Zhou Shizhong and Zhou Shilong rushed to Zhongshan in Fujian overnight. After passing through the continuous military camp that stretched all the way to Zhongshan in Fujian, Zhou Shilong was shocked in his heart.

Zhou Shilong only held the position of battalion lieutenant, and had no right to know the overall situation, and he may not know much more about the arrangement of the combat layout than Gongliang Youqin or Zongzheng Xunda. However, the military camp in Guanshanzhong, the army transferred to the eastern foothills of central Fujian this time is by no means more than 10,000, I am afraid that there are as many as 20,000, plus the garrison in Zhangzhou City, the Qingyan Army has gathered 35,000 troops in the southern section of Fujian Mountain.

Xu Ruyu's painstaking concealment of 10,000 troops If it is just to paralyze Zongzheng Xunda's vigilance, it can be said that it has fallen into the void, after the Battle of Fuzhou, no one dares to take Xu Ruyu lightly, Zongzheng Xunda gathered 35,000 heavy troops in the Tiger Swallow Gorge can be seen. Not only that, but 10,000 elite troops were also drawn from Putian to assemble to the south of Yongjiabao.

Although he didn't know the details, looking at the scale of the military camp in front of him, Zhou Shilong knew that Xu Ruyu had a deep plan, if it was because of the death of Gongliang Xiaotian, Gongliang Youqin desperately went ashore to stir up the situation, and the Qingyan Army was very likely to be frustrated in Southern Fujian.

Zhou Shilong was worried for a while, and when he walked to Xu Ruyu's tent, he couldn't help but hesitate, glanced at his eldest brother Zhou Shizhong, straightened his clothes, and solemnly lifted the curtain and walked into the tent.

Xu Ruyu and the generals heard the details of the battle of Gantang, and they sighed with emotion, but they didn't show their faces. Although it is not difficult to trap Gongliang Xiaotian, it is too easy to die under Zhou Shilongzhong's gun.

Zheng Menghuai was also very surprised, and asked about some details of the battle of Gantang, and sighed: "Although Gongliang Xiaotian has high qualifications, he is stubborn and self-serving, and his people are really not enough. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded slowly, but shook his head again, and said softly: "Gongliang Xiaotian's talent is not enough to learn the trick of the eternal countercurrent. ”

Zheng Menghuai was slightly stunned, not knowing why Xu Ruyu made such an evaluation.

Tianji Xueqiu let Gongliang Xiaotian practice at will, in addition to gathering Gongliang Youqin and firmly tying Puji Island to Nanping's chariot, he also took a fancy to his extraordinary talent. In terms of martial arts cultivation, Gongliang Xiaotian can be compared with Zhang Zhongdao, Xu Jingcheng, Xun Zhuwu, Huo Qingtong and others, and is the best among young martial artists. The battle of Gantang was not enough to leave his surname, among the people in Gantang, Jun Shushui, Yang Shang, and Zhou Shilong were the highest, but Jun Shushui was still one line away from a grade, and Yang Shang and Zhou Shilong were even worse.

Zhou Shilong was also confused, and said secretly: Gongliang Xiaotian should be discouraged before he will be taken by himself, listening to what the adults said, it turns out that there are other details, but I don't know what it has to do with the eternal countercurrent.

Zheng Menghuai only knew that the Eternal Countercurrent Trick was the mastery of Tianji Xueqiu, and Gongliang Xiaotian was only a casual disciple of Tianji Xueqiu, and he was not qualified to practice this trick. There is another person who really inherits this art, that is, Rong Yanmen, the left governor of Nanping.

Zheng Menghuai remembered Fu Weichen's deeds of teaching Xu Ruyu "Dao Zesheng" in Mingyue Tower, and he was stunned, and said secretly: Then who will be the successor of Heavenly Master Mengduan?

Xu Ru foolishly saw that Zheng Menghuai was slightly distracted, only when he was thinking about the eternal countercurrent trick, he said: "The eternal countercurrent trick is the heart trick, Gongliang Xiaotian has been serving the heavenly machine Xueqiu for several years, and the cultivation is advancing by leaps and bounds, which is the subtle change of this trick exercise, but after the battle of Fuzhou, his people are no longer the original ambition, and his heart is mostly angry, and his cultivation is afraid that it will decline a lot." If you talk about his skills before the Battle of Fuzhou, if you want to keep him in Gantang, the price you pay will definitely not be light. This is also something I didn't think about beforehand. ”

Zheng Menghuai saw that Xu Ru's foolish words had the meaning of excusing Zhou Shilong, and his heart was relieved, after all, there must be someone in Zhangzhou who has a place in the army, and among the people in Zhangzhou, only Zhou Shilong can carve, think about it, and said: "How can you expect everything, if you know this, you should let Shilong, Zhixiang and Xiao Ke go to Yongyang." ”

Zhou Shilong couldn't help but be secretly anxious, didn't Zheng Menghuai's words mean that he would leave the Zhangzhou battlefield at this time? wanted to speak out to argue for himself, but when he saw Zheng Menghuai staring at himself with a calm face, he breathed out hatefully, turned around and looked to the side, and stopped talking.

But it was Zhou Shizhong who knew Zheng Menghuai's heart of maintenance, and he was grateful. The Xiao Guards had made great contributions, but because of the Zhou Shilong Branch, it is very likely that they will now have to bear the huge pressure from Puji's side. No matter what the outcome of this battle is, Zhou Shilong will eventually be squeezed out of the Xiaowei army, and it will be difficult to get ahead, so he will not be transferred to other armies at this time. Seeing that Xu Ruyu was indecisive, he secretly thought: Maybe he and Shilong were present, and it was inconvenient for adults to make a decision, so he withdrew from the big tent with Shilong.

Walking into the distance, seeing that Shilong was still indignant, Zhou Shizhong couldn't help but feel a little angry on his head, and reprimanded: "Even if Gongliang is innocent, you shouldn't fight for merit." ”

Xu Ruyu saw Zhou Shizhong's brother walk out of the tent and said: "Zheng Gong suggested this, and Ruyu adopted it, but at this time, let Shilong and Zhixiang leave Nanmin, I'm afraid they will be unwilling, I will transfer them to my side to participate in the military, and when the battle of Nanmin is over, I will be transferred to the Yongyang army." ”

Xu Ruyu is also the governor of Qingjiang and Yongyang, and the governor of the same county, but he has not opened the government and extended the curtain. When the curtain was really opened, Xu Boying, Shao Haitang, Yi Guanyuan, Mei Tierui, Shen Deqian, Uncle Sun Fangwu, Jiang Youli and others all had to be crowned with the title of "Governor of the Military Territory", so that they could know about the important affairs of the military aircraft, but they were afraid that this title might not be adopted at that time.

It's just that now is not the time to discuss this, Zheng Menghuai retracted his thoughts and said: "Gongliang Xiaotian was buried in Gantang Bay, it is difficult to predict how Gongliang Youqin will react, if there are really tens of thousands of bandits pouring into Zhangtai, it will be really difficult to do." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The situation in Southern Fujian cannot be delayed, if it cannot be resolved in one battle, it can only be solved by finding another way." ”

Looking for another way, do you want to coexist with Zongzheng Xun Dagou?

Zheng Menghuai struck a spirit, looking at the generals present, they were all very indifferent.

Ming Xi, Liang Bao, Ming Na, Ban Zhaolin and others had no friendship with the people of Zhangtai, and if they had to use Zhangtai to blockade the Puji bandits from the south, but no one agreed to carry out the battle of Nanmin in such a hurry, they were all supporters of "finding another way".

Zheng Menghuai took a step forward and said earnestly: "Can you let me temporarily take charge of the Zhangtai military, with me, can I ensure that the construction of Anbao is worry-free?" ”

Zheng Menghuai is the ruler of Zhangzhou, and according to the system, he can only participate in the military and cannot directly lead the troops, but his hatred for the Zongzheng family does not allow him to scruple about this link, and bluntly asks for the military and political affairs of Zhangtai.

Xu Ruyu shook his head and said: "Gongliang Youqin may not take Zhangtai even if he goes ashore, if Zongzheng Xunda is not afraid of the collusion with Gongliang Youqin to be announced to the world, Gongliang Youqin can directly land from Longyan and form an encirclement of our army with the Southern Fujian Guards in Hutong Gorge." The Jinghai camp cannot be contacted, but I believe that Wei Yu will not turn a blind eye to the large-scale changes on Puji Island. After a moment's hesitation, he said: "The existence of this variable on Puji Island no longer allows us to lay out calmly, so let's launch it in turn from midnight today." ”

Tu Wenyong, who raised the pen, said sideways: "Proposed commendation order, the battle of Gantang has won a considerable amount of time for our army to launch the battle of Nanmin in an all-round way, and I hope that the people of Gantang will overcome everything and make persistent efforts." ”

Tu Wenyong thought about it, although it was a commendation order, it was to give Yang Shang enough time to launch the Battle of Southern Fujian. There are only 6,000 soldiers in Gantang Bay, half of whom have just been transferred from Tunting to active duty.

Xu Ruyu ignored Tu Wenyong's pen and continued: "The Zhangzhou battlefield was controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and the Baiyi Army, the Xiaowei Army, and the Su Guard Army were all under its control, Feng Yuanyuan, Wei Yan, Ma Jieting, Ziyang Yalan, Ming Na, Zhou Shizhong, and Jiang Jue'er were all under their control. ”

Wei Yan and Ma Jieting were trapped in Yongjiabao at this time, and they were afraid that this military order would not be transmitted. Tu Wenyong put aside the commendation order and concentrated on recording this military order.

"Liang Bao, Zheng Menghuai, Ban Zhaolin, Tu Wenyong, Zhou Shilong and others form a task force and are under my direct jurisdiction."

Everyone was excited before the big battle, and they all prepared for the details that had been agreed on a long time ago.

On May 22, the 54th year of the new dynasty, on the second night after Gantang, Zongzheng Xunda learned the news that Gongliang Xiaotian was buried by the Dazhang River in the camp of Hutong Gorge, and he hurriedly sent the camp owners to the edict, and said excitedly: "Puji is newly defeated in Gantang, and Gongliang Xiaotian is martyred. ”

Zong Zhengqu was indigestible for a while, and asked abruptly: "The Puji Water Battalion has the advantage of warships, how can Yang Shang overcome it?" ”

Zong Zheng Xunda's face was slightly constricted, and he handed the military information book to Zong Zhengqu.

Zong Zhengqu was shocked and said: "The turbulent giant tree has washed away nearly a hundred strong ships, how can Gongliang Xiaotian not guard against the bend of Qishan?" ”

Set up layers of sets, it is impossible to prevent it, Gongliang Xiaotian may not be afraid of the curve rapids at first, but the south cliff is scrambling, the Gantang defenders are not fake, it is Yang Shang is also the last dozens of people to break through, and then Li Yin personally led the water camp in Pinghu to intercept the Puji water camp, in danger and did not return, at this time Yang Shang drove the army to recapture the south cliff, in this case, Gongliang Xiaotian let the Chinese military camp grab the corner, but when crossing the corner, the rapid water carried Wanmu down, a ship capsized, and collided with the rear ship, so that the Puji water camp 100 warships were destroyed in a flash.

Yan Xun saw that the military intelligence was written briefly, but the thrill in this battle can be imagined. During the Battle of Hutian, Yan Xun retreated to Quanzhou. After the loss of Zhangzhou, he was dismissed from the post of governor of Zhangzhou, and this time he asked his brother Yan Qingyi to rush to the Hutongxia camp with Zongzheng Ji Wang.

Looking up and looking around, it was hard to hide the excitement, as if Gongliang Youqin would lead tens of thousands of troops from Zhangtai to the shore tomorrow, and he couldn't see the danger of Qingyan's military strategy in the battle of Gantang. The southernmost point of Puji Island is only three voyages away from Zhangtai, how could Xu Ruyu not fully consider the Puji forces before the war, even if the death of Gongliang Xiaotian will make many of Xu Ruyu's arrangements fall into the void, Xu Ruyu can withdraw from the eastern platform area of Zhangtai and retreat to the line of Jian'an Fort and Dongyang Fort.

The sequelae of Zongzheng Xunda's scorched earth policy in Zhangtai gradually became apparent, the most obvious of which was the difficulty of continuing to recruit soldiers.

Nanmin is a very thorough county of the family clan, most of the arable land is controlled by the family, because the people are also controlled by the family, the Nanmin guard is a private soldier from various families, the basis of the conscription system in Nanmin is the private army system of the family, in addition to the standing system of 70,000 guards, if Nanmin wants to collect guards on a large scale, but it has to rely on the private soldiers of each family to supplement.

After the scorched earth tragedy in Zhangtai, the Nanmin family knew that this was caused by the joint efforts of the Zongzheng family and Puji, so they did not secretly leave a hand, although they did not dare to resist openly, they received the conscription order and said yes, but there was no movement in the past ten days. This is also the reason why Zongzheng Xunda is anxious to ask Puji to send troops.

Xu Ruyu naturally saw this, and sent a large number of masters to kill the messengers of Southern Fujian in the hinterland of Southern Fujian, which made the various families of Southern Fujian have more reason to shirk the various military orders of Zongzheng Xunda.

If it is as expected, Xu Ruyu is also sending people to lobby the various families in Southern Fujian at this time, and a Yongjiabao has hit the key point of Southern Fujian, if there is really a Yongjiabao, Southern Fujian is in danger.

Zong Zheng Xunda didn't have all Yan Xun's worries, and said in a loud voice: "The landing of the Puji friendly army is imminent, if Xu Ruyu doesn't want to get nothing from this trip, there will be action in the near future, and you all have to cheer up the spirit of twelve points in the near future." ”

Zong Zheng Ji Wang said hesitantly: "The death of the main general is not an accident. The words stopped abruptly everywhere, but the meaning in the words was obvious: since Xu Ruyu had set up a trap in Gantang, how could he ignore the crisis caused by the death of Gongliang Xiaotian?

Zongzheng Xunda's face sank, and he asked, "What other strength does Xu Ruyu have to stop the Puji friendly army from going ashore from Zhangtai?" ”

Zong Zheng Ji Wang was stunned for a moment, narrowed his eyelids to avoid Zong Zheng Xunda's gloomy eyes, and said in a low voice: "If Xu Ruyu and Zhu Fan's two families secretly make peace, then the military strength that he can finally transfer into front of him will definitely not be more than the 45,000 people in front of him. ”

"Do you mean that Xu Ruyu is counting my Nanmin and Puji Island together?" Zong Zheng Xun Dalang laughed, and then said, "What good will Fan Che and Zhu Lianzhi do if they return to Xu Ruyu? Ji Wangqi is worried. ”

Now the family that I don't want to see Xu Ruyu sitting on the big side is to count the Zhu and Fan clans, and Fan Che's surrender of Yueqing City to Gongliang Youqin in the Battle of Fuzhou is a death certificate. If it weren't for Gongliang Xiaotian's misconduct in slaughtering the city, the outcome of the Battle of Fuzhou would not have been predictable. Zhu Fan and the two clans have no possibility of making peace with Xu Ruyu. Despite this, Yan Xun was still faintly uneasy in his heart. Thinking of the woman in Quanzhou City who remotely controlled the political situation in Southern Fujian, I couldn't help but think: What would she think if she learned the details of the Battle of Gantang?

But at this time, I only heard a commotion in the tent, and vaguely heard someone shouting "The Qingyan Army is coming", thinking: Where did the Qingyan Army come from, but when I heard the messenger so open, I was depressed in my heart, and secretly thought: It's better to fight a decisive battle in advance, and if it drags on, the morale is afraid that General Qingfeng's prestige will be overwhelmed.

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