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Fuzhou, also known as Rongcheng, the capital of Fujian Province, is a large city with a population of more than 500,000 located in the lower reaches of the Min River. In the middle and early Qing Dynasty, Fuzhou was an important maritime trade center in China, and its main trading objects were Ryukyu and Japan, and many Fuzhou people immigrated to Ryukyu and Japan. Economic development has led to rapid population growth, and Fuzhou has become one of the largest cities on China's southeast coast.

In order to strengthen its control over the southeastern coastal cities, the Manchu Qing Dynasty set up a governor of Fujian and Zhejiang to lead the military and political affairs of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and the administrative office was located in Fuzhou. In addition, there was the Fuzhou general, who led the Ten Thousand Eight Banners Army to ensure the Manchu rule in Fujian. After the Xinhua State captured Guangdong, Putuobao, the land governor of Fujian, led the Green Battalion to participate in the battle, and the stability of Fujian was almost all controlled by the Eight Banners. It's just that the Eight Banners have never been a good thing, and under their forcible seizure, the whole of Fujian has been made into a miasma.

On the morning of March 2, several knights rushed to the city of Fuzhou, and the people who were waiting to enter the city were panicked and hurriedly avoided it. The soldiers defending the city were also very nervous.

"Zhangzhou Urgent! Zhangzhou urgent! Move! One of the leading knights shouted loudly.

The city gate official was agitated and hurriedly pulled his subordinates away. This is an emergency report from the army, and if you are hit and killed, there is no place to reason.

The knights rushed to the yamen of the governor's palace and then stopped. These knights. It was the person sent by Putuobao, the land governor of Fujian, to Fuzhou to ask for help. The fierce attack of the Xinhua army easily broke through the defense line of the Qing army. So that Putuo Bao had to ask for help from Yiliang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. It's just that he doesn't know what to do. By the time the people waiting for help arrived in Fuzhou, he had already been killed.

"General, this is a letter from General Putuobao to the Governor." The knight handed the letter to the commander of the guards guarding the door of the Doge's Palace.

"Come on, leave these knights to rest." The commander of the guards commanded, and then ran quickly towards the governor's palace. Such an urgent matter must be reported to the Governor as soon as possible.

Yiliang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, has also been distracted these days. The Qing army vigorously encircled and suppressed the Xinhua army in Guangdong. However, hundreds of thousands of troops were blocked from Guangdong and were not allowed to enter. This disappointed him greatly. The dignified Qing Dynasty has actually fallen to such a point, first defeated by the foreigners, and now even those abandoned people of the Celestial Empire in Nanyang dare to attack the Qing Dynasty. This simply makes no sense. Yiliang as a full man. He has the idea of the supremacy of the Manchurians in his bones, thinking that the whole world is Manchurian, and the rest of the people are their Manchurian minions, and now the minions have actually rebelled, if he thinks otherwise, then all the minions who rebelled should be killed.

"I don't know if General Lu Daopu can defeat the Xinhua Army? It's been almost two months, and there is still no good news, Putuo retains the grace of the saint! Yiliang sighed. Fujian soldiers are among the green battalion soldiers in the country. They are all relatively brave armies. Yiliang believes that Putuobao led 30,000 Fujian green camps. There are also 30,000 Zhejiang Green Battalion support, how can they defeat the more than 10,000 Xinhua troops deployed in Meizhou and Chaozhou.

"Your Excellency the Governor, General Putuo Bao is urgent!" Just then, the commander of the guards ran in through the door.

"Hmph, what are you doing in a panic? The sky can't fall yet! Yiliang said with some anger.

"Yes, my lord, the minion knows that he is wrong." The commander of the guards hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and then handed Putuo Bao's letter of request for help to Yiliang.

Yi Liang took a look, and his face turned pale in an instant.

"Bastard, what the hell is Putuo doing with him? was actually defeated by the Xinhua Army. Does he still have the face to ask for help? Yiliang said angrily. The Qing army was actually defeated by the Xinhua army, which was completely unexpected by him. At the same time, it also made him a little flustered. The army led by Putuobao is already considered all the armies of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. After they were defeated by the Xinhua army, he had no troops to send.

"Someone, give an order to Zhangzhou, and tell Putuobao that there is no reinforcement. He had to hold Zhangzhou and keep the Xinhua army out of Fujian. Otherwise, the official will not let him go. Yiliang said angrily.

"Yes, sir." The commander of the guards hurriedly retreated and sent someone to give orders.

Soon, Yiliang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, sent people to invite Bichang, the general of Fuzhou, and Liu Hongao, the governor of Fujian.

In less than half an hour, Bichang, the general of Fuzhou, and Liu Hongao, the governor of Fujian, arrived at the governor's palace. However, the faces of the two were not optimistic. By the time they came, they had already learned of the Governor's urgency to recruit them.

"Your Excellency the Governor, what can I do about this? If Putuo Bao can't resist the Xinhua Army, then the whole of Fujian will fall! Fuzhou General Bichang said anxiously. The army led by Putuo Bao is already the main force of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and if they are defeated, there will be no troops in the whole of Fujian who will be able to fight with the Xinhua army. Although he still has tens of thousands of Eight Banner soldiers in his hands, these Eight Banner soldiers can bully and bully the common people, and if they go to the battlefield to fight with the Xinhua Army, it is estimated that they will be directly scared.

"Your Excellency Governor, what did General Putuo Bao do? He has 60,000 troops in his hands! So many armies not only did not defeat the Xinhua Army, but were defeated by the Xinhua Army, which is simply unreasonable! Fujian Governor Liu Hongao said angrily. If Fujian is captured by the Xinhua Army, as the chief executive of Fujian, he will inevitably be punished for the crime of losing land.

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Putuo Bao sent a letter saying that the Xinhua army was attacking too fiercely, especially the strong artillery fire. He was about to lose his grip. Do we have reinforcements to send to him? Yiliang asked. Although he said before that he would not give Putuo Bao a reinforcement, if Putuo Bao was really defeated, he, the governor, would not be able to escape his responsibility, they are all people in the same boat now, if the boat capsizes, no one can escape.

"Governor, where do we have reinforcements? Both Fujian Green Camp and Zhejiang Green Camp were all dispatched to Zhangzhou. At present, Fujian's stability is accomplished by the Eight Banners. Fuzhou General Bichang said with a bitter face. As a general of Fuzhou, of course he knows very well what kind of virtue the Eight Banners are.

"General Bi, if you have to send reinforcements, I'm afraid there will only be your Eight Banners." Fujian Governor Liu Hongao said.

"No, no. The armament of the Eight Banners has been abandoned for a long time, and if they are allowed to go to the battlefield, it will be simply sent to death! Bichang hurriedly shook his head. What are you kidding, if even the green battalions in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces were defeated by the Xinhua Army, his Eight Banners soldiers would be useless even if they went to the battlefield. Maybe he'll have to go to war then. There are no eyes on the battlefield, and the Xinhua army is so strong, it is too dangerous.

"General Bi, apart from sending the Eight Banners to reinforce Putuobao, is there any other way? If Putuobao is defeated by the Xinhua army, it will soon be our turn. Yiliang said.

Yiliang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Liu Hongao, the governor of Fujian, both asked Bichang to lead an army to Zhangzhou to reinforce Putuobao. However, Bichang was greedy for life and afraid of death, and was unwilling to go, and found a lot of excuses to prevaricate. The three of them argued until the afternoon, but there was no result.

At this time, new news came from the front. When Yiliang read the battle report, the whole person sat back in his chair at once, looking a little lost. Bichang and Liu Hongao suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts.

"Your Excellency, what's going on?" Liu Hongao hurriedly asked.

"Yesterday afternoon, the Xinhua army captured Xiamen, the Fujian land governor Putuobao was killed in battle, and the Zhejiang governor Li Tingyu and the Fujian naval commander Sai Zhenbiao surrendered to the Xinhua army. Now, the Xinhua Army is marching towards Fuzhou. Yiliang said with a pale face. They are still arguing whether to send troops to the rescue, but now, the Qing army in the direction of Fujian has been annihilated by the Xinhua army, this change makes Yiliang a little unbelievable.

"How so? How could it fail so quickly? Fujian Governor Liu Hongao's face also changed greatly. At the beginning of the fall of Guangdong, he also wrote to Emperor Daoguang, believing that the military and political governors of Guangdong were incompetent. But now, he can be regarded as a wise man, not that the military and political chiefs of Guangdong are incompetent, but that the Xinhua Army is too powerful!

Fuzhou General Bichang was afraid for a while, and he did not agree to lead the army to reinforcements. Otherwise, if you go halfway, you may be attacked by the Xinhua army. When the time comes, will he still have a chance to live? The Xinhua Army easily annihilated the 60,000 Green Battalion, and his 10,000 Eight Banner soldiers were probably not enough to even stuff the other party's teeth.

"General Bichang, now that the Green Battalion has been wiped out, the city defense of Fuzhou will be handed over to you, I believe that the Xinhua Army will attack Fuzhou soon." Yiliang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, looked at Bichang and said.

"Yes, Lord Doge. However, I have 10,000 Eight Banner soldiers in my hands, can we hold it? "Bichang has no confidence at all now.

"If you can't keep it, you have to defend it, even if you die in battle, you will repay the emperor's kindness." Yiliang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, said.

Bichang nodded, but he extremely disagreed with Yiliang's opinion in his heart. How can you die at every turn? He still wants to live a few more years.

After leaving the Fujian and Zhejiang Governor's Palace, Bichang began to deploy the city defense of Fuzhou. However, when those Eight Banner soldiers knew that the 60,000 Green Battalion had been destroyed and that the Xinhua Army was about to attack Fuzhou, they all blew up. Even the 60,000 Green Battalion is no match for the Xinhua Army, so can they still withstand the attack of the Xinhua Army? They don't want to die! So, deserters appeared that night. At least 1,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners fled Fuzhou with their wives and children.

When Fuzhou General Bichang saw this situation, he knew that Fuzhou could not hold it. So, in the evening of the same day, he also led his henchmen to quietly flee Fuzhou. (To be continued......)