As the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, Zhu Yong led the two large battalions of Jiangxi Dusi and Tuanying, totaling about 50,000 troops, from Taining, Shaowu Prefecture, to Jiangle, Yanping Prefecture, and then to Shunchang, approaching the city of Yanping Prefecture.
The Puppet Ming regime had limited troops and did not dare to disperse its troops to fortify Shaowu Prefecture. Instead, it reduced its troops to the city of Yanping Prefecture.
Only defend but not attack.
At the same time, Zhu Jianji led the remaining three regiments and camps, totaling about 30,000 people, planning to naturalize Tingzhou Prefecture into Yanping Prefecture, and then enter Quanzhou Prefecture via Sanming, Yong'an, and Datian in Yanping Prefecture, and stationed in Yongchun, Quanzhou.
Zhu Jianji slowed down his speed.
Once Zhu Yong takes Yanping Prefecture, he will completely cut off the connection between Quanzhou Prefecture and Xinghua Prefecture. Fuzhou Prefecture will be surrounded, leaving only one side facing the sea.
Therefore, it is estimated that there will be heavy troops from the puppet regime in Quanzhou. The situation is not clear yet, so it is not advisable to advance rashly. If a major battle breaks out and the battle is fierce, the casualties will be serious.
This is not the situation Lao Zhu and Zhu Jianji want.
We are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, why should we kill you to death for the remnants of Jianwen?
It's not necessary.
Therefore, Zhu Jianji marched very slowly and he was waiting.
This time we are not waiting for King Ning to rebel.
Waiting for another person to rebel.
Funing Prefecture, Ningde Taoxi, Yu Qian, covered in armor, stood in the Chinese army camp. After listening to Liu Qi, the commander of Huben's left guard, reported, he was a little surprised, "Wu An's army will not move after entering Ningde City?"
A decisive battle in Ningde?
Then he asked: "How many people are there in Ningde?"
Liu Qi said solemnly: "Not many, about 20,000. The remaining troops are distributed in Fuzhou Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture, and Yanping Prefecture. According to the intelligence report, the entire puppet Ming regime has about 100,000 troops."
Yu Qian nodded slightly, "Ningde's side is about 20,000, Jianning's side is about 20,000, and Yanping's side needs another 20,000, which means that the number of troops to attack His Royal Highness in Quanzhou is 40,000?!"
This is not good news.
After His Royal Highness the Prince and Zhu Yong divided their forces, they only had 30,000 troops. They were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. Moreover, it was not the Marquis of Funing Zhu Yong who led the army, but His Highness the Prince himself.
Although there are many officials such as Zhang Peng and Wang Yue, the coach is a ten-year-old boy, so it's strange that Yu Qian can rest assured.
Suddenly, a conductor came quickly and said, "Yu Shaobao, someone wants to see you."
The expression on the conductor's face was very complicated.
Yu Qian's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the group that broke into Quanzhou was defeated so quickly? His Royal Highness... asked hurriedly: "Is it the news from Quanzhou?"
The conductor shook his head and said, "Wu An is holding a few heads, asking to see Shaobao."
Yu Qian and Liu Qi looked at each other.
Wu An?
If you're not in Ningde City, why are you here in Taoxi?
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In Fuzhou Prefecture, in the temporary palace renovated by the Provincial Envoy Si Yamen, Zhu Qizhen drank tea slowly, looking at Zhu Zunxi pacing back and forth, and secretly smiled in his heart.
A waste with high ambition and low power!
Even before I started fighting, I was already like an ant on a hot pot.
The mentality is so bad!
Zhu Zunxi suddenly stood still and said to Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, the news from Quanzhou is that Zhu Jianji's army in Datian should be going to Yongchun in Quanzhou to cut off Fuzhou's retreat."
Zhu Qi Zhen said, "Although there are only two thousand defenders in Quanzhou Prefecture, Cheng De, who is in charge of military affairs and is the commander of the Tingzhou Guards in Fujian Province, is a veteran who participated in the Battle of Luchuan. If the city wall is in danger,
And if Zhu Jianji is to defend to the death, even if he has the advantage of troops, it will be difficult to break through for a while."
Zhu Zunxi shook his head, "But that's Zhu Jianji!"
He is the prince of Ming Dynasty.
The temptation is too great.
If Zhu Jianji can be captured alive, he will be qualified to negotiate with Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Zunxi said to Xie Wan next to him: "If Zhu Jianji captures Quanzhou, we will lose our strategic space, so Quanzhou is very important, and Zhu Jianji does not have many troops under his command. Is it feasible to use all our troops to go to Quanzhou to capture Zhu Jianji alive?"
Fuzhou is no longer a place to stay for a long time.
Too close to Zhejiang.
Xie Wan said: "This plan is feasible. Wu An will involve Yu Qian in Funing, and will mobilize most of the troops in Jianning and Yanping. Only a small amount of troops will be left to tie down Zhu Yong and the enemy forces in Jianning. We can gather about 100,000 troops.
An army numbering sixty thousand has an absolute advantage over Zhu Jianji's troops. With the right time, place and people on our side, Zhu Jianji has a chance to catch the turtle in the urn."
Zhu Zunxi looked at Zhu Qizhen, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Who is Zhu Qizhen?
Ming God of War!
There is nothing to say about military capabilities. When I heard Xie Wan's analysis, I immediately felt that there was something wrong. After all, we had a lot of troops, and they were veterans of the Coast Guard. They had fought against pirates and Japanese pirates frequently, and they were very powerful.
After thinking about it, "If we can win Zhu Jianji, that would be the best!"
I have never personally experienced the humiliation of the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
But it doesn't mean that Zhu Qizhen can't feel the shame that Zhu Jianji brought to him. The temple name is Fort and the posthumous name is Wu. Just these two words make Zhu Qizhen hate Zhu Jianji to the bone.
Not to mention the food temple thing.
Zhu Zunxi had no objection when he saw Zhu Qizhen, and immediately said to Xie Wan: "Go and summon the Qi Qing, let's discuss together, whether to choose to resist across the board, or to concentrate our forces to encircle and suppress Zhu Jianji, let's listen to everyone's opinions."
This is a multiple choice question.
In the former case, no one is absolutely sure that they can defeat this all-out attack by the Imperial Army.
The latter is a huge gamble.
If most of the troops were to be sent to Quanzhou, it would mean abandoning the defense lines of Funing, Jianning and Yanping, and all officials of the imperial court would have to go with the army to Quanzhou.
Because Fuzhou is likely to fall.
Despite this, if Zhu Jianji cannot be captured quickly after arriving in Quanzhou, he will still be in doom.
However, if Zhu Jianji is captured quickly, on the one hand, we have a bargaining chip, and on the other hand, a small number of troops in Yanping, Jianning and Funing can hold on and have a chance to keep the city defenses from collapsing. Then our main army can quickly return to the division. In Fuzhou, Jianning
, Funing and Yanping re-established their defense lines.
Not long after, in addition to Wu An, the Minister of War, the seven ministers arrived.
Upon hearing Zhu Zunxi's strategy, the seven ministers began to quarrel again. They had different opinions. Some people insisted on defending, while others believed that defending would only lead to being cut with blunt knives by the imperial army. It was better to go to Quanzhou to capture the crown prince Zhu Jianji with all their might.
No one obeys anyone.
In the end, the puppet emperor Zhu Qizhen said: "We asked for peace, but only a few people responded. There were people from Liaodong Dusi and Sichuan who responded, but they were destroyed in an instant. Now we have to rely on our 100,000 troops to defend Fujian.
Okay, then we should gather our forces instead of spreading them to Funing, Jianning, Yanping and Quanzhou to fight a protracted war. We have no advantage. At this time, Wu An is restraining Yu Qian in Funing. Let's gather our forces.
Any enemy who takes the initiative to attack any route has a chance of winning, but there is only Zhu Jianji on the Quanzhou side."
God was lucky. In a desperate situation, he gave Zhu Zunxi and himself a chance to make a comeback.
Zhu Qizhen felt that there was something very wrong with the current strategy to defend against the enemy.
pity.
The person who formulated the strategy of building the defense line was Wu An, Minister of the Ministry of War. Zhu Zunxi and the Qi Qing all agreed that no one believed what they said as a puppet emperor. Whenever the military was mentioned, this group of people would vaguely mention Tumu Fort.
Zhu Qizhen was so choked that he couldn't speak.
That's why I think Zhu Zunxi has a high vision but a low hand, and has not managed to unite these people at all.
And he made a serious mistake in predicting the situation.
He thought that if he was forced to establish a small imperial court, the local capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the government would accept the official envoy, some people would rise up to respond. However, it turned out to be wishful thinking, and even Huguang and Sichuan, which were most fond of rebellion, did not make any big moves.
Moreover, Zhu Zunxi had a high regard for Jianwen Yuni himself.
Although he has money... after being smuggled overseas for decades, Jianwen's remnants are probably richer than Tang Wang Zhu Qiongjing!
But what is the cohesion of an army raised with money?
What abilities and loyalty do officials who come here for money have?
but……
Once the enemy forces in the direction of Quanzhou are defeated and Prince Zhu Jianji is captured, the situation will be different.
Victory can bring people together!
It is even uncertain that Huguang, Jiangxi and other places will know that the Ming Dynasty is at the end of its war after seeing the great victory in Fujian, annihilating tens of thousands of regiments and camps, and capturing the prince of the dynasty.
Maybe someone will raise an army to respond, and then there will be a real chance to compete in the world!
The Battle of Quanzhou will be the second civil fort!
