At present, the strength of the Qing army is basically in Fujian, and according to Luo Chengyao's confession, the total number of defenders left by Bolo in Jinhua and Quzhou is only 4,000.

The main force stationed in Shaoxing Mansion was more than 20,000 people screened out from the Ministry of State Security, which had just surrendered.

Once Fang Guoan announced that he would return to the Ming Dynasty, there would be a vacuum in Jianyu's troops in Zhejiang, and if they wanted to control the situation in Zhejiang, they could only transfer Fujian troops to the north.

If Xianxia Pass was strangled at this time, Zhu Linmiao put away the map and looked to the north, Dolgon would definitely be so angry that he vomited blood and jumped to his feet to scold his mother.

He immediately remembered that there was another Qing army heading south to Guangxin Mansion. At that time, the Qing court is likely to let him retreat to deal with Fang Guoan, so Yang Tinglin can follow all the way behind and explode. It is even possible to cooperate with Fang Guoan to form a two-sided attack and completely eat this enemy army.

"Bolo, Dolgon," he said coldly, "this time to invade Fujian, the account of killing Longwu, let's settle it slowly!" ”

In the past few days on the way back to Changting, Zhu Linmiao has continuously improved the entire plan.

After all, Xianxia Pass is extremely steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In case of failure to quickly capture Xianxia Pass, it can also be used to deploy fortifications on the spot under the pass, and dig fortifications to prevent the supply materials from entering Fujian.

even let go of Xianxia Pass, and instead used cavalry attack tactics in Jianchang Mansion to rob or burn the grain and salaries that were transported in.

In short, as long as the strategic goal of forcing Bolo to give up the attack on Fuzhou and return to the north and fight a decisive battle at the location chosen by the Ming army was achieved, it would be more than half of the victory.

A few days later, Zhu Linmiao led the team into Changting.

Huang Daozhou and the others, who had been waiting here for a long time, only made eye contact with him, and when they saw him nodding, they knew that the big thing was done. But it is not appropriate to show it, and several people entered the government with sad faces.

Retreating from all the subordinates who could hold back, Zhu Linmiao asked the soldiers to carry Longwu's coffin in.

Due to the rapid march, Zhu Yujian's remains could only be buried in a very thin coffin, and some embalming spices were placed in it.

When Queen Zeng heard the news, she rushed from the back hall, but she didn't bring the eunuch maid, but she was afraid that the news would be leaked, and she didn't dare to cry loudly, so she only bit her lip desperately and sobbed silently.

She tried to reach out and touch the lid several times, but she trembled and withdrew her hand, as if there was an invisible barrier on the outside of the thin coffin. After a long time, she finally gave up, sat on the chair next to her with her legs limp and slumped, silently looking at the sky and weeping.

By the time of Shen, Huang Daozhou finally persuaded the queen to go back to the house, and her eyes were already blood-red from crying.

After Huang Daozhou came out of the back hall, he hurriedly drove to the inspection department, where several of their main officials agreed to discuss the current situation.

When he arrived in the second hall of the inspection department, he saw that Chen Wang, Zheng Chenggong, Jiang Zhengxi, and Huang Mingjun were all seated, waiting for him.

Before Huang Mingjun had gone north to Jianchang, he was defeated by Boluo in front of Xianxia Pass, and led the remnants to retreat all the way to Tingzhou Mansion, and was also picked up by Huang Daozhou in Changting City a few days ago.

Huang Daozhou sat down, and Zhu Linmiao immediately said: "According to the confession of the thieves I captured a few days ago, half of Yanping has fallen into the hands of the enemy. Boluo sent several routes to attack Funing, Xinghua, Quanzhou and other prefectures, and led nearly 40,000 main forces towards Tianxingfu, which was about to arrive in more than a month. Zheng Zhilong concurrently dispatched a naval division to respond to the flanking attack on the sea on the east side. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the rest of the people immediately exclaimed.

"The defenders of Tianxing Mansion and the artillery baggage have been transported to Anhai by Zheng Zhilong, how to defend it?"

"At present, the only soldiers in Fujing who can fight are Chen Wang's department, and Chen Wang should go to Tianxing Mansion to garrison as soon as possible."

Jiang Zhengxi coughed a few times, and said in a hoarse voice: "In the current situation, King Chen can't go to Tianxing Mansion. If the thieves are surrounded by a lonely city, not only will the city be difficult to save, but there is also the possibility of running out of food. According to what the last general can see, at this time, when a strong man breaks his wrist! Moved the imperial court to the sea, took the waterway to Gandi, and then tried to develop. ”

Zhu Linmiao immediately shook his head and said, "General Jiang can't do this. If Fujian loses, Jiangxi will become an enemy on three sides, and there is no danger to defend the east of the Ganjiang River, and it will be captured by the captives who came out of Shanguan in a moment.

"Fujian is also a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is easy to lose, if you want to get it back, you must capture such a dangerous pass as Shanguan, and the price paid at that time cannot be calculated.

"Moreover, moving the imperial court when there is no foreign enemy will still cause fluctuations, and at this time, if the foreign enemy moves, it will definitely cause chaos. He Tengjiao, Ding Kuichu and others, who were originally half-hearted, will definitely be more separated from the court, and King Lu is watching, if one is not careful, the Ming Dynasty will fall apart! ”

In addition, Zhu Linmiao still has an unspoken reason, Fujian is still an important foreign trade port, if it is lost, his plan to save the Ming economy with maritime trade will not be implemented. A Ming dynasty whose finances continue to deteriorate, what can he do to drive away Jianyu and recover the rivers and mountains? ”