The last day of the second year of Longwu, the night at the end of the year.

Fuzhou City has lost its bustle and prosperity in previous years, and the people have hid at home and dared not go out.

Fuzhou City has been besieged for eight days. Although the enemies outside did not let go of a single shot, it was a besieged after all. I don’t know when the war will break out.

The defenders on the city tower also carries the hot boiled meat stuffed by their wives or mothers. This is the end of the year. For the Han people, the last day of the year is the beginning of the Spring Festival.

The soldier Zhang Yang is joining the army for the fourth day today. After his father died, he took the lead. When it was time to start, the lights of thousands of families in the city were in full swing, but he was holding a bowl of rice mixed with sweet potatoes and holding dirty chopsticks to prepare for dinner. The end of the year was destined to be on the city tower. The long night had just begun. Thinking of this, Zhang Yang sighed.

At this moment, a rain of arrows hit the city wall, and the defenders got up and grabbed their weapons. But strangely, although the arrows were dense, no casualties were found.

The guard picked up one and placed it under the torch to find that there were layers of cloth tied to the front of these arrows.

After unfolding one, the young general's face changed drastically. He put the cloth strip in his arms and ran into the city to Shi Lang's mansion.

Shi Lang was guarding the end of the year with his father and brother at home. The food in the house was covered with white fog and the steam was full of fragrance. His father and brother had not been killed by Zheng Chenggong at this time, and the family was happy. In later history, Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong's strategy of "save water and land to raise military funds" raised objections. That is, because they opposed Zheng Chenggong's looting the people, they were hated by Zheng Chenggong. Later, Zeng De, the subordinate of Zheng Chenggong once offended Shi Lang, and Shi Lang used the excuse to kill Zeng De to offend Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Chenggong killed Shi Lang's family, and his father and brother were killed. Due to the great hatred of his relatives being killed by Zheng Chenggong, Shi Lang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and captured Taiwan in one fell swoop.

"Sir! Sir, it's not good!" The people in Shi Lang's mansion knew that it was different now. There were large armys outside. Although they neither attacked the city nor fired artillery, they were tens of thousands of enemies after all. However, if soldiers came to the mansion, the door dared not stop them.

When Shi Lang heard this, he stood up and shouted angrily: "Why are you panic?"

The young general rushed into the room, took out a cloth strip from his arms, and handed it to Shi Lang. It said: I, Hou Xuanyan, now notify the guard general Shi Lang that explosives have been buried under the city. If you do not surrender, the jade and stone will be burned on the day the city is destroyed, and no one will be left. If you turn against the enemy and surrender, you will still not lose the position of title of marquis?

The content of this cloth strip is frivolous and rude, but every word is like an awl, making Shi Lang feel frightened.

Explosives were buried under the city, but there were explosives buried under the city. The actions of the enemy outside the city suddenly became clear and clear these days. It turned out that they were digging tunnels. Shi Lang smiled bitterly, but it was ridiculous that he thought he could wait until Zheng Zhilong came back.

Shi Lang brought the young general to the lobby of the outdoor room and asked, "You have seen the cloth strips they ejaculated. What are your thoughts?"

The young general's face was firm, his cheeks were flushed and his fists were clasped and said, "We have received great kindness from Duke Ping and are thinking about repaying him. Now that we have come to this point, we will fight to the death to repay the lord."

Shi Lang smiled and said, "I am just thinking that you should go back and take your brothers down from the city tower. We will wait for the wall to fall and fight the enemy to the death."

The young general took the order with a sigh of relief and turned to go to the city tower. Suddenly, a steel knife pierced his back and exposed the tip of the knife from his stomach.

The young man twisted his body in pain, pointed at Shi Lang and cursed: "You... a dog thief, you want to surrender..."

Shi Lang kicked him away, wiped the blood from the knife, and said, "If you want to be foolish, you can die by yourself, don't pull the people all over the city. Hou Xuan gave a speech. The day the city was destroyed, the jade and stone were burned, and the brothers' families were all in the city. I'm sorry."

After Shi Lang killed the man, he came to the inner courtyard. When his family saw the blood on his body, they were so scared that they were panicked.

Shi Lang shouted: "Father, Hou Xuan has a great momentum and has planted explosives. You should take people to hide. My son has decided to open the city and save tens of thousands of lives in Fuzhou."

"It should be so. Duke Yue is the pillar of the country. My son is not against him, so the right way."

After Shi Daxuan finished speaking, he fled to the Sitang in the courtyard with his family and summoned the servants to protect the yard and surrounded him.

Shi Lang had no worries anymore. After he finished his clothes, he brought his personal soldiers to the city tower. The defenders on the city looked at him with eager eyes.

"We have explosives buried under our feet and can be bombed into the sky at any time." As soon as Shi Lang finished speaking, the soldiers were in panic.

At this time, countless torches suddenly lit up outside the city and pressed against the city gate.

Shi Lang shouted: "It's over here, and I have no chance of winning. In order to save your lives, I decided to open the city and surrender. Those who want to survive will follow me to go down the city gate and welcome the Duke of Yue into the city."

The soldiers did not move. Although they were afraid, some people refused to let them betray Zheng Zhilong.

Shi Lang stomped his feet and said coldly: "I don't keep you if you want to be loyal to the Zheng family here, but think about the old and wife at home. You, together with the city wall, were blown into powder. How can they survive?"

As soon as this said, some people stood behind him and slowly walked down the city. The person who left behind looked dark, Shi Lang no longer forced him and turned around and walked downstairs.

Hou Xuanyan in the distance looked at the city gate without any movement, sighed in his heart, and raised his left hand. When his hand fell, a soldier lit the gunpowder lead in the tunnel, and soon a loud noise rang under a wall in the north of the city. The huge power caused the entire city wall to collapse instantly. Only then did the defenders believe Shi Lang's words, whether loyal or not, they would run down the city.

Shi Lang had just come down from the city and was almost unable to stop because of the bombing. He hurriedly ordered his personal soldiers to open the city gate.

The suspension bridge fell and the city gate opened. Hou Xuanyan endured it for eight days, and finally entered Fuzhou City without spending a single soldier on the end of the year.

When a hundred thousand troops entered the city, they first divided their troops to control the passes and held Fuzhou firmly in their hands. After capturing the city, they quickly controlled the entire city, which was already familiar to the Northern Expedition Army. However, Fuzhou is still a bit special.

Hou Xuanyan had already passed down the general order: but if there are those who resist, they will be killed without any hesitation.

Fuzhou is the old nest of the Zheng family. Although their family's direct descendants are outside, the Zheng family's background in Fuzhou is not a joke. It seems that no matter who it is, he dare not take it lightly after conquering Suzhou. People who are loyal to Hou Xuanyan in Suzhou are spread all over the city.

Hou Xuanyan, who was outside the city, stood on a high place on a horse and watched the 160,000 army enter Fuzhou, and felt uncontrollably excited.
Chapter completed!