Governor Zhang Cunren hurriedly climbed up the city tower and saw the overwhelming Ming army coming like a tide outside the city.
The flags are fluttering and the sky is filled with red flags.
"This this,"
Zhang Cunren pointed at the army outside the city, his fingers trembling wildly, and he was so anxious that he could not speak. The governor Xiao Qiyuan, who came a step later, was also shocked and his face was as pale as wax paper.
Huge doubts arose in their minds, where did these Ming troops come from?
Why did they suddenly reach the city of Hangzhou?
"Where's Tian Xiong? Where did he die?"
Tian Xiong had just deployed the city defense urgently and rushed over. He was sweating profusely and was scolded by Zhang Cunren, "Let me ask you, where did these Ming troops come from?"
"I just asked, these people came from Fuyang Yuhang."
"Yuhang? Isn't Yuhang in your hands? You gave me a series of victories before, saying how brave and skillful Yuhang's garrison Zhang Tianren was. He sent out troops several times to defeat the puppet Ming army, and could recapture Lin'an and Fuyang at any time. Why are you here in Hangzhou now?
Under the city?"
It's no wonder that Zhang Cunren was angry or even frightened. He was not an ordinary civil servant. Zhang Cunren was from Liaodong. He once served as Wu Sangui's deputy general and was a close comrade. Later, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty along with Zu Dashou and joined the Han army under the yellow flag.
Although he is now a governor, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after the Battle of Songjin. After that, he followed the Jianlu people and was loyal and brave. He fought from Liaodong to Guannai, then marched southward, and finally became the governor of Zhejiang.
His ability in fighting.
In comparison, Tian Xiong was originally the commander-in-chief of Huang Degong in the Fourth Town of Hongguang Dynasty, and his qualifications and abilities were far inferior to Zhang Cunren's.
Tian Xiong was sweating profusely and felt his mother's anger. The Ming army had invaded Fuyang, Lin'an, Yuhang and other places before and approached the west of Hangzhou. However, Tian Xiong sent troops to attack several times or personally led the troops to attack, but they were all easy.
They repelled the Ming army and even regained the lost territory in the counties north of the Fuchun River.
It's just that the Ming army was desperate and attacked again and again, but fortunately they just took advantage of the situation and made small fights. When the Qing army attacked, they would flee in a hurry or be defeated in one blow.
Tian Xiong had never paid much attention to these people. After Bolo left, he had a very important task as the admiral of Zhejiang. He not only had to rectify the Zhejiang Green Camp, but also sent troops to encircle and suppress the rebels and rebels in Huzhou and other mountainous areas.
As for Yuhang, because Pan Yinglou was smuggling 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.
It is intended to keep Yuhang and Lin'an as smuggling trading points.
But who would have expected that the Ming army would suddenly capture Lin'an and even attack the city of Hangzhou.
Xiao Qiyuan was also a member of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. He was from Liaodong. He surrendered the Jianlu captives very early. Looking at the bannermen and horses under the city, he said, "It's not easy this time. I guess the Ming army wants to besiege Hangzhou with all its strength."
When Bo Luo was there, Lu Jianguo in eastern Zhejiang had been guarding the Qiantang River. The biggest move was to send troops across the Fuchun River from time to time to cause trouble on the north bank of the upper reaches, but they were all small troubles.
Therefore, neither Bo Luo nor Zhang Cunren looked down upon Lu Jianguo and the small court.
If it hadn't been for the imperial court's decree to let Boluo and the others take charge, and Beijing's deployment was not to rush south first, but to clear Jiangnan, Huguang, Jiangxi and other places, they thought they could have wiped out the small imperial court in Shaoxing in one battle.
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If you didn't fight them, they would have burned incense. Why are you still fighting now?
"These guys must have seen Baile leading the army back north, so they wanted to come and take advantage." Xiao Qiyuan said.
After Zhang Cunren heard this, he puffed his beard and glared angrily. He was also a dignified general of the Guan Ning Army, but now he was regarded as a soft persimmon? However, after observing for a while, he discovered some things that were 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 trees into soldiers and create a large number of people."
"It's not the same. If you look carefully, these people and horses are clearly in order and have clear flags. They can also look at the flags, clothes and armor, and obey their orders. They are not ordinary mobs. They look like some elites. I even dare to say that we in Zhejiang
Even Green Camp may not have this atmosphere."
Xiao Qiyuan didn't believe it, "How can the Ming army have such ability? If they really had such strength, wouldn't they have fought across the river long ago?"
All the city gates of Hangzhou have been closed and all the suspension bridges have been raised.
Facing the overwhelming Ming army, both Zhang Cunren and Tian Xiong chose to close the city and defend it instead of going out to attack.
They are all veterans and still have good vision.
At a glance, you can see a lot of things from the Ming army outside the city. Not only are they numerous, but they also seem to be really something.
The Ming army attacked too quickly this time, and their attack route was a bit special. They did not cross the Qiantang River to fight, which made the camp barriers set up by Hangzhou on the Qiantang River useless. They quietly crossed the Fuchun River from the upper reaches and raided Yuhang.
behind the city, and then suddenly attacked the city of Hangzhou.
This is really off the beaten track.
The constant false positive reports from Yuhang during this period made Hangzhou’s grasp of the situation there completely wrong, so that a point that was thought to be impregnable turned out to be a breakthrough point.
Troops arrived at the gates of Hangzhou.
All the ministries arranged in an orderly manner according to the pre-war deployment and began to siege the city.
Hangzhou is a big city and cannot be conquered easily.
Zhu Yihai had also been mentally prepared before arriving, and was prepared for a hard fight or even a long-term siege.
Therefore, the battle plan drawn up was actually very simple, which was to lay siege to the city, then first dig trenches and build walls around the perimeter, and then fill in the trenches under Hangzhou City step by step, and build siege equipment to attack the city.
Facing a big city like this, especially one with a lot of guards, all the clever tricks are of no use.
Of course, Zhu Yihai may not necessarily want to attack hard, but he should practice attacking big cities, and he still has to do it when he has the chance.
Even if we encircle them without fighting, it will actually be beneficial to the entire war situation. At least they can contain the Qing army in Hangzhou and prevent reinforcements from Huguang.
Besiege the city and block the roads and canals.
Send cavalry to start sweeping the perimeter.
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 military uniform of the Supervisor, rode a bay-red horse, and patrolled the camp under the protection of Qianniu and Yulin. Wherever he passed, the soldiers in the imperial camp all raised their arms and shouted long live.
Long live!
Long live!
The mountains shout long live, rising and falling, their voices rising into the night sky.
On the top of the city, Zhang Cunren also saw the dazzling golden armor in the distance, and he could tell at a glance that this must be King Lu of the Jianguo State, "I didn't expect that the Ming army would still have such momentum."
This battle is difficult to win.
Zhu Yihai rode on his horse and moved forward slowly, his eyes scanning the excited soldiers one after another.
After achieving many victories in the Northern Expedition to the Three Wu Kingdoms, Zhu Yihai took the initiative to abandon the defense of Zhucheng and return to Yue. In fact, many soldiers were unwilling to do so and felt it was a pity.
When Zhu Yihai brought the soldiers from the imperial camp to the city of Hangzhou today, they felt extremely happy when they saw the Qing troops who had closed the city gates tightly and did not dare to go out to fight.
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Yihai raised his sword and shouted.
Countless soldiers responded.
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always be there, and the Ming Dynasty will always be there!"
"The emperor guards the gates of the country, and the king dies in the country. As long as there is one person left, our Ming Dynasty will not perish!"
Yang Boxing, Zhu Shengli, Liu Zhaoji and other young Qianniu and Yulin generals all felt their blood burning when they heard these words, and they all shouted loudly, amplifying Jian Guo's words tenfold.
One after another, the soldiers followed and shouted loudly.
Supervisor Guo personally went to battle, which made them feel extremely excited and excited.
Daming is so kind.
Taizu conquered the country and conquered the country from the south to the north. Taizong conquered the north and chased the Yuan Emperor to the north. The Yuan Emperor had no place to hide. He re-conquered Yunnan, which had been separated from the Central Plains for thousands of years, and returned to the Han territory. He even went deep into Liaodong and established Nuerqian.
Dusi, and even regained Annan for a time.
Although the Ming Dynasty has been decayed over the years, it expelled the Tartars and restored China, revived the dress and etiquette of the Han Dynasty, and restored the territory of the Han people. No one can erase these numerous achievements.
When this imperial giant that had been in existence for nearly three hundred years was dying, a wise king finally emerged. With three thousand new troops, he dared to go to the north and killed hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in the south of the Yangtze River.
Now we raise troops to cross the river, but they are already surrounding the mighty city of Hangzhou.
Everyone looked at the tall figure on horseback and felt that there was hope for revival.
This is the hope of the Han Empire, the rejuvenating sage of the Ming Dynasty!
"war!"
"war!"
"war!"
The Prince of Jingnan and the Prince of Wuning are benevolent...
One by one, the generals of the royal camp tapped their breastplates with their swords and shouted.
The soldiers in the imperial camp were red-faced, full of enthusiasm, and sang war cries loudly.
On top of the city.
Everyone looked gloomy.
Tian Xiong looked at the scene below and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
The new prefect Zhu Guofan, who was standing behind them, looked at the continuous line of Ming army kings and the passionate and generous scene. He clenched his fists in his sleeves with his excited hands and pierced his palms with so much force.
An official wondered, "Aren't these soldiers afraid of death? How could they be so easily incited by the pseudo-supervisor?"
Zhu Guofan wanted to refute, but finally held back.
Is this incitement? This is a cry from the heart.
Xiao Qiyuan couldn't help but ask, "How did the fake Lu Supervisor do this?"
Both Zhang Cunren and Tian Xiong were generals, but they were unable to answer this question because based on their previous experience as generals in the Ming Dynasty, they felt that such a thing was impossible.
Chongzhen was good enough to the Guan Ning Army. He spent five million a year on military expenses, and even allowed the Liao people to guard the Liao territory and gave the Guan Ning Army allotments of land. However, when the Guan Ning Army fought with the Jurchens, they always joined in if they couldn't defeat them.
At first, some low-level guerrilla guards surrendered after being captured. Later, many generals and soldiers also joined.
In fact, the Qing army's ability to enter the Pass relied not only on the Eight Banners, but also on the Guan Ning Army. The important personnel of the Qing Army's entry into the Pass were the former Guan Ning Army. Those generals and soldiers were all reused by the Qing Army.
It has also become its most important military force.
Nowadays, all the civilian and military generals with higher positions in the Qing and Han armies are basically from Guan Ning.
"Perhaps it was a promise from a well-paid official." For a long time, Admiral Tian Xiong, who once carried Hongguang to surrender to the Qing army, could only explain it this way.
