The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

The city of Fuzhou was only more than 200 kilometers away from Xiamen, so it took less than a day for the troops to rush to deliver the message.

So early the next morning, the Ming army attacked, and news of Xiamen's fall reached Fuzhou City.

Fuzhou General Mansion, Fuzhou General Hu Qiyuan, who was still in the gentle village, was woken up by his subordinates early in the morning.

"Damn dog slaves, if there is nothing important, this general will definitely want you to look good!"

Hu Qiyuan, who had gained serious weight, cursed and dressed and got up under the service of his concubines.

Not long after, Hu Qiyuan, fully dressed, came to the hall.

"Tell me, if you have anything to report."

"Reporting to General, General Shi Lang, the Admiral of the Fujian Navy, ordered people to send news that the Ming army that captured Taiwan launched an attack on Xiamen yesterday. The Ming army was outnumbered and the Fujian Navy was defeated by the Ming army. It was defeated miserably. Xiamen City and Several cities along the coast also fell into the hands of the Ming army one after another."

The officer knelt on the ground to report.

"what!"

Hu Qiyuan suddenly stood up.

Originally, a few days ago, Shi Lang had people send news that Taiwan had been lost and captured by the Ming army who appeared out of nowhere.

However, he didn't care about it. In his eyes, Taiwan was just a barren island. Only Shi Lang took it so seriously. He would not take any action before the emperor issued an order.

Moreover, Taiwan is located overseas. Although he also has a navy, compared with the Fujian navy in Shi Lang's hands, the gap is still too big, and he cannot help.

But in just a few days, those remnants of the Ming Dynasty are already here?

"Are you sure this news is true?" Hu Qiyuan asked in surprise.

"General, the letter is stamped with the seal of the Navy Admiral's Office and was delivered by the Qing soldiers of the Admiral's Office. It cannot be faked."

"Has the Governor's Palace notified you yet?"

"Reply to the general, we have been notified."

"Quick, prepare your horses and follow me to the Governor's Mansion!"

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General Hu Qiyuan of Fuzhou was the highest officer of the Man Qing Eight Banner garrison in Fujian. He had jurisdiction over the troops of the four banners of Xianghuang, Zhengbai, Xiangbai and Zhenglan, plus the Han navy naval camp, with a total of more than 4300 officers and soldiers.

Although the number of troops under their command is not large, their status is higher than that of the governor and governor. After all, in Kang Mazi's eyes, the banner soldiers and the green battalions are fundamentally different.

At this moment, Hu Qiyuan rushed into the Governor's Mansion in a hurry.

"General, follow me. The Governor is already in the meeting hall." As soon as he entered the gate of the Governor's Mansion, a man dressed as a steward who was already waiting at the door said.

"Lead the way ahead!"

Hu Qiyuan didn't waste any more words and followed the steward to the meeting hall.

As soon as he entered the meeting hall, he found that not only the governor was waiting here, but also several green battalion commanders in the city had been called. It seemed that he was not the only one who was anxious!

Can you be in a hurry?

General Fuzhou only commanded the Eight Banners garrison in Fujian, while Zhang Zhongju, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and governor of Fujian, was in charge of the military and political affairs of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

There was a problem in Xiamen. The first person to be accused was Shi Lang, and the second person was Zhang Zhongju.

"The last general has seen the general!"

As soon as Hu Qiyuan entered the door, several Green Camp officers immediately bowed and greeted him.

"Get up."

"General Hu is here, I'm sorry to welcome him." Zhang Zhongju also said.

"Governor Zhang, there is no need to be polite. Let's talk about Xiamen."

Zhang Zhongju nodded, "According to the news from General Shi Lang, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty are coming with a large number of troops and are approaching fiercely. At present, General Shi has gathered his troops to defend Haicheng City. He hopes that we can send reinforcements as soon as possible."

"Did Shi Lang specify the number of soldiers?" Hu Qiyuan asked.

"The letter said there were 10 troops."

Hu Qiyuan frowned. "An army of 10 should be an exaggeration, but the army against the Ming Dynasty should be at least 5."

The conversation between Hu Qiyuan and Zhang Zhongju made all the Green Battalion officers in the conference hall take a breath of cold air.

5 soldiers and horses!This is not a small amount.

Although the Qing Dynasty had millions of troops, they were spread too widely, and their elite troops were all stationed in border areas. This is why Wu Sangui, with his [-] to [-] troops, was able to seize large tracts of land with overwhelming force at the beginning of his army. one.

"General, does he have any countermeasures?"

Zhang Zhongju asked that although he was in charge of the military and government affairs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, he was only a scholar after all. For things like war, he still had to rely on generals like Hu Qiyuan.

Hu Qiyuan frowned and did not answer immediately.

The Ming Army has a tradition of using firearms on a large scale. Since this army is called the Ming Army, firearms must be indispensable.

As one of the generals who quelled the San Francisco Rebellion, he had fought against the San Francisco rebels. He also knew the terror of firearms-based troops. Therefore, it was not easy to annihilate this group of Ming troops who suddenly appeared. .

"It can't be saved!" After thinking for a long time, Hu Qiyuan finally came to this conclusion.

"Our Eight Banners garrison in Fuzhou only has more than 4000 troops. Including the Green Battalion, the total strength is only 2. This strength alone may not be able to fight against the 5 Ni Ming army."

"Governor Zhang, the top priority is to report to the emperor and mobilize troops to defend Quanzhou and Fuzhou. At the same time, send a message to the surrounding areas for strict defense to buy time for the imperial court to assemble the army to fight."

This is no longer the era of Huang Taiji and Dorgon. Facing 5 Ming troops, Hu Qiyuan was not sure that he could defeat them with 2 troops.

"This……"

Zhang Zhongju opened his mouth, but finally swallowed the words that came to his lips.

Although he didn't want to sit back and watch Xiamen lose, what Hu Qiyuan said was true. 2 versus 5, there was really no chance of winning.

Instead of sending the army to fight an uncertain battle, it is better to deploy the army in important cities. As long as the army against the Ming is dragged in a certain area, the emperor will not only not punish him for losing Xiamen, but will be punished for destroying the Ming. If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded.

Ever since, Shi Lang was abandoned like this.

I'm afraid he would never have thought that because his subordinates added a little more to the number of Ming troops in the letter asking for help in order to highlight the critical situation, Hu Qiyuan was frightened away from coming.

……

While Shi Lang was still anxiously waiting for the reinforcements that would never come, Emperor Zhu Da, who had just received a huge sum of 700 million taels of silver, waved his hand and spent 400 million taels of silver to recruit 1 soldiers from the military camp. Rifleman.

At the same time, a new batch of 3000 recruits will also set sail with these [-] riflemen.

Because the training time is too short and the weapons and equipment cannot keep up, this group of people will not immediately join the war with the Qing Dynasty. They will replace the remaining troops in Taiwan and temporarily station in Taiwan. In terms of weapons and equipment, Only after they are replenished will they be pushed to the front line.

In addition, due to the rapid development of the Ming army, the production speed of Mini rifles could no longer keep up with the expansion of the army. The 10000 newly recruited riflemen held in their hands were actually not orthodox Mini rifles.

These weapons were modified from muskets captured from the Dutch and Spanish.

In fact, as long as Mini bullets are available, almost any matchlock or flintlock gun can be converted into a Mini rifle.

Therefore, for the Ming army, the advantages brought by the Mini rifle will not last long, and the Type 90 rifle is the future.

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