After a whole day of fierce fighting, the army of the Red Flower Society retreated like a tide, and the city of Hangzhou was finally preserved, Zhuang Yougong, who personally supervised the battle on the city wall, sat on the ground without regard to the demeanor, gasping for breath, just now he thought that the city was about to break, and the trembling hand grabbed the sword that was ready to kill himself but could not pull it out for a long time, and now the Red Flower Society temporarily retreated so that he had a feeling of escaping and ascending to heaven, rested for a while and struggled to stand up under the support of his family, and rewarded a few officers and soldiers who fought bravely in his opinion, After leaving a few words of encouragement, he returned to his temporary garrison by the city wall to rest.

"Did the people asking for help go out?" , After drinking some water, Zhuang Yougong finally regained some strength, recalling that today's situation is simply dangerous and dangerous, this day is over, but tomorrow, the day after tomorrow! Even if he didn't understand military affairs, he could see that the defenders in Hangzhou City alone could not resist the attack of the Red Flower Society, and he wanted to keep Hangzhou and count on Aligon's reinforcements.

"Lord Hui, it's not dark yet, and they won't set off in two hours!" , the master comforted, "They are all selected martial arts outstanding people, and they will definitely be able to touch it out when it gets dark!" The master is now quite puzzled in his heart, the combat effectiveness shown by the Red Flower Society today is not at all like it can easily defeat Fu Heng's army, what is going on?

"This battle is embarrassing!" As soon as he returned to the camp, Lin Hu angrily threw his hat on the table, "I don't know what the top thinks, this Hangzhou City can be taken down with little effort, why do you have to keep it!" ”

"It's only been a long time, but your temper has grown? Don't even listen to your boss's orders? A crisp voice came from outside the barracks.

Hearing this familiar voice, Lin Hu immediately reflexively stood up straight, and hurriedly picked up his hat and put it on, only then did he turn around and ask with concern, "Chief of Staff." How did you get here? ”

Huo Qingtong walked in with brisk steps, after a period of cultivation, she has completely recovered her health, originally Zhejiang's military operations did not need her to participate in person, but when she heard that the Qing army's reinforcements were led by an old acquaintance Aligon, she immediately asked Chen Jialuo for her life. Although she was reluctant, seeing her resolute attitude, Chen Jialuo agreed.

Huo Qingtong walked over and looked at the military map hanging in the back, "What, can't I come?" ”

"How can you! We very much welcome the Chief of Staff to inspect our work and ask for instructions from the Chief of Staff! Lin Hu raised his hand and saluted.

Huo Qingtong pointed to the map and asked, "Lin Hu, who do you say is our biggest enemy in attacking Zhejiang right now?" ”

"It's Hangzhou that is Aligon's reinforcements, and now even if we take Hangzhou City, we will have to deal with them!" Speaking of this, he already understood what Huo Qingtong meant, "Chief of General Staff, do you mean that we will surround and send reinforcements?" ”

"Yes!" , Huo Qingtong nodded and handed a plan to Lin Hu, "If Hangzhou City has been broken when Aligon arrives, then the responsibility for losing the land has nothing to do with him, and the direction of his troops will be more changeable, and the trouble caused to us will be a lot greater; But if he entered the territory of Zhejiang, the city of Hangzhou was not broken. Then he only has to go straight to Hangzhou to relieve Zhuang Yougong, so his options are much more limited. If we had guessed that his march was in ambush in the middle, these 50,000 men would have fallen in one fell swoop! ”

"If Hangzhou knows that there are no reinforcements outside, then the will to resist will decline rapidly, and attacking when there is no morale in the city can also reduce our losses!" , Lin Hu drew inferences from one another.

"Well, that's good!". Seeing that Lin Hu quickly accepted his suggestion, Huo Qingtong was very happy, and pointed to the map and talked about the staff department's guess about Aligon's marching route.

In the middle of the night, several hanging baskets hung down from Hangzhou City, and several black shadows drilled out of the hanging baskets. After looking around and running north, the leader turned around and sneered when they passed through the Red Flower Society's camp, "I thought the Red Flower Society was all three-headed and six-armed, but I didn't expect it to be a bunch of waste!" After speaking, his figure rose and fell and disappeared into the night.

"Phew! If it weren't for the order from above, there would be no scum left of you who died early! The grass where he had just stood shook for a while, and several people came out, scolding in a whisper.

"Don't be angry, they'll cry in a few days!" , another person next to him comforted, "Let them go, it's 50,000 troops who have come in, this business is done!" ”

This group of people day and night finally met Aligon's army in Jiangsu, seeing Zhuang Yougong's letter of help, Aligon secretly sighed and accelerated the speed of the march, with his years of experience in the army, the reason why Hangzhou has not been broken is because the Red Flower Society has to wait for his own reinforcements. However, under the pressure of the court's ministers and the blood letter of Zhuang Yougong, he couldn't bear the responsibility of watching the friendly army lose their land.

Ali Gon now understands the feeling of Ge Shuhan when he was forced out of Tongguan to deal with the war during the Anshi Rebellion, and now it is still possible to rely on these 50,000 people to keep the Red Flower Society out of Jiangsu, but to rescue Hangzhou, this is definitely a life of nine deaths. I hope this time it's really the lack of strength under the long-term battle of the Red Flower Society!

Five days later, the 50,000 army led by Aligon fell into the encirclement of the Red Flower Society 20 miles outside the city of Hangzhou, and after a day and a night of fierce fighting, the 50,000 army led by Ali Gon was annihilated by more than 30,000, and only more than 10,000 people fled back to the north in disarray, and Aligon committed suicide after commanding his own soldiers to block the pursuit of the Red Flower Society.

Looking at Aligon's corpse, Huo Qingtong sighed lightly, "Fighting from the northwest to the southeast, I didn't expect to die here, this person can be regarded as a hero after sacrificing himself, let's return his corpse to his subordinates!" ”

The next day, the Red Flower Society pulled the captured Qing army banner and the captured Qing soldiers to the outside of Hangzhou, and the officers and soldiers defending on the city wall saw that there was no hope for reinforcements, and their morale instantly dropped to the bottom.

At this time, the members of the Red Flower Society lurking in the city took the opportunity to launch a long-planned attack, and after a fight, the gate of Hangzhou City was opened by them, and the Red Flower Society brigade outside the city took the opportunity to rush in.

On the city wall, Zhuang Yougong saw that the general situation was gone, pulled out the sword at his waist and put it across his neck, and the soldiers of the Red Flower Society who surrounded him wanted to capture him, but when they saw this, they retreated, waiting for him to commit suicide.

Zhuang Yougong crossed the sword several times, but he couldn't make up his mind, and finally a company commander who was watching couldn't stand it anymore, and scolded, "There is nothing planted!" He stepped forward and smashed Zhuang Yougong to the ground with the butt of a gun, and the supreme governor of Zhejiang Province became a prisoner of the Red Flower Society in this way, and Hangzhou City also fell into the hands of the Red Flower Society. (To be continued......)