Scourge the heavens

At the last moment of Lin Pingzhi's last breath, he put a hard iron plate into Wei Qiu's hand.

"This is?" Holding the iron plate in his hand, Wei Qiu turned it over and saw that there were two ancient characters engraved on it, Xichang.

The identity plate of Xichang!
At this moment, Wei Qiu seemed to understand Lin Pingzhi's thoughts.

After calling Wei Dong, Wei Qiu quickly walked towards the government office in Fuzhou City. After walking on the road for a while, Wei Dong also followed from behind.

Rushed into the government office, the office worker on duty was about to stop him, Wei Qiu quickly raised the identity token in his hand high.

"Xichang secret agents have urgent matters to inform Master Zhizhou, idlers and others stay away!"

Wei Qiu's imposing manner and vigorous and resolute style are no less than those of the real agents of the West Factory.

The yamen servants on duty couldn't tell the real from the fake, but the identity plate of Xichang was the real thing, which made the yamen servants stunned for a while, not daring to act rashly.

The current magistrate of Fuzhou is Yu You, who has been in power here for more than three years.

"Who are you, why did you break into the hall of the government office?" Yu Zhizhou asked with a pale face after seeing Wei Qiu who came with a sword.

"Secret Guard of Xichang, report something important to Master Zhou!" Wei Qiu indifferently raised the token in his hand in front of Yu Zhizhou, and stood there quietly.

Yu You stretched out his head tremblingly, and after carefully confirming the authenticity of Dixichang Token, he dared to ask, "What's the matter, report it quickly!"

"A huge group of Japanese pirates appeared along the coast, with about 3 people."

"Putian has been breached not long ago. Our West Factory got the news that this group of people will attack Fuzhou in three days."

"It's already on its way, Master Zhizhou, please prepare early!"

As soon as Wei Qiu finished speaking, he turned and left without looking back.On the surface, Wei Qiu looked so businesslike, Yu You had no choice but to believe it.

After leaving the government office, Wei Qiu winked at Wei Dong, and the two flew into the air one after the other.

Without attracting the attention of others, the two climbed over the wall and came to a roof in the government office.

Wei Dong stretched out his hand to brush off a spot of snow on the roof, and then took out a jug of wine and a whole roast chicken hidden in his bosom, and placed them in front of Wei Qiu.

"You boy, you are quite sensible now." Sitting on the roof, Wei Qiu took a sip of a pot of wine, tore the roast chicken in half, and handed half over with a smile.

"This is my duty." Wei Dong replied solemnly before happily taking the roast chicken and swallowing it in big mouthfuls.

Wei Qiu, who was holding the jug, extended his perception while eating and drinking.

In the government office, Yu You immediately sent someone to notify the commander of the guard after Wei Qiu left.

In the evening, a fat man came to the mansion.

"Li Ji, you're here!" Yu You wandered in the government office for a long time, and finally waited for Commander Li.

"Old Yu, why did you call me here so late?" Yu You hurriedly approached the obese commander, with obvious displeasure on his face.

"Lao Li, something serious happened!"

"Don't worry, speak slowly."

"Just now the spies from Xichang came to report that a group of 3 Japanese pirates broke through Putian, and they are now rushing towards Fuzhou. There are at most three days before they can reach the city of Fuzhou!"

"3, [-] people!" Hearing Yu You's words, Li Ji's speech became a little dull.

"Why do you think the pirates are so courageous? How dare they?" As the magistrate of Fuzhou, Yu You was so anxious that he lost his composure for a while.

"Old Yu, don't talk about whether the Japanese pirates dare or not. Let me tell you the truth. In my guard now, except for 2000 old, weak, sick and disabled, there are no soldiers who can fight at all." Li The commander had a strong comparison with Yu You, and directly showed his cards to him.

Yu You looked at Li Ji with more despair in his eyes.

After all, he is also a magistrate of the state, so he naturally knows how corrupt the current imperial court is.

In the guards of the Ming Dynasty, those who were greedy for military pay and those who lied about the establishment had almost formed a trend.

Take Li Ji's Fuzhou Guard as an example. It originally reported a staff of 1 people, but in fact there were only about 6000 troops stationed there.

This Li Ji not only ate 4000 empty pay, but also recruited [-] old, weak, sick and disabled.

If it's usually done like this, it's actually not a big deal.

After all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. With the tacit cooperation of all officials, this matter cannot be heard by Datian at all, and no one cares about eating more or less.

But this time is different.

Because of King Ning's rebellion, Wang Shouren, as governor, conscripted troops everywhere.

As the commander of the guard, with an establishment of 1 people, it is reasonable for Wang Shouren to transfer 3000 elites, right?
This makes the empty shelf with only about 2000 people, but after being transferred in this way, there are only more than [-] old, weak, sick and disabled left.

These people are all related households who are just waiting to die.

Now that the enemy is at hand, where does Li Ji still have soldiers to defend Fuzhou?
"Old Li, at this point, we have no choice but to run away!" Yu You gritted his teeth and said after a long silence.

"Fleeing in battle is a serious crime, how can you and I take it?" Hearing Yu You's words, Commander Li was taken aback and asked in horror.

"Anyway, if we don't escape, we will die. Why don't we take this opportunity to take people to Nanjing and join King Ning and them!" This Yu You is also a ruthless person, and in this situation, he simply chose to go to extremes.

"Things have come to this, it has to be like this." Li Ji sighed and did not object.

After the two discussed, they began to quietly order their family members and servants, and Li Ji even sent someone back to mobilize the soldiers in the guard.

Knowing that they couldn't hold on, Yu You and Li Ji fled towards Nanjing that night with two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled.

Wei Qiu on the roof heard Yu You and Li Ji's words the whole time, but did not stop them.

Wei Qiu didn't expect these two officials to really defend Fuzhou City, even if they were killed, it would be useless.

Standing on the roof, Wei Qiu glanced at Fuzhou City from a distance, and couldn't help but feel a sense of heaviness.

Guo Jing defended Xiangyang back then, was it the same in the final battle?

In the early morning of the next day, Wei Qiu, who was sitting on the roof, shook off the snow on his body, stretched his body and stood up.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Qiu mixed his inner strength into his voice, and let out a long howl that seemed far away but seemed near.

"People of Fuzhou City, I am Wei Qiu, Ghost Sword, and a group of 3 Japanese pirates will come to the city in two days' time!"

"Master Zhizhou and Commander Li have already fled overnight. If you don't join forces to resist the powerful enemy, what awaits you will be a brutal massacre!"

Wei Qiu's mouth was like a call, and the sound spread to the entire Fuzhou City.

The words in it were like sparks thrown into a gasoline barrel in an instant, igniting the entire city in an instant.

People who believed it or didn't believe it all started to discuss frantically.

After notifying the people in the city, Wei Qiu didn't care whether these people believed it or not, he took Wei Dong together and walked towards the main gate tower of Fuzhou City.

On the top of the city gate, Wei Qiu sat condescendingly on the stone wall, looking into the distance worriedly.

From the moment Yu You and Li Ji escaped, Wei Qiu had already understood that there was no rescue in Fuzhou City at all, and there might even be no strength to resist at all.

"I've never been a good person, but for some reason, when I hear the word Japanese pirates, the blood in my chest can't stop boiling."