Two hours later, the flames of the Greek fire slowly extinguished, and there were no more soldiers near the city walls who could resist.

An army of 30,000 burst into the city, extinguishing the fire while fighting with the Badu soldiers.

At this time, the eight soldiers in the city had no intention of fighting, and Tang Zhangwei sent Zhou Bao to persuade him to surrender.

Under Zhou Bao's surrender, the defenders and officials surrendered one after another. In the street fighting, Dong Chang, the assassin of Hangzhou, was captured.

The Huainan soldiers assisted the residents in extinguishing the fire and restored order in the city.

Then, the army swooped down on the remnants of Qian Biao's troops.

Qian Biao had to ask Liu Hanhong, the observation envoy of Yuezhou, for help, but there was no response. In desperation, he surrendered to Tang Zhangwei.

Outside Hangzhou, the Huainan army had a total of 110,000, and Liu Hanhong, the Yuezhou observer, had 70,000 troops, but he did not dare to fight them.

After Tang Zhangwei obtained the city of Hangzhou, he repaired a book, shot it at Liu Hanhong, and persuaded him to withdraw from the army.

However, Liu Hanhong did not advance or retreat, but ordered his generals Huang Qi, He Sutun to Zhuji, Xiaoshan Mining, and in the city of Hangzhou, Tang Zhangwei inspected the post-war city.

The fire has been extinguished, and the people of Hangzhou have stabilized their mood under Tang Zhangwei's appeasement. The former Zhenhai Jiedu made Zhou Bao's subordinate official Cui Juan in the city of Hangzhou, pacifying the people for Tang Zhangwei, training recruits, checking household registration, and providing food, and worked very hard. Lu Yi and Tian Bei respectively surrendered from their own towns to guard Huzhou and Muzhou, except for the place where Liu Hanhong was entrenched, the entire territory of the Western Zhejiang Observation Envoy was occupied by Tang Zhangwei. The Huainan army strictly restrained the troops and was in good order, and the people of western Zhejiang applauded.

After Huainan stayed, Wei Zhuang sent a large army from Huainan, day and night, and they repaired the road. ，

At the same time, there was a force of thirty thousand people in Changzhou, and they were all creating a new weapon, Greek fire.

Greek fires do not need to be lit, but ignite when they touch water. Among the components of Greek fire is a certain amount of calcium phosphide, which is made of limestone, bone char and even urine.

Calcium phosphide is a reddish-brown or gray crystalline lump, which can decompose when exposed to water, humid air and acids, releasing phosphine gas, which is highly toxic and has the risk of spontaneous combustion, and can spontaneously combust in a humid state.

Greek fire can be made in three ways, naphtha, saltpeter, sulfur, or crude oil, quicklime, sulfur, and phosphorus and saltpeter, among other things. According to the manufacturing place agreed by Tang Zhangwei in advance, 30,000 militiamen put different ingredients of Greek fire in clay pots in Changzhou, and worked day and night.

When these finished clay pots shatter, the contents of the pots are mixed together and they burn violently.

In just two days, an army of 30,000 made 20,000 Greek clay pots and sent them to Bai Cunxiao's camp outside Hangzhou.

With the Greek clay pot, Bai Cunxiao led his army across the Qiantang River and attacked Liu Hanyou.

Liu Hanyou with 30,000 soldiers, in Xiling to watch, although Tang Zhangwei occupied Hangzhou City, but she thought that Hangzhou City was ruined, it would be impossible to send troops for a while, but the night attack of Bai Cunxiao's army shattered Liu Hanyou's dream.

Liu Hanyou's soldiers spotted Bai Cunxiao's army sneaking up, but the rockets in the sky and the Greek fires fired through a simple throwing device quickly ignited their camp.

Liu Hanyou's soldiers screamed and cried in the flames, and the 30,000-strong army was wiped out overnight. Both Xin Yue and Xin Yue were hacked and killed in the chaos, and the Huainan army won a great victory.

After Bai Cunxiao burned Liu Hanyou's camp, Tang Zhangwei personally led the army and pounced on Liu Hanhong, and in Zhuji and Xiaoshan, the two sides fought fiercely.

Tang Zhangwei used 100,000 soldiers and horses to deal with Liu Hanhong's 40,000 men, although Liu Hanhong personally led the army to supervise the battle, but when the rockets were shot from the sky, the clay pots of Greek fire were thrown, and the huge trebuchets came with huge boulders, Liu Hanhong's army still felt frightened.

After a day and a night of engagement, Huang Qi and He Su died in battle.

The Yuezhou army was fully armed, Liu Hanhong fled back to Yuezhou disguised as a butcher, and the Huainan army occupied the newly acquired western Zhejiang.

The defeated troops in various places were wiped out, and all the officials who were willing to take refuge in Huainan were retained.

At the same time, various systems in Huainan began to be implemented in western Zhejiang.

After conquering western Zhejiang, the Tang court in Shuzhong learned of this, and Tang Xizong discussed with Tian Lingzi, the head of the eunuchs, and said: "We are in Shu, and this Huainan Festival makes Tang Zhangwei support his own troops, neither pay tribute, nor send troops to fight with Huangchao." He sat back and watched my Datang Foundation being invaded by Huangchao, if he was allowed to lay down Zhedong, Datang would be in danger! ”

While he was talking, there were eunuchs outside who spread the news that the Huainan Jiedu envoy sent Sun Chaoen, Zhuang Yuanzhi, Mo Juyi, and Linghu Daoming to bring five thousand tigers to quell the chaos for the country. Now, they are stationing troops at the junction of Wuningjun and Huainan, hoping that the emperor will decree and agree with them to be the king of Qin.

This is Tang Zhangwei's pretended gesture, he knew that Wu Ning Jiedu envoy Shi Pu would definitely send troops to stop him, so he let Sun Chaoen, Zhuang Yuanzhi, Mo Juyi, Linghu Daoming and other four people lead the troops behind.

Yu Feiyan, Li Gaoyang, Qin Wuce, Zheng Susi, Gao Xunsi and other five people led an army of 50,000 to quietly ambush behind Sun Chaoen's Qinwang army.

However, Wu Ning Jiedu made Shi Pu send troops to block the road, but he did not take the initiative to attack.

The two sides were in a stalemate, and Tang Zhangwei did not agree to the request of Yu Feiyan, Li Gaoyang, Qin Wuce, Zheng Susi, Gao Xunsi and other five people to let go of the fight because he had not yet pacified eastern Zhejiang.

Tian Lingzi said to Tang Xizong: "If you rashly rebuke Tang Zhangwei now, it will be easy to cause his resentment, so it is better for us to send someone to persuade him to reconcile with Liu Hanhong." Since he has the intention of King Qin, why don't we push the boat and let him lead the troops to recover Luoyang and go north to Chang'an? ”

Tang Xizong thought about it and agreed.

Tang Xizong took the eunuch Jiao Jufan as the peace envoy of Hangzhou and Yue, and ordered Tang Zhangwei and Liu Hanhong to strike troops and reconcile.

When Jiao Jufan arrived in Huainan Luzhou, he was detained by Huainan officers and soldiers.

Jiao Jufan took Tang Xizong's orders, but the Huainan soldiers did not let him and his entourage pass.

According to Yu Feiyan's order, Jiao Jufan was sent to Yangzhou City, and when Wei Zhuang saw him, Jiao Jufan had been hungry for three days.

After Wei Zhuang asked about Chang'an and Shuzhong, he got up and said, "Lord Jiao has worked hard, I will immediately send someone to send you to western Zhejiang to convey your instructions to General Tang Zhangwei to stop your troops." ”

Jiao Jufan's belly thundered, and he said, "I'm sorry! I'm hungry, can I give me some food? ”

Wei Zhuang clapped his hands and said, "Why don't you give Lord Jiao Jufan food?" ”

What was served was just some porridge and side dishes, but fortunately, Jiao Jufan was hungry and didn't care about it, he devoured it in a big gulp, his face full of sweat and tears.

After the eunuch Jiao Jufan arrived in western Zhejiang, Tang Zhangwei greeted Jiao Jufan ceremoniously, and he was more with money and good words to soothe.

Regarding the grievances suffered by the eunuch Jiao Jufan, he said: "I know, but it's all because there are too many spies in the Yellow Nest, and I have to guard against it!" ”

The eunuch Jiao Jufan said: "Then the emperor ordered the general to send troops to the Central Plains, the matter of King Qin?" ”