After Zheng Sen's death, the generals of Changle followed Zheng Sen's orders and appointed Zheng Xi to take care of the state affairs and succeeded to the throne of Prince Fujian. The fastest update was made, Huang Zhao, Xiao Gongchen, Liu Guoxuan and others asked Zheng Xi to attack Jinxia on the grounds that Zheng Jing had "unfairly violated human ethics and could not bear to be the best". Zheng Xi refused several times, saying that this was a fight between the same family and his eldest brother had just passed away. His uncle could not bear to use troops to his nephew. Later, he was convinced by the generals and pointed out that he did not ask Zheng Jing to violate the wishes of the vassal lord, so he sighed and agreed to send troops.

After Zheng Xi decided to attack Jinxia, ​​a large number of generals loyal to Zheng Jing immediately fled. When Huang Zhao and others wanted to arrest Chen Yonghua, they had already sailed south on a sea boat.

As soon as the news of his father's death and his uncle's succession came, Zheng Jing, with the support of Jianping Marquis Zheng Tai, his mother Dong Xian and others, succeeded to the throne and mourning. He also appointed Chen Yonghua, who fled from Changle, to join the army, Zhou Quanbin was the governor of the five armies, and Hong Xu was the chief minister, and integrated the navy and land troops to prepare for the Zheng storm.

In Hangzhou, after Zhou Shixiang learned of the internal strife of Zheng's army, he sent an envoy to ask Zheng Xi in the name of the court. Zheng Jing stopped the army and quit the battle. He was willing to go to Fujian in person to mediate for both sides. In order to express his sincerity to stop the army, Zhou Shixiang wrote a letter to Zheng Xi and Zheng Jing respectively, and the words in the letter were not sincere.

Zheng Xi, who was already weak, accepted Zhou Shixiang's suggestion under the persuasion of Gan Hui and others, and was willing to stop the army and negotiate peace with his nephew, and then mediated by His Highness the King of Qi. Unexpectedly, his nephew Zheng Jing was unwilling to stop the army with him.

Zheng Jing was moved at first because the letter Zhou Shixiang vaguely implied that as long as he and Zheng Shi stopped the army, the successor of the Min King should be followed. The so-called ancestral system is "the father died and the son succeeded", rather than "brothers ended with the brothers". This hint obviously means that as long as Zheng Jing accepts Zhou Shixiang's mediation, Zhou Shixiang can submit a request to Dingwu to succeed the throne of the Min King.

However, Chen Yonghua, Hong Xu and others believed that Zhou Shixiang's words were unreliable, which can be seen from his breach of promise to surrender in Suzhou. Chen Yonghua concluded that Zhou Shixiang's move was just a slow-down strategy, because the Taiping Army entering Fujian is now besieging Dasu in Fuzhou and cannot deal with Jin Xia at all. So Zhou Shixiang hoped that both sides of Jin Xia would stop the troops so that he could use force to threaten Jin Xia with force after he solved Dasu. Otherwise, once Jin Xia decides the winner and decides the final winner, Zhou Shixiang has to face a reunite Jin Xia group.

Hong Xu's analysis was more pertinent. He believed that Zhou Shixiang and his Taiping Army were now holding the emperor to command the princes, and since the vassal lords were in the past, they did not listen to the Nandu and maintained their de facto independence. In the past, there was the Qing army in Zhejiang and Fujian, and Zhou Shi was far behind the Jin and Xiamen. Now Zhejiang has been occupied by the Taiping Army, and only one city in Fujian has not yet been left. Therefore, once Fuzhou is taken down by the Taiping Army, Zhou Shixiang will definitely use troops to Jin and Xiamen to achieve nominal and factual unification. In the old saying, "Whether others sleep soundly when they are lying on the side of the collapse."

The Taiping Army must be in a strong position towards the Zheng army. Zhou Shixiang, the King of Qi, controls the government and regards the emperor as a puppet. Compared with Cao Cao and Sun Kewang's recent actions, he is like a retreat. Therefore, the Jinxia side, which is in a de facto independent position, is a thorn in Zhou Shixiang's side, whether it is an enemy of the Taiping Army.

Since we will face the Taiping Army sooner or later, why not take advantage of the Taiping Army's power to look east, and then consolidate our troops, use Jinxia as the basis and naval troops as the arm, negotiate with Zhou Shixiang, and obtain the treatment given by the former vassal lords at that time. If Zhou Shixiang disagrees, it will be convenient for the victory and defeat in one battle. Chen Yonghui and Hong Xu dare to fight with the Taiping Army lies in the powerful naval power of Jinxia. Although the Taiping Army's land division is far worse than Jinxia, ​​the navy is too weak. If you really want to decide to use force, Zhou Shixiang must also consider the gains and losses.

"When he came to attack my Jinxia, ​​I sent the navy into the Yangtze River, but seeing whether Jinxia is important to him, King Qi, or the southern capital is important to him, King Qi."

Chen Yonghua's last sentence strengthened Zheng Jing's determination to use force.

Although Zheng Tai, the Marquis of Jianping, was afraid of the Taiping Army's military advance, he supported the proposals of Chen Yonghua and others, because he was also afraid that Zhou Shi had a plot against Jin Xia. If he heard Zhou Shixiang's words and the two sides stopped their troops and negotiated, the consequence was that the Taiping Army that captured Fuzhou suddenly ran to Jin Xia after a breath. In that case, Jin Xia would have to deal with Zheng Xi and Taiping Army at the same time, and there was almost no chance of winning.

With Zheng Tai's support, Zheng Jing no longer hesitated and sent troops northward. Zheng Xi learned that Zheng Jing had taken action and had to face the battle. The land divisions on both sides set up formations in the Xinghua Prefecture area. At the sea, there were also naval troops loyal to Zheng Jing and naval troops loyal to Zheng Xi and launched fierce naval battles.

After the news of the war between Jin and Xiamen reached Hangzhou, Zhou Shixiang set out to Fuzhou. On the one hand, he reported to Nandu, and on the other hand, he sent envoys to the army between Jin and Xiamen to express His Highness's disappointment.

After many days of preparation, the naval battle broke out first.

In the naval battle, the naval forces supporting Zheng Zhi were weaker than those supporting Zheng Jing. However, because Zheng Zhi's strength on the land division was stronger than Zheng Jing, the Zheng Zhi's naval forces, which were at a disadvantage, were very tenacious. The two sides were fighting fiercely in Pinghaiwei and Wan'ansu. On the sea, the "boom" cannons rumbling and white smoke filled the sea. The large warships of Zheng Jing's troops and Zheng Zhi's ships launched a fierce artillery battle. The shells kept roaring into the sea, and milky white water columns rose up. The small boats of both sides launched an attack on the other side, struggling to kill the big ships, either attacking with fire or jumping on the side to board the enemy ships and fighting on hand.

The commander of the Zheng army's naval division is Zheng Tai, the Marquis of Jianping. This man is worthy of being a veteran of the sea. He flexibly utilizes the wind direction and water flow, which has always made his fleet in a favorable position. The general who presided over the Zhengzhi Navy was Liu Guoxuan, the commander of the rear army. This man was also brave and good at fighting. As a result, although the Zhengzhi Navy's navy was weak, the two sides fought fiercely from noon to darkness, Zheng Tai never won the victory. Finally, because the strength of the warships under Liu Guoxuan was not as strong as Zheng Tai, after three days of fighting in Pinghaiwei, Liu Guoxuan was forced to lead his troops to evacuate.

After Zheng Tai won, he returned triumphantly. As soon as he arrived in Xiamen, he received the order from Zheng Jingjun from Xinghua Prefecture to hand over the navy to Yang Ying immediately. Zheng Tai was confused, but he was not suspicious and asked his younger brother Zheng Mingjun and others to hand over the navy to Yang Ying, and then all the generals followed him to Xinghua.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Mingjun expressed doubts about this military order. He said to Zheng Tai: "Brother, I have made a decision before the war. I will leave it to you at sea and Zheng Jing will come on land. Now my brother has beaten Liu Guoxuan. Why does Zheng Jing want you to go to Xinghua immediately? Will you be uneasy?"

My younger brother's concerns did not make Zheng Tai pay attention to them, and he disagreed: "I am Zheng Jing's uncle. What can he do to me? Without the support of my brothers and others, he could live in peace until now? Although he won the naval battle, the decision to belong to Jin Xia was still on the land. Zheng Jing was young and Chen Yonghua and the others had no experience. Maybe my uncle was needed to take charge of him."

Zheng Tai was right. Jin Xia’s support for Zheng Jing was mainly Zheng Tai’s side. Although Zheng Jing had some generals, most of them were too young. Even Chen Yonghua, who was polite, was just a person who had just emerged recently and could not be considered a powerful person. The final victory or defeat of the Xinghua Prefecture was also related to Zheng Jing’s own wealth and life. After learning that Zheng Tai defeated Liu Guoxuan, he would naturally want to ask his uncle to come to Xinghua to give him advice.

Zheng Mingjun always had some doubts about Zheng Jing, the uncle brother, but after all, it was just his feeling and there was no real evidence, so he could only persuade Zheng Tai: "Brother, although you are his uncle, this struggle for power and profit is the most ruthless thing. When the vassal lord was there, Zheng Jing dared to cut off the military rations of the vassal lord."

"The past was the past, and now is the present. If Zheng Jing wants to firmly take up the position of the vassal lord, he must rely on me, otherwise he will have no one to use it."

Zheng Tai, who was too confident in himself, did not listen to his younger brother's advice and insisted on going to Xinghua. Seeing this, Zheng Mingjun had to call his third brother Zheng Zhangxu and others over and secretly told them to bring more people and act according to the opportunity. If Zheng Jing is not good to his elder brother, then their brothers will save the elder brother no matter what.
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