When Mai Ke left Shenghai and went to Guangxi, he skillfully used the newly formed Yuan Su Special Combat Team to eliminate the 30,000 Qing soldiers led by Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, and captured the two rich towns of Suzhou and Yingzhou, greatly expanding the territory of Shanghai Shengshi.

Then, the base area of Shanghai Shengshi developed rapidly.

The fastest growing is the increase in population.

Since Fudong has infrastructure and is included in the urban area, there is a large amount of land and vacant land to resettle the population, and at the same time, the population is also needed, so the city of Shanghai has issued a special set of policies to encourage new people to enter Shanghai.

The first article of this policy states that all new residents who have moved into Shanghai will be given 100 mu of high-quality fertile land to each household, and if there are more than 10 people, 10 mu of cultivated land will be added for each additional person.

Second, if you don't want farmland, give each household a thousand taels of silver.

Article 3 Each household shall provide one set of housing free of charge, and if there is more than a family of five, one set shall be added, and if there is more than ten families, one set shall be added, and the number shall continue to be increased thereafter, and so on, without limit.

If one person from a household joins the army, the above three articles will be increased by one base for each.

That is, if one person from a family joins the army, then his family gets another hundred acres of land, or a thousand taels of silver, and a house.

If two people join the army, it is doubled on the basis of one person joining the army, and there is no upper limit.

In order to let more people know about this incentive policy, Shanghai used the world's tallest tower to broadcast thirteen times a day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

As a result, in just a few days, the number of people in Shanghai Sheng City increased by more than one million!

At the same time, 200,000 were also recruited to join the Heavenly Army.

The most interesting thing is that the pirates from the nearby seas are also here!

They were all one family, and they joined the army immediately!

As a result, these people were given a house and 100 acres of land. Plus a reward of 100 acres for joining the army, a reward for a house. A total of 200 acres of land and two houses!

Even a fool knows that such a transition from a thief to a good citizen is a very good deal!

As a result, this news was even more famous.

Soon, there was a bandit who was king of the mountain. He also led the whole life to come to Shanghai.

The most interesting thing is that the bandit leader is a diehard loyalist who followed Lin Zexu's ban on smoking, Lin Zexu was suppressed by the Lord and the faction, and he also resigned angrily and went up the mountain and fell into the grass.

When two people meet, it is inevitable to sigh and even cry and grieve, but they have experienced a lot of hardships. It's great to see each other again, and to be in a new way of life.

Later, under the introduction of Mayor Lin, this bandit leader named Lin Hu served as the deputy head of the armed forces of Shanghai Shengcheng City, assisting Minister Liu Lichuan.

With the addition of one million new immigrants, the total population of Shanghai is close to four million.

The number of people who joined the army also quickly met the need. The reason why it was so fast was because the pirates and bandits joined the army in whole groups.

In order to do their best to form a fighting force, these pirates and mountain bandits. They all remained in their original ranks, but with a change of commander. Added the Monarch Shepherd.

And their former commanders were transferred to other units as deputies.

After these new soldiers joined the army, Yang Xiuqing immediately launched a large-scale training for them.

The method of large-scale military training is still the same old one -- replacing training with battle.

The target of these attacks was the state and county on the other side of Chongming Island, which also belonged to Jiang Su's territory.

It is under the jurisdiction of Nantong Province and consists of six prefectures and counties.

These include its Dongzhou, Haimen Prefecture, Nantong Prefecture, Rudong County, Rugao Prefecture, and Hai'an County.

Except for Nantong Prefecture, which is the location of the capital, which is difficult to attack, other prefectures and counties have been captured in one fell swoop.

After all, there are too many of the Celestial Army. An army of 200,000 poured out, frightening the defenders.

Although when it was really fought, it was these recruits who went into battle in the capital, and the veterans were responsible for shouting on the side.

captured Nantong Prefecture, not only trained soldiers. Moreover, it laid the foundation for the follow-up actions of the Heavenly Army, and the battlefield of the Eastern Route Army happened to be the eastern Soviet region, from the coast in the east to the core of the Central Plains in the west, to Nantong in the south, and to Lianyungang in the north.

As soon as Mai Ke's military order arrived, these soldiers of the Celestial Army, who had long been ready to go, immediately moved to the northern border of Nantong and focused on their targets according to the division of labor.

In addition to the land route can be shorter to reach the predetermined prefectures and counties, for the farther prefectures and counties, they are transported to the coastal cities by troop carriers, from Gongyu County and Lianyungang Prefecture in Lianyungang Prefecture, from north to south, through Canyun County, Kannan County, Xiangshui County, Lihai County, and finally Sheyang County.

When Mai Ke's aerial point ended, and all the former enemy commanders-in-chief howled: "Torture him" was issued, the Eastern Corps of the Heavenly Army was divided into ten, and rushed out like arrows.

Commander-in-Chief Yang Xiuqingqin went into battle and led 40,000 heavenly troops in charge of two cities, namely the northernmost two, Gongyu County and Lianyungang Prefecture in Lianyungang Prefecture.

Liu Lichuan, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Shanghai Shengcheng City, is also in charge of two cities, namely Canyun County and Cannan County of Lianyungang Prefecture.

Then there is Zhou Lichun, the former leader of the Little Knife Society, and now serves as the deputy mayor and minister of agriculture of Shanghai Shengshi, and his mission is also two cities, one is Xiangshui County and the other is Lihai County, both of which are in Yancheng Prefecture.

Then there was Chen Alin, who was responsible for attacking Sheyang County.

Zhou Xiuying, who was responsible for attacking Yancheng Prefecture, led all the female soldiers, and was supported by the original special forces.

Clinton had already begun to arrange for him to be without him, but he insisted on coming, so he gave him a Dafeng Prefecture and appointed two teachers to his deputies.

The last one is Lin Hu, since he is Lin Zexu's old partner, there is no problem with loyalty, and he also gave him 20,000 people, responsible for capturing Dongjiaozhou.

Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, actually reached the coast of the Yellow Sea one step earlier than the Celestial Army, and also took the necessary defensive measures, and his strength was also 20 men, and he was no worse than the Celestial Army in terms of individual combat ability.

The measures he took were the same as those of Yang Xiuqing, dividing his troops to defend various cities.

The problem is that there are a lot of cities he has to defend, just the coastal line, plus a little defense in depth, there are forty or fifty cities!

In addition, there are important land passes, waterways, etc., which also have to be defended, which further disperses his forces.

In the end, he had to guess. To see which city is most likely to be attacked and which cannot be lost, deploy more troops;

Finally, he had to keep a reserve for himself in case of urgent need.

This makes matters worse. The already insufficient force is even more stretched.

Even if the number of troops is not as large as that of the Heavenly Army, the Qing army has increased its strength much more than the previous defenders, and its combat effectiveness has also increased a lot.

So, as soon as the two sides fought, the fight was extremely fierce!

Because this was the first to do it, Mai Ke, who had nothing to do, ran over to see how everyone was doing.

He rode a clouded leopard and looked around from north to south. Seeing this battlefield more than 100 miles long, there was an exchange of fire everywhere.

The soldiers of the Heavenly Army attacked extremely fiercely, regardless of whether it was a city wall or a fence, the forward troops were all indomitable!

The defending Qing army is also very thousands, obviously not those corrupt and incompetent green battalion soldiers.

After playing like this for half an hour, Zhou Xiuying made the first good news!

Yanchengzhou, which she was responsible for attacking, was taken by the female soldiers she led in one fell swoop. Of course, there is a lot of support from the original special forces.

It turned out that as the capital of Yancheng Prefecture, the Qing soldiers still invested more than 10,000 troops to defend. It is a pity that the defending generals made the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

But in fact, these female soldiers are higher than those male soldiers, but they are slightly inferior in natural style.

The enemy underestimated the enemy, how could Zhou Xiuying let it go, she selected a team of female heroes with particularly strong martial arts, led by her personally, and hid those elemental experts in the team. Squirmed into the city walls.

The defenders of the city came down from the guerrilla attack, all swearing and laughing, completely unaware of the danger coming.

When they were five feet away from the wall, the defenders were still the same. The elemental expert suddenly activated, and a flash of fire, a cloud of metal fragments, suddenly flew up the wall!

These people are furious, and the elements they use are all deadly!

As a result, the Manchu officers and soldiers who defended the city were tragic.

Either burned beyond recognition by the flames, or pierced through the head by those metal shards!

But this is the first wave of blows, and the more powerful ones are to come!

In between, these female soldiers, taking advantage of this plan, turned over a harrier and all went up to the city wall.

Those who died, there was no manpower, and those whose faces were scorched were sealed by the female soldiers of the atmosphere with a sword, which was with a sword.

Others were beheaded with a sword, which was the one who made the sword.

That guerrilla was personally stabbed by Zhou Xiuying, and he paid a heavy price for his mouth.

This tragic massacre directly turned the attitude of those Qing soldiers a hundred and eighty degrees, and now when I see them, I tremble, as if I have seen a demon.

If it is a real fight, not that the opponent is killed, there is nothing, but this raising of the hand is a fire, a sharp weapon, taking people's lives, who can stand it?

As a result, the remaining defenders were directly routed, running faster than rabbits.

Seeing the power of the original special forces, Zhou Xiuying immediately led them to support the friendly and neighboring forces.

The second successful project was Lin Hu, his pirates and bandit soldiers, who fought as fiercely as before, but also had high martial arts, so at the beginning, they suppressed the Qing soldiers defending the city.

This gain and loss, these guys with bandit roots, even more ignored, screamed and pounced up, and directly broke through the enemy's defense line!

Because these guys sieged the city on all sides, there was no way out for these Qing soldiers at all, so all the Qing soldiers defending the city were captured, except for the accident of being killed.

After a rough count, the number of prisoners was 10,000!

It's a pity that after Lin Hu and the others' banditry was aroused, they didn't get enough vent, if it was in the past, after the city was broken, it would be burning, killing and looting, and now the discipline of the Heavenly Army is limited, how can they do that?

Before they could vent their anger, they ran to Toyosu in a rage and helped Korling Buton defeat the unfortunate city.

An hour after the start of the war, the good news spread frequently, and all ten target states and counties were taken, making a good start to the decisive battle between the two rivers.

The Soviet-Eastern Campaign, ten battles and ten victories!.

(To be continued......)