Qin Zitan followed She Feihu to the Jianshan outpost. The harassing Huaidong warships were slowly exiting Sansha Bay from Dongchongkou. Looking to the left and right, they saw a pile of wreckage. The air was filled with the smell of burning, and the beach was also full of debris.
The remains of sunk and burned fishing boats.
Although he had expected this, She Feihu roared with hatred and stabbed the earthen wall of the sentry post with his saber.
Qin Zitan's face was equally ugly and he remained silent without saying a word. It was more than a hundred miles away from Jin'an City. After confirming that the main force of the Huainan attack force had landed in Sansha Bay, he followed She Feihu and led the elite Xingye to come for reinforcements. On the way, he
More than a day was wasted.
Three thousand infantrymen rushed hundreds of miles to help, and some were exhausted. However, the Huaidong Army had no intention of a decisive battle. Seeing reinforcements coming from here, they withdrew their troops and retreated to the sea. In the past day and night, along the coast of Sansha Bay,
Almost all eight towns and ports were disabled.
"Second Young Master, look at this!" A school captain took off several notices posted by the Huaidong Army all along the coast of Sansha Bay and showed them to She Feihu.
It was okay for She Feihu not to read it, but when he saw it, he became even more furious. He tore the notice into pieces and hit the school captain on the face: "Why don't you send someone to tear all these things down?" Qin Zitan didn't have time to read what the notice said.
, I don’t think there will be anything good to say.
"Many clans in various towns were attacked by the Huaidong pirates. When the pirates left, they opened the clan's granary and let the villagers take it for themselves. Other goods that could not be taken away were also distributed to some poor households in the town. Many of them
After hearing the news, the villagers rushed to the town and were driven away... These clans all hope that the second master can help them make the decision and recover grain and property from the villagers and the poor households in the town!" the school captain continued.
"They are all a mob. Arrest the ones who are leading the trouble and charge them with collaborating with the enemy. If they chop off a few heads, they will learn to restrain themselves!" She Feihu said bitterly.
"Second Young Master, just drive them away; if you don't follow, arrest three or five people and kill them to serve as a warning to a hundred. It's not appropriate to expand at will!" Qin Zitan said.
Judging from the attacks on Pingtan Fort, Dong'an Island and Sansha Bay, the Huaidong Army looted wealthy households and showed no mercy to the gentry, but at the same time distributed the robbed rice to villagers and poor households with vicious intentions.
Qin Zitan believed that Jin'an should give priority to stabilizing the situation. If the wealthy households, on behalf of the clan gentry, took back the scattered rice, grain and property from the villagers and poor households, it would undoubtedly cause chaos that would be even more difficult to control.
She Feihu breathed a sigh of relief, ignored Qin Zitan's advice, and only ordered the captain: "As long as the Zong family can identify the person, they will help them bring it back. How can there be no laws?"
Qin Zitan sighed inwardly and said nothing more.
The She family may have to pay more attention to the interests of the clan gentry in order to stabilize the rule of the Zhejiang and Fujian governorates, but who can guarantee that the rich households and clan gentry will not make up for more losses from the poor?
Sansha Bay, Pingtan Island, Dong'an Island and other places were beaten like this. Rich households and gentry were the first targets of the Huaidong Army. Unless the wealthy households and gentry could move inland at the expense of the interests of coastal areas, Zhejiang Province was required to
The calls for the Eastern Navy Division to fight will become more and more fierce. The Governor has decided not to fight, and the pressure will be very great. I only hope that there will be a breakthrough on the Western Front soon.
She Feihu went to Jianjiang, and Qin Zitan went to Zhangwan Town in the north. When they arrived at the town, they saw what was written in the Huaidong notice that She Feihu had torn to pieces.
The notice posted by the Huaidong Army listed the She, Song, Hu, Wen, and Deng clans as war criminals, falsely accusing the Shesong and other clans of treason, invading the countryside, and plundering tens of thousands of gold and silver wealth.
In the past year, about 200,000 to 300,000 men have died or been maimed, and the people are living in embarrassment, selling their sons and daughters. We have offered a reward of 100,000 taels of silver, and invited all heroes and villagers to fight together!
In the name of the imperial court, the notice also exempted the seven prefectures and sixty-six counties of East Fujian from the Ding tax and land tax for five years, and ordered all landowners in East Fujian to exempt tenant farmers from the five-year land rent.
These notices are all well-printed. It is thought that the Huaidong Army printed a large number of them in Chongzhou and carried them on the ship as a backup, and then distributed them widely to East Fujian to confuse the people. It may not have any effect, but it may make people's hearts unstable. Qin Zi
Tan just asked people to take down these notices and burn them, so as not to let them spread.
In the afternoon, a message came back from the front, saying that the Huaidong military fleet was stationed outside Dongchongkou for a long time, and then set sail to the east.
Qin Zitan was surprised. He had a broken arm and was unable to ride a horse, so he took a carriage to Jianjiang to fly a tiger. By chance, Chief Shi Hu Zongguo also came to inspect Sansha Bay after it was attacked.
The Hu family had several properties in Sansha Bay, which were completely destroyed. Sixty-seven people were killed by the Hu family's military guards who resisted, and nine of the Hu family's children who were in charge here also died. Including those who were captured.
Yes, the Hu family lost nearly 1,450 men at one time. Maybe some people fled into the countryside and have not returned for a while.
What is more worrying than the losses for oneself is not knowing where the Huaidong Army's next attack target will be?
"Maybe it's southern Zhejiang!" Qin Zitan said.
"Why did Zitan judge that the Huaidong invaders would go to attack southern Zhejiang?" Hu Zongguo asked with a very ugly face.
"Huaidong cannot conclude that we will not send the Zhejiang Navy to attack. Although the Huaidong Navy warships are strong, the overall strength is still insufficient. Its southern attack fleet will not stay in Jin'an for too long and go to Jin'an.
"It is inevitable to gather to the north," Qin Zitan said, "This is one. Second, the Huaidongnan raiding fleet took advantage of the wind to go east, and it should have entered the Blackwater Ocean. This is the Huaidong ship traveling on the sea in autumn and winter, and it is very fast.
Shortcut to the north!"
"What Zitan said makes sense." Hu Zongguo said.
"Immediately report to the Commander-in-Chief that an elite force must be dispatched to southern Zhejiang immediately!" Qin Zitan said.
She Feihu and Hu Zongguo immediately understood why Qin Zitan suggested this, and their expressions changed at the same time.
Xiapu, Jiaocheng, Luoyuan and other counties are the core areas governed by the Zhejiang and Fujian governorates. Even if the Huaidong Army attacked and captured the city, the Huaidong Army had no chance to gain a foothold in the city.
At best, the southern route mainly involves harassment and destruction.
Along the coast of southern Zhejiang, the situation is quite different.
It has only been a year and a half since the She family completely conquered southern Zhejiang, and their rule is far from stable. The people of southern Zhejiang, including many gentry and wealthy families, ostensibly succumb to power and accept the rule of the She family, but in their hearts they still support the Yuan family.
imperial court.
The She family wanted to make a breakthrough on the western front, so they could only plunder resources from the newly occupied land and force Ding Yong to join the army, which also intensified the conflict with the local forces in southern Zhejiang. The She family had heavy troops stationed in eastern Zhejiang and western Zhejiang, and in southern Zhejiang
It is for the inside line. From a traditional perspective, there will be no big trouble in southern Zhejiang, so there are very few troops stationed.
Among the three prefectures in southern Zhejiang, the She family only directly garrisoned troops in the prefecture and a few key counties. From Mingzhou Prefecture to the south, there are twelve counties along the coast of southern Zhejiang. The Dudufu in eastern Zhejiang only has four cities where troops are directly stationed. The other eight counties are all just
After appointing officials, the county soldiers all recruited old swordsmen and archers.
Once the Huaidong Army lands on a large scale in southern Zhejiang, the situation in southern Zhejiang is really hard to predict. Even now, in the Yandang Mountains and Kuocang Mountains, there are some places where the armed forces do not dare to surrender to the She family and are defending in danger, and the Huaidong Army does not
May turn a blind eye.
Qin Zitan frowned. When Zhejiang and Fujian were tyrannical, they had swept away the ambitions of Jiangnan. When the Huaidong Army came out with force, they discovered that there were loopholes in their heart. Under the current situation, the Zhejiang and Fujian navy did not even have the ability to fight back.
The situation can be said to be extremely dangerous.
Of course, although the situation in Zhejiang and Fujian is dangerous and passive, we must bite the bullet and focus on the western front. As long as we can make a breakthrough on the western front and threaten Huaidong from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Huaidong will not dare to extend its tentacles like this again.
Longer.
Besides, there might be something good to watch on the Yanbei defense line this year...
After the southern raiding fleet entered the Blackwater Ocean eastward, they lowered their sails and took advantage of the current to head north. At about midnight, they turned back out of the Blackwater Ocean and took advantage of the north wind to sail westward.
Chen Zhi suffered two arrow wounds on his shoulder, both of which were shot through the gaps in his armor. They penetrated deeply into his flesh and almost broke his bones. He was asked to rest and recover from his injuries, so he boarded Zhang Gou's boat.
Wailing up late at night due to the pain, Chen Zhi felt that the fleet suddenly turned around. Chen Zhi asked in surprise: "I can't see anything to compare with when I open my eyes at this moment. Who knows where it went? It suddenly turned around."
, will you arrive at Nanjishan Island in time?"
"I asked you to learn the art of measuring stars. If you don't learn it, then it won't be your turn to worry about it. The difference is only thirty or forty miles away. You can wait until the land is seen at dawn and then do the calibration..." Zhang Gou said by fixing it on the table
Look at the map with the oil lamp on the table and answer Chen Zhi's questions.
After the southern raiding fleet stayed in the sea off Jin'an for three days, it was taken back this time to attack southern Zhejiang.
Zhang Gou didn't know that Qin Zitan and the Governor-General of Zhejiang and Fujian had expected this. In fact, they didn't care about it.
The southern Zhejiang region has high hills and deep ravines. In addition to taking the sea route, the infantry can move very quickly by land. Looking at the straight-line distance of fifty or sixty miles from the map, the infantry may have to walk four or five days to reach it.
The She family had no time to react, and it was even too late to dispatch troops. I am afraid that the She family had not been able to spread the news of the attack on the east coast of Fujian to Mingzhou Prefecture or western Zhejiang by this time. Needless to say, the land route was slow.
At this time, the north wind is strong, and the fleets from Zhejiang and Fujian cannot go to the open sea. They can take advantage of the current of the Black Water Ocean to go northward, and go northward against the wind near the sea. The speed of seagoing ships will also be very slow.
This time, the southern raiding fleet mainly focused on harassment along the coast of eastern Fujian, and had no intention of attacking cities and seizing land. However, if they go to southern Zhejiang and have the opportunity to attack one or two cities, it will be of greater significance.
If you think about it seriously, it is not accidental that the She family was caught off guard this time and fell into passivity.
Almost everyone in the world limits their thinking to traditional defense and offense, and the She family is no exception.
In eastern Zhejiang, the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels gathered almost their most elite naval forces to form an eastern defense line with Mingzhou Prefecture as the core, confronting the Shengsi defense line in eastern Huaibei. They thought that with this defense line, they could protect the hinterland.
Safety.
Although the Nantai Island Navy left behind in Jin'an has 6,000 troops, its warships are mainly deployed to defend the river, mainly to defend the mouth of the Min River and protect Jin'an City from threats. The combat strength is at most the same as the internal river defense.
The Jinghai Third Water Camp, which is the main force, is comparable and has no strength to compete with the Jinghai First Water Camp and the Second Water Camp for supremacy at sea.
The defense line established by the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels in the sea outside Mingzhou Prefecture did not pose much threat to the hinterland of Huaidong. The Huaidong Navy could bypass its defense line and launch a sudden attack on the hinterland of Zhejiang and Fujian.