On the morning of the second day of August, Quanzhou City.

A siege battle ended in a hurry, and outside the city wall from Linzhangmen to Yichengmen, there were scattered broken and burning rushing ladders and other siege equipment, which was full of mess.

More than 40,000 thieves with nearly 2,000 corpses gradually retreated to the camp three miles away.

It was originally a town with the Jinjiang River in the west and the West Lake in the east, and the residents in it were luckier than those downstream, and they had time to evacuate.

Now the town has been occupied and turned into a thief's camp, but there is not even a fence, and there are many hastily built shacks on the periphery, which looks very messy.

It is natural that the backbone of the thieves can live in the town, and there is a large mansion covering an area of 18 acres in the northwest of the town, which is where the Chinese army of the thieves is located.

The owner of the house is surnamed Lin, who has been shipbuilding for generations, has three shipyards under his name, and is also a figure with a head and face in Quanzhou, and has been hiding in the city with his family since the turmoil.

This Lin family not only covers a large area, but the house is also carved and painted, and the main hall is even more magnificent.

There was a big man sitting on the main seat, Liao Rang, the nominal leader of the bandits, who kept yawning, looking sluggish, not like a person in charge at all.

However, the scribe sitting next to him had an extraordinary appearance, even if he didn't say a word, he also had his own official authority, but it was the 'missing' Tingzhou Governor Zhang Yanran.

He looked at Pu Shousheng who was looking down and asked, "Brother Xinquan, there are more than 15,000 people led by your nephew, why do you still need support?" ”

Pu Shousheng explained, "Half an hour ago I received a pigeon letter, my nephew said in the letter, Yan Wang's department occupies a mountain range to build a defense, and there are nearly 3,000 reinforcements, so it is difficult to attack it urgently, can only temporarily besiege it, if there is a four or five days can slowly gnaw it down, but the late one changes, it is estimated that the second batch of troops of Yan Wang will arrive in about three or four days, so for today's plan, we can only send some more troops, as soon as possible to solve Yan Wang, and then take advantage of the situation to capture Fuzhou, as for Quanzhou, As long as the people inside know that King Yan is defeated, where can they still have the heart to resist? ”

"What you say is reasonable, compared to others, King Yan is our number one target." Zhang Yanran nodded, and after weighing it, he said, "Without further ado, Xia Jing, you immediately dispatch seven thousand elite ......."

Don't look at the nearly 100,000 thieves outside Quanzhou City, but most of them are indiscriminate rabble, and what can really be fought are private soldiers and bandits raised by the powerful in various places, and they are only seven or eight thousand.

Xia Jing was the commander of the Left Wing Army stationed in Tingzhou, and he was one of the few real generals among the traitors.

After listening to Zhang Yanran's order, he immediately went to gather troops and horses, and after more than an hour, he boarded the ship prepared by the Pu family and went north.

More than 50 seagoing ships had a smooth journey, and in the afternoon they arrived at Xinghua Bay, where a ship in charge of receiving them appeared in front of them, and Pu Shiwen on board greeted them and motioned for the fleet to follow them.

Pu Shousheng didn't doubt it, and followed Pu Shiwen's boat to Jiangyin Island.

Jiangyin Island is a long island, located in the north of Xinghua Bay, nearly 40 miles long from north to south, and there is only a waterway more than two miles wide between the west coast and the mainland.

After more than twenty miles north from the waterway, it was only four or five miles away from Miantingling, so everything was very reasonable, Pu Shousheng didn't notice the slightest mistake, and let the fleet continue to follow into the waterway.

On both sides of this waterway, many marine farms were built in later generations, and they became much narrower, but the water was deep and wide at this time.

Pu Shiwen led them to the landing site, where more than a dozen trestle bridges had been built to dock, and not far from the shore was a hill called Houshanwei.

Pu Shousheng looked at the prepared trestle and saw more than 100 people on the shore to greet him, and he couldn't help but praise his nephew for his thoughtfulness.

is also satisfied with Pu Shiwen's work, but it is Zhao Mengqi who is holding a telescope on the back slope of the back mountain and watching all this.

Originally, he planned to rush directly to Quanzhou to relieve the siege, but the treacherous and cunning Chen Wei proposed a new plan, that is, to trick Quanzhou into sending reinforcements again.

Seeing that the plan had basically succeeded, Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but sigh, "Jiang is still old and spicy, this Taigong fishing plan not only allows us to easily eat the backbone of the thieves, but also effectively reduces the pressure on Quanzhou, and can continue to drag on for a day or two, and when our follow-up troops arrive, we can completely encircle the chaotic army." ”

Chen Wei smiled faintly, "At most, they can drag on tonight, and tomorrow, they should know the truth." ”

"That's true, but even if there is no follow-up troops, the seven battalions in my hands alone are enough to deal with the 80,000 or 90,000 thieves who have lost their backbones, and it is nothing more than that many people choose to flee when the situation is not good, in fact, it doesn't matter, anyway, the entire territory of Fujian must be cleaned up."

The seven battalions mentioned by Zhao Mengqi are two Ma Si battalions, four Dongwei battalions, and one firearms battalion, while the militia battalion and the brave battalion can only undertake auxiliary tasks.

While speaking, Pu Shousheng had already gone ashore with more than a dozen guards, and he walked quickly to Pu Shiwen and asked eagerly, "How is the battle going?" ”

A trace of struggle and embarrassment flashed from Pu Shiwen's face, but it was faintly undetectable, "I attacked several times in the morning, but they were all beaten back, and the casualties were a little large, and even the third child was a little injured." ”

"What? Could it be that Shi Si personally went into battle? Why don't you stop it? Pu Shousheng was anxious and angry.

Pu Shiwen hurriedly said, "The third child didn't go into battle, but he was closer, and he was stuck in the foot by a stray arrow, so it's not a big problem." ”

"Take me to him at once." Pu Shousheng was probably also anxious to see the specific situation on the battlefield.

Pu Shiwen looked at the 'reinforcements' that were landing one after another, and explained to Qi Tianliang, "I will leave it to you here." ”

Then he said to Pu Shousheng, "Uncle, please come with me, the third child is in the village behind this hill." ”

Pu Shiwen took more than 20 of his guards and led more than a dozen people to the west.

When he went around the end of the mountain, Pu Shousheng looked up at the hill and found that there was a flash of armor in the mountain forest, and he couldn't help but wonder, "Why are there soldiers and horses on this hill?" ”

When Pu Shiwen heard this, he gritted his teeth ruthlessly, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I don't want to ...... either."

At the same time, the cold light flashed with his hand, and the sharp dagger cut Pu Shousheng's throat.

Pu Shousheng subconsciously covered his neck with his hands, looking at his nephew with incredulity, but he couldn't say half a word, he could only sneer and leak.

This scene stunned Pu Shousheng's guards, and they all covered their mouths in an instant, and then their throats were cold, and they followed in the footsteps of their masters.

After dropping the corpse in her arms, Wu Qiong took off her helmet and smiled at Pu Shiwen, who was looking at the dagger in her hand, "Tut, it's quite neat." ”

Pu Shiwen came back to his senses and said with a smile, "The general has won the award." ”

Of his more than 20 guards, except for three who were personally with him, the others were all from the special service team, so he didn't dare to think about it at all.

At the temporary docks, nothing unusual was found, and there was a boat docked at each trestle, and then another boat of the same size was attached to the gangside, and then fastened with cables, and then a third or even a fourth.

In this way, people can be unloaded without having to take turns docking at the trestle, which saves a lot of time.

More than half an hour passed, and one after another, more than 2,000 thieves came ashore and gathered in the wilderness in front of the hills to wait.

Xia Jing was still in the stern of his ship, looking at the slow landing speed, a little irritable, but helpless.

Suddenly, he inadvertently looked south, and dozens of ships were approaching.

What is even more strange is that when these ships reached a distance of five miles, they began to lower their sails, and they also turned their hulls sideways and lowered their anchors, as if they were about to block the waterway.

This scene made Xia Jing shudder, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

His hellish expression all fell into Zhao Mengqi's eyes, "Only now do you find out?" Late ...... Command, mortar fire! ”

There was a roar of thunder, and four black iron balls were thrown into the air from the hills, and then fell in an arc and smashed into the dense fleet.

Three of them landed on the ship, and then exploded violently, shocking the earth, and a large number of various debris splattered out of the flames.

One landed in the water and exploded several feet high, spreading violently in a circular wave, causing nearby boats to shake with it.

The corners of Zhao Mengqi's mouth twitched, "The power is okay, it's a pity that these ships are ...... Command, direct artillery, rocket artillery fire. ”

The direct artillery attack is still the ship, not to cause many results, but to be a prestige.

The rocket launchers have a limited range and are aimed at the dense bandits in front of the hills.

Twenty rocket launchers, a total of 400 rockets, flew out and were a group of demons dancing wildly, roaring and falling towards the general area with various strange trajectories.

The sound of explosions continued to sound in the crowd of thieves, red fire, black blood, and white smoke, shrouded in a hundred feet in this area, and a small half fell in a completely uninhabited place, only a lonely explosion.

Fortunately, Qi Tianliang and nearly 100 others began to run wildly in the direction of the hills when the mortar cannon fire sounded, escaping this wave of accidental injuries.

The thieves on the ship, who had killed and wounded more than 100 people by mortars and cannons, were already frightened, and when they saw the horrors on the shore, they went completely insane.

There was chaos on all the boats, with thousands of people running around trying to find a safe place to take shelter, and finally more and more people chose to jump into the water and swim to Jiangyin Island.

"All the troops are attacking." Zhao Meng inspired the order.

The drums and trumpets sounded, and the four battalions of the eastern guard came down from the hill and slowly surrounded the temporary dock in a neat array.

At the same time, the sound of drums and trumpets sounded along the shores of Jiangyin Island, and rows of crossbow-wielding officers and soldiers appeared, waiting for the thieves in the water to throw themselves into the net.

The thieves have completely collapsed, and then the end of the routine begins.

More than an hour later, the battle report was summed up, and there were more than 8,000 thieves and sailors, most of the more than 2,000 thieves who went ashore were killed or wounded, nearly 2,000 people were captured on Jiangyin Island, nearly 3,000 people were found on the boat, and hundreds of corpses were floating on the water.

Of the fifty-three ships captured, seven of them were seriously damaged, but they could basically be repaired, and as for the weapons or something, Zhao Mengqi didn't care much about them.

More than 60 officers and soldiers suffered casualties, most of them during the search for ships, and more than 700 casualties, including the militia bravery, in yesterday's battle.

In total, more than 13,000 enemies were captured, and more than 140 ships of all sizes were captured.

So Zhao Mengqi left Chen Wei to deal with the aftermath, and he took 3,000 people by boat and rushed to Quanzhou overnight.