Xu Ruyu and Zheng Cangsheng hid in the shadows, and saw a human head poking out of the gap in the western fort wall and looking into the fort. Xu Ruyu sneaked up behind him, quickly restrained him, and threw him into the open space under the wall.

Xu Ruyu said to Zheng Cangsheng: "You come to ask him." ”

The man leaned against a dead corpse and said hesitantly, "My lord? ”

Xu Ru looked back in amazement, and didn't expect that Qingjiang had sent someone to infiltrate Zhangtai and undo his ban casually.

The man got up from the ground, saw Xu Ruyu's face clearly by the moonlight, was surprised, knelt down on one knee, made a hand gesture and said: "The outpost of the first battalion of the Xiaowei battalion, the ranger Bojie, see your lord." ”

The outpost rangers are often served by the elite of the army, Xu Ruyu saw that his skills were still visible, and thought: He probably joined the Qingyan Army with Yang Shang, and asked, "Yang Shang led the troops into Zhangzhou?" ”

Bo Jie said: "Five days ago, the Xiaowei battalion under the leadership of General Feng entered the northern mountains of Fujian Zhongshan, encountered a large number of pirates attacking Dongyang Fort, the pirates were defeated and left, and then met the troops of the Southern Fujian Sect politicians, General Feng led the Xiaowei battalion back to the Minzhong Mountains, and let General Yang lead 500 people to replace Zhangtai, and now it is more than 20 miles away from here, and I saw a strong light and thunder flash here, so General Yang sent me over to investigate. ”

Xu Ruyu knew that many details could only be clarified after meeting Yang Shang, so he pressed the doubts in his heart, and took Bo Jie and Zheng Cangsheng to quickly sweep towards the mountains to the west, and saw the forward troops of the Xiaowei Battalion led by Yang Shang to the north of a low ridge, and Tu Wenyong was also in the army.

Both of them had heard Bo Jie describe the tragic situation in Jian'an Fort, and when they saw Xu Ruyu looking at him with an iron face, they were uneasy. Thinking of the strong light and thunder that he saw, he knew that it was related to Xu Ruyu, but he didn't dare to ask.

Tu Wenyong glanced at Zheng Cangsheng beside Xu Ruyu, and saw that Xu Ruyu didn't mean to ask him to avoid it, so he couldn't help but be curious about his identity, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Your Excellency didn't appear in the Dongyang area in the north of Zhangtai twelve days ago, and everyone in Qingjiang is very worried. ”

Xu Ruyu snorted coldly, with a slight impatience in his expression, and said: "When I left Qingjiang, everyone had arrangements, so as not to be confused because of my temporary non-appearance, since Qingjiang decided to send troops into Zhangzhou, why did it drag on until the fifth day, the tragedy of Jian'an Fort did not exceed seven days, as long as our army entered Zhangtai a few days earlier, it would be able to deter Zongzheng Xunda, so that he would not dare to act easily." Moreover, the Xiaowei battalion was stationed in Yueqing, and the Xuancheng infantry battalion was dispatched to enter Wuling Mountain along Lishui and then enter Zhongshan in Fujian, which was much shorter. ”

Tu Wen Yongyang replied in a low voice: "The dispatch of the Xiaowei Battalion is the suggestion of a secret letter sent back by Lord Xu Boying in Quanzhou......"

Seeing that Tu Wenyong was still about to explain, he waved his hand, sighed softly, and said: "The tragedy in Jian'an is unpredictable, and the timing of Qingjiang's choice to send troops is beyond repellent words, can you tell me what the situation is like in the north of Zhangbei?" ”

Tu Wenyong listened to Xu Ru's foolish words with the meaning of admitting his mistake, was slightly stunned, and said: "Zhangtai two forts and one city, only Dongyang Fort has not been completely destroyed, but there are heavy casualties, when we rush, the southeast of Dongyang Fort has been attacked by Puji bandits. Zhangtai City was destroyed from within, and according to rumors of displaced people who fled into the mountains, it was the bandits who entered the city in the guise of Zongzheng Army. ”

When Tu Wenyong said this, he heard Xu Ruyu snort in a muffled manner, and looked up to see an extremely sad and indignant look on his face, knowing that he hated the collusion between the Zongzheng family and the Puji bandits. Without the help of Zongzheng Xunda, how could the Puji bandits easily blend into the city? Tu Wenyong remembered that he was also acting nonsense when he was a bandit Qingjiang, his face couldn't help but darken, and he couldn't make any evaluation of this, seeing that the cold light in Xu Ruyu's eyes seemed to penetrate his heart, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly said: "There are 2,000 defenders in the city and more than 14,000 residents, except for more than 100 people who can escape, the rest are all buried in the city." After the city of Zhangtai was broken, Zheng Menghuai and 1,500 elite children were transferred out of Jian'an Fort by the big seal of Zhangtai Prefecture, and were ambushed by Puji bandits in a canyon in the south of Zhangtai City. Those sent to the east have not yet returned, and the situation of the offshore Luqiwu Fort is not known. It's just that the Puji bandits can directly point to Dongyang Fort on the innermost side of Zhangtai, and the situation is not optimistic. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "It may not be so bad, Gongliang Youqin uprooted the coastal dock forts one by one, it is difficult to guarantee that it will arouse the vigilance of the family in the west of Zhangtai, and it is very likely that it will be divided into small streams and run inland, and then join forces to quickly attack Zhangtai City and Dongyang Fort, this plan is not possible, but it is much easier for Zongzheng Xunda to send troops to help." What is hateful is that Zongzheng Xunda actually directly sent troops to attack Jian'an Fort. ”

Yang Shang saw that Xu Ruyu's expression was slightly softened, and he took his words and said: "When Zhangtai City was broken, Zongzheng Xunda led the army to move between Longyan and Zhangtai. After the Xiaowei battalion repelled the pirates besieging Dongyang Fort, his son Zong Zhengqu led 4,000 Southern Fujian guards to arrive. Based on the analysis of the scale of operations in Zhangtai City and Dongyangbao, the Puji bandits sent at least 10,000 troops this time. After experiencing a fiasco in Fuzhou for just over three months, the Puji bandits launched a landing attack on such a scale, how could Zongzheng Xunda get out of it? I think the families in Zhangzhou will understand this. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded, and said coldly: "The family forces in Zhangtai are divided, and they may not know all the news in time. After a pause, he asked, "After the Puji bandits retreated from Dongyang, what did they do?" ”

"After the city of Zhangtai was broken, the Puji bandits sent dozens of small units to infiltrate Zhongshan and Wulingyi, and the main force besieged Dongyang Fort with less than 1,000 troops, and after being repelled by the Xiaowei battalion, they withdrew from Zhangtai."

Zhangtai is the gateway for Zhangzhou to resist the Puhai bandits, the city of Zhangtai is broken, and the Puji bandits have uncharacteristically attacked Wulingyi, and the people of Zhangzhou are bound to move south in panic. Looking at the side, Zheng Cangsheng stared at one place in a daze, his lower lip oozed blood, and he bit his lip when he wanted to be sad and angry.

Xu Ruyu thought for a moment, and said to Yang Shang: "You quickly send someone to find Feng Yuanyuan, let him quickly lead the Xiaowei battalion to Dongyang Fort to join me, and ask Baiyi to send combat forces to clear out the small group of pirates who have wandered to Wulingyi." If it is intercepted by the Southern Fujian Guards, it can be engaged. Said to Tu Wen Yongyang: "You quickly return to Xuancheng and pass my warrant to Shao Haitang, Uncle Sun Fangwu, and Meng Yi." ”

Tu Wenyong took out a pen and paper and wrote down the order dictated by Xu Ruyu: "All the troops sent to Wuzhou and Yuhang to fight against bandits with Fan and Zhu will be repatriated; Urgently transferred the Qingjiang cavalry camp into Zhangtai; The Suzhou Guard Army was mainly formed with Fuzhou Fuying and Suwei Camp and Chongyi Bu Battalion, with a preparation of 15,000 troops, and the Su Guard Army was stationed in Yueqing and Yantan New City to prevent the bandit army in Wenling; The Qingwei Army was formed mainly with the Xuancheng Infantry Battalion and the Qingjiang Infantry Battalion, with a strength of 10,000, with Zhang Xu as the commander, mainly stationed in Lishui; All the armies of Baiyi were organized into one army, and the size and main generals were decided by Baiyi himself, and Liang Bao assisted in the reorganization. ”

Tu Wenyong listened to Xu Ruyu's dictation of the warrant, and his heart was shocked.

After the Battle of Fuzhou, Xu Ruyu sent more than 3,000 combat forces to Wuzhou and Yuhang coastal areas to assist the family army to resist the invading Puji pirates who came ashore.

Commanding the Baiyi army, although the main general position is from Baiyi, and Liang Bao is only the position of assistant commander, but the Baiyi army can no longer be self-contained. Baiyi is close to Qingjiang and Zhangzhou according to Wuling Mountain, but looking at this order, Xu Ruyu finally made up his mind to enter Zhangzhou.

Tu Wenyong polished the words a little, and replaced the warrant for Xu Ruyu to review. Xu Ruyu signed a secret note and handed it over to Tu Wenyong to lead the people away.

Seeing the figure of Tu Wenyong and his party disappear into the hillside, Xu Ruyu let out a long breath, turned his head to look at Zheng Cangsheng fixedly, and said: "Xu Boying and Baiyi's Ziyang Qiu are still in Quanzhou, before they leave Quanzhou, we will not expose the atrocities of Zongzheng Xunda to the world, I hope you can understand." Seeing Zheng Cangsheng nodded hesitantly, he said to Yang Shang: "You might as well temporarily put the accounts on the head of Gongliang Youqin, Zongzheng Xunda led a large army, but he couldn't prevent the Zhangtai tragedy, and he couldn't refuse me to wave my troops into Zhangtai to level the bandits, you and Zheng Cangsheng went to Gantang Bay, took over the defense there, and supervised the construction of Wubao and the harbor." ”

Yang Shang saw that his expression was awe-inspiring when he said the last sentence, and his tone was beyond questioning and refutation, and he thought: He finally faced the world with the attitude he should have. Thinking of this, he generously said: "Please rest assured, the Puji bandits want to land from Gantang, unless they step on my Yang Shang's body." ”

When Zheng Cangsheng heard his passionate oath, his expression perked up, he looked at Xu Ruyu solemnly, knelt on one knee, and said in a deep voice: "There is no news that the head of the family has been killed yet, please send someone to find it." ”

Xu Ruyu nodded solemnly, the scorched earth strategy of Zongzheng Xunda and Gongliang Youqin caused a very heavy blow to the family forces in Zhangtai in a very short period of time.

Compared with those families who only know how to enslave the vassals and divide the places, the families in Zhangzhou are outliers, Zhangzhou has been plagued by bandits for more than 100 years, and most of the families who survived in Zhangzhou can lead the people to resist the bandits, and there is no idea of enslaving the people in the secession places, especially in the five years when Xu Xing was in southern Fujian and the bandits, the Zheng family of Jian'an Fort and the Zhou family of Dongyangbao rose sharply, making the family power of Zhangzhou and the family power in other parts of Southern Fujian seem incompatible, and it is also taboo for other family forces, and finally suffered from this disaster.

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