The army led by Wang Chao captured cities and villages in southwest of Fujian, but because Zhang and Tingyi were barren and desolate places. Chen Yan and Liao Ruoyan occupied the prosperous and prosperous Fuzhou and Quanzhou, and Wang Chao did not take any hostile actions against Fuzhou and Quanzhou. So they turned a blind eye and closed their eyes. It was better to have less than more things. Chen Yan and Liao Yanruo both believed that Wang Chao was just wandering around occasionally and was about to leave soon, so why bother to provoke others?

Their views were not wrong, and Wang Chao also considered this way, but when he was about to leave, Zhang Yanlu's appearance changed the result. Zhang Yanlu in Quanzhou was not an unknown person. His ancestral home was also Gushi, Guangzhou. He was a fellow villager with Wang Chao. Later, his ancestors moved to the south. Zhang Yanlu followed his father to do business in Fujian in his early years and soon became a famous merchant in Quanzhou.

The brutal rule of the governor of Quanzhou Liao Yanruo made Zhang Yanlu very dissatisfied. Seeing that there was such a strict military discipline and unscrupulous army in Wuyi Mountains in Zhang and Ting, Liao Yanruo and the people of Quanzhou were ecstatic. Everyone unanimously recommended Zhang Yanlu, who was highly respected, to reward Wang Chao's army with cattle wine, hoping that Wang Chao could do his best to help them eliminate the cruel and unkind Liao Yanruo.

Quanzhou is a big city in Fujian. It has strong troops and strict defenses are inevitable. Attacking Quanzhou will inevitably cause major casualties in the army. However, Wang Chao saw the hope he had been looking forward to in the eyes of Zhang Yanlu and more than a thousand Quanzhou people. The people's hearts are available and there is hope for survival. Wang Chao finally made a major choice, no longer fighting for the king in the west, but stayed in Fujian to help the people of Quanzhou solve Liao Yanruo!

As soon as the war broke out, as Wang Chao expected, Quanzhou was indeed a tough bone that was difficult to crack. However, Wang Chao had already made up his mind and was no longer afraid of difficulties. He had siege Quanzhou for a long time and launched several attacks on Quanzhou City. The people's hearts stood completely on Wang Chao's side. Liao Yanruo resisted tenaciously with the strong city walls, but he was no match for Wang Chao after all.

In August of the second year of Guangqi, after nearly a year of besieging the city, Wang Chao's Guangshou army finally captured Quanzhou City, captured Liao Yanruo, and took over Liao Yanruo's territory in full. The capture of Quanzhou was of great significance to the Guangshou army. This was the first base they had truly mastered since the onset of the army.

Wang Chao's performance after occupying Quanzhou made the people of Quanzhou shine brightly, and they were separated and all the troops were all repaired. They were many times stronger than Liao Yanruo before, and they were simply the savior of Quanzhou. The people of Quanzhou stood firmly on Wang Chao's side and regarded Wang Chao as the new ruler of Quanzhou City.

Of course, the people of Quanzhou don’t have the final say. If Wang Chao wants to become a legal leader in Quanzhou, he must obtain the consent of Chen Yan, the Fujian Observation Commander. Chen Yan was nominally the highest commander of the Tang Dynasty in Fujian. Without Chen Yan’s consent, Wang Chao’s status in Quanzhou City could not be formally recognized.

Wang Chao could see clearly the situation in Fujian. Liao Yanruo could kill it because he was seeking death by himself. But Chen Yan and Liao Yanruo were completely different. His rule in Fuzhou was very open-minded and won the hearts of the people of Fuzhou. Moreover, Chen Yan had the position of Fujian Observer and met Chen Yan in a fight, which was purely a self-inflicted trouble.

So after occupying Quanzhou City again, Wang Chao promptly issued a request to Chen Yan to submit, requesting to accept Chen Yan's unified management. As the Fujian Observer, Chen Yan has occupied Fuzhou for many years and has been deeply loved by the people of Fujian.

He is the overlord of Fujian. Wang Chao's strong rise in Fujian naturally attracted Chen Yan's attention. After receiving the news that Wang Chao was willing to surrender, and after understanding Wang Chao, Chen Yan appointed Wang Chao as the governor of Quanzhou and continued to manage Quanzhou City.

Although he was just a small governor, Wang Chao and his Guangshou Army finally gained recognition from the government. They became regular troops recognized by the government, and they were no longer the thieves who made a living by burning, killing, and plundering. Wang Chao was deeply pleased with this. He was very grateful for the correct choice he made at the critical moment, and naturally he was very grateful to Chen Yan, who was able to accept and recognize him.

The situation in Fujian became quite peaceful and peaceful, and the two major cities in Fujian were under the rule of wise leaders. Observation made Chen Yan manage in Fuzhou vividly, while Wang Chao managed in Quanzhou quite popular with the people, and the relationship between the two superiors and subordinates was also happy.

Chen Yan admired Wang Chao, who had outstanding abilities, and Wang Chao was grateful to the wise and generous Chen Yan. In December of the second year of Dashun, Chen Yan suddenly passed away, and the peaceful and peaceful atmosphere in Fujian was finally broken. Chen Yan made detailed arrangements for his afterlife before his death. Although he was very famous in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, he was broad-minded and wise and capable.

Chen Yan knew very well that the relatives of his descendants and relatives in Fuzhou were not great and could not take on great responsibilities. Instead of suffering from their descendants in the future, it would be better to let go as soon as possible to protect the entire family. So Chen Yan opposed the opposition and appointed Wang Chao as his successor, and arranged an envoy to Quanzhou to invite Wang Chao to Fuzhou to preside over the overall situation.

This was naturally a great good news for Wang Chao. In a blink of an eye, he could become the overlord of Fujian. But the problem followed. Before the envoy arrived in Quanzhou, something happened in Fuzhou. Chen Yan died shortly after he arranged his funeral. Fuzhou City had a vacuum of power in a short period of time.

If no unexpected happens, at most, everyone will follow Chen Yan's will arrangements and wait patiently for Wang Chao to come and take charge of the overall situation. However, there are people in Fuzhou City who do not intend to obey Chen Yan's will arrangements honestly. Among them, Chen Yan's wife and brother-in-law Fan Hui. Fan Hui is an ambitious person and is very dissatisfied with the arrangements of his brother-in-law Chen Yan. He originally thought he was the right person to replace Chen Yan, but Wang Chao intervened, and Fan Hui was naturally very unwilling to accept it.

Fan Hui encouraged his soldiers in the city and recommended himself to stay as the new Fujian Observer. In his opinion, Chen Yan's arrangement before his death was a rumor made out of nothing. So he asked Wang Chao to stay in Quanzhou honestly and not come to Fuzhou.

The situation in Fuzhou suddenly reversed, and Fan Hui became the new agent of Fuzhou Observer. Wang Chao's dream of taking over Fuzhou was shattered. In the chaotic times of the late Tang Dynasty, it was common for Fan Hui to "hold military power in his hands and call him the king without authorization" to be common, so Wang Chao was not surprised. Although he was the candidate for Fujian Observer recognized by Chen Yan, Fan Hui's outbreak also made Wang Chao helpless.

Fuzhou is the number one important city in Fujian. In terms of its hardness, it is harder to fight than Quanzhou. Let’s wait and see the situation first. Wang Chao did not make any noise, but Fan Hui began to destroy his future. This person had no talent to be a leader at all. As soon as he became the boss of Fuzhou City, he began to live a arrogant and luxurious life and did not take military and political affairs seriously. Soon, the soldiers and people in Fuzhou complained and lost their hearts.

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Chen Yan's generals were disappointed with Fan Hui, so they left Fuzhou one after another, went south to Quanzhou to join Wang Chao, and took the initiative to lobby Wang Chao to capture Fuzhou and replace Fan Hui. The time came again, and capturing Fuzhou was the will of the people. Wang Chao naturally could not let down the eager expectations of the Fujian military and civilians, and the war to walk the way for the people was launched again.

Given the important position of Fuzhou City in Fujian, Wang Chao naturally did not dare to underestimate this battle. Wang Chao's cousin Wang Yan was appointed as the governor, and his third brother Wang Shenzhi was appointed as the governor, and he led his troops to attack Fuzhou City. Wang Yanfu was an unknown person in the Wang family. Apart from this Fuzhou battle, he was unknown and completed his life in a simple and unconventional way.

Wang Shenzhi was different. He was Wang Chao's third brother. He was seven feet and six inches long and had a square purple mouth. He often rode on a white horse and was called "White Horse Sabro" in the army. Wang Shenzhi's previous performance was not conspicuous. Apart from that "Sword Worshiping Election", Wang Shenzhi did not have any convincing performance. Of course, it was not that Wang Shenzhi lacked the ability, but that Wang Chao's light was too dazzling, completely covering up Wang Shenzhi's own light.

Wang Chao still has a good understanding of this younger brother's talent, otherwise it would be impossible for Wang Shenzhi to play such an important role in the "Sword Worship Election". In order to allow Wang Shenzhi to grow up as soon as possible, Wang Chao decided to let Wang Shenzhi take on the military task of capturing Fuzhou City.

Regarding the prospects of the Fuzhou battle, whether it was Wang Chao who stayed in Quanzhou, Wang Shenzhi and Wang Yanfu who were about to go on a war, they were very optimistic. Because the people of Quanzhou firmly supported Wang Chao to capture Fuzhou City, the people took out their own food and gave it to the army for military rations, and the ethnic minorities on Pinghu Cave and the seaside also helped them with military ships.

The situation was very good and the people wanted. Wang Shenzhi and Wang Yanfu even naively believed that when the army was at the city, Fan Hui might run away early and escape! However, the progress of the war was not as smooth as everyone thought. The Quanzhou army quickly surrounded Fuzhou City, but Fan Hui did not run away early. He defended Fuzhou City to the death, which brought great difficulties to the Quanzhou army that siege the city.

Fuzhou's defense index is by no means comparable to that of Liao Yanruo's Quanzhou in the past. The combat effectiveness of the Fuzhou defenders was naturally stronger than that of Liao Yanruo's Quanzhou soldiers in the past. During Chen Yan's tenure as an observer in Fuzhou, he carried out two large-scale repairs to Fuzhou City, making the walls of Fuzhou City extremely strong. It was Fan Hui who resisted several attacks by the Quanzhou army with his strong walls.

Wang Shenzhi and Wang Yanfu attacked the city several times under the city of Fuzhou, but returned without success. From the initial one-stop work to the exhaustion, they declined in three ways. As the saying goes, they came in excitement and left in shame, and the two of them were shaken in their confidence in capturing Fuzhou.

Facing the city of Fuzhou, which is thick with a thick wall, Wang Shenzhi and Wang Yan were at a loss. But at least they completed the siege of Fuzhou. If they couldn't fight, they would siege. Even if they were hungry, they would starve Fan Hui to death. However, the situation in Fuzhou soon changed again. Although Fan Hui was able to be mediocre, he would jump over the wall in an emergency. In a hurry, Fan Hui sent an envoy to his neighbor in the north and Dong Chang, the governor of the Weisheng Army in East Zhejiang, to send a helping signal.

The reason why Fan Hui asked Dong Chang for help was that in Fuzhou and eastern Zhejiang, there was no force in the vassal states that could compete with Wang Chao’s Quanzhou Army except Dong Chang. On the other hand, Fan Hui and Dong Chang were in-laws, so of course their own family should help each other.

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