In the Battle of Fuzhou, the Qingyan Army, which occupies a favorable geographical position, also has an absolute advantage in combat power. Xu Ruyu mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized and threw himself into this battle, not only the troops of the Minzhai were withdrawn, but the second and third battalions of the Qingjiang Water Battalion also landed and operated. not only let the Baiyi elite soldiers participate in the battle, but also used the power of the Donglin Society to secretly transfer the Yongyang reserve battalion into the decisive battle. Until May 8, the total strength of the Blue Flame Army directly involved in the battle reached 70,000.

In contrast, Puji was first engaged in the battle with 35,000 people led by Gongliang Youqin, and then Gongliang Xiaotian led 8,000 people to join the battle, and there were no other combat forces to join, a total of 43,000 people. However, nearly 40,000 Puji elites are far away in Wenling City, more than 400 miles away, with Yueqing in between. At that time, Yueqing City was only garrisoned by 500 Fuzhou infantry soldiers led by Yang Shang and 7,000 Yueqing aborigines.

On the 8th of May, the Puji Kou soldiers could not withstand the fierce offensive of the Qingyan Army, and were defeated by Siyi, and most of the Puji Kou soldiers went to Wenling City and to the southeast.

Ten days ago, Yantan Mountain, Tianshizhai and many other dock forts located between Wenling and Yueqing were still in the hands of the Fan family.

The Puji rout army passing through here was intercepted and killed by the elite soldiers of the Fan family, and only from the point of view of capturing the head of the enemy, the Fan clan won an unprecedented victory.

On the night that Fan Wenlong led his troops back to Jinhua, he was relieved of all military duties.

Fan Che looked at each other angrily and said in a deep voice: "I asked you to wait for the opportunity to move, why did you stand still?" ”

Fan Wenlong listened to his bad tone, and defended himself in a low voice: "The Puji army showed signs of defeat in the early morning of the eighth day, not counting the 5,000 troops that arrived at noon, Xu Ruyu has not yet gathered 7,000 elite troops on the edge of the battlefield for a good time. Our army did not have the opportunity to interfere in the situation of the war. ”

Fan Che snorted coldly and said: "Abandoning Yueqing is a foregone conclusion, why did you divide your troops to garrison Tianshi Zhuzhai and intercept the Puji rout?" ”

Fan Wenlong hung his head and was silent, looking at the green bricks under his feet.

Fan Che threw up his sleeves and said indifferently before going out: "Yueqing's abandonment of the people, someone needs to be responsible for it." ”

Fan Wenlong was stunned, Er laughed violently, the laughter was suddenly closed, and he opened his eyes to see the portrait of the ancestor of the Fan family hanging in the hall, the tail of the eye was cracked, oozing blood, and suddenly the pill breath overflowed out of the body, and the domineering coercion made the tables and chairs against the wall squeak, and with a "snort", the portrait silk painting of the fairy wind bone cracked against the wall.

Although he is only the second son-in-law, he has made great contributions over the years, and it is inevitable that he will be hated, but he did not expect that it was the lord who had always relied on him to calculate himself in the end.

Fan Wenlong heard someone approaching outside the door, and said in a cold voice, "What did Fan Che ask you to say?" ”

A hoarse voice came from outside the door: "The lord asked me to tell the general that if the general does not feel condescending, the coastal forts can choose one to garrison, just wait for the clan elders of Jiyue Pavilion to forget about this matter." ”

The details of Fan Wenlong's dismissal from the military were transmitted to Yueqing City within a few days.

Xu Ruyu asked in detail about the situation of Yueqing Pingcheng rising up against the riot, and said: "Fan Che, an old fox, wants to get out of it like this, it's too cheap for him." ”

Shao Haitang said: "It is better to declare to the outside world that Fan Wenlong accepted Fan Che's secret order to abandon the city and abandon the people. ”

"This is the case, Fan Wenlong is just a city general, if there is no Fan Che's instructions, how can he abandon the city and let the Puji reinforcements into Fuzhou to defeat us both?" Speaking of this, my heart was touched, and after thinking about it, I found that there was something strange in it, sighed lightly, and said: "If Fan Che makes up his mind to abandon Yueqing to Gongliang Youqin, then the main general of Yueqing does not need to be temporarily replaced by Fan Wenlong......"

Shao Haitang nodded and said, "Fan Che has made up his mind to sacrifice Fan Wenlong. ”

"Before the Battle of Fuzhou, Fan Che had secretly transferred 10,000 elite soldiers from Yuhang, and his intention was to play the role of this strange soldier after we and Gongliang Youqin were both defeated. Helplessly, the Battle of Fuzhou was only two days from the beginning to the end, and he was not given a time to take advantage of. ”

"It's also the work of months of preparation. After months of preparation, just for the battle of the two, even Rong Yanmen was caught off guard. "The Twelve Kou League's affairs are full of traces of Nanping. Although Nanping will not directly intervene in Yuejun, the indirect impact cannot be ignored. After the secret battle, Xu Ruyu adopted a strategy of showing weakness, in addition to slacking off the vigilance of Gongliang Youqin and the Yuejun family, he was even more unwilling to attract the attention of Nanping County.

After the battle of the secret day, the Qingyan Army was greatly boosted in Qingjiang Mansion, and the six villages of Huaiyushan still insisted on reading outside the Xuancheng system to prevent the Qingyan Army from entering the west bank, which was used by Nanping to test the bottom of the Qingyan Army.

Xu Ruyu remembered that at that time, in order to put on a fierce appearance, everyone took great pains, and even Jiang Youli, who rarely performed in front of everyone after getting married, had to play the piano music, and couldn't help but feel a little angry with the heart of Anlin monks. asked: "What is the movement of Huaiyu Mountain Liuzhai?" ”

Tu Wenyong, who had been sitting for a long time, replied busily: "There is no movement, but they can't calm down." Tu Wenyong saw that Xu Ruyu had a slight anger on his face, and he didn't know why he had a mustard and couldn't just face the normal attitude of riding the wall in the six villages of Huaiyu Mountain.

To speculate on the Lord's thoughts is to exceed the duty of his subordinates. Tu Wenyong was originally a scholar, and he was forced to join the gang in the secret village, until he was in second place, and cultivated into a cautious surname.

Shao Haitang can think through everything when he thinks about it. Jiang Youli's previous identity as an artist made the people of Qingjiang complain in private, and I am afraid that some unobedient words will reach Xu Ruyu's ears.

Xu Ruyu's wisdom has been outstanding in the world, and the world is rare, but the youthful spirit cannot be completely eliminated. Shao Haitang changed the topic and said: "The Twelve Kou League sent people to surrender, and Xuancheng just handed over a letter asking for instructions on how to deal with it?" "The Twelve Korits have been trapped for more than six months, and the food and grass have been destroyed.

Xu Ruyu said: "Puji has been defeated, what hope can Hao Ziming have?" However, what is Bo Ying's opinion? ”

Shao Haitang laughed and said: "It was not stated in the text, but Xu Boying was afraid that Hao Ziming would hide the money he had robbed for decades elsewhere, and he didn't want to surrender in his heart." ”

Zhang Xu interjected and said: "Hao Ziming and Hao Zishan have been in trouble for Qingjiang for nearly 20 years, if they are easily let go, the people's opinion will not be good for adults." This last sentence was said resolutely, showing his resolute attitude.

The blood feud between the cottage and the village for decades is not something that can be resolved for a while, Xu Ruyu doesn't think it's wrong, in the corner of his eyes, Tu Wenyong's face changed slightly, Feng Yuanyuan and Yang Shang were expressionless, but their eyes were slightly constricted, which made Xu Ruyu realize that they were slightly uneasy in their hearts.

Xu Ruyu suddenly felt tricky, in addition to the Twelve Kou Alliance, there are still many rogue forces in Qingjiang, although it is not enough to cause trouble, but the slightly improper handling will only increase the accidental casualties.

Shao Haitang saw Xu Ruyu looking at him and said: "Coercion will never be investigated, the first offender will not be investigated for evil, and those who have done many evils will be eliminated for the people." "On how to solve the Twelve Kou Alliance and other water villages and cottage forces in Qingjiang, Shao Haitang and Xu Ruyu have discussed many times, and they have basically reached a conclusion. At this time, Shao Haitang said it, but it was just to test the opinions of other generals.

If it is said by Xu Ruyu, but it is criticized by others, it will affect Xu Ruyu's prestige.

Except for Xu Boying, Gu Mingchen, uncle Fangwu, Meng Yi, Xu Ji, Ji Ziheng, Yi Tingxue and others who stayed in Xuancheng, most of the other generals of the Qingyan Army gathered in Yueqing City. Jiang Youli and Jue'er were also on their way to Yueqing.

Xu Ruyu looked around and saw Wei Yan sitting there and stopped talking. I thought: With his belligerent surname, I am afraid that he will insist that the first culprit must be investigated.

Ziyang Yalan didn't think so.

In the battle of Jizhai, Wei Yan unexpectedly left a way for the thieves in a desperate situation, and Xu Ruyu had no time to know about it. When he asked Zi Yangqiu instead of Wei Yan to be the main general of the first battle of Jizhai, he was worried about his murderous surname.

Seeing Xu Ruyu looking at him, Wei Yan said in his heart: I want to say a word, the little shoes will continue to be worn, grandma's, I can't provoke him. Thinking so in his heart, his face changed unchanged, and he said, "What Mr. Shao said makes some sense. After saying that, he kept silent and turned around to look at Zhang Zhongdao on the side. The two looked at each other, and they had already agreed to discuss something.

Zhang Zhongdao has a high status, and Shao Haitang is not as good as Shao Haitang among all the people present, but he is nominally a guest general, of course, it is not appropriate to say more. However, with his surname, he may not have this consciousness, but he is too lazy to pay attention to this matter.

The meaning of Shao Haitang's words was already clear, and he would not easily accept the surrender of the Twelve Kou League, so Zhang Xu, Shao Jintang and others naturally did not say much. However, this discussion also determined the principles for dealing with other gangsters in Qingjiang in the future, but Ban Biao, Zhang Yi, Ban Zhaolin and others were unwilling. For the first time in decades, the strength of the village far exceeds that of the cottage, how can it just pursue a few of the first evildoers and let go of the decades of blood feuds. However, everyone knew that it all depended on Xu Ruyu's decision, and they didn't say much, just looked at Xu Ruyu together.

Xu Ruyu sighed secretly, the reform of the village still needs the support of everyone, and said: "The surrender of the Twelve Kou Alliances will be put aside. The Xuancheng Bu Battalion was stationed in Fengling Fort for repair, and the Suwei Battalion was stationed in Yantan Fort for repair, and a month later they entered Qingjiang and Chongyi respectively to suppress the Kou. ”

Ban Biao breathed a sigh of relief, but it didn't take long for his mind to tense again, and now it was time to discuss the whereabouts of the 30,000 soldiers in the village, and the atmosphere in the hall was dull for a while.

In addition to the casualties of the Battle of Fuzhou, there are still 30,000 soldiers in Qingjiang, Fuzhou and Chongyi, of which 25,000 are stationed in Yueqing. The 7,000 aborigines of Yueqing here are also in a semi-armed state.

Now Yueqing's grain consumption needs to be transported from Xuancheng and Lishui, and the cost is huge. Thinking of this, Xu Ruyu thought that when Fan Wenlong abandoned the city, he still left thousands of loads of grain and grass that had not been burned, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Yueqing only needs to be garrisoned all the way, and the other departments need to leave in the near future, otherwise Xu Boying will be poor again." ”

The generals, Xu Boying is gentle and elegant, quite a celebrity, and has no choice but to take charge of the overstretched finances of the Qingyan Army, and it is inevitable to find Xu Ruyu to complain from time to time.

The generals of Minzhai were not so easy, they knew that Xu Ruyu's next decision would affect their respective futures.

Xu Ruyu's expression was solemn, his sharp eyes quickly swept over everyone, and said: "Add Qingjiang Infantry Camp and Chongyi Infantry Battalion, and Yueqing will not set up a infantry camp for the time being." The Qingjiang infantry battalion consists of two battalions, with a full system of 3,000 people, led by Zhang Yi and has the rank of commander, and the Chongyi infantry battalion has two battalions with a full system of 3,000 people, led by Ban Zhaolin and has the rank of commander. The Xiaowei Battalion was formed, with three battalions and a full strength of 4,500 people, led by Feng Yuanyuan, with the rank of commander. Speaking of which, after a moment's pause, the generals below were all surprised by Feng Yuanyuan's appointment as the commander of the Xiaowei Battalion, but Feng Yuanyuan himself was unexpected.

How many people do Wuyi foot soldiers maintain, Xu Ruyu has frequently discussed with everyone these days.

The Puji pirates survived by plundering; The Yuhang Mansion and Wuzhou Mansion in Yue County were the focus of the plundering of the Puji bandits, and the Fan and Zhu families had to station heavy troops along the coast to prevent the Puji bandits. The Qingjiang army only had Yueqing City under greater pressure, so there was no need to maintain too large armaments.

It is inevitable to reduce a large number of soldiers in the villages, and the total number of soldiers in the Qingjiang and Chongyi camps is only 6,000, which is less than one-fifth of the scale of the soldiers in the original villages. The Xuancheng Infantry Battalion, the Fuzhou Infantry Battalion, and the Suwei Battalion will all return to the regular system, and the surplus of nearly 3,000 people, together with some elite soldiers and some Yueqing aborigines, will be incorporated into the Xiaowei Battalion, with a total number of only 4,500 people. In addition to the water battalion, the Qingyan Army has only 26,000 permanent members. The rest of the soldiers and young and middle-aged people of the Yueqing aborigines were all incorporated into the reserve, and they did not leave the military status, and the reserve of the Qingyan Army also reached more than 25,000 people.

The generals at all levels of the Qingjiang Infantry Battalion and the Chongyi Infantry Battalion can be guessed by everyone, but they are the commanders of the Xiaowei Battalion, Xu Ruyu did not understand the wind at all, but he did not expect that it would be Feng Yuanyuan, who led the troops into the Koulishui River Valley a year ago.

Although all units of the Qingyan Army were under the jurisdiction of Xu Ruyu, Xu Ruyu intended to train the Suwei Su and Xiaowei Battalion into the most elite combat power, with a slightly higher status than other armies, and had little to do with the local area.

In addition, Liang Bao, Ming Xi, Wei Yu, Mi Yusheng, and Zhang Xu added the rank of general and kept their original posts.

In addition, there are still 15,000 reservists in Tuntian, a suburb of Yueqing, to peek into the Puji bandits in Wenling City.

The various units of the Qingyan Army repaired until the end of May and launched the battle of Qingjiang to suppress bandits.

Only the two remaining forces of the Qingjiang Water Village, the Lichun Society and the Hongjiang League, surrendered on May 30 under the deterrence of the strong combat power of the Qingjiang Water Battalion.

At the end of the Battle of Fuzhou, the Twelve Kou Leagues begged to surrender, but Xu Ruyu refused to accept it, and strengthened the garrisons of Beiling Fort, Tiankui Village, and Dark Village. On the ninth day of June, 21 Kou chiefs, including Hao Ziming and Hao Zishan, opened the gate of the wall.

At the beginning of June, the six villages of Huaiyu Mountain descended one after another and joined the Qingyan Army. Nearly 3,000 Zhaiding broke away from the military and moved to Fuzhou and Chongyi with 10,000 family members.

On June 11, Liang Bao led the Xuancheng infantry battalion into Qingjiangyi, and the second Mingxi led the Suwei battalion into Chongyiyi. After being suppressed several times, the Qingjiang Liukou no longer had the strength to confront it.

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