The people's hearts in the market have stabilized, and all kinds of businessmen have taken the opportunity to find a way to dig holes in the mountains and find a way, and turn the goods in their hands into cash or several powerful and reputable big businesses such as Long Shengxing or Lin Kun Lin The shopkeeper issued an acceptance bill.

With the arrival of Zheng Zhilong and the sailors, the officialdom of Hangzhou, or the administrative bureaucracy of the Ming court, fell into a rather embarrassing situation.

Originally, before he led the sailors into the trade zone, the nominal supreme ruler of Hangzhou was Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, who was in charge of supervising the country. Then, the actual power was held by the Shoufu University scholar Ma Shiying, and the highest-ranking figure was the Empress Dowager Zou, the mother of the Hongguang Emperor. The largest number of troops in his hands are the Duke of Yue Guo and the general soldier Fang Guoan. Everyone is in a strange state of balance in this delicate and peculiar state.

However, all this balance was instantly broken after Zheng Zhilong's flagship Changsheng entered the Qiantang River. In terms of official positions, Zheng Zhilong's original and various positions are no more than the general army of Fujian, the commander of the naval division of the Nanyue Army, and the official envoy of the coastal defense affairs of the three provinces of the Ming Dynasty. However, his envoys were appointed when Emperor Chongzhen was alive, and in terms of legitimacy and gold content, they are more decent than the official positions of Emperor Hongguang, not to mention the official titles that King Lu of Hangzhou City is selling at a low price.

The most important thing, two words, "strength!" ”

Fang Guoan only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and with such strength, he was also named the Duke of Yue by King Lu, so what status should Zheng Zhilong, who has nearly 1,000 ships and ships of all sizes under his command at this moment, countless artillery pieces, and tens of thousands of soldiers and sailors? Moreover, everyone knows that Zheng Zhilong is Li Shouhan's subordinate and son and daughter. At this moment, the naval division of the Nanyue Army is pressing the border, and thousands of artillery pieces are on the river, you say that you are okay to come to Hangzhou, but you are here to move, who believes it?

However, no one has the courage to touch it, or it is an ostrich that buries its head in the sand, turning a blind eye to these guys who are moored there on the river and closing the waterway traffic in Hangzhou.

In King Lu's view, now it is the world where King Lone is supervising the Ming Dynasty, and you Zheng Zhilong is just a courtier of the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps, the Lone King will give you a few bones to gnaw on for the sake of your thousands of miles to Hangzhou.

In the eyes of Shoufu Ma Shiying and others, it was like overturning the five-flavor bottle in their hearts, and all kinds of flavors were mixed together, and they couldn't tell what it felt. Li Shouhan fought for the imperial court in the upper reaches to quell Zuo Liangyu's rebellion, but he Ma Shiying escaped from Nanjing City with the emperor and the empress dowager because of a little military intelligence. In public and private, this is an unforgivable sin in any case. Moreover, after escaping to Hangzhou, he learned that Emperor Hongguang was dedicated to the commander of the Qing army by the rebels, Duoduo, so he supported Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, to supervise the country, but that's it, why did you sit in a row and divide the fruits, and there was no Li Shouhan and the Nanyue army? How about now, people came to the door themselves. Don't speak, just see how you end!

In this awkward confrontation and stalemate, the two sides inside and outside Hangzhou passed day by day. The eyes of the people in the city widened as Zheng Zhilong transported the mountains of grain, cloth, tung oil, steel, and salt from the warehouses of the business district to the riverside wharf and loaded them onto cargo ships to transport them away.

Finally, in the midst of this stalemate and confrontation, an unexpected piece of news came and broke the situation.

The vanguard of the Qing army, under the commanders of the two Baylors, Bolo and Dugu Hanjiang of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, supervised the 200,000 troops of Yang Chengzu, Jin Shenghuan, Li Guoying, Zhang Tianfu, Zhang Tianlu, Li Qifeng, Gao Qifeng, Hu Shangyou, Han Shangliang and other generals, crossed Tianmu Mountain and appeared on the edge of the Hangjiahu Plain.

As a result, the city of Hangzhou was suddenly like turning over the ground of a boulder, and all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants were exposed in broad daylight.

The military reports sent like meteors were all about how many people from a certain unit of the Qing army led to capture a certain prefecture and county, and then wantonly burned, killed, looted, and extorted the property of the officials and gentry. These news shocked Hangzhou three times a day.

The first to be unable to hold his breath was Fang Guoan, the military pillar of the small regime of Zhu Changshu, the king of Hangzhou Chenglu. His subordinates only have more than 10,000 people, not to mention the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, even the troops of Jin Shengheng, Li Guoying and other generals can't deal with it with the combat effectiveness of his troops.

So, he was the first to jump out.

"Guoan under the mark, please handsome An!"

Looking at Fang Guoan's handwritten letter sent by Fang Guoan's nephew Fang Yuanke, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but smile. "General Zhennan is polite."

The general Zhennan in Zheng Zhilong's mouth is Fang Guoan's seal. After Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, he was named the general of Zhennan because he took Ma Shiying's way. It is because of this title that Fang Guoan is regarded as a seal general. Moreover, according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the so-called general names are also three, six, nine and so on, in general, the specification of the town character is the highest, which is higher than that of any flat word and levy word. However, only when the general soldier has the title of a general can he be called a general, and he is the commander of the first army who is justifiable. In history, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, the madman of He, had a quarrel in order to grab the title of "General of the Thief". Yang Sichang can be said to have given his life to the title of this thief general.

But, who do you want to go to the town? Do we have the Nanyue Army? From the day this name was promulgated, all the officials and generals of the Nanyue Military System, and even the businessmen of Nanzhong, looked at Fang Guoan unpleasantly, making it much more difficult for him to procure military grain and grass than others.

Today, Fang Yuanke came to see Zheng Zhilong in the business area on his uncle's military order, and one of the very important reasons was also for grain and grass.

"It's a joke for adults, and my uncle doesn't dare to refuse the will of the court. Thunder and rain are all from above. Where is there room for argument among our errand boys? Fang Yuanke is also an extremely clever person, and he uncovered the stalk of General Zhennan in a few words.

"General Xiaofang is also a character!" Li Peiting, who was observing Zheng Zhilong's meeting with Fang Yuanke in the back hall, couldn't help but admire.

"Naturally, if it weren't for a good role, this Yue Guogong wouldn't let him do such a tricky errand." Lin Kun, who has been busy buying all kinds of goods from merchants in the business zone in the past few days, has issued countless promissory notes every day, and those businessmen who are worried about the current situation are all grateful for the tickets issued by Lin Da's shopkeeper who can cash in the Guangzhou business after the date. They also know that when their goods arrive in Guangzhou, even in Shanghai, they can make Lin Kun profitable, but that is people's ability and creation, we just need to earn our own share of the money and keep our capital and net worth. In the past few days, Lin Da's shopkeeper has really had cramps in his hands and feet when he counts the money.

Outside, Fang Yuanke had already explained his intention to Zheng Zhilong.

"My lord, what my uncle means is that now the Nu chief Duoduo sent Polo (that is, Bolo, transliteration at that time) Baylor, Dugu Hanjiang Baylor, Gushan Ezhen Pendulum Intu Ashan and others to lead the Manchurian generals to swing half of the soldiers, Aliha soldiers, and Mongolian Gushan soldiers to one-third each, and Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers to the whole battalion, and Yang Chengzu, Jin Shenghuan, Li Guoying, Zhang Tianfu, Zhang Tianlu, Li Qifeng, Gao Qifeng, Hu Shangyou, Han Shangliang and other troops and horses of no less than 200,000 horses, marching to Zhejiang, claiming to go straight to Hangzhou to garrison horses. As a general of the Ming Dynasty, Uncle Jia is naturally responsible for defending the territory, and he has an unshirkable responsibility. However, I don't hide it from my lord, although the people and horses of the Despise still have the strength to fight, they lack food, grass, and military salaries and equipment. Uncle Jia came to the young man with a shy face, and asked the adults to look at the face of the same Ming lineage, stretch out their hands, and help with some food and equipment! The little one respectfully represents the uncle and the soldiers of the whole army, thank you for your kindness! ”

After speaking, Fang Yuanke lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, crying continuously.

"Alas! It turned out that he followed Shen Baoxu and cried Qin Ting! Lin Kun's eyes moistened a little.

Since Fang Guoan made such a low gesture, and his nephew cried in front of Zheng Zhilong and asked for material support, it was inevitable that Zheng Zhilong would also learn from King Qin.

"Major General, please get up!" Zheng Zhilong will not make any pretended action of getting up and supporting each other, he is the same as the generals of the Nanyue Army, he was infected by Li Shouhan. I don't pay much attention to these fake polite etiquette actions, but pay more attention to reality.

"How many soldiers and horses do you have, you give me an actual number."

"The soldiers and horses of the contemptible army are naturally inferior to those under the command of adults, and there are only about 15,000 people at the moment, but counting the people, mules, horses, etc., it is necessary to ask the adults to help 20,000 people with standard grain and grass."

"It's good! As long as your troops defend the city against the enemy, your department's food, grass, military salaries and equipment will fall on the heads of my Nanyue army! In addition, when your troops fight against the slaves, our sailors will help them with artillery and horses. Please also send a liaison person to your ministry when the time comes. ”

Zheng Zhilong's attitude suddenly made Fang Yuanke overjoyed. Originally, their uncle and nephew originally led soldiers and horses to escort Emperor Hongguang to Wuhu, and after Zhu Yousong was captured, they came to Hangzhou again, and there were about 10,000 soldiers and horses in the department, ready to support King Lu to defend Hangzhou. He said to Zheng Zhilong that out of the 15,000 soldiers and horses, there was already one-third of the vanity, because he was afraid that Zheng Zhilong would discount it, and he was guarding against the handling personnel for benefits. But he didn't want to not only allocate the soldiers, horses, food, and grass according to the needs of the soldiers, horses, and grass reported by his family, but also give artillery support. The artillery fire of the Nanyue Army is sharp, and everyone at home and abroad knows it. This trip, he can be said to have returned with a full load.

Sure enough, he went back on his front foot, and the quartermaster of the Nanyue Army on his back foot escorted a hundred and ten carts, bringing enough grain and grass for the Fang Guo Security Army to eat for several days, as well as a batch of ordnance and gunpowder.

"My Admiral said that as long as your troops fight the Tartars, they will be the friendly troops of my Nanyue Army. Our two families are brothers, so naturally we can't let our brothers go to war with hunger and cold. "After the quartermaster handed over the grain and grass and military salary, he ordered someone to take 10,000 silver dollars and asked Fang Guoan to sign for it.

"Please return to Lord Admiral, with the support of the brothers of the Nanyue Army, a certain family does not dare to say that Hangzhou City is as solid as gold, at least, it can make the Tartar soldiers and horses under this Hangzhou City full of bones!" Fang Guoan patted his chest and proudly expressed his heroic bearing and determination to the quartermaster of the Southern Guangdong Army.

The quartermaster smiled, "My admiral's order is to inform the general that if the war changes and the strength is overwhelmed, do not fight to the death with the Tartars." Everyone stays in the green mountains without worrying about the lack of firewood. After speaking, he took out a letter from the leather protection book covered with the large seal of the purple mud pass, and sealed it with fire paint.

"Please put it away and open it when it's in a hurry."

Why, you've got a trick up your sleeve with me? Fang Guoan felt a little angry and funny. However, no matter how ridiculous things are, they can only play with them. Even if you cherish it, put away the letters.

The envoy of the Nanyue army went back to resume his life without mentioning it, and Fang Guoan led more than 10,000 of his subordinates to set up defenses outside the Yongjin Gate, preparing to meet the Qing army.

However, the next scene on the battlefield made Fang Guoan's uncle and nephew and his subordinate officers and soldiers stunned!

Fang Guoan's subordinates dug trenches outside the Yongjin Gate, built fortresses, prepared to rely on the fortifications of deep ditches and high fortifications, and took advantage of the continuous supply of gunpowder, grain and grass and other materials in Nanzhong behind them, first used firearms to inflict a large number of casualties on Li Guoying, the vanguard of the Qing army, and then relied on the terrain to counterattack them to the foot of Tianmu Mountain. This plan is not imperfect or thoughtless.

However, no matter how good the plan is, if you encounter a mole and a pig teammate, everything will be in vain. However, Fang Guoan's ideas are too back, and he has encountered both kinds of people.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Fill in the trenches first! Didn't you see a large group of vehicles to pass through here?! ”

In the distance, the scouts and banners of the Qing army had already appeared, and Fang Yuanke was busy beckoning his soldiers and people, and seized the time to dig the trench that had just been formed wider and deeper as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, at this time, a team of carriages and sedan chairs came out of the city, escorting a large number of heavy vehicles. The official at the head of the group immediately pointed fingers and scolded Fang Jun's subordinates arrogantly.

"Young marshal, is this for us to send arrears?" The leader of the pro-soldiers beside Fang Yuanke, Fang Fu, who had the rank of general, was a little excited. If we can make up the arrears, we will have a lot more money. The day before yesterday, the marshal just gave everyone a month's military salary, and announced that during this time in Hangzhou, everyone can let go of their bellies to eat. Suddenly, the morale of the army was boosted. Wouldn't it be better if King Lu could pay our arrears for a few months?

"Don't dream of marrying a daughter-in-law!" Fang Yuanke glared at Fang Fu, "If they really sent us military salaries, grain and grass, why did they come here?" One sentence suddenly made Fang Fu speechless. That's right! In the past, when the food and wages were allocated from above, it was an official document telling you to collect it somewhere and somewhere. Needless, the managerial staff of the boss, the clerk who handles it, and the like still have to pay some regular money to receive the food and salary supplies that should be received. Where can there be such a good thing, Baba sent you food, grass and military salary?

"Hurry up! Are you blind?! Didn't you see Lord Chen waiting here?! The officer at the head of the convoy became a little impatient and began to shout at the officers and men of Fang.

Sitting in the sedan chair was Chen Hongfan, who was ordered to envoy to the Qing Dynasty and asked for peace. This person is known as the living Qin juniper.

"My lord, I don't know where to go with all this heavy baggage and supplies going out of the city?" Fang Fu also knew that these grains and grass would definitely not be for his own army, but he was a little unwilling, so he walked to the sedan chair with the courage to ask for an answer.

"Bastard thing! National affairs, how can you know about them as a pawn?! If you know each other, hurry up and fill in the trench, so that the adult's palanquin can pass! If you miss the will of His Highness the Prison State, be careful of your dog's head! ”

"Lord Chen! This is where the last general decides. I don't know why Lord Chen has come to this front? Fang Yuanke's face turned red with anger, and Fang Fu, who had already pulled out half of his waist knife, pulled aside. intervened and saluted Chen Hongfan in the sedan chair.

Fang Yuanke's identity is different, even Chen Hongfan doesn't dare to be too arrogant. Someone was ordered to break the sedan curtain, but the person still sat in the sedan chair and talked to Fang Yuanke: "But it turned out that General Fang Xiao was here." Xia Guan also took the order of His Royal Highness the Prison State and went to the Qing military camp. ”

"Huh? But what is it? Fang Guoan's subordinates present stopped their movements one after another, and quietly listened to their own major general talking to this guy who had been to the Qing military camp several times to negotiate peace.

"Oh! It's not a big deal. His Royal Highness has a will, 'The Qing army has worked hard from afar, and the Qing and others must prepare more grain and grass.' That's why the lower officials have this hard work. ”

What the?! This sentence almost made Fang Jun mutiniate on the spot!

We lack food and clothing, we owe a few months of military salaries, the general went to the Nanyue army to borrow grain and grass and military salaries to work for you and other defenders of the city, not only do you not pay military salaries and pay grain and grass, but instead transport a large amount of grain and grass to the Qing army, so that they can eat and drink enough to fight Lao Tzu?!

The officers and soldiers of the Fang army didn't know that the Chen Hongfan in front of them had long been a traitor who had surrendered to the Qing army. As early as the beginning of the Hongguang Imperial Court, he accompanied Zuo Maodi to Beijing to make peace, secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and was sent back to Jiangnan to act as a traitor. After he returned to Jiangnan, he wrote an article called "Northern Envoy Ji Luo", Tian shamelessly proclaimed his allegiance to the Ming court, but behind his back, he spread the Qing army everywhere and persuaded people to surrender as soon as possible, and was called "living Qin Hui". Not long ago, under the auspices of Ma Shiying, as the representative of King Lu of the Jianguo, he took a ship flying the flag of "Envoy to the Qing Dynasty" and went to discuss the traitorous matter with the Qing Dynasty on the condition of ceding the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

This time, he had already colluded with the commander of the Qing army, Belebolo, and returned to Hangzhou to persuade Zhu Changshu to surrender with Zhang Bingzhen, the military department of the small imperial court promoted by King Lu and the former governor of Zhejiang. Zhu Changshu was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he decided to surrender to the table. This batch of grain, grass, wine and meat is the gift that Zhu Changshu gave to the Qing army.

Does this scene sound familiar? That's right! In the history we are familiar with, in 1932, during the "128" Songhu War of Resistance, the Nationalist Government, which was in the "golden decade" period, turned a deaf ear to the 19th Route Army's uprising in Shanghai. On the contrary, there were all kinds of overt and covert support for the Japanese army.

For example, Song Ziwen put together the strength of the 19th Route Army in a public interview with reporters, saying that the 19th Route Army had sufficient strength and did not need to send troops to help, etc. In fact, it was to inform the Japanese army of the actual situation of the 19th Route Army. The Navy of the National Revolutionary Army stationed in Shanghai flatly refused to borrow some equipment and materials, such as steel plates, when the 19th Route Army was building fortifications. On the contrary, the admiral accompanied the commander of the Japanese naval fleet to inspect the positions of the 19th Route Army in a naval car. Traitors? Or a spy? What's more, it sent a large number of fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat to the Japanese Navy's transport boats. I am afraid that these devils have worked hard from afar and lacked nutrition and vitamins. So that they can be well fed and well-nourished, slaughtering the Chinese people on Chinese soil and plundering China's wealth. Sure enough, it was considerate, and sure enough, the essence of traditional Chinese culture went to Taiwan with the national government.

"Young marshal, let's, what should we do?"

Chen Hongfan led a long convoy and pulled out a long line on the road. Looking at the convoy in the distance, Fang Fu seemed to have used all his strength to ask Fang Yuanke questions about all the Fang Guoan subordinates present.

"What's the point of us staying here?"