Chapter 56: News from the Qing Army

Listening to Ma Degong's reply, Dolgon's brows were twisted, and his fingers unconsciously kept tapping on the table, and every time he knocked, the sound sounded like a hammer falling on the hearts of Ma Degong and Zhang Xuesheng.

"Since the Su backflame weapon is so sharp, do you have a way to crack it?"

After a while, Dolgon asked Ma Degong again.

"Minions...... Slaves are ignorant, and there is no way to crack it. Ma Degong kowtowed again and said in fear.

Fortunately, Dolgon did not expect much from him, so after hearing Ma Degong's reply, he did not dislike it too much.

Taking advantage of this time, Ma Degong was also guessing the reason why Dolgon summoned them today, since it was related to Su Wei, it was very likely that another Qing army was defeated.

Ma Degong also thought maliciously, was it the newly appointed governor of Fujian who was defeated this time, or the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang himself? Otherwise, how could Dorgon summon him personally?

After learning what he wanted to know, Dolgon drafted a decree on the spot, exempting Ma Degong and Zhang Xuesheng from their culpability, and reinstating them to their official positions.

After Tong Guoqi was captured, the post of governor of Fujian was empty again, and even if Tong Guoqi returned, it was impossible for the official to be reinstated, and the Qing Dynasty did not treat the captured officials so leniently.

And Zhang Xuesheng, who once served as the governor of Fujian, became the best candidate, not to mention that his previous imprisonment was only a disaster, even if Dolgon didn't take the Han people in his eyes, he couldn't be so arrogant.

The two of them who were reinstated by the official on the spot were shocked in their hearts, and the two lowered their heads and glanced sideways at each other, both of them seeing a deep shock in each other's eyes.

After changing into a new dress in the palace and being sent out of the palace by the guards, the two walked together for the first time and talked in a low voice.

"Why did the prince restore the two of us to our positions? Could it be that the post of governor of Fujian is vacant again? Zhang Xuesheng took the lead in raising his own questions.

"Could it be that Su Wei made another threat, and captured the new governor of Fujian...... Killed? ”

"The new governor Tong Guoqi is full of people, if this is the case, no wonder the imperial court will attach so much importance to it, and it will directly remove the two of us from their posts, and the official will be reinstated." Zhang Xuesheng said.

Ma Degong waved his hand and said: "Everything will be known after we return to Fujian, if Su Yi really kills Lord Tong, then the imperial court will definitely send a flag army into Fujian, and at that time, even if Su Yi has the ability to reach the sky, it will be difficult to escape death." ”

Ma Degong was full of confidence in the Eight Banners, and it is no wonder that two years later, in 1652, before Li Dingguo became the king, almost the whole world thought that the Eight Banners were invincible.

As Ma Degong expected, after Ma Degong and the others left, Dolgon went to the palace and reported the matter symbolically to the young Emperor Shunzhi, and gave his own suggestions, which Emperor Shunzhi naturally promised.

Immediately, the imperial court ordered Jin Li, the general of Gushan Ezhen Pingnan in Zhejiang, to lead 10,000 banner troops south into Fujian to quell the rebellion of the Soviet Union.

From the mobilization to the arrival of the 10,000 flag army in Quanzhou, the fastest will have to wait for the first month of the next year, and before that, it can only rely on the Fujian Green Battalion to resist the offensive of the "rebels".

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When the news was transmitted back to Fujian and Su Yan learned about it, the time had already entered October.

In the past half a month, nothing worth mentioning has happened in Su Yan's territory.

All the troops under his command have entered the state of training and replenishment, and only the militia units carrying smoothbore guns still appear outside.

After Su Yan recruited the militia troops, he did not let them go to the battlefield, but let them play the role of maintaining law and order - and at the same time, he also replaced the government service, almost becoming the police in ancient times.

They also did not live up to Su Yan's expectations, and after the abolition of the official service, they successfully solved the public security problem in the county and won the trust of the people.

By now, these soldiers wearing gray-yellow vests and red linings have become a unique sight on the streets of the two county towns.

In addition to the county seat, in those villages far away from the county seat, the militia can also go to the countryside after receiving a report to arrest criminals.

Under the muzzle of the black hole of firearms, even the most vicious villains can only be caught obediently.

In Yongchun County, the atmosphere is solemn.

Su Yan stood on the military map, looked at several battalion officers beside him with a solemn face, and said: "The Qing chief ordered the pseudo-Pingnan general Jin Li to lead 10,000 Eight Banner Army from Zhejiang to the south into Fujian, and I estimate that the Qing army will arrive in Quanzhou Mansion in the first month of next year at the earliest."

If we want to resist Jin Li's 10,000 Eight Banner Army, we must take the entire Quanzhou Prefecture before the end of the year and gather the strength of the entire prefecture to have a chance of victory. ”

"General, there are 5,000 green battalion soldiers stationed in Quanzhou Mansion, even if the 3,000 Qing soldiers are recruited, it is only 1,000 more than the Quanzhou defenders, and it is extremely difficult to capture Quanzhou Mansion."

Lin Xingzhu said worriedly.

"I have my own number of attacks on Quanzhou Mansion, as for the number of soldiers, there are many people inside and outside Quanzhou Mansion who have our dynasty in their hearts, as long as our army is under the city of Quanzhou, the righteous soldiers who come to join the army will definitely come to the chrysalis." Su Yan said firmly.

"However, before attacking Quanzhou Prefecture, we must first take Anxi and Fengzhou (Nan'an County) to prevent the Qing army in the two counties from blocking our army's retreat and cutting off the grain route.

In the past half month, I have also collected the garrison information of these two counties, and most of the green battalions in the two counties followed Han Shangliang to the north, either being beheaded by our army, or surrendering to our army, and the troops were empty, even if they counted the local officials and village warriors, they could not resist the attack of a battalion of our army. ”

"General, my subordinates are willing to lead the Yiwu Battalion as a vanguard!"

When Su Yan's words fell, Lai Xun actively stood up and took the initiative to ask for help.

Su Yan glanced at him, and just as he wanted to nod his head and promise, he saw that the newly joined Chen Shitai also volunteered: "If the general can trust his subordinates, his subordinates are also willing to drive the general's front." ”

"Good!" Su Yan nodded, and promised the invitation of the two: "After the army is reorganized, the two of you will each lead a battalion of soldiers and horses as the vanguard, and the soldiers will attack Anxi and Fengzhou County in two ways." ”

The two of them immediately showed joy on their faces, hugged their fists and said yes, and the other two Chen Shenggui and Lin Xingzhu, who were a step slower, couldn't help but feel secretly annoyed when they saw this.