Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 291 Anyway and the Letter of Submission
You Feng opened his mouth and finally spoke.

"Marquis Jinghai's words make sense."

"There are still more than 10,000 people in Fuzhou City. We must not let them fall into the hands of the Tang thieves!"

"For the sake of these nations, we don't mind even if we have to bear some infamy!"

After saying this, he seemed to have made up his mind and spoke through gritted teeth.

"Send a message to the eight banners in the city, tell them to prepare and evacuate Fuzhou immediately!"

"We're heading north to Zhejiang..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Delu and En Ming both responded.

Then, they each went down to arrange their retreat.

Soon, the Eight Banners and garrison troops in Fuzhou City received orders to retreat.

As the Eight Banners were preparing to retreat, the entire city of Fuzhou quickly fell into chaos, with soldiers and civilians running around in panic.

Everywhere you can see people hurrying around, as well as soldiers taking advantage of the situation to make a quick buck.

In the chaos, many of the Eight Banners were killed and looted by the rebel soldiers.

If it were normal times, the Eight Banners were in a high position and the Green Camp soldiers would not dare to provoke them.

But now that this has happened, no one cares about it.

I just robbed you, so what?

Report to the official?

You go report it!

The Tang Dynasty is about to attack us. When the Tang Dynasty attacks us, I will surrender to them immediately. Why would I care about you reporting to the authorities?
Can your Qing officials control my Tang Dynasty soldiers?

You Feng was wearing a cotton armor and walking out of the Fuzhou General's Mansion, leading a horse.

Around him were a group of personal soldiers and family members.

After joining forces with the people from Shi Delu's Jinghai Marquis Mansion, the group marched towards the Fuzhou city gate in a mighty manner.

Behind them was a large crowd of Eight Banners descendants.

These Eight Banners descendants either led horses or drove carts, following the retreating troops closely.

With a clang, a carriage ran over a rock on the side of the road and overturned.

Several boxes on the carriage fell to the ground, and the gold, silver and jewelry inside the boxes were scattered all over the ground, which unsurprisingly caused a rush to loot.

The entire retreating team was in chaos!
However, under the tremendous pressure brought by the Tang army, the retreating troops of the Eight Banners of Fuzhou were in chaos, but in the chaos their general direction was still towards the Beimen Mansion of Fuzhou.

"Faster! Faster!"

"Don't delay. Langqi Island has been lost. It won't take long for the Tang thieves to reach Fuzhou."

"Everyone, hurry up!"

"..."

Soon, Youfeng led the team to the north gate of Fuzhou.

But just as he walked out of the city gate, a fast horse came running from a distance.

"Report!"

"Urgent news from Jiangsu and Jiangxi!"

"I want to see the general!"

A fast horse carrying news came galloping towards Fuzhou city.

Soon, it flew all the way to Youfeng.

Then, he knelt down with a plop, handed the military report in his hand to Youfeng, and began to report.

"Your Excellency the General, urgent reports have come in from Jiangxi and Jiangsu that the Tang bandits are invading."

"Ji'an, Ganzhou, Jianchang in Jiangxi, Changzhou and Suzhou in Jiangsu fell one after another."

"Jiangxi is in danger, Jiangsu is in danger!"

When Youfeng heard this, the expression on his face froze.

The Tang army launched offensives on Jiangxi and Jiangsu at the same time, and then think about the situation Fujian is facing today.

How could he not realize that the Tang army was launching a general attack on the Qing forces south of the Yangtze River?
According to the current situation, Fuzhou is about to be lost.

I guess the situation in Jiangxi and Jiangsu isn't much better.

Once Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Fujian are lost, Zhejiang will probably not be spared.

In this case, wouldn't the Qing Dynasty's rule in the south collapse? !
"This...what should I do?!"

"What should I do?!"

You Feng couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and looked very confused.

Seeing this, Enming, who was standing by, made a suggestion.

"General, the Tang bandits have launched a general attack, and the situation in the south has deteriorated greatly. Now, in the entire south, the only place that can be considered safe is Zhejiang."

"We should quickly go to Zhejiang and join the army in Hangzhou to wait for the imperial court's reinforcements."

Enming’s meaning is very clear, when it is time to benefit, then benefit.

If you don’t moisturize it anymore, it won’t be moisturized anymore!
Shi Delu also spoke in agreement.

"Yes, General, let's go to Zhejiang as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Youfeng nodded without hesitation.

"Okay, tell all the troops to speed up and march towards Zhejiang."

After saying this, he looked back at Fuzhou City, somewhat reluctant to leave.

But just as Youfeng turned around, he heard a loud bang.

The gate at the north gate of Fuzhou suddenly fell down. The heavy gate hit the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

It happened to hit several Eight Banners descendants who were standing under the city gate, turning their flesh and bones into mud.

The exposed arms and legs twitched several times, and then there was no sound.

A riot suddenly broke out among the crowd, and the Eight Banners troops that were leaving the city were cut in half.

No, it shouldn't be a clean break!

Instead, he chopped off his neck with a knife. Except for You Feng and others who led the way out of the city, almost all the remaining Eight Banners of Fuzhou were blocked in the city.

But You Feng reacted quickly and shouted to the defenders on the top of the city.

"Who told you to open the gate? What do you want to do?"

"You guys are so brave, are you looking for death?!"

Youfeng's voice can be described as hysterical.

But hidden beneath the anger is actually the fear that comes from the heart.

Faced with the sudden change, Youfeng was caught off guard and had a bad feeling in his heart.

As Youfeng finished speaking, Fujian Governor Chen Zhaoan appeared on the city wall of Fuzhou's north gate.

Chen Zhaoan stood on the city wall, bowed to You Feng below the city, and then said.

"The reason why the city gate was opened was because of the order from this admiral!"

You Feng took a deep breath and asked.

"Chen Zhaoan, what do you want to do? Are you trying to rebel?"

Chen Zhaoan said with a smile.

"Haha, this admiral is not rebelling, but wants to lead my brothers to abandon darkness and join the light."

"Given the current situation in the south, the Qing dynasty is about to collapse. How can we Han people be buried with you Tartars?"

"Today, this admiral will lead his troops to rebel and return to the rule of our Han family."

"But, I am not a cold-blooded person."

"Youfeng, since we have worked together in the past, I will give you a chance to live. Get out of here!"

"Leave Fuzhou immediately before this admiral changes his mind!"

Chen Zhaoan's words were righteous and awe-inspiring.

However, despite his words, the reason why he let Youfeng leave the city was not because of their past friendship.

But if You Feng was allowed to stay with the Eight Banners in the city and the Eight Banners were organized and under unified command, Chen Zhaoan was not sure he could annihilate the Eight Banners in the city.

Therefore, he chose to let You Feng out of the city, but he only let him out of the city, blocking all the Eight Banners of Fuzhou in Fuzhou city.

In Chen Zhaoan's opinion, although the Green Camp under his command was not elite, it should not be a problem for them to deal with the Eight Banners without a chief commander.

And these Eight Banners of Fuzhou are Chen Zhaoan's token of his allegiance to the Tang Dynasty!

When You Feng heard this, his pale face turned red with anger.

"Thief! What a thief!"

"My Great Qing has been so kind to you, yet you betrayed me like this. Chen Zhaoan, can you live up to the high regard that my predecessors have shown you?"

"This general has never seen such a shameless person!"

Chen Zhaoan remained expressionless when he heard this.

Seeing that Chen Zhaoan was unmoved, Youfeng spoke in a pleading voice.

"Chen... Admiral Chen, how about letting the people in the city leave?"

"If you want to surrender to the enemy, you can surrender to Fuzhou. The city of Fuzhou is enough to bring you wealth and glory."

"Why...why do you have to make things difficult for the people of Fuzhou?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhaoan shook his head expressionlessly.

If he let the Eight Banners of Fuzhou go and only surrendered Fuzhou to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would certainly not treat him unfairly, but it would probably be difficult for them to make use of him.

Because, since you, Chen Zhaoan, want to surrender, why do you let the Eight Banners of Fuzhou escape?
In this case, people have to doubt whether you are sincere in surrendering.

If loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal.

Chen Zhaoan was still thinking about making great achievements in the future after joining the Tang Dynasty.

I don't want to be labeled as untrustworthy because of such a small thing.

Therefore, Chen Zhaoan could only say sorry to the Eight Banners in Fuzhou City!
In fact, if Youfeng had not been left in the city, the Eight Banners would have been organized and commanded, which would have increased the risk of him surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. Chen Zhaoan didn't even want to let Youfeng leave the city.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Zhaoan took a musket from a personal soldier beside him, aimed at Youfeng outside the city and shot.

With a bang, a gunshot rang out and the bullet grazed the warhorse under Youfeng's crotch.

The warhorse was frightened and neighed loudly, then fled away with Youfeng on its back...

Seeing this scene, Chen Zhaoan turned around and said to the soldiers around him.

"Pass the order down, the whole army will attack and strangle the Eight Banners in Fuzhou City."

"Tell my brothers to cheer up. Whether we can achieve wealth and glory after surrendering to the Tang Dynasty depends on today!"

……

After the Tang army successfully captured Langqi Island, they did not stop to rest.

After sending a small number of troops to receive prisoners of war, the main force continued to advance along the Minjiang River towards Fuzhou City.

The Tang army fleet arrived outside Changle City. As soon as the guns were raised, a white flag was raised in Changle County.

The county magistrate took the county gentry and a lot of wine, meat and supplies out of the city to reward the troops.

The Tang army dispatched a small group of troops to take over Changle County, while the main force continued to advance towards Fuzhou.

Soon, the Tang army fleet arrived outside the city of Fuzhou.

At this time, the gates of Fuzhou were wide open. Chen Zhaoan and a group of Green Camp soldiers stood respectfully outside Fuzhou City, waiting for the Tang army to come and receive the results of the battle.

Wu Quanmei led the team off the boat and walked towards the Fuzhou city gate.

Upon seeing this, Chen Zhaoan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"The guilty general, Fujian Governor Chen Zhaoan, has come to his senses and led his troops to rebel, intending to surrender the fortified city of Fuzhou and 8,400 men of the Eight Banners of Fuzhou to the Tang Dynasty."

"I hope the General will accept it!"

Upon seeing this, Wu Quanmei did not really let Chen Zhaoan bow down, but hurried forward to support him.

"Admiral, please get up quickly..."

Just as Wu Quanmei was supporting Chen Zhaoan, he suddenly felt his hand sink and a purse appeared.

Chen Zhaoan was smiling at him meaningfully!

(End of this chapter)