The communication route between Puji and Longyan was cut off by the Qingyan Army, and Zongzheng Xunda relied on the intelligence network that had been destroyed by the Qingyan Army, and it was not until the early morning of May 30 that he received the exact news of Puji's troops. At this time, a huge fleet of warships of all sizes approached the northeast sea of Zhangtai, and it was possible to land and fight.

Zong Zheng Xunda secretly calculated in his heart: the fierce offensive of the Qingyan Army at the mouth of the West Gorge was suddenly launched on the 27th, and it seems that the Qingyan Army knew the exact news on the third day when Gongliang Youqin sent troops from Puji Island. Puji directly sent troops to intervene in the war situation in Southern Fujian, and even Xu Ruyu had to avoid its edge.

Zong Zhengqu strode into the camp tent, untied the tie, took off the Mingguang helmet and put it on the table, wiped a few blood stains from his face, and said: "The people below are really useless, and today I let the Qingyan Army attack my Da Xuan, and almost captured Da Xuan." ”

"In order to open up the passage to Yongjiabao, Feng's long-range offensive is fierce and predictable."

A cold snort burst out of his nose, and Zongzheng Xunda said in disgust: "Yongjiabao also sent two thousand people to harass my front camp from the south. Yan Qingyi led the troops to attack Yongjiabao, and Yongjiabao dared to divide nearly half of the troops to disturb our battalion, but I don't know what Yan Qingyi's idea was? ”

Zong Zheng Xun Da frowned slightly, unable to tell whether he was dissatisfied with the Yan family's immobility, or dissatisfied with Zong Zhengqu's complaints.

After Zong Zheng Xunda increased his troops in front of the Xixiakou, the offensive of the Qingyan Army did not weaken, not only that, but Xue Mingrui also led 2,000 troops to cooperate with Feng Yuanyuan's offensive from the south.

Zongzheng Xunda threw the 2,000 elites accompanying him and the 5,000 troops of the Chinese army to the mouth of the West Gorge, so that nearly 20,000 troops were gathered in the front camp, and the strength of the Qingyan Army here was also as many as 16,000. In the face of such a rapid offensive of the Qingyan Army, Zongzheng Xunda thought to himself: If Puji's troops are two times slower, Nanmin may have to give up the battle for Yongjiabao.

As long as Yongjiabao and the West Gorge of Hutong Gorge fell into the hands of the Qingyan Army, Xu Ruyu deployed elite troops all the way to Yongjiabao, and Nanmin had to deploy several times his heavy troops in the vast area of Quanzhou and Putian close to Yongjiabao in order to prevent the infiltration of the Qingyan Army into Quanzhou and Putian.

Thinking of this, Zongzheng Xunda had palpitations, if the main force of the Southern Fujian Guards was attracted to the south of Yongjiabao to engage in a military confrontation with the Qingyan Army, Xu Ruyu could transfer as many as 20,000 troops to the territory of Zhangtai to fight against the landing Puji soldiers.

"This will not be tolerated?" Zong Zheng Xunda said softly.

Zong Zhengqu and the generals in the tent were slightly stunned, thinking: What kind of situation can't be tolerated?

Zongzheng Xunda slowly swept over the generals and said: "If the princes are not diligent, the next battle of Nanmin will still be five or five. ”

Zong Zhengqu only thought that his father was worried about the gains and losses of the important land in the West Gorge, and said: "Puji sent troops, not only to solve the pressure on the East Gorge, but also to the expansion of our Southern Fujian Guard, as long as the front camp is not lost, Xu Ruyu will retreat to Wuling Mountain." ”

Zong Zheng Xunda nodded, and cast his eyes in the past without hiding his approval, all the generals in the tent were cronies, and said without fear: "The advantage of the coalition forces in terms of strength is secondary, but the most important thing is that the families who rode on the wall and watched a few days ago will not secretly hinder the expansion of our Southern Fujian Guard, no matter what their considerations." ”

All the generals said: "Xu Xing has a wide range of contacts in Southern Fujian, and those families who don't know the prestige of the county king see that the Qingyan Army is menacing, and they have extravagant hopes for Xu Ruyu, and this account must be counted together." ”

Zong Zheng Xun Da laughed and said: "Although Xu Ruyu is as annoying as Xu Xing back then, the county policy he implemented in Yongyang is not bad......

The generals from various families were secretly frightened: the battle of Southern Fujian was undecided, but Zongzheng Xunda had the idea of expanding his power. Although his family follows Zongzhengjia, he also has his own interests, but Zongzheng Xunda is proud, who can speak out against it? From this point of view, it is in the interests of all the families of Southern Fujian that the Qingyan Army and the Southern Fujian Guards are both defeated, but the Puji bandits have landed from Zhangtai, and if the Southern Fujian Guards suffer a heavy setback, it is difficult to ensure that Gongliang Youqin does not covet the land of Southern Fujian.

For a while, everyone in the front camp of the Southern Fujian Guards had their own thoughts, but they were now facing how to defuse Feng Yuanyuan's fierce offensive.

On 1 June, after receiving the news that Xu Ruyu led 5,000 Qingyan troops from the eastern foothills of Fujian to the east, and after converging with the 5,000 Qingyan army led by Ming Xi and continuing to march towards Gantang Bay, Zongzheng Xunda transferred 6,000 guards from the rear camp at the mouth of the East Gorge to supplement the front camp.

Liang Bao looked down at the rows of Southern Fujian guards passing under the cliff, his face was as calm as water, and he couldn't see the fluctuations in his heart.

Zheng Menghuai has already gone to join Xu Ruyu, and Liang Bao will take over the supreme command of the battlefield here.

Although Liang Bao didn't know why Xu Ruyu temporarily changed his mind and let Ming Xi be the chief general of the task force and let himself be the chief general of the Zhangzhou battlefield, he couldn't relax because of the heavy responsibility. This battlefield encompasses the entire Zhangzhou Prefecture, with Gantang Bay in the east, Dongyangbao and Zhangtai City in the north, Zhangzhou City in the west, Yongjiabao in the south, and the East Gorge of Hutun Gorge here.

In any case, after tonight, the battle of Nanmin will enter the second stage.

In order to cover the existence of 10,000 elites, Xu Ruyu divided the 20,000 Qingyan Army into two batches, and the 10,000 Qingyan Army here secretly sneaked into the mountains on the east side of the Hutong Gorge along the road cleared by the previous army, without being noticed by Zongzheng Xunda. For this moment, there was a chance to defeat the rear camp at the mouth of the East Gorge a few days ago, and Xu Ruyu also endured it.

Even if he knew his surname well, he was also surprised by the danger of the layout of the Battle of Southern Fujian, and how could he allow Gongliang Youqin, Zongzheng Xunda and others to guess through?

The stars fell, and the trees around the camp at the mouth of the East Gorge were cut down, and at a glance, it was empty.

Xu Ruyu's empty battalion retreated northward, still leaving several small forces to guerrilla near the mouth of the East Gorge, and the scouts of the Southern Fujian Guards, who were a little further away from the camp, could be attacked and killed at any time.

At the beginning of the robbery camp, the whistle and drums were loud, and Zongzheng Ji Wang thought that it was a small group of Qingyan troops lurking nearby to disturb the camp, and the 10,000 Qingyan army led by Xu Ruyu was indeed more than 150 miles away. Feeling his hands shaking when he was about to tidy up his armor, he asked impatiently, "What are you panicking about?" He took the spear, lifted the curtain and walked out of the camp tent, and met the marching Sima Zhao Jingyun head-on.

Zhao Jingyun straightened his armor as he walked, and when he saw Zongzheng Ji Wang coming over, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Marquis, quickly send someone to chase back the soldiers and horses sent to the front camp." ”

"The enemy army is worried about the camp, why should they be so panicked?"

"My 5,000 troops will defend the East Gorge Pass, and will not participate in the battle at the West Gorge Pass, nor will they pose a threat to the Qingyan Army far away in Gantang. Although it is a small group of Qingyan army camps, the military marquis must also be on guard. ”

Zongzheng Ji Wang hesitated in his heart: it would take a lot of effort to get the military order from Zongzheng Xunda at the mouth of the West Gorge to transfer the 6,000 elites who were rushing to the front camp; Although he can directly intercept the six thousand elites back without authority, if he makes a false alarm in the end, he will not only fall into the laughing stock, but also be jealous of his brothers.

Zongzheng Ji Wang shook his head and said, "Be careful, the battle at the mouth of the West Gorge is difficult, and these six thousand elites can't easily move. ”

Zhao Jingyun saw that Zongzheng Ji Wang didn't care much, and hurriedly said: "It is not impossible for Xu Ruyu to hide 10,000 Qingyan troops in Zhongshan Fujian. The last general thought that it was inappropriate for the former battalion to block the road from Zhangzhou to Yongjiabao. Our army retreated to the mouth of the West Gorge and gave way to the road from Zhangzhou to Yongjiabao, and the defense area was much smaller, and we could also peep into the road from Zhangzhou to Yongjiabao. Under such circumstances, the Qingyan Army could only withdraw its troops from Yongjiabao and could not continue to increase its troops at Yongjiabao. ”

Zong Zheng Ji Wang's heart moved, and the fierce offensive launched by the Qingyan Army led by Feng Yuanyuan at the mouth of the West Gorge limited the thinking of the people of Southern Fujian to the blockade and opening up the road to Yongjiabao, and ignored the better choice. If the main force of the front battalion retreats to the mouth of the West Gorge to spy on the road between Zhangzhou and Yongjiabao, it will be more active and have more options for tactics.

Zhao Jingyun saw Zongzheng Ji Wang hanging his head and thinking, and explained: "It is not difficult for a large group of Qingyan troops to go to Yongjiabao, but how can the grain pass? As long as our army chokes the grain route of Yongjiabao, we are not afraid of the loss of Yongjiabao. If Xu Ruyu really dares to increase the troops in Yongjia Fort, our army can also drive the troops to recapture the front camp barrier and trap the Qingyan Army in Yongjia Fort, which is better than directly attacking the Qingyan Army. ”

Zong Zheng Ji looked up at Zhao Jingyun, but he didn't look ridiculous, thinking that he didn't have the courage to ridicule himself at this time, thinking of the battle with the Qingyan Army in the past few days, he had to admit: The combat power of the Qingyan Army is stronger than that of the Southern Fujian Guards, otherwise there is no need to continue to increase troops to the front battalion at the mouth of the West Gorge.

"It's good that your suggestion is good, but Puji has already sent troops, and it is inevitable that people will be criticized for adopting such a conservative tactic."

Zhao Jingyun was stunned there, he didn't expect Zongzheng Ji Wang to send himself away so casually, seeing that the Qingyan army that was disturbing the camp was gradually retreating, and there was no reason to advise, so he said: "Xu Ruyu always has to be guarded, the military marquis, please let the last general personally lead the scouts out of the camp to investigate." ”

Zong Zheng Ji Wang looked at this marching Sima who had just been brought up in surprise, but his knowledge and cultivation were quite competent, but he was a little fussful, and at this time he even proposed to go out of the camp to scout the enemy in person, annoyed him verbosity, waved his hand, and said: "If you don't think it's troublesome, just go." ”

Zhao Jingyun returned to the camp tent and hurriedly packed up his belongings, and came to the barracks with the order talisman.

The Zhao clan belongs to a family that does not enter the stream in Southern Fujian, and it has been quite hard to serve as a sentry lieutenant in the Southern Fujian Army, and most of the sentry guards led by him are the children of the clan, if they are really damaged in the war, within a few years, the Zhao clan will be wiped out.

Zongzheng Ji Wang did not doubt him, and when he saw that he opened his mouth, he gave him the order to mobilize the sentry guards.

Zhao Jun is Zhao Jingyun's younger brother, the two are of the same age, and they are both weak champions. Zhao Jingyun was promoted to the marching Sima, and Zhao Jun succeeded him as a sentry lieutenant.

Zhao Jun saw that Zhao Yingyun led the team to turn around and march south, and the speed of the march did not seem to be collecting the enemy's situation at all, and he was surprised to ask him, but asked him to block the conversation first.

"The situation in the rear camp is not good, and the military marquis can't listen to my advice. Ming said that if everything is fine, we will return to the camp. ”

Liang Bao sent three more small groups of troops to attack the enemy camp, and only launched a real offensive in the early morning when the people and animals were most sleepy. Li Yi led 5,000 to attack the enemy camp from the east, and when the enemy's attention was attracted to the east, he led the remaining 5,000 elites to attack from the north.

The 5,000 guards of the Southern Fujian Rear Battalion have been fighting with the Qingyan Army, and they have been repeatedly frustrated, and their morale has been sluggish.

Zongzheng Xun Da Tsema rushed here, only to see countless routs pouring in from the mouth of the gorge. Hurriedly ordered: "Crossbowmen attack indiscriminately." ”

The rain of arrows like locusts forced the oncoming rout to both sides, and did not rush out the reinforcements' formation, but the reinforcements were blocked there and could not advance half a step.

Zong Zheng Xunda led more than a dozen Jingwei, flew up the hanging wall, and watched the Qingyan Army slowly advancing from the rear camp to the gorge by the faint morning light, and scolded in his heart, but he also knew that the west side of the Tiger Swallow Gorge had been sealed by the Qingyan Army.

Looking down and seeing Zongzheng Ji Wangfei flying over, he was not angry, Dan Xi was transported out, and the horse whip in his hand suddenly went straight like a sword, stabbing straight at him.

Zongzheng Ji Wang was horrified in his heart, but if he was in the air, he couldn't turn his breath and shift, and he watched the whip reach his chest.

Zongzheng Xunda looked at the panic in his eyes, his left hand trembled slightly, the horsewhip slanted over a line, pierced into Zongzheng Ji Wang's left shoulder, and swept the whip through Zongzheng Jiwang's neck with his backhand, and when he fell, he pulled it to his side, threw it on the hanging rock, and scolded in his mouth: "The rear camp of the East Gorge is related to the back road of our army, and in just one hour, you will lose the important place of the rear camp." ”

Zong Zheng Ji Wang sat on the hanging rock, and forgot to defend himself, only thinking in his heart: He really wanted to kill me just now.

Seeing that he was depressed, Zongzheng Xunda felt bored in his heart, waved his hand, and asked the Jingwei beside him to take him down, frowning and looking in the direction of the back camp.

I just want Xu Ruyu to be poisonous, there is only half a month's surplus food in the army, but can he change everything in half a month? At this time, we must stick to the front camp of the West Gorge, and we must not let the Qingyan Army here and the Qingyan Army in Zhangzhou converge together, otherwise these 32,000 guards will be more auspicious. It's just that he has to stick to the front camp of the West Gorge and attack Yongjiabao, and he can't help but be overwhelmed, and he only hopes that Yan Qingyi will lead 10,000 elites without dissent, and he also hopes that Gongliang Youqin can quickly attack the back camp of the East Gorge.

It's just that Xu Ruyu set up this huge set, and it is difficult to guarantee that he has no aftermath.

Zong Zheng Xun Da led the reinforcements back to the front camp the same way, Zong Zhengqu looked at his expression, and his heart was shocked: It's over, I'm trapped here.

Zongzheng Xunda looked at the generals' faces as if they were dead, and scolded: "Why do you act like a mourner, Yongjiabao is only 5,000 weak, and there are 40,000 troops in my southern Fujian in the north and south." Although there are 10,000 Qingyan troops guarding the Tiger Swallow Gorge, the 40,000 elites of Puji can reach there in less than three days. “

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