In a few days, the thief cavalry had already faintly appeared on the outskirts of Fuzhou, which was already an extremely rare and appreciable quick action.

Lin Douyao smiled bitterly: "It is gratifying that the officers and soldiers do not have much food in stock......

After hearing the defeat letter, the Xiang army that maintained the grain route also fled, and then the people who were ready to transport grain along the way also ran directly, and the grain ships on the river, of course, went down the river, which was much faster than the speed of the army's rout and escape.

Chen Dujing shook his head and said: "It's useless, before the war and the fierce battle add up to only a few days, the thieves have not confronted the officers and soldiers for a long time, and their food storage consumption should not be much, after this battle, the thieves' grain storage can be enough for several months, enough for the siege of Fuzhou." ”

"My generation will lead the people to the city strong, and guard it for at least two to three months." Yang Shiwei said with a flat face: "The imperial court is also extremely difficult now...... The forbidden army of three or five armies is useless, at least a dozen or so troops must be sent over, and they have to be transferred from Jiangling and other places, but they cannot be transferred in full, and the Hebei division also has to gather a few troops to come out, and then recruit troops from Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and other places, and come over the mountains and mountains, and the money and food must be prepared first, and we will not hold on for three months, and we will not expect to see reinforcements ......at all."

Lin Douyao's face was pale, and he knew what his future would be.

King Zhao is the biological father of the Son of Heaven, this time the title may not be kept, the serious point may be to cut the knight, and some of the better ones are to be demoted to the prince, but the wealth will still be left to him, at most the edict will say some harsh reprimands, and then force him to live at home, which is considered house arrest, and can barely stop the mouth of the corporal in the world.

As for Lin Douyao, all the way handsome, losing Jianzhou is already a big crime, and losing the elite of the forbidden army and most of the army, resulting in Fuzhou being trapped, even Quanzhou and Zhangzhou may not be able to defend it, if Fuzhou is lost, Lin Douyao will definitely die and be martyred, if he does not die, Fujian Road is like this, King Zhao cannot be executed, Lin Douyao must be shackled into the car, all the way to Beijing, and sentenced to death!

Han Zhong will not save him, and the civil and military officials of the court will not speak for such a criminal minister who has lost his soldiers, caused the court to shake, and affected the overall situation of the Northern Expedition.

Even if everyone knew that it was King Zhao's fault, and under the turbulence of the crowd, no one dared to say that King Zhao would be punished and questioned, and the matter involved the biological father of the Son of Heaven, but all the blame was put on Lin Douyao.

Of course, after this incident, the prestige of the Son of Heaven will fall further, but this has nothing to do with Lin Douyao, and his life will probably not be saved.

"The only plan for today is to keep Fuzhou ......" Chen Dujing glanced at the pale Lin Douyao and said: "Fuzhou is here, the foundation of my generation is here, if Fuzhou is lost, everything will be closed." is a handsome minister, and the situation of being held accountable will become more and more serious. ”

This is quite straightforward, with the current situation, Lin Douyao is afraid that he will inevitably die, but the Son of Heaven and the two mansions know in their hearts that Lin Douyao's guilt is lighter than that of King Zhao, and the crime is not as good as his family.

If Fuzhou is lost, even if Lin Douyao dies in martyrdom, his family and relatives will inevitably be exiled from the army.

has been an official for 30 years, if he can't clear his umbrella, he will sit on the crime and die, but it will make his family become a prisoner, how can he bear it?

Lin Douyao was also shocked, and said categorically: "King Zhao stays in the city, it won't help, why don't you send it to Quanzhou in advance with other clan nobles?" ”

There are countless ports and wharves along the coast of Quanzhou, and countless ships are stopped, and after arriving in Quanzhou, you can take a boat to Jiangling, and send one or two thousand people at once, and Quanzhou can easily accept them, and you can send all these clan nobles away within a day or two.

Chen Dujing, Yang Shiwei, Zheng Liqi and others glanced at each other, and they all saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

This time to garrison Fuzhou, the probability of being able to hold it is at most 30%, and the probability of the remaining 70% is that it cannot be held. Even if there is only a chance of five or five and a half, the clan nobles cannot be sent away.

The inheritance of the Great Wei is that the clan must defend the family and the country, and it is also a tradition for the clan to serve in the army as a military attaché. For more than 200 years, there are countless clans that have died on the battlefield, and there are several princes who have not died on the battlefield at the prince level, but have died of illness because of the war.

Guogong, the clan nobles of the Hou level, there are not a few people who died in battle.

In Fuzhou, the prince, the prince, and the prince add up to more than 100 families, and the number of clans includes 3,000 people.

As for the arrival in Quanzhou, the official government of Quanzhou Prefecture arranged this matter, and Lin Douyao did not need to worry about it.

When the battle was about to be made, the clan fled first, and it must be a shame for the Great Wei clan to spread the word

Shame, but if a large number of clans are placed in most of the conquered cities, once the city is broken, the clans are either killed or captured, and it spreads, it will be a shame for the entire Great Wei court.

The so-called disaster to the family is also a roundabout reminder from Chen Dujing.

"Chang Wenhou should also go early." Lin Douyao said to Chen Dujing: "The Marquis of Changwen Mansion has a great reputation in the military states of various prefectures, gathering the remnants of the van army, gathering the people and the people, gathering into an army, preparing grain and grass, waiting for the imperial forbidden army to come, and cooperating with the army to fight the thief, which can also wash away the shame of the failure of our generation to preside over the military administration of the Fujian Road." ”

Lin Douyao's words can be regarded as checkmate words, the current situation, as soon as Chen Dujing leaves, when the two meet again, Lin Douyao is estimated to take off his red robe and become a prisoner, and it is likely that there will be no chance to meet again.

Chen Dujing has no real job now, and going out of the city is not considered to be an escape from battle, as for Lin Douyao, Zheng Liqi, Yang Shiwei, as well as Xiao Zan, Zhao Debang and others, even if they have the opportunity to go, they will never dare to go.

The feudal officials have the duty to defend the land, and fleeing from the war is a serious crime, not only will they be punished, but also the family, these civil officials are clear-minded people, as soon as the news came, many high-ranking officials were already thinking about how to defend the city, and once the city was broken, what kind of suicide method would be used.

If you fall into the hands of thieves and do not surrender, you are afraid that you will be tortured and killed, so it is better to cut off yourself and save your courtiers, and you don't have to suffer so many living crimes.

Everyone knew Lin Douyao's intentions, and when they looked at each other for a while, they were all a little panicked and sad.

Chen Dujing was not afraid, his expression was quite calm, and he smiled quite casually: "Lord Shuaichen's kindness is appreciated in my heart, but in the lower body, I am a family of Fuzhou gentlemen, and I have the title of the imperial court. The century-old name of the Changwen Marquis Mansion cannot be ruined on Zaixia's body. ”

All the officials nodded slightly, understanding Chen Dujing's intentions.

Although the roots of such a century-old family are in the city of Fuzhou, many goods, fields, trading houses, and fleets are rooted in the whole of Fujian.

The in-laws are old, all over the Fujian Road and the outer roads, including in the Jingshi, as long as there are close branches of the family to run, there will be a pension in the court in the future, and it is a matter of an instant to restore the family reputation.

If Chen Dujing goes out, it is not known how the imperial court will deal with it, and the Changwen Marquis Mansion will lose the hearts of the officials and gentry of Fujian Road in an instant. This kind of family status is not only about money and official connections, but also about prestige, and even a very important part. There are some things that do not need Chen Dujing to come forward, and a letter can be solved. And if the prestige of the Marquis of Changwen falls to the bottom, it will be two different things.

And let the children of the family go out, Chen Dujing guarded the city, no matter whether he succeeded or failed, the prestige of the Changwen Marquis Mansion would only rise, and would never fall.

This is the responsibility of the patriarch of the big family, and while enjoying power and family wealth, he also has the obligation to be responsible for the future of the entire family. If he is incompetent and incompetent, the family will be torn apart, and the hard work of the ancestors for a hundred years will be ruined.

"And it's not the most dangerous moment." Chen Dujing said calmly: "There is still the king of Zhongshan." ”

Chen Dujing mentioned his son-in-law, but everyone had nothing to say.

Previously, from the arrival of the defeated soldiers of the Xiang army, to the escape of the forbidden army to the city, in the past few days, Lin Douyao had sent someone to drive a boat to Qizhou to ask to see the king of Zhongshan, but the Zhongshan army guarding the port was closed and did not even have an excuse.

In a hurry, the officials sent ships to Penghu and the Eastern Domain, and within a few days the news came back, and the situation in the two places was the same as that of Qizhou Port, and the King of Zhongshan was closed, and the people sent not only did not see His Royal Highness the King of Zhongshan in person, but even those high-ranking officials and important generals of the Zhongshan Mansion did not see it.

The situation in Penghu and the Eastern Domain was calm, with a large number of merchant ships returning to the sea and ports, and it is said that the Zhongshan Wangfu had recently sent ships to the Wa Kingdom one after another, trading the new cotton cloth that had been spun, and it was expected to be very profitable.

In addition, it is to Quanzhou and Mingzhou, Hangzhou, Jiangling and other areas to find soybean oil agents, the island has opened up more than one million acres of soybean fields, and the harvested beans are not only used as horse feed grains, most of the beans will be squeezed for oil and sold, and the profit is not small.

If it was before King Zhao's defeat, everyone would have praised Chen Dujing for really finding a good son-in-law...... There are 20,000 official households in Zhongshan Mansion, which is a real seal, and no prince before this can get such a high number of sealed households. Only 20,000 households are sealed, and the income of more than 100,000 yuan a year is stable...... All kinds of money, free conscription, and the opening of some commercial shops, as long as you are not stupid, you can enjoy wealth and nobility.

And the Zhongshan Royal Mansion did not exploit its own official households

On the contrary, the king of Zhongshan has a way to operate, the large island of the Eastern Domain, which has not been successfully developed for a hundred years, under its management, has been quite prosperous, to say the way of economy, the income of the king of Zhongshan a year, some people guess that it is hundreds of thousands of runs, some people guess that it is more than one million, no matter what, its help to the people, raising soldiers, are quite disciplined, people are convinced.

But at this moment, when Fuzhou is in crisis, the Zhongshan Palace's palace is like this, which makes people dissatisfied, and even the good impression of the Zhongshan King in the past is almost gone.

Regardless of the grievances between the uncle and nephew of the King of Zhongshan and the King of Zhao, at this moment, Fuzhou is not only the family of King Zhao, but also hundreds of thousands of military and civilian people living inside and outside the city.

Although the king of Zhongshan did not receive the heavy favor of today's son, and the biological father of the son of Zhao was a grudge for several generations, he ignored the king of Zhao and was blameless. However, regardless of the overall situation, ignoring the lives and deaths of the soldiers and civilians and the officials and gentry will inevitably make the officials and gentry in the city resentful.

Lin Douyao said quite bitterly: "The noble son-in-law of Marquis Changwen will definitely be the pillar of the southeast in the future, but I am afraid that the lower officials will not be able to see it." ”

Chen Dujing said solemnly: "I thought that if I didn't go through this battle, this pillar would be fake, false, and inaccurate." At a critical time, if he abandons his father and elders in Fuzhou, the gentry and people of Fuzhou will no longer believe him, and the people of Quanzhou and Xinghua Army, Shao Wujun, Tingzhou, and Jianzhou will believe him? It is because I have already written a book for him, whether to come or not, how to choose between loyalty and interests, it depends on Mingda's own decision. ”

Chen Dujing wrote such a letter, but the dignitaries present believed it, but it is unknown how effective this letter is, in terms of the actual interests and the emotional trade-offs between the father-in-law, and how the heroes will decide.

"Dashuai, there are traces of thieves and horsemen ahead." A fierce guard rode his horse in front of Lin Douyao, clenched his fists and reported it, his face was also a little nervous and urgent.

When chasing Liu Guangsi and others, Lin Douyao scattered his personal guards, these cavalry can see at night, they spread far away, until more than ten miles away, after finding the traces of the thief cavalry, they did not come forward to invite battle, but held a long sword or bow and arrow, and slowly retreated.

Lin Douyao's guards were the same as King Zhao's private soldiers, all of them were elite cavalry armor, with armor on their bodies, and the horses of several guard officers were also covered with leather horse armor to protect the horse's face and abdomen.

The two sides confronted each other for a moment in the wilderness under the twilight, Lin Douyao's guards slowly retreated, seeing more and more enemy riders on the horizon, and finally exceeded a hundred riders, their backs were wet with sweat, and when they returned, they also looked awe-inspiring.

"The enemy cavalry also has the upper hand on our side." Lin Douyao said quite pessimistically: "Originally, the cavalry of the forbidden army, the cavalry of the Zhao Wangfu, and the guards and cavalry of the Shuaichen's Mansion added up to six hundred cavalry, and the armor was excellent, so it was not impossible to fight the enemy. Now the king of Zhao guards no more than 100 people, the forbidden cavalry is dead, we want to cover the enemy's cavalry attack, continue to believe, grain road, it seems that it is difficult. ”

This is an obvious thing, there are more and more enemy cavalry, the intensity and scope of cavalry harassment are very large, and the communication between Fuzhou and the surrounding military prefectures and counties will be gradually cut off.

Fortunately, the roads to Lianjiang and other counties in Quanzhou are mountain roads, and they are quite steep, and it is quite difficult for the cavalry to isolate them.

Before dark, a group of officials and subordinate guards gradually returned to the city, the city gate was already very congested, many people in the villages and towns around Fuzhou Fucheng, or ran to Quanzhou, or wanted to take refuge in the city, it was supposed to be dark to close the city, but Lin Douyao and others were outside the city, and the military attaché of the city guard did not dare to close the city, so they could only let the people in the suburbs of the city with their accents, and they were already sweating profusely.

As soon as Lin Douyao and the others arrived, they could only drive away the people who wanted to enter the city, saying that they would release them tomorrow morning, and then the officials entered the city, and the box army guarding the city camp hurriedly closed the city gate, not only closed, but also blocked the city gate tightly with the top gate stone and the top gate car.

Of course, the rest of the gates are the same cuisine, Lin Douyao did not go back to appease the envoy Yamen, but went up to the city gate with the rest of the people, and observed the field on the city tower, it was dark, of course, he couldn't see anything. But I saw the situation of the rest of the gates, there were lights everywhere, the lights were bright up and down the city tower, and there were thousands of people and all the remnants of the army in the city, and all the officials in the yamen, including the Lijia and the soldiers in the city, all went to the city.

There were many swords and bows and arrows on the head of the city, and Lin Douyao ordered to take thousands of stacks of arrows from the arsenal.