It was early in the morning when the Xiaowei battalion entered Dongyang Fort, and Feng Yuanyuan, who was slightly tired, settled down in military affairs, and went to see Xu Ruyu under the leadership of Zhou Shizhong, but he was taken aback when he saw his pale face, bloodshot eyes, and tired face. When Xu Ruyu led his troops to stick to the secret village, he was not as haggard as he is now after several consecutive battles.

Xu Ruyu's eyes lit up when he saw Feng Yuanyuan and Zhou Shizhong coming in, and pointed to the Taishi chair next to them and asked them to sit down.

Feng Yuanyuan didn't think much about it, walked straight over and sat down, and quietly called Xu Ruyu's instructions.

Zhou Shizhong saw Xu Ruyu standing there, he couldn't help but feel worried, glanced at Feng Yuanyuan, and had to sit down next to the chair with half of his buttocks, with a restrained expression.

Xu Ruyu's clear eyes swept over the two of them quickly, and then fixed his gaze on Feng Yuanyuan's face, and said, "The situation in Zhangtai is so severe, you can understand it. The people of Minzhong Mountain and Wulingyi are evacuating south in panic, and even if we wipe out all the bandits that have flowed into Minzhong Mountain and Wulingyi within a month, there are not many people left who can stay in Zhangtai and Wulingyi. ”

Zhou Shizhong had already told him about the grim situation in Zhangtai on the way, Feng Yuanyuan met Xu Ruyu's gaze, and said without the slightest evasion: "The grace of the adult does not kill the encounter, so that the remote has already ignored the difficulties in front of him. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded slowly, with a look of approval in his eyes, it seems that Xu Boying originally suggested that the Xiaowei camp should be transferred into Zhangtai, and there was such a sign.

In the past, to preside over the defense in Yueqing, only Liang Bao and Feng Yuanyuan could lead the troops into Zhangtai, although Liang Bao's proficiency in military affairs was better than Feng Yuanyuan, but Feng Yuanyuan was decisive and resolute, and he was more able to forge ahead in the predicament.

The two major advantages of waving troops into Zhangtai in the original plan are now gone.

Supplies could not be replenished from Zhangtai and had to rely on the Lishui River Valley.

Less than five months have passed since the Battle of Fuzhou, and Qingjiang is also in ruins, unable to provide sufficient supplies, and for a long time, except for the Xiaowei battalion, Qingjiang will not send additional troops to Zhangtai.

There were less than 1,000 remnants left in the Zhangtai family, and it was very insufficient to rely on the strength of 4,500 people in the Xiaowei Battalion to face the offensive that might come from both Zongzheng Xunda and Gongliang Youqin.

If the supply line enters Zhangtai along the old tea and horse trade route, but it has to travel about 150 miles in the territory of Wulingyi, the safety of the supply line cannot be guaranteed with the strength of the Xiaowei battalion.

In that case, Zongzheng Xunda did not need to face Xu Ruyu head-on, as long as he sent someone to pretend to be a bandit to attack the supply line of the Xiaowei battalion, Xu Ruyu would have to withdraw his troops from Zhangtai.

Feng Yuanyuan listened to Xu Ruyu's grim situation in Zhangtai one by one, and still did not waver at all, and said: "Zongzheng Xunda has many family businesses in Longyan, and it is not enough to take food from Longyan. ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head and said, "Zongzheng Xunda may not let us get our wish. At the end of July, in addition to landing in the Zhangtai area, the Puji bandits also landed between Longyan and Longquan, with the intention of completely driving the people of Longyan to Quanzhou Prefecture in the south, turning the Longyan area into a military buffer zone, and preventing our troops from infiltrating southward. ”

Xu Xing had a huge influence in the four cities of Zhangzhou Prefecture, and although the Zongzheng family had a heavy army in Longyan Zhangzhouyi, they could not stop the people's hearts from leaning towards Xu Ruyu. If the people move to Zhangtai on a large scale, the effect of the scorched earth policy can only last for one year, and with the talents of the people in the Lishui River Valley, it is still easy to persist for one year.

Feng Yuanyuan was silent, Xu Ruyu sometimes preferred to take risks by himself than put the sergeant and his subjects in danger, just looking at his tired face, he couldn't figure out whether he had a plan, and glanced at Zhou Shizhong on his side.

Zhou Shizhong said: "The Zhou people still have 5,000 vassals left in Zuojin, and in addition, I am afraid that there are only a few thousand people near Gantang Bay. Zhangtai City is broken, Jian'an Fort is broken, the stocks of the two sides have been robbed by the Puji bandits and Zongzheng Xunda, the grain storage in the mountains of Fujian will be taken away by the people who retreated south, and the grain stock in the entire Zhangtai may only count more than 12,000 quintals of Dongyang Fort, and the 6,000 people and 6,000 soldiers are counted, and the grain storage can support for a month and a half is already the limit. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The Xiaowei battalion can't only stay in Dongyang Fort, if it takes a detour in Zhangtai, the consumption will be greater, and this little grain storage can only last for a month. Gantang Bay is guarded at the mouth of Dazhang Creek, you can fish to satisfy your hunger, and we don't need to worry too much about it for the time being. In the near future, people should be sent to search for Zheng Mengzhun and the children of the Zheng family in Zhangtai. ”

The Zheng family is only slightly better than the Zhou family and the Li family in Zhangtai City. The elite of the Zheng clan of 2,500 people have been fighting against the pirates with Zheng Mengzhun for a long time, and their combat power is extremely strong, if they all stay in Jian'an Fort, Zongzheng Xunda will lose a few teeth even if he spit out Jian'an Fort, and he has to transfer Zheng Mengzhun away with a plan, so that Zheng Mengzhun and his youngest son Zheng Ke have a glimmer of life, but the third son, the fifth grandson and the female dependents of the family can not escape the doom, thinking of Zheng Mengzhun's youngest grandson when the full moon four months ago, his father took him to congratulate him, Zhou Shizhong sighed lightly.

The soldiers of the Zheng clan who were scattered by the bandits converged on Dongyang Fort one after another, until December 5, when the Zheng family's children gathered in Dongyang Fort reached 462 people, which was probably the only remaining strength of the Zheng family, Zheng Mengzhun and his son Zheng Ke still had no news.

Xu Ruyu was a little reluctant to see this mourning army, and their wives and children all died in this disaster. He had the intention of compiling the Zheng family and the Zhou family's clan soldiers into one, but he was worried about whether Feng Yuanyuan could control it.

Zhou Shilong lost one arm, but he recovered in just over ten days, his left arm hung in front of his chest, and his right hand held the eyebrow knife and Jingwei technique, but he frowned suddenly.

Xu Ruyu stood under the moon gate, sighed, and turned to leave.

Zhou Shilong exclaimed, "My lord." ”

Xu Ruyu turned around and looked over, instructed Zuo Jin, and said, "Call Zheng Zhixiang, Zhou Shizhong, and Feng Yuanyuan together." ”

Zheng Zhixiang is Zheng Mengzhun's nephew and the leader of this remnant army. Xu Ruyu looked at this young general who was the same age as him and had a beautiful appearance, but at this time his chest was filled with grief and anger, and said, "When will Zheng Gong and Zheng Ke go to Quanzhou?" ”

Zheng Zhixiang was slightly stunned, he didn't dare to look at Xu Ruyu's eyes as clear as hanging stars, and said in a low voice: "The last general was ambushed by Puji bandits in the south of Zhangtai City, and he was separated from the head of the family, Brother Zheng Ke. At the end of the day, bloodstained tears flowed from his eyes.

Among all the people in Southern Fujian, his father had the highest evaluation of Zheng Mengzhun. Zheng Mengzhun was only twenty years old when he followed his father to level the Ryukyu bandits, and his father relied on him very much, at this time he arranged everything, but he did not come to meet him, which could not help but make people sad.

Thinking of his father-in-law Wu Chu's desperate decision to sneak into Jiangjin alone to assassinate Zhang Dong, Xu Ruyu felt a pain in his heart, and resolutely said: "I want to organize the Zheng family and the Zhou family soldiers into the fourth battalion of the Xiaowei battalion, Shilong as the battalion captain, Zhixiang as the deputy, and the rank of the left lieutenant, do you have any opinions." ”

Zhou Shilong's expression perked up, and he looked at Zheng Zhixiang, only afraid that he would say something against it.

Zheng Zhixiang said: "I will listen to my lord's orders. ”

"Well, before Shilong recovered, the fourth battalion was stationed in Dongyang Fort and was not allowed to fight, and you should remember this for me from a long distance and Shizhong."

Zhou Shizhong was slightly stunned. Feng Yuanyuan was busy agreeing, if the fourth battalion was allowed to fight, whether he met the Puji bandits or the Zongzheng army, he would not be able to control it.

Zhou Shilong argued: "My injuries are no longer in progress. ”

Xu Ruyu raised his eyebrows and said sharply: "With your current strength, can you take my blow?" The light in his eyes was great, and the fighting spirit was blazing, which made Zhou Shizhong and others on his side feel pressure. Zhou Shilong's heart was suffocated, but he stood there with his head held high, and looked directly at Xu Ruyu's eyes like a sharp blade without giving in.

Xu Ruyu knew that if he was forced to go down, his future cultivation would definitely be greatly affected, so he raised his gaze, took out the saber on his waist, and pulled out the tip of the knife that Zhou Shilong was holding.

Zhou Shilong only felt a huge force coming from the black iron handle of the knife at the tip of his eyebrows, and although it was soft, he couldn't put it aside to stretch his right hand away.

Xu Ruyu saw that Zhou Shilong was shocked, and the corners of his mouth were oozing blood, but his hand did not let go of the eyebrow knife, he sighed in his heart, the head of the sword trembled slightly, and he was ruthless, and Zhou Shilong was shocked away from the knife and fell into the soft mud of the flower circle.

Zhou Shilong didn't expect that he really couldn't take Xu Ruyu's blow, and the depressed Ji sat on the muddy ground, only when his left arm was gone, his martial arts retreated to Si, and he cried loudly.

Zhou Shizhong was shocked in his heart, and then he was convinced that Xu Xingtian was talented, but Xu Ruyu was superior. Although he was worried about Shilong, seeing that Xu Ruyu didn't say anything with a straight face, he didn't know what to do, so he looked at Feng Yuanyuan beside him.

Feng Yuanyuan walked over and whispered to Zhou Shilong: "If the adults make a move in this way, few people in the world can block a few moves. Some time ago, Shilong had seen a starburst and lightning flash in the direction of Jian'an Fort, and that was the work of adults. I see that after Shilong recovers from his injury, his strength is not inferior to mine, so it is better to recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind. ”

Zhou Shilong was shocked, although he had never seen it in person, but he had also heard people describe that at that time, he would only send a vision from heaven when Zhangtai's grievances were too deep, but he didn't know that it was Xu Ruyu's reason.

Zhou Shizhong saw that his brother was shocked, and his frustration decreased slightly, but he didn't see what Feng Yuanyuan said to Shilong, and he could see such an immediate effect. But seeing Xu Ruyu shook his head slightly at Feng Yuanyuan and Zhou Shilong, he thought: What secrets do adults don't want to spread.

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