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The rain shrouded the whole world, like silk, light and thin, and no sound could be heard. Wu Bida, who was standing on the bow of the boat, could not see the ripples of the raindrops falling on the water, he stood in the rain with a large umbrella on his head, and he did not move, like a stone.

The Fu Han army went south. Their fleet has arrived in Wenzhou from Hangzhou Bay and Ningbo via Taizhou. Chen Ming would not be stupid enough to take a large army by land, climb the mountains and high hills in central Fujian and kill into northern Fujian. Therefore, the war between Fujian and the Fu Han army is imminent, but the controversy in Fuzhou still does not have a definite statement.

Before the city of Hangzhou was broken, many of them were still the banner people of Nanjing, who fled to Ningbo or Shaoxing and Jinhua, and then migrated all the way to Fuzhou under the pursuit of the Fu Han army. The rest were either captured by the Fu Han army, or twisted their braids and scattered among the people.

Anyway, in addition to Hangzhou Bay, there are many places in central and southern Zhejiang, and there are also many women who do not bind their feet among the ordinary people.

And when it comes to this foot-binding and the bad habit that arose in the Southern Song Dynasty, Chen Ming is naturally a hundred disgusting. Chen Hui never had such rules in the Han Dynasty, and he also ordered to put his feet down, and he was not allowed to wrap them again, but how could the people listen. The tax department of the Fu Han Army can only have one more foot tax, and all public servants who find their wives and daughters bound to their feet will be dismissed.

"Master, the wave of people in Houguan Beicheng, there are families going out of the city every day these days."

"Where have they gone?"

"There are those who go south, and there are those who go north......"

Wu Bida's stone-like expression finally cracked. The banner people, the nation, they don't want to live and die with Fuzhou, how can Fuzhou be kept? To the south, can it be said to continue to 'escape', but to the north? I'm afraid that after the Fu Han army went south, northern Fujian was the first to settle down, and it was the heart of peace the most, right?

In this way, how can the land and water soldiers of northern Fujian still have the confidence to win this battle?

"Dad, this news can't be hidden." Wu Xiqun said. How long have they been back to Fuzhou for a few days? I heard the news first, and then easily verified the news, can this still be hidden from the locals in Fuzhou? How can a soldier have the heart to fight?

Wu Bida walked back to the cabin with heavy steps, sat on a chair and said nothing. He is a native of Fujian Province and a native of Tong'an in Zhangzhou, because Zhangzhou is a den of rebellion and rebellion of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the Wu clan has suffered a great disaster because of Wu Bida, the waterway governor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. I don't know how many people died in the turmoil, and all their property and land were seized, so Wu Bida and the Heaven and Earth Society and the anti-Qing rebels are all in the same place.

He didn't think about surrender in his mind, at this time he only had sentimentality about the fate of Fujian and worry about the color change of the southern country.

The whole of Zhejiang was captured by the Fu Han army, and they went down to Fujian, and then said Guangdong and Guangxi, this big change is really going to make the Chen family done?

Wu Bida thought of Duan Xiulin, when the two of them partnered in Jiangnan, and now Duan Xiulin's surrender is also very knowledgeable. Before he closed his eyes, he couldn't see the court punishing him.

Wu Xiqun watched his father doing it, as if he was asleep, and reached out to ask his relatives to bring a thin blanket and gently cover it for Wu Bida, which has been three days in a row, and he has not rested for a day.

Wu Bida didn't sleep, where could he sleep. He didn't open his eyes, but only nodded his head and signaled to his son.

Wu Xiqun retreated quietly, this big thunder ship has its own place to stay, Wu Xiqun just returned to the room, and the door was knocked outside, "Fourth master, Ye Zhentai is visiting." ”

Ye Zhentai, that is, Ye Xiangde, the chief soldier of Taiwan Town. He was originally the deputy general of the Penghu Water Division Association, and after Lu Yong finished in Taiwan Town, the number was indeed still there, and the official hat fell on Ye Xiangde's head. The Penghu Water Master under his command and the Haitan Town Water Master [Old Nest Quilt], who had lost face before, are the two main forces under Wu Bida now.

"Lord Ye." Wu Xiqun himself was just a garrison to fill the gap, and his official position was still 108,000 miles away from the general army. But his father is the first general on the Fujian Sea at the moment, and Ye Xiangde came to see him in person, instead of letting his entourage come over.

"Brother Xian, let's not talk much, you just show your brother, what does the military master think about the current situation?"

Ye Xiangde has a good relationship with Wu Xiqun in private. Wu Xiqun drank too much, and complained in front of him that the outdated situation was getting worse and worse, and the ship of the Qing Dynasty was becoming more and more unreliable; In the same way, Ye Xiangde also said to Wu Xiqun in a different way. In this way, the two sides are like having a bottom line, and they are much more relieved to each other.

My father was also very distressed. Lu Gong is on land and water, how can tens of thousands of troops be able to resist half of Fujian's strength? ”

Wu Bida didn't have the slightest intention of surrendering, but Wu Xiqun did. At least when the tide was gone, he was reluctant to be a loyal servant to the court. There have been too many deaths in Tong'an Wu, and he still has to live well, looking at the group of gangsters in the Heaven and Earth Society, they will be retributed one by one.

"There is anger in the heart of the military gate......" Ye Xiangde said understandable. But the Fu Han Army and the Heaven and Earth Society may not be all the way, and the latter has played a dog brain by himself. Ling Liang annexed Zhao Mingde's territory, and immediately attracted the 'anger' of Zhang Gou in Longyan and Li Shaomin in northern Tingzhou, and I don't know if these two people really have such a good relationship with Zhao Mingde, or if they also want to take the opportunity to make a profit.

If you only look at the internal situation in Fujian, Ye Xiangde does not think that the Heaven and Earth Society can really win. Just looking at the people of the Tiandihui on the land route of Fujian, who have never allowed the Tiandihui in Taiwan to board the land route, we know that they are also full of internal contradictions. I don't know if all the people on both sides of the Heaven and Earth Society add up to less than 200,000, but there are definitely 150,000. Can we really work together, where is there still a stable life in northern Fujian?

But in fact? Half of the Heaven and Earth Society's energy was not used to the front line.

Otherwise, Ling Liang and Zhao Mingde joined forces to attack Xiaoxiao Yongfu, but the battle line in other positions was calm, and Chen Jie invited 3,000 reinforcements to Fuzhou, so he won more with less, and even Zhao Mingde was killed on the spot.

Wu Xiqun expected that Ye Xiangde's 'dirty' mind would not dare to find fault with his father, so he would directly make a mess in it, as long as Ye Xiangde was really willing, a cup of tea would allow the old man to rest for two days if necessary, and when he woke up, the overall situation would be decided.

Troubles are never for one side alone.

The Fu Han army watched the step by step step to Fujian, and it was not only the Qing army that was nervous, but also Zhang Qiu and Zheng Jia in the Taiwan Strait, Yan Yan in Taiwan, Lu Mao, Zheng Ji, Ling Liang, Chen Biao, Chen Pi, Zhang Pu, Zhang Gou, Li Shaomin, etc., as well as the Wanyun Long Waner monk who was revered as the leader by the leaders of these Fujian Land Land Heaven and Earth Society, all knew that it was time to decide their fate. Of course, there are those who are interested in the Fu Han army, such as Lu Mao, and even Yan Yan, when the Fu Han army arrives, it is difficult for them to have the mind to resist the Fu Han army, and they will obediently hand over the military and political power in exchange for glory and wealth. But what about the rest?

These people are not the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society who accepted the 'support' of the Fu Han Army two years ago and lived their lives looking at the eyes of the Fu Han Army's secret camp, they are now the masters of the side with 10,000 soldiers.

The Fu Han army fought Jiangnan twice, and it was so long, and the two sides came and went, and it did not hurt the vitality of the people in Jiangnan. But the Heaven and Earth Association has been making trouble in Fujian for two years, and it has really made it difficult for the people's livelihood in Fujian. Fortunately, most of these people are sitting tigers, otherwise Fujian would be even more miserable.

Zhang Qiu's nest is now in Penghu, with the change of the situation, Wu Bida abandoned Penghu, a key point in the Taiwan Strait, and the whole army moved to Haitan, which is closer to Fuzhou, after more than a year of ups and downs, the current Admiral Zhang has gathered more than 600 large and small ships, and the main warships are no less than 100.

Of course, these pirates don't look at the large number of people and ships, but their combat effectiveness is very unsatisfactory, and they have fought Wu Bida several times, but they have not taken any advantage. But there are still changes in the general trend, when the Zhang Qiu fleet met Wu Bida's main fleet before, there was only the opportunity to escape, and now Wu Bida no longer dares to lead the main fleet to look for Zhang Qiu's decisive battle. That's what makes one the other, that's progress!

The absolute superiority of the Qing army from the beginning has slowly become a situation where it is still dominant, but once it is careless, it may capsize.

It was nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, only one mile away from Jibei Island, and it was less than half an hour to Lantau Island. Tian Qing ordered the sails to be lowered and prepared to operate the oars to enter the port. This time, he brought 17 warships, and when they set out from Kinmen Island, they first dispersed to the sea, and acted separately to hide people's eyes, and only then did they assemble the whole team when they were far away from Kinmen and Kinmen, and crossed the Taiwan Strait and came in a mighty way. All the ships were cleanly washed, and the red red flags were waving brightly.

Zhang Qiu is still very precious to his own brand of 'Admiral of the Southeast Water Division', they are different from the heaven and earth on land, they have no ambition to achieve a great cause, nor do they have the strength to achieve a great cause, and now this opportunity is a great opportunity for them to look forward to it. What if they were taken away from the army?

Chen Han wants to supply his own family, right? Will the glory and wealth be less?

Isn't this what their old Zhang family is asking for?

As long as there is an opportunity, everyone is willing to be a rich man in the countryside instead of running to the sea to fight for their lives.

Chen Ming ordered Zhang Qiu to select a warship to join him on the sea of Funing Taishan, and the Fu Han army was going to really go south to Fujian.

Zhang Qiu officially invited his subordinates from all walks of life to gather in the Penghu Islands, and all families and branches to gather on Lantau Island for discussion. Tian Qing deliberately arrived half a day late, not just to put up a fight, but to let other people quarrel with each other first, saving himself the trouble of guessing everyone's hole cards. Zhang Qiu's 'team' is not a unified team like the Fu Han Army, this southeast naval division with a red flag is an old-fashioned warlord arm, with big warlords leading small warlords, and small warlords with smaller soldiers.

The basic unit is not a team like the naval division of the Fu Han Army, but a single ship.

As a team of Zhang Qiu's subordinates, Tian Qing was more fortunate to snatch the big and small Golden Gate, and among the heroes who could become Zhang Qiu's guests, he was also one of the few non-time-honored foreign bandits. But this does not mean that he has any special friendship with the other two newcomers, on the contrary, Admiral Zhang Qiu and Admiral Zhang have been trying their best to win over Shi Shenglin this year. Tian Qing also watched coldly, knowing very well Zhang Qiu's calculations, just to better condense his strength, Zhang Qiu's desire was not to be a rich man, he also wanted to look forward to Chen Han's knighthood.

The flotilla that had converged on Dashanyu had indeed arrived. Outside the port, Tian Qing could clearly identify who was on the flag picked up by the fleet.

Zhang Qiu sat down, in addition to his own descendants, a total of nine groups, Tian Qing and Shi Shenglin are one of them, and there is also a name for Baiyu, the three of them are all newborns, and the remaining six are all time-honored brands that have been around for decades.

Among these six people, Wang Haichao is the most brave and loves soldiers; The first beam is the most slippery, Guo Nan is the most wild and rebellious, Huang Afa is the most inactive, and Cai Si'er thinks he is brave and resourceful, but compared to Jiang Qinglong, it is still a cut behind.

Tian Qing's subordinates collected their sails and oars, and were about to enter the port, but they were stopped by the welcome boat. The port is crowded, there are too many distinguished guests, leaving eight seats for Tian Ye, and the other nine boats will follow me and move to the next Zhenhaiyu.

"The guy who looks down on people with dog eyes." These words immediately attracted Tian Qing's scolding, but when his head boat reached into the harbor to see, Dashanyu was really full of more than 200 warships of all kinds and the old Zhang family's own team. The red flag fluttered and crowded, and there was really no place for it. After a while, the evacuation boat turned around, and finally waited for him to enter the sailor's yamen, and as soon as he entered the door, he was stunned on the spot. There was a lot of noise in the lobby, and there were people in the hundred and tenth who scolded and argued, some persuaded to fight, and some watched the excitement on the side, but they didn't perform all the martial arts.

Surrounded in the center are Guo Nan and Pustule Huang Afa on one side, and Zhang Wei, the clan brother of Wang Haichao and Zhang Qiu, on the other side. Cai Si'er persuaded on the side, and Jiang Qinglong held his hands to watch the excitement.

Tian Qing inquired about Shi Shenglin, who he was most familiar with, and learned that the two sides were filthy because of the wrong number of ships.

Guo Nan and Huang Afa were only ready to send out fifteen ships, unlike the seventeen elite warships brought by Tian Qing, there were two main warships, and the rest were all small boats. Zhang Wei couldn't look at it, and said: It seems that this trip, we are fighting in front of us, and we have to look at the hometown behind on the other hand, and we must not let Erwuzai copy it.

These words directly provoked Guo Nan to jump up, and Huang Afa, the coward, stood behind Guo Nan and beat the side drum, and then Wang Haichao stood up to help, because Wang Haichao and Guo Nan are absolute rivals. Wang Haichao's lair was almost taken advantage of by Guo Nan. Thinking of this, Wang Haichao was furious.

No one could persuade the excitement on both sides, and Zhang Qiu couldn't make peace after a few persuasions. 'In a fit of rage', he simply withdrew from the hall and let them ruffle here. Tian Qing grinned, Zhang Qiu did something wrong, this guy has always valued his prestige. It's no wonder that Cai Si's persuasion is more like provoking, Jiang Qinglong clasped his hands and watched the excitement. This matter, some of them are broken.

Tian Qing could no longer imagine that Zhang Qiu was flattering a person at this time. This person is Chen Jigong, Chen Jigong will not run anymore, but as a person from the dark camp, Chen Ming asked him to go to Penghu, and then to Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Taiwan. Now Chen Jigong's identity is even more 'Minister of Chincha'.

He didn't know how true or false the noise in the front hall was, but he still comforted Zhang Qiu, who looked depressed and ashamed, and said: "The general doesn't need to worry, His Royal Highness Duke Lu knows the general's difficulty...... "There are many things to do in this world, how many are easy?" Chen Ming asked him to start building a Western-style sailing ship, until the red flag was raised in Zhoushan, and he did not even lay the keel and did not sit down for the preparations.

Chen Ming transferred the Zhang Ball team to the north this time, that is, to see clearly who 'is' his own people here in the old Zhang family! (To be continued.) )