Chapter 359 Hangzhou

As the first line of confrontation with the Qing army, Xiaoshan County usually stationed a reinforced infantry battalion of the Third Brigade, but now the county town is full of soldiers, and soldiers can be seen everywhere.

Obviously, the battle is about to begin, so the civilians are also talking about when the red thieves will be able to cross the Qiantang River: "There are so many soldiers! ”

"Yes, what dragon spears, Nanxi, rocks, and golden soups are all here! There are really a lot of battalion heads, I'm afraid that as soon as this soldier rushes, he will be able to rush down Hangzhou City! ”

"That maybe, even if you cross the Qiantang River, but this Hangzhou city is also said to be the capital of Zhejiang Province, how can you fight it!"

In the headquarters of Xiaoshan County, Sun Huzi was already very excited and said to his cadres: "Our Panshi Brigade has always been the role of the third child, there is no way, this is a historical relationship, we admit it, but this time to attack Hangzhou, our brigade will be the first to attack!" You must know that the Dragon Lance Brigade has just set off from Jinhua now, so we have to grab a first move! ”

"Good!" The following cadres have praised the capital of Zhejiang Province and heaven on earth, such a famous city is opened by their own troops, what a proud thing, everyone said: "We have been waiting for this opportunity for several months, if it weren't for the inspection to hold us down, this Hangzhou city would have been opened a long time ago!" ”

"Shen Heavenly Destiny! Don't be sloppy! Although Sun Huzi himself was an officer of the Green Battalion of the uprising, he was not at ease with Shen Tianming, the small company commander who was born in the punishment camp: "How big a scene have you seen in the punishment camp?" How can you say that there are thousands of Qing demons in this Hangzhou City, and there are at least three or five thousand Qing demons in the city just the battle guards plus the raising soldiers, which is not careless at all! ”

He pretended to be very old and said: "To fight Hangzhou, the first is to cross the river, the second is to attack the city, and the third is to fill the city!" I heard that the Hangzhou general of the Qing Demon also rushed to take office, so I can't be careless! Especially if you apply for the destiny of heaven! ”

Shen Tianming was made a big red face by Sun Huzi when he said this, and Shen Tianming continued: "This time when you enter the city, you must do a good job in military style and discipline, don't bring the punishment camp over, we are the main force, not a messy punishment camp!" ”

As he was talking, news had already come from the front: "Brigade commander, a ship has come over from Jiangbei, saying that we are invited to cross the river immediately!" ”

"Who is here?" Sun Huzi immediately blew his beard and glared: "It's not an ambush of the Qing Demon, we have been staying in Xiaoshan for the past few months, nothing else, the boats crossing the river have prepared a batch, don't fall for the ambush!" ”

The cadre who reported the news in front said: "It was the gentry of Hangzhou who invited us to cross the river, and they were really miserable under the oppression of He Guiqing and Wang Youling, and now they are waiting for the volunteers to cross the river to rescue them."

In fact, as soon as they heard that the soldiers of the Hong Army were coming from Xiaoshan County and were preparing to cross the river, the whole city of Hangzhou was in a sensation, and immediately several gentry crossed the river to ask the Hong Army to immediately cross the river to rescue the people of Hangzhou and Jiajia.

It is really He Guiqing and Wang Youling who are too ruthless in order to raise the ransom fee for Liu Chang, you must know that now they have squeezed out a full 2.5 million taels of silver from Hangzhou and Jiaxing Mansion in a short period of time, plus the reasonable and unreasonable loss of the handler, there are more than 3 million taels of silver, but it has implemented the name of Wang Youling's holy hand of urging science.

It's just that this kind of knocking on the marrow and sucking juice really makes the whole city of Hangzhou uneasy, and they can't even get through this year, from the gentry and businessmen to the laborers, they all feel that there is no way to live this day, He Guiqing has scavenged three feet high, and they can only hope that the Hongjun will cross the river as soon as possible to rescue them.

But it took a few hours for Sun Huzi to figure out the cause and effect of this incident, but he also quickly made up his mind: "Cross the river, cross the river!" Don't let He Guiqing and Wang Youling run away! ”…,

But Sun Huzi didn't know that now He Guiqing and Wang Youling had already run away!

On a sailboat by the Qiantang River, Hu Xueyan was bidding farewell to his two benefactors: "Zhongcheng, the capital, please rest assured, I have everything in the aftermath of this Hangzhou Mansion!" ”

He Guiqing sighed a lot, he patted Hu Xueyan on the shoulder and said: "After three years of being in Zhejiang, everything has been prosperous, nothing has been accomplished, and in the end I only ended up living on the sea, and I don't know when I can return home!" ”

Hu Xueyan said with a smile: "Zhongcheng is in the prime of life, Shanghai Beach Flower World, be careful that Zhongcheng falls into it, and I can't miss it!" ”

As he spoke, he had already sent out a box of public bonds: "Zhongcheng, the capital, this time I lived up to my mission, and finally got the 400,000 silver yuan of public bonds from Liu Jiehu, but the debt period is as long as ten years, and it does not calculate interest, the conditions are too harsh, I can't live in Zhongcheng!" ”

Wang Youling said: "Xueyan, you are too polite! You have taken care of all aspects for us, and you have prepared these 400,000 public bonds for our usual expenses, which is enough! It's just that Zhongcheng is right, you wait for the battle to leave, leaving only Xueyan alone to preside over the aftermath, it's too dangerous, Xueyan, you might as well go to Shanghai with me! ”

In addition to the 400,000 public debts, the income from his and He Guiqing's Huan Hai operations has been transferred to Shanghai through Hu Xueyan's bank, which is very large, and they will not worry about spending money in a short time, not to mention that they have already owned an industry in Shanghai.

But Hu Xueyan's foundation is all in Hangzhou, although he lost his vitality in Ningbo, but with this ransom transaction, he returned to the heyday of the past, and for the next to preside over the aftermath of Hangzhou City, it is regarded as an extremely profitable thing, so he said in a loud voice: "Zhongcheng, the capital, I was born in Hangzhou, grew up in Hangzhou, I am really a native of Hangzhou, this Hangzhou military disaster, how can I escape!" Rest assured, I've got you covered! ”

"I'll leave you the governor's seal!" He Guiqing said: "The army will come to the city tomorrow and tomorrow, except for the general of Hangzhou, the whole city will not dare to disobey your mobilization!" ”

In fact, when the soldiers were approaching the city, there were definitely not a few Qing army officials and generals who did not obey Hu Xueyan's transfer, but as soon as they heard that He Guiqing and Wang Youling had fled Shanghai, most of them were discouraged.

Sooner or later, the city of Hangzhou is the world of red thieves, why should they be obsessed, only a very small number of people see that the situation is not good-, and they escaped into the city in advance, but in the afternoon of the same day, although the rock brigade has not yet entered the city, but the city has been full of red flags, and the barber shop business is booming.

At this time, the vanguard of the Hong Army had already crossed the Qiantang River and approached Fucheng.

There was already a cry in the city.

Some obsessed Daqing Zhongliang is still kneeling in front of Hangzhou General Ruichang and said: "Lord Rui, He Guiqing and Wang Youling, these two things that are not in a hurry, have failed the emperor and the holy Longen, and now they have fled to Shanghai, at this time when the country is in danger, please preside over the situation!" ”

Ruichang is a full member of the full team with great achievements, but as soon as he heard that even He Guiqing and Wang Youling had avoided Shanghai, he was immediately shocked: "He Genyun, as the governor of a province, you abandoned the city without a fight, I'm sorry for the Qing Dynasty!" ”

He hurriedly asked: "Who is in charge of the overall situation in the province now?" ”

Someone immediately replied: "Before He Guiqing, the dog thief, left, he handed over the governor's seal letter to Hu Xueyan, a profiteering person, and now Hu Xueyan is making waves in the governor's yamen, looking like a villain, please send a large army to pacify it quickly!" ”

Ruichang asked again: "The governor is not in India, where is the feudal division?" ”

"As soon as Governor He left, Hu Fansi also bought a boat to take refuge at sea, saying that he was going south to Fujian and asked Wang Butang to recover Hangzhou!" …,

"Nonsense! What about the Inspectorate? ”

"According to the envoy, the envoy originally had ambitions to fight the red thief, but I heard that Governor He had fled to Shanghai, and his ambitions were all in vain, and now he is closed!"

In fact, He Guiqing is an extremely smart person, but the smarter a person is, the more he pities his life, so he feels that Hu Xueyan's strategy is the most appropriate.

But he didn't expect what kind of storm his exemplary role would set off in the officialdom of Zhejiang, like Hu Xingren, a native of Hunan, who was originally determined to lead his own soldiers to the city to supervise the war, but as soon as he heard that He Guiqing had escaped, he was cold from head to toe, and never mentioned the matter of martyrdom with the city, so he immediately bought a boat and went south.

Hu Xingren, a die-hard member of the Hunan army group, is still like this, not to mention the officials below, everyone is disheartened, and those who have a conscience will take refuge in the situation and observe the situation, and if they have no conscience, they will simply prepare to take refuge in the past when the red thieves enter the city, and maybe they will get mixed with a minister from the dragon.

Now the officialdom of the entire Hangzhou Mansion is already in chaos, everyone knows that after tonight, there will definitely be earth-shaking changes, and Hu Xueyan, a businessman, actually maintained the situation.

But in the eyes of some Qing Zhongliang, Hu Xueyan is blatantly collaborating with thieves: "General, the red thief soldiers have not arrived, Hu Guangyong has already openly collaborated with thieves, and he really can't be kept, just send dozens of soldiers to bind him!" When the time comes, the general will preside over the attack and defense of the whole city, and he will be able to turn the crisis into safety. ”

As soon as he said this, Ruichang was a little moved, but someone shouted over there: "General, Hu Xueyan can be killed, but he can't be killed!" ”

"Why can't you kill it!" Ruichang saw that it was the deputy capital who spoke, and immediately asked: "You are also a Manchurian, why do you speak for the willow thief!" ”

This is to save the deputy capital to Ruichang knelt down: "Come to save is Manchurian, this is also our Manchurian great country, so today I don't have any hope of surviving, but Hu Xueyan is a native of Hangzhou, he came forward to maintain the situation, although there is a suspicion of thieves, but it is also for Hangzhou City to leave a little more vitality, this is a matter of course, who does not love their hometown." ”

As soon as he said this, the whole city cried even more, and many Manchu women who grew up in Hangzhou said in unison: "General, you can think of a perfect way!" Please, think of a perfect solution! ”

Just when Ruichang was having a headache, news had already come from there: "The Red Thief Pioneer has entered the Martial Arts Gate!" ”