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

Chapter 78 Unification of Fujian
"Bang bang bang..."

Five cannons were fired in a row, and Shen Deyuan's ears were ringing on the towering tower. He lost his grip and almost fell down the city wall. Fortunately, he was caught in time by the soldiers with quick eyes and quick hands beside him.

Three of the five marbles hit the city wall, leaving three dents on the bluestone brick wall. The other two flew over the city head with strong kinetic energy.

"You two dogs, get down quickly..."

A middle-aged Bingyong covered his ears. Before he could finish speaking, Er Gouzi, who was standing next to him in a daze, was hit by a flying black marble and his head was crushed.

The cracked brain and blood sprinkled all over the middle-aged soldier Yong. The headless Ergouzi spurted two mouthfuls of blood from his neck, and then staggered and fell next to the middle-aged soldier Yong.

"Ugh~" Looking at this tragic scene and smelling the strong smell of blood on his face, the middle-aged soldier who had never killed anyone couldn't hold back and vomited on the spot.

However, after vomiting, I felt that my heart was not so scared, but felt inexplicably weird.

Hearing that there seemed to be no more cannons firing outside, the middle-aged soldier stood up cautiously along the city wall and looked outside.

I saw a large number of Ming thieves outside the city guarding five giant cannons. Several people in front and behind were holding unknown tools and doing something unknown to the barrels of the giant cannons.

The soldiers at the top of the city all poked their heads out, looking with curiosity and awe at the five giant cannons in the Ming thief army outside the city.

Big and long, this is the first impression the soldiers have of the red cannon.

They didn't recognize it, and they didn't know what the red cannon was, but just looking at the thick and long barrel, plus the five thunderous cannon blasts just now, it would be okay if it hit someone.

Many soldiers wanted to quit, but when they thought about the rebels on the other side, they and others were recruited by the prefect, and they had just received money from the prefect.

If they run away now, what will they do if the prefect comes back to settle accounts with them?

For a moment, these brave soldiers were obviously very scared, but they did not dare to be the first to escape.

All the soldiers just lay on the top of the city, watching with trepidation as the thieves outside the city cleaned the barrels and loaded the shells.

At this time, Shen Deyuan, who was sitting on the city tower, gradually recovered from the ringing in his ears. He saw that the thieves outside the city were so arrogant and placed five red cannons in front of the camp, where they bombarded their own city wall.

Although there were only two bullets that finally landed on the top of the city, and only one of them killed a person, only one was killed. The remaining three all landed on the bluestone brick city wall.

Except for leaving three traces, there is nothing else.After all, it is also a city wall. Glutinous rice was used in its construction. Naturally, it is not a big problem to be strong enough to withstand a few red-coated cannonballs.

But even so, Shen Deyuan was still a little angry.

The Ming thieves outside the city actually directly took advantage of the range advantage of the red cannon and set up a posture in front of the camp to bombard the city wall.

This is truly not a son of man.

But it was impossible for him to fight back, because he didn't have a red cannon, and he didn't have a qualified gunner.

There are some archers, but they can't shoot two miles, and their accuracy... let's not mention it.

As for going out of the city to attack the camp, don't be ridiculous. It's okay to let him use these soldiers to defend the city bravely. It can only be said that it's awkward to go out of the city to fight, especially when the Ming thieves take out the red cannon.

Just thinking about it...

"Bang bang bang..."

Five loud cannons rang out again from the Ming thief's position outside the city, bringing up large amounts of thick smoke.

Chengtou Bingyong and Shen Deyuan learned the lesson this time, and they all covered their ears and lay down.All five shells hit the city wall, and even the top of the city could feel a strong earthquake.

But that's all. This is a city wall made of bluestone and bricks. It is high and thick. It is not impossible to blast it with a red cannon, but the loss of bullets and gunpowder is at least [-] kilograms.

After two rounds of shelling, Shen Deyuan looked over again.

I saw groups of Ming thieves carrying ladders climbing up the camp and leaving the military formation, heading straight for their own city wall.

Looking at their uniforms, they are all fake thieves.

Shen Deyuan reacted and shouted quickly: "Quickly, everyone get up and kill the thieves! Kill the thieves!"

Having said that, he did not forget to add: "Anyone who kills a thief will be heavily rewarded!"

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

Soon some soldiers got up courageously. This time someone took the lead, and the other soldiers also got up one by one, and then they started to set up the pots and start the fire in a hurry.

Seeing that the Ming thief had arrived at the camp first and was getting closer, those who were brave enough bent their bows and nocked arrows to shoot. With luck, they actually let him hit one.

Unfortunately, it only hit the arm, which was not covered by the armor. The Ming thief who was shot was not dead, but he screamed in pain.

At this time, the morale of the city was finally boosted.

As the Ming thieves first set up camp and arrived at the bottom of the city, a ladder was set up towards the city wall, and each of the Ming thieves climbed up with a sword in their mouth.

"Let the arrows, let the arrows!"

"Where are the rolling stones and logs? Throw them away quickly!"

"I don't care whether the golden juice is ready or not, the thief is coming up soon, fall down first, fall down!"

……

For a moment, the whole city was in a panic, but fortunately, this wave of Ming thieves only entered the camp first, and there were not many people.

There was no fighting to the death, it was just the strength of the people. Rolling stones and trees were all thrown down as if they were free of charge. There was also unboiled gold juice and excrement water. Although it was not hot, it was disgusting and smelly.

The Ming thief who was climbing the ladder was either hit by rolling stone arrows and fell down, or he was drenched in excrement and fell to the ground due to nausea and stench.

In just a quarter of an hour, the advance camp went from siege to defeat. None of the several ladders could be climbed.After leaving behind more than a dozen corpses, the first-camp camp composed of these fake thieves retreated in despair, not even using the ladders erected on the city wall.

The rumored terrifying Ming thief was so easily repelled without any contact fighting. A burst of cheers erupted at the top of the city.

In contrast, in front of the camp outside the city, a battalion commander knelt down on one knee, with a face full of shame: "Sir, the brothers died so grievously, please let me be beaten again by my humble position!"

Wang Zongtan turned to look at Yang Gong, who shook his head: "This is not a crime of war and has nothing to do with you. Let's go down first!"

The battalion had no choice but to retreat.

"Let's dig faster below, we must start tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

……

Chengtou was excited for a while and then became alert again.At noon and afternoon, the Ming thieves launched two waves of siege again, but the thunder was heavy and the rain was light. After leaving more than ten corpses, they were successfully repelled by the soldiers at the top of the city.

Until nightfall, the Ming thieves still refused to give up, and actually sent people to the city under the cover of darkness. This time, instead of trying to persuade them to surrender, they started shouting insults, calling the people in the city and him, Shen Deyuan, "a shrinking turtle."

In response, Shen Deyuan just smiled disdainfully. Three consecutive "big wins" during the day had already given him confidence.

If it goes like this during the day, then he is fully confident that he can defend the city until the emperor sends a large army to suppress the thieves.The third day.

"Sir, it's not good, the Ming thieves seem to be attacking the city again!"

"Isn't it just to attack the city? How unbecoming is it to be in such a panic!" Shen Deyuan was woken up and his face was a little unhappy.

He has long been used to the thieves coming and going. Today is the third day. I guess it is just a few shots and a tentative attack. There is nothing to panic about.

"Sir, this time... this time is different. You'd better go and have a look!" Na Bingyong looked a little flustered.

Shen Deyuan frowned slightly, but simply adjusted his clothes, picked up his sword and came to the top of the city to take a look.

Good guy, I saw that the original Ming thief camp was now with its flags flying, and tens of thousands of thief soldiers were dispatched, directly forming three neat square formations and pushing towards Funing Fucheng.

The Ming thief is about to launch a general attack, why is it so sudden?

Shen Deyuan was surprised and was about to order the defense of the city.

"boom!!"

A shocking loud noise came from below the city, causing a strong shock. Shen Deyuan and the soldiers around him on the top of the city couldn't even stand still and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a few meters to the left of the main city gate, a large section of the city wall collapsed. The soldiers above had no time to escape, and they were all buried alive by the collapsed city wall.

"No, the city collapsed!"

"The Lord Magistrate resists Master Wang, and God is angry!"

"The Ming thief has broken into the city, run away!"

"Run!"

Under a series of shouts, the remaining soldiers at the top of the city fled for their lives.

"No one... is allowed to run away. Come back to me! Fight again, fight again!" Shen Deyuan held up his sword and roared to stop the soldiers from escaping. However, no one paid any attention to him. Even the city wall collapsed. How could the city still be here? Guard your ass.

Even Shen Deyuan's soldiers were all gone.

After experiencing ups and downs, Shen Deyuan was now desperate and shouted: "Your Majesty, I have tried my best, I have tried my best!"

After saying that, he actually drew his sword and killed himself on the spot. The main artery was cut and blood spurted all over him.

Shen Deyuan fell softly to the ground, feeling that all the strength in his body was quickly drained. Before losing consciousness, he seemed to have returned to the palace examination and the gold list.

The emperor at that time was so heroic and talented...

"Damn, it's too late. Forget it, I can get a reward for carrying the corpse of this dog official!" One person rushed up with a group of people and couldn't help but cursed. If Shen Deyuan was still alive, he should be able to recognize it. This is the officer who previously reported that the Ming thief was in Luoyuan County.

By the way, this guy took the lead in those rumors and shouting at the top of the city.

It can be said that without him, Chengtou Bingyong would not be able to run so fast, and at least he could resist slightly, although it would be useless.

In the camp outside the city, Yang Gong, who was riding a horse, looked at the collapsed city wall in front of him and exclaimed: "The coffin cannon mentioned by the supervisor is really powerful!"

Good guy, he planned all of this.

Originally, Funing Prefecture had actually been able to fight for a long time, but Yang Gong thought of the coffin cannon. Sooner or later, the Ming army would encounter a forced surrender of the city, so he simply used Funing Prefecture to experiment.

Including sweeping the surrounding areas of the city at the beginning, in addition to collecting food and grass to eliminate future troubles, there was also the purpose of recruiting civilians to dig tunnels.

The various strange behaviors of the Ming army later, as well as the Ming army camp that Shen Deyuan discovered was brightly lit all night, were all due to the Ming army digging tunnels overnight.

In fact, if the defender of the city was replaced by another experienced general, I am afraid that the Ming army's intentions would be discovered the next day.

After all, in this era of siege warfare, cave sieges can be said to be routine operations.

It's a pity that Shen Deyuan knew the art of war, but not much, and finally gave Yang Gong a chance.

As most of the Ming army filed in through the gap in the city wall, all the soldiers who dared to step forward to stop them were killed by the Ming army.

The battle on the city wall lasted only half an hour, and the brave soldiers of Funing Mansion were either defeated or captured.

The Ming army quickly took complete control of the entire city wall, and then began to raid the interior of the city.

At noon, most of the soldiers hiding in the city were found by the Ming army.

Even if someone is lucky enough to slip through the net, it no longer poses a threat.

At the same time that Funing Prefecture was defeated, good news also came from Jianning Prefecture in the west.

As mentioned before, the Ming thieves mobilized 5000 troops this time, of which only one third were real thieves, that is, [-] people.

That was the second town of Yang Gong's headquarters, and Zheng Dingrui's first town did not stay in Fuzhou. Instead, he sent his troops westward at the same time. While everyone's attention was on Luoyuan County, he unexpectedly sent five thousand elite troops to They captured Jianning Fucheng in one fell swoop.

Funing and Jianning mansions were destroyed, and all the other Qingting counties and towns in northern Fujian were shaken. Especially rumors said that Funing mansion resisted the king's command and was punished by heaven for disobeying the destiny of the king, causing the city wall to collapse. , only then did the Ming thieves break the city in one fell swoop.

Although it sounded outrageous, and those officials didn't believe a word of it, it didn't matter, they didn't believe it, but the gentry and common people below "believed" it.

Before Yang Gong's message arrived, all the counties and towns in northern Fujian were reluctant to surrender. Those who wanted to be loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty were kidnapped by the local Ming Dynasty obedient people and sacrificed directly to the king's army.

All over northern Fujian, a group of people came to welcome Master Wang in an instant.

With the defeat of the two prefectures in northern Fujian, most of Fujian fell into the hands of Zhu Yijiong, leaving only the three prefectures of Yanshaoting.

As for Zhangzhou, it was severely damaged by Lin Junbu and has long been in ruins.

The Southern Route Army under the command of Xu Jin was not so much attacking cities and territories as rescuing refugees, but the Zhangzhou magistrate had already laid waste to him.

Now he lives in Fucheng, eating, drinking and having fun every day. Whenever the thieves come, he will commit suicide.

In mid-December, the Tiandihui rebels in Yanping Prefecture sent people to contact the Ming army.

Zhu Yijiong made a prompt decision, sent Zhang Yue as an envoy to contact him, and made decisive concessions.As long as they are not enemies of the Ming army and insist on resisting the Qing Dynasty, the Ming army will not fight against it.

Yanping Tiandihui saw that Zhu Yijiong had such a profound understanding of righteousness and the image of a Ming master. In addition, under Zhang Yue's efforts to mediate, he immediately expressed his willingness to obey the Ming Dynasty and obey his orders.

Yanping was attached to the Ming Dynasty, Jianning was defeated, and the Shaowu Mansion, which was caught in the middle, soon begged for surrender from the Ming army. The Shaowu prefect was lucky, and all his family members brought Shaowu with them, but he gritted his teeth and followed the thieves.

As for the remaining Tingzhou Prefecture, it is now the territory of Lin Jun's Ministry. This guy has always been flying the banner of the Ming Dynasty. Now seeing that Zhu Yijiong is powerful, he is also able to bend and stretch. On the advice of his adviser, he directly expressed his gratitude to Zhu Yijiong and shouted long live the prison country.

For the time being, Zhu Yijiong did not want to pay attention to him. At the moment, the most important thing was to join the united front against the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, Lin Jun's army was squeezed into a corner of southern Fujian by the Ming army, with no room for development. As time goes by, the gap in strength between it and the Ming army will only become wider and wider.

At this point, Ming and Fujian were formally unified.

　During the Warring States Period, there was a cart driver who sent the general to the enemy camp because he did not give him some meat (ω)
　　
　
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