Chapter 424: Despair
The surrender of the defenders of Jianzhou and the fall of Wang Yanyu were only the beginning.
Next, after Li Chengding and Zhou Ben converged, they did not stay in Jianzhou for long, but left part of their forces and quickly moved south.
Among them, Li Chengding was responsible for leading his troops to attack westward, with the goal of quickly taking Quanzhou, an important seaport, and at the same time cutting off Wang Yanyu's escape path to the west.
Zhou Ben's task was to go south directly, preparing to join Liu Cun and attack Fuzhou.
For the defenders in various parts of Fujian, Wang Shenzhi had basically confirmed the surrender before, which in itself was a great blow to their morale.
By the time Wang Yanjun staged a mutiny and turned to prepare to confront the Wu army, the defenders in various places no longer had much fighting spirit.
What's more, the rapid change of strategy made the defenders helpless, if there was enough time, they might be able to change this state, but the Wu army came too quickly, and they obviously did not have this time.
In the midst of this chaos, the defenders everywhere did not know whether to resist the Wu army or surrender, so they naturally could not organize effective resistance.
In just a few days, the defenders of Shaxian, Jiangle, Youxi and other places surrendered to the Wu army one after another, and there was not even any fighting in between.
Until this time, Wang Yanjun, who was still dreaming in Fuzhou City, thinking that after defeating Wu Jun, Wang Yanjun, who was the real lord of Fujian, panicked.
"These damn wastes, they all surrendered to the Wu army, and there is not even a single one who is willing to contribute to my Fujian, such a disloyal and unrighteous person, how did I accept their allegiance before?"
At this moment, Wang Yanjun was sitting in his study, his face pale.
In front of him, there were several documents, on which were written information sent from all over the country.
His eyes were fixed on the papers, and his face was full of anger.
If he said that after seizing Fuzhou a few days ago, the feeling of being in power did make him addicted to it.
Especially when Wang Yanyu came to the news that he had successfully captured Jianzhou, his mood was even more excited.
Of the five prefectures in Fujian, the most important ones at present are Jianzhou and Fuzhou, and there are basically not many garrisons in the other prefectures.
As long as Jianzhou is captured, it can be said that the situation in Fujian is generally under control.
And it is true that in those days, the assassins of Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Tingzhou successively sent people to send documents of allegiance, so that Wang Yanjun became the real lord of Fujian in name.
Unfortunately, the situation has changed so quickly.
In just a few days, news of Wu's large-scale attack spread throughout Fujian, followed by the surrender of Jianzhou to Wu's army, and the defeat and capture of Wang Yanyu.
Under the shock of these two news, those county commanders who had previously pledged allegiance to him all chose to surrender directly to the Wu army, which made the Wu army's momentum even greater.
That's why Wang Yanjun scolded these people for being disloyal and unjust, and being vain ministers.
It's a pity that he forgot that he was the first person to betray Wang Zhenzhi, so what qualifications did he have to accuse others of disloyalty?
On the side, the two cronies Liu Kan and Zhang Zhi both looked like they were watching their noses and noses, and they didn't dare to say anything at all.
"You say, if Ben Shuai personally leads the army, while the Wu army in the north is still blocked in Gutian, defeats Liu Cun first, and then defeats the enemy army in the north with leisure, is it possible to succeed in doing so?"
At present, Zhou Ben's southward Wu army is temporarily blocked in Gutian, and Liu Cun's army has surrounded Lianjiang, which is not far from Fuzhou.
"This ......" Liu Kan and Zhang Zhi's faces turned pale and they didn't dare to answer.
During this time, Wang Yanjun seemed very irritable, and people were often killed because they didn't like him when answering his questions, and at this time, the two of them had concerns in their hearts, so they naturally didn't dare to speak at will.
"Can or can't, say whatever you want, what does it look like like this?" Wang Yanjun said angrily.
Liu Kan and the others glanced at each other, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "The last general feels that it is only afraid of difficulties, then Liu Cun is a fierce general of Wu State, plus the Wu army is strong, our army does not have much fighting spirit at all, if you want to defeat Liu Cun, it is not easy to talk about it!" ”
Wang Yanjun couldn't help but be very disappointed on his face, of course he knew that what the two said was reasonable, but he still said unwillingly: "That Liu can only be regarded as mediocre among the several leading generals of Wu State, and he has been defeated by the Chu army many times at the beginning. Since the Chu army was able to defeat him, why couldn't Ben Shuai? ”
Seeing that he was not angry, Liu Kan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Jie Shuai, the situation at the beginning is different from now!" When Liu Cun attacked Chu, he was alone in the depths, but the Chu army was able to concentrate superior forces against him, so Liu Cun was defeated twice; But now the combat strength of our army is not as good as that of the Wu army, coupled with the fact that our army has few soldiers, and the enemy army is besieged from all sides, I am afraid that if we want to defeat the enemy army, I am only afraid of ......"
Liu Kan saw that Wang Yanjun's face was getting more and more pale, and he suddenly didn't dare to continue.
"Jie Shuai, maybe it's not without a chance to take the initiative. Since the Wu army sent troops, this way of attack is invincible, presumably there will be a sense of pride and complacency, as the so-called arrogant army will be defeated, our army will concentrate forces to attack, will be able to defeat the enemy! On the side, Zhang Zhi hurriedly spoke.
Wang Yanjun's face was overjoyed when he heard this, there was not much momentum he could do at this time, except for taking the initiative and having a slight chance, there was no hope of victory in the lonely city of Fuzhou.
"Okay, then do it. After the two generals returned, they made their own preparations, with General Zhang as the main general and General Liu as the deputy, and the commander would hand over all the defenders in the city to the two generals. Whether or not you can defeat the Wu army depends on the two generals! Wang Yanjun ordered in a deep voice.
At this time, he was also out of the way, ready to use all his forces on a desperate bet.
It's done, he still has a chance; If you are defeated, then it is natural to immediately go out of the city and escape.
As soon as he took the power of Fuzhou, he asked people to prepare three big ships, all of which were the kind of big ships that could go to sea, and they were ready at any time, just when he saw that the situation was not good, he could escape from the sea with an order.
Of course, a large number of treasures and curiosities looted from Fuzhou were naturally transported on the ship early, and even his wife and son and other close people were ready to board the ship and flee at any time.
If he hadn't made these preparations, he wouldn't have been a fool, so how could he start making trouble without being prepared for the rest of the road?
Early the next morning, Liu Kan and Zhang Zhi, who were ready, led an army of 20,000 from Fuzhou to Lianjiang to deal with Liu Cun, the general of the Wu army.
With an army of 20,000, this is almost all the remaining troops in Fuzhou.
At the beginning, 7,000 troops were recruited through heavy recruitment, and together with the previous Fuzhou army, there were nearly 40,000 troops.
However, after Wang Yanyu took away 3,000 troops, and after the Wu army attacked, Wang Yanjun divided his troops to Gutian and Lianjiang to resist the Wu army, and the number of people left in Fuzhou was almost a little more than 20,000.
In other words, after Liu Kan and the others sent troops, except for a small number of Wang Yanjun's personal soldiers, Fuzhou City was completely empty.
And after Wang Yanjun said goodbye to Liu Kan and the others, the first thing he did was to return to his mansion.
"Ma'am, how are you doing now that you were prepared to board the ship?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? Doesn't it mean that the Wu army has been blocked by our army in Gutian and Lianjiang, and it is difficult to attack Fuzhou at all? Moreover, General Liu and General Zhang have just led the troops to attack, so they shouldn't be in such a hurry to board the ship, right? ”
Wang Yanjun's wife, Chen Jinfeng, is strictly speaking just his concubine.
Her origin is more complicated, nominally she is the daughter of Chen Yan, the Fujian observer before Wang Chao, and when Chen Yan was about to die, he saw that Wang Chao was strong and strong, and he was a character, so he gave up the position of Fujian observer to Wang Chao.
Later, after Wang Zhenzhi succeeded to the throne, he accepted Chen Jinfeng as a concubine; After Wang Yanjun launched a mutiny and seized power in Fuzhou, he took Chen Jinfeng for himself.
The woman who can make Wang Yanjun do such a thing regardless of ethics is naturally deeply loved by Wang Yanjun, and she is also thinking about her at this time.
"The so-called blocking of the enemy army in Gutian and Lianjiang is just to outsiders, and the real situation is not so good." Wang Yanjun said anxiously: "In short, the situation is critical now, and the Wu army may come to Fuzhou at any time." Moreover, the people in the city are in turmoil, if the Wu army really arrives in the city, it is impossible to say that someone will open the city gate to welcome the Wu army into the city. So we have to be prepared in advance! ”
"Ahh Chen Jinfeng exclaimed, "Then what should we do? ”
"What else can I do? From today onwards, we will all go to live on the ship, and if the situation is not good, we will be able to go to sea as soon as possible! ”
"Okay, the concubines are all handsome!"
At this time, Wang Yanjun was not very old, although he had already married a wife and taken a concubine, he did not have any heirs now, so there were not many people who needed to be taken away.
As for his brothers, that is, Wang Zhenzhi's other sons, they were naturally not taken to heart by Wang Yanjun, and their lives and deaths had nothing to do with him.
Wang Yanjun took a few concubines and began to board the ship under the escort of the guards, planning to wait for news on the ship in the next few days, and if the situation was not good, he would flee immediately.
However, on this afternoon, a large shadow of a ship suddenly appeared on the sea outside the port, roughly counting that there were hundreds of large ships, and the dense sails seemed to cover the sky and the sun, which made people feel cold when they saw it.
"It's Wu Jun's water army! Hurry up, hurry up and sail! Wang Yanjun immediately realized that something was wrong.
Fujian's maritime trade is relatively developed, especially in Quanzhou, and there are trade contacts with many places, so it is natural to be able to gather so many sea ships.
However, at this time, with such a large fleet, apart from Wu Guoren, Wang Yanjun really can't think of any other possibilities.
A sense of despair suddenly swelled in his heart.