Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, and Min Road is more difficult than Shu Road! Fujian is mountainous, the terrain is more complex than Guizhou, what is more difficult to accept is the dialect of Fujian, there are all kinds of words, it is no exaggeration, especially in the mountainous areas, dozens of miles is a dialect, some neighboring towns and towns, are incomprehensible to each other, can not communicate, communication, not to mention outsiders, purely like listening to the book of heaven.

Fujian Admiral Lan Libing divided into three routes directly into the center of the hungry people's riots, Dehua, Yongchun County, Lan Li knew very well that even if he arrived in Dehua and Yongchun County, it was impossible to get food supplies, so he slowly advanced all the way, waiting for the grain and grass to follow up, because the road was difficult to travel, the enthusiasm of the soldiers was not high, and he arrived at Yongchun County six days later.

What shocked him was that Yongchun County has Chapter 137 Liukou is an empty city, and he searched the whole city and didn't find a single living person. If you enter Dehua, it is still an empty city, and the supply of grain and grass for his 30,000 army is a big problem.

After pondering for a long time, Lan Li ordered people to beat drums and gather all the generals.

In the dilapidated county government hall, Lan Li glanced at the generals and said in a deep voice: "You have all seen the situation in front of you, Yongchun is an empty city and a dead city, what do you think about this?" ”

After a moment of silence, Wang Jincai, the general of the right battalion, bowed down and said: "Junmen, the general does not think that the mob learned that the army was attacking and fled in advance or escaped into the mountains. ”

Saying this doesn't mean that he didn't say it, Lan Li looked at Shang Zhipeng, the general of the left battalion, with a calm face, and Shang Zhipeng hurriedly bowed and replied; "Back to the military gate, the general has not carefully inspected the county seat, the mob should have abandoned the city three days ago, now that there is a famine, there is not much food in various places, I did not think that the mob may be like locusts crossing the border, eat an empty place, and then move."

The locusts crossed, Lan Li's heart sank, this was the result he was most afraid of, in this way, it was not as simple as a riot of hungry people, those mobs would become rogues, once they merged, they would sweep the whole province, if they turned around and went east, Chapter 137 Liukou would plague Jiang and Zhejiang, and if they went south, they would cause trouble in Guangdong, if this situation really happened, not to mention the official hat, I was afraid that my life would not be guaranteed.

After pondering for a long time, Lan Li said expressionlessly, "Go on." ”

Shang Zhipeng bowed and said: "Military gate, because the speed of grain and grass supply cannot keep up, the army marches slowly, and it is difficult to catch up with the mob brigade, and then there are mountains all around, it is difficult to report and far, the situation is unknown, the army is deep, too risky, the most dangerous thing is that it is impossible to raise grain and grass everywhere, once the grain and grass supply cannot be supplied, the 30,000 army will be chaotic without a fight." I didn't think that a small group should enter Dehua County to find out the situation and then make a decision. ”

This Shang Zhipeng has insight, but his vision is too small. Lan Li felt quite sorry, now the mob has become a rogue, where do you have to care about these mobs in the mountains, the mountains have always been short of food, they can't stay long, and they can't stay, now what we have to guard against is the prefecture and county where a large amount of grain is gathered along the coast.

"The people will obey." Lan Li's face was blank, and he said majestically: "Wang Jin, the general of the right battalion, led five thousand soldiers and horses to carry eight days of rations, and went straight to Xinghua Mansion through Xianyou County.

Shang Zhipeng, the general of the left battalion, led 5,000 soldiers and horses back to Quanzhou and Hui'an, and collected grain and grass from all over the country to hoard Quanzhou.

The Chinese army guerrillized Liu Xishui and led 2,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Nan'an. The rest of the congregation will go with the governor to Zhangzhou. ”

"Piercing!" The generals responded with a bang.

When the generals went out, Lan Li urgently summoned the master and sent letters to Fan Shichong, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Huang Bingzhong, the governor of Fujian, and Shi Shiyu, the governor of Fujian, to inform them in detail of their judgment and countermeasures.

After a few days of excitement and panic, the hungry people of the riot began to pass through the town and county under the deliberate guidance and encouragement of people with good intentions, and slowly merged into three larger forces.

Xianyou County.

Xianyou County is located in the middle of Yongchun County and Xinghua Mansion, the mob of Dehua County and Yongchun County, the earliest riot is the most organized, after a few days of chaos, it formed a righteous army headed by Zhang Zhen and Wang Fu, after the two righteous armies converged in Yongchun, and after three days of running-in, it was synthesized into a righteous army headed by Wang Fu and Zhang Zhen as the deputy, with tens of thousands of people, and played the banner of the Yongde Army.

As soon as the Yongde army was formed, it marched to Xianyou County in the east, and entered the anarchic Xianyou County without much effort.

The Yongde Army, which played the banner, soon attracted hungry people from all over Xianyou County, and in just three days, Wang Fu absorbed 3,000 young people and a large amount of grain. After there was food and people, Wang Fu's ambition also began to swell, and he set his sights on Putian in Xinghua Mansion, and at this moment, he received a report that five thousand soldiers and horses were heading straight for Xianyou.

As soon as Wang Fu and Zhang Zhen discussed, they decided that the first battle of the Yongde Army would be set in Xianyou, if it was defeated, then they would take advantage of their own things, if they were defeated, they would inevitably rise in momentum, and everything could be done.

The Yongde army withdrew from the county half a day in advance, and Wang Jin, the general of the right battalion, led 5,000 soldiers and horses to march for days, exhausted, and entered the Xianyou county, and saw that it was an empty city, and did not care, thinking that it was the same as Yongchun County, and the hungry people had eaten up the grain and moved it elsewhere.

Since the departure of Yongchun, they have been camping in the wilderness, there are ready-made empty cities, Wang Jin is not willing to go to the wilderness, seeing that it is not early, he ordered to camp.

Where did I think that after midnight, suddenly the whole city was on fire, the weather was dry, and the fire swept the whole city immediately, and the general Wang Jin knew the plan, and urgently ordered to gather people and horses, but the camp was bombed in the middle of the night, how could it be controlled in a short time? Under the pressure of the fire, he had to lead the collected men and horses to withdraw from the county.

Wang Fu has long been in the east and four city gates of ambush, Wang Jin out of the city, all around the sound of killing, knowing that the other party is a group of defenseless rabble, but the subordinate army is disheartened, as soon as they see an ambush, they will flee for their lives, three watches in the middle of the night, no matter how restrained, can not control the rout, seeing that things can not be done, Wang Jin had to lead the remnants out of the encirclement.

In the first battle of Xianyou County, more than 3,000 soldiers and horses were killed in Wang Jin's right battalion, and there were countless escapees.

Putian County is close to Xinghua Mansion, there are many large households in the city, the number of grain hoards is huge, the county government in the news of the hungry riots, urgently mobilized large households to open warehouses to release grain, timely stabilized the hungry people, Wang Jin led the remnants of the army to flee into the county, before the respite, it was heard that the Yongde army had followed to cover up.

Seeing that the soldiers around him were like the color of the earth, and seeing that the city wall of the county was low and broken, Wang Jin sighed and led his troops to abandon the city and flee to Xinghua Mansion, Putian fell into the hands of the Yongde Army in a blink of an eye, and the killing sound shook the sky when Putian City was neutral, and countless large wealthy families were wiped out.

When the news broke, the whole province of Fujian was shocked!!