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Chapter 107 Wang Shi attacks Chuzhou

In the second year of Yonghe, January [-]th.

Because they took the water route, it took less than three days for Zhu Yijiong's personal army to successfully reach Wenzhou Prefecture.

Zhu Yijiong only stayed in Wenzhou Prefecture for two days, and soon the imperial commander personally led the [-]-strong Second Army from Oujiangxi to the prefecture capital.

On January [-], the Ming army arrived in Qingtian County, a small county on the edge of the prefecture.

The magistrate of Qingtian County came to the city and saw the crimson outside the city, the flags fluttering, and the continuous camps, and he suddenly felt desperate.

Just the day before yesterday, I was shocked to hear that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of the country, was personally marching. Wang Lianshu, the prefect of Chuzhou, actually directly ordered the deployment of all the garrison troops in Qingtian County to defend the city.

Originally, there were only a few hundred defenders in Qingtian County, but now they were all evacuated by the city. Now there are only three squads of government officials in the entire Qingtian County, and some civilians who were temporarily recruited by the Qingtian County Magistrate.

How can we hold on when [-] Ming troops attack us?

Sure enough, the Ming army only launched a round of artillery bombardment, and then sent out several advance campers to force the invasion.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the first Ming soldier climbed up the city with a sword in his mouth, and unexpectedly hacked to death a government official.

The other civilians holding sharpened wooden sticks immediately threw away the sticks in their hands and dispersed them. As soon as these civilians dispersed, the remaining three squadrons of government officials saw this and immediately greased their soles and took off their official uniforms while mingling with the crowd. Follow and run.

Except for the first one who climbed the city and killed one enemy, the other Ming troops who climbed the city didn't even do anything. The overall situation at the top of the city was decided.

The Qingtian County Magistrate who was standing at the city tower sighed helplessly when he saw it, stretched out his hand to hold it on, then closed his eyes and jumped down to the city.

As for the county magistrate beside him, he had already run away with the government servants.

Zhu Yijiong held a telescope and saw a man in Qing Dynasty official uniform falling from the city tower like a kite with a broken string, and then a Ming army in red planted the sun and moon flag at the top of the city.

Zhu Yijiong was not very happy about this. After all, it was just Qingtian County. If he came to attack with [-] troops, even if more than half of them were recruits, it would be easy to capture a small county town. On the contrary, if he could not capture it, he would not be able to capture it. Seems abnormal.

The news that Qingtian County had been captured was soon known to the capital city of Chuzhou.

"Two chief townsmen, the Ming bandit army has broken through Qingtian County. What should we do next?" Wang Lianshu, the prefect of Chuzhou, looked anxious. He already knew that Qingtian County could not be defended, but he didn't expect it. It's because the thieves will come so quickly.I had just mobilized garrison troops from various places to gather in Fucheng the day before yesterday, but the Ming thieves came so quickly, and they even attacked the Chuzhou Prefecture first.

Upon seeing this, Xue Shijie, the commander-in-chief of Chuzhou Town, quickly spoke to comfort him: "Master Futai, please be patient. The Ming bandit army is only 1. We currently have [-] troops stationed in the city. Among them, there are [-] taels of elite Green Camp troops." Qian, let’s not talk about leaving the city to fight against the bandits, but if we just defend the city, it may not be possible to defend it.”

Wang Lianshu was a little hesitant: "Is Mr. Chen really telling the truth?"

"That's natural." Xue Shijie nodded and said: "Furthermore, we have Mr. Dai to help us. Mr. Dai has fought against the Ming thieves many times and knows the Ming thieves well."

After hearing this, Wenzhou Commander Dai Kun said with a serious face: "Thank you, Mr. Chen. Dai has only fought against the Ming thief a few times, so how dare he know it so well. But in Dai's humble opinion, this Ming thief sees It seems fierce and invincible in field battles, but when it comes to attacking the city, it is far inferior. Therefore, our focus must still be on the priority of defending the city, as Mr. Chen said , we must never leave the city to fight."

After the previous battle in Jinhua Mansion, Dai Kun had already decided to fight in the field. It would be difficult for him to defeat the Ming army, but he did have some experience in defending the city.

As for why he didn't retreat directly and stayed to defend the city, this was not because he was loyal to his duty, but simply because he couldn't help himself.

After all, he had already lost Wenzhou Mansion to the Ming thieves, but this was because of Lord Dutai's military order, and Lord Dutai would take care of it for him.

But if he retreats from Chuzhou Mansion again, even if he has the governor to support him, he may not be able to make it through.This is especially true for Xue Shijie and Wang Lenshu. One of them is the commander-in-chief of Chuzhou Town and the other is the prefect of Chuzhou. It is impossible for them to abandon the city without any resistance. Otherwise, it would be the crime of losing their land. .

Moreover, Dai Kun was actually a little unwilling. When Yang Gong led the First Army to attack Wenzhou City, he had almost the same number of soldiers. At that time, he was able to rely on the strong walls to clear the country and defend to the death. He was able to withstand several attacks by the Ming thieves. .

However, the leader of the Ming thief did not follow the routine and bypassed Wenzhou City and ran to the hinterland of Zhejiang to cause trouble. He actually lured him out, which led to the big defeat.

If he could be allowed to come back again, no matter how much trouble the Ming thief army made in Zhejiang... okay!If the trouble is really big, I'm afraid he still has to come out of the turtle shell in Wenzhou Prefecture, otherwise it will be bad if the court blames him.

With the assurances from the two commander-in-chiefs, Xue Shijie and Dai Kun, Wang Lenshu, the prefect of Chuzhou, finally felt relieved: "This is very good. With the two commander-in-chiefs here, I have no worries in this prefecture."

"Master Futai has a strong word."

Dai Kun cupped his hands and said, "By the way, I also ask Mr. Futai to try his best to maintain law and order in the city after he returns. If it doesn't work, arrest a group of people. We must not know that the thieves are still coming, and the city will be in chaos first."

Wang Lenshu nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, two commanders-in-chief, we can still handle this matter."

At the top of Chuzhou City, a Qing soldier on duty who was huddled in a corner and dozing off was suddenly awakened by a gust of cold wind.

He rubbed his eyes and stood up from the ground, looking up out of habit.

"That's... not good, it's the Ming thief, it's the Ming thief, the Ming thief is coming!"

The sound of the Qing soldiers quickly woke up the Qing soldiers who were napping nearby, and then there was a lot of excitement.

Not long after, Dai Kun and Xue Shijie, the two commander-in-chiefs, heard the news and boarded the city. As for Wang Lianshu, this guy hadn't gotten up yet.

Looking at the large area of ​​crimson outside the city, Xue Shijie, who was still stiff yesterday, was blown away by the cold wind at the top of the city. All ambitions were gone in an instant, leaving only a feeling of fear.

Dai Kun, who was still on the side, remained calm and calmly ordered: "Send the order, have the soldiers prepare rolling stones and hammer wood, burn pots of golden juice for the whole town, and launch all the artillery. There must be no open fire." The thieves boarded the city."

"Yes!" The person next to him immediately stepped back to give the order.

In less than a moment, the entire city gradually returned to order under the orders and scoldings of various Qing military officers.

Several artillery pieces were pushed out from the battlements, but they were all small and medium-sized artillery pieces and could only be used to defend the city. Compared with the heavy artillery of the Ming army, their range and power were much inferior.

As the artillery was pushed out, stinking smoke gradually began to rise from various places on the city. Dozens of iron pots were distributed throughout the city, with strange, mushy and unknown substances mixed with yellow, brown and black colors constantly rolling in them. Still bubbling.

The faces of the two Qing soldiers who were responsible for cooking and adding firewood had already wrinkled up. I have to say that this iron pot stew really smells bad.

　Brain hurts...

　　I changed the previous part, ignoring the distance problem, and changed it to take the water route.

　　The speed of Fuzhou is about four or five knots, which is ten kilometers per hour.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)