After the news of the Jinghai camp's movement to Puji Island was confirmed, Gongliang Youqin became more and more sure that Xu Ruyu wanted to launch a general war in northern Fujian, in order to completely reverse the power pattern in southern Fujian.

The Qingjiang cavalry battalion forcibly reinforced Yongjiabao through the blockade of the Nanmin Wei Battalion, confirming the speculation that Yongjiabao had long been attached to Xu Ruyu. Yongjiabao is the gateway to central Fujian and southern Fujian, but before Zhangzhou City was lost, the status of Yongjiabao was not obvious, at best it was only a dangerous pass in the back of Zhangzhou City, after all, there was still a Tiger Swallow Gorge passage between Zhangzhou City and Longyan Yi.

Xu Ruyu used Yongjiabao, which Zongzheng and the Yan clan could not afford to lose, as bait to attract the Southern Fujian Guards to Yongjiabao. Yongjia Fort is embedded in the small green mountain, and if the Southern Fujian Guard Battalion wants to attack Yongjia Fort, it is bound to divide the troops into two ways. Xu Ruyu divided the Nanmin Guard Battalion into two parts with the unique terrain of Yongjiabao, and Xu Ruyu joined forces to attack one side first, and then attacked the Nanmin Guard on the other side through Yongjiabao, so as to achieve the intention of the campaign. ”

"If Zongzheng Xunda hadn't realized that Xu Ruyu had hidden troops in Zhangtai for a long time, the Battle of Fuzhou would most likely be repeated in northern Fujian."

After coming to such a conclusion, Gongliang Youqin on the one hand ordered the Puji bandits in Wenling City to instigate in the direction of Yueqing, and together with the Zhu and Fan clans of Yuejun, they put pressure on the Qingyan Army in Qingjiang Prefecture, so that Qingjiang Prefecture could no longer draw troops to Southern Fujian; On the one hand, 5,000 people from the South Reef Island of Shuiying were ordered to respond to the coast of Zhangtai, so that Gongliang Xiaotian could directly cross Wuling Mountain and join the Shuiying fleet; On the one hand, inform the Southern Fujian family of the abnormality of the Qingyan Army, so that the Southern Fujian Guards can be fully prepared; He returned to Puji Island to deal with the Jinghai camp led by Wei Yu.

After the Qingyan Army attacked Zhangzhou City, Zongzheng Xunda urgently ordered Zongzheng Jiwang to mobilize 10,000 guards from Southern Fujian to rush to Hutun Gorge to join him, and ordered Yan Qingyi to transfer 10,000 guards from Putian to the south of Yongjiabao to cooperate with the offensive in the north.

Zongzheng Xunda received a secret letter from Gongliang Youqin, and when he saw Gongliang Youqin's solemn tone in the letter, he felt a trace of anger at him. However, knowing the combat strength of the Southern Fujian Guards, it is not a problem to capture Yongjiabao, but to recapture Zhangzhou City, Puji only dispatched the water battalion of the South Reef Island is slightly insufficient.

Zongzheng Xunda asked Lin Ji to invite him to discuss Puji's direct dispatch of troops, but before the topic was opened, the news came that the Qingyan Army was transiting from Jian'an Fort on a large scale.

Although it was expected, but after that, Zongzheng Xunda was still taken aback, looking at the silk book in his hand in a daze, and after a while, he came back to his senses.

Zong Zhengqu took the silk book and read: "More than 10,000 young thieves passed through Jian'an Fort at noon on the twelfth, and then went south next to the wild trail at the eastern foot of Fujian Mountain, all the way to the flag, and when the mountain people were tied up and walked with the army, it was 200 miles away from the Tiger Swallow Gorge at night. He glanced up at Zongzheng Xunda and said: "Xu Ruyu controls the area north of Jian'an Fort, and several good men in the army are folded in Zhangtai, but it is worth it to exchange for such a military situation." ”

Lin Ji laughed secretly: The Qingyan Army passed Jian'an Fort before the scouts of the Southern Fujian Guards discovered it, which shows that the scouts of the Southern Fujian Guards still can't penetrate the area north of Jian'an Fort, let alone the area between Zhangzhou City and Qingfeng City.

Zong Zhengqu didn't know what Lin Ji was thinking, and said to himself: "When my father transferred troops from Quanzhou, the child was still puzzled, and at this time I realized the deep meaning of my father, it turned out that my father had already guessed that Xu Ruyu was hiding his combat power in Zhangtai. ”

Nanmin has assembled 33,000 combat forces in Hutun Gorge, 5,000 more combat forces in Longyan City, and 10,000 guards are gathering to the south of Yongjiabao. If Xu Ruyu wanted to ensure victory in the battle that was about to break out at Yongjiabao, he should mobilize no less than 40,000 troops, that is, the same number of Southern Fujian guards north of Yongjiabao.

Zongzheng Xunda glanced left and right, and said: "Yongjiabao is the gateway to Quanzhou and Putian, and it must not fall into the hands of Xu Ruyu, so he gathered heavy troops and conspired with Zhu Qing without losing anything. ”

Although the Qingjiang cavalry battalion rushed to Yongjiabao to reinforce it, after all, there were only 500 people (including the Baiyi secret camp), and the way for the Qingyan Army to reinforce Yongjiabao had been completely blocked, and everyone under the seat had no worries about recapturing Yongjiabao. It's just that when Zong Zhengqu attacked Yongjia Fort on May 8, the siege equipment was destroyed by Majie Pavilion, and now he has to rebuild the siege equipment. As soon as the siege equipment is completed, it will launch a rapid offensive and take Yongjia Fort in one fell swoop.

However, Zongzheng Xunda did not rush to make siege equipment, and he must have other plans. Everyone looked at Zongzheng Xunda together, and when they saw the smug look that couldn't be hidden in the corners of his eyes, they all thought: The king of the county must have thought of the magic of dealing with the Qingyan Army.

Zongzheng Xunda glanced at Lin Ji and said: "Yongjiabao is the death hole of Southern Fujian, can you see that Jian'an Fort is the death hole of the Qingyan Army?" Jian'an Fort controls the passage of the Dazhang Valley in Zhongshan Min, and as long as Jian'an Fort is captured, the Qingyan Army that entered Zhangtai will be cut off from retreating. ”

"But we can't send troops to attack Jian'an Fort, and if there is any trouble here, we can't hide it from Zhangzhou City, Xu Ruyu's soldiers and horses in Zhangtai can quickly return to Jian'an Fort, and we have nothing to do."

"What if there is a surprise attack on Puji Island to build a fort?"

Zongzheng Xunda's gaze stopped on Lin Ji's face, and when he saw him for a while, he showed a look of sudden realization, and he couldn't help but be very disdainful in his heart, thinking: If it weren't for the secret fire plan of the empty camp of Majie Pavilion in the battle of protecting the field, how could Zhangzhou City be lost so easily?

Lin Ji said: "Xu Ruyu has 15,000 combat power in Zhangzhou City, 7,000 combat power in Gantang, and more than 10,000 combat power to advance to Longyan territory. ”

Zong Zheng Xunda said: "Zhangzhou City is three days away from Jian'an Fort, and the only way to quickly return to Jian'an Fort is the Gantang garrison and the Qingyan Army that sneaked to us on this road, and the Gantang garrison returned to Jian'an Fort to help me is exactly what I want, as long as our army manages to drag the Qingyan Army that entered Longyan, your department will directly come over to participate in the encirclement and annihilation." ”

Lin Ji knew that the battle of northern Fujian was also very important to Puji Island, so he no longer shirked, but said: "This can only be decided after seeing my handsome, I have more than 1,000 people under my command, and I hope that the prince will be the ruler on my behalf." Zongzheng Xunda was counting on Puji's reinforcements, and he was not afraid that he would sacrifice his own men.

Lin Ji said goodbye to Zongzheng Xunda, joined the Puji Shuiying Nanjiao Island Fleet cruising in the sea on the east side of Zhangtai, met Gongliang Xiaotian, and told all the military information of Longyan and Zhangtai.

Gongliang Xiaotian breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thought: Xu Ruyu is also this trick, and thought: Xu Ruyu is a plan for today, and he can hide 15,000 combat power near Dongyang Fort on the occasion of the relocation of the people last year, which can be said to be a repetition of the Battle of Fuzhou.

Gongliang Xiaotian smiled, and couldn't help but hate why he hadn't found Xu Ruyu's loopholes in Zhangzhou's layout.

Gongliang Xiaotian did not agree with the suggestion of a surprise attack on Jian'an Fort, and said: "Xu Ruyu will not realize the importance of Jian'an Fort, even if our army lands from the north of Zhangbei and besieges Jian'an Fort before the Gantang Qingyan Army returns to help, but there is still a hard battle to fight in attacking Jian'an Fort, if it cannot be taken within three or five days, and all units of the Qingyan Army quickly go to help, is our army not in danger?" ”

The Puji army could not obtain grain and grass from Zhangtai, and its entry into Zhangtai would not last. Thinking of this, Lin Ji couldn't help but feel very remorseful, and when he saw Gongliang Xiaotian's face not hiding his contempt, he said in a muffled voice: "According to the young marshal's intentions, what should our army do?" ”

Gongliang Xiaotian said: "It is foolproof to capture Gantang, even if Zongzheng Xunda cannot capture Yongjiabao, my Puji army can also defend Longyan City for him." I couldn't help but look smug on my face.

Lin Ji was surprised in his heart, but he didn't ask the reason and looked away.

Gongliang Xiaotian felt very bored, and the smug expression on his face sank, and there was no trace.

Lin Ji retracted his gaze, and then took over the topic of Gongliang Xiaotian and asked, "Why did the young marshal say this?" ”

Gongliang Xiaotian was slightly stunned, so he saved Lin Ji from doing this deliberately, thinking that Lin Ji's power on Puji Island was not weak, he let out a cold snort in his nose, and said impatiently: "Xu Ruyu uses Yongjiabao as bait, how can he allow Yongjiabao to be easily lost?" If there is no participation of our Puji army, even if Zongzheng Xunda calmly arranges it, the victory or defeat of the Southern Fujian Association is also five or five. Xu Ruyu's combat intentions are fully revealed, as long as our troops capture Gantang Bay, they can slowly discuss with Zongzheng Xunda. Over the years, he has relied on a million loads of grain and grass every year, and has never given me a false color on Puji Island, but this time he wants to get it back. ”

When Lin Ji returned from Hutong Gorge, he was full of confidence, and after Gongliang Xiaotian mentioned this, he knew that the people in Nanmin were not very thoughtful, but he didn't want to see Gongliang Xiaotian get carried away, and only said: "The 5,000 naval troops on Nanjiao Island are not bargaining chips, but this Gantang Bay may not be able to be attacked. ”

Gongliang Xiaotian's brows furrowed, and his expression was quite impatient.

Lin Ji saw it in his eyes, but he didn't notice it, asked for a light boat, led more than a dozen escorts to leave the boat, and headed for Puji Island.

In the early morning of the next day when Lin Ji left, Gongliang Xiaotian ordered the Puji Water Camp to force towards Gantang Fort.

Xu Ruyu landed on the land of southern Fujian in Gantang Bay last year, and asked Mo Nian to lead thousands of people in the Gantang area to build Gantang Fort and Gantang Port on the north bank of Dazhang River and in the alluvial plain at the southern foot of Qishan.

On the south bank of the sharp bend of Dazhang Creek, Yang Shang looked at the turbulent water under the cliff reflecting the lush banks of the river to pieces, from his grim face, he could not see the optimism of this battle, Zheng Cangsheng stood aside, his left hand clenched the sword, and his knuckles were pinched white.

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