Defeated, defeated, defeated......"

A team of soldiers and soldiers, like ghosts out of hell, ran in groups on the side of the Min River.

They ran out of the previous journey of seven or eight days in less than two days, and along the way they were almost thirsty to drink Minjiang water, hungry to chew grass roots and bark, and even had no courage to catch fish and make soup.

This is a group of people who break their guts, and they are also a group of people whose image is worse than that of beggars.

These van troops were stationed along the way, setting up military stations to protect the garrison soldiers and horses on the flanks and back roads and grain routes.

With the defeat of King Zhao and the escape of Liu Guangsi, the news of the defeat of Jianyang spread all the way to the ears of these box troops, they did not even wait for the enemy cavalry to chase and began to abandon and flee, and then there were Liukou's light cavalry chasing, most of the box army surrendered on the spot, and even the courage to continue to run was gone, only a few remnants of the box army of less than 2,000 people, like hungry ghosts fled all the way to Fuzhou.

Yang Shiwei and Zheng Liqi and others surrounded Lin Douyao out of the city to patrol, and the three officers set up a banner near Nan'an Town, and sheltered those defeated and fleeing troops on the spot, and selected officers to come out and behead them next to the official road, and hung dozens of bloody heads on the side of the road in two days, so as to deter the defeated and fleeing army, and after containment, they were included in the city guard camp and immediately stationed at the head of Fuzhou City.

At this time, the three civil officials burst out with extraordinary energy, and they were far stronger than Zhao Wang and other noble military generals.

When the people of Fuzhou were panicking, Zheng Liqi's robbery camp searched for illegal activities inside and outside the city, and arrested more than 100 people in one night, and in a few days, the van army, scoundrels, and rangers who escaped and looted were arrested more than 500 people, plus the kind of people arrested before, a total of more than 1,000 people were detained in the prisons of the Criminal Division and the government office, and several prisons in the city were already full.

The news that these troops had sent back was already late, and King Zhao returned to Fuzhou on the morning of the 23rd, and when he entered the city, his face was pale, and he did not say a word.

When there was already an uproar in the city, Lin Douyao and the others couldn't wait to rush to the Zhao Wangfu to inquire, but they saw that the Zhao Wangfu was already packing, and the father of the Son of Heaven, Prince Dawei, was already preparing to flee by sea to Jiangling with the guards who fled back together.

King Zhao didn't want to lie about his military exploits, or even turn defeat into victory.

But at least a few thousand soldiers and horses must dare to do this, after this battle, if King Zhao, Liu Guangsi and others escape alone, you can imagine what will happen...... Because the officers and soldiers on the Fujian Road were defeated too badly, if Fuzhou and the others were empty cities, Li Kaiming would be a fool and know how to take advantage of the weakness and strike while the iron was hot...... Fuzhou will not be guaranteed. Even if King Zhao wanted to conceal the defeat, how could he hide it when Fuzhou was lost?

Won the war, but lost Fuzhou?

King Zhao also did not have the consciousness of staying in Fuzhou to defend the city at all...... Just kidding, more than 10,000 elite forbidden troops and 70,000 box troops have all been rejected, and now there is no more formed forbidden army on Fujian Road, and there is no more than 10,000 box troops...... If there are still 20,000 or 30,000 people in the Xiang army, and then mobilize the big households in Fuzhou to contribute money and grain, and recruit the people to open the arsenal and release weapons, so that they can defend the city, and finally King Zhao still has a chance to turn over.

However, there is only one city guard camp and a thief hunting camp left in Fuzhou City, adding up to less than 5,000 people, and it is impossible to raise many people to go to the city in a hurry, if Li Kaiming acts quickly, within five days, 100,000 thieves will appear under Fuzhou City, do not leave at this time, stay and wait to be caught by thieves, and become the first Prince of Great Wei to be captured alive?

King Zhao didn't say a word at that time, but Xu Ziwei just put the responsibility on the head of the Xiang army and the generals of the forbidden army.

Lin Douyao and the others also looked at each other at that time, looking at King Zhao with a pale face, Xu Ziwei who talked eloquently, and Xu Ziwen who was like a dead man, they really had nothing to say.

Then Liu Guangsi fled in defeat, confirming the news of the annihilation of the whole army, and the whole of Fuzhou was in turmoil.

In the evening of the same day, Pu Shougao, a Tianfang man, led the people to flee first, and the long convoy passed through the east gate of Fuzhou, went to the Minjiang wharf, and released the boat directly to Quanzhou.

Although it was quite risky for the Pu family to pass through Qizhou, they did not dare to stay in Fuzhou anymore.

The Great Wei Mansion represents order, as long as it is within the scope of legal principles, the Pu family can always find a way to come back if there is anything out of the ordinary. And for the simple peasant rebels, these people have a huge amount of wealth in their hands, and they are also foreign visitors, so they naturally cannot believe that the best way is to kill people and seize property.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were as many as 200,000 Tianfang people in Guangzhou, which was the result of a hundred years of trade between the two sides.

Of course, Pu Shougao didn't want to fall into such a fate, and the soldiers and civilians in the city could only watch this foreign businessman flee first.

That night, King Zhao and Marquis Jingyuan and other nobles in the city wanted to leave the city, but they were stopped by Lin Douyao, Changwen Marquis Chen Dujing and other dignitaries in the city

Stanch.

The thief hunting camp and the city guard camp were ordered to close the city gates, and Lin Douyao of course would not force King Zhao and others to stay, and the fall of Fuzhou was just that, and the prince and the biological father of the Son of Heaven fell into the hands of thieves, which was really a shame for the Great Wei.

It's just that before the news is confirmed, or before the gentry in the city are mobilized, it is necessary to keep King Zhao in the city to settle the people's hearts.

Even if King Zhao is an out-and-out waste, waste also has its use value.

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After the defeat of the fleeing army, the fleeing soldiers of the forbidden army arrived one after another.

When the three civilian officials saw that there was a defeated forbidden army, their expressions were tense.

Two days was enough time to figure out the situation on the battlefield, the Xiang army collapsed and fled first, but there were not many Xiang troops who fled back to the battlefield that day, and the news from the mouth of the few successful Xiang troops was that in addition to being killed by a part of the Xiang army, at least more than half of the soldiers of about 40,000 or 50,000 people surrendered directly on the battlefield.

This is simply a shame for the officers and soldiers of the Great Wei!

Fortunately, the forbidden army has been fighting, and the fugitive forbidden army has vividly described the situation of the forbidden army and the thieves fighting hard, although facing two sides, the forbidden army of about 10,000 people has always fought hard in the drums, and many of the van troops have been reviewing the battlefield where the forbidden army fought when they fled.

The Praetorian army fought until late in the evening and then was routed by the superior enemy, which was the final outcome. According to Lin Douyao's analysis, the forbidden army is not as good as the box army, and the battle array only collapsed in the evening, although it was surrounded by nearly 100,000 enemies, there would still be a part of the forbidden army that escaped from the battlefield and eventually fled back to Fuzhou.

This is not the imagination of civil officials, Fuzhou to Jianyang County only one official road, built along the side of the Min River, most of the terrain is the Fuzhou Plain, not a winding mountain road. Fujian Road many states and counties, such as Quanzhou's Changxi, Lianjiang two cities, its leading to Fuzhou is to be in the peaks and peaks of the mountain road, twists and turns, Lianjiang to Fuzhou City's South Road official road, is from its south gate Changning Gate, directly over the Baiheling, with countless layers of stone steps as a ladder, twenty miles of mountain road over the mountains, and even Fuzhou.

Lianjiang in Quanzhou and Changxi once belonged to Jian'an County in the Jin and Sui dynasties, and it is conceivable that the geographical conditions of these places are the same. Famous mountains and rivers are connected, and many villages and towns are built in the valley.

In the area of Gukou, due to the development of the iron-making industry, several official roads were built from the mountains and even peaks and valleys, and many literati described the geographical environment of the area around Gukou with the words "its high skyscrapers, its dangerous walls" to describe, the area around the Jianyang battlefield is a hilly and small plain area, and it is also at the source of the Minjiang River, as long as it is dark, the forbidden army can escape to the mountainous terrain around the valley and mountain in one night, and when fleeing over the mountains and mountains, the enemy has no way to search for soldiers in the steep mountains.

There may be a small number of people who die in the pursuit of thieves, or a few who do not return to Fuzhou, detour to Shao Wujun or hide in the mountains, but as long as they see the soldiers of the forbidden army arrive in Fuzhou, it means that the pursuers are not far away, and they can see the thieves at any time.

When the twilight was falling, Yang Shiwei ordered the accompanying officers to light the torches, and Zheng Liqi transferred out the thief hunting camp and lit the torches on the side of the Minjiang River to the east gate of Fuzhou, so as to intimidate the thieves who came to spy with great momentum.

Many officials and gentry in the city, including Changwen Marquis Chen Dujing and others, gathered in the city.

The city is constantly beating gongs and drums, and the people's hearts are also terrified, many strong men spontaneously rushed to the city, but they were short of water and food, and also found that the city head except for a few pieces of wood and stones, there are not even a few hanging households, to talk about defending the city, I am afraid that I can only use my teeth to fight with the enemy.

At this time, although thousands of people gathered at the head of the city, and the number of people was increasing, many officials and gentry began to organize their families to carry water and picky food to the city, but there were no bows and arrows, archers, a large number of city defense equipment, as well as long guns, horizontal knives and other weapons. Prior to this, although many of the many officials and gentry did not have much confidence in the war, they did not expect that the situation would suddenly be so sinister.

Chen Dujing stayed in the city for a while, and in the end he was uneasy, so he went out of the city surrounded by dozens of families and rushed to Yang Shiwei, Lin Douyao and others.

Everyone saluted each other, and no one was polite at this time, and there were more than 100 soldiers of the forbidden army gathered on the side of the road, all covered in blood, armor, weapons, and helmets, of course, all discarded.

According to the law of Great Wei, if the battlefield fails, if the main officer is lost, the whole team will be killed. If the chief officer flees first, the sin lies with the chief officer, and all the soldiers are forgiven. The discarding of helmets, armor, and weapons is punished differently depending on the situation.

In the previous Zhao Wang's move to abandon his subordinates and flee first, the soldiers of the forbidden army failed in a hard battle, even if they discarded their weapons and armor, it was understandable, climbing and fleeing in the steep and steep mountains, keeping weapons and armor, but it was just a vain effort to send credit to the thief and send the head.

Several civil officials turned a blind eye, after a long time, the defeated and escaped forbidden army gradually increased to about seven or eight hundred people, the forbidden army was eager to enter the city, Lin Douyao nodded slightly to the officials around him, and the Confucian official immediately walked in front of the forbidden army and said: "Lord Shuai Chen knows about the bloody battles of all the soldiers and soldiers, and he also knows that it is not easy for everyone to escape back to Fuzhou. However, it was dark at this time, and you could not wait to enter the city in a hurry.

Wait until tomorrow morning and tomorrow to enter the city after screening. ”

Without waiting for the forbidden army to make a noise, Chen Dujing personally stepped forward and said: "I am Chen Dujing, Marquis of Changwen, and I will order someone to send tents and water in a while, and all the soldiers will be calm and not dry." ”

The forbidden army was a little reassured, but the sense of panic and fear was still overflowing.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion, and more than a dozen people suddenly rushed out of the forbidden army and ran towards the reeds on the side of the Min River.

"Shoot them!" Lin Douyao saw the opportunity to make a quick decision, and immediately gave an order.

There are guards around the handsome, a group of guards immediately ran forward, drew the bow and shot, these guards archery level is not bad, immediately shot over several, everyone heard the sound of the arrow into the flesh into the bones, and then the sound of people overturning and screaming, after shooting over several people, the rest of the thieves are fleeing quickly, after dark, the sight is difficult and far, the guards shot two more rounds, all failed, can only let these thieves escape.

The forbidden army was also in a commotion, and many people turned their heads to look back, and the dark side of the Min River and the official road immediately made people feel dangerous.

"These thieves were supposed to want to infiltrate the city." Chen Dujing said loudly: "If you were allowed to enter the city before, so many thieves would be mixed in the city at once, and when the time comes, you will kill people and set fire to the city, and the army at the head of the city will not ask you to know, so you will still follow the previous proposal, go to the corner tower of the city wall to set up a tent, and only after screening will you be allowed to enter the city tomorrow." ”

Many forbidden soldiers had nothing to say, so they had to line up separately according to the arrangement of the officials, and arrived at the corner of the city wall to wait for drinking tents.

After another half an hour or so, everyone heard the sound of horses' hooves, and everyone became alert, but Chen Dujing was calm and said to Lin Douyao and the others: "Listening to the sound is only five or six horses, you might as well." ”

Closer, but saw Liu Guangsi surrounded by several personal riders, and arrived near the city gate in an extremely embarrassed manner.

"General Liu." Lin Douyao said as usual: "We already know that King Zhao fled first and the army was defeated, why are you late?" ”

Liu Guangsi showed a look of relief on his face, and said: "I waited until dusk, I couldn't support it, the army collapsed, and the general led his own cavalry to rush out of the road in the chaotic army, and then the enemy cavalry chased after him, so he had to take refuge in Shuikou and Nanping in a roundabout way. Now that I am returning, the defense of Fuzhou City is urgent, and Lord Shuaichen, since the last general is back, he should work as a dog and horse. ”

Lin Douyao remained silent and said, "Since General Liu is back, of course there is something different......

Liu Guangsi didn't hear it right, but he had already seen that there were more than 100 guards of the marshal's mansion who were armed with horizontal knives or ring-headed knives around him, and he immediately said urgently: "It is true that the criminal general lost the battle, and it was also caused by King Zhao's first escape, and the last general is not guilty." ”

"Do you still dare to speak and quibble?" Lin Douyao waved his hand and said: "All the soldiers and soldiers have accused you of abandoning the army on the battlefield and fleeing first, and the forbidden army is under the command of a military capital like you, which is really a shame for the Great Wei, so I will take him down left and right." ”

Liu Guangsi was indeed chased by the thieves and light cavalry for a long time, and he fled in a roundabout way around Shuikou and Nan'an, the knights were tired, the horses were weak, and when he saw the officers and soldiers of Fuzhou, his mind was relaxed, but he really didn't expect that he would be arrested as soon as he met.

At that moment, the guards captured Liu Guangsi and his subordinates and pressed them to the ground, and the soldiers of the forbidden army not far away were so angry with Liu Guangsi that they were all clamoring and making noise, and many of the forbidden soldiers were gearing up and wanted to come over and beat Liu Guangsi.

After Liu Guangsi was bound, Lin Douyao said angrily: "You can't escape this capital crime, and I will use your head to comfort the soldiers of the forbidden army who died." ”

"Shuaichen." Liu Guangsi said: "There will be mistakes in the end, but I have tried my best, and it is really difficult to escape after winning." Moreover, the last general has been in the army for many years, and there is something to contribute to defending the city......"

"Who dares to use your strength?" Chen Dujing said categorically on the side: "The situation is not right, and you will be asked to sell us again?" ”

As soon as he said this, everyone present knew that Liu Guangsi was dead.

Such a general, no one really dares to use it, such as Lu Bu was killed at the end of the Han Dynasty, who doesn't want to use his bravery? It's just that he always rebels, has a bad reputation, and is brave, no one dares to use it, so he can only kill something.

Liu Guangsi's ability is not worth mentioning, and he is the first to escape on the battlefield, how can such a person inspire the morale of the army if he does not kill him?

"Take it into the yamen of the pacification envoy and keep it under strict guard." Lin Douyao ordered someone to take Liu Guangsi away, this once arrogant forbidden army general was also quite embarrassed, the iron helmet was knocked off, his arms were tied back, his hair was messy, and when he was kidnapped, he glanced at Chen Dujing with resentful eyes...... Chen Dujing didn't care, and only followed Lin Douyao's words: "Liu Guangsi's crime of escaping in such a roundabout way is about to come, and the main force of the thieves is still a day or two away, or even three or four days, but the enemy cavalry should be very close." ”

Everyone present nodded silently, agreeing with Chen Dujing's statement.

After a fierce battle, the main force of the thieves must be damaged, and the main points are to pick up the damage, compensate the soldiers, sort out the army, and at least two days or so before they can fight again, this is not because Li Kaiming does not want to take advantage of the situation to attack Fuzhou directly, but after the fierce battle, the soldiers are tired, and they will run for a few days to attack the city directly, and the army will have no combat strength.