For several days after the "empty city plan", the city of Hangzhou was calm, and the Taiping army did not come to call for battle again.

On this day, General Ruichang rushed to find Yang Xiaoshan, and blurted out as soon as they met: "My lord, the reinforcements from the Jiangnan battalion are here." ”

Yang Xiaoshan was also overjoyed when he heard this, and finally transferred them out.

"I told you that General Zhang Yuliang has been sent to lead 10,000 people to come to the rescue, and according to the time left on the letter, it is estimated that it will be three days as soon as possible, and five days as slow as five days to reach our Hangzhou." Ruichang said with a smile on his face, he, the general of Hangzhou, could not escape, and he could be saved when reinforcements came.

"Then general, you must quickly withdraw the defenders to the city." Yang Xiaoshan prompted.

"Why? Reinforcements are coming! "Ruichang is still a little reluctant to go out of the city, hoping to successfully hold Hangzhou.

"Don't hide it from the general, I estimate that this long hair will attack the city in the next two days, and our empty city plan has been blinding them for several days. They should probably have a good time. Yang Xiaoshan said with a serious face.

"Then I'll evacuate people from the outer city to the inner city tonight." Ruichang was taken aback, this is the last moment, and there must be no accidents.

"Move quickly, no one but your soldiers can enter the city." Yang Xiaoshan said.

"Then you don't want the treasury silver, grain and grass in the outer city?" Ruichang is still a little reluctant.

Yang Xiaoshan thought that these were all reserved for the Taiping Army, but he couldn't let you take them, so he scared him and said, "How do you know that there are no long-haired spies in this outer city, what if you sneak into the city?" If you go back and immediately block the city, don't ask for silver and grain and grass, and the long-haired killer didn't grab anything, and he didn't fight with you? Let's defend the city is a great achievement. ”

"Yes, yes, or Lord Goshi has thought it through. The last general will go back and set up his men. Ruichang was stunned by Yang Xiaoshan, felt that he was very reasonable, and hurriedly went back on an errand.

Sent away Ruichang, Yang Xiaoshan found Hu Xueyan in Hangzhou again, Hu Xueyan was also frightened at this time, the rich businessman was the most afraid of long hair, once he entered the city, he didn't leave an inch of grass.

Seeing Hu Xueyan's somewhat panicked expression, Yang Xiaoshan lowered his voice and said, "A few days ago, General Ruichang and I were busy with military affairs and didn't have time to see you. But I'll have someone bring a letter to me, have you done everything on the letter? ”

"What did you mean by going all out to acquire real estate in Hangzhou? The little ones did so, but the little ones didn't figure it out, and the long hair was about to enter the city. Now, of course, the people who sell the house are selling at the price of cabbage, but as soon as Long Hair enters the city, I am afraid that if this battle starts, I am afraid that all of them will be burned, and then I will be bankrupt. "When the rich people in Hangzhou heard that the long-haired soldiers were coming to the city, many people dumped the sellers and ran away. If it weren't for Yang Xiaoshan asking him to do this, and trusting him very much, Hu Xueyan would never have taken such a big risk to buy a house at this time.

Yang Xiaoshan nodded, this Hu Xueyan really listened to himself, in fact, he asked Hu Xueyan to take over the house in order to make up for his losses before pitting him. If he doesn't listen to himself, he can only pit to death.

"Boss Hu, we are an old relationship, at this time I will give you the bottom, the city of Hangzhou will be blocked immediately, and the outer city will be abandoned." Yang Xiaoshan looked at Hu Xueyan and said word by word.

"Oops!" Hu Xueyan almost sat on the ground when he heard this, "My lord, all the belongings of the little ones are in Hangzhou City, my lord can save me." ”

"Since I have handed over the bottom to you, I just want to save you, and you will take the deed with me to Mancheng. Don't ask for money or food. Yang Xiaoshan just planned to leave all the money of Hu Xueyan and other wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou to the Taiping Army.

"Thank you for saving your life, but the little one has a lot of money in Hangzhou, so it's a bit heart-wrenching to give it all to the long hair." Hu Xueyan's money is not blown by the wind, businessmen still love money, no matter how much they give to others for nothing, no one can stand it.

"Didn't I give you an idea, I guess Longhair will only be able to conquer the outer city at most, and they won't stay long, and they will leave soon. The properties you bought at a low price are more than enough to make up for your losses. Think about it, if Longhair enters the city and doesn't get anything, will he retaliate and burn the whole city? At that point, you'll lose a lot of money. Yang Xiaoshan comforted.

When Hu Xueyan heard Yang Xiaoshan say this, he also recalled in his heart, this is reluctant to let the child catch the wolf, the valuable thing is still real estate, as long as the long hair does not move his own house, he has made a small profit. After all, most of the money in the money village has been bought into real estate, and a lot of grain has been transported to the capital, although there will be a lot of losses, but as long as the house is not destroyed, he may be able to make a war fortune.

"Hurry up and prepare, there are not many long-haired people, and they can't surround a city as big as Hangzhou. Even if the city can't be defended, we still have a place to run out, and your safety with me is guaranteed, rest assured. "Yang Xiaoshan has widened Hu Xueyan, he has already cheated other people's money, so don't let him be frightened, and take this opportunity to buy people's hearts.

"Thank you for your love, Hu Xueyan will not hesitate to go to the soup for the adults." Hu Xueyan is quite grateful, he has invested so much money in him, and he has not invested in vain, at least people still think of his own good, and he will have to increase investment in the future, the bigger his official is, the more light he will follow in the future.

That night, Yang Xiaoshan placed the lights of the city tower in a zigzag shape, giving Li Xiucheng a signal that he could do it.

Li Xiucheng also received the news that reinforcements from the Qing army had appeared on the border of Zhejiang, and Hechun sent Zhang Yuliang, the third person in the Jiangnan battalion, to lead 10,000 Qing soldiers to support. He saw Yang Xiaoshan's signal again and knew that this was a good time to make a move.

The next day, Li Xiucheng broke the outer city of Hangzhou without much effort. On the one hand, he sent people to monitor the situation in the city, and on the other hand, he stepped up the manpower to carry the silver and grain from the outer city.

After two days of hard work, Li Xiucheng cleaned up the outer city of Hangzhou, and at this time Zhang Yuliang also arrived in Tanglou Town, near Hangzhou.

Li Xiucheng waved his hand, "Withdraw!" ”

Hangzhou returned with a full load, and his goal was the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, so he didn't rub shoulders with Zhang Yuliang.

Li Xiucheng withdrew very quickly and did not destroy the city of Hangzhou, but only posted a lot of propaganda slogans of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom along the streets, preaching the policies of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the people.

At first, General Ruichang, who was full of cities, couldn't believe that the Taiping army would move so fast, so he sent a small soldier to follow the city wall from the inner city to the outer city with a rope to see the situation.

When he learned that the Taiping army was really gone, Ruichang was very excited, and immediately wrote a battle report to Emperor Xianfeng, boasting about how he relied on Mancheng to drive away Changmao, of course, he did not forget Yang Xiaoshan, and also took it with him, after all, it is more credible to have witnesses.

Zhang Yuliang, who was outside the city, learned that the city was not lost, Li Xiucheng ran away, and a stone fell in his heart, and he still had merit for driving such a long way, at least he could go to the book and suffer the enemy on his back, and flee without a fight, he still played a role.

Under Yang Xiaoshan's hint, Ruichang hugged Zhang Yuliang's thigh tightly and left him in Hangzhou, for fear that Long Mao would come back and forth.

The 40,000 people in the Jiangnan camp were reduced by half, Zhang Guoliang 10,000 went to Huzhou to support, and Zhang Yuliang 10,000 went to Hangzhou. Whether the Jiangnan camp can be eliminated depends on how the Taiping army seizes this opportunity.