Three days, three full days, 15,000 soldiers and horses, but let 3,000 opponents be pinned down under the city of Yongchun Prefecture for three whole days, not to mention the strategic concept of recapturing Yongchun Prefecture and marching into southern Fujian before the completion of the whole army, even if you want to retreat with the whole army, I am afraid it is already a delusion. 【】

In three days, a total of five siege battles were launched, except for the loss of more than a thousand corpses, and the remains of the artillery they carried, they did not get anything, not even the city wall, and originally wanted to attack from the ruins of the east gate, but the anti-thieves there bombarded down, so that the officers and soldiers left a hundred corpses, saying that they were not willing to rush there again.

After all, no one has ever seen such terrible artillery fire, like a powder keg exploding around you, even if the body is miraculously unscarred, but the shock wave of the cannon caused a severe concussion and even cracked the eardrum and lost hearing.

And those soldiers who were blown up with severed limbs and arms and howled miserably at night added a thick psychological shadow to this unit.

Kui Lun stood on the small gentle slope in front of the camp one and a half miles away from the Yongchun Prefecture City, looking at the Yongchun Prefecture City that was still standing in the middle of that rare plain with eyes like a deep resentful woman.

It seems that the other party does have a kind of projectile that Quiron has never seen before, and it is an explosive cannon, and there are so many of them that it is really like what the messenger who came to report at that time said.

However, what makes Quiren strange is that if the opponent has such a terrible number of artillery, why does he have to wait until there is a crisis in the defense to use it? This question made the self-proclaimed resourceful Quiren fall into deep thought, but even if he wanted to blow up his brain, he only came to two conclusions, first, the opponent's artillery ammunition was insufficient. Therefore, it can only be used for defense at the most critical moment, not for attack, so why on the first day of the attack, all ten artillery pieces brought by Quiren were blown to pieces at once, and after that, the officers and soldiers no longer had powerful offensive weapons, so they could only fill with human lives.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the opponent is clearly containing, deliberately showing weakness, the purpose is to drag their troops here, Yongchun Prefecture is an important point in central Fujian, to the west, can be directly inserted into the Tingzhou Mansion, to the east, Putian Mansion and Quanzhou Mansion are within its attack range.

Therefore, Yongchun Prefecture Kuilun does not want to, and does not dare to give up, otherwise, as soon as he waives his troops and withdraws, the enemy will come out of that Yongchun Prefecture, and then the war will inevitably affect a larger area, where will he go to chase them at that time? How can I afford this crime?

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"General, we can't attack anymore, wait a little longer, wait for the soldiers to build more siege equipment, otherwise, if we do this, it is equivalent to filling in the children's surnames." Yue Xiben, the right capital of the Eight Banners of Fuzhou, who was sitting in the camp tent, stroked his gray beard, narrowed his eyes and said.

This Yue Xi was originally a veteran of the Zhenghuang Banner, who had been in Manchuria for a long time, and had fought against those fierce horse bandits all year round, and he could be regarded as an armed man with some ability. His surname is Fucha, not Yue, but a Chinese name translated into Manchu, in fact, Yue Xiben means Tao Luo, at this point, it is quite a match for him, a veteran general of a hundred battles.

"Old General Yue, it's not that the official wants to do this, it's really a compelling situation, now, there is no news from Liangguang, and I, Fujian, see that half of the wall is about to be lost, if this Yongchun Prefecture is not taken, how dare my army easily go south to quell the rebellion, who knows if they will take advantage of the situation and stab us in the back?" Quiren blinked at his blistered eyes, which were swollen like goldfish from lack of sleep, and his voice looked so hoarse and tired.

"But in doing this, the morale of the children is getting more and more ......" Yue Xiben's brows were also wrinkled tightly, the opponent's firepower was really terrifying, the soldiers often had to fall at least two or three hundred corpses when they just touched the wall, and although the bow and arrow played a certain suppressive role, but after all, the range of the other party was not as far, often the archers had not yet entered the range, so they let the other party split their heads and cover their faces.

Originally, those middle and lower-level officers were all charging with the team, but every time, those garrisons and thousands of generals would always let the other party shoot accurately, and it was difficult for the troops under their command to form a powerful fist.

"It's difficult, the old man is dressed in a horse, and he really hasn't fought such an aggrieved siege battle." Yue Xiben finally had to shake his head and sigh.

The two of them were sitting in the camp tent and thinking about it, but they heard the sound of hooves coming from the far side of the camp, rushing towards the big tent of the Chinese army, the two couldn't help but glance at each other, and they all set their eyes on the entrance of the camp.

After the shouting, a distraught messenger broke into the tent, supported by two of Quiren's own soldiers. "General Kui, the Governor asks the general to return to the division immediately and rescue Fuzhou."

"What?!" Kui Lun and Na Yue Xiben jumped up from the chair together, looking incredulous.

"Tell me, what's wrong with Fuzhou?!" Yue Xiben was old and strong, rushed forward and grabbed the messenger, and roared angrily.

"Just yesterday, a large number of giant warships suddenly appeared outside the mouth of the Minjiang River, all of which were hung with blood-red beam-shaped flags, and the Langqiyu Fort supported it for less than two hours, and then the artillery on the giant ships of those anti-thieves was destroyed, and after that, those anti-thieves began to land nearby, and sent dozens of warships up the river to ...... Fuzhou."

"And those battleships, according to the governor of the governor, are no different from the battleships of the British in the past, they are all huge ships and heavy artillery, I am afraid that Fuzhou is in danger, and I hope that the general will quickly lead the army back to help." The weary messenger knew what was important, and now he told the story like a bean in a bamboo tube.

"This, this ......" Quiren took two steps back with a pale face and sat back in the chair. Are you saying that it was the kind of giant ship that invaded my waters last time? Yue Xiben couldn't help but change color.

"And there are many more, at least nearly a hundred of them." The messenger replied in a snort, an answer that made the two generals' hearts cold to their assholes.

"What about the Fujian sailors? Are all our Fujian sailors fucking eating dry rice? Where are they?! Quillen jumped up again in anger and roared.

"Not long after you left, General, Governor Changlin received news that the Nanao Naval Division had been wiped out, and the remnants had already surrendered to the rebels, the Golden Gate Association and the Tongshan Battalion ...... Even the soldiers and horses of Haitan Town seem to ...... "Every time the messenger spits out a place name, Kuilun feels that his heart stops jumping for a while, and when he listens to it, Kuilun feels that he can't hold it anymore, and he has a feeling of suffocation."

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"Although the Fujian Navy Division has been severely injured in recent years, it has been working hard to recover since the official took office, and now, the Fujian Navy Division has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and hundreds of large and small warships, how can it be like this...... Is that the end of it? Quiren's voice was so sluggish that he looked like a patient undergoing anorectal surgery without anesthetic. He suddenly thought of what the messenger said, the other party's warships were all as large and fierce as those warships of the Yingyi people who invaded the Qing Haijiang back then, and they were several times that of the Yingyi in the past.

And after listening to his words, he knew that most of the Fujian sailors had already lost to the enemy, and even if the northernmost Jianning Town sailors rushed down at this moment, I was afraid that it would only be sent to death.

"My lord, what do we do now?" After receiving the news, the generals who rushed over one after another couldn't help but change their complexion when they heard the news.

"You don't need to worry too much, Fuzhou has high walls and thick cities, and has a large number of artillery to defend the city, so what if those thieves are strong at sea? Hmph, it was not that the English did not dare to go ashore to fight with my Daqing sword and gun. Quiren had regained his composure and put on a confident posture, but in fact he knew better than anyone else that his situation was probably not good.

Kui Lun can be 100% sure that those thieves in Yongchun Prefecture are not short of ammunition at all, what they want to do is actually just want to drag their army in Yongchun Prefecture to the death, attract the main force of the Fujian army, and then attack Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province by sea, Fuzhou, their 15,000 soldiers and horses will be cut off from logistics and grass, and they can only retreat.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good, a large number of black-clothed thieves have been found five miles northwest of the camp, and they are rapidly approaching us, and the number is about three thousand." A sentry commander rushed out of the tent and rammed another boulder into the hearts of the people, but it was not over.

"My lord, the gates of Yongchun Prefecture have been opened." Another person rushed in, who was in charge of monitoring the garrison of Yongchun Prefecture, and his face was full of excitement at the moment.

"What did you say?!" All the generals in the camp jumped up and stared at the guard in unison, like a group of hungry ghosts who saw their yellow-faced woman suddenly turn into Lin Qingxia, and more than a dozen pairs of green eyes stared directly at the guard, jumping him alive.

"So, those thieves in Yongchun Prefecture have already left the city?" There was not much excitement or joy on Quiren's face, and his voice was cold and hard.

"Exactly, looking at their appearance, it seems that they want to fight with my dynasty Yuye." The guard hastened to reply.

"It seems that the other party's appetite is really not small, hehehe, six thousand soldiers and horses, he actually wants to swallow the fifteen thousand army of this general!" Quelen smiled grimly. "It's just right, before retreating to Fuzhou, General Ben will take these 6,000 heads to sacrifice the heroic soul of my Fujian sailor!"

(To be continued)