Flags are flying outside the city of Quanzhou, and a large number of soldiers are building rudimentary artillery positions outside the city. {top} point {small} says 3w.

Since the artillery of Quanzhou City had already been bombed by them last time, this time they pushed the artillery very close to Quanzhou City.

Lu Yan led an army of 4,000 to surround the south and west of Quanzhou City, and the north was guarded by 300 cavalry, and the east of Quanzhou City was not far from the sea, so it can be said that Quanzhou City has been surrounded by him.

Lu Yan and Jia Xu led a team of soldiers to inspect the city wall of Quanzhou Mansion, which was about two feet six feet high and was composed entirely of stones and bricks.

However, this kind of wall does not have much advantage in front of the Hongyi cannon, because it cannot well eliminate the impact of solid bullets, and in this respect it is inferior to the fortress.

Last time, those artillery bombarded a small section of the city wall, and Lu Yan found that although that section of the city wall had been repaired, it was still not as difficult as the complete city wall.

Lu Yan looked at the sky and found that the sky was very overcast.

The sea breeze is blowing from the southeast.

So he said to Jia Xu: "It seems that it is going to rain this day." ”

Jia Xu nodded, the right time and place are very important to fight.

Many strategists will look at the weather, and it is typical that Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind.

He was also quite familiar with this, so he said: "I have heard from the people here that there are often heavy rains and typhoons in the summer, and maybe we should let our fleet come back to avoid the wind." ”

Lu Yan nodded, as soon as the southeast coast of China arrives in the summer, typhoons will occur frequently, and many fishing boats will have to go to the harbor to take shelter at this time.

They talked about the military situation again, and recently Li Jing sent someone to send a war report.

They captured three county towns in Quanzhou, and then did what Lu Yan had done in Zhangzhou again.

For example, confiscating the assets of some big evildoers, and then using these assets to forcibly requisition craftsmen to make weapons and supplies for them, it can be regarded as having their own supply points.

It's just that the city wall of Quanzhou Mansion is tall, and since he doesn't have Hongyi cannons in his hands, he decided to hand over Funing Prefecture to Lu Yan to attack.

Now they have attacked Funing Prefecture and are preparing to attack the county seat there.

Then they were ready to attack Zhejiang.

For their progress, Lu Yan is very pleased.

It has only been more than a month since the beginning of the incident, and he has already laid a very small situation.

As long as he can break into Zhejiang, I believe that his strength can be greatly developed again.

It's just that due to the influence of Qi Jiguang, Zhejiang soldiers have always been strong soldiers in the world.

He was a little worried that Li Jing's attack in Zhejiang would not go well.

However, considering that Da Ming had repeatedly dispatched troops from Zhejiang to support Liaodong, he estimated that there would not be too many real elites in Zhejiang.

But he felt that he should send a fleet to transport them some Hongyi cannons, maybe they would be used sometimes, and Jia Xu also thought so.

At this time, Jia Xu suddenly said, "Lord, look at it." ”

Lu Yan looked in the direction he was pointing and found that a person was hanging from the city wall.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel extremely puzzled.

What are they doing here?

Is he going to make peace?

After the man was hung off the wall, he walked towards this side with a white flag.

Seeing this, Lu Yan smiled slightly.

Then he ordered a cavalryman to bring him over.

Soon Lu Yan and Jia Xu both had smiles on their faces, isn't this Steward Lin?

It's really a place in life where we don't meet!

It's only been a few months since they haven't seen each other, and their identities have changed so much.

At that time, Lu Yan's identity was a pirate leader, but now his identity has been promoted to become the biggest thief in the world.

"Isn't this Steward Lin? Could it be that Steward Lin came to seek refuge with my lord? ”

Jia Xu said teasingly.

Hearing his words, Steward Lin almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

Defecting to the thief, what are you kidding?

He still wants to live a few more days!

He quietly wiped the sweat from his head, and then said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Jia is really joking, in fact, the gentry and people in the city have a few words to tell the king of Qin. ”

"Steward Lin has something to say, please speak."

Lu Yan smiled faintly.

"I don't know if King Qin can take pity on the people of Quanzhou Mansion, and the retreat of the army has saved the people of Quanzhou Mansion from the disaster of swords."

Steward Lin said pleadingly.

He knew that this trip was not only related to the life and death of the Lin family, but also to the life and death of his entire family.

Several high-ranking officials in Quanzhou who can speak have already spoken, if this trip fails.

Then the Lin family will be punished for colluding with the thieves and conspiring to rebel, and his entire family will be beheaded.

So for the sake of the Lin family, and for the lives of his family, he had to come and plead with Lu Yan.

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help laughing.

Jia Xu couldn't help but shake his head, and then said to Steward Lin: "In order to save the people of the city from the disaster of swords, why can't the prefect take the initiative to sacrifice Quanzhou Mansion, but must let us withdraw the army." ”

"This ......"

Hearing this, Steward Lin couldn't help but be speechless.

Can he say that you are a group of thieves, why should you let the officials sacrifice the state capital?

But he knew that his trip was really a heavy responsibility, and whether he could live or not depended on the outcome of this trip.

So he knelt down with a thud, and then kowtowed his head fiercely: "Please, prince, you can retreat." If you don't retreat, our Lin family will be punished by the Nine Clans, and my family will be beheaded by the whole family. ”

Steward Lin kowtowed very hard, and soon his forehead was bleeding, and it was covered with dust.

Lu Yan's face was a little ugly, and then he said to Steward Lin: "I don't know why your Lin family is colluding with pirates?" Don't you know that it is a crime to collude with pirates? ”

"This ...... Now the open sea of the Ming Dynasty is not quiet, there are pirates everywhere, and it is easy to be robbed if you don't collude with pirates. Many big families and pirates have colluded, not only our Lin family. ”

Steward Lin almost cried.

Their Lin family is also a scholarly family, if they can do business seriously, who is willing to collude with pirates.

Hearing this, Lu Yan's face sank.

"Please also ask the prince to be gracious, my little grandson is only eight years old. That's the only seedling in our family. ”

Steward Lin cried.

After speaking, he was about to kneel over and hug Lu Yan's thigh, but was quickly stopped by those soldiers.

Just kidding, what if you plan to assassinate Lu Yan.

Lu Yan thought about his slightly arrogant appearance when he first saw Steward Lin, and then looked at the embarrassment on his face now.

It's really 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

"Well, for the sake of the face we once met. And I opened the north gate, and allowed the people to flee and save them from the war. However, no one was allowed to leave or enter, and no one was allowed to return to Quanzhou until the end of the war. ”

Lu Yan sighed and said.

"And I promise that I won't attack Quanzhou Mansion within two days."

Jia Xu suddenly interjected.

Lu Yan looked at him with a puzzled expression, and Jia Xu pointed to the sky very covertly.

If Lu Yan has an understanding, is it going to rain?

Hearing this, Steward Lin couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Finally, he didn't have to go back empty-handed, but he was happy and worried in his heart.

If you go back like this, you will be convicted of colluding with the thief, and you don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

He thought for a while and said, "I don't know if the prince can find a way to save our Lin family from the death penalty." ”

Jia Xu sneered.

"Steward Lin, don't be too aggressive."

Steward Lin's old face turned red, and he also knew that he was too much.

"In this way, as long as they let your Lin family go, I can guarantee that I will not kill the families of those gentry after entering the city. If the officials want to leave, I can let them go. ”

Lu Yan said.

I just have a soft heart, I can't help it, Lu Yan sighed and said.

Steward Lin knew that this was already the limit of what Lu Yan could do, after all, the two families didn't actually have any friendship, and Lu Yan didn't owe them anything to the Lin family.

He thanked Lu Yan, and then staggered towards Quanzhou Mansion.

As for Steward Lin's return, it is unknown whether those officials of Quanzhou Mansion will let go of Lin Family Lu Yan.

However, he estimates that they will still agree.

Those officials are not stupid, Lu Yan is from Liaodong, and those officials know his roots.

Even if the Lin family was involved with those pirates, it was also related to the previous pirates in Dayuanwan, not Lu Yan.

They do this purely because the drowning man wants to grasp at the straw that saves his life.

The Lin family was just unlucky to encounter this kind of thing.

The weather in Quanzhou did not surprise Jia Xu's expectations, and heavy rain fell in the sky.

Not two days, though, but three days.

Coupled with the violent typhoon, almost all the tents were blown down.

Even some big trees were blown up, and Lu Yan and Jia Xu were shocked.

The typhoon in the southeast is really strong enough.

But fortunately, their rain protection measures were in place, and the gunpowder and food were not too affected.

After the heavy rains, they continued to attack the city.

After learning that Lu Yan let go of the north gate, many people didn't believe it at first, coupled with the storm, so not many people left Quanzhou.

But after Lu Yan attacked the city, the situation was different.

The rumbling sound of cannons was clearly heard throughout Quanzhou City, and one after another bricks and stones were shot down by artillery.

Seeing this, those officials and gentry were all as pale as earth.

Without the protection of the city walls, how could they be the opponents of those tigers and wolves outside the city.

Coupled with Lu Yan's propaganda, any large family property involved in the financing of the official army will be confiscated.

This made those heroes in the city tremble.

When the walls of the city were blown down for a while, there was a wave of exodus from the city.

The cavalry outside the city did not stop them, but let them go.

Seeing this, many people are relieved.

As a result, a small number of Haoqiang and the people began to flee, and a large number of people poured out of Quanzhou City, and then fled north.

Even some of the soldiers took off their uniforms, put on makeup as civilians, and fled the city.

Lu Yan still didn't stop this.

The flight of these people was a huge blow to the morale of the city.

People can run away, but officials have the responsibility to defend their territory, and they must not run away.

It was suggested that people should be forbidden to flee, but the Quanzhou prefect refused.

has been influenced by Confucianism for a long time, which makes Shen Qiaochu unwilling to be such a cool official.

He only ordered the sergeants and villagers to fill the collapsed walls with sand and stones, but how could their flesh and blood be the opponent of those shells.

Some people were killed by shells, and it wasn't long before no one was willing to repair the collapsed walls.

After two days of fierce fighting, Lu Yan finally collapsed a section of the 100-meter city wall, and then entered the city with Wei Wushu as the vanguard.

Quanzhou City officially announced the city broken!

After conquering Quanzhou, Lü Yan confiscated the assets of some evildoers on the pretext of subsidizing the official army to block Qinwang's army in the previous way.

But since most of the big ones fled, they didn't get much.

In addition, craftsmen were recruited to make all kinds of weapons and ammunition, taxes were reduced to calm the people, and part of the land was allocated to the displaced people.

These have formed a standard process, and Lu Yan does not need to worry too much.

After doing this, Lü Yan once again ordered the army to attack the surrounding counties.

In the face of Lu Yan's Hongyi cannon, there are not many counties that can stop his attack.

With the exception of a few counties located in mountainous areas, almost all county towns have fallen here.

Lu Yan did not plan to waste time for those remote mountainous areas for the time being, but planned to go north and prepare to attack Fuzhou Prefecture.

At this time, Li Jing also defeated a county seat in Funing Prefecture, and then began to sweep up the official army in Funing Prefecture.

But those Ming troops had already been frightened by Li Jing, and they couldn't get out of it.

Li Jing had no choice but to sharpen his knife and start to invade Zhejiang.

He repeated his old tricks again, changed into the clothes of the Ming army, ran for a long distance, and then attacked a county seat under the Wenzhou Prefecture, and then sent heavy troops to attack another county seat.

Although Wenzhou and Funing Prefecture are not far apart, they do not belong to the same Tao after all, and they are not particularly clear about Li Jing's power.

And it's not a glorious thing to always lose battles, and all officials can cover it up.

So the prefect of Wenzhou immediately sent a large army to the rescue, but once again fell for the tricks of Li Jing and Qi Jiguang.

He was ambushed by two people, and then he was defeated.

After defeating this Ming army, the two led a large army and began to wreak havoc in Wenzhou, sweeping the officers and troops outside the city.

The officers and soldiers only dared to stay in the city, and did not dare to come out at all.

Later, the two of them summed it up and decided to continue north.

They felt that the imperial army's army was about to be assembled soon, and now it was a little bit to be able to destroy a little Ming army.

Unlike the barren Fujian, Zhejiang is the real anointing place of the Ming Dynasty, and it has to pay more than 2.5 million stone of grain for the Ming Dynasty every year, which is more than three times that of Fujian.

Once Lu Yan attacks Zhejiang, I don't know how much loss he will cause to Daming, plus he will use troops against Lu Yan, maybe I don't know how much of the official's salary this year will be converted into treasure money.

Therefore, under the non-stop operation of various stakeholders, Daming, who has always been slow to react, finally made a rare speed.

All the salaries owed to the soldiers were distributed, and the expenses along the way were also supported by the government or the squire.

The imperial army finally began to assemble in Zhejiang, preparing to encircle and suppress Lü Yan.

At this time, Lu Yan received a very bad news.

That's when the Dutch captured Lake Peng!

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Yesterday, the family received a bad news, that is, my mother was deceived by a manufacturer for more than 100,000 yuan and would not come back.

It's really unlucky, it seems to be a lot of fundraising.