"Tiancheng, hurry up in Hangzhou, the latest news from the Hangzhou branch of Xuanyingwei, Qian Biao is estimated to start organizing the evacuation of Hangzhou in the near future, and Qian Biao seems to be planning to move everything that can be moved, and all the things that can't be moved will be burned by then." Hu Xiaosi's words in Jinling City made Yang Tiancheng's face suddenly grim, and even Wang Houchun, who was concentrating on checking the movements of Xue Yang's department, turned around and said, "What do you mean that a fire that can't be taken away is burned?" What about the people of Hangzhou? ”

"Two marshals, immediately transfer troops to the front line in Huzhou, the manpower of the National Guard and the Ministry of Guards is basically in place, there is no need for the army to be distracted by local affairs, you should act quickly, I have been to Hangzhou before, the prosperous scene is not inferior to Jinling, and even surpasses it, the city has a large population, industry and commerce are developed, and the most important thing is that the surrounding shipping is prosperous, and Qian Biao cannot be taken away." Li Jipeng's words made Yang Tiancheng and Wang Houchun look at each other and nodded to each other. The two immediately ordered the three battalions stationed near Jinling to immediately catch up with the front-line troops, and gave orders to Xue Wanli and Chen Yu to immediately carry out the plan to attack Hangzhou. And just in case, Xuan Yingwei immediately dispatched to cooperate with the Flying Eagle Brigade to monitor Qian Biao's every move at all times.

"In this way, let's go to the front line of Huzhou immediately, Hangzhou must not have anything to do, immediately mobilize all the warships of the Navy Department to go south along the canal to the city of Hangzhou, and if necessary, blow up the city defense of Hangzhou City for me." After Wang Houchun asked the staff officers behind him to write the order, he and Yang Tiancheng, Hu Xiaosi and other top generals of the Jiangnan Command immediately rushed to Huzhou to prepare to command the battle on the spot when necessary.

At this time, on the Huzhou front, Xue Wanli and Chen Yu had already joined forces, and the two divisions had more than 200,000 troops in one, and they had also approached the border of Hangzhou after sweeping the resistance forces along the road. When Xuan Yingwei's news reached the rear, it was also given to the two of them as soon as possible.

"Wan Li, it looks like we're going to be prepared to deal with Qian Biao's escape this time." Chen Yu took the information and looked at it for a long time, and said with a rare serious expression, "If this step is not done well, not only will Qian Biao be released, but it will also take the lives of innocent people in Hangzhou City." ”

"Do you have any good ideas?" Chen Yu's worries Xue Wanli naturally knew, but he didn't come up with any good solutions, so he smiled bitterly: "If it really doesn't work, then you can only attack the city immediately regardless of it." ”

Xue Wanli's method was not agreed by the others present, and Qian Ning said directly: "If the siege is too urgent, it will inevitably make Qian Biao make up his mind as soon as possible, which is not good for us, especially now that we have no army near Hangzhou except for the arrangement of Xuan Yingwei, and we must not carry out the siege." ”

Li Tianyi shook his head and said: "Our cavalry corps can be qualified for the task of long-distance running, but the target is too big, it is easy to be discovered by Qian Di, Hangzhou is his lair, and I estimate that Xuan Yingwei may not have a way to cover it." ”

"You see, this will not work. We deployed the cavalry corps in the Jiaxian area in the northwest of Hangzhou, and then formed a hidden infantry brigade from the first and second battalions to secretly lurk between Hangzhou and Yuezhou, as an interception force, and then let Xuan Yingwei pay close attention to Qian Biao's movements, if Qian Biao wants to escape, relying on the all-round combat skills of the first battalion and the attack subordinates of the second battalion, it should be no problem to block Qian Biao when the terrain is suitable. In this way, if the cavalry corps is timely in the case of timely transmission, it can attack Qian Biao's retreating men and horses from the rear, and the two sides may be able to defeat each other when the time comes. At this time, Chen Yu's chief of staff, Li Lisan, suddenly spoke.

However, everyone did not refute his words, and this time he directly used the most elite first and second battalions of the Tiance Army, and there would definitely be no problem in blocking the problem. These two battalions plus the third battalion can almost be said to be the top troops in the whole army, and if you think about the limelight before the third battalion, you can know the capabilities of the remaining two battalions.

"What about the siege?" Chen Yu thought for a while and asked. For Qian Biao's going, these people actually didn't pay attention to it, even if he retreated into Fujian, it would be the same fight, but if the other party was determined to set fire to the city, and his own side couldn't even break the city defense, then Hangzhou City would really be destroyed.

Li Lisan still didn't think of any good way to attack the city, so when he heard this, he just spread his hands and shook his head with a wry smile. But he didn't say anything, and a familiar voice came from outside the tent, "You don't have to worry about the city, just give me the fastest speed to attack the city." ”

"I'll go, Hou Chun Tiancheng Xiaosi, why did you come so fast?" Chen Yu suddenly cried out in surprise when he heard the voice. But seeing that the big tent door was pushed open at this time, the three of them walked in together, and Hu Xiaosi squeezed Chen Yu's eyes.

"Houchun, what do you mean when you just said that we don't need to take care of the city? Can you do it? Chen Yu and Xue Wanli glanced at Hu Xiaosidao, who had just sat down beside him.

Hu Xiaosi couldn't stand this kind of gaze, and suddenly shouted, "What kind of eyes are you two looking at?" Can't I even handle this little thing? Don't worry, before you take the city defense of Hangzhou, I guarantee that the city will not be burned. ”

"I have arranged for the people of the Dragon Group to join forces with the Flying Eagle Brigade to ambush people and horses in the main places in the city, and some peripheral people have also gathered in other non-main places, including some ordinary people who are loyal to us, as long as they dare to light a fire, I will mobilize these people to extinguish the fire, and hold out until you enter the city." Hu Xiaosi said: "But your speed had better be faster, otherwise if there is any treasure in such a good Hangzhou City that is taken away by Qian Biao, I am not responsible." This time, in order to fight the fire, I used all the manpower of Hangzhou Xuanyingwei. ”

Xue Wanli nodded and said: "If these problems can be solved, it will be much simpler to simply attack the city, and I will be responsible for the siege." We divided the troops into three parts, one was the main force of the siege, which was in charge of me, about 30,000 to 40,000 people, and the second team was the follow-up soldiers and horses, about 50,000 people, which was responsible for quickly entering the city after the siege corps succeeded, and was responsible for suppressing the resistance forces in the city, covering the fire extinguishing and other operations carried out by the siege corps after entering the city. As for the rest of the men, they can consider returning to Hangzhou as appropriate to participate in the follow-up pursuit. ”

Xue Wanli's words also made Yang Tiancheng and Wang Houchun feel at ease, and after the discussion was decided, they immediately went to arrange soldiers and horses to go to the city of Hangzhou, and the siege corps and artillery battalions were even more unscrupulous and drove directly to the moat under the city, and began to busily arrange and prepare for the siege.

At this time, Qian Biao in the city was also facing a dilemma. In fact, when the Tiance army crossed the river to the south, Qian Biao was already thinking about his own back road, and tried his best to defeat his old boss Dong Chang and then couldn't wait to prepare to enter Fujian, but it was too late, and the Tiance army took Xue Mei's town navy with lightning speed, and controlled Jinling City in his hands. After the defeat, Qian Biao actually suffered little loss, but he had a new understanding of the strength of the Tiance Army, which also strengthened his determination to go south into Fujian, in fact, even he considered where to settle down next after the loss of Fujian.

Originally, his decision has also been supported by the Minister of Civil Affairs, since ancient times, Fujian and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places are basically one, Hangzhou people go south to Fujian is very common, but can not stand it Later, Qian Biao felt that he was unwilling to give Hangzhou, a prosperous city in the troubled times, to the Tiance Army in vain, so he came up with a plan to burn the city.

However, Qian Bi's plan was fiercely opposed by Liu Yin, Gu Quanwu and others. Almost all the middle and high-level members of Qian Biao's Wu Shengjun are from various prefectures and counties near Hangzhou, and many of them are still from Hangzhou, if the city is burned, the people of Hangzhou will be the most affected, so that the military spirit may collapse in an instant, causing immeasurable drastic changes. Therefore, Liu Yin, as Qian Biao's most important strategist, carefully analyzed the stakes, hoping to dispel Qian Biao's idea.

In fact, Qian Biao's plan was just a revenge because he didn't want to see Hangzhou, which he had governed for many years, being occupied by the Tiance army. Under Liu Yin's persuasion, he finally planned to give up. However, sometimes the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes. Guo Chongtao's naval fleet marched south from the canal to the south outside Hangzhou City, lined up in a line, so that Qian Biao suddenly felt that the back road he had arranged was not safe, especially when the steel monster of the other party floated on the canal and the black cannon muzzle was aimed at the city wall, Qian Biao's hatred in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he decisively picked up his plan again, and secretly sent his own personal soldiers Badu Bing to be responsible for arranging the burning of the city.

It can be said that Qian Biao's method is still very secretive, because the Tiance army outside the city is pressing, all the senior generals in Hangzhou are busy directing the army to resist the attack of the Tiance army, and the remaining manpower is also arranged in the south of the city to cover some of the people and the retreat of logistics materials, even Liu Yin did not notice Qian Biao's movements. However, Xuan Yingwei, who had been paying attention to Qian Biao's movements in the morning, quietly arranged secret sentries around the Badu soldiers. Su Xiaohu, who was in charge of the command in the city, divided the entire army of the Flying Eagle Brigade and all the men of the Dragon Group into eight squads, and quietly followed the Badu soldiers, preparing to kill these people when the other party ignited the fire. In this way, around the eight main strongholds in Hangzhou, both the Tiance Army and the Wusheng Army are seizing the time to arrange, waiting for the battle to start outside the city.

In the middle of June of the second year of the Apocalypse, the siege corps commanded by Xue Wanli began to formally attack Hangzhou City under the cover of the artillery battalion. Wang Rong, the direct commander of the Wusheng Army in the city, fought against each other, braved the rumbling artillery fire from the city tower to direct the troops to pour a large amount of river water to block the movement of the Demoman, and in order to delay the attack momentum of the Tiance army, he sent the water army out of the moat to fight a water battle with the Tiance army. Under this kind of approaching attack, Tiance's boat bridge almost stopped, and some troop carriers were even destroyed by fire.

Seeing this, Guo Chongtao, who was furious, let go of his hands and feet, scattered all the warships, and forcibly inserted them into the center of the opponent's naval ships with the advantage of free power, plowing and sinking four large warships with brute force, and the accompanying ship's artillery frequently hit the opponent's warships.

Moreover, in the middle of the battle, the artillery battalion of the Tiance Army on the shore also began to project mechanical crossbow rockets to cover the actions of the navy, and the power of this powerful arrow against the wooden sailing ship was not small at all, and the Wusheng Army and the navy without steel cover were taken countless lives by this whistling arrow. When the battle reached the afternoon, Wang Rong, who was helpless, could only let the navy temporarily retreat and leave the battlefield. After expelling the Wusheng army, the navy once again vented its anger on the city defense of Hangzhou, and the Fuxing gunner, who had no time to replace the barrel, even poured the river water directly on the already red barrel, and after cooling, reloaded the shells to participate in the shelling of the city tower. Under the joint efforts of the land and water armies, the tower in the north of Hangzhou City was the first to collapse, and Wang Rong, who was under the command of the enemy, was crushed under the ruins, and his life and death were unknown. Taking advantage of the chaos on the city wall, the boat bridge was connected again, and countless demomen quickly crossed the moat and arrived at the gate of the city, regardless of whether the other party poured the city gate with copper juice or not, and directly built a large number of blasters. This time, without interference, the demolition team quickly ignited the lead, and the explosion sounded, and the brick and stone wall was instantly blasted into a gap of more than ten feet, and the pouring brick and stone fragments almost buried the demoman.

"Order the whole army to kill me." Seeing this scene, Xue Wanli commanded the troops to quickly cross the boat bridge and enter the city. At this time, the Wusheng army also went out of the city under the command of Gu Quanwu and fought street battles with the Tiance army.

"Order the whole army to retreat." Qian Biao smiled coldly as he watched the Tiance army enter the city, and led the team to withdraw from the southern city and go south. And the eight soldiers in the city who were ordered also set on fire, and for a moment the entire city of Hangzhou was shrouded in billowing smoke, and the eight black smoke pillars that rose into the sky were extremely dazzling at dusk.

"Nope." At this time, Gu Quanwu, who was still on the front line, couldn't help but wail when he saw the pillar of smoke in the city and the flames rising in the air, and was beheaded by the Tiance Army who followed immediately.

"The siege corps immediately dispersed to put out the fire, and the second echelon killed me." Xue Wanli raised the long knife in his hand and roared wildly, ignoring the fact that Gu Quanwu's corpse was gradually cooling under his feet.

However, the Badu soldiers who lit the fire in the city almost without exception fell into the catastrophe, and the people of the Flying Eagle Brigade and the Dragon Group went out one after another to start slaughtering this group of arsonists.

At this time, the city of Hangzhou became a noisy field, the sorrowful cries of hundreds of people, and the shouts of soldiers merged into a world full of noise, waiting for the dawn with those blood and fire.

"Fight the fire immediately." The person in charge of fighting the fire was Li Lisan, the chief of staff, and the tens of thousands of soldiers of the siege corps were divided into eight teams and other men of the Xuanyingwei organization to go all out to save the city of Hangzhou. And the rest of Xue Wanli's men and horses have also chased Hangzhou City towards the south city.

"This Qian Biao is self-defeating." On the Fuxing, Yang Tiancheng sighed as he watched the fire gradually disappear, but the smoke was still thick.

Wang Houchun was a little helpless, but then asked Guo Chongtao to lead a warship across Hangzhou into the Qiantang River, and arrived at the southernmost end of the Grand Canal, preparing to cross the Qiantang River to intercept the naval army of Wu Sheng's army.

The news of the Hangzhou Revolution was also quickly reported by Li Lisan, and the city army was immediately sent north to Li Xuanqing by clipper. And the drastic changes in Hangzhou he described also made Li Xuanqing determined to pursue Qian Biao to the end. Two years later, Qian Biao was caught up by the Flying Eagle Brigade on Liuqiu Island and ended his life.