In the city of Fuzhou. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Yide, the governor of Fujian, who had just been appointed as the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, sighed again and again.

Half a year ago, only a few areas in the northern part of Fujian Province, including Fuzhou, Funing, Shaowu and Jianning, belonged to the Qing Dynasty, and the rest were occupied by Cantonese thieves. Now, a few months have passed, and the Cantonese thieves have become even more powerful, not only occupying all Shaowu Mansion and Jianning Mansion, but also sending troops from Zhejiang Province by sea to occupy Wenzhou Mansion and Taizhou Mansion last month.

In the first half of the month, not only was Funing Mansion occupied, but the thieves further pressed and captured Luoyuan, Minqing, Lianjiang, Fuqing, Yongfu, Changle and other counties in Fuzhou Prefecture, leaving only Fuzhou City and a small area in the northern part of Min County, which were still under Wang Yide's control.

The entire Fujian, it can be said that except for Fuzhou City, has been occupied by Cantonese thieves. Wang Yide, the governor of Fu Jian, can't even be counted as the county order of Min County.

Since a few months ago, Wang Yide has sent urgent reports to the imperial court for help, but from beginning to end, the imperial court has not sent a single soldier or a penny of silver to help.

It was only a little more than a month ago that the imperial court issued a decree that Wang Yide, the governor of Shengfujian, was also the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and at the same time officially appointed Li Tingyu as the governor of the Fujian water and land armies, so that the two of them could stick to Fuzhou, raise their own salaries, recruit brave trains, and fight against Cantonese thieves.

As soon as this holy decree was made, Wang Yide knew that Fuzhou City was finished, and Fujian was also finished. The imperial court is not ready to give the slightest reinforcement, everything is left to their own devices.

Thinking about it, Wang Yide is also very aware of the weakness of the court now. There have always been reports from the imperial court, and Liaodong in the north was also captured by long-haired thieves, and even the north was in chaos. A month ago, the southern part of Zhejiang was captured by Cantonese thieves, the roads were blocked, and the source of Di Bao was cut off, however, Wang Yide learned from the "Nanfang Daily" provided by the secret agents outside Fuzhou that the Changmao West Expeditionary Thieves attacked Anman and Mubei all the way and besieged Wuchang; And the Guangdong thieves are divided into several ways to capture Zhejiang, Beibei and Yunnan and other places, for a time the smoke is everywhere, the Qing Dynasty is too busy to take care of itself, presumably, for this blessing key, the imperial court is powerless, had to give up.

Wang Yide looked at the military general over sixty years old with a second-grade flower feather on his head, and felt a little respect in his heart, and said: "Lord Li, now that the imperial court has given up on our entire Fu Key, the Cantonese thief soldiers have arrived on the outskirts of Fuzhou. In your opinion, how long can this Fuzhou city last? ”

For the famous general Li Tingyu in front of him, the current commander of the Fujian Marine and Land Army, Wang Yide knew that he had served as the commander-in-chief of Chaozhou in Guangdong during the Opium War more than ten years ago, and followed Lin Zexu to garrison Weiyuan Fort and fight against foreigners.

Fuzhou was besieged, Wang Yide had no bottom in his heart, and he was not on good terms with Youfeng, the general of Fuzhou in the city, so he invited his old acquaintance Li Tingyu to come to discuss the siege of Fuzhou.

"Lord Ministry, with all due respect, I'm afraid I won't be able to last a month!" Li Tingyu opened his chapped lips and said hoarsely: "Although the food in Fuzhou City is quite sufficient, the Cantonese thieves are a good chess piece!" They did not directly attack Fuzhou City, but instead captured southern Zhejiang in a roundabout way, and now they are surrounding the entire Fuzhou regiment. Fuzhou City is isolated, and now the appearance of the imperial court is equivalent to directly declaring that it has given up the land of Fujian, and the morale of the soldiers in the city is completely gone, and there is no need to wait for the food to be cut off, but I am afraid that the army's morale will have long been dispersed. ”

Wang Yide was silent when he heard this. After half a ring, he sighed leisurely: "I may have run out of gas!" In any case, Yide, as an official of the imperial court, was deeply favored by the emperor, so he naturally had to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, even if he fought to the end, he had to defend the territory of the imperial court. I hope Master Li will help me! ”

"This is natural! The lord of the ministry is loyal and modest, and Li should follow the left and right and be loyal to the country! Li Tingyu made an impassioned statement. Suddenly, he lowered his voice and asked, "However, Lord Ministry, I heard that General Fuzhou Youfeng has other plans?" ”

"Whatever he does! It is best for us to do our duty as a courtier, and we will be deeply favored by the emperor, and we should do our best and die. Wang Yide laughed miserably: "Anyway, Yide doesn't plan to leave Fuzhou City alive." Lord Li, now is the critical period when Fuzhou City is besieged, and we can't intervene in the Fuzhou General's Mansion, and we hope that Lord Li can order the soldiers to serve snacks and strengthen the defense. ”

Li Tingyu looked at the thin Wang Yide, admired him, and nodded yes.

However, Wang Yide and Li Tingyu were ready to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty and fight to the death, but not everyone thought so.

At least, half a year ago, Youfeng, who was newly transferred from General Hangzhou to serve as General Fuzhou, didn't think so.

Not long after he became the new general of Fuzhou, his family was still in Hangzhou, and he had not moved to Fuzhou, and when he saw that the imperial court had completely abandoned Fujian, he had his own idea.

He needs to wait, wait for a moment!

Before that, he was ready.

There are only 3,000 full-flag soldiers in Fuzhou, including 1,800 vest soldiers, which is Youfeng's confidence and capital, and the capital to escape. He co-opted and arranged all the six assistants of the 1,800 vest soldiers as his cronies to ensure that these vest soldiers strictly obeyed his command.

At the same time, in the ancestral hall of the Wang family in the south of Fuzhou City, Wang Jingxian, the county magistrate of Minxian County, was also discussing with the elders of the family and township about the way out for the Wang family.

"Jingxian, the current situation is very clear. The imperial court has completely abandoned Fujian, and the city of Fuzhou is besieged by rebels, but I am afraid that it will not last long. Right now, the people in Fuzhou City are panicking, each seeking a way out, you are the leader of our Wang family, I don't know what to do? A Wang family elder asked.

"Fifth uncle, a year ago, you always asked me like this, I must say that our Wang family must be loyal to the imperial court in order to prosper. It's just that now, the imperial court is seeing that it is becoming more and more difficult, not to mention that Fujian is going to be occupied by the Holy Country, but I am afraid that Zhejiang, along with the entire south, or the Qing Dynasty, will be occupied by Cantonese thieves! Therefore, this is the last chance for my Wang family, and what I want to say is that our Wang family must seize this opportunity and completely surrender to the Holy Kingdom! Wang Jingxian, the county magistrate of Minxian County, half-squinted his shrewd little eyes and said categorically.

"Jingxian, are you right? This matter is related to the life and death of our Wang family, but we must see it clearly! After all, the Qing Dynasty has been in the country for 200 years, and this time, is it really going to lose the country? The clan elder was still a little hesitant, and said uneasily: "In case, when the imperial court recovers and leads the officers and soldiers to recover Fuzhou, our Wang family can't afford the big crime of thieves." Do you really want to make a desperate bet and take refuge in the Cantonese thieves? ”

"Fifth uncle, you haven't left the house, and you don't know that today's era is completely different from a year ago! The Great Qing Qi is exhausted, and even if there is no Holy Kingdom in Guangdong, there will be a long-haired thief in Jiangning who will replace it. However, I am more optimistic about the Holy Kingdom. According to the background of our Wang family, now only by taking refuge in the Holy Kingdom can we avoid the disaster of raiding the family. ”