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Chapter 55 Take Nan'an quickly
Quanzhou Prefecture, Nan'an County.

At this time, Nan'an County was in chaos. Taiwan Zhu Ni had gathered tens of thousands of troops to seize the southwest of Quanzhou, and now he was planning to attack the capital of Quanzhou. The news not only reached the hands of the governor Lu Youlong.

It has also spread to the capital city of Quanzhou and even surrounding counties and towns.Let alone Fucheng and other counties and towns, Nan'an County is the barrier to the northwest of Fucheng.

If the Ming army wanted to move south from Anxi County to attack Fucheng, the first stop it had to take was Nan'an County.

What's even more terrible is that the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers originally stationed in Fucheng went to Xinghua Prefecture to suppress the bandits more than ten days ago, and they have not returned yet.

In the entire Nan'an County, including the city behind, there are only a few dozen government agents... Oh, and there is also a team of gatekeepers who are dedicated to guarding the city gates, responsible for checking people's directions and collecting city crossing fees. The combat power can be ignored.

If Taiwan Zhu Ni leads his army at this time, it's hard to say if the city can be defended, but Nan'an County will definitely not be able to defend it.

Almost as soon as the news came to Nan'an County, all the wealthy gentry in Nan'an County who could leave were packing up their property and business, hiring chariots and horses to protect them, and preparing to leave the city to avoid disaster.

Some of them want to hide in the towns below, some want to go south to Fucheng, and still others want to go all the way east to Fuzhou where there is still a large rear area.

In short, everyone is thinking of all ways to leave Nan'an County and even Quanzhou Prefecture.

After all, this place is about to become a war-torn place.

As for some people saying that Taiwan Zhu Ni follows the rules and will not kill local gentry indiscriminately, as long as he gives money to buy life (borrowing grain is said to be money to buy life, there seems to be no problem...), that is absolutely not the case... There will be danger for life.

However, who would believe such hearsay?
That's a rebel!Moreover, asking them to pay for their lives is a joke?

However, these wealthy gentry can escape, but Nan'an County officials, ranging from the county magistrate to the chief bookkeeper who inspects these people, cannot escape.

First of all, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, officials have the responsibility to defend the territory. Regardless of whether they can win or not, if they abandon the city and flee without a court order, not only will they lose their heads, but even their family members will be implicated.

The local officials are fine, but the Nan'an County magistrate is an official in a different place, and his family members are all in his hometown in the north.

How to run?Where to run?
If the county magistrate cannot leave, he will naturally not let other officials leave. He cannot stop the rich and powerful gentry from leaving, and it is not easy to stop them.

But if the court official wants to run away, then he can naturally chop off these people's heads at any time.

Therefore, even before the Ming army arrived in Nan'an County, all the wealthy gentry in Li's entire Nan'an County had already fled in the past few days while the Ming army was on their way, leaving only a few close servants to take care of the remaining real estate.

The magistrate of Nan'an County has also been busy these days, sending people to continuously send messages to the capital, requesting reinforcements from the capital.Although there may be no troops to send in Fucheng, you still have to make a statement. The more dangerous your side is, the more you can gain by then, no matter whether you can defend it or not.

On the other hand, we also seize the time to recruit local warriors and prepare to defend the city. It is impossible to sit back and wait for death, and surrender is even less possible.

As for where the money to raise Xiangyong comes from?Of course, it was the wealthy gentry who escaped who paid. He, the magistrate of Nan'an County, "didn't see" them leaving the city, so naturally they had to show their disapproval.

Just as Nan'an County was frantically recruiting brave villagers to defend the city, the Ming army's vanguard finally arrived at the first stop, Nan'an County, in the first town after walking for four days.

Anxi County is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the mountain roads are also difficult to walk.Especially the road leading to Nan'an County was not only narrow, but also extremely winding. It took them an extra day to finally arrive.

Zhu Yijiong kept his word and said he would raise [-] troops to attack Fucheng, so he would attack Fucheng.

Since it’s a show, let’s do the whole thing.Otherwise, how to attract the Qing army to raise troops to fight with them?
Moreover, ten thousand steps back, if the Qing army really does not come.

Haha, then Quanzhou Mansion belongs to him.

Since ancient times, the two states of Zhangquan and Zhangquan have been holy places for Fujian rebels. The reason is that the people in these two places are fierce, coupled with the oppression of the government and the belief in gods.

As long as Lu Youlong could bear not to bring troops, he would dare to engulf Quanzhou Prefecture within a month and expand his army by another hundred thousand.

At that time, it is really unclear what the situation will be like.

When the Ming army arrived in Nan'an County, Nan'an County also discovered them, and then a very funny scene occurred.The Ming army has not yet begun to attack the city, and the entire Nan'an County defenders... no, they can't even be considered defenders.

Zhu Yijiong sat on the royal horse (finally changed to a taller one) and saw clearly with a telescope that the soldiers guarding the city in Nan'an County were all civilians not wearing Qing army uniforms.

Some civilians didn't even have weapons in their hands.

These were untrained people who didn't even have enough to eat. They were just civilians who had been forcibly recruited by the Nan'an County magistrate a few days ago to defend the city.

When they saw tens of thousands of Ming troops outside the city, a vast array of crimson and a twelve-pointed sun and moon flag, they were all frightened out of their wits.

Everyone ran like crazy towards the city, no matter how much the officials on the city beat and scolded them.

Gradually, even the officials who were responsible for guarding the civilians at the top of the city couldn't bear it anymore and ran away with the common people.

Defend the city?Damn it, didn't you see that the rebels on the other side have tens of thousands of troops?

The big men above were not even willing to pay them, so they gave them a few hundred coppers and asked them to capture civilians and come to defend the city.

Whoever wants to guard this city can guard it. Anyway, they will not accompany him to death.

Within a moment, all the "defenders" at the head of Nan'an County were gone.

In the Ming army formation a few miles away, Zhu Yijiong put down his telescope with a slightly strange expression.

However, fortunately, generals like Yang Gong were not surprised.

He also had a telescope given by King Zhu. Seeing that all the "defenders" at the head of Nan'an County were scared away, he immediately seized the opportunity and directly ordered a strong attack.

A large wave of Ming troops raised their ladders and rushed towards the city wall of Nan'an County. The red-coated cannons in the military formation also quickly advanced to a suitable distance under the cover of the army.

Not surprisingly, the "defenders" at the top of the city really ran away.

When the vanguard camp of the Ming army set up ladders, crossed the city wall and opened the city gate, the Ming army waiting in the rear also entered the city in large numbers.

The leader of the vanguard battalion, after the army entered the city, had already prepared the twelve-pointed sun and moon flag symbolizing the Ming Dynasty and planted it on the top of the city.

The flag was constantly swaying in the gentle summer breeze, which also indicated that Nan'an County, the northern barrier of Quanzhou Prefecture, was under the rule of the Ming Dynasty again.

When the Ming army entered the city, Nan'an County also became chaotic, and there were hooligans everywhere who took advantage of the chaos to burn, kill, and loot.

On the one hand, Zhu Yijiong ordered to divide his troops to maintain public order, and on the other hand, he led his troops to the county government office to see if he could capture the Nan'an County magistrate.

The county government of Nan'an County at this time.

County magistrate Liu Bingqing made a special trip to put on a brand-new official palace, straightened his official hat, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times towards the north, and shouted: "Your Majesty, I have done my best!"

After that, he stepped on the bench, put his neck on the white silk on the beam, and kicked the bench.

After struggling for a moment, Liu Bingqing lowered his hands, rolled his eyes outwards, and stopped moving.

At this time, outside the county government office, there was a burst of shouting and cursing, mixed with crying and the phrase "Where is the county magistrate? Where is the county magistrate hiding?"

　I almost forgot to update, okay!Still forgot

　　
　
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