Chapter 553 [Besieged Fuzhou, shame before the snow] one
When Mu Linfeng arrived outside the Nanjing city gate, the farewell officials knelt down on both sides of the city gate. Wang Zhizhen, Shi Kefa, and Hong Chengchou knelt in front of Mu Linfeng's horse and said, "I wish you a triumphant return!"
Mu Linfeng glanced down at the officials, and then said loudly: "After my visit to Fuzhou, the king will have full power over the affairs of the court to all of you. You must fulfill your duties, assist the emperor with all your heart, and use your mind on national affairs...
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Mu Linfeng said this, glanced at Wang Zhizhen who was kneeling in front of him, and saw that his body was trembling slightly, and then he said to Wang Zhizhen, Hong Chengchou, and Shi Kefa: "My lords, after I go to Fuzhou this time, all the affairs of the court will be
There are still three leaders to take care of it!" Upon hearing this, the three people immediately kowtowed and accepted the order.
After Mu Linfeng finished explaining everyone, he looked back at the towers of Nanjing City, and then rode away. Soldiers on both sides of the road began to run up the road in order, following Mu Linfeng.
When the officials saw Wang Zhizhen, Hong Chengchou, and Shi Kefa standing up, they all stood up one after another. All the officials nodded and bowed to the three people, asking for instructions on Mu Linfeng's work while he was away in Nanjing...
Mu Linfeng went all the way south without stopping for half a day. When he passed by Hangzhou that day, he remembered that after he was in Fuzhou and preparing to return to Beijing, he thought about coming to Hangzhou and taking Zheng Lianxiang to visit the mountains and rivers to see where there was no pollution in the city.
The beautiful scenery of Hangzhou, take a look at Chunxiang Tower in Hangzhou.
But this time when Mu Linfeng came, he no longer had the elegance of the former. He just wanted to visit Chunxiang Tower and meet Xu Erniang. Unfortunately, after the soldiers went to the city to inquire, they came back and told Mu Linfeng that Chunxiang Tower in Hangzhou had been destroyed more than a month ago.
Already graduated.
Mu Linfeng secretly thought that this was reasonable. Xu Erniang, who wanted to be a rare visitor, might have already gone to northern Shaanxi or fled to the end of the world.
After Mu Linfeng secretly sighed a few times, he thought of Dong Xiaowan, who was still placed in Wang Xuyuan's house. It had been nearly two months since the last time he said goodbye to the Nanjing government office. Then he shook his head and shouted loudly,
He whipped his riding whip and continued towards Fuzhou.
Along the way from Nanjing, all we saw were the ruins of the city. It seems that Wu Sangui did whatever it took to win this battle, so he immediately asked Tan Ma to give Wang Zhizhen of Nanjing, Hong Chengchou and Shi Kefa a secret order to let them
Send people as soon as possible to appease the people in various counties and counties, elect new officials, and take office as soon as possible.
Five days later, Mu Linfeng led his men and horses to Fuzhou City. The outside of Fuzhou City was already surrounded by Mu Linfeng's troops and horses. All around the city, troops were everywhere in the mountains and fields. The muzzles of hundreds of artillery pieces were pointed at Fuzhou.
, the sea southeast of Fuzhou is also full of Wang Jun's warships, and their guns are all aimed at Fuzhou. I am afraid that after giving the order, the entire Fuzhou will be wiped out and cease to exist.
After Wu Sangui and Zhang Jian learned that Mu Linfeng was coming, they marched more than ten miles to greet Mu Linfeng and immediately reported to Mu Linfeng the current situation in Fuzhou.
Now all the defeated civil and military officials from other cities have gathered in Fuzhou City. Those who fled overseas have been captured by Wang Jun's navy. The Dutch fleet has been forced to stay in the Taiwan Strait and dare not fight, while Zheng Zhilong's Zheng family army has shrunk.
In Fuzhou, he never came out to fight.
Mu Linfeng nodded thoughtfully. Zhang Jian and Wu Sangui originally planned to arrange for Mu Linfeng to rest first, but Mu Linfeng insisted on going to Fuzhou Chengmen to observe the situation first.
When Mu Linfeng arrived at the city gate, he saw that there were soldiers everywhere on the Fuzhou City Tower. There were also artillery on the city tower. Naturally, they were not Mu Linfeng's artillery. The soldiers guarding the city were on high alert, including crossbowmen and musketeers.
The formation has been set up and ready to fight at any time.
From the posture of the defenders, Mu Linfeng could see Zheng Zhilong's mentality. It seemed that even in this reverse situation, Zheng Zhilong still had no intention of surrendering.
Wu Sangui on the side said that in the past few times, he had seen two people entering the city to negotiate and persuade Zheng Zhilong to leave the city and surrender, but he was killed by Zheng Zhilong. Haijiang's head was hung on the city tower, and he pointed to a place on the city tower.
Mu Linfeng looked around and saw two bloody heads hanging on the tower, swaying in the wind.
After Mu Linfeng read the situation of Fuzhou City, he immediately returned to the military camp and wrote a letter to Zheng Zhilong, still persuading Zheng Zhilong to surrender, but he also wrote a letter to Yang Geng, which was reasonable.
Moved with emotion, he analyzed the current situation and asked him to urge Zheng Zhilong to surrender. This would be the best outcome not only for the two armies but also for the people. After writing the letter, he gave it to Wu Sangui to send someone to shoot crossbows into the city.
When night fell, Zheng Zhilong sent a letter. The letter turned out to be blank, with only a blood stain in the center. Although the number was not written, Mu Linfeng also saw Zheng Zhilong's murderous intention and determination to fight to the death, but Yang Geng did not receive it.
's reply.
Mu Linfeng had no choice but to write another letter to Zheng Zhilong, stating that he would attack the city on time at noon tomorrow. He could accept any form of negotiation before noon, provided that he left the city and surrendered. However, the noon hour had passed and he would attack the city with all his strength.
No more negotiation of any kind.
After writing the letter, he asked Wu Sangui to send people to shoot into the city, and then told Wu Sangui and Zhang Jian to have a good rest tonight and prepare to attack the city tomorrow.
A calm night lurked murderous intent. The calmness of Mu Linfeng's military camp was in sharp contrast to the situation in Fuzhou City.
Mu Linfeng didn't sleep a wink all night. He was thinking about whether he would fire at Fuzhou if Zheng Zhilong really preferred death to surrender. Zheng Lianxiang was still in the city. What if Zheng Lianxiang was injured?
Just as Mu Linfeng was thinking about it, he heard the guards outside his tent groan a few times and immediately fell to the ground. Then a figure flashed into his tent. As soon as Mu Linfeng sat up, he saw a flash of cold light and a cold knife.
The ground was clamped on his neck.
Mu Linfeng's heart trembled, and he subconsciously took out his "Thousand-Hand Guanyin" and pointed it at that person, but suddenly remembered that the last time he dealt with Chen Hui and Long Qingyun outside Fuzhou, the bullets of the pistol had been used up, and he couldn't help but secretly thought
: "Looks like I'm going to die here!"
But when Mu Linfeng saw that the man didn't kill him with a knife, it seemed that there was still room for turning around. At this moment, he heard a faint fragrance and immediately blurted out: "Xiyu, is that you?"
At this time, I heard the black shadow say in a cold voice: "If you want to survive, tell your subordinates to withdraw immediately!" The person who said this was none other than Zheng Xiyu.
When Mu Linfeng saw someone breaking into his camp, he already guessed that the purpose must be to fight between the two armies, but he did not expect that Zheng Xiyu would personally come to threaten him.
Mu Linfeng did not answer Zheng Xiyu directly at this time, but asked: "Xiyu, thank you for saving me last time..." He stood up and said: "Xiyu, you know, I miss you so much!"
Zheng Xiyu shook the knife in her hand and said in a deep voice: "Don't move, sit down..." The words were very sharp, and then the blade of the knife turned, getting closer to Mu Linfeng's neck.
Mu Linfeng slowly sat down and murmured: "I knew this day would come sooner or later, but it's still too early. Xiyu, do you really have the heart to kill me?"