Since the early morning of March 23, Fuzhou City has encountered a series of strange things, first of all, there are soldiers on the city wall in the east and west directions to urgently report that it seems that someone has raided the city, but after a long period of chaos, no trace of the enemy was found.

Qian Hongyi, the envoy of the Zhangwu Army and the assassin of Fuzhou, who rushed to Ningyue Gate in Nancheng, was so angry that he scolded the officers and soldiers defending the city, and then went back to his house to sleep. Not long after lying down, another soldier came to report urgently: Qian Dahuan had brought back a few soldiers.

Some dizzy Qian Hongyi was so angry that he opened his mouth and scolded, Qian Dahuan just led his troops to Quanzhou to support yesterday, why did he come back in a blink of an eye?

After questioning the soldiers several times and receiving affirmative answers, Qian Hongyi had to reluctantly get up and run to the wall of Ningyuemen. On the south bank of the moat, Qian Dahuan, who was riding a horse, was covered in blood and disheveled, followed by less than a hundred Fuzhou soldiers who also looked embarrassed.

Seeing Qian Hongyi appear in the city, Qian Dahuan was pushed by the soldiers who were close behind him, and immediately raised his voice and shouted: "Qian Xiangxiang, we have been ambushed, only this soldier comes back!" ”

Qian Hongyi was shocked, but immediately waved his hand to lower the drawbridge.

While the suspension bridge was slowly lowered, many soldiers rushed out of the Southern Tang military camp in the south and rushed towards the suspension bridge. The soldiers behind Qian Dahuan immediately panicked, and pushed Qian Dahuan and a few other cavalry to squeeze in the direction of the drawbridge.

Qian Dahuan suddenly kicked the horse's belly, took the horse to the drawbridge, and shouted: "This is the enemy!" Collect the drawbridge! ”

When he shouted, all the people in and out of the city rushed into action.

Under Qian Hongyi's order, the soldiers in the city turned the plate in a disorderly manner, trying to raise the drawbridge again, and the other soldiers hurriedly rushed to the side of the city wall and shot arrows at Luxia; In front of the drawbridge, four soldiers from the elite soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty worked together to slash the chains of the drawbridge, and the other soldiers also hurriedly raised their shields, and the sharpshooters who were mixed in the crowd began to name the Fuzhou archers by the city wall. Two sharp arrows burst out and shot down Qian Dahuan, who had already run to the north of the suspension bridge, Qian Dahuan screamed twice and fell under the horse, out of breath!

At this time, Chen Huajin, the envoy of Jianzhou Jiedu and the deputy commander of Quanzhou, walked out of Shi Shiran from the original camp of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Chen Zhi said with great pity: "Alas, there are still a little few special soldiers who sneaked into the city last night, otherwise, now there is a combination of inside and outside, and this matter may be done!" ”

Chen Hongjin snorted, pointed at the city wall with a horsewhip and said, "What about less? Now we have tens of thousands of troops, and one person can drown Fuzhou City with a mouthful of spit! ”

Chen Yu did not argue with Chen Hongjin, waved his hand back, sneaked into Fuzhou overnight, and the nearly 40,000 soldiers who had not had time to dismantle the camp yesterday rushed out with shouts, and formed a formation under the city wall, surrounding the entire southern city. Seeing this scene from afar, the Fuzhou navy, which was originally confronting the Jianzhou navy on the waterway in the southwest direction, hurriedly sailed away from the south bank, for fear of being attacked by the enemy by land and water.

Qian Hongyi looked at the huge army that appeared under the city, and was speechless in surprise. However, in the evening, Qian Hongyi found that an army of 30,000 was coming from the southwest again, completely blocking the eastern city.

Late at night on the 23rd, Qian Hongyi received another bad news: the soldiers who rushed to the Jing Navy in the north to ask for help saw that countless Chu and Tang warships were arriving one after another on the coast of Fu'an, and it seemed that they were going to send troops to besiege the entire Fuzhou area.

Qian Hongyi, who had been anxious all night, received a message early the next morning that made his eyes even redder - many large ships appeared at the mouth of the Minshui River Bay in the east of Fuzhou City, and these big ships swept away several small Fuzhou warships patrolling Fujian, and the warships swept all the way to the north and occupied the entire East Lake. At present, there are already enemy ships ferrying back and forth on the Fujian River, carrying soldiers outside the Haiyan Gate in the east to outflank the Jingying Gate and Yansheng Gate in the north of the city.

Now Fuzhou City, is the original Fujian King Wang Zhenzhi in the late Tang Dynasty on the basis of the expansion of the city, because the whole is irregular arc shape, so it is called Luocheng; The overall circumference is about 40 li, with a total of 16 gates and doors, and four water gates in the southeast, northeast, northwest and southwest directions; The Min River is divided into two in the southwest, and part of the water flows directly into the West Lake in the north, and part flows into Fuzhou through the southwest water gate; The water flow on the south side extends to the northeast around Fuzhou City, becoming the natural moat of Fuzhou's southern city wall.

Now, as long as the enemy soldiers are outflanked in place, the entire Fuzhou will be completely encircled, and it will be difficult to escape in the future!

"Hurry, hurry, send more teams of rescuers, and go to Jinghai and Wusheng for help!" Qian Hongyi commanded loudly and out of breath.

Qian Hongyi settled down and led a group of guards to the Ningyue Gate in the south. After all, there are the most enemy forces there.

In the early morning of 24 March, Lin Feng, who had been hurrying overnight, led his men to the Nantang military camp in Nancheng, Fuzhou, and immediately invited generals from all walks of life to gather for military discussions.

Before leaving, the king of Qi had ordered the whole army, and let Lin Feng be the envoy and lead the troops and horses from all walks of life. Because Chen Xu, who was the strongest and most senior, did not raise any objections to this order, the others naturally had nothing to say.

At the military conference, the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Qingyuan were headed by Chen Xu, Yan En, and Chen Hongjin respectively, and they were divided into left and right sides, and their views were also-for-tat.

Chen Xu's plan seems to be old-fashioned, pointing out that the ratio of troops in the city is now about seven to one, and it should be planned according to the original plan, besiege the city and send reinforcements, consume the overall strength of Wu Yue's army, and then decide Fuzhou City in a battle.

Chen Hongjin did not agree with this view, and unceremoniously pointed out that there were at least two hidden dangers in the long-term siege of Fuzhou City: grain and grass and morale. In addition to the waterway, the surrounding side of Fuzhou City is full of rugged mountain roads, and the food of 70,000 people may definitely be an important factor in crushing the army, and after a long time, the morale of the army is easy to decline, it is better to take Fuzhou in one go, and then fight with reinforcements, leaving no trouble.

Chen Zhi and Yan En were no longer speechless. Chen Hongjin was anxious, glared at Chen Yu and said, "Chen Shuigui, you won't be afraid, right?" Do you dare to compare who will attack Fuzhou City first? ”

Chen Yu glanced at Lin Feng and stepped forward to fight: "It's better to compare, but attacking the city wall doesn't count, it should be based on opening the city gate and entering the city!" ”

"Okay, that's it!" Chen Hongjin slapped his thigh and turned around to leave.

"General Chen, please stay!" Lin Feng, who had been staring at the map of Fuzhou, raised his head and said loudly, "It's easy to break the city wall of Fuzhou, but it's difficult to take the whole city of Fuzhou!" Let's take a look, not to mention the commanding heights of Jiuxian Mountain, Wushi Mountain, Zhenmintai, Pingshan and other commanding heights in Fuzhou City, just look at the waterways in Fuzhou City, the nearly square waterways are also equivalent to the two moats guarding the north side of the Thorn Shi Mansion. If our warships cannot successfully break through to Fuzhou City, the enemy only needs to send heavy troops to defend the bridges across the river at Antai, Maoying, and Zhenhai, and will completely block us! ”

Chen Hongjin stopped, groaned slightly, looked at Lin Feng and said, "What does Lord Lin mean is that after attacking the city, he will not enter the city first, first break through the water gate, and then advance by land and water?" ”

Lin Feng nodded again and again, and then pointed to Yutu and said, "General Chen is really a soldier, Lin Feng admires it!" Lin had an idea to ask the two generals for reference:

The first south and one east armies mainly attacked Ningyue Gate and Haiyan Gate respectively; After breaking the city, they attacked their own right sides, captured the two water gates in the southeast and northeast, and let our warships enter the city; Then at the same time, they advanced by land and water, went straight to the southern gate of Fuzhou Zicheng along the waterway, joined forces in one place, and worked together to attack Qian Hongyi's lair! Capture the thief first and then persuade the whole city to surrender! ”

Chen Hongjin touched his chin and listened quietly, but when he reached the end, he grinned, patted Lin Feng's shoulder, and said loudly: "Lord Lin, it turns out that you are worried that I and Chen Shuigui will only be vindictive and not cooperate!" Don't worry, my old Chen can be clear and serious, and he won't delay the business! The distance between Haiyanmen Ion City is close, and I will meet Chen Shuigui to the south after breaking the city! ”

Lin Feng was overjoyed, clenched his fists and said: "The two generals will definitely win the battle, and Lin will press the two generals for the battle!" ”

"Wait for our good news!" Chen Hongjin laughed loudly, raised his eyebrows provocatively at Chen Xu, and took the lead in walking out.

Walking to the door of the big tent, Chen Hongjin suddenly came back again, and said with some embarrassment: "Lord Lin, your earth-shattering thunder, how about giving Lao Chen two more?" ”

Lin Feng hesitated for a moment, then instructed Zhao Tianba to bring over two sky-shaking thunders, handed them to Chen Hongjin with his own hands, and explained in a low voice: "General Chen, some of the sky-shaking thunders have been brought into the city, and there is not much left around Lin. This thing is not easy to make, and it should not be used lightly unless it is in a critical situation. Be sure to handle with care! ”

"Xie Lu Xie Lin!" Chen Hongjin's eyes lit up, his two big hands each grabbed a heaven-shaking thunder, and his right hand raised to pat Lin Feng's shoulder, but he suddenly realized the power of these two earth-shaking thunders, and quickly retracted and carefully held the sky-shaking thunder and walked away.

Chen Yu and Lin Feng quietly looked at each other, and they also flashed out of the camp.