Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 239
Hangzhou.

Governor Zhang Cunren hurriedly boarded the city tower, and saw the overwhelming Ming army pouring in like a tide outside the city.

The flags are flying, and the red flags are all over the sky.

"This this,"

Zhang Cunren pointed at the army outside the city, his fingers trembling wildly, he was so anxious that he couldn't speak.And the governor Xiao Qiyuan who came one step later was also pale in shock, like wax paper.

Huge doubts arose in their hearts, where did these Ming troops come from?
Why did they suddenly reach the city of Hangzhou?

"Where is Tian Xiong, where did he die?"

Tian Xionggang deployed the city defense urgently, and then rushed over. Zhang Cunren scolded him bloody when he was sweating profusely, "I ask you, where did these Ming troops come from?"

"The humble job just asked, these people came from Yuhang, Fuyang."

"Yuhang? Isn't Yuhang in your hands? You gave me a series of victories before, saying how brave Zhang Tianren was in Yuhang's defense. He sent troops to defeat the puppet Ming army several times and could recover Lin'an and Fuyang at any time. Why did he come to Hangzhou now?" Under the city?"

No wonder Zhang Cunren was angry or even terrified. He was not an ordinary civil servant. Zhang Cunren was from Liaodong. He used to be Wu Sangui's lieutenant general.

Don't look at him as the governor now, but he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after the Battle of Songjin, and then followed Jianlu, who was also loyal, brave and brave, fought from Liaodong to Guannei, and marched all the way south, and finally governor of Zhejiang, that is also to see He's good at fighting.

In comparison, Tian Xiong was originally the commander-in-chief of Huang Degong, the fourth town of Hongguang Dynasty, and he was far inferior to Zhang Cunren in terms of qualifications and abilities.

Tian Xiong was sweating profusely, and he also felt his mother's anger. Before that, the Ming army had repeatedly committed crimes in Fuyang, Lin'an, Yuhang, etc., and approached the west of Hangzhou, but Tian Xiong sent troops to attack several times, or personally led them. It was easy They repelled the Ming army, and even regained the lost land of the counties north of the Fuchun River.

It's just that the Ming army was determined to attack again and again, but fortunately, it was just taking advantage of the vacancy and making small troubles. When the Qing army attacked, they would flee in a hurry, or be defeated by one blow.

Tian Xiong never paid much attention to these people. After Boluo left, he, the admiral of Zhejiang, had a serious task. He had to rectify the green camp in Zhejiang, and sent troops to encircle and suppress the rebels in Huzhou and other mountainous areas. As for the Yuhang side, because Pan Yinglou smuggled there, the profits were huge, and all the high-ranking officials in Hangzhou were involved. He himself had already taken tens of thousands of taels of silver, so he turned a blind eye.

He intends to keep Yuhang and Lin'an as smuggling trading points.

But who knows, now the Ming army suddenly captured Lin'an, and even directly attacked Hangzhou City.

Xiao Qiyuan is also a member of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, a native of Liaodong, who surrendered Jianlu very early. Looking at the bannermen and horses under the city, "It doesn't look easy this time. I guess the Ming army wants to besiege Hangzhou with all their strength."

When Boluo was there, Lu Jianguo in eastern Zhejiang kept guarding the Qiantang River. His biggest move was to send troops across the Fuchun River from time to time to make troubles on the north bank of the upper reaches, but they were all small troubles.

So neither Boluo nor Zhang Cunren paid much attention to Lu Jianguo and that little imperial court.

If it weren't for the imperial court's decree to let Boluo and the others be teachers, and Beijing's deployment is not to rush south, but to clean up Jiangnan, Huguang, Jiangxi and other places first, they think that the small court of Shaoxing can be wiped out in one battle. .

If you don't beat them, they should burn incense, why are you still beating them now?
"These guys must have seen that Baylor led the army back to the north, so they wanted to take advantage of it." Xiao Qiyuan said.

Hearing this, Zhang Cunren blew his beard and stared angrily. He is also a general of the Guanning Army, so now he is regarded as a soft persimmon?However, after observing for a while, he found something different from the information he originally had.

"These Ming troops are quite large in number."

Xiao Qiyuan said, "It's just a mob. The Ming army likes to cut wood into soldiers, and they have a lot of people."

"It's not the same. If you look carefully, these people and horses are clearly organized and have a clear flag. They also look at the flags, armor, and listen to their orders. They are not ordinary mobs. They look a bit elite. They even dare to say that our Zhejiang The green camp may not have such a scene.”

Xiao Qiyuan didn't quite believe it, "How can the Ming army have such ability? If they really want to have this strength, wouldn't they have fought Jianglai long ago?"

All the gates of Hangzhou City have been closed, and all the suspension bridges have been raised.

Facing the overwhelming Ming army, whether it was Zhang Cunren or Tian Xiong, they both chose to close the city and defend instead of going out to attack.

They are all old soldiers, and they still have vision.

At a glance, it can be seen that there are many things of the Ming army outside the city, not only in large numbers, but also as if there are real things.

The Ming army's attack this time was too fast, and the attack line was a bit special. They did not cross the Qiantang River to fight, which made Hangzhou's barracks on the Qiantang River useless. They quietly crossed the river from the upper Fuchun River to raid Yuhang Behind the city, and then suddenly killed under the city of Hangzhou.

This is really off the beaten track.

The false success reports from Yuhang during this period of time made Hangzhou's grasp of the situation over there completely wrong, so that a point that was thought to be solid became a breakthrough instead.

One by one troops drove to the city of Hangzhou.

All ministries followed the pre-war deployment in an orderly manner and began to besiege the city.

Hangzhou is a big city, and it cannot be taken easily.

Before Zhu Yihai came, he had already been mentally prepared, and he was ready for a hard fight, or even a long-term siege.

Therefore, the battle plan drawn up is actually very simple, that is, to besiege the city, then dig trenches and build walls on the outside to build a stronghold, and then fill up the trenches under the Hangzhou city step by step to build siege equipment to attack the city.

Facing such a big city, especially with a lot of guards, many ingenious tricks are useless.

Of course, Zhu Yihai doesn't necessarily want to really fight hard, but he should practice fighting big cities, and he will do so if he has the chance.

Even if you encircle and don't fight, it is actually good for the entire battle situation. At least it can contain the Qing army in Hangzhou and prevent reinforcements from Huguang.

Siege, block roads and canals.

Send cavalry to start sweeping the periphery.

These are very solid basic skills. Fortunately, after experiencing the Northern Expedition, Zhu Yihai's imperial camp is no longer a rookie army.

Zhu Yihai specially put on the golden dragon uniform of Jian Guo, and rode a bay red horse to patrol the camp under the guard of Qianniu and Yulin. Wherever he passed, all the soldiers of the imperial camp raised their arms and shouted long live.

Long live!

Long live!

The mountain shouted long live, one after another, the sound rushed to the sky.

On the top of the city, Zhang Cunren also saw the dazzling golden armor in the distance, and he saw at a glance that this should be King Lu, Jian Guo, "I never thought that the Ming army would still have such momentum."

This is a difficult battle.

Zhu Yihai rode on the horse and walked forward slowly, his eyes swept over one excited soldier after another.

After many victories in the Northern Expedition to Sanwu, Zhu Yihai voluntarily abandoned Zhucheng and returned to Yuedi. In fact, many soldiers were a little unwilling and felt it was a pity.

When Zhu Yihai brought the soldiers of the imperial camp to the city of Hangzhou today, seeing the Qing army who closed the city gates and dared not fight, the soldiers of the imperial camp felt very happy.

"Long live Daming!"

Zhu Yihai raised his sword and shouted.

Numerous soldiers responded accordingly.

"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers are forever, and the Daming rivers and mountains are forever!"

"The emperor guards the gate of the country, the king dies in the country, as long as there is one person left, my Ming Dynasty will not perish!"

Yang Boxing, Zhu Shengli, Liu Zhaoji and other young Qianniu and Yubayashi generals all felt their blood burning when they heard these words, and they all yelled loudly, amplifying Jian Guo's words ten times and spreading them around.

The soldiers shouted loudly one by one.

Jian Guo went to the battle in person, which made them feel extremely excited.

Daming is so kind.

Taizu conquered the country and ruled the world with the southern expedition and the north. Taizong's northern expedition chased the dead and chased the north. The Yuan Emperor who fought had no place to hide. He reconquered Yunnan, which had been separated from the Central Plains for thousands of years, and then returned to Hanjiang, and even went deep into Liaodong to establish Nuergan. Dusi even once regained Annan.

Although the Ming Dynasty has decayed over the years, he expelled the Tartars and restored China, revived the Chinese dress etiquette in the Han Dynasty, and restored the territory of the Han people. No one can erase these numerous achievements.

When this giant of the empire, which was about to be established for 300 years, was dying, a wise king finally appeared. With [-] new troops, he dared to make a northern expedition. He just killed hundreds of thousands of Jiangnan Qing troops in and out. Now Then raise troops to cross the river, but they are already besieging the mighty city of Hangzhou.

Everyone looked at the tall and straight figure on horseback, and felt that the revival was hopeful.

This is the hope of the Han Empire, the Zhongxing Holy King of the Ming Dynasty!
"war!"

"war!"

"war!"

Uncle Jingnan, Wang Xiang, Uncle Wuning, Wang Zhiren...
The generals of the imperial camp tapped their breastplates with their swords and shouted.

The soldiers of the imperial battalion blushed and sang their battle horns loudly.

on the city head.

Everyone looked gloomy.

Looking at the scene below, Tian Xiong couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Standing behind them, Zhu Guofan, the new prefect, looked at the continuous Ming army masters and the impassioned and impassioned scene. He clenched his fists in his sleeves excitedly and pierced his palms with excessive force.

An official was puzzled, "Aren't these soldiers afraid of death? How could they be so easily incited by the pseudo-supervising state?"

Zhu Guofan wanted to refute, but finally held back.

This is not incitement, this is a cry from the heart.

Xiao Qiyuan couldn't help asking, "How did this pseudo Lu Jianguo do this?"

Both Zhang Cunren and Tian Xiong were generals in charge of the army, but neither could answer this question, because based on their past experience as generals in the Ming Dynasty, they felt that such a thing was impossible.

Chongzhen was good enough for the Guanning Army, with 500 million military expenditures a year, and even paid the Liao people to guard the land of Liao, and gave the Guanning Army allotment of land, but the Guanning Army fought with the Jurchens, but they always joined when they couldn't beat them. In the beginning, some low-level guerrilla guards surrendered after being captured. Later, many generals and generals also joined.

In fact, the Qing army was able to enter the pass, not only by the Eight Banners, but also by the Guanning Army.The important personnel of the Qing army entering the pass were the former Guanning Army, those generals, and those soldiers, all of which were reused by the Qing army and became its military force.

Now in the Qing Han army banner, all the civil servants and generals with high positions are basically from Guan Ning.

"Perhaps it was promised by a high-paying official." For a long time, the admiral Tian Xiong, who once carried Hongguang and surrendered to the Qing army, could only explain it this way.

(End of this chapter)