Zhang Bingzhen and Wang Yi captured the Zheng family's fierce general Gan Hui in Hangzhou City, and Fang Yuan also began to mobilize troops and horses in Shaoxing Mansion, preparing to support Hangzhou Mansion, and defeated Zheng Sen, who had been defending Hangzhou Mansion for at least half a year.

Jing Jie went south to pursue the Japanese and brought 10,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry and 10,000 infantry battalion sergeants; 'Chigutai restrained Zheng Sen in Huzhou Mansion with five thousand Xuanjia iron cavalry; Now there are only 3,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry and 10,000 infantry battalion sergeants left in Shaoxing Mansion. At least half of these sergeants were new soldiers who had just been brought back from Henan and Jiangxi, and their combat strength was much weaker than that of veterans. And also to guard against Zheng Zhilong's Zheng Bing in Jinhua Mansion.

Fang Yuan estimated that no more than 8,000 people could be sent to Hangzhou Mansion.

Fang Yuan's attack alone was afraid that he would not be able to give Zheng Sen a fatal blow, so Fang Yuan immediately sent people to contact Chigutai in Huzhou Mansion, reorganize his army, and prepare to enter Hangzhou Mansion and attack Zheng Sen's main force.

Ten days later, Fang Yuan finally received an urgent report from Zhang Bingjian and Wang Yi.

There is good news and bad news in the urgent report.

The good news is that the two of them led the Ming army of 3,000 Hangzhou guards to attack Gan Hui's grain supervision team who came to Hangzhou to urge grain according to the agreement.

The bad news is that because Gan Hui was brave and good at fighting, he actually fought his way out of the heavy encirclement of 3,000 Ming troops, and fled to the Phoenix Mountain outside Hangzhou, where he defended to the death.

This Gan Hui was named by Fang Yuan to be captured alive, Wang Yi didn't dare to be careless at all, and immediately sent troops to surround the foot of Phoenix Mountain, even if he couldn't attack the mountain, but he couldn't let Gan Hui slip away like this.

Fang Yuan's plan to capture Gan Hui was only half successful, and in desperation, he could only lead his army to deal with the defense of Hangzhou City.

Zheng Sen was also caught off guard when he saw that the Hangzhou Mansion was suddenly in trouble, and immediately sent an army to Hangzhou City. When he arrived at the city of Hangzhou, Zheng Sen was faced with two choices, one was to attack the Ming army besieging Phoenix Mountain and relieve Gan Hui from the siege; The second is to directly attack Hangzhou City and take Hangzhou City first.

Zheng Sen thought about it, since Hangzhou City surrendered to Fang Yuan, Hangzhou Mansion would definitely not be able to hold it. The Ming army that attacked Phoenix Mountain was laborious. It is better to take Hangzhou City before the Xuanjia army arrives, and then loot the money and grain in the city.

Hangzhou City used to be the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, the so-called heaven has Suzhou and Hangzhou, Hangzhou has always been the same famous rich place in the south of the Yangtze River and Suzhou. If he could loot the gentry and wealthy merchants in Hangzhou, it would be enough for Zheng Jun to eat enough, and then retreat from Rongnan.

Zheng Sen abandoned the plan to attack the Ming army on Phoenix Mountain and instead implemented the plan to attack the city of Hangzhou.

In order to snipe the support of the Xuanjia Army, Zheng Sen immediately ordered the tiger general Zhou Quanbin's 5,000 soldiers and horses to leave the right guard of Hangzhou, camp according to the dense terrain of the Beihe network in Hangzhou Prefecture, and snipe the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry from the south of Huzhou Mansion step by step; Another tiger general, Feng Xin, led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the southeast of Fenghuang Mountain at the junction of Hangzhou and Shaoxing, guarding the Qiantang River and sniping Fang Yuan's reinforcements.

Zheng Sen led the only remaining 15,000 Zheng troops from Hangzhou Wei to prepare to attack the city of Hangzhou.

When Zheng Jun arrived at the city of Hangzhou, he didn't even send a messenger, and began to attack the city without saying a word.

Zhang Bingzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, saw that Zheng Sen's military purpose was to capture Hangzhou City at all costs, and as for the purpose of capturing Hangzhou City, it was already clear.

Hangzhou City is now irreversible, and the only way to survive is to defend Hangzhou City and wait for the Xuanjia Army to come to the rescue.

Commanding Wang Yi to pursue Gan Hui, he had taken away most of the guards in Hangzhou City. There are only 2,000 guards still left in Hangzhou City. Just 2,000 people have to defend the huge city of Hangzhou, which is obviously a drop in the bucket.

Fortunately, there were at least one million people in the city of Hangzhou, and Zhang Bingzhen immediately organized 5,000 strong people who volunteered, distributed weapons, and began to board the gate of Hangzhou City to guard them.

The city of Hangzhou had a total of seven city gates, three water gates, and seven thousand defenders scattered among the ten city gates, each with only 500 to 1,000 people. In the face of the siege of 15,000 Zheng troops that broke through a little, they were still overstretched.

In the face of the onslaught of the Zheng army, whether they can hold Hangzhou City, whether Zhang Bingzhen or the official gentry of Hangzhou City, the people actually have no bottom in their hearts, they can only hold one day and count one day, and they hope that the reinforcements of the Xuanjia Army will arrive as soon as possible.

Fang Yuan led his army to the east bank of the Qiantang River five days after the expedition, and according to the report of the Tanma, the pontoon bridge along the upper and lower reaches of the river for 100 miles had already been demolished by the Zheng army.

Zheng Jun's tiger general Feng Xin camped on the opposite bank, and his mission was not to annihilate the enemy, but to snipe Fang Yuan's Xuanjia army across the river to buy Zheng Sen valuable time to attack the city of Hangzhou.

Seeing that the Zheng army was defending the river on the west bank of the Qiantang River, he proposed to Fang Yuan to immediately collect the people's ferries and fishing boats, and take advantage of the night to forcibly cross the river and attack the Zheng army on the other bank.

Fang Yuan vetoed this suggestion in his heart, and forcibly crossed the river, Zheng Jun on the other side was not a fool, if he crossed half of the attack, wouldn't that be self-defeating?

What he wanted to adopt was the strategy of the Red Army forcibly crossing the Dadu River, that is, to turn upstream and downstream, avoid the main force guarded by the Zheng army, and then forcibly cross the Qiantang River.

Fang Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Commander Feng, if you forcibly cross the river to attack, you may suffer heavy losses. My suggestion was that I stay here and use the forced crossing of the river as bait. You lead the elite main force to turn upstream, and if there is a pontoon bridge that has not been demolished, immediately force the Qiantang River. If there is no pontoon bridge that can cross the river, and the main force of the Zheng army is not seen to come to snipe, you can also rent civilian boats and build pontoon bridges to force the river to cross. ”

Feng Ting was on the expedition with Fang Yuan for the first time this time, and when he heard his strategy of making a big detour, he was greatly surprised, and suddenly said, "When our army crosses the river, then go north to attack the Zheng army on the other side of the river!" ”

Fang Yuan shook his head and said, "Hangzhou City is in danger, after you cross the river, immediately lead the army directly into the main force of Zheng Sen under the city of Hangzhou, and you must hit the main force of the Zheng army in one battle and relieve the siege of Hangzhou City." Zheng Jun on the other side, when you relieve the siege of Hangzhou City, you will return to the army to support, and then I will cross the river to pursue, and I can win a complete victory! ”

Feng Ting is also a veteran of the battlefield, Fang Yuan's move is simply a surprise assault, Zheng Sen under the city of Hangzhou would never have dreamed that Feng Xin's Zheng army was still guarding the Qiantang River, and the Xuanjia army had been killed under the city of Hangzhou.

He sighed deeply, and the other party praised him from the bottom of his heart, "Governor Fang is really like a god with soldiers!" ”

Shi Lang had already reported to Fang Yuan that Feng Ting had raided the Zheng army's military camp in the Zhoushan Islands and captured Lin Xishan, the general of the Zheng army's naval division, alive, and Fang Yuan had already included Feng Ting in the ranks of important young generals. This expedition with the army was Fang Yuan's personal test of Feng Ting, and if he could pass the test, he would be reused.

Fang Yuan couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't say anything about compliments!" Clever plans are indispensable, but fierce generals who can carry them out are even more indispensable. Commander Feng, the lives of millions of people in Hangzhou City are all on you! ”

Feng Ting half-knelt on the ground and received the military order, "Governor Fang, if I can't relieve the siege of Hangzhou City, I am willing to apologize immediately, and never come to see Governor Fang again!" ”

Fang originally wanted to appease him with a few words, and he didn't have to kill himself if he didn't have the expected results, but when he thought that if he could die and come back to life, Feng Ting might be able to burst out with amazing potential, so he didn't say much.

That night, Feng Ting led 5,000 elite main forces to pull out the camp overnight and go upstream to find a good opportunity to cross the river. Fang Yuan stayed in place and arranged for the 3,000 sergeants who stayed behind to start pretending to build a pontoon bridge to confuse Zheng Jun's ears and eyes.

Feng Xin, who was defending Fang Yuan on the other side, didn't notice anything abnormal, and saw that Fang Yuan was still slowly building a pontoon bridge, just sticking to the same place. His wishful thinking was to wait for Fang Yuan to build a pontoon bridge, and when he crossed the river, he only half-crossed and attacked, defeating Fang Yuan's main force in one fell swoop.

Ten days later, Feng Ting's Xuanjia army finally found a suitable place to cross the river after turning two hundred miles along the river, and seeing that the Zheng army on the other side did not chase after him, he immediately gathered local fishermen and boat people, requisitioned all the people and fishing boats, and promised to build three pontoon bridges overnight with a heavy reward.

In the early morning of the next day, the pontoon bridge was completed, and the 5,000 Xuanjia troops easily crossed the river along the pontoon bridge, and began to march eastward with light troops, killing the Zheng army under the city of Hangzhou.