On August 12, Wang Chaohong personally led the 9th Mixed Regiment to attack Nanjing, and it took only one day to take the city, and then the 9th Mixed Regiment continued to maneuver, preparing to penetrate directly into Changtai, at the same time, the 1st Mixed Regiment and the 5th Heavy Artillery Battalion advanced head-on to reach the outside of Zhangzhou.

Seeing that they were about to fall into a heavy siege, the Ming army in Zhangzhou immediately took the initiative to abandon the city and fled to Quanzhou.

However, such a good start made Wang Chaohong unhappy, thinking that what he wanted was not only a Zhangzhou, but also the annihilation of the five thousand pseudo-Ming thief troops who were originally stationed in Zhangzhou.

But now, they are running away, and Wang Chaohong is naturally dissatisfied.

After taking Zhangzhou in an almost bloodless battle, Wang Chaohong continued to lead the army to advance northward, and the next target was naturally Quanzhou.

At this time, Yu Dayou, who was originally in Fuzhou, finally couldn't sit still, and personally brought 3,000 thieves to reinforce Quanzhou!

But as soon as he arrived in Quanzhou, he got a piece of news that made him almost collapse, and Shaowu Mansion, which he regarded as the gateway to western Fujian, had been lost!

"How is this possible? Shaowu Mansion is in a treacherous terrain, and it is guarded by 5,000 thief troops and 15,000 guards, how could it be lost in just a few days? When Yu Dayou learned the news, his face was incredulous, and even he thought that the messenger who came to report the news was lying!

The messenger who reported the news said with a sad face: "Lord Qiqi, this matter is true, after Lord Lin learned that Shao Wu was lost, he immediately asked the little one to come and report immediately!" ”

Lin Yingwen was a guard commander under Yu Dayou, who led 2,000 thief troops and tens of thousands of guards to stay in the rear of Fuzhou.

After listening, Yu Dayou directly took the letter and read it carefully and repeatedly, confirming that it was indeed a handwritten letter from the commander of Lin Wei under his command, the letter said that Shaowu Mansion was lost three days ago, and the total number of 20,000 defenders was only brought back less than 10,000 people, and at present, these remnants are still in Nanping City of Yanping Mansion, Lin Yingwen asked Yu Dayou to immediately lead the army back to Fuzhou to reinforce Nanping, otherwise Fuzhou is in danger, Fujian is in danger!

After watching it several times, he still couldn't believe that the Shao Wu Mansion, which he regarded as impregnable, had fallen so quickly.

That's 5,000 thieves and 15,000 guards, and it also has the geographical advantage of Shaowu Mansion, which is no less difficult to conquer than Yizhang where Huguang and Guangdong are handed over.

The defenders of the place don't dare to think about taking the initiative to attack, but there should be no problem in holding on, even if the pseudo-Tang thief army gathers heavy troops to attack and defend, but it will not be impossible to hold it for a few days, not to mention a few months, but it can always be held for ten days and half a month!

But now, Shao Wufu's side has not been able to hold on for a few days, this shouldn't be!

What the hell is going on?

Yu Dayou naturally didn't know, the fact is very simple, Shao Wufu was conquered by the Sixth Infantry Division of the Tang Army as he said, but in fact, it was better to say that the Ming Army itself sent it to the door.

This result was not only unexpected by Yu Dayou, in fact, Cai Erhu himself did not expect it, he was already preparing to fight a hard battle in Shaowu Mansion, and even made a lot of preparations in advance for this, in order to conquer Shaowu Jiancheng, he was desperately seconded half of the heavy artillery battalion from Li Chunjing, a total of six heavy howitzers to support.

However, when they first arrived at Shaowu City, a major who claimed to be from the Intelligence Department came to the door, saying that their Intelligence Department had already rebelled against a Ming army guard commander in the city, and if the Sixth Infantry Division attacked the city at that time, this guard commander would lead more than 3,000 guards from his headquarters to open the gate of the city he was responsible for defending and welcome the army into the city.

At first, Cai Erhu was still a little worried about the truth of this news, but after carefully checking the identity of this person, he found that this person was really a major in the Intelligence Department.

In the end, he had the mentality of giving it a try, if the opposite side really opened the city gate, then he would take the opportunity to kill it, even if there was an ambush, he was not afraid, and when the time came, let the heavy armored troops of the assault battalion kill it, and if there was an ambush, it would be directly crushed.

If you don't open the city gates, you can't lose anything.

However, all of Cai Erhu's worries finally turned into nothingness, and when the Sixth Infantry Division began to attack the city, one of the city gates was indeed opened as agreed, and two groups of Ming troops could be seen fighting near the city gate.

And the next thing is very simple, the assault battalion of the 6th Infantry Division took the opportunity to enter the city, and then received the main force into the city, and the Ming army in the city was attacked by this heavy blow and was instantly defeated.

Half of them abandoned the city and fled, while the remaining half were either killed or wounded or taken prisoner!

The attack on Shao Wu went so smoothly that Cai Erhu himself couldn't believe it, let alone Yu Dayou!

But now Yu Dayou still doesn't know that there is a general under him who has surrendered to the guard, and he is also a military general of this kind of high level who is not low in command.

And he didn't know that the reason why this Wei commander surrendered was because of the influence of Qin Zhifu, the chief soldier of Nanao Island, on the one hand, and because he was unwilling.

Why?

Because among the 20,000 Ming troops defending the city, the 5,000 thief army is naturally the main force that deserves to be the main force, and the treatment is naturally the best, but the other guards do not have such good treatment.

Why is everyone fighting together, and you eat as well as Lao Tzu? Every day the white rice is full and eats meat, and Lao Tzu can't even eat coarse grains?

Of course, this kind of differential treatment is not a matter of one or two days, even if they are unwilling, but who makes their own combat effectiveness inferior to the thief army, this against the pseudo-Tang thief army has to rely on these thief army.

On weekdays, when fighting with the puppet Tang thief army, it is also dominated by the thief army, and these guards are generally in the rear to escort baggage supplies and assist in defending the city.

This kind of task naturally doesn't have much to worry about, so although the treatment is far inferior to the thief army, they also endure it.

However, this time the puppet Tang thief army attacked in a big way, and when Dai Wucheng, the chief general in Shaowu City, the deputy general under Yu Dayou, and several henchmen discussed the strategy of defending the city, they thought that the thief army was menacing and could not be relied on, so the guards should first act as cannon fodder to consume the thief army's troops, ammunition, etc., and then use the thief army as the core for defense.

However, this discussion happened to be heard by a low-level military general outside, and then he informed his immediate boss, the commander of the guard, Bing Linxun.

After learning that the boss actually planned to let these guards be cannon fodder to consume the strength and ammunition of the thief army, Bing Linxun could bear it, he didn't want to be cannon fodder and die in vain.

At this time, it happened that the spies of the Military Intelligence Department of the Tang Privy Council were spying on intelligence in the city and trying to rebel against the Ming army in the city.

The result of this situation is that Shaowu Mansion, which was originally thought to be defended by Yu Dayou for a long time, did not hold it for a few days, and was attacked by the Tang Army.

Moreover, the 6th Infantry Division fought here with very few casualties, and the casualties were only two or three hundred!

seized Shaowu Mansion at such a small price, and by the way, he also killed and captured nearly 10,000 Ming troops, which naturally made Cai Erhu overjoyed, and he reported the relevant information to him that night, and asked for credit for the meritorious personnel in this battle.

The credit of the Intelligence Department cannot be erased, the major of the Intelligence Department who presided over the matter, it is certain that he will be promoted, and Bing Linxun's credit will not be small, of course, how to reward Cai Erhu has nothing to do with it, he just reports the relevant intelligence according to the facts, and what to do is a matter for the top.

However, Cai Erhu guessed that the reward won by this Bing Linxun could not be compared with Qin Zhifu, the former commander-in-chief of Nanao Island, but the rank of a school officer is estimated to be unsuccessful, and the title is estimated to be hopeless, but rewards such as gold and silver are estimated to be no less.

And Cai Erhu's guess was not wrong, after Bing Linxun was arranged to be sent back to Zhaoqing, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites naturally publicized the matter again, but the publicity intensity was not comparable to Qin Zhifu, the former Ming Dynasty Nanao Island commander-in-chief, and the final reward was to give this person the rank of colonel, and then arranged to enter the Ministry of Military Affairs.

In addition, the other Ming army officers and soldiers who followed this person to the other side followed the way of the more than 1,000 Ming troops who were anyway on Nanao Island.

If an officer is willing to continue to serve in the army, he will be awarded the rank of lieutenant to school officer, and then arranged to enter the martial arts academy to study, or simply arrange idle positions, and if he is unwilling to join the army, he will be arranged to be idle officials, even if he is not willing to be a lieutenant in the Tang Dynasty, he will be directly rewarded with gold and silver, and he will come and go freely.

Ordinary non-commissioned officers are simpler, those who are unwilling to join the army will be paid travel expenses and dismissed, those who are willing to join the army, a very small number of physical fitness passes, and those who have passed all conditions are arranged to enter the recruit camp for training and continue to serve in the army.

Those who are willing to serve Datang, but whose physical fitness is not up to par, are naturally unable to join the army, and they are arranged to enter the militia teams in various places or serve as patrol officers.

Compared to those captives, the treatment of these soldiers is extremely generous!

And these arrangements will be slightly artistically handled by the Ministry of Rites' Chaobao Division, and a little exaggerated propaganda will be carried out to achieve the best propaganda effect, and strive for more Ming troops to surrender in the future.

However, these processing and reports are all in the future, and Yu Dayou doesn't know at this moment.

But in any case, it is a fact that Shao Wufu has been lost, so that Yanping Mansion will directly face the thief army, once it is impossible to block the puppet Tang thief army in Yanping Mansion, then the puppet Tang thief army will directly enter Fuzhou.

What to do?

This is a choice problem in front of Yu Dayou!

Yu Dayou locked himself in his room alone and thought about it for more than an hour before making a decision, and immediately led all the Ming troops in Quanzhou to return to Fuzhou quickly, and at the same time reported to the south of the Yangtze River for 500 miles!