Zhang Huangyan looked at Qian Qianyi, who was kneeling on the ground and begging for bones, and couldn't bear it. Although Zhang Huangyan does not despise Qian Qianyi, he is his student after all, and he has listened to a few classes from him back then, and he has been very instructed in his studies. Is it possible for the teacher to ignore it if he is in trouble now? What's more, not long ago, it was his teacher who spoke up and forgave himself of his sins. So Zhang Huangyan didn't care how Chen Zilong behind him pulled him, he had to come out and say a word for the teacher.

"Your Majesty, you must not let Qian Ge be old. Your Majesty, just imagine, there are thousands of officials who are now working for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, are all these people punished? Now that my Shenwu Imperial Court only occupies the three provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi, it is necessary to deal with the officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Han officials who surrendered to the Manchus in the northern provinces during the Northern Expedition must resist to the death, which is not conducive to the great cause of Your Majesty! ”

Zhang Huangyan's words said that Zhu Hongsan was in his heart, he didn't care about Qian Qianyi's life or death, but his great cause of reviving the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains was fundamental. However, now it is not enough for Zhang Huangyan to speak alone, although Zhang Huangyan is a military aircraft and has a lot of power in his hands, but it is not enough to see it on this occasion, Zhu Hongsan wants to wait for heavyweight officials to intercede for Qian Qianyi.

Tong Yangjia watched carefully from the side, he had followed Zhu Hongsan for almost twenty years, and he knew that this monarch was decisive, if he really wanted to deal with Qian Qianyi, it was useless what others were saying. Now that Zhu Hongsan was silent after listening to Zhang Huangyan's words, Tong Yangjia knew that the emperor didn't want to dispose of Qian Qianyi yet.

There is a reason why Tong Yangjia didn't speak for Qian Qianyi just now, a few days ago, Qian Lide was obviously ready to bring down Zhang Huangyan, but Qian Qianyi came forward to speak for Zhang Huangyan, which caused Tong Yangjia's plan to weaken Ma Mingyuan to run aground, and Tong Yangjia naturally hated Qian Qianyi. Today, Tong Yangjia is ready, as long as the emperor asks Qian Qianyi to get out, Tong Yangjia will immediately recommend his own people to the cabinet.

However, now that he sees that the emperor has no intention of letting Qian Qianyi get out, at this time, Tong Yangjia has to change his attitude and speak for Qian Qianyi, so that the emperor can have a good step.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Zhang said is very true. There are also ministers who heard that Concubine Qian in the harem has been pregnant for two months, and it is really not the right time to punish Lord Qian at this time, after all, His Majesty's blood and bones are important! ”

Zhu Hongsan got down the stairs, with a smile on his face, and quickly picked up Qian Qianyi and said: "Father-in-law, please get up quickly, I also said before, my father-in-law's past is not to blame, don't worry!" ”

Hearing that he was fine, Qian Qianyi let out a sigh of relief, and quickly stood up and saluted Zhu Hongsan: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding!" After Qian Qianyi finished speaking, he had to give Tong Yangjia a salute, after all, it was Tong Yangjia who said just now. Although Qian Qianyi knew the ghost thoughts in Tong Yangjia's heart, he had no choice but to step forward and bow: "Thank you Lord Tong for speaking up!" ”

However, Qian Qianyi did not thank Zhang Huangyan, because there was no need to say this kind of thing, and everyone present knew that Zhang Huangyan was Qian Qianyi's person.

Ma Jiyuan couldn't help but be annoyed when he saw that his plan was unsuccessful, and glared at Zhang Huangyan fiercely.

Zhang Huangyan retreated to the crowd, and Chen Zilong behind him whispered: "Xuanzhu, you Meng Lang!" ”

Zhang Huangyan also knew that he had offended Ma Jiyuan, but he did not regret it, Heaven and Earth were the teacher, and there was nothing wrong with standing up for the teacher.

At this time, it was getting late, and everyone went back to their cabins to rest, and there was no word for the night.

The next morning, Zhao Guoliang of the Eighth Division came to report that all preparations had been completed, and asked the emperor to give an order to attack Suzhou and Songjiang. Zhu Hongsan handed over the holy decree to Ma Jiyuan, the governor of Liangjiang, and Ma Boss also had to go ashore with the Eighth Division, after all, he was the governor of Liangjiang, and he wanted to bring the new governor of Jiangsu, Zhang Guowei, to recover the provinces along the way.

This is the grand ceremony of the expedition, although the eighth division is a partial division, but it must also be a full ceremony. Ma Jiyuan knelt down to accept the holy decree and the Son of Heaven Sword, which meant that he was the emperor's messenger, and all officials below the fourth rank along the way could use the Son of Heaven Sword to cut first and then play. Then Zhu Hongsan said the great truth of serving the country and the people, and finally Ma Jiyuan got up and got off the boat and set off with Zhao Guoliang.

After the departure of the Eighth Division, Zhu Hongsan's brigade set off, and the waters of Hangzhou Bay were wide, but after passing through Zheshan Town, the river narrowed, and Zhu Hongsan's thousand-ton sea ships really could not enter. This is already good, after more than 300 years of siltation, the Qiantang River has narrowed since Haining, and this is the tide of the Qiantang River in later generations.

Because he could not enter the Qiantang River, Zhu Hongsan ordered all the warships of more than 1,000 tons to follow the Eighth Division northward and wait for the Eighth Division to destroy the Hengjiang iron cable at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The other 500-ton boats were brought on board by Zhu Hongsan because of their relatively shallow draft, and they were used as mobile batteries to attack the city of Hangzhou.

Zhu Hongsan came to Zhejiang with such fanfare, and the Manchu officials in Hangzhou had already received the news. Now presiding over the resistance to the Southern Ming army in Hangzhou are Zhang Cunren, the governor of Zhejiang, Xiao Qiyuan, the governor of Zhejiang, and the military personnel have Meilezhang Jingzhu Mala, who are stationed in the Eight Banners, and Tian Xiong, the governor of Zhejiang. The four of them have long received instructions from Hong Chengchou in Nanjing, they must hold Hangzhou, because Hangzhou is the core of the entire Zhejiang, and now eastern Zhejiang is not very peaceful, if Hangzhou is lost, the stable northern Zhejiang will be affected, and then it will affect the grain-producing areas around Taihu Lake, you must know that Prince Yu Duoduo is leading an army of 120,000 troops to quell the rebellion in Jiangxi (it is now the second day of October, the ancient transportation is inconvenient, Zhejiang Nanzhili here does not know that the Duoduo Department has been wiped out), without the military rations provided by Nanzhili for him, and still win the battle?

As the governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Cunren, the governor of Zhejiang, looked at the following generals and said: "Everyone, everyone knows that the imperial court has withdrawn 120,000 troops into Jiangxi in order to suppress Jin Shenghuan's rebellion, and we only have less than 20,000 horses here, and they are all new annexed troops. ”

Melerzhang Jingzhu Mala is a Manchurian, and he is good at land warfare, and he doesn't know what to do in water warfare. Tian Xiong, the governor of Zhejiang, was originally the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Xuanda, but Tian Xiong is not simple, in history he sat in Hangzhou, defeated the water division of the king of Lu many times, and finally he led the water division to capture Zhoushan, forcing the king of Lu to escape, so Tian Xiong is the only general who can fight a water war.

Tian Xiong saw that everyone was looking at him and quickly stood up and said: "Don't worry, Lord Zhangtai, his subordinates have collected boats, and have been training by the river outside the city for many days, and now we have one hundred and fifty large ships and more than three hundred small boats. ”

It's not bad to fool the nerd Xiao Qiyuan with these words, but the governor Zhang Cunren has been in battle for a long time, and he can listen to his flickering there.

"Lord Tian, I heard that the side of the puppet Ming big ship is more than 20 zhang high and hundreds of zhang long, how are you going to fight?"

"Lord Zhengtai, today is the first day of the new year, and it has entered the dry period of the Qiantang River, and the last general has asked the fishermen that the dry period of each month is ten days, that is, the water level can not rise until after the tenth day of the new year. At present, the water depth of the Qiantang River is less than ten zhang, and the draft of the puppet Ming boat is eighteen zhang, and it is absolutely impossible to enter these days. The end will have set up an ambush in the area of Zheshan Town, if the puppet Ming Sailor enters the Qiantang River, they who don't know hydrology will be stranded, and then the end will send a small boat loaded with something to ignite the puppet Sailor, the puppet Sailor will be chaotic, and the Puppet Sailor will lead the rest of the ships to take advantage of the situation to kill, and the puppet Sailor will definitely be able to eliminate the puppet Sailor! ”

Tian Xiong's strategy was foolproof in Zhang Cunren's opinion, and he knew that hundreds of ships of his own sailors on the Yangtze River were killed by five big ships of the Puppet Ming. However, the Qiantang River is not a big river like the Yangtze River, and the hydrological environment here is definitely not accessible to big boats.

Zhang Cunren stroked his beard and said: "Okay, Lord Tian, I will give you another 5,000 new troops, if you can take the first merit, this official will promote you to the imperial court!" ”

Tian Xiong was overjoyed, as a second and fifth boy, he had always been a second-class citizen, and he was cautious on the side of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, for fear that someone would say that he missed the previous dynasty. If he wins the battle this time, maybe the regent will give himself a background and raise the flag! At that time, you will be considered your own person, and you will not have to be angry.

After receiving the order, Tian Xiong led all the sailors out of the nest on the night of the first day of October and set up an ambush in the narrow part of the river in Zheshan Town.

The next day was the second day of October, and Zhu Hongsan sent off a large group of men and horses in the morning, and he continued to go deep into the Qiantang River with 20 500-ton warships and a large number of ships carrying heavy loads.

Zhang Quan, the admiral of the Nanyang Navy, led the large fleet to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and now it is Zhang Quan's brother-in-law, Zhang Liang, the son of Zhang Da Scarla, who remains to lead the detachment.

Zhu Hongsan sat on the boat, watched Zhang Liang skillfully issue orders, and asked: "Zhang Liang, can you kid do it, the river in this place is getting narrower and narrower, don't fall into an ambush!" ”

Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's not a thousand small broken ships like the Manchu Dynasty!" ”

Now the river has shrunk less than five miles, and you can already see both sides, and the shore is full of reeds more than one person high, and the wind blows like a wave. Seeing this, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but secretly regret it, regretting why he had to board the warship, it would be better to stay on the supply ship behind, now the enemy situation is unknown, if he ambushes his old life here, he will not be safe.

Just when Zhu Hongsan was worried about his life, the surveyor on board came to report: "Captain, the water depth is only four meters now, and the draft of our ship is three meters three, and I am afraid of running aground if I go any further!" ”

Zhu Hongsan heard the surveyor say this, and was just about to speak, when he heard the boat under the seat shake, and there was a noise from the bottom of the boat, and he didn't leave.

Seeing the warship running aground, Zhu Hong scolded angrily: "Zhang Liang, how did you become a captain?" Can it still be stranded? Zhu Hongyi! Prepare the boat, Lao Tzu wants to go back to the rear team! ”

Zhang Liang can't help it, he is a navy, there is a stranding in the sea, plus I didn't expect the Qiantang River to be so shallow, this is unreasonable.

Just as Zhang Liang was hurriedly preparing a traffic boat for Zhu Hongsan, a letter cannon was fired from the reeds on the shore, and he was really ambushed.