Thanks to the efforts of several of McCor's masters, the Covenant of the Han Dynasty quickly became a new heavenly region, where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and all industries flourished. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among other things, it became a support base close to the front line for the attack on the last fortress of the Manchu Qing in Hunan.

You can ask for people, money, food, and guns.

If needed, the Covenant can immediately transfer to a huge transit station.

All personnel and materials in the Yellow River Basin, Huai River Basin, and Yangtze River Basin can be continuously transported to the Han River and then sent to the front line.

During this short period of establishing political power, the Ninth Route Army sent out by the Heavenly Army had already marched to the designated battlefield, all of which were besieging the surrounding areas of Changsha City.

Among them, Feng Yunshan of the Southern Group led an army of 100,000 to enter the southern area of Hunan from the southern border of Hunan, and captured Chenzhou with lightning speed.

As soon as this area, known as the southern gate of Hunan, was occupied by the Celestial Army, Feng Yunshan immediately sent troops to sweep everywhere and eradicate all the local forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the landlords and gentry who still supported the remnants of the Manchu regime.

If they are clever and surrender to the Celestial Army, they can be spared death.

Otherwise, they will all be completely defeated and uprooted.

Mai Ke has long emphasized that at this moment, if he still insists on supporting the Manchu Qing and opposing the Heavenly Army, he must be a stubborn man. Destroying them all is the only end for them.

After occupying Chenzhou and sweeping away all the Manchu forces, Feng Yunshan commanded the army to penetrate in the middle and go straight to Xiangtan!

Xiangtan is the second largest city in Hunan at this time after Changsha, based on the transshipment trade of rice, medicine and other commodities, it is very prosperous, in the Ming Dynasty, it is the commercial port of "100,000 industrial and commercial people, merchants gather", and it is called "Golden Xiangtan".

At present, Xiangtan is an important transit point for the transportation of import and export goods in Gwangju, and is also a commercial hub connecting Shanghai, Hanbang and the southwest region, and is the most important entrepot trade city in Hunan.

Xiangtan and the giant of the domestic commercial port in China, see the goods transported from abroad, after going ashore in Guangdong, they must first collect Xiangtan, and then transport them to the mainland from Xiangtan, and they are not only imported goods, and the Chinese silk tea is shipped to foreign countries, it must be packed in Xiangtan first, and then transported to the east and the ocean, so between Xiangtan and Guangzhou, the business is extremely prosperous.

At that time, Xiangtan developed into the largest commercial and economic center in Hunan.

The prosperous commerce of the Ming and Qing dynasties led to the expansion of the city of Xiangtan.

In terms of urban population, Xiangtan was one of the two largest cities in Hunan Province during the Ming and Qing dynasties, with a population of about 200,000 at this time.

In terms of urban area, the actual urban area of Xiangtan is divided into two parts: inside the city and outside the city.

At this time, the actual urban scale of Xiangtan even exceeded that of Changsha.

The city street is threefold, 15 miles long, three times it, 45 miles, Xiangtan outer city block is composed of three main streets, from the riverside is the river street, the main street, the back street, each street is 15 miles long. Each street forms a different functional area, with River Street gathering Yahang, shops on the main street, and homes generally concentrated in the back streets and the city.

Zeng Guofan attached great importance to the defense of Xiangtan, because it was not only the southern gate of Changsha, but also the supply base of Changsha.

Because the Hunan army in Changsha, whether it is grain, grass, weapons, or medicine, must be turned over from here.

Therefore, he specially sent his second uncle Zeng Dingzun to Xiangtan to sit in the town.

Zeng Guofan's father and three brothers originally relied on fame to get their background, but none of them could get ahead.

Among the three brothers, only the eldest, that is, Zeng Guofan's father, successfully obtained a show of fame, but when he succeeded, he was already in his fifties, and he could only achieve nothing in his career.

Then I had to teach my younger generations to read at home and pin my hopes on them.

It wasn't until Zeng Guofan soared that they were taken care of by this nephew in their later lives and had the opportunity to enter the official career.

But the good times did not last long, and the Manchus they served soon became stormy.

Zeng Guofu, who was not the emperor of the Manchu Dynasty, became the mainstay of the Manchu endgame.

Fathers and sons go into battle, fight tiger brothers, and say that all the capable members of the Zeng family can show their abilities.

In fact, Zeng Guofan's parents were all pillars of talent with their own expertise.

Therefore, he entrusted his father, second uncle, and third uncle with important responsibilities respectively.

His father, Zeng Linshu, was in charge of all the orders of the Chinese army, and all the paperwork and orders.

The second uncle Zeng Dingzun went to Xiangtan to sit down.

The third uncle, Zeng Jiyun, was in Yueyang.

From the north arch guards Changsha.

Zeng Dingzun is now less than 50 years old, and he is in the prime of life, and he is a talented general with both civil and military skills.

Because he is in the second line of practice at home, the responsibility of a brother who studied martial arts in the previous generation falls on him, because he has been martial arts since he was a child, not only is he strong in martial arts, but he is also proficient in military writing and war strategy.

He knows the importance of Xiangtan, so he has a strong wall for the renovation of the city defense of a big city!

In addition to Zeng Guofan's strong support for his troops, he also took advantage of the fact that this was a strategic material reserve to use these equipment and materials to build the city defense, as well as to strengthen the weapons and equipment of the Hunan soldiers.

He knew very well in his heart that if this place was lost, Chang Sha would definitely not be protected.

Even if they don't follow the fall, they won't last long, because if they lose Xiangtan, it means that strategic materials will no longer continue to be supplied.

Zeng Dingzun's defense cannot but be said to be very rigorous, but he met Feng Yunshan.

Feng Yunshan not only came from later generations and mastered advanced knowledge and technology, but also accumulated rich practical experience.

These experiences are not only domestic but also foreign, not only small battles, but also many medium-sized, and even many large-scale battles.

This Xiangtan is a medium-sized city.

With the help of the information provided by Wu Renxiao's intelligence agency, as well as the beggars of the world, Feng Yunshan came to a long-distance attack!

Unusually, he came from afar without stopping, and immediately launched an attack.

Without giving the enemy any time to prepare, the attack was on land, water and air at the beginning.

The Air Force is the air element flight squadron of the Heavenly Kingdom, with a total of one company and more than 300 people.

They fly high in the air, and the enemy is unlikely to know about their existence.

The waterway is the naval warships that accompany the army, as well as the elite soldiers of the marines.

But this ostensible fleet is still average, and what is powerful is that there are ambushes underwater.

Then there is the army, the main force of the Celestial Army.

They also have specialized siege units.

These people are all specialized offensive troops.

Not only can they climb the city walls as fast as apes, but they also have special tools to destroy the city gates.

The best part is that they can make holes and attack the city from underground.

To add some power, these holes, there is also an accessory attack measure, they can use bombs, after the holes, put in the explosives and blow up, what kind of powerful city defense is also killed.

Feng Yunshan is very ruthless now, knowing that the elder of the Zeng State Domain inside is also extraordinary, and the beginning of the siege is the most powerful move, a three-pronged approach.

A group of men and horses rushed out of the ground and climbed directly onto the city wall.

After this direction of attack was blocked, another team immediately came out and went to dig a hole in the wall!

At the same time, he entered the river in the city and was violently attacked by the great fish of Jonah, who came with him.

. (To be continued.) )