Mo Zhi asked: "In this case, dare to ask Lord Wu, can you be willing to pass through Hangzhou Mansion after this battle?" ”

Wu Zheng was stunned again, he really hadn't thought about it.

Let's not talk about whether he can hold Hangzhou City, even if there is a miracle to defend it, Hangzhou City is too eye-catching, and I am afraid that it is not something that he can occupy with a thousand households with an unstable foundation.

Fighting wars and governing and herding are two very different things.

Not everything can be solved with a knife handle.

If it is really useful to rely on the sword to speak, then there will be no resistance and martyrdom in the world.

Therefore, Wu Zheng has the consciousness of retreating.

In Wu Zheng's view, cultivating strength is the first priority, and everything else can be backed down.

In other words, at that time, even if Hangzhou City is surrendered, as long as there is a suitable exchange of interests, Wu Zheng will not hesitate.

Therefore, for Mo Zhi's question, Wu Zheng couldn't find the right words to answer for a while.

Mo was very sophisticated, and as soon as he saw Wu Zheng's face, he guessed that Wu Zheng had not thought about it.

"Naturally, the adults are busy with armaments and have all kinds of opportunities, so they may not have had time to think about it. Therefore, I am here today to give you a suggestion. If you think it's not appropriate, then I'll just come to the labor army, but if you think it's appropriate, then please take our advice, how about it? ”

Wu Zheng nodded involuntarily and said, "Let's hear it." ”

Mo Zhinian cleared his throat and said: "The soldiers under the command of Lord Wu are indeed different from the previous Ming army, not only brave in battle and strict in military discipline, since the retreat of the Yue State Headquarters, the Ming army has not heard of the harassment of the people, which is obvious to all." ”

Wu Zheng was a little proud when he heard this, and nodded.

"We are looking forward to surviving this war, and naturally we think that there is a general who can shepherd one side to defend Hangzhou Mansion. Lord Wu, it's very suitable. ”

Wu Zheng's smile bloomed, and the good words sounded really cool.

"Mo Lao is too prestigious." Look at it, the old man who has been shouting Mo has now omitted the word "head", which sounds completely different.

This is called a sedan chair for everyone to carry, you give me face, I should give you a face.

"But this is not something that the official can deal with if he wants to, after all, ......."

Without waiting for Wu Zheng to finish speaking, Mo Zhinian interrupted politely: "The Ming Dynasty has died, the Hongguang Dynasty has also fallen, and the Hangzhou Mansion has already fallen. To put it mildly, in fact, we all know in our hearts that we are no longer loyal ministers and good citizens of the Ming Dynasty, but we are not willing to be a lackey of Jianyu, this heart, Lord Wu can understand? ”

The smile on Wu Zheng's face gradually converged and became solemn.

He heard it a little, and in the next words, I am afraid that he will persuade himself to occupy Hangzhou and fight against King Lu, at least he will not listen to the announcement.

Sure enough, Mo Zhinian continued: "The army under the command of the Lord is strong, if there is money and money such as us, it is not difficult to expand to the surrounding areas with Hangzhou Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, Huizhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, and even the Guangtian Mansion, when the time comes, and the Tartars will be able to rule across the river, and they will definitely be able to achieve a great cause." ”

Wu Zheng suddenly interjected and asked, "Are you so sure that this official can defeat the Tartars outside the city?" ”

Mo Zhi smiled and said: "Lord Wu should know that among the large army under the command of Duoduo outside the city, only 10,000 are the Eight Banner Army, and the rest are all Ming troops. ”

"This officer knows that most of the people who have fought with our army in the past three days are these scum. Fortunately, in the past three days, the number of killings by our army has exceeded 10,000 people, which is not a problem. ”

Mo Zhi smiled, and said with a mysterious expression: "Lord Wu, if these 30,000 or 40,000 people are anyway, in your opinion, will this battle be won or lost?" ”

Wu Zheng stood up "poof" when he heard this, "What do you mean by this?" ”

This is indeed earth-shattering news, you must know that the 50,000 troops have put great pressure on the defenders, no matter how demoralized they are, there are 50,000.

At the cost of killing more than 10,000 people, the defenders suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and even almost broke through the city walls.

If the remaining 30,000 or 40,000 people are really allowed to fight back, then this war will be completely reversed.

How can Wu Zheng not be shocked and shocked?

Wu Zheng's shocked face made Mo Zhinian very satisfied, and he began to tell the reason.

After the fall of the Hongguang Dynasty, the Qing troops went to the south of the Yangtze River.

Yao Xuzhi, the then governor of Songjiang Prefecture, abandoned his official position and fled, and Zhang Danian, the magistrate of Huating County, surrendered the city.

When the dragons were leaderless, the righteous people in the county gathered Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and others to conspire to revolt against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Wu Zhikui, the deputy chief officer of Wusong, led the boat division to arrive, and under the persuasion of Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi, it was decided to attack Suzhou by Mao and Dian.

Before the army, Wu Zhikui appointed the general Chang Shouning to guard the city of Songjiang.

But Chang Shouning has always been a scoundrel, and once he was in power, he submitted letters to the officials and gentry in the city to ask for money.

Shen Youlong was angry after receiving the book, you must know that he was a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, the highest official to the right squire of the military department, the right to the imperial history, the governor of the military affairs of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong.

Does a mere general want to blackmail me with an uprising? I'm going to revolt too!

So he summoned Chen Zilong, Xu Fuyuan and others, and also decided to revolt against the Qing Dynasty.

Because of Shen Youlong's highest prestige and qualifications, he was unanimously elected as the leader of the rebel army and removed Chang Shou Ning.

After that, Shen Youlong led the soldiers of the righteous army to raise the banner of righteousness to resist the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and the strong and powerful people in the city went to join the army, and the number of people exceeded 10,000 at the peak.

However, although Shen Youlong had been the governor of the military affairs of Liangguang, he was only a literati and was not familiar with the combat strategy, so he entrusted the task of defending the city to Li Zhiwen, the former magistrate of Macheng County, Zhang Jian, the former magistrate of Luoyuan County, and Zhang Shousun, and ordered them to lead the righteous army and guard the four gates of Songjiang Fucheng.

Wu Zhikui attacked Suzhou and retreated back to Songjiang Mansion. At that time, Huang Fei, the chief officer of the navy, had about 20,000 people from Wuxi to Taihu Lake, joined forces with Wu Zhikui, and formed a village in the area of Mao and Dian, and Songjiang Fucheng was a horn of each other.

At this time, the rebels controlled the three counties of Huating, Qingpu and Shanghai.

In August, that is, when Wu Zheng's uncle and nephew were fighting bloody in Jiading Mansion, the Qing army attacked Qingpu County.

Shen Youlong received a report and did not believe that Qingpu would be lost.

In the evening, the advance troops of the Qing army had arrived at the city of Songjiang, disguised as Huang Fei's subordinates, and falsely claimed that Huang Zongbing had arrested the spies.

The defenders of the west gate were deceived by it and opened the door and entered.

The Qing army in the city was carefully ambushed, all disguised as Huang Fei sergeants, and shouted to go to the city, pulled out the Ming army flag, replaced it with the Qing army flag, and the defenders were in chaos.

As soon as the Qing army swarmed in, they seized the city of Songjiang Prefecture, and the rebels and Qing soldiers in the city engaged in fierce street battles.