Chapter 9 The overall situation has been decided

Ao Fang and Zhou Shilong led 2,000 Qingyan troops to attack the low mausoleum belt south of Yongjia Fort with terrifying momentum, Yan Qingyi was shocked and prepared to retreat.

Yan Xun dissuaded: "What are you afraid of when the Blue Flame Army is coming, this place is open, so it is not good to wait for him to come before leaving." ”

The number of people in the Blue Flame Army was not as large as it seemed at first glance, and through several outpost contacts, it was found that the Blue Flame Army was only more than 2,000 people.

Yan Qingyi was determined in his heart, and divided 3,000 troops to be stationed on the periphery to block the Qingyan Army, and the main force stepped up the siege of Yongjiabao.

Yan Xun was suspicious in his heart, and said: "Yongjiabao can slow down the attack, and it is necessary to divide troops to strengthen the defense of Hui'an." ”

Hui'anyi belongs to Putian Prefecture and is located in the small Yingling Ridge between Quanzhou and Putian.

Yan Qingyi said: "Since you know the true face of the suspicious soldier, you should ignore it." ”

"Xu Ruyu entered Qingjiang and initially formed three armies, the Qingjiang Water Battalion, the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion, and the Suwei Battalion. Limited to the difficulty of finding war horses, the Qingjiang cavalry camp has not had major development; When Xu Ruyu set up the Jinghai Water Camp in Yongyang, he took away the team of the Qingjiang Water Camp, but the strength of the Jinghai Water Camp was stronger than that of the Qingjiang Water Camp; However, since the establishment of the Su Guard Camp, Xu Ruyu has been trying his best to improve its combat power and expand it into the Su Guard Army. The first appearance at the mouth of the East Gorge of the Tiger Swallow Gorge was undoubtedly the main force of the Su Guard Army, but it was another Qingyan Army that succeeded in the front attack and the rear battalion, but the most elite army of the Qingyan Army was nowhere to be found. I'm worried that the Qingyan Army has sneaked to Quanzhou with Xu Ruyu. ”

Yan Xun learned that Zongzheng Ningshuang had died in the chaos of the army, only to feel that his eyes were dark, and "Tengtengteng" took a few steps back, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, and a great pathos covered the sky, making it difficult to breathe.

Yan Qingyi was shocked when he heard the Qingyan Army's attack on Quanzhou, and when he saw Yan Xun's delirious appearance, he was anxious and angry, and said: "You need to be too stupid, she died at the hands of Xu Ruyu, and she was willing to ......."

"What is she doing all this for all these years?" Yan Xun looked at Yan Qingyi blankly, and seeing that he was also at a loss, he laughed stupidly and said, "You don't know either?" ”

Yan Qingyi scolded angrily: "Who knows what you're talking about? The Qingyan army has occupied Quanzhou, and it is not necessary to divide the troops to arrive here, and now it is necessary to immediately send a master to sneak through Zhongshan Fujian to inform Zongzheng Xunda. ”

"What's the use of notifying Zongzheng Xunda? Will you be able to capture Yongjia Fort in three days? What the hell is she for? When Xu Xing left Southern Fujian, he had a secret discussion with Zong Zhengqi for several times, and there must be a strategy for the revival of Southern Fujian in the topic of discussion, and Zong Zheng Xunda was only decided to be the king of Southern Fujian at the moment when Zong Zhengqi was angry, so naturally he would not know the content of the secret strategy, but Zong Zheng Ningshuang had already been secretly designated as the regent, how could there be any reason not to know? However, for more than ten years, she instigated Zongzheng Xunda to adopt a policy of suppressing the Zhangzhou family, and did not hesitate to collude with the Puji bandits that Xu Xing hated the most. What is she doing this for? ”

Last year, under the instruction of Zongzheng Condensation, Zongzheng Ji Wang left Xu Boying and Ziyangqiu and his party, and only Xu Boying and Ziyangqiu escaped afterwards, and Qingliu and more than 40 good hands accompanying him were buried in the suburbs of Quanzhou, Yan Qingyi felt that this woman would lead Nanmin into an unpredictable abyss.

It's just that before Yan Xun woke up, Yan Qingyi was also obedient to Zongzheng Ningshuang. After listening to Yan Xun's questioning, he was embarrassed and said, "This woman is dead, and things have come to this point, what's the use of pursuing it again?" ”

"It's useless, Xu Ruyu can rush to Quanzhou, he is standing on a high place that we can't reach to look at the situation in Southern Fujian, what can we do except survive?"

Yan Xun buried his head in his knees, the voice of the urn was a little weird, and Yan Qingyi sounded very harsh: "Are we just sitting and waiting to die?" As long as Yongjia Fort is captured, the 40,000 guards are in one place, and there are 40,000 Puji troops of Gongliang Youqin in the north, how can it be said that there is no action? ”

Yan Xun stood up, looked at Yan Qingyi fixedly, and said slowly: "Compared with the two million people and more than 1,000 clans in Southern Fujian, what is 80,000 soldiers and horses?" Zongzheng Xunda has been in power for more than ten years, the people's hearts are lost, Xu Ruyu rushed to Quanzhou, the family in eastern southern Fujian will look at the wind and surrender, as long as the defenders of Longyan and the Qingyan army of Gantang contain the 40,000 Puji army of Gongliang Youqin, Xu Ruyu can slowly integrate the private soldiers of the Mindong family in Quanzhou, the more fierce the offensive and defensive battle of Yongjiabao, the faster the whole army in Quanzhou will be, and so Xu Ruyu will integrate an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people in Quanzhou, the city of Putian will also be forced to surrender under pressure, and then we can rescue the 30,000 guards in the Tiger Swallow GorgeCan the wood without roots last long? ”

"Let the 30,000 guards in the Tiger Swallow Gorge obey the mandate of heaven, and our army will return to Hui'an?"

Yan Xun shook his head, forcibly suppressed the sadness in his heart, thought for a moment and said: "It's too late to go to Hui'an, He Zhou is in Longyan Rendufu, He Jiongyi is in Quanzhou Renyi Cheng, as long as one of the two takes refuge in Xu Ruyu, then the He clan of Hui'an will throw himself into the Qingyan Army without hesitation and go to Yi'an." Yan Xun said categorically, "No matter how fast Xu Ru's foolish hand is, he can't reach out to Yi'an." ”

Yi'an is located at the junction of Nanning and Southern Fujian, and is an important military town in Southern Fujian, where the garrison is not controlled by the family, and unless Xu Ruyu is heavily pressed, it will not surrender easily.

In order to successfully seize the military power of Yi'an, Yan Qingyi naturally did not pass the news of the fall of Quanzhou to Zongzheng Xunda who was under siege.

On June 16, there was not much grain and grass left for the Southern Fujian army trapped in the Tiger Swallow Gorge, and the siege of the Qingyan Army could not be extricated from the outside.

The Southern Fujian Guards formed a straggler formation to encircle Yongjia Fort, only to see the North Fort wall slowly erected a big man, on the ancient seal "Jimo", Zongzheng Xunda wondered why Yongjia Fort was replaced with a general who had never heard of it, and suddenly saw the north gate of Yongjia Fort slowly opened, Wei Yan led a fine cavalry galloping to attack the Southern Fujian Guards attacking the fort, and then, Zhou Shilong and Xue Mingxi each led a team of foot soldiers to run out of Yongjia Fort.

Zongzheng Xunda looked at the nearly 4,000 Qingyan troops who poured out of Yongjiabao at once, and his heart was like ashes: Yan Qingyi had withdrawn, and the Qingyan army entered Yongjiabao from the south for reinforcements.

Zongzheng Xunda invested 10,000 troops in the north of Yongjia Fort, but in the past ten days, only 2,000 troops were left in front of the north gate of Yongjia Fort to form a dense formation to guard against the surprise soldiers who might surprise out of Yongjia Fort, and the others were skirmishers with climbing equipment.

When Yongjiabao was short of troops, such caution was naturally more than enough, who would have expected that there would be more than 7,000 reinforcements in Yongjiabao.

The 4,000 Qingyan Army, led by Wei Yan, Zhou Shilong, and Xue Ming, swept towards the Southern Fujian Guards who were attacking the fort.

Taking in the surprise on Zongzheng Xunda's face, the sullenness that had been stuffy for nearly a month was vented at once, Wei Yan laughed, pulled a knife flower, pointed directly at the dense Yuli enemy formation in front of him, and shouted: "Let those children also see the men in the Qingjiang Cavalry Camp." ”

Lightly clamped the horse's belly between his legs, controlled the horse with one hand, and waved his sword with the other, and rushed straight towards the enemy formation.

The five hundred elite horsemen behind him shouted together, and they were vigorously clinging to Wei Yan's side.

In the blink of an eye, running to the front of the enemy formation, Wei Yan held the standard saber horizontally in his backhand, and with the momentum of the handsome horse, he cut the throat of a person in front of him, and the blood line of "snort" shot out, and Wei Yan and his men and horses had penetrated into the enemy formation.

Wei Yan stepped on the stirrup with his right foot, and the war horse under him turned slightly to the right, letting go of the high shield in front of him, and with a long hiss, the war horse man raised his hooves and stepped on a high shield next to him. The corners of Wei Yan's mouth pursed slightly, as if he was smiling, and the sword in his hand swelled out, covering the enemy soldiers nearby.

In an instant, the two knights galloped out of the lieutenant and did the same, slashing over the high shield in front of them, and three more horses galloped to the front, and the lieutenant suddenly made a short whistle, and the saber split left and right, and entered half of the blade.

Only the Southern Fujian guards at the forefront can best understand how terrifying the momentum of the five hundred elite cavalry in front of them is in an instant, the fierce charge, but the momentum is like a block, the high shield can't stop it, and the spear that stabs out is smashed by the sword light at the forefront.

The elite array was a quarter deep, and the Southern Fujian guards were overwhelmed by the strong wedge of the five hundred elite cavalry, and they scattered to both sides.

Wei Yan did not stop the knife in his hand, and shouted to Feng Liu beside him: "You lead all the way to the left." "Control the horse to spin right, and the six horsemen in front of him immediately split into two roads, and hit out left and right. The elite cavalry behind him made up for it, and in the blink of an eye, a formation of six junjuns rushed forward together.

Zongzheng Xunda saw it in his eyes and hated it.

The cavalry sprints, with the aim of penetrating the enemy formation, and repeatedly penetrates to defeat the enemy formation. The Southern Fujian Guards could not stop the fierce offensive of the Qingjiang cavalry battalion, and the army formation was divided into two and scattered left and right to vent the momentum of the Qingjiang cavalry battalion. However, Wei Yan did not rush over as usual, but divided his troops into two directions in the enemy formation, and continued to attack the two enemy positions that were separated.

Is the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion really strong enough to be like this?

The facts in front of him do not allow Zongzheng Xunda not to believe it.

Two columns of cavalry galloped out, and the 2,000-strong Yuli dense formation had already been divided into four, and the middle was scattered with corpses.

Without the slightest pause, the two columns of cavalry swirled a large arc on the slope, and then merged directly behind the Yuli array, and Wei Yan still said without creativity: "Let those children see the men of the Qingjiang cavalry camp again." ”

"Hmph" 500 elite cavalry rushed towards the enemy formation again, but before this turn could penetrate, the 2,000-strong Yuli array collapsed at once, and the soldiers scattered and fled.

The stragglers had their own infantry led by Zhou Shilong and Xue Mingxi, and Wei Yan looked at the army column of the Southern Fujian Guards in the distance, licked his lips, and wanted to give the order to attack, but when he heard the order to collect the troops, he turned his head to look, and saw that the head of the fort wall was playing the flag of collecting the troops, and said with a grin: "Why are the troops collected at this time?" ”

Feng Lin rode over and said, "Zongzheng Xunda's Chinese army is on guard, and this time he didn't come out with a longbow and couldn't rush over." ”

Wei Yan glared at him and scolded: "If you can't rush head-on, can't you rush to its flank?" Mr. must have given a strict order to Ming Xi, it's really a wretch, and it's only half of the fun. ”

Feng Lin smiled, lowered his voice and said: "My lord has already ordered that generals above the battalion captain in the army can marry a wife and buy a house, you can completely ask for a mother-in-law, cool enough, Mr. will not let General Mingxi come over and order you to withdraw the troops halfway, if it is not enough, you can ask for a few more rooms......"

Wei Yan scolded: "If you want to die, I dare to laugh, which girl do you fall into, let me beg Mr." ”

Feng Lin didn't answer, looked at the rout, and said: "General Mingxi has already said that it is enough to frustrate the enemy's situation a little." Whether you withdraw or not, I still listen to you. ”

"Withdraw. Your kid has been staring at my position for a while, and if you don't withdraw, won't you fall for your kid's plan? ”

Feng Lin returned to Yongjiabao with Wei Luan, and said as he walked: "It's not that I fancy your position, it's just that after this battle, the adults will transfer me to other places, and I think that if you make some mistakes, the adults will not be in a hurry to transfer me out of the Qingjiang cavalry camp." ”

After the end of the Battle of Southern Fujian, the size of the army will be greatly expanded, and the lack of middle and high-ranking generals will always exist until the Southern Fujian forces are fully integrated. Feng Lin and a group of generals who are unavoidable will take up other important positions.

Except in the Qingjiang cavalry camp, other high-ranking generals rarely have the opportunity to fight, no wonder Feng Lin frowned.

Wei Yan tapped him on the shoulder with the hilt of his knife as a sign of comfort, but when he turned his head to look at him, he smiled proudly.

Jimo Mingxi saw Wei Yan and the others returning to Yongjiabao, and said: "The 8,000 Baiyi elites led by Yang Yalan, the middle son of Zhangzhou City in the north, and the 10,000 Baiyi and Suwei mixed army led by Liang Bao at the mouth of the East Gorge of Hutong Gorge in the east, the 7,000 elites led by Gantang Yang Shang and the thousands of surrendered Nanmin guards in Longyan City pinned down the Puji bandits in the east of Longyan and were not allowed to advance westward, and Feng Yuanyuan personally led the 7,000 elites of the Xiaowei Battalion to guerrilla attacks between Gantang, Longyan, and Hutun Gorge East Gorge to prepare for the unexpected. Zongzheng Xunda and his 35,000 places in the net of our army, only Yu Yu abandoned the trapped guards and escaped alone. The situation between Fengzhu and the western part of Putian is still unclear, since Yan Qingyi abandoned Zongzheng Xunda and left, it is impossible for Zongzheng Xunda to go to the western part of Putian to eat lame, and the southeast foot of Zhongshan in Fujian is very likely to be his way to escape, Mr. wants you to lead the troops to intercept here. ”

Those who can cross the steep and steep mountains of Fujian are naturally the most elite combat forces in the Southern Fujian Guards, except for the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion, only the students and instructors of the Yanwutang can be qualified for this task. However, it is still extremely difficult to catch Zongzheng Xunda and other masters who deliberately escaped, and they set up heavy defenses at the eastern foot of Fujian Mountain, mainly to delay the time for Zongzheng Xunda to go to Liuqiu Island.

Wei Yan knew that he was duty-bound, and he knew that under the situation that the general situation had been decided, he would not launch a war of annihilation against the 35,000 Southern Fujian Guards, and there was nothing to be nostalgic for.

In addition to the Qingjiang cavalry battalion, Wei Yan also led 1,500 elite infantry soldiers to leave Yongjiabao and go to the southeast foot of central Fujian, accompanied by more than 100 masters of the martial arts hall such as Ao Fang.

Subsequently, Xue Mingrui led 3,000 elites of the field protection battalion to Hui'an City, more than 200 miles to the west, to garrison.

Jimo Ming personally led 8,000 elites to stationed at Yongjiabao and completely blocked the southward escape route of the 35,000 guards of Southern Fujian.

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