In the early morning of May 7, a column of wolf smoke rose from the direction of Zhangzhou City and pierced the sky.

Zong Zhengqu, who had not slept all night, did not have a single star of sleepiness, but was only slightly scarlet. In the early hours of the morning, Majie Pavilion suddenly opened the gate of the fort with eight hundred elites, rushed out of the fort, and caught the Nanmin guards who attacked the fort by surprise.

Zong Zhengqu was annoyed that the siege equipment was destroyed, looked at the wolf smoke rising above Zhangzhou City, and said coldly: "Wei Yan, this guy, really dare to use the three hundred sons of the Qingjiang cavalry battalion to attack my Zhangzhou City?" Before the words fell, the beacon fire posts near Zhangzhou rose up to pierce the blue sky with columnar wolf smoke, "clang", the talisman halberd fell off his hand unconsciously, Zong Zhengqu said in surprise: "Xu Ru is foolish in Zhangzhou? The body swayed slightly, and when he was about to take a step, he stumbled, tripped the halberd under his feet, and rushed forward a few steps before he was supported left and right.

"There are 2,000 elites in Zhangzhou City, and there are still 500 elite soldiers outside the south gate, so it will not be a problem to guard until noon, and it is still too late to return to Zhangzhou City." The Captain of the Protector said.

The seven thousand men and horses receded like the tide, and there was only one place left in disarray. Ma Jieting's face was still worried, and he said to the general: "Let all the people in the fort move to the Chengling Mountains, if you voluntarily stay behind the young and strong people who defend the fort, I will ask for the household registration of the Qingyan Army after the service." ”

Seeing Cao San and Xue Mingrui, who were shocked on the other side, explained: "Yongjiabao is the last gateway to northern Fujian, and Zongzheng Xunda will not be willing to fall into the hands of others. ”

When Ma Jieting and Guan Jian secretly met Xu Ruyu, Xu Ruyu also said: "As expected, Yongjiabao will be surrounded by the north and south of the Southern Fujian Guards. However, in this case, until the last moment, Majieting will not reveal a single star.

When Zong Zhengqu led his army twenty miles away from Zhangzhou City, the faint sound of fighting in Zhangzhou City gradually fell silent.

Zong Zhengqu's face turned pale, he didn't dare to expect that the Qingyan Army would automatically retreat after attacking for half a day.

The sound of the battle that he heard was quite profound, thinking that Qingyan had already invaded the city at that time, although he was unwilling, Zong Zhengqu already understood: Zhangzhou City no longer belonged to Zong Zheng's family.

The herald ordered the army to camp on the spot, and led hundreds of Jingwei to Zhangzhou City, gradually approaching the city, only to see a flag hanging above the south gate of Zhangzhou City, and the ancient seal "Feng" was written, only to know that Feng Yuanyuan, the chief general of the Xiaowei battalion, had secretly sneaked to Zhangzhou City, and the 7,000 soldiers in Gantang Bay were just fake soldiers and suspected soldiers.

Zong Zhengqu was frightened in his heart, he didn't know what to do, and when he was thinking about it, he saw the south gate of the city wide open, hundreds of horsemen clashed, and rushed to the side, and the person at the head was the fierce look of Wei Yan, and the snow-white blade of the standard saber raised in his right hand reflected his rough face.

Zong Zhengqu was shocked in his heart, and before he could give the order, he rushed to the camp twenty miles away.

After Wei Yan led a total of 500 soldiers from the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion and the Baiyi Secret Battalion to bite the Zongzheng Qujing Guard, the sabers were able to get the tail of the last horse, and these two groups of men and horses became a team at first glance.

The Nanmin camp saw the main general rushing towards the village under the protection of hundreds of elite guards, only to hear Zong Zhengqu shouting: "The archers reject the thief." ”

Zong Zhengqu was included in the main formation, the Jingwei cavalry turned right to the west side, and Wei Yan and hundreds of knights behind him appeared in the eyes of everyone in Southern Fujian.

Wei Yan did not stop, and rushed towards the middle camp.

The camp of the Southern Fujian Guards has not stopped, and seeing that the main general has fled in a hurry, it has not yet formed a blocking formation, and has already led the team to rush over.

When Zong Zhengqu saw that Wei Yan led the team to leave in the dust, he was terrified in his heart, and thought to himself: If there is another team of elite foot soldiers in Wei Yan's team, this big battalion will not be able to be saved.

The foot soldiers followed the cavalry and galloped for more than 20 miles, how much combat power was left? Wei Yan thought: If there are 2,000 elite horsemen, they can cut down the Zongzheng Qu.

After a while, Zong Zhengqu listened to the remnants of the fleeing soldiers in Zhangzhou City describe the siege of the Qingyan Army in detail.

Last night, Wei Yan led the Qingjiang cavalry camp outside the southern city to shout and rush, most of the few defenders in Zhangzhou City were sucked into the southern city to defend, and the Xiaowei battalion attacked the various beacon fire posts outside the northern city at night, and marched to the northern city in the early morning, the Qingyan army had already laid down nearly 100 secret rooms in the city, and suddenly occupied the north gate of the city road, opened the north city gate, the north city defenders were only three hundred, and they could not recapture the north gate for a while.

After Wei Yan led the team to defeat the 500-man team, he crossed the northern city, and the defenders of Zhangzhou City surrendered to the enemy except for 600 dead soldiers.

Zong Zhengqu's expression was gloomy, he looked at the few remnants kneeling on the ground in the tent, and said, "Why can't you die righteously? ”

Left and right hugged these remnants of the soldiers, Zong Zhengqu heard the screams outside the camp, his heart was as hard as iron, and after a while, he suddenly realized: Wei Yan went south to reinforce Yongjiabao. I thought again: The Hutian Volunteer Battalion in Yongjiabao and the Xiaowei Battalion in Zhangzhou City have exceeded the headquarters, wouldn't it be a big deal if they were surrounded here?

I regretted it in my heart, and I had to slowly retreat to the mouth of the Hutong Gorge to set up camp, where I peeked at the narrow plain between Zhangzhou City and Yongjiabao, waited for reinforcements from Longyan, and prevented Zhangzhou City from continuing to send reinforcements to Yongjiabao.

When Feng Yuanyuan attacked Zhangzhou City, Zongzheng Xunda was unifying 15,000 elites to march in the direction of Hutong Gorge, still more than 200 miles away from Hutong Gorge, and the enemy police wolf smoke could not spread so far, but after a long time, the sentinel who found the abnormal situation presented the changes in Zhangzhou City to Zongzheng Xunda.

Zong Zheng Xunda's face instantly darkened, and he understood in his heart: Xu Ruyu's plan for Zhangzhou City would not be a temporary idea, and the dispute over Yongjiabao to protect the land may be a trick set by Xu Ruyu for himself, intending to lure the troops in Zhangzhou to Yongjiabao. The city of Zhangzhou is more auspicious and less auspicious.

Zongzheng Xun Daqiang pressed the remorse in his heart, and asked as calmly as possible: "Where is the Zhangzhou Metropolitan Mansion now?" ”

"The leader of the prince is going from Yongjiabao to aid Zhangzhou City."

Zong Zhengqu pondered for a moment and said: "Proposed order: If you can recapture Zhangzhou, you will stick to it and wait for help, otherwise you will set up camp in the Tiger Swallow Gorge, and don't let the Tiger Swallow Gorge fall into the hands of the enemy." "Another order," 5,000 people in the northeast of Longyan should return to Longyan City as soon as possible, and the lieutenant of Nanmin County should do his best to guard Quanzhou and quickly go to Hutong Gorge, so that Yan Qingyi, the governor of Putian, will command the troops and go to the front of Yongjiabao to stand by. ”

At the southern foot of Zhongshan in Fujian, on a verdant and dangerous peak close to the Hutong Gorge, Xu Ruyu, Zheng Menghuai, Ao Fang, Liang Bao, and Tu Wenyong, with the support of Jingwei, looked at the fireworks that gradually died out in Zhangzhou City, and were silent.

Xu Ruyu looked far away, the spring mountain was twilight, the sky was full of mist, and the scene of the plain under the mountain had gradually blurred.

Liang Bao stepped forward and said: "The war in Zhangzhou has been settled, Mr. should go to the city to preside over the overall situation." ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head and said slowly: "The military information of the four sides is gathered, this is the center, and when you enter the city of Zhangzhou, the military information of Longyan and Quanzhou will not be delivered until half a day late." Zongzheng Xunda's reaction determines the scale of this battle and the way of the battle, so I'd better stay here. ”

Tu Wenyong took the military information that had just been transmitted, hurriedly read it, handed it over to Xu Ruyu, and said: "Zong Zhengqu's 7,000 soldiers and horses set up camp in Hutun Gorge, and set up a large number of roadblocks to resist horses in Datong from Zhangzhou to Yongjiabao. ”

"He is here to prevent my Zhangzhou soldiers and horses from going to aid Yongjiabao. More than 300 miles of wilderness between Zhangzhou City and Qingfeng City were under the control of our army, which made him have the consciousness that there was no hope of retaking Zhangzhou, but Yongjiabao was a thorn in the eyes of Zongzheng and the Yan family, and he was not allowed to pull it out. Xu Ruyu sighed and thought: If it weren't for the situation, I really didn't want to put Yongjiabao in such a dangerous situation.

Zheng Menghuai thought: Ru Yusheng's surname is cautious, but Yongjiabao's risky plan is the wonder of the overall situation, and even if it is not good, it can hold Zhangzhou City steadily, and turn the decline in Southern Fujian last year. Occupying Zhangzhou City, the original Wulingyi area can be guarded by virtue of the moat of Minzhong Mountain and Zhencheng Ridge. But Xu Ruyu won't stop there.

At night, Zongzheng Xun Datong led 15,000 soldiers and horses to appear on the mountain road at the eastern foot of Fujian, one hundred and thirty miles away from the Hutong Gorge.

Xu Ruyu looked at the military situation, calculated in his heart, and said: "This is the most elite combat power in Southern Fujian." ”

After pondering for a moment, he said: "The purpose of urgently ordering Yang Shangtong's troops to enter Longyan and choose a place is to spy on the five thousand troops defending the city in Longyan, and not to make any changes. He turned to Xifang and said, "Uncle Ao Fang, you and the five elites of the Yanwutang led the elite of the Yanwu Hall to freely hunt the scouts and messengers of the Southern Fujian Guards between Longyan, Longquan, and Quanzhou. ”

"If I take this away, the guards here will be weak." The students of the Yanwutang need to serve as Xu Ruyu's Jingwei, and then fill in the various armies or enter the higher level of cultivation in the Yanwutang.

Xu Ruyu said unconcernedly: "This patrol sentinel network in Zhongshan is the best guard here, and enemy detectives can't infiltrate it. ”

Ao Fang is not afraid of Xu Ruyu's personal safety, but he is afraid that if he is attacked here, his own military intelligence network will be affected, and the military information will not be able to accurately transmit the situation, delaying the military aircraft. Seeing Xu Ruyu say this, he didn't say anything anymore, but pulled Tu Wenyong aside and said: "If you want to go to danger, you should try your best to stop it." ”

Tu Wenyong was slightly stunned, and immediately understood that after the outbreak of the war, Liang Bao and Zheng Menghuai would definitely be dispatched everywhere to preside over the overall situation, and only he would always stay by Xu Ruyu's side, and said: "Ao Jiaoxi, no one can twist the temper of adults, I should try my best to stop it." ”

Ao Fang thought about it, didn't say anything more, and led more than 200 people to the southeast in the light of the night.

Ziyang Yalan's 4,000 Baiyi army is only 60 miles away from Zhangzhou City, and the 6,000 Baiyi army led by Ming Na has already left the newly built Qingfeng City in the afternoon, and the 15,000 Su Guards and 3,000 Baiyi army under the command of Ming Xi set off from Cuishi Peak less than half an hour, and received an urgent military order from Pegasus: from the newly built passage between Cuishi Peak and Dongyang Fort, quickly interspersed into Longyan territory to standby.

Lishui zigzags to the southeast and goes up to the center of Wuling Mountain, where the Cuishi Peak is located, and goes southwest to Wulingyi, which is collectively referred to as Qingfeng Gorge through several canyons and valleys, since last year, Xu Ruyu has done his best to adjust tens of thousands of Ding, open up the passage between Cuishi Ridge and Dongyang, and succeed in May, so that the distance between Cuishi Peak and Dongyang Fort in Zhangtai is shortened to less than 200 miles, and there is a distance of less than 300 miles from Dongyang Fort to the north of Longyan, and the whole journey is about 480 li. It is two days closer than the more than 700 miles from Qingfeng Gorge to Jian'anbao through the Dazhang Valley passage in Minzhongshan, and then to the north of Longyan.

It was difficult for the scouts of Southern Fujian to move in the wasteland south of Qingfeng City, let alone go deep into the Wuling Mountain, and they were unaware of the abnormal movement of the Qingyan Army.

But in the cloud mountains, Sanmiao is quite clear about every move under the mountain.

Liu Guanwutang took the report from his subordinates, handed it to Di Fu, and said: "Xu Ruyu dispatched a huge number of soldiers and horses to pour into the territory of Southern Fujian, and a few days ago he actually sent an envoy to let my Sanmiao not prevent his troops from taking refuge in Zhenchengling, Di Qing, what do you think?" ”

Di Fu said: "The soldiers and horses of the Qingyan Army finally entering Southern Fujian will be more than 40,000, with such a force, it is hard to imagine that Xu Ruyu will have the worry of defeat. Although it is said that there is no need to ...... Xu Ru foolishly, there is no need to think about defeat before thinking about defeat."

Liu Guan Wutang said with a touch in his heart: "If the four thousand Baiyi army near Wuling City enter Zhangzhou City with Feng Yuanyuan's Xiaowei battalion, what will happen if Di Qing is in Xu Ruyu's position?" ”

Di Fu replied hesitantly while pondering: "In that case, Feng Yuanyuan will have nearly 10,000 troops when he first enters Zhangzhou City, which can not only capture Zhangzhou City in one fell swoop, but also effectively strike at Zongzhengqu's subordinates, and even if it is not good, he can also send troops to forcibly reinforce Yongjiabao through the roadblocks set up by Zongzhengqu near Hutun Gorge, making Yongjiabao an unconquerable fort." If that's the case, Xu Ruyu can gain a great advantage in the confrontation with the family of Southern Fujian. Yongjiabao is the dorsal and ventral important place between Quanzhou and Putian, and Zongzheng Xunda is very likely to give up Longyan and further shrink the defense line to the dorsal abdomen of Quanzhou. ”

Under such assumptions, Xu Ruyu obtained the entire territory of Zhangzhou Prefecture and took the strategic initiative against Southern Fujian, after all, Yongjiabao was in Xu Ruyu's hands. However, the Zongzheng family and the Yan family are deeply rooted in southern Fujian, and can expand the army on a large scale to confront Xu Ruyu, collude with Gongliang Youqin, and have a huge water camp. If that is the case, in fact, Xu Ruyu only expanded the current battlefield in Zhangtai to the entire territory of Zhangzhou Prefecture, and did not actually solve the situation in northern Fujian. ”

Di Fu pondered what Liu Guanwutang said and asked, "My king thinks that Xu Ruyu has a big conspiracy?" ”

Miao King Liu Guanwutang nodded and said: "When this is the case, the arrival of the four thousand Baiyi army in Zhangzhou City one day later should be the reason for Xu Ruyu's planning, although I don't know how the situation will go, but it can be concluded that Yongjiabao must be the focus of this battle." ”

"Do you want to report the situation here to Le'an?"

"Six or seven years ago, it was too late at that time, the eastern foot of the Zhencheng Ridge was dense and mountainous, and it was not suitable for the army to cross, so we could only send a small amount of combat strength to sneak in to watch the battle, Di Qing, you lead the children of the five hundred Yuanshan battalion to the Zhenchengling Mountain near Yongjiabao."

"The forces of Qingjiang and Southern Fujian are competing, and my three seedlings can't intervene, and my king asked me to lead the most elite children of the clan there, but for what?"

Liu Guanwutang sighed, and said quietly: "Since my Sanmiao moved to Yunling, life has been difficult, and the number of people is actually less than the millions of people in the world. Yue Zun has been aware of the war in Southern Fujian, and said that he sent someone to send a secret letter, and you can follow it. "Hand the silk book on the log case to Di Fu.

Di Fu unfolded it and looked at it, and asked in surprise: "In Yue Zun's letter, there are only eight characters in the book, 'icing on the cake, robbing while the fire is hot', so Zifu can't figure it out, please make it clear to my king." ”

"Yue Zun is the first person outside the three great grandmasters, and I can't be sure of the deep meaning of his letter, so I asked Di Qing to lead the disciples of the Yuanshan Camp to lurk in the most critical places on both sides, and act at the opportunity." After a pause, he finally said: "If you can't make a decision at that time, don't stand still, don't cause trouble for Sanmiao." ”

On the morning of May 8, Ziyang Yalan led 4,000 Baiyi troops into Zhangzhou City, and Liang Bao also came to Zhangzhou City to control the two armies of Xiaowei and Baiyi.

At noon, Zongzheng Xunda's Longyan army arrived at the place where Zongzheng Qu's troops were united, and at the right time, the two thousand elites sent out of Zhangzhou City wanted to go to Yongjiabao through the passage outside the Hutong Gorge, but were defeated back by Zongzheng Qu's troops.

Zongzheng Xunda looked at the military information gathered from everywhere and fell into deep thought.

Lin Ji's right eye was blind, his face was obviously irritable, thinking of the defeat in the battle of Yongjiabao to protect the field, his face showed a complex expression of pain and hatred, and he said with a slight breath: "Yongjiabao and Xu Ruyu have long colluded, thinking that I was used by this shaft, it is really hateful. ”

Zongzheng Xunda glanced left and right, and said: "Yan Xun is the governor of Zhangzhou Mansion, and he is not in Zhangzhou at this time, and the loss of Zhangzhou City is his dereliction of duty." ”

The city of Zhangzhou was lost, and Zong Zhengqu had an unshirkable responsibility, but when Zong Zhengxunda said so, others could not speak, and when the military was discussed, they were all silent.

Zongzheng Xunda pointed to Yongjiabao on the topographic map and said: "Xu Ruyu's intentions on Yongjiabao have been revealed, and everyone should work hard not to let the gateway of northern Fujian fall into the hands of Kou." ”

When calculating, the arrival of the Baiyi Army in Zhangzhou at this moment shows that Xu Ruyu made a plan to seize Zhangzhou City after the Puji bandits arrived at Yongjiabao, and then drove troops to reinforce Yongjiabao, so that the northern passage of Fujian was firmly controlled by Qingyan, which was also in line with the actual strategic intention of the Qingyan Army. After all, the Southern Fujian family was different from the Puji Army at the time of the Battle of Fuzhou, and Xu Ruyu did not have the conditions to quickly form and end the Great Battle of Southern Fujian, and the current situation of Qingjiang was unable to support a long-lasting Great Battle in Southern Fujian. Even if the Southern Fujian Guards were defeated in northern Fujian, there was still the vast depth of Quanzhou and Putian and Xu Ruyu.

Before the 8th of May, in the early stage of the outbreak of the Battle of Hutian in Northern Fujian, Zongzheng Xunda was not alert to the Qingyan Army's large-scale entry into Southern Fujian.

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