Ships docked one after another, and a large number of officers and soldiers jumped from the ships to the shore.

Zhu Neng, Chen Zhi, and Wang Cong went ashore one after another, and the three of them quickly gathered together from three directions, and when they saw Jianchang City in front of them from a distance, they couldn't help but smile.

Last year, Li Yuan led his troops into Jiangxi and occupied a lot of places in Jiangxi, but because Li Yuan did not have many soldiers and horses, and he still had to defend Fujian, he did not attack further after occupying Linjiang Mansion, and the two sides confronted each other between Nanchang and Linjiang Mansion at that time.

This time, the emperor personally conquered and led the main force to fight a decisive battle with Zhu Gaoxu in Huguang, Zhu Neng, Chen Zhi, and Wang Cong gathered 150,000 soldiers and horses to attack Fujian from the direction of Fuzhou.

The resistance of the rebels was fierce, and there were soldiers and horses in both Fuzhou and Jianchang, with about 2,000 men in each state capital.

But they probably didn't expect Zhu Di to open up a second battlefield, thinking that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were all in Huguang.

Zhu Neng and his men led 150,000 soldiers and horses to the south to raid, set out in late May, and only broke Jianchang in early June, approaching the border of Fujian.

At this time, adjacent to Jianchang was Shaowu in Fujian, where it is said that Li Yuantun had heavy troops, at least 10,000 people.

After the Jiangxi ship arrived in Jianchang, there was no waterway into Fujian.

Therefore, Zhu Neng and the others put a large amount of grain and grass in Jianchang, and the baggage and other materials were officially entered into Fujian along the land route with the army.

At the same time, Liu Rong led an army of 150,000 (50,000 of which were brought by Meng Shan from Zhenjiang, and now Meng Shan and Chen Xuan are guarding Wenzhou) from Xianxia Pass into Fujian.

The two armies of 300,000 will assemble under the city of Yanping, Fujian.

On June 12, Zhu Neng and the three of them led an army of 150,000 and 30,000 people to Shaowu.

Shao Wucheng closed the city gate, Zhu Neng did not attack the city at all, and bypassed it directly, and Shao Wucheng's soldiers and horses did not dare to come out to stop it.

On the 15th, Zhu Neng's 150,000 troops arrived at the city of Yanping Mansion.

Yanping is an important town in Fujian, after Yanping can drive directly to Fuzhou, Fuzhou is an important transit station for grain, grass and silver money of the Han Dynasty.

After Zhu Neng's soldiers and horses entered Fujian, the waterways along the road were almost blocked, which had seriously affected the operation of Zhu Gaoxu's grain, grass and silver money.

I have to say that Zhu Di still has a lot of ideas for opening up the second battlefield and directly taking Zhu Gaoxu's logistics base.

On the 17th, Liu Rong's 150,000 troops also bypassed Jianning Mansion and came to Yanping.

300,000 officers and soldiers gathered in Nanping County, Yanping.

Zhu Neng led 300,000 officers and troops to fight for three days and three nights, and the artillery at the head of the city was fierce, and the strong attack could not be carried out, and the losses of the officers and troops were not small.

Zhu Neng had no choice, so he went to Fuzhou with all his army, and Yanping didn't fight.

At this time, Liu Rong raised an objection, and now the official army has three cities with heavy troops that have not been attacked.

Shaowu, Yanping, and Jianning, all three prefectures were heavily garrisoned by rebels, and the total number of the three cities was estimated at 30,000.

Although the 30,000 or 40,000 rebels could not threaten their 300,000 troops, they blocked important water post roads and key roads, and the supply of food and grass for the officers and soldiers could not come up, and they would be cut off at any time.

Zhu Neng said that the rebels had a base in Fujian and hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, as long as they broke through Fujian, they would have everything.

Moreover, the people and officials of Fujian all support the rebels, so let's just grab them all the way.

So all the generals had no objections, and the officers and soldiers instantly entered the customs as Houjin as the king of Yan in Jingnan, just like King Yan swept the north in Jingnan.

Looting all the way, the local people complained bitterly.

It was the summer harvest, and the grain fields of the people of Fujian were destroyed and plundered.

In late June, 300,000 officers and soldiers went to the city of Fuzhou, bringing with them the stolen grain and the grain they had originally carried with the army, totaling 30 days.

Zhu Neng sent people everywhere to continue to grab grain, and on the other hand, he ordered the siege of the city, as long as Fuzhou was broken within thirty days, not only could he get supplies, but also cut off the aid of the Han king in Huguang, and at the same time sent fast horses to report to Zhu Di.

When the news came back to Huguang, it was already early July, and Zhu Di was preparing to pretend to negotiate peace and retire from the army to recuperate.

Zhu Neng suddenly came to report that the 300,000-strong army entered Fujian, surrounded Fuzhou, and began to attack the city.

After receiving the report, Zhu Di finally couldn't help laughing.

Rebels also have today?

According to the news from Jinyiwei, Fuzhou was its main logistics base, and a lot of grain and silver were traded and raised in Fuzhou, and then a steady stream of support was provided to the Huguang battlefield.

Now the official army has penetrated deep into Fuzhou and cut off the supply of the rebels on this side.

In the future, the rebels could only supply from Guangdong, through Guangxi, and then to Huguang by water, which was much farther.

"Good, good, good." At that time, Zhu Di praised it repeatedly, and even ordered the messenger to go back to inform Zhu Neng that he did not want to capture Fuzhou at all costs.

Speaking of this, Zhu Di's expression became hideous: "After attacking Fuzhou, the local civil and military officials, no matter how big or small, are all clans. ”

"And that Wang Gou'er (Wang Yan), who actually dedicated my shipyard to the rebel, must also kill, kill, kill—"

After the messenger left, the more Zhu Di thought about it, the more he thought about it, he took more than 600,000 troops to fight a small Baling here, why, isn't it just to delay and buy time for Zhu Neng and them.

As long as Fujian and Guangdong are taken, it is useless for Zhu Gaoxu to have more soldiers and horses in Huguang.

At that time, he had no choice but to retreat to Guangxi and even Yunnan.

Both the provinces of Fuguang and Guangxi can raid Huguang and Guangxi from the waist.

It's wonderful, it's wonderful, Zhu Di finally got a good night's sleep that night.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I got up the next day, a report about the emergency came to Zhu Di.

The official army was defeated in Shaanxi and lost Guanzhong, Zhang Wu led 60,000 (actually more than 40,000) to return to Taiyuan, and Song Sheng was killed in battle.

"Hiss" Zhu Di blushed and stared at the report, almost wanting to tear it directly.

Yesterday was a very good situation, but only one night later, another province was lost.

And it is an extremely important province.

"Zhang Wu-—— Zhang Wu - can't even hold Guanzhong?" Zhu Di was about to roar, he couldn't bear it.

There are four major gates in the pass, and it is difficult to enter from the outside.

In history, those who were broken through these four levels were basically the unexpired dynasties, such as the end of the Qin Dynasty, the end of the Ming Dynasty, and so on.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when the country was at its peak, it was really difficult to enter from the outside.

You see Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei tossing to death, it's useless.

But now it's useless to get angry, and Zhu Di, who came over in a rage, immediately thought of the crisis of Guanzhong being broken.

After the rebels occupy Guanzhong, they can enter the Central Plains to fight Zhili, and they can go to Shanxi to drive directly to Beiping.

"Order Chen Mao to lead 20,000 people from Nanyang to Hangu Pass, and order Liu Sheng to go from Kaifeng to Huaiqing to help defend Chen Mao."

After thinking about it, Zhu Di quickly decided to let Chen Mao take 20,000 people from Nanyang to Shouhan Guguan.

Hangu Pass is the west gate of the Central Plains, Guanzhong has been lost, and the Central Plains cannot be easily ceded to the rebels.

At this time, he was very angry with Zhang Wu, but it was not easy to cure his crimes, after all, he knew that Zhang Wu was 100% the hardcore that supported him in his heart.

"Summoned Chen Mao, Hangu Pass cannot be lost, it is locked up in the people." Zhu Di finally said angrily.

Zhang Wu lost the pass and ran back to Taiyuan, but Zhu Di could not let others do this again.

Even if you die, you will die in the place where you are stationed.

Which of you dares to try again? Do you want Jingshi's family anymore?

Zhu Di knew that Song Sheng died in battle to save Jingshi's family, even so, he was not polite, and ordered the guards everywhere to defend and not retreat.

Time, he needs time now, as long as Zhu Neng and them break through Fuzhou and enter Guangdong, everything will be reversed.

Zhu Di, who was originally going to negotiate peace and withdraw from the army, immediately turned his face and tore up the agreement and continued to besiege Baling.

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In mid-July, the rebel army of Jianning Province tried to come out, trying to attack the officers and soldiers who were looting outside.

Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by Chen Zhi's troops, and it turned out that Chen Zhi had been waiting for them to come out for a long time.

The rebel army was defeated and retreated to Jianning Mansion, losing thousands of people.

This was probably the first major defeat after Zhu Gaoxu raised his troops, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted.

Mid-July.

Fuzhou City.

Li Yuan and Xu An stood at the head of the city early in the morning.

The city is densely packed with people, and the officials and soldiers are desperately attached, and the tide-like officials and troops are attacking Fuzhou wave after wave under the city.

Zhu Di is a fake attack in Baling, and this side is the real attack.

Boom, from time to time artillery sounds sounded in the southeast.

It was Zhu Neng who placed the cannon in the east and the south to the Minjiang River, in order to prevent Fuzhou from getting waterway supply support, Zhu Neng put the cannon in the south and blocked the passage of Fuzhou into and out of the sea.

Zhu Neng had experience in the Guangxi battlefield, and the artillery could not be fired non-stop, and the two artillery shots had to be rested, so that they could be used for a long time.

Therefore, after half a month of siege, the official artillery can still sound intermittently.

Li Yuan and Xu An had long been accustomed to the artillery of the official army, which was small in power and had long intervals.

The two of them are not afraid, they will go to the city every day, anyway, just try to get away from the position of each other's artillery.

"How many soldiers and horses will Zhu Neng lose every day?" Li Yuan asked Xu An at this time.

Of course, Xu An didn't know, and thought about it carefully: "At least one or two thousand people, right?" ”

"Completely lose at least half of your combat power (plus death), some of them can still participate in battle after a period of rest, and some of them will die of serious injuries." Li Yuan said slowly: "Suppose he loses 1,000 and 5 battles every day. ”

"I have been fighting for half a month, and I have lost at least 20,000 or 30,000 yuan."

"This guy is crazy, he has taken medicine, and he has to attack our Fuzhou." Xu An looked back and saw that his loss was not small.

Fuzhou's biggest mistake was that there were fewer guns.

Before the king of the Han Dynasty, craftsmen were recruited to make cannons on a large scale in the lake, and Fujian was also recruited a lot.

Moreover, the local artillery in Fuzhou is basically on the seaside, including the batteries around Zhendongwei and Changle Shipyard, all of which are given priority to firing artillery.

Zhu Neng suddenly entered Fujian, and everyone at the Changle Shipyard withdrew to Fuzhou, and the artillery that could not be taken away was blown up on the spot.

Zhu Gaoxu also lost a lot in this wave.

But as long as this battle is won, all losses can be ignored.

"How many more do we have?" Li Yuan asked again.

"There are about 40,000 regular troops who can fight." Xu Andao.

The 50,000 regular troops defending Fuzhou also lost thousands of dollars in more than a month, but fortunately, the local people and officials supported the Han King and recruited a large number of young men to help defend the city.

"Wait." Li Yuan said at this time: "Usually if an army loses one-tenth of it, it is difficult to be undefeated, and Zhu Neng is still desperately attacking the city now because he is encircling us and has the upper hand in momentum." ”

"When he loses some more soldiers and horses, and the morale of all battalions is low, it's fine."

"If only Hong Zheng could arrive? I don't know where Hong Zheng is? It turned out that Li Yuan was still waiting for Hong Zheng.

"Wait a minute--" Li Yuan suddenly glared at the city in the distance.

I saw that the people in the rear of the officers and soldiers were getting denser and denser, and the black pressure in the distance seemed endless.

Is this a gathering of heavy troops? Li Yuan hurriedly ran along the city wall, watching as he ran.

It took nearly two quarters of an hour, running and stopping, Li Yuan, Xu An and others were also tired, and they were sweating profusely: "The official army is -—— about to attack-Zhu Neng wants to -—— and fight with us--preparation-it should be in the north." ”

(End of chapter)