Xu Boying read the secret letter, put on the candle flame and burned the silk book to ashes, looked at the gray ashes falling under the faint candlelight, and sighed slightly.

Zi Yangqiu looked at his gloomy expression, and didn't know if his sigh was for the people who had suffered miserably in Zhangtai, or for understanding Xu Ruyu's state of mind at this time, maybe both.

Xu Boying's voice was a little hoarse and said: "You and I are willing to stay in Quanzhou, just to let Zongzheng Xunda slack off, but I didn't expect him to be so arrogant and turn Zhangtai Wuling into a scorched earth. ”

Zi Yangqiu nodded heavily, and the letter was straightforward, and he couldn't see much turmoil, but he could imagine the tragedy of Jian'an Fort and Zhangtai City.

Zi Yangqiu couldn't help but worry about how Xu Ruyu, who happened to meet him, would react? said: "There will be many unexpected difficulties just by transferring the Xiaowei Battalion and the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion to Zhangtai. ”

"The collusion between the Zongzheng family and Puji has been semi-public, and in such a situation, wedging into Zhangtai is too much of an unfavorable factor, but this secret letter is more than ten days ago, when Ru Yu just learned of the Zhangtai tragedy, and there will be no perfect way for a while."

Xu Boying glanced at the figure standing with a halberd at the door of the post house, since the Zhangtai tragedy spread, Zongzheng has strengthened surveillance outside the post house, and the city has strengthened its vigilance. It is difficult for the news to penetrate, and the secret letter that Xu Boying got today will be delivered to Quanzhou in six days, and the inner line has never had the opportunity to meet with the people in the post house. There are many inner lines in the city that have not received news from the north.

Zi Yangqiu was silent, and after listening to Xu Boying's words, he was even more worried, if Xu Ruyu moved the remnants of the Zhangtai family and the people into Qingjiang, how should Baiyi choose?

Although the identity of Ming Xi and the news of the King of Baiyi have not been confirmed, Zi Yangqiu thinks that Xu Ruyu will not deceive himself on this point.

Zi Yangqiu suddenly spoke: "Zi Yangqiu knows the art of war, but he also knows that the floating ground is not contested, and the light ground is not left. It is indeed surprising that the Zongzheng family is the largest agent force on land for the Puji bandits, and we originally thought that only one side of the Zongzheng family was involved. ”

"It's not surprising that now that although Nanping has an inextricable relationship with Puji, it is nearly 2,000 miles away from Jingjun and Yuejun, and Xu Boying's Baishi Mansion is also separated from Puji Island by Yongyang Mansion. Puji has only about 300,000 islanders, but it has maintained more than 150,000 troops for a long period of time, especially in Yuejun in recent years, the walls have been cleared, and the material gap in Puji can no longer be filled by landing and plundering alone, and the consumption of military rations cannot rely on overseas trade, so it is inevitable that the land agent forces will secretly provide grain and grass. Yongyang's family has been sorted out, and there is no secret collusion with Puji Island, only the family forces in Yuejun and the coastal areas of Nanmin are those who can collude with Puji Island. ”

"With such a huge amount of military food exchanges, it is true that only a big family like Zongzheng can do it quietly, but Zongzheng Xunda is already the king of Southern Fujian, and it is impossible for Nanmin's strength to cross Wuling Mountain or Yunling to expand outward, what do Zongzheng Xunda and Gongliang Youqin want to gain by colluding with each other?"

Xu Boying fell into deep thought, and his eyes showed a confused light.

The 15,000 people of Qingjiang will be escorted with 80,000 quintals of grain to exit from the southern end of Qingfeng Gorge within a few days, bypass the canyon plain near Yunling in the west of Wulingyi and fold into the central mountainous area of Zhongshan Min, cross Zhongshan Minzhong, and will appear in the area between Jian'anbao and Zhangtai City, and then turn north and reach Dongyangbao.

This section of the journey is five or six hundred miles long, while the direct distance between Qingfeng Gorge and Dongyang Fort is less than a hundred miles.

However, between Qingfeng Gorge and Dongyang Fort, Fujian Zhongshan was majestic, and Feng Yuanyuan led the Xiaowei battalion to climb over the north mountain of Fujian Mountain, which was less than 300 zhang, and it was still embarrassing, not to mention the grain team of cattle and horses carrying grain.

Southern part of Minzhongshan. Xu Ruyu sat on the high rock, the field below the mountain was lush and green, extending to the sky, and further south was Zhangzhou City, the seat of Zhangzhou Mansion.

The defenders of the Zongzheng family in Zhangzhou City showed no signs of leaving the camp, and it seems that they did not notice the anomaly in Wulingyi.

Xu Ruyu stroked the starry sky resting on his lap, stopped the water, and listened to the sound of broken leaves.

In order to avoid the supply line being controlled by others, there was only a centralized delivery of materials, and such a rapid large-scale delivery of materials to Zhangtai must have caught Zongzheng Xunda off guard. Although there were still a large number of Puji bandits in Wulingyi and Minzhongshan, they could not organize 5,000 troops, but they could not threaten this centralized supply.

More than 2,000 soldiers from the Xiaowei Battalion, the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion and the Baiyi Secret Battalion moved along the supply line.

Half of the migrants are Yueqing residents.

As long as the Zongzheng family's army in Zhangzhou City does not move, this supply can ensure that the material use of Zhangtai will last until the spring of next year.

The wind forest jumped out of the mountain forest in the distance, swept towards the high rock here, walked to the bottom of the high rock, looked up at Xu Ruyu slowly opened his eyes, and said: "The grain team has entered the mountainous area of central Fujian, General Feng led two thousand soldiers to garrison Jian'an Fort, and Zongzheng Xunda's army in Longyan has not moved. ”

Xu Ruyu stood up and said, "Pass the order, let Quanzhou's eyeliner focus on investigating the forces that supported Zongzheng Xunda to inherit the throne of Southern Fujian." ”

The head of the wind forest should be, but when he looked up, Gao Yan did not have Xu Ruyu's figure.

After the city of Zhangzhou, the displaced people flooded the road.

Looking at the densely packed homeless people on the side of the road, Xu Ruyu secretly hated in his heart.

Zongzheng Xunda only wanted to drive the people away from the ground of Zhangtai and Wuling, but there was no way to resettle the displaced people.

Nearly 100,000 displaced people from Wuling and Zhangtai flocked to the southwest of Zhangzhou, and some of them were stranded here between Longquan and Longyan.

The southern part of Southern Fujian is different from the northern part of the country, and the fields, lakes, valleys and valleys have all been annexed by the family, so how can there be a place to settle these displaced people?

The pirates who landed in Longquan and Longyan have returned to the island, and according to the practice of the clan family, the fields there are all registered in the family field book.

"Don't go, the road over Yongjiabao is closed, even if you cross Xiaoqingshan, there is still no way to survive when you reach Quanzhou Mansion." A lazy voice came, Xu Ruyu turned his head to look, but it was a sturdy man lying on the withered yellow grass, with a dry grass in his mouth, tilting his head slightly, and squinting at himself.

Xu Ruyu saw that the withered grass under him was neatly cut, smiled, walked over and sat down.

The man stretched out his hand and said, "You better sit here." Seeing Xu Ruyu obediently walked to the other side and sat down, chewed the grass root fiercely, and spit far away, "Where did you come from, I see that you are in good spirits?" ”

"Dongyang, I came out and carried all my belongings, and I wasn't hungry."

The man's eyes lit up and he glanced at Xu Ruyu, "Where did you leave your belongings, and you want me to send a few brothers to carry them over for you?" ”

Xu Ruyu smiled, patted the dry food bag behind his shoulder, and said, "Now there are only these left." ”

The man scolded hatefully, "bird", pushed Xu Ruyu, and closed his eyes with his big feet to recuperate.

Xu Ruyu smiled and said secretly: There is no business to do.

After the horse's hooves came, Xu Ruyu looked up and looked south, more than a dozen horses rushed here, and the homeless people on the side of the road stood up one after another to meet him.

The man opened his eyes and said, "Wrap a ball." He stood up, stood on tiptoe and looked over there twice, and scolded: "Fight for a fart, it's better to sell it to him than to cut the meat and eat it yourself to have a long life, and let the master lie back, don't block people from watching the scenery." "Lie back on the haystack.

The surrounding homeless people dispersed, and Xu Ruyu found a dirt ridge next to the man and sat down.

The more than ten riders slowly walked in front of him and dismounted together.

Humpty Dumpty, who was at the head, walked up to the man and said, "Sanbazi, as long as you allow me to choose 2,000 men, Yongjiabao will let these outcasts pass." ”

Sanbazi scolded, looking at Humpty Dumpty, "Raised for eighteen years, pointing out that you can leave a way for your family to live, you Yongjiabao is good, you want 2,000 men when you open your mouth, what should their families do?" ”

Humpty Dumpty smiled and said, "At this age, I only care about my own life, if you don't agree, you can go to Quanzhou over Xiaoqingshan." However, the burgers of Yongjia Fort have been squatting on the small green hill, so you don't want to touch it and beat it as a brute. ”

Sanbazi sat up suddenly, opened his eyes and frightened Humpty Dumpty, and said in a deep voice: "The Qingyan Army has entered Dongyang, and the pirates dare to go to Zhangtai to show a bird, and the old man leads the people to walk back." When he saw the north patrolman coming, he was silent.

Humpty Dumpty sneered, "It's kind of you being louder." Hmph, go back, you dream, you lead people over the clouds and back again, and see how many lives are left. How about the Qingyan Army entering Zhangtai, Xu Ruyu dared to attack Zhangzhou City? ”

Xu Ruyu sighed secretly, Zhangzhou City blocked the return route of the displaced people, and with the strength in front of the Qingyan Army, it was really impossible to capture Zhangzhou City, which was garrisoned by 10,000 Southern Fujian guards.

Wulingyi and Zhangzhouyi are the Changxia Plain that is flattened in the middle by the lofty mountains on both sides, the ruined Wuling City and Zhangzhou City are just the perilous pass of the Changxia Plain, and the mountain depression passage in Fujian Zhongshan is also controlled by more than a dozen dock forts, and it is necessary to pass through the two cities to go through the Changxia Plain to Quanzhou Mansion, otherwise there is only to turn over the mountains on both sides.

Unless the Qingyan Army captures Longyan or any city in Zhangzhou, the displaced people will have no way to return home.

Qingjiang plus Baiyi's 20,000 elites, only about 50,000, to guard against the three or four bandit troops entrenched in Wenling City, Qingjiang side could not draw troops to conduct a large-scale battle in Zhangtai. What's more, off the coast of Wenling City, tens of thousands of sailors of the Puji bandits can join the Puji infantry battalion at any time and deal a fatal blow to Qingjiang.

Sanbazi is the leader of the homeless people he is looking for, Xu Ruyu secretly felt lucky, but after thinking for a long time, he didn't think of any person in Wuling or Zhangtai with loose words in his name, and thought: Maybe he is a very prestigious person among the homeless people.

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