Qingfeng New Town, the exit of the southwest end of Qingfeng Gorge in Wuling Mountain, Xu Ruyu built a city here with 50,000 displaced people in the spring of the 54th year of the New Dynasty.

Qingfeng New Town bluestone rammed earth as the base, blue brick bricks, each side of the city wall is 500 to 600 steps wide, the circumference is about five miles. The scale is much smaller than the ordinary Yicheng, that is, Jian'an Fort and Dongyang Fort are larger than Qingfeng New Town.

Jue'er was wearing a verdant sara cardigan, looking at the laborers in the distance who were ramming the roadbed under the delicate sun, sweating like rain.

Gu Mingchen presided over Gong Cao, and other officials could have been sent here to preside, but Qingfeng New City was the key pass for Wuling Mountain to enter and exit Southern Fujian, and Gu Mingchen couldn't rest assured, so he personally came over to be a supervisor.

After the completion of Qingfeng City, it is necessary to continue to advance to the depths of Southern Fujian, and the dock fort and Chidao are the first things to consider. If the war situation in Southern Fujian is smooth, it can reverse the unfavorable situation in Zhangzhou in the past year, and if it does not go well, the army may withdraw to the north of Zhangzhou City, and hold on to Zhangzhou City to confront the two clans of Zongzheng Yan in Southern Fujian.

Outside the city, the horses' hooves kicked and trampled, Gu Mingchen raised his head, only to see several horsemen outside the city shooting towards this side like arrows with a long stream of flying dust.

Zhangzhou Military Intelligence Flying Horse.

The sentry on duty at the south gate of Qingfeng City saw the military intelligence flying horses galloping in dust from a distance, and ordered the heavy city gate to be opened.

Youli asked Jue'er to go to Zhangtai to take care of Xu Ruyu's daily life. After the start of the war in Southern Fujian, Xu Ruyu lived in an impermanent place, considering that the Puji bandits could land in Zhangtai at any time, so he asked Jue'er to come to this Qingfeng New City and let her take on the post of grain and grass supervisor. In this way, Jue'er was detained in Qingfeng City.

When the military intelligence of Qingjiang Political Affairs Hall passed through Qingfeng City, because of Jue'er, a copy had to be left.

The military intelligence rode away from the horse, and after a while, he entered Wuling Mountain.

Gu Mingchen got off the city wall, walked over, took the military intelligence book from Jue'er's hand, and hurriedly browsed it.

There were no major factors of change, and the military situation was extremely brief. The whereabouts of the adults are not explained, but judging from the military information sent from Jian'an Fort rather than Zhangzhou City, it can be inferred that the adults did not enter the overall situation of Zhangzhou City.

Gu Mingchen saw that Jue'er's face was gloomy, sighed secretly, and said softly: "Miss Jue'er, the heat hasn't disappeared yet, you can go back to the house to rest." ”

Jue'er didn't answer, and after a while, she asked, "Mingchen, I'm going to move the grain and grass supervisor to Minzhong City to take care of official business." ”

"Only the four walls of Minzhong City have been repaired, except for him, it is a little inconvenient for Miss Jue'er to go there......"

"It's not inconvenient, it's just to camp and live. Minzhong City is connected to Jian'an Fort and Zhangzhou City, and the grain and grass supervisor should have been located there. ”

It was Xu Ruyu's intention to let Jue'er go to Qingfeng City to supervise the grain and grass, and it was naturally considered that Qingfeng City was in the innermost layer of the Nanmin war situation, and there was no danger of enemy attack.

Gu Mingchen was inconvenient to say more about military affairs, and said, "Why don't you send someone to ask what the adults mean?" ”

"He can't wait for me to go back to Xuancheng or Yongyang, since he asked me to take charge of the logistics of grain and grass, where this department is located, I can always decide one or two." Jue'er remembered the scene when she met Ru Yu, and said: "Ming Xi led the army through Jian'an Fort last night, Zongzheng Xunda and Gongliang Youqin may not be able to see that Jian'an Fort is the key point of our side, and I will not go to Jian'an Fort, but Minzhong City must have a person in charge so that the two sides can deal with each other." ”

Gu Mingchen thought to himself: Adults don't accept Miss Jue'er, it's not that they don't have affection for her, it's just an adult's business, and no one can intervene. I made up my mind to deal with the affairs in Qingfeng City as soon as possible, and said that I would go to Minzhong City together, lest Miss Jue'er go to Jian'an Fort again. didn't say anything more, only briefly talked about the progress of Qingfeng and Fujian's city construction, and then turned around and left.

At the beginning of May, Jue'er and Xu Ruyu met in a hurry, and Xu Ruyu led Zheng Menghuai and others out of Jian'anbao. Compared with the last meeting, Xu Ruyu has lost a lot of weight, and the perseverance between his eyelids makes people feel heartache.

Jue'er did not insist on staying with Xu Ruyu and returned to Qingfeng City to supervise the grain and grass.

Since the Ming Dynasty led the army through Jian'an Fort to the north of Longyan, the role of Jian'an Fort was immediately highlighted, if Jian'an Fort was lost, the back road of the Ming Dynasty army was cut off, and the supply could not be guaranteed.

The main force of the Southern Fujian Guard was attracted to Yongjia Fort in the south of Zhangzhou City, but Puji Island still had enough troops to quickly enter the great battlefield of northern Fujian.

Xu Ruyu looked intently at the topographic map of southern Fujian, and Jian'an Fort, Yongjia Fort, and Gantang Bay were prominently marked.

Gan Tang's side urgently delivered the military information of the Puji Water Battalion sentry ship on the sea on the east side of Zhangtai, and now it is spread out in the upper right corner of the topographic map.

Xu Ruyu glanced at Zheng Menghuai on the other side of the stone case and asked, "How many men does Gong Liang Youqin think will be sent into Zhangtai?" ”

Zheng Menghuai hesitated for a long time and said: "Gongliang Youqin can't get supplies from Zhangtai, which limits the scale of Puji's dispatch of soldiers and horses. ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head, pointed to the topographic map and said: "The army led by the Ming Dynasty is 18,000 people, and it is said that Ming can enter the back of the Tiger Swallow Gorge, if Puji does not know the existence of this army, the scale of the army will not exceed 10,000, it may be a garrison near Nanjiao Island, once the news of the Ming Dynasty's army passing Jian'an Fort comes out, Gongliang Youqin will not hesitate." ”

Xu Ruyu furrowed his brows, straightened his thoughts a little, and said: "In other words, yesterday it was the news that Puji had sent troops and horses from Gantang Fort, and Gongliang Youqin would inevitably send more soldiers and horses to Zhangtai after receiving the news that the Ming Dynasty had built an Fort. Qu Zhi lightly tapped a few times in the direction of Gantang Bay, and said, "Gantang Bay." Occupying Gantang Bay, we can get supplies from the Zongzheng family from Longyan, and the Shuiying warships can advance along Dazhangxi to Jian'anbao, thus cutting off my retreat into Longyan's army. There is a hard battle in Gantang Bay. ”

Zheng Menghuai nodded thoughtfully, most of the Puji Water Battalion's first battle will choose Gantang Bay, as long as Gantang Bay is captured, Puji's follow-up soldiers and horses can land on the northern coast of Zhangtai, and quickly insert into the back and abdomen of Jian'an Fort, without worrying about the problem of grain and grass supply.

The Zhu and Fan families of Yuejun each gathered heavy troops at the junction with the Qingjiang River, and the Qingjiang could not continue to send men and horses to Southern Fujian, and the Zhu people blocked the Qingjiang waterway in Liyang, so that Yongyang and Qingjiang could not communicate through the Qingjiang waterway.

The four forces of Yuejun and Nanmin were involved in this sudden storm.

Judging from the current situation, the Nanmin Guards quickly gathered more than 20,000 troops at Hutun Gorge, making it impossible for Xu Ruyu to quickly carry out a decisive battle, so that he lost the opportunity to suddenly launch the Battle of Nanmin.

The direct participation of the Puji army in the war was inevitable; As long as the Qingyan Army is slightly weakened in the Battle of Southern Fujian, it is very likely that the Zhu and Fan clans will send troops to invade Qingjiang regardless of the pressure from Yongyang.

Regardless of the gains or losses in this battle, the relationship between the Zhu and Fan tribes of Yuejun was completely broken, and the Zhu and Fan tribes faced the threat of Qingjiang and Yongyang attack, forcibly suppressed the public opinion in the jurisdiction, and it was not impossible for them to make peace with Puji.

Thinking of the current situation, Tu Wenyong couldn't sleep well, but he didn't see anything abnormal about Xu Ruyu, and he was surprised.

Zheng Menghuai's brows were also deeply puzzled recently, and an urgent letter from Yongyang before nightfall made him feel a little relieved.

"Wei Yu thought that the Jinghai Sea Battalion could play a greater role, not only suppressing the Puji army in the northern sea of Puji."

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "He is in the vast sea, how can I authorize him?" "Give the letter to Tu Wenyong, "File it." ”

Zheng Menghuai said: "If the Jinghai Sea Camp can be boldly interspersed around Puji Chain Island, Gongliang Youqin will not dare to send troops to Zhangtai on a large scale, and the pressure on Zhangtai will be relieved a lot. ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head and said: "Gongliang Youqin only has this trick, and Gongliang Youqin is very likely to make a decision in advance because of the Jinghai Sea camp. In other words, the time for the main force of Puji to enter Zhangtai may be advanced. Said to Tu Wenyong: "Inform Gan Tang of this situation for reference." ”

The main commander of Gantang Bay will be Yang Shang.

At the beginning of May, Yang Shang led his men and horses to approach Longyan City from the north. After the strange situation appeared on the sea off the coast of Zhangzhou, Yang Shang quickly led the Gantang Department of the Xiao Guard Army back to Gantang Bay, and only ordered Zheng Zhixiang to lead more than 1,000 men and horses to spy outside Longyan City.

The topography of Zhangtai is complex, the overall topography is inclined from west to east, the west pillows Fujian Zhongshan, separated from Wulingyi, the terrain of Fujian Zhongshan is high and steep, the highest peak can reach 300 zhang, this west to east, from the middle mountain and the low mountain, and the high hill, and the low hill, and the platform plain, until the coast, the terrain is descending in layers, but there are several steep peaks uplift in the near sea.

Gantang Bay is surrounded by the mountain peaks that rise off the coast on three sides, the flag mountain in the north is as high as 230 zhang, the west side is undulating with the mountains of southern Fujian, and the east is the vast sea. The Dazhang River flows through the southern foot of Qishan Mountain, connecting Gantang Bay with the plateau plain behind the mountain.

When Dazhang Creek crossed Qishan, there was a sharp turn. The sharp bend is sandwiched by the cliffs and rocks that are only two hundred steps apart between the two banks, the water is turbulent, the white waves are surging, the river turns over a sharp bend, the river is relaxed at a very fast speed, and the river channel is wide at the entrance to the sea. However, the stream was only seven or eight miles away from the bend to the sea, and the fierce momentum of the water that was stored by the narrow bend still rushed straight into the sea for a long distance before it mixed into the clear blue water.

Yang Shang, Li Yin, and Jun Shushui stood side by side on the foredeck of the three-masted ship, looking at the black shadow of the island at the first line of Tianshui.

The main warship of the Gantang Water Battalion is this kind of small three-masted sea ship, the number is only 31, and each warship is equipped with 50 officers and soldiers of the water battalion, and 18 sailors and sailors.

Before Yang Shang followed Xu Ruyu, he was a bandit chief of a cottage in Qingjiang, but he did not have the anger of an ordinary bandit chief, his face with a few scars was thin and clear, and his eyes looked resolute and focused.

Xu Ruyu's letter arrived in the morning, confirming Yang Shang's suspicions.

Xu Ruyu said in the letter: If the Jinghai Sea Camp does not have extraordinary means, it will not be able to share the pressure of Gantang. But in Yang Shang's heart, Wei Yu is the kind of person who has extraordinary. Yang Shang looked at the sky-high wolf smoke rising from Qishan, his lips unconsciously closed, and he thought: This Puji bandit in front of him needs to be solved by himself.

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