On the river thirty miles outside the city of Fuzhou, the forward fleet of the sailors watched as the shipwrecked wooden piles blocked the entire waterway of Mawei Port.

The striker Liu Guoxuan suddenly angrily scolded the commander of the Qing Army's naval division for scrapping firewood, and without fighting, he would gouge through all the warships and use them to block the waterway.

Tried to send someone to clean the waterway, but the person who sent there reported that it was not possible to clean it all up in a month or two.

Liu Guoxuan, who had nothing to do, had no choice but to report the situation to Huang Wu, the right admiral of the water division, and Huang Wu then reported the situation to Zheng Chenggong.

After listening to the messenger's message, Zheng Chenggong turned his head to Yao Qisheng and said, "It seems that Li Qingtai's guy is preparing to defend Fuzhou to the death." In this case, let's go to Fuzhou to let them know that the city wall can't stop the pace of the times! ”

Yao Qisheng arched his hand and said: "The general is wise! ”

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After noon on the 21st, Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and the 40,000 Zheng family troops who had already been prepared immediately launched a fierce attack, and the Fuqing defenders failed to hold out for half a day, and they were conquered by the Zheng army, and the Fuqing guards were killed.

Fuqing conquered, Zheng Chenggong left Yang Cai to guard Fuqing, and the army did not stop and killed directly to Fuzhou.

In the early morning of the 22nd, Li Qingtai, as usual, got up before dawn to freshen up.

Soon the little family was busy coming in to serve.

Several old family members have served him for many years, and they have long known the old man's habit: the first basin of facial wash water this morning must be cold, so as to refresh and refresh the mind!

Carrying the cold water that had just been brought from the well and pouring it into the copper basin, the old manager personally stepped forward and twisted the soaked towel and sent it to Li Qingtai.

"Master, please clean your face."

Li Qingtai took the towel and buried his face completely in it. Make yourself more sober with ice-cold well water.

While I was cleaning, I heard a commotion outside. There was a whistling sound, like a strong wind.

Subsequently. It was the terrifying sound of explosions that continued to shake the mansion.

With a "bang", the copper basin containing water splashed on the ground, and everyone couldn't care about it.

In addition to the sound of explosions outside, there was also an overwhelming shout, and it seemed that everyone outside was shouting, including the family members in this mansion. There are too many people shouting, but they can't hear what they are shouting.

Li Qingtai hurriedly put down the towel, and shouted outward: "What's the noise outside?" ”

No one answered. Li Qingtai's voice was completely muffled, and a family member went over to open the door, so that the panicked shouts of the family outside could be heard.

After a while, Zhang Xuesheng ran over and shouted, "My lord, it's not good." Zheng Haikou suddenly arrived and was shelling Fuzhou City! ”

Li Qingtai hurriedly threw away his handkerchief when he heard this, and ran to the city.

As soon as he went up to the city, he looked at the Zheng family army lined up outside the city, and was immediately shocked. This Zheng family's army is marching too fast!

A day earlier, the messenger also reported that Fuqing was still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, and a day later, Zheng's army was killed under the city of Fuzhou.

Outside the city, more than a hundred artillery pieces that had already been set up continued to fire.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The shells carried the whirring sound of the wind. Hit the walls with unstoppable force and break the stones on the walls.

The defenders at the head of the city were killed by a single blow in the face of these powerful attacks, which was quite a good result. The worst thing was to be smashed to the point of missing limbs and short bodies, and fell to the ground wailing in pain.

Li Qingtai had just arrived at the city. Now the command on the city wall is shouldered by Tian Xiong.

Tian Xiong shouted hoarsely to his subordinates that they were not allowed to panic and not to escape.

Watching the Zheng Jiajun shelling. The expression on his face was a little distorted, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

The artillery of the Zheng family army is too fierce, every time the artillery bombardment, you can cut off part of the city wall, and if it continues like this, the city wall will not be able to withstand it for long.

Tian Xiong saw Li Qingtai go up to the city wall, and ran with his waist down and shouted: "My lord, it can't go on like this, you have to find a way to solve those artillery outside the city!" ”

Li Qingtai gritted his teeth and shouted: "Send cavalry out around the city and urge those artillery!" ”

There are only nearly 2,000 cavalry left in Fuzhou City, and in front of the 40,000 army, even if they can destroy those artillery, those cavalry are afraid that they will not be able to come back.

However, Li Qingtai also knew that if he could exchange 2,000 cavalry for artillery, it would be worth it.

Following Li Qingtai's order, the 2,000 cavalry, having drunk the gallant wine, attacked from the north gate, bypassed the city wall, and launched an unhesitating charge towards the artillery position.

Seeing that the Qing cavalry was coming, the musketeers in the Zheng army opened fire.

After being wounded by a round of musketeers, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army ordered his men to speed up.

In his impression, the fire will turn into a burning stick after one or two rounds, and when the cavalry is in front of the battle, it will be a bunch of waste.

Looking at the cavalry charge that was getting closer and closer, the musketeers did their thing unhurriedly.

The 5,000 musketeers were divided into three rows with the order of the officer, and after the first row finished shooting, they squatted down and took out the paper bag from their pockets, bit it open and put the gunpowder into the chamber of the gun, then put in the iron balls, and pulled out the strip under the barrel to pound the lead pellets and gunpowder.

While the first row was filled with gunpowder, the second row began to shoot, and after the shooting, they crouched down and took out the paper bag from their waists......

The third platoon began firing.

Li Qingtai at the head of the city sadly found that the cavalry of the Qing army was wounded by the rapid and continuous shooting of the musketeers of the Zheng family, and the cavalry was shot down and fell off their horses like pouring beans.

Even the ironclad army in front of the musket array had not yet arrived, and the Qing cavalry suffered a devastating blow.

In front of the Zheng family's army, there were the corpses of Qing soldiers lying on the ground, and hundreds of Qing soldiers were lying on the ground wailing.

Soon the Qing army in pain was relieved, and the Zheng army dispatched more than 1,000 soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and those who were still slightly injured were escorted to the side, and those who were seriously injured were given a ride.

At first, seeing that Zheng Jiajun did not send troops to stop the cavalry of the Qing army, Li Qingtai was still overjoyed, thinking that he could destroy the artillery and hold Fuzhou.

Seeing that the two thousand cavalry were wiped out in less than a quarter of an hour, if it weren't for Zhang Xuesheng helping him by the side, Li Qingtai almost fell to the ground.

Li Qingtai was like having dementia, and he said that the Qing Dynasty was over! Fuzhou is finished!

Walking down the city in a trance, he stumbled back to the hall of the Fuzhou Mansion, sat on the Taishi chair without saying a word, and his eyes were empty.

When the other Fuzhou officials in the city saw this situation, they had a different little Jiujiu in their hearts.

The artillery battalion stopped shelling after eleven rounds of continuous shelling.

The steel technology of this era was still not up to par, and the cast artillery needed to be cold-cut after firing several times in a row, otherwise it would be easy to blow up.

Taking advantage of this time, Zheng Chenggong asked some soldiers to continue to guard against the Qing army's attack out of the city, and some soldiers set up camp tents, and the gang leaders began to build stoves for cooking.

The sun is gradually rising, and the summer in the south is coming early, and it is already the scorching sun at this time.

After listening to the sound of artillery gradually disappearing, the people in the city were panicked, and several major civil and military officials in the city were also divided at this time.

"**** Your grandmother's, Tian Xiong, are you going to surrender ******?" Zhang Xuesheng shouted hoarsely and scolded with all his might.

Tian Xiong looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Master Zhang, we can't compare with you. All of my brothers are the breadwinners of the family, and the whole family depends on their country, and if there is any one of them, the whole family will not be able to live. ”

Zhang Xuesheng said angrily: "Let go of your Nima's bullshit, surnamed Tian, let me tell you, even if Fuzhou is conquered, Lao Tzu will clean you up first!" ”

Tian Xiong looked up at Zhang Xuesheng and slapped his palm vigorously, "Since you don't know how to lift, don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite!" (To be continued.) )

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