merit and does not have many real skills.

Zheng Chenggong has no need to be afraid of such a person. As long as Zheng Chenggong performs, it is still easy to win.

Of course, Zheng Chenggong was not careless either. He immediately sent He Shouyi as a vanguard to march into Yanzhou Prefecture City, while he was stationed in Zouxian County for a generation.

He Shouyi is a man who can trust. Not to mention his deeds of anti-Qing in Simingshan, just because he saved Zheng Chenggong from danger several times and several times, Zheng Chenggong could also maintain trust in him.

Yanzhou Prefecture governs Ziyang and Jining Prefecture, and Zou County is a triangle, which can provide timely support to each other.

Zheng Chenggong's plan was to take Zou County first, then Ziyang, and finally come back to attack Jiningzhou.

Of course, this is not a decision made by slap in the head, but the result of Zheng Chenggong's careful consideration.

Jining is no longer the extremely prosperous Jining that year. After several plunders of the Qing army, Jining has become extremely depressed.

In addition, after the canal was cut off, Jining's business almost withered, and merchants changed to other places to make a living.

Jining is probably not much better than a small county town like Zou County.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong's top priority is to take over Yanzhou Prefecture, and Jining Prefecture is just a cover.

But when he led the army to the outside of Zouxian County, he saw that the gate of the county was closed and sent someone to come forward to challenge the battle.

Zheng Chenggong felt that if he could persuade him to surrender, he would try not to attack. After all, the lives of the soldiers were also lives, and the blood of the Han family could not be in vain.

A soldier who fails to fight is naturally the best.

The result was no response.

Zheng Chenggong took out the monocular lens given by His Majesty the Emperor and began to carefully observe the situation at the city.

He was surprised to find that there were not many soldiers at the head of Zou County.

It seems that there are only a few thousand people at most.

Although Zou County is just a small county town, it is the gateway to Yanzhou Prefecture.

Only a few thousand people are stationed, who do you look down on?

What surprised Zheng Chenggong even more was that only a few thousand people dared to defend themselves and did not accept Zheng Chenggong's persuasion to surrender.

Who gave them the courage?

Zheng Chenggong no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the attack on the city.

Now the Ming army has formed an effective siege method.

For those sturdy cities, the coffin is used to blow up the city walls first, and then the main force rushes to establish the victory.

But for such a small county town, it is not so troublesome.

Zheng Chenggong ordered the use of cannons to bombard and suppress fire, and then chose to directly attack the city.

Because the Ming army's artillery was powerful, the Qing army at the city wall was bombarded with only the power of parrying and no ability to fight back.

For a moment, rubble was rippling from the city wall, and the Qing soldiers ran away with their heads in their arms, crying for their parents.

Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong snorted coldly in his heart. These people really couldn't see the situation clearly.

I have been sold by others and I am still loyal to me here.

If they were really valuable, I'm afraid they had already been in Yanzhou Prefecture for management at this moment? How could they be treated as abandoned children and trapped in an isolated city?

From the current perspective, Suksaha has no intention of reinforcement to Zou County.

For Suksaha, as long as Yanzhou Prefecture City is fine, it can be accepted.

But these Qing soldiers did not understand this truth until they died.

Zheng Chenggong ordered He Shouyi to go to Yanzhou Prefecture in advance because he knew where the main battlefield was, so the Ming army had to prepare in advance.

As for the fact that Zou County is a matter of time sooner or later, He Shouyi doesn't need to spend it here.

After a round of gunfire, the Ming army launched a fierce offensive.

Outside Zouxian County is a circle of moats.

Compared with the moat outside the city, this moat seems much more precious.

It could not stop the Ming army's attack at all, and soon the Ming army jumped over the moat and began to set up ladders.

The Qing army did not react until this moment, and hurriedly lifted the wooden rocks and prepared to smash them down.

By the time the stones were smashed, some soldiers from the Ming army had already climbed halfway.

Of course there will still be casualties, but it is much better than ordinary siege battles.

The Ming army was very fast. After climbing to the city as fast as possible, they immediately launched a fierce attack.

The Qing soldiers next to the cliff were stunned and stood there as if they were stunned.

I knew that the Ming soldiers were slashing with swords and then woke up like a dream and took the sword to block it.

The blades collided with each other and made a crisp sound, and almost everyone held their breath.

Whether it was the Ming army or the Qing army, they knew very well that there would be no distraction at this time.

"Kill the enemy and serve the country!"

A Ming army chief shouted and rushed into the crowd.

He wants to buy space and time for his brothers. Since someone must make this sacrifice, let him do it.

Unexpectedly, seeing the fearless Ming army commander rushed over, the large number of Qing army green camp soldiers subconsciously retreated.

Everyone thinks that someone will make up for the seat, but everyone thinks so, so a gap appears!

It was such an inconspicuous gap that gave the Ming army soldiers room to climb to the top of the city to gain a foothold.

In a moment, hundreds of Ming soldiers had already climbed to the top of the city.

They slashed with swords and tried their best to maximize their advantages.

The Qing soldiers woke up as if they were dreaming and hurried forward to fight.

But the Ming army, who had already made a strong aura, ignored them at all and only steadily held their own positions.

More and more Ming soldiers rushed to the city, and the battle situation became more and more beneficial to the Ming army.

The Qing soldiers' mentality completely exploded.

Originally, their number was far inferior to that of this Ming army, and now its only terrain advantage has disappeared. They all rushed down from the horse path and ran away from the horse path.

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