Wu Zheng's decision once again "raised" hundreds of thousands of taels of food for the army defending the city.

It is estimated that it is sixty or seventy taels per capita.

This is a great comfort to the hearts of the officers and men of the whole army.

I have money, but my waist is hard.

It can be said that this is the time when the army of more than 16,000 is the richest.

The consequence of this is that among the people of Hangzhou who made a lot of trouble, some people with good deeds gave Wu Zheng a nickname, called General Hate Tian.

When Wu Zheng first heard this, he didn't understand what this meant.

After inquiring, I realized that the people were satirizing him for extortion.

If the sky is too low, you can only scrape the earth, which makes the ground level drop and increase the relative distance from the sky.

After understanding, Wu Zheng smashed dozens of bowls, kicked over a few tables, and even caused Erhan and Xiao Anzi's butts to suffer unjustified disasters.

That's an afterword.

Back in Dongcheng, Wu Zheng received a report from the scout.

The Qing army had already arrived at Hejiadai and was ambushed by Wu Zheng at the landscape set up that day, and an explosion occurred.

However, it is not clear what the casualties of the Qing army were, only that the Qing army did not continue to advance and began to camp.

Wu Zheng ordered the scouts to continue to monitor the movements of the enemy army.

Hejiadai is less than 100 miles away from the east gate of Hangzhou.

The Tartars can be reached at any time.

In the afternoon of the same day, the first military meeting was held on the wall of Yongchang Gate.

Discuss how to more effectively resist the Dordor attack.

Looking at the desertion of the audience, Wu Zheng sighed in his heart, these are already his henchmen and descendants, but even they are not confident.

Wu Zheng could only cheer up: "Listening to the report of the scouts, the mines set by this official were blown up, and the Tartars suffered heavy casualties, so they did not come to Hangzhou City immediately, but camped on the spot." The official estimated that Duoduo might have been blown up and killed, right? ”

After saying that, he laughed a few times.

Although no one would believe Wu Zheng's nonsense, the atmosphere was indeed mobilized.

Chi Er said stupidly: "In ancient times, there was a Kong Ming empty city plan, and now there is a young master's mine plan." ”

Wu Zheng gave him a slap in the neck, and scolded with a smile: "Kong Ming's empty city plan and my mine plan have a fart relationship, and it is not good to shoot a sycophant." ”

At this time, Qian Sudian Zhengrong said: "From Hejiadai to Hangzhou City, there are two roads in the north and east, two city gates in the north city of Genshan and Wulin, and three city gates in the east city of Qingchun, Qingtai and Yongchang, a total of five city gates need to be defended, our army cannot judge where the enemy army is attacking the city, so the defenders in the city must be dispersed, and the total strength in the city is 16,000 people, evenly divided into five city gates, which is also 3,000 people. The lord also concentrated the artillery on the eastern city of Qingchun and Qingtai, in case the enemy army attacked the city from the northern city, I am afraid that it would ....... ”

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "You are right. However, according to my judgment, if the Tartars want to reach Yongchang Gate, they must turn east and come along the Qiantang River, but this road is rugged, and the Tartar war horses may not be able to pass smoothly. As for the North Gate, the Tartars had to go northwest to the mid-levels before attacking the North City. The Tartars sent troops from Hejiadai, and the nearest road was to the two gates of Qingchun and Qingtai in Dongcheng, and it was an official road, suitable for the passage of the army. ”

Qian Sudian said: "But what if the Tartars want to attack the city with surprise soldiers? ”

Wu Zheng fell silent, this question was unsolvable.

Defending the city with 16,000 men and resisting the siege of 60,000 enemy troops was a difficult task in itself.

Hangzhou City is a big city, there are ten city gates on all sides, and there are five city gates that the Tartars may reach, and if they really want to disperse to the five gates, then there is no need to fight this battle, just retreat directly.

Wu Zheng pondered for a moment, and said with a reluctant smile: "Fighting a war is a gamble, gambling on luck, decisiveness, gambling on people's hearts and so on. Although this official does not understand the mentality of the enemy chieftain Duoduo, but in terms of transposition, in this situation where the strength of the enemy is four times that of the enemy, I will never make any surprise troops, and I can completely use the momentum to storm the city of Hangzhou. Otherwise, attacking a city gate with surprise troops may not cause the enemy in the city to collapse, and may even fall into street fighting, but the casualties will be greater. To sum up, this official feels that Duoduo will take Dongcheng Qingchun and Qingtai as the main attack, and as far as the two are concerned, the probability of Qingchun Gate is greater. ”

Qian Sudian was silent for a while when he heard this, and then said: "My subordinates suggest that we send a partial division to attack and harass the enemy army. So that the enemy army cannot besiege the city of Hangzhou strongly. ”

Wu Zheng was a little moved, but when he thought about it, it was not right.

"The troops in the city were already overstretched, and the dispatch of partial divisions diluted the defense of the city. Besides, the enemy army has 60,000 men, and even if half of the troops are divided to encircle and annihilate the partial division sent out, the strength of the siege is twice that of our army. Therefore, the official thought that he had to concentrate his forces to hold the city. ”

Qian Sudian insisted: "My lord, my department is a cavalry, and staying in the city may not help much, so it is better to send his subordinates out of the city, which may be effective." ”

Wu Zheng looked at Qian Sudian's solemn face, and still shook his head, "If it is to deal with infantry, your six hundred cavalry may really come in handy, even if you are defeated, you can escape at the speed of cavalry." There were 10,000 Eight Banners brought by Keduoduo, of which the cavalry would not be less than 3,000. 3,000 cavalry to encircle and annihilate your department, it is like crushing an ant to death, this discussion is too risky, and this official is not allowed. ”

Qian Sudian hurriedly argued: "But the Tartars are in the light, and our department is in the dark." Our troops can go along the river to the area around Yanguan, and then attack the enemy to the north. ”

Wu Zheng listened to it and felt that there was some truth, "But there is no road suitable for cavalry along the river, how can your department take a detour?" ”

Xiao Anzi said suddenly: "Send a boat to go from the Qiantang River." ”

Wu Zheng was stunned, why didn't he expect this stubble, but the problem was again, "Six hundred cavalry, more than a thousand war horses, and a large fleet of ships are needed, how to ensure that the Tartars will not find out?" If the Tartars heard that the Ming army had returned to the rear, your troops would be completely useless, and they would be surrounded by regiments. ”

Qian Sudian replied: "There is no need for so many war horses, one person and one horse are enough, and it is only a day's journey to detour from Yanguan to Tongxiang, and then launch an attack on the enemy's rear." If the goal is achieved, our department can still return to Yanguan by the same route and withdraw by water. If defeated, then there is no need to send the war horse to the enemy again. In the previous Hejiadai ambush, more than 1,000 war horses were captured, plus more than 600 war horses left by our department, and the adults could also form a more powerful cavalry. ”

Wu Zheng suddenly felt that his nose was a little sore, and he stiffened his eyebrows, "Okay, just according to your meaning...... Let's do it. ”

"Master Xie."

"Don't be reckless, if you can't do anything, go back the way you came. Remember, you're only a nuisance. ”

"Subordinates remember."

At this time, Li Ruhai said in a deep voice: "Why don't you recruit soldiers in Hangzhou Mansion because of the lack of troops mentioned by Qian Hundred Households?" In the past, our army was short of money and food, but now there is abundant money and food. ”