"Lord Governor, Lord Zhang, the last general will salute the two of you with a glass."

In the private room of the Drunken Immortal Building, Jin Li stood up, held the wine glass in his hand, and said to the two Shangguan at the same table, and then drank it all.

Chen Jin and Zhang Yingmeng also raised their glasses and drank, a few people ate with chopsticks, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and the interest quickly rose, after three rounds of wine, Chen Jin gave Zhang Yingmeng a look, the latter immediately understood, coughed lightly, and said:

"General Jin, how many soldiers and horses have you brought here this time?"

"There are more than 12,000 soldiers with red flags." Jin Li replied, "Don't worry, the two adults, as soon as the flag army arrives, the thieves can be determined."

Naturally, more than 12,000 people cannot all be the bannermen of the Han army with red flags, and more than half of them are subordinate to the clothed minions with red flags, but don't despise the combat effectiveness of this army because of this.

Zhang Yingmeng listened, his heart was much calmer, Chen Jin took out a document from his pocket at this time, handed it to Jin Li, and said, "General Jin, you should take a look at this military report first." ”

Jin Li took the paperwork suspiciously, and after looking at it a few times, his face changed suddenly.

"This, the thieves have already captured Quanzhou Mansion?" He asked with a screech as he threw the paperwork on the table.

Although he had already been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be surprised when he really heard the news.

That is Quanzhou Prefecture, an important coastal town in Fujian, not to mention that Quanzhou's garrison is far more than other prefectures, just the various artillery on the head of the city, it is not a city that can be easily captured.

"Yes." Chen Jin said with a serious expression: "The thieves captured Quanzhou Mansion on October 26, and by the fifth day of the first month of November, the entire territory of Quanzhou fell. ”

Jin Li wanted to say that it was none of his business, he had only arrived in Fuzhou Mansion today, perhaps because he saw his thoughts, Chen Jin continued: "General Jin, this governor remembers that the imperial court ordered you to lead the flag army south in September. ”

"That's true." Jin Li nodded, I don't know why.

"On the way to the south, Quanzhou Mansion fell into the hands of thieves, do you think the imperial history of the imperial court will impeach you together?" Chen Jin looked at him with a smile and said, "When the time comes, I will not have a good time with Master Zhang, do you think you can escape?" ”

"You ......"

Jin Li opened his mouth, and in the face of Chen Jin's naked threat, he suddenly had nothing to say.

Seeing this, Chen Jin changed his words and said, "However, the governor has a way to deal with this catastrophe, and it depends on whether General Jin is willing to cooperate." ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

Now, even if Jin Li is unwilling, he can only obey Chen Jin's arrangement, he is a little depressed, and he even feels bored with the delicacies in front of him.

"This governor has ordered the relevant military reports to be stopped, there is no need to worry about the court learning about this in a short time, General Jin, as long as we can recover Quanzhou before the court learns the news, suppress the thief army, and make the merits, the court will not punish us."

"Your Excellency the Governor, even so, what if the imperial court investigates the crime of concealing military information?" Jin Li asked.

"You don't have to worry about that, the Governor has his own way to deal with it." Chen Jin said.

After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Yingmeng, who immediately understood, endured the heartache, took out the crumpled silver ticket that had been held by him, put it on the table, and pushed it over.

At the same time, he said: "General Jin, this is 5,000 taels of silver tickets, the general has been traveling all the way, please accept it, and reward the lieutenant generals and soldiers of the army." ”

Jin Li looked at the silver ticket, and then looked at Chen Jin and Zhang Yingmeng, how could he not understand that the other party was bribing himself, he sneered in his heart, but still accepted the silver ticket, and pretended to be right: "Lord Zhang's kindness, the last general has received it, and the last general has thanked Lord Zhang on behalf of the lieutenant general of the army." ”

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Zhang Yingmeng said with a smile, he watched Jin Li accept the silver ticket, only felt that his heart was dripping blood, and at the same time secretly decided in his heart that after recovering Quanzhou, he must get back today's losses from the local people.

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Therefore, on November 15, Chen Jin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, personally led the 10,000 Red Banner Army directly under the Governor and Jin Li to Xinghua Mansion in the south, and at the same time dispatched the Inspector Battalion, the Navy Division Haitan Town, and the Navy Division Min Anxie to advance from the waterway to cooperate with the army to besiege Quanzhou Mansion.

In this round of counterinsurgency, all the mobile troops that could be mobilized in Fujian Province were mobilized, including more than 2,700 superintendents directly under the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang, more than 12,000 troops with red flags, more than 2,700 explanators and superintendents of Fujian land routes, and more than 2,000 associations around Xinghua Prefecture, totaling more than 19,000 people, as well as more than 4,000 sailors and 43 warships.

Such a huge army is Chen Jin's greatest confidence to recover Quanzhou and exterminate the righteous army.

The movement of the Qing army was not deliberately concealed, so soon after the Qing army went south, Su Yan and Zhu Chenggong successively received relevant military reports, when they learned that the Qing army had nearly 20,000 troops, Su Yan's face changed slightly, Rao was a little mentally prepared, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that the Qing army was so generous.

Same as Su Yan, Zhu Chenggong couldn't sit still, he immediately sent someone to Quanzhou Mansion to discuss with Su Yan the strategy of meeting the enemy, in his opinion, how can the army under Su Yan fight, but in the face of the Qing army with a huge difference in numbers, the victory rate is still not high.

After learning the number of Qing troops, Su Yan also began to count the troops under his command that could be put into battle:

880 people in the Shenji Battalion.

1,285 people in the Chinese military camp (After stabilizing in Tong'an County, Su Yan transferred back the non-commissioned officers of the Chinese military camp who had stayed behind, leaving only 100 people to temporarily maintain stability, and the same is true in Hui'an County. ）

1,000 people in the rattan battalion.

Yiwu battalion 1,000 people.

1,000 people in the mighty battalion.

Chung Vu battalion 1,000 people.

(The casualties of each battalion during the previous attack on Quanzhou were replenished with the extra strength of the Chinese military battalion, so they are now at full strength)

In addition, there are more than 4,000 defenders of Quanzhou who are undergoing training, and more than 1,700 people who have surrendered in Tong'an County, and if they want to complete the thorough training, they will have to wait until the end of the month at the earliest.

The enemy on land is easy to deal with, what makes Su Yan feel a headache is the Qing army's naval division, Su Yan's naval division battleship only has a sixth-level ship and a two-masted shore defense ship can be put into battle, only rely on these two battleships to take the head to confront the Qing army, the only way is to ask Zhu Chenggong for help.

Thinking that he swore at that time that he didn't need Zhu Chenggong's help, Su Yan only felt that his face was a little hot, and he still didn't think about it, because at this time, the Qing court had not yet established the post of Admiral of the Fujian Navy, so he forgot about the Qing army's sailors.

But this also reminded him, Su Yan hurriedly opened the city plate of Quanzhou, and spent 651 taels of silver to build a brig cruiser, the brig cruiser and the brig shore defense only need one round to build, of which the brig cruiser has 26 guns, which is why Su Yan chose to build it.

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