Chapter 35: Attacking Fujian

Cao Zongyu stood at the highest point of the water dividing pass, looked south with a clairvoyant mirror, and saw that among the mountains, there was a city looming. I couldn't see it really, so I put down the clairvoyant mirror and asked the officer next to me, "What is the other place?" ”

"It's Kiriyama Castle." This officer is none other than Yang Laosan.

Yang Shenzu saw that Zhang Xuan's army had expanded greatly, and he also had other thoughts, so he left a few hundred soldiers, plus the newly recruited soldiers, there were more than 1,000 people, which were managed by Yang Laosan, and now Yang Laosan also has an official official title.

Lieutenant of the Dividing Off.

Cao Zongyu said: "Have the officers and troops on the other side come to attack, and how many of them are there?" How's the strength? ”

"General, the other side has been very peaceful, I sent people to catch several tongues, but they didn't dare to make a noise, how many people, I can't figure it out. However, I guess they don't figure it out themselves, the only thing that is clear is. These were the guards of the neighborhood. Yang Laosan said.

"Is that true?" Cao Zongyu was taken aback.

What kind of virtue is a guard soldier, how could Cao Zongyu not know, not to mention his many years of military career, what kind of enemy he has not seen, just talking about the words and deeds of the family, these situations, the situation of the guards in various places is not the best.

The Nine Frontier Guards may be dilapidated, but there are still some warriors, and many battalion soldiers and soldiers are from the guards.

But what the guards in Jiangnan and Fujian have become rotten, how can he not know that more than ten days ago, the battle to counterinsurgency had already explained the problem.

Even if Fujian's guards are a little stronger than Zhejiang, they are not much stronger, and under the pressure of the soldiers, they actually let the guards defend them, which shows how weak the strength of the official army is.

For a while, a thought swirled in Cao Zongyu's heart.

"Newspaper. Ningbo Urgent. Someone immediately ran over and sent the emergency report to Cao Zongyu's hands.

Cao Zongyu took a look, although it was said to be an urgent report, it was actually a routine report, and when it reached a certain level of generals, even if the military situation in various places had nothing to do with it, it would be sent, and the urgent report that Cao Zongyu got was naturally the battle of Weiyuan City.

After he read it, he stood with his hands in his hands, he looked at the date on the urgent report, Ningbo had not yet sent troops, and Weiyuan City had not yet fallen. But the intelligence from Ningbo to here, even if it is 800 miles urgent, it will take a day. Therefore, Cao Zongyu estimated what Weiyuan City was like now. He couldn't guess for a while, but he vaguely felt that the big war had begun.

"Anyway, the general has explained it before." Cao Zongyu secretly said in his heart: "No matter what happens later, don't withdraw your troops." There can only be advance and no retreat. ”

"Qin Meng." Cao Zongyu said: "You take the people of the headquarters and rush to Tongshan Fort." ”

Qin Meng paused slightly, and the speed of the cavalry in the mountains could not be exerted, and also

Easy to be ambushed. And letting the cavalry attack the city is unreliable no matter how you look at it, but Qin Meng is Zhang Xuan's descendant, and he is one of the few people who can stand out from the young people in Nanyang, and Cao Zongyu was also his teacher at the beginning.

He didn't dare to slack off, and said loudly: "Yes." ”

Then the sound of horses' hooves was heard from the water, but after a while, they were far away.

Cao Zongyu waited for about an hour at the water dividing pass, and a cavalry came to report that General Qin had taken Tongshan Fort.

Cao Zongyu's hands clenched violently, and he secretly said excitedly in his heart: "Sure enough, as I expected, Fujian is defenseless at all." ”

"Pass the order down, and travel lightly." Cao Zongyu said: "Everyone, except for weapons, only brought ten days of dry food, and all heavy firearms were thrown away in the water distribution pass. ”

"Yes." Cao Zongyu's order reached everyone's ears.

"Let's go now." Cao Zongyu said.

After the brigade was lightly armed, the speed immediately increased.

Tongshan Fort is not far from the water dividing pass, Tongshan Fort from the name, you know that this is a typical guard city, the castle is not big, but it can accommodate more than 1,000 garrisons, but the army passes through Tongshan Fort and does not enter, under the order of Cao Zongyu, they have only one task, that is, forward, forward, forward.

As a pioneer, Qin Meng invaded the mercury pour, and almost encountered little resistance. Even the more you fight, the more frivolous you become, and the more you fight, the more confident you become. In the evening, Cao Zongyu got the news that Funing Prefecture had fallen into Qin Meng's hands.

"What?" Cao Zongyu was taken aback, and then said, "Okay." ”

Funing Prefecture is the northeast barrier of Fujian, and after passing Funing Prefecture, it will enter the jurisdiction of Fuzhou Prefecture.

Fuzhou is the political center of Fujian, and even if it is not possible to talk about Fujian, the resistance of various localities will naturally decrease. Cao Zongyu also thought about that there was a big war in Funing Prefecture, and even wanted to bypass Funing City and go directly to the south, but he didn't want Funing Prefecture to fall into his hands like this.

How could Cao Zongyu be unhappy?

He immediately arranged for men to be stationed in Funing Prefecture, and the brigade of men and horses, bypassing Funing Prefecture, continued to advance southward.

And at this time, Zheng Hongkui also got the news.

He stood on top of the attic by the sea, looked west, and coldly watched a pillar of smoke rise into the sky, and the place where the pillar of smoke rose was Funing Prefecture.

At this moment, Zheng Hongkui is on the Dajin Exchange of Funing Overseas. The two places are not far apart, so you can see the smoke column of Funing Prefecture from a distance.

"Funing Prefecture has fallen?" Zheng Hongkui only felt a wave of anger and didn't know where to put it.

Knowing that Cao Ying sent people south, Zheng Hongkui was sent back by Zheng Zhilong to see his family.

It's really spring, and the south wind prevails,

The flotilla went against the wind and the course was not smooth. It's not fast, but Zheng Hongkui wants to come, even if he doesn't come again, will he walk faster than Cao Ying's four legs? Who knows, when he arrived at the Dajin Institute with his front foot, he hadn't taken a breath yet, but he didn't want the Funing City he wanted to hold on to falling.

"How the hell did you get lost?" Zheng Hongkui shouted angrily: "Quickly check it for me." ”

The Zheng family's power in Fujian is easy to find out. Zheng Hongkui looked at the words in front of him, almost couldn't believe it, and said: "In the afternoon, more than a thousand cavalry went straight to the city gate and entered the Zhizhou Yamen? ”

"Smack." Zheng Hongkui smashed the letter in his hand on the ground and shouted angrily: "Idiot. Haven't you ever seen such a stupid person, don't you know how to fight? ”

In fact, this can't be blamed entirely on the city guards, after all, it is not a siege, the people in the city have to live, and many daily necessities have to be sent in from outside the city, how can you do it without opening the city gate. It's just that they didn't expect the righteous army to come so quickly, and Qin Meng's attack was so decisive.

Let them not have time to react.

"The whole army immediately got on board." Zheng Hongkui cleaned up his mood and said: "This time we will go directly to Fuzhou. I also wrote letters to my family and asked them to send someone to help. ”

"Yes." The master beside Zheng Hongkui said.

"My lord, it's just that this wind direction is sailing overnight, it's a little --- a little ---" This master has also been a person who has been fighting at sea for so many years, and he still knows this basic common sense.

"I know." Zheng Hongkui said: "You are also an old runner to the sea, can't you go with this little wind and waves?" ”

Fortune ships make good use of the eight-sided wind, but no matter how good they are, the speed of the downwind and the headwind are still different.

This southeast wind can be said to bring great disadvantages to Zheng Hongkui, otherwise at the speed of an ordinary fleet, it would be more than enough to run to Nan'an at this moment. But when the time is like this, what can Zheng Hongkui do?

"Fuzhou must not be lost." Zheng Hongkui said secretly in his heart: "Otherwise, the eldest brother has been operating for many years, and I am afraid that the loss will be once possible." ”

Now above the sea, it seems that the wind and waves are calm, but there is never a shortage of pirates on the sea, but it is just that Zheng Zhilong is not subdued. Once Zheng Zhilong's authority is gone, he jumps out from all directions to challenge Zheng Zhilong's authority.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong has been operating in Fuzhou for many years, and when the Zheng family is on the rise, he naturally has many enemies.

If Zheng Zhilong can't protect Fujian, it is estimated that many people will choose again, and when the time comes, Zheng's words may not be as effective as they are now. Moreover, there are still many people from the Zheng family in Fuzhou City, many of whom are still relatives, if they fall into the hands of the Liukou.

But it's not good.

Therefore, Zheng Hongkui would rather sail against the wind at night, and he must enter the city of Fuzhou before the Liukou arrives in Fuzhou. Although Zheng Hongkui only has a few thousand soldiers, relying on the fortified city of Fuzhou, he can still defend it.

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