The news of the fall of Funing Mansion soon shook the whole of Fujian, Yang Tingzhang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Wu Shigong, the governor of Fujian, and Xinzhu, the general of Fuzhou, Huang Shijian, the admiral of Fujian Navy, and Ma Chengshu, the governor of Fujian land, and other important ministers gathered in Yang Tingzhang's mansion to discuss a solution.

"Hmph, the territory is in the hands of thieves, and he still has the face to run to Fuzhou! Is this responsibility to defend the land just talk? The words of Wu Shigong, the governor of Fujian, broke the silence, and he pointed the finger at Nalan Yuanshu, the prefect of Funing.

"How long has the Nalan prefect been in office? Looking at the momentum of this gang of thieves, their rebellion is not something that happens overnight! I think the former prefect Li Ba is the culprit who sat back and watched the thieves become bigger! Xinzhu and Nalan Yuanshu are both full of people, and they can still pull some relationships, and this time they received money from Nalan Yuanshu, plus he has always been unaccustomed to Wu Shigong's pretentious appearance, so he directly said that Nalan Yuanshu shirked responsibility, and by the way, he also beat Wu Shigong, since Li Ba is responsible, is he, the supreme administrator of Fujian, completely innocent?

"Well, now is not the time to argue about that!" , Yang Tingzhang had a headache, such a big thing happened in Fujian, Nalan Yuanshu would inevitably be punished, and he and Wu Shigong might not be able to get out easily; The most important thing now is to recover the lost territory, if you can recover Funing before the imperial court's departure edict is issued, maybe your responsibility can be slightly reduced, "The top priority now is how to recover Funing, General Xinzhu, Admiral Huang, Admiral Ma, how many soldiers and horses can you draw?" ”

"At present, Guangdong pirates are constantly harassing Zhangzhou Mansion, and Taiwan Prefecture is not peaceful, and most of the sailors' ships are here to prevent thieves!" , Huang Shijian first complained for a long time, the pirates of Linjiabao are quite famous in Fujian, and now Funing has fallen into the hands of the enemy, to say that those pirates did not surrender to the thief Huang Shijian does not believe it, he knows the situation in his own sailors, and wants them to bully some merchant ships. It's almost the same to fight a small group of pirates, but it's not necessary to fight hard with those old bandits, Funing is not an easy bone to gnaw, but he can't explain it if he doesn't attack. Huang Shijian continued, "Xiaguan can now transfer 20 large ships, 60 small boats, and 4,000 sailors to help in the battle; It is guaranteed to block the sea surface of Funing and prevent a thief from escaping from the sea. ”。 He had already put himself in the position of auxiliary warfare, and when the battle began, he planned to put the fleet far away and wait and see, if the land battle was won, he could rush ashore to pick up the bargain, and if the land route was defeated, he could get out as soon as possible without heavy losses.

Everyone shifted their attention to Ma Yingshu, the Eight Banners of Fuzhou Garrison could not be moved lightly, and the main force of the current battle could only rely on him, Ma Chengshu had already counted the strength of the Fuzhou Green Battalion before he came, and immediately reported when he saw the Governor's question, "Now the whole army of the Funing Green Battalion is exhausted." The troops of the Taiwan Prefecture are far away, and the Zhangzhou Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture, and Tingzhou Prefecture have to guard against the rebels of the Guangdong Tiandihui going north, so they can only transfer troops from Fuzhou, Yongchun, Yanping, Xinghua, Jianning, and Shaowufu; The last general planned to divide his troops into two routes, and Shaowu Mansion and Jianning Mansion drew 5,000 soldiers and horses from Chiyan Town to attack Zhouning from west to east, as a purpose to contain the enemy army; The last general personally led his own troops to attack Funing from south to north under the jurisdiction of 10,000 troops from Yanping Prefecture, Yongchun Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture. ”

When Xinzhu heard that there were 15,000 people, his eyes rolled, he had been in the post of general of Fuzhou for a short time, and he wanted to be able to move with the credit of burning down the Shaolin Temple for Qianlong last time, but until now there has been no movement. If we seize this opportunity, we will go to the DPRK and China again to carry out activities. Even if you can't be promoted, it's good to be transferred to a wealthy place like Hangzhou! As soon as he thought of this, he immediately spoke, "Hmph, Funing's green camp was crushed by those thieves with one blow. How much better can it be elsewhere? If you want to say that this war depends on our full people! This general plans to bring 1,000 elite Eight Banners to battle to ensure success! ”

"The general needs to be cautious!" , Ma Chengshu was sweating profusely after hearing this, even if he failed to recover Funing this time, he would not necessarily be unlucky, if these Eight Banner Masters lost a few, he would have to cut off his head to pay for his life! One insisted on going. A good word persuaded him, and after arguing for a long time, Ma Yingshu still failed to convince Xinzhu, so there were more than 1,000 Eight Banner Masters in the team attacking Funing, and the leader was naturally replaced by Xinzhu, a Fuzhou general with a higher status.

After saying the matter of the march, the five of them carefully discussed the way to write the guilty fold and the amount of the guilty silver, and then they each dispersed and went back to prepare for the writing of the fold and the preparation of the march.

It doesn't sound like 16,000 people are much, but the men and horses are distributed all over the place, and the soldiers and horses are dispatched to ask for food, grass, and silver, and the whole Fujian has been busy for a month to transfer these people and horses, and these 16,000 people are only a number on paper, if you want to tell the real number, 12,000 people can be regarded as the officers under Ma Chengshu's integrity!

It took a few days to rectify the soldiers and horses outside the city of Fuzhou, and Xinzhu and Ma Chengshu led the army to Funing Mansion to kill, along the way, the Eight Banners took the green battalion soldiers to burn, kill, loot, and rape women, and the people were miserable. The Red Flower Society had already received the news of the enemy's attack, and set up a position at Huo Tongxi, where the Manchu army must pass, and waited for the enemy to arrive.

"Chief helmsman, the enemy army is expected to arrive at the predetermined position in three days, and our army now needs some soldiers stationed in various places in addition to the 1,000 men stationed in Zhouning to guard against the Qing troops coming from the west; A total of 4,000 troops can be taken out in this operation! Huo Qingtong reported.

"A one-on-three situation!" , Chen Jialuo did not see the slightest nervousness on his face, "As long as the enemy army is repelled this time, whether it is the men and horses in the west or the sailors on the sea, they will know the difficulty and retreat; We must keep these more than 10,000 people in Funing this time, Fujian has not many troops, as long as we fight this battle, at least we can leave half a year to completely digest Funing! ”

"The General Staff has made a plan to ensure that these enemy forces will not return!" , Huo Qingtong is full of confidence, the combat effectiveness of these green battalion soldiers in Fujian is far worse than Zhaohui's army, and Zhaohui's army has no chance of winning compared to the current men and horses of the Red Flower Society, let alone these scumbags. Shenma, you said Eight Banners? It's no longer the time to enter the customs, and it's a dream to expect them to fight!

Three days later, the war began, the Red Flower Society first blasted the Qing army's position with cannons, and then the muskets were fired, the Qing army collapsed at the touch of a button, and in less than a day's effort, 12,000 green battalions and 1,000 eight banners were almost all annihilated, more than 3,000 people were killed, more than 6,000 people were captured, and only more than 2,000 people fled back to Fuzhou. (To be continued.) )