Although Jian'an Fort was once in good shape, it still looks dilapidated.

Zhou Shilong, the one-armed battalion captain, led the team back to Jian'an Fort, and Zheng Menghuai led several people to stand on the high stone on the bank of Dazhang River and overlook.

"Why didn't Lord Feng and General Feng return with the army?"

Zhou Shilong was still dissatisfied with Xu Ruyu's bandit crossing the border, and when he saw Zheng Menghuai asking from afar, he answered in a deep voice, but did not answer, and led himself into the fort. Zheng Zhixiang rode over and explained the details of the bandit to Zheng Menghuai and others one by one.

Zheng Menghuai pondered for a while, and said to Zhou Shizhong: "My lord has his own worries, in addition to wanting to capture the bandits, I am afraid that they have other thoughts. Adults are lenient with others, but you and I must maintain his majesty and not allow subordinates to invade him. ”

Zheng Menghuai is not only the ruler of Zhangzhou, but also the father of Zhou Shizhong's brothers, and this is extremely harsh.

Zhou Shizhong apologized in fear and said: "The third brother is reckless, I will reprimand him." ”

"Not necessarily, after all, he is a general of the Xiaowei Battalion." Zheng Menghuai was about to say something more, but saw Xu Ruyu and Feng Yuanyuan slowly walking towards this side, surrounded by dozens of Jingwei.

Zheng Menghuai and Zhou Shizhong got off the high stone and greeted them.

Xu Ruyu exchanged a few words with them, then remained silent and walked straight to the castle.

Zhou Shizhong was even more uneasy, thinking that he was rude to Shilong.

Zheng Menghuai knew that it was for other reasons, so he took Feng Yuan aside and asked in a whisper what happened. Feng Yuanyuan spread out his hands to show that he didn't know anything.

When everyone entered the meeting hall, Xu Ruyu said to Tu Wenyong, who was on duty, "Bring the map." ”

Tu Wenyong took out the topographic map scroll of the Zhangtai area from the celadon neck tall bottle and handed it over, Xu Ruyu took it, unfolded it in the long case, his eyes wandered on the map, and after a while, he said: "It's not this one, take the map of Zhangzhouyi." ”

Tu Wenyong was shocked, Xu Ruyu looked at it for a long time before he realized that the map was wrong, obviously his mind was not on the map just now, what would distract him.

Zheng Menghuai and others also found the abnormality, and they were very worried: the drought in several counties in the north has appeared, and most of the three counties of Fen County, Qinzhou, and Youji have not fallen since the beginning of spring. In particular, in Fen County and the northern part of Youji, last year, due to the fluctuation of grain prices, the Xun family extracted heavy taxes, and a large number of displaced people who could not survive the spring famine flocked to the central and southern Fen areas. Under Xu Ruyu's strict orders, Yongyang took precautions and transported a large amount of grain to Youji with the help of the boats of the Changhe Gang, but he was beyond the reach of Fenjun and had no spare strength. Before the implementation of the "County Policy", most of the people in Fen County were attached to the family, and the family naturally did not allow the attached people to lose at will, and it was a matter of course to provide grain to help the famine. One of the most important points of the centralization of power in the "Zhixian Policy" is to weaken the personal control of the family over the people, and in Fen County, which has implemented the "Zhixian Policy" for less than three years, how much ability does the Xun family have to resist such a great famine?

After Xu Ruyu realized that there might be a major drought in the north in early February, he wrote a letter to Yiguanyuan to the Xun family, suggesting that the implementation of the "County Policy" in the Fenbei area be suspended, and that the Shijiahao in the Fenbei area be allowed to build their own dock forts and form private armed forces, so as to strengthen the armament of the Hulan people in the Fenbei area.

I don't know what consideration the Xun family had, not only did they not accept this proposal, but also guessed the relationship between Yiguanyuan and Xu Ruyu from the behavior between Yongyang and Youji, and dismissed Yiguanyuan as the county governor of Fen County in late March and expelled him from Fen County.

Here, it is especially appropriate to watch the lonely boat to Qingjiang, the secret of "Placing the County Policy" from the hand of Xu Xing is revealed to the world, and the world is in an uproar, especially the drought in the north this spring, and the world is talking about Xu Ruyu throwing out the "County Policy" is to turn the world upside down, and there is a plan, which makes people unable to argue. Not only did the Nanping and Fen counties, which thoroughly implement the "Zhixian Policy", reprimand Xu Ruyu for harboring evil intentions, so as to divert the contradictions in the county caused by the county policy, but the inner court of Qinzhou, the families of Suchuan, Chengyu, Yongning, Jinyang, Yuejun, and Nanmin even reprimanded them for preventing the continued implementation of the "Zhixian Policy" in the territory, and even the voices of the two counties of Donghai and Youji were not weak. Only in Yongyang and Qingjiang, because Xu Ruyu is really resolute, except for the undercurrent that should be, there is no movement on the surface, but it is the people who benefit from Yongyang and Qingjiang, and the voice of support is still there, which makes Xu Ruyu feel a little relieved.

Quite surprisingly, there is no news from the Nanning family. Nanning's silence at this time not only surprised the world, but also made Nanping wary, and had to display heavy troops at the northern foot of Qianshan at the junction of Nanping's southern border and Zhining.

Yiguan went to Xuancheng in Qingjiang, Xu Ruyu and Shao Haitang, Xu Boying, Meng Yi, Uncle Sun Fangwu, Mi Yusheng, and Yitingxue greeted each other at Fengling Ferry, accompanied by only 100 Jingwei.

Yi Guan looked at the old people from afar, both relieved and bitter, and said in a choked voice: "Guanyuan is incompetent, which affects the reputation of Xu Gong and Ru Yu. ”

After less than three years of separation, Yiguanyun's sideburns and hair are all frost white, and his face shows his hardships alone in Fenjun. Yiting Xue because of the gloomy atmosphere, followed Yiguan far behind.

Shao Haitang said: "Of course, the world's knowledgeable people know that Xu Gong and Ru Yu are pure-hearted. ”

Xu Ruyu sighed and said quietly: "Don't want this reputation, save yourself from being burdened by it." ”

When these words reached Yongyang, Youli was so sad that he burst into tears.

Yongyang and Qingjiang can know that there are many people who are in Xu Ruyu's heart, Shao Haitang, Mei Tierui, and Yiguanyuan are extremely clever characters, but they can't help but be glad in their hearts: Xu Ruyu finally has no way back.

Yi Guanyuan temporarily resides as the chief of Keqing, and guides the implementation of the "County Policy" in Yongyang and Qingjiang. Xu Ruyu led Yiguan to see the Yongyang people from afar, so he returned to Zhangtai alone and presided over the overall military and political situation here and Puji and Southern Fujian.

Since it was agreed that Yongyang would be the main part of the political affairs hall, Youli could not get out of Yongyang, but he was worried that Xu Ruyu would be lonely in his heart and could not be discharged, so he sent Jue'er to Zhangtai to take care of Xu Ruyu's life.

Only Zheng Menghuai and others knew about this matter, and Yu Liyu asked him to hide it from you for the time being, lest he refuse it.

Zheng Menghuai knew a little about Xu Ruyu's experience after the disaster in Bayang, and knew that the only people who could comfort Xu Ruyu's loneliness now were the members of the young Li Huafang back then, but Jue'er took three or five days to get to Zhangtai by boat.

Xu Ruyu buried his head in the map, and did not notice Zheng Menghuai's distraction, pointed to the map and said to himself: "There is only this gap in Zhangzhou. ”

Zheng Menghuai followed his fingers, his gaze moving.

Zhongshan can be regarded as the branch of Wuling Mountain in Southern Fujian, from Wuling Mountain to the south to the north of Quanzhou, up to 600 miles. The branch of Yunling at the junction of Southern Fujian and Nanning is also known as Zhencheng Ridge, and it goes south to the north of Putian, which is more than 1,000 miles long. The Yucheng Ridge (the southern branch of the Yunling Mountains) is almost parallel to the south of the central Fujian mountains, sandwiched between the two large mountain systems, and has become a large passage to Quanzhou and Putian, the hinterland of southern Fujian. There are three dangerous passes on this passage, one is the exit of Wuling Mountain: Qingfeng Gorge, one is Zhangzhou City, one is Yongjiabao in the south of Zhangzhou, from Yongjiabao to the southeast is the hinterland of Southern Fujian, except for several fortified cities, there is no precipitous and insurmountable moat barrier.

The place where Xu Ruyu pointed was Zhangzhou City and Yongjiabao, where there was a gap in the middle of Fujian that made Zhangzhou Yi and Longyan Yi connected.

Since Xu Ruyu presided over the military administration in Zhangzhou, he sneaked into various places in northern southern Fujian, and he was familiar with the terrain and did not need to explain it himself, but seeing Xu Ruyu's face showing a rare hesitant look, Zheng Menghuai still explained the terrain here: "This pass is like a giant tiger swallowing the mouth, so it is called the Tiger Swallowing Gorge, the narrow place is also two miles wide, the mountains on both sides are slow and then promoted, until the peak can no longer be climbed, but it is not a place for ambush soldiers. ”

Xu Ruyu said to himself: "Two miles wide, 10,000 elites may not be sealed to death. ”

Zheng Menghuai was taken aback, but when he looked up, he saw Xu Ruyu frowning.

Or, Xu Ruyu raised his head, his clear eyes stopped on Zheng Menghuai's face, and said, "Where does Zheng Gong think the pirates who broke away in the night will go?" ”

Zheng Menghuai was slightly stunned, Xu Ruyu had already made a judgment of "re-applying the old plan", no matter how stupid he was, he could also be touched to think of where the bandits would go, and suddenly realized that Xu Ruyu just wanted to strengthen his suspicions, and when he was about to speak, he saw Xu Ruyu raise his hand to block it.

Xu Ruyu looked around and said slowly: "This discussion is top secret, and the relevant people will stay in the hall to discuss it." ”

Tu Wenyong joined the army as a battalion captain, and he bowed down to withdraw left and right, Xu Ruyu stretched out his hand to block and stop him, and said: "That is, Tu Wenyong will be promoted to join the army as a captain." ”

The captain joined the army one level higher than the battalion captain, so he was naturally qualified to participate in the top-secret discussion, Tu Wenyong knew that Xu Ruyu must have an important decision, and he was also excited that he could be promoted two levels in a row.

After everyone sat down again, Xu Ruyu turned his gaze to Zheng Menghuai's face.

Zheng Menghuai said: "Zhongqingfeng Gorge out of Wuling Mountain, to the south is only Zhangzhou City and Yongjiabao is a barrier, Yongjiabao to the south can reach the hinterland of Southern Fujian. Even if Zongzheng Xunda didn't know that Yongjiabao had secretly invested in us, his vigilance against Yongjiabao would not be weak, especially when our army built a city at the mouth of Qingfeng Gorge, Zongzheng Xunda's eyes would naturally see the danger to Southern Fujian from the big passage between Zhongshan Fujian and Zhencheng Ridge, and Lin Feng, the leader of the Ryukyu bandits, also wanted to open up this passage, but was blocked in Yongjiabao. ”

Tu Wenyong heard the news that Yongjiabao was his own force for the first time, and he vaguely guessed something in an instant, but it was very vague, and he listened to Zheng Menghuai continue: "Yongjiabao is a private fort of the Ma clan, especially since Nanmin attacked us with the "Zhixian Policy", there is no reason to take Yongjiabao clearly. ”

Tu Wenyong joined the army as a battalion lieutenant There are many secrets that have not been heard, only know that Yongjiabao only has 800 horses and 800 forts, and now seeing Zheng Menghuai say this, I know that Xu Ruyu has been in charge of the military and government in Zhangtai for several months, although there is no wave on the surface, but from the end of last year to this time, it has been five months, and he has secretly prepared a lot.

Yongjiabao is a strange move, but after Yongjiabao was sandwiched in Zhangzhou City, there were 10,000 elites of the Zongzheng clan stationed in Zhangzhou City, and the 20,000 elites of the Zongzheng family stationed in Longyan could quickly insert between Zhangzhou City and Yongjiabao through the Tiger Swallow Gorge, so that Yongjiabao had no chance to launch this strange move.

Tu Wenyong couldn't dispel the doubts in his heart, but he saw that Xu Ruyu's eyes were surprisingly clear. From the beginning of the secret battle, Tu Wenyong followed Xu Ruyu's left and right, and naturally knew that his plan in his heart was already mature at this time, and he just used the invasion of Yongjiabao by two thousand sea bandits as a wedge to trigger this strategy, and his heart was full of excitement, waiting for Xu Ruyu to speak.

Last year, Xu Boying and Ziyangqiu were detained in Quanzhou; the Zhangtai tragedy; Qingliu and dozens of Jingwei lost their lives in Quanzhou and were humiliated by the exposure of corpses, although they were militarily opposed to Southern Fujian, but there was no military action to attack Southern Fujian, perhaps Xu Ruyu was waiting for Zong Zheng Xunda to take the initiative to trigger a wedge, so that he could not be aware.

Xu Ruyu said slowly but firmly: "In the early stage, it is necessary to contain the 20,000 elites led by Zongzheng Xun Daqin in Longyan, form the Xiaowei Army, Feng Yuanyuan will be the rank of general, and lead the Xiaowei Army, with a tentative establishment of 10,000, to make up for the lack from Dongyang Tunding, and promote Yang Shang to the rank of captain of the Xiaowei Military Academy, with the rank of commander, Xinding and the Zhou Shilong Department of the fourth battalion of the original Xiaowei Battalion will be controlled by Yang Shang and stationed in Gantang Bay, and carry out active military operations on the northern border of Longyan south of Gantang. The Gantang Water Battalion was formed, with a tentative establishment of 2,000, and the officers and men of the Fourth Battalion of the Qingjiang Water Battalion were to make up for the vacancy, and they were stationed in Gantang Bay, and Li Yin, the former captain of the Fourth Battalion of the Qingjiang Water Battalion, was promoted to the captain of the Gantang Water Battalion, with the rank of commander, and used the existing warships to carry out active military operations against the coastal areas of Longyanyi. ”

Since Xu Ruyu ascended from Gantang Bay to the boundary of Southern Fujian last year, Gantang Bay has become one of the most important strongholds of the Qingyan Army, but it is said that only Yangshang's troops and a small number of sailors are stationed there, with a total number of less than 2,000 people.

After Xu Ruyu's order, although the number of people increased sharply to 10,000, most of them were newcomers, and there were no large warships in the water camp, but the strength did not increase much.

Tu Wenyong quickly wrote it down and looked up at Xu Ruyu.

Xu Ruyu pondered for a moment and said: "A total of 25,000 people in the three districts of Yueqing, Fuzhou, and Chongyi will be transferred to active service, and the defense of the Suwei army in Yantan and Dongqing will be secretly taken over. A total of 13,000 people from the Yunhu Department of the Baiyi Army and the Dongshan Department of the Cuishi Peak Department need to be assembled at the mouth of Qingfeng Gorge before May 6, of which 4,000 people from the Cuishi Peak Department need to be assembled at the mouth of Qingfeng Gorge before May. ”

Xu Ruyu continued: "The Lishui Department of the Qingwei Army was transferred to the new city of Yucase, and the second battalion of the Qingjiang Water Battalion entered the Yunxi Waterway south of the Yucase, and the third battalion entered the Amber River Waterway on the west side of Yueqing. Ordered the five school army to assemble in the army mountain of 8,000 people in the Yanling department, and the assembly was said to be the beginning of May. After a pause, he said, "Lingyong Jinghai camp on the north side of Puji Island to contain Puji water camp, Xuancheng sent envoys to Le'an (Nanning Yuejia), Wuzhou, and Yuhang respectively to explain the "County Policy", and Baiyi sent envoys to Yunling to see King Miao......"

Tu Wenyong kept writing, but he was particularly shocked in his heart, even Wei Yan, Ziyang Yalan, Zheng Menghuai, Zhou Shizhong and others couldn't hide the surprise on their faces, and they all thought in their hearts: The time for the battle with Nanmin has come so soon?

This is the fifteenth day of April in the fifty-fourth year of the new dynasty, and even the core layer of the Qingyan Army cannot grasp the pattern of the upcoming war, after all, after Zhangtai and Wuling were turned into scorched earth by Zongzheng Xunda, the Qingyan Army did not effectively infiltrate its forces into Southern Fujian. Perhaps out of trust in Xu Ruyu's strategy of using troops, many of the confidential military orders issued by Xu Ruyu on April 15 were strictly carried out by various ministries. Compared with the policies implemented in the Battle of Fuzhou, Xu Ruyu's military orders now have become extremely harsh, but he has a better grasp of the overall situation.

Although Shao Haitang and Yi Guanyuan, who were in Xuancheng, couldn't keep up with Xu Ruyu's train of thought for a while, they could also understand the thrilling and thrilling of it, and they could also understand Xu Ruyu's state of mind that would never hesitate at this time, Shao Haitang sighed and said: "You and I are forcing him so much, is it too much?" “

Yi Guanyuan said: ""The county policy" is out, the four tyrants are successful, how can you allow you to look forward and look back? Kou Zichan spent ten years writing "The Secret History of Hulan", and when he came to Qingjiang, you and I would understand the danger of Hulan's alien race peeping into the Northern Court. ”

"Kou Zitoad? Back then, the six handsome characters finally surfaced one by one, but at this time, they were all MSI next to the full moon. ”

"No one can imagine that Ling Fengjing, the chief helmsman of the Nanping Lianghu Gang, was ranked among the six juns with you and me, but his identity at this time was the governor of the Nanping Water Division."

"Which side does Li Sixun of Yaoguang Hall belong to, the Suchuan Valley family or the Fenjun Xun family? I don't think the inner court of Qinzhou can still let such a strange and handsome figure work, right? ”

Yi Guanyuan nodded lightly, and said with a sigh: "Yaoguang Hall is a figure in the world, and it is famous in the world to be able to be on the list of miraculous arts, and the influence and huge intelligence network of Yaoguang Hall make Li Sixun's orientation determine the ownership of the real Northwest Overlord, but unfortunately this is the top secret of the Gu family or the Xun family, and I have been stealing the position of Fenjun County for more than two years, and I have no way of knowing." ”

Ru Yu read through the "Balance of Power Policy" and "Zhixian Policy", he knew most clearly that he couldn't delay this year, but he couldn't get rid of the mustard in his heart, that is, in the spring of this year, he was still working hard to hope that there would be an effective defense line against the Hulan alien race in the Fenbei region and the Yanshan Mountains in the northern part of Youji. As long as there is no chaos in the north, Nanping will not easily carry out restoration. Thou shalt not be foolish because thou hast not known the truth beyond the reach of the whip, but thou hast the sincerity of his heart, which is beyond the reach of you and me. ”

On 28 April, history marched past 13 days with its indisputable footsteps, and 2,000 pirates divided into dozens of bandits crossed the Hutun Gorge in Zhongshan between Longyan and Zhangzhouyi, and appeared at the northeastern foot of Xiaoqingshan in Zhangzhouyi.

The 20,000 elites of the Zongzheng family stationed in Longyan were attracted by the 5,000 Xiao guards suddenly assembled in Gantang Bay in the adjacent sea area northeast of Longyan, showing their inability to act against the cross-border pirates.

Most of the hundreds of thousands of mountain fields obtained by the displaced people are on the sunny slopes of Xiaoqingshan, and when the bandits cross Xiaoqingshan, the mountain fields operated by the 100,000 displaced people for several months are very likely to be destroyed.

Yongjia Fort is located at the northwest foot of Xiaoqingshan, there are only 800 forts, and the combat power is not as strong as the fierce and murderous Puji bandits.

Cao San and Xue Mingrui stood on the top of a mountain, watching Ma Jieting and Guan see horses galloping, and hurriedly led them down the mountain left and right.

Ma Jieting said from afar: "As expected, Yan Xun refused to send troops. His face was carefree, and when he got closer, he lowered his voice and said: "My lord's expectation is not bad, Zongzheng Xunda estimates that he will repeat the application, and he is ready to use the hands of the Puji bandits to eradicate Yongjiabao." ”

Guan Jian said without hiding a trace of excitement: "In this way, our organization of the field protection camp is justified, Zisan, today we can pull out the flag, the meaning of the lord, the field protection camp is based on Yongjiabao 800 elites, and I have more than 1,000 soldiers to form the first battalion of the field protection camp, and 2,500 warriors from the displaced people are transferred to form the second battalion and the third battalion respectively, and the street pavilion serves as the commander of the field protection battalion. ”

"Yan Xun never expected that although the Yunling Mountain Road is rugged, it will take a few months to allow more than a thousand soldiers to pass through in batches."

Not only that, Xu Ruyu also dispatched nearly 100 middle and low-level reserve generals to Yongjiabao for the formation of today's field protection battalion, Xue Mingrui came from Xue Jiazhai, the first civilian village in Qingjiang to join Xu Ruyu, and was about to serve as the captain of the first battalion of the field protection camp.

It was agreed a long time ago that Cao San and Guan Jian would not hold military posts.

Since the establishment of the Yanwutang, Xue Mingrui has been following Meng Yi to practice military martial arts, accumulating merits to the sentry lieutenant, left lieutenant, battalion lieutenant, the first battalion of the Hutian Yi Battalion is the elite of the whole battalion, Xue Mingrui feels a heavy responsibility and can not hide the excitement in his heart.

Guan Jian looked at Xue Mingrui's slightly flushed face on Cao San's side, and said: "My lord mentioned in the secret letter that just the right way to repel the invading pirates is the key to this battle, and it is not difficult to defeat or encircle and annihilate the pirates tactically, but it is not beneficial to the overall situation, let us quit it." ”

Xue Mingrui was slightly disappointed, the elite combat strength of the Hutian Yi Battalion was comparable to that of the assembled Puji bandits, plus the auxiliary battles of the second and third battalions, as well as the displaced people, and the familiarity with the terrain, it was really not a successful battle to encircle and annihilate the bandits.

Ma Jieting chuckled and said: "My lord is very worried, the Hutian Yiying is still a rabble, this battle will be commanded by General Xue, and I will listen to you with Zisan and Zijian." ”

After the formation of the Hutian Volunteer Battalion, the barracks were stationed in the mountain col on the east side of Yongjia Fort, and the mountain pass after the mountain pass was the place where the displaced people were tuntian.

The Puji bandits, who had gathered more than 2,000 people, were stationed on the slope of a hill only ten miles away from the camp of Hutianyi, and the right side of the enemy camp was close to the dense forest, and the grass on the hillside was long. The latest rain was ten days ago, and Mengxia in Southern Fujian was already as hot as a tiger, the grass and trees were dry, and a fire that borrowed the wind to create momentum could burn the bandit camp to the ground.

Yan Xun looked at the report in his hand, and snorted coldly, the empty camp led the fire attack of Tian Yi's camp, but it was a good calculation.

On April 30, 300 Tianding attacked the camp and set it on fire, and 1,000 Tianding then rushed into the bandit camp. At this time, the Puji bandits who were lying on the high ground outside the camp surrounded them. The 1,300 soldiers of the battalion could not resist and retreated to the main camp.

The Puji bandits pursued the victory, the two thousand bandits attacked the Hutian military camp with lightning speed, and the Hutian Ding was caught up by Puji before he could completely withdraw into the barracks, and when the four were defeated, he had no time to take care of covering the camp gate, and the Puji bandits rushed into the Hutian military camp, and did not wait for the wanton killing, but saw the fire in the Hutian military camp.

After all, the Hutian military camp was attacked by fire, but it was his own military camp that was burned. Only half of the 2,000 Puji pirates who stormed the camp were able to escape from the flames.

Yan Xun sneered, threw the book on the case, and said: "Lin Ji has led the army for more than 20 years, and he actually fell into the fire attack plan of others in the small Xiaoqingshan, and it is expected that he will have no face to retreat from Longyan into the sea again, but he will ask for more blessings by borrowing the road from Zhangtai." ”

A Confucian scholar near the left stroked his sparse beard and said, "Zong Zhengqu sent this book to the Du Wei, I'm afraid he didn't let the Du Wei say a word or two to sarcastically say about Lin Ji?" ”

"How can I, the captain, be as powerful as his capital, and not a single soldier in this Zhangzhou City can be transferred, what else can I do without saying a few sarcastic words?"

"Zong Zhengqu is afraid that this is not the meaning, the Zongzheng family destroyed Jian'an Fort, and he will not want my Yan family to get out of trouble, Zong Zhengqu hopes that you will lead the troops to level the Hutian Yi Camp, and when this Hutian Yi Camp gradually becomes a climate, this Yongjia Fort is like a stalk in the throat, making it difficult for Quanzhou and Putian to sleep and eat."

Yan Xun sneered and said: "When Ma Jieting and Guan Jian came to Zhangzhou City to ask for troops because of the bandits, Zong Zhengqu did not have such worries. Then he said lazily, "How can you repeat the plan, apart from my Yan family, who else in Southern Fujian is not wary of Zongzheng Xunda?" The righteous battalion of Hutian raised the righteous army to resist bandits in order to protect the mountain field, which has an old precedent to follow in Southern Fujian, and the division is nameless. And there are 4,000 establishments in the field protection camp, which means that it can be leveled? ”

"It's true that there are 4,000 people in the field protection battalion, but how strong can the volunteers who are temporarily organized be strong? It's just a rabble. ”

Yan Xun smiled softly, didn't answer, and said after thinking for a moment: "Regardless of whether the Hutian Yiying is a rabble or not, the most important thing at the moment is that my Yan family wants to break away from the Zongzheng family. I will go back to Putian immediately, you stay here to deal with Zong Zhengqu, and don't let him act in the name of my Zhangzhou Governor. ”

"What do you mean on the valve?"

"The eldest brother is too deep to listen to my advice, but you and I have to understand in our hearts."

Ma Jieting looked at the documents handed over by Zhangzhou City, and saw that the signed seal was not Yan Xun but Zongzheng Qu, the second son of Zongzheng Xunda, Zhangzhou Yidufu, he was slightly stunned, handed it to Cao San, and said, "Does the Yan family want to get out of it?" ”

After the request for the disbandment of the Hutian Volunteer Camp was refused, Zong Zhengqu personally led 4,000 elite soldiers to Yongjiabao to coerce Majieting to disband the Hutian Volunteer Camp, but it was met with scattered arrows.

Zong Zhengqu's face was slightly white, but the paleness of his face was pale caused by the addiction to wine, and before he could speak his words, he almost let the random arrows shot from the fort hurt his toes, which made him furious, and made him slack off on the rabble beings in Yongjia Fort.

Without waiting for the siege equipment to be prepared, he ordered the whole army to launch an offensive against Yongjia Fort, and after attacking for a day, after losing three or five hundred troops, although the fort was a rabble, it was not so easy to attack the fort. At night, more than 1,000 troops were dispatched to clear the barricades in the Xiaoqingshan Pass on the east side of Yongjiabao, intending to go around to the front of Xiaoqingshan, attack the homeless people there, and lead the Hutian Yiying out of the fort for a decisive battle.

The mountain col on the east side of Yongjia Fort was originally the place where the bandits were burned by the Houtian Camp some time ago, but now it has been filled with barricades to block the way out to the south.

When they reached the depths of the mountain pass, they saw that the road ahead was blocked by rocks, and the soldiers who cleared the roadblocks were killed and wounded by more than 100 shooters who suddenly appeared on the top of the rocks. After crossing the small green hill and finding that the displaced people on the southern slope of Xiangyang had been moved elsewhere, Zongzheng Xunda knew that Yongjiabao was firm in its resistance and that there was no other way than to take Yongjiabao head-on.

On the 5th of May, the messenger for help who had sneaked out of Yongjiabao was intercepted by the secret posts scattered by the Zongzheng family in Zhongshan.

Zong Zhengqu looked gloomily at the distress letter written by Ma Jieting to Xu Ruyu, glanced left and right, and said: "Ma Jieting seems to have forgotten that he is a courtier of Southern Fujian, and actually rescued the erection and called him the master. Such a letter for help must be sent out more than one, Xu Ruyu will not need to know everything that happened in Yongjiabao, you can have a clever plan. ”

A person stood up on the right side and said: "If Xu Ruyu has a secret room in Zhangzhou, I am afraid that he will know about the changes in Yongjiabao at the same time as the prince." ”

Zong Zhengqu pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Yan is very worried, but your Yan Xun is hiding in Putian at this time, which is too unrighteous. In this way, it seems that he can't wait for his father's 20,000 elites to arrive before solving the Yongjiabao matter. ”

At the time of the Yongjiabao accident, the elite of the Zongzheng family in Longyan was three hundred miles away from Yongjiabao, and on the way, it was necessary to pass through the Minzhong Mountain Road, and it was already the limit to rush to it within four days. However, Xu Ruyu's Baiyi elite is near the beginning of Qingfeng Gorge, Cuishi Peak, although there are nearly 500 miles of road, but along the passage between Minzhong Mountain and Zhencheng Ridge, it does not take four days to be able to attack Zhangzhou City. At that time, there was a threat of back and abdomen, and it was even more impossible to solve the accident of Yongjiabao.

On 6 May, Zong Zhengqu transferred 4,000 of the 6,000 elites in Zhangzhou City to the outside of Yongjiabao, and when he crossed the Hutun Gorge, he learned that Xu Ruyu had sent the Qingjiang cavalry camp only half a day away from the Hutun Gorge.

Zong Zhengqu looked left and right, and said with a smile: "This Qingjiang cavalry camp appeared here, maybe Majieting asked Xu Ruyu for help when the Puji bandits appeared, this guy pretended to ask for troops from my Zhangzhou City, not only secretly guarded, but also asked Xu Ruyu for help." ”

Counting the time left and right, at this time, it has been eight days since the Puji bandits appeared in Yongjiabao, and the appearance of the Qingjiang cavalry camp is in line with the speculation of Majieting to ask for help to reject the bandits.

Zong Zhengqu had a smug look on his face and said: "The combat power of the Qingjiang cavalry battalion should not be underestimated, if it is allowed to sneak into Yongjia Fort, wouldn't it be troublesome?" ”

Left and right: The world's foresight made Xu Ruyu also frustrated.

Zong Zhengqu laughed and said: "It was his father who frustrated Xu Ruyu, and his father turned the land of Zhangtai and Wuling into scorched earth for thousands of miles, so that Xu Ruyu wanted to enter Zhangzhou but couldn't, only according to Gantang Bay, but a few fishing boats did not dare to go to sea to fight with Quanzhou Shuiying. "I had no doubts in my heart, and made up my mind to capture Yongjiabao, which was occupied by a group of rabble, before the sun set, and then return to Zhangzhou.

Less than two hours after the 4,000-strong army of Zhangzhou, the Qingjiang cavalry battalion, under the leadership of Wei Yan, forcibly broke through the Tiger Leaping Gorge defended by 500 men and rushed to the north side of Yongjiabao.

Zhangzhou's 8,000 elite camp blocked the way into Yongjiabao, Wei Yan led the team to step on a few barracks, and finally failed to break through, looking at Zong Zhengqu to send troops to the Qingjiang cavalry camp to surround him, the bloodthirsty Wei Yan was quite helpless to pull the long blade in his hand with a knife flower, and shouted: "The mongrel of the Zongzheng family, there is a kind of chasing your grandfather Wei." "After that, he lightly clamped the horse's belly, and suddenly went out like an arrow, and three hundred Jianyong followed closely behind him and passed away like the wind.

A thin defense line of 100 people organized on the front was slashed left and right by Wei Yan, and it was a mess, and it failed to delay the Qingjiang cavalry camp in the slightest.

Zong Zhengqu sent people to pursue, but after the formation was scattered, he was attacked by the Qingjiang cavalry camp, and when it was dark, not only did he fail to intercept the Qingjiang cavalry camp, but he suffered a lot of damage. Zong Zhengqu was quite helpless, but thinking that Zong Zheng Ji Wang had left behind forty Qingjiang cavalry camp soldiers for several months, and the ironclad knights in the clan had been injured by two hundred, he didn't feel lost.

You Sentinel came to report: "Qingjiang cavalry camp went to the south gate of Zhangzhou City. ”

The left and right were shocked, thinking: Is it too frivolous for the 300 people of the Qingjiang cavalry battalion to want to seize Zhangzhou City? But thinking of Wei Yan's fierce expression at the time of the conflict, everyone thought: It may not be impossible, Zhangzhou City is only 2,000 troops after all.

Zong Zhengqu looked at the suspicious expressions left and right, and said angrily: "Wei Yan, this guy just wants to lure you and me back to Zhangzhou City, and give up attacking Yongjiabao, this guy's strategy is so simple, why are the princes hesitating?" If Wei Yan can take my Zhangzhou City with 300 people, the princes who stayed in Zhangzhou City can die in their duties. ”

Looking around left and right, one person finally stood up and said: "The prince might as well return to Zhangzhou with a team of 500 people and form a formation in the back of the Qingjiang cavalry camp.

Zong Zhengqu thought that this plan was very appropriate, so he attached to the man's suggestion and sent another 500 troops to return to Zhangzhou after Qingjiang. The 7,000-strong army stationed at Yongjiabao launched a fierce offensive against Yongjiabao overnight.

At midnight, a corner of the southeast fort wall of Yongjiabao was smashed by a stone-throwing crossbow, smashing out a gap of a zhang wide, and the Nanmin guards instantly swarmed into a hundred people, although they were driven out by Ma Jieting himself after a while, but they were more determined to quickly capture Yongjiabao by Zongzhengqu, and urged all departments to attack Yongjiabao non-stop.

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