Not only can't count on reinforcements from Shanghai, but as the Hong army's offensive in Huzhou further expanded, even the remaining water passages were cut off by the Hong army.

Now, in Huzhou City, you can not only hear the sound of bombardment, but also feel the earth and mountains after the shelling. The artillery of the Hong Army has finally arrived.

In this situation, Zhao Jingxian could only gather the key actors of Huzhou Prefecture to discuss how to fight the offensive of the Hong Army. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said: "Brothers, we have been fighting with the Red thieves for half a month. Now the Red thieves are gathering in large numbers. We are planning to fight the Red thieves to the death!"

"Well said! Well said!" Someone immediately praised: "Zhao Daotai, you and I have both formed blood feuds with the Red thieves. Now they are riding on the back of the tiger. If they don't defeat these Red thieves, there will be no way out!"

Everyone glanced at the man and immediately spat: "Wang Yongyi, you, a Xiushui man, came to our Huzhou Prefecture and asked our Huzhou Prefecture to resist the Hongjun for you, but there was no door!"

The person who spoke was named Wang Yongyi. He was not from Huzhou, but from Xiushui County, Jiaxing Prefecture. However, his property was in Shengze, Wuxian. He was a wealthy businessman in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He didn't know where he got evil. He actually ran to Huzhou Prefecture and called to fight the Red Thief to the death.

Everyone is a local from Huzhou Prefecture. The war is not good now, and there is no idea of ​​dying for the city with Huzhou Prefecture. Although there are many old brothers from the Taiping Army outside the city, the mainstream is the most famous Dragon Spear Brigade among the Red Thieves - No, according to the latest battle report, they have been renamed Dragon Spear Master.

Although the Red thief was able to make ruthless moves and even had the reputation of Liu Juehu, as long as he was willing to sacrifice the city and surrender, it would naturally be of great benefit, especially with several well-known examples. For example, Gao Liangcai, who is now the prefect of Taizhou, Shi Jingfen, the prefect of Wenzhou, and even Zhang Yuzuo, the prefect of Taizhou, have received a very noble title.

Therefore, someone advised: "Zhao Daotai. Huzhou is Huzhou from Huzhou. Why should a Xiushui man come over and point fingers? Huzhou can no longer be defended. If the war affects the county city, it is probably a disaster. It is better to open the city early and let Hongjun and Liu Jiu's family treat people well and do not kill and surrender..."

"Fuck!" Zhao Jingxian was furious: "Pull this nonsense guy out and kill me. Kill me!"

Wang Yongyi, as a Jiaxing person, quickly stood up to stop him. He kept saying, "Zhao Daotai, don't be angry, don't be angry! Everyone is from Huzhou. Why have you murderous intent for some disputes? I think Huzhou can be defended!"

"How can Huzhou be guarded?" Zhao Jingxian asked immediately, "Do you still want to ask Brother Yongyi?"

Wang Yongyi was not polite. He stood up and shouted loudly: "Why can Huzhou be guarded? It is in the foreigners. It is March now, and it is the time when the new raw silk tea is on the market. Foreigners are most highly profitable for silk tea, and the benefits of Zhejiang silk tea are half in Hujun!"

Although this is exaggerated, Huzhou is indeed the distribution of silk and tea in Zhejiang. You should know that during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War, some silk markets in Huzhou turned to Shengze. The Taiping Army set up a card to collect taxes in Shengze, and in two years, they collected hundreds of thousands of silver.

You should know that the taxes obtained by the Taiping Army were definitely greater by the township officials. It is said that seven or eight out of ten are private hands, and two or three out of ten are returned to the Taiping Army. If you can collect such heavy taxes in just one town, you can imagine how much silk trade in Huzhou Prefecture has reached.

Wang Yongyi's long sleeves were blowing, and his spirit was rising: "If foreigners can't buy raw silk tea from Huzhou in Shanghai, they can only stay trapped in Shanghai and have no capital to transport foreign goods. The market will naturally be depressed. How can they tolerate wars in Huzhou? They will inevitably gather large numbers of troops to defeat the red thieves."

Foreigners do not buy silk, Chinese people do not buy cloth. This is the depression of China-Eastern trade under the economic crisis in the 19th century. Zhao Jingxian nodded repeatedly: "That's right, our Huzhou Prefecture produces silk tea in a year, and foreigners export half of Huzhou Prefecture. Naturally, we cannot sit idly by Huzhou County and can send troops to support us! It's strange that we have been guarding for half a month. As long as we need to guard for a few days, the situation will inevitably change greatly, and foreign soldiers will definitely come to support us. Who doesn't understand this principle!"

No one dared to speak. Everyone knew that Zhao Jingxian and Zhao Daotai were extremely murderous. If they refused to rely on him, they would definitely be charged with a thief and were pulled out to beheaded on the spot, so they could only be timid.

But now that the troops are at the city, the prosperous scene in Huzhou is probably going to be destroyed by Zhao Jingxian. When everyone thinks of this, they feel a little chill.

Zhao Jingxian is also from Huzhou, so why is he so ignorant of his hometown? The Hong Army is as powerful as a tide. It originally had more than 10,000 Dragon Spear Division, but now there are thousands of Taiping Army and thousands of Panshi Brigade. Twenty thousand strong soldiers surrounded the entire Huzhou Prefecture. Huzhou Prefecture has few soldiers and few generals and no foreign aid. I don’t know how many villagers will be killed or injured after this war disaster.

However, everyone looked at Wang Yongyi with hatred. Why did he, a Jiaxing native, come to Huzhou to praise Zhao Jingxian? The one who died was not Jiaxing native, but Huzhou native!

On the other side, Zhao Jingxian turned his trustworthy eyes to Wang Yongyi: "The guardian of Hujun City must rely on Brother Shouyi!"

"It's easy to say! It's easy to say!" Wang Yongyi made a big talk: "I am incompatible with the Red Thief! Zhao Daotai, as long as he stays for a few more days, the situation will definitely change!"

With the support of Wang Yongyi, Zhao Jingxian's courage also became stronger. He was ready to defend Huzhou. Whether it was the Monk King, the Eight Hundred Warriors retained by Sheng, Deng Shaoliang's 600 old subordinates, and the Jingzi Sixth Camp he compiled by himself, they had all been mobilized.

He even mobilized the people near Huzhou, claiming to be a new brave soldier of more than 60 battalions, and there were more than 10,000 troops inside and outside the city, which seemed to be enough to fight the Hong Army.

With the foreign guns and cannons he bought from Shanghai, although the Hong Army had more than 20,000, it was not easy to break through Huzhou Prefecture. However, in the next two days, the battle between the two sides told everyone that professional army is professional army, and it is definitely not something that these hasty-mobilized soldiers can resist the enemy.

Within two days, the Hong army advanced 30 miles, and the momentum was unstoppable. The troops training along the way were either defeated or left in sight. A few people who dared to resist were resolved in less than an hour. In just two days, the Huzhou soldiers were annihilated at least 3,000.

Moreover, the Hong Army has swept over from all aspects. The important strongholds that used to siege but did not attack are now focused on the main forces and are brought over one by one. In fact, as soon as the heavy artillery of the Hong Army attacked, most of these large and small strongholds surrendered.

Bad news continued, and Zhao Jingxian was extremely stubborn. He cut dozens of heads in succession and rescued others everywhere. Whether it was the Huayang Corps in Shanghai, the Jiangnan Camp and the Monk Wang Shengbao in Jiangsu, even Fuji in Anhui Province, and Yuan Jiasan from the Lianghuai Province, they all became his targets for help.

Anyone who said the word "reincarnation" had been killed by Zhao Jingxian. Some of the soldiers and brave leaders who were half-hearted, the gentleman in Huzhou was also under house arrest by Zhao Jingxian. In order to calm the people's hearts, he even pulled his most direct line, Jingzi Liuying, out of the city and read the city.

"The country is in danger, and my power is incompatible with the Red Thief!" Zhao Jingxian said to his confidant beside him: "If I keep it for one day, then Hu County will be one day, Hu County will be one day, and the southeast half of the wall can be one day. The country...well!"

While he was talking to the fullest, he saw a red flag raising on the head of the flag. The Liuying of Jingzi was in an uproar and shouted loudly: "Huzhou City is broken, Huzhou is broken!"

"Damn Wang Yongyi! The people of Jiaxing are just unreliable!" Zhao Jingxian was a very smart person. He shouted: "I wish I could slaughter Xiushui County!"

That was indeed Wang Yongyi who showed up at the city. He stood at the city and shouted outside the city: "Detect guns! If you want to survive, Zhao Jingxian will die!"

The bird guns, lifting guns, mountain-slashing cannons, and camp cannons on the top of the city all bombarded the Jingzi Sixth Camp under the city. Although Zhao Jingxian's Jingzi Sixth Camp was an old camp, it was already in chaos. Many people shouted: "Stop fighting, stop fighting, our family members are all in the city, and we are willing to surrender!"

Some battalions escaped while the chaos was in the chaos, but Zhao Jingxian could not control the troops and immediately shouted: "Retreat, retreat, we will collect troops and bravely recover the county city!"

On the top of the city, a group of gentry from Huzhou Prefecture, the powerful men looked at Wang Yongyi in a very admirable tone: "This time, Hu County is complete, thanks to Brother Yongyi's far-reaching strategy, I'm afraid Brother Yongyi will also have to bear the burden of the aftermath of Huzhou!"

Wang Yongyi also said confidently: "It's easy to say, the Hongjun emphasizes business travel, and foreigners emphasize business. Zhao Jingxian's stubborn resistance to the righteous army in Huzhou has hindered the wealth of many people. I'm doing business in business, so can't I besides this dog thief? Now that Hu County is in full, the tea silk trade is unobstructed, which is a good thing!"

He himself is a big silk merchant, so he naturally knows that the silk exports of Huzhou Prefecture in one year are an astonishing number. Now that Zhao Jingxian has been driven away, Hong's army has to treat him as the number one hero in Huzhou.

You should know that since the raw silk in Huzhou Prefecture was exported through Shanghai in 1845, it has been able to grow significantly every year. Until now, Shanghai's annual raw silk export volume has exceeded 20 million silver. If he could preside over the raw silk trade, he would probably not be weaker than the Feng family in Ningbo.

Through Hu Xueyan's relationship in advance, he had already had a relationship with Liu Juehu, and even purchased a large amount of public debt from Hu Xueyan to support the Hongjun. Now he has the first contribution to surrendering in the city, and he will definitely make money every day in the future.

At this moment, Zhao Jingxian was in a mess. When Huzhou Prefecture City was lost, his prestige was lost. He wanted to recruit troops to counterattack Huzhou, but his troops had already dispersed. Even his most confidant Liu Battalion, Jingzi, had all collapsed, leaving only dozens of confidants following him, and even some of these confidants were about to disperse.

Where should we go? These confidants bit their ears, and they didn't know whether to go to Shanghai, Jiangsu to surrender to the monks, or to Anhui to surrender to Fuji.

Zhao Jingxian made up his mind: "Tie me up and give it to Liu Juehu!" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!