I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 65 The prefect who dared not die
In the 60th year of Kangxi's reign, in October.

The main force of the Fujian Green Camp Army led by Lu Youlong, the governor of Fujian, was completely wiped out in the Battle of Quanzhou. Even he himself was intercepted and captured by the No. [-] Town and Fan Barracks of the Ming Army that had already been ambushed.

Up to this point in the entire Fujian, there was no officer or soldier capable of resisting the Ming army's front.

By the way, there are also 3000 and [-] soldiers from Fuzhou General Huang Bingyue stationed at the Eight Banners.With such a small number of troops, Zheng Dingrui's first town can be easily controlled.

As for the Qing troops in other provinces, this includes the back-and-forth transmission of news and transfer of orders, as well as the preparation of food and grass and the gathering of troops.Even in neighboring Zhejiang, we can't stop it in less than two months.

After the war, the Ming army continued as usual, disbanding and reorganizing all the [-] Green Battalion surrendered troops.He also eliminated the old, weak and remnant soldiers, retaining only the strong and strong.

It took about five days to completely organize it.

The total strength of the Ming army in Quanzhou Prefecture also expanded from [-] to [-] in an instant.

The original seven towns were directly expanded to eleven towns, and with Lai Chi's tribe, there were a total of twelve towns, with a total strength of over [-].

If we include the new soldiers recruited by Quanzhou Prefecture and the Xiang soldiers who stayed in Taiwan Prefecture, Zhu Yijiong can already shamelessly claim to have [-] troops.

In terms of military strength, today's Zhu Yijiong is obviously no longer the situation where he can be wiped out with just a finger, or at most Ming and Zheng.

Now Zhu Yijiong, not only competing with the Qing court for supremacy in the world, but at least dominating one side, is barely able to do so.

It was completely impossible for the Qing court to eliminate Zhu Yijiong and his Ming Dynasty in a short time.

After completing the reorganization of the army, Zhu Yijiong did not wait any longer. The Qing army in Fujian was defeated, so there was no need for Quanzhou City to continue to exist.

"Send the order and attack the city immediately. I will spend the night in Quanzhou City tonight!" Zhu Yijiong gave the order.

"promise!"

Yang Gong, Chen Fushou, Liu Guoji, and Lai Chi responded one after another.

The remaining Wang Zongtan and the other four newly promoted commanders also quickly accepted the offer.

The order was passed down through the officer command system at all levels, and the Ming army outside Quanzhou City quickly moved into action.

On the top of the city, the soldiers who were quite lazy at first were suddenly alerted by the movements of the Ming army outside.

"What's going on with these rebels? Why did they suddenly move?" A policeman named Chen Sanlu was lying on the top of the city with a frightened face, looking at the noisy Ming army assembled in formation a few miles outside the city. camp.

The same goes for several other officers who were nearby. They were all lying on the top of the city with frightened expressions on their faces.

Even if they were far away, they could clearly see that in the Ming Army camp a few miles away, countless Ming Army soldiers in red began to form formations.

At the same time, several extremely large red-coated cannons, protected by several Ming army gunners and sword and shield men, began to advance rapidly towards Quanzhou Fucheng.

This is the rhythm of attacking the city!
In fact, not only this group of officers, but also the other forcibly recruited gentry guards and civilians also noticed the strange movements of the Ming army outside the city.

For a moment, the entire city exploded.

In the Quanzhou War a few days ago, although Quanzhou City did not participate in the war, everyone could clearly see it from the top of the city.

Even the magistrate Tongzhi and the adults above rarely reached the top of the city.Get ready to watch how the officers and soldiers under the governor's command show their might and wipe out all the rebels outside the city.

Then there is no more then.

The [-] officers and soldiers under the governor's command were directly killed by the rebel army, leaving nothing behind. The entire battlefield was filled with blood (too much imagination).

The prefect was so frightened that he fainted on the top of the city wall. If the guard next to him hadn't caught him in time, he would have fallen down.

Since then, everyone in Quanzhou City from top to bottom has understood that this city cannot be defended.

In just five days, the wealthy gentry in Quanzhou City were ready to welcome the Ming Dynasty King's troops into the city at any time.As for the adults in the government offices of the city, although they were running around anxiously, they could do nothing.

Even the prefect Wang Daocheng put on his official uniform every day and just sat in the yamen.

No matter how chaotic and impetuous the people in the city are, they don't care at all.

Today, after waiting for five days, the Ming army finally couldn't hold it any longer.

For several miles, the Ming army covered twenty red cannons, and within a moment they reached the effective firing range.

The gunners immediately began to load gunpowder and marbles into the cannon.

Zhu Yijiong is riding a white horse, standing in the middle of the army. Surrounded by a line of imperial troops standing in harmony, he looks majestic.

Just as he was about to take out his telescope and observe the movements at the top of Quanzhou City as usual, he suddenly saw that not far ahead, the gate of Quanzhou City was slowly opening.

Zhu Yijiong's expression remained unchanged as she looked at the group of people walking out of the city gate quickly.

Yang Gong and other Ming army generals, who were already in the army and were preparing to command the siege, saw this and a look of regret suddenly appeared on their faces.

The group of people walked very fast, and there was another person in the team holding a big white flag.When they came to the Ming army formation, no matter who was in charge, the leader, dressed in the attire of a high-ranking official of the Qing court, knelt down and shouted: "The magistrate of Quanzhou, together with the magistrate of Quanzhou and his subordinate officers, are here to ask for surrender! "

After saying that, he held a tray with both hands. In the tray was a brocade box and a stack of books.

The brocade box contains the official seal, and the booklet is the yellow booklet of the officials of Quanzhou Prefecture.

The Ming army officer in charge of blocking saw the situation and did not dare to let them in. He quickly ordered people to watch these people first, and then personally led people to report.

I don’t know how long it has been...

As the Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijiong personally received the Quanzhou Tongzhi who voluntarily surrendered and the Quanzhou Tongzhi personally in front of the army.

Then, he decisively ordered the vanguard battalion of the army to enter the city. When the vanguard battalion completely took over the defense of the city wall, they saw the twelve-pointed sun and moon flag firmly planted on the Quanzhou city tower.

Most of the Ming army quickly entered the city one after another. The entire Quanzhou city seemed like an empty city, with not a single civilian vendor on both sides of the street.

Some of these people were driven away by the wealthy gentry who wanted to surrender, while others hid in their homes.

After all, these people who entered the city were rebels!

The officers and soldiers frightened them, and the rebels were no exception.

Perhaps, when the Ming Dynasty rules here for a year or two, this situation will be better.

With the active cooperation of Quanzhou Tongzhi and Quanzhou Tongpan, the Ming army's takeover of Quanzhou City was extremely smooth. Not to mention resistance, there was little chaos in the city.

There were only some small-scale unrest in some slum areas, but they were just idiots who wanted to take advantage of the situation.

With the Ming army quickly dispatching troops to suppress it, this turmoil naturally did not cause any disturbance.

at that time.

The Quanzhou magistrate's office was deserted.

"Unexpectedly, I ended up using it after all." Wang Daocheng, wearing the uniform of a fourth-grade prefect, looked at the three things on the table with a wry smile.

A bottle of poison, a sharp sword, and a white silk ribbon, this is the suicide method Wang Daocheng chose for himself.

Wang Daocheng took a look at the poison first. The medicine shop owner boasted that this poison was the best in the world, but it was actually arsenic.

You will definitely die if you eat it, but it seems to be very painful, and it won't die quickly enough.

Wang Daocheng shook his head and looked at the sword again...it was so sharp, it might hurt!
All right!It seems that the only choice is Bai Ling.

Wang Daocheng seemed to have made up his mind, stretched out his hand to grab the three-foot white silk, and then looked up to the north.

"Your Majesty, I've tried my best. It's all because of that idiot Lu Youlong, who has no military skills and ruined a hundred thousand troops in vain..." Wang Daocheng cursed and actually shed tears. It wasn't out of hatred, it was purely out of anger. Afraid.

He is really afraid of death and doesn’t want to die!

However, Wang Daocheng was from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and in layman's terms, he was the emperor's servant.

If he does not die in the city, but is caught by the rebels, then every one of his family members who enjoy happiness in Beijing will be destroyed.

Thinking of this, Wang Daocheng burst into tears, and with extreme fear in his heart, he tremblingly wanted to hang the white silk in his hand on the beam.

But he failed to hang it up several times. Finally, he gritted his teeth and threw it away, and finally threw it over.

Wang Daocheng stepped on the bench and raised his feet several times, but he did not dare to go up.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the yamen. Wang Daocheng felt nervous and quickly stepped on the bench to hang his neck on it.

But accidentally, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground.

Haven't had time to get up yet.

There was a bang, and the door was kicked open from the outside. It was the same Ming Army platoon leader from Anxi County before.

This time he learned his lesson wisely. When he saw a Qinggu official lying in the room, he looked like a big fish in his official uniform.

His face suddenly became happy and he shouted: "Catch him, don't let him commit suicide!"

Seven or eight Ming army soldiers swarmed forward and directly pressed Wang Daocheng, who was about to take the poison on the case, to the ground on the spot, unable to move.

Looking at the rebels in front of him who were looking at prey, Wang Daocheng was filled with grief and anger, but he felt a rare sense of relief in his heart.

Finally don't have to die.

(End of this chapter)