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Zhang Liang suddenly realized when he heard Zhu Hongsan scolding him, and hurriedly sent a small boat to the back to call the supply ship and unload his artillery.

While the Guangdong Navy was busy reducing the waterline, the escapees of the Manchu Division had already returned to Hangzhou City. There were 10,000 officers and men of the sailor division who followed Tian Xiong, and now less than 1,000 people have returned, and there are dozens of small boats.

Zhang Cunren, the governor of Zhejiang, was originally going to wait for Tian Xiong's good news at the Chaomen Gate by the riverside, but he didn't expect that what he was waiting for was the remnants of the defeated army.

Governor Xiao Qiyuan whispered to Zhang Cunren: "Lord Zhang, seeing that the water master has failed like this, what should we do?" ”

Zhang Cunren knew that Xiao Qiyuan meant to give up Hangzhou, there were now millions of people in Hangzhou, and there must be spies from the Ming Dynasty, but he had less than 15,000 soldiers in total, and even if he added the 4,500 people in the city's garrison Eight Banners, it was less than 20,000. However, the garrison of the Eight Banners are all old and frail people, and the strong people have been transferred to Jiangxi to fight, and Hangzhou really can't hold on to this situation.

Looking at Xiao Qiyuan's anxious appearance, Zhang Cunren knew that he wanted to say the words "abandon the city" by himself, so that he Xiao Qiyuan would have no responsibility for escaping back to Jiangning, and he would have to bear the charge of abandoning Hangzhou, an important town in Zhejiang. Zhang Cunren is not stupid, so he naturally knows what the hell Xiao Qiyuan is fighting.

"Lord Xiao, we are deeply favored by the regent, and now is the time for us to repay the favor, how can we abandon the city and flee?" Zhang Cunren blurted out a big truth, saying that Xiao Qiyuan was speechless.

Seeing that Zhang Cunren didn't go to Xiao Qiyuan, he couldn't help it, so he could only ask: "Since the adults are ready to defend the city, how should they defend it?" ”

Zhang Cunren thought for a moment, now there is only the rejection of the city to hold on, the pseudo-Ming Shui division is powerful, maybe their soldiers are not so strong in combat effectiveness.

"Lord Xiao, now we have to concentrate all the forces of the whole city to defend the city, you lead the officials of Hangzhou Mansion to arrest all the families in the city who do not cooperate with us, and those who resist will be beheaded immediately, you can't be merciful in an emergency, these people have hypocrisy, if they open the city gate at a critical moment, it will be all over!"

After arranging Xiao Qiyuan, Zhang Cunren said to several generals: "Now that it is the moment of life and death, I hope everyone will work together, as long as we hold Hangzhou, and wait for the reinforcements of Governor Hong, we will definitely be able to defeat the army of the puppet Ming!" ”

After Tian Xiong's death, there were still several Han generals in Hangzhou, including Jin Li, the general soldier of Zhejiang, Mei Le Ezhen, Wu Ruju, Mei Le Ezhen, Li Shutai and others. These people are all people from the Manchurian Han Army Banner, and they are all Zhang Cunren's absolute henchmen, and now at this time, Zhang Cunren can't trust those new generals of the attached army. The families of these generals are all in Beijing, and they also know that their families will not be able to do well if they don't work hard to fight, so when they heard Zhang Cunren say this, they all said that they would obey the orders of the governor and would definitely defend the city wall.

Zhang Cunren looked at the army's heart and said: "Now there are less than 20,000 people in the city, and it is very difficult to hold the thirteen gates of Hangzhou. Jin Li you take 3,000 people to guard Fengshan Gate, Wu Ruyu you take 3,000 people to guard the Chaomen, Li Shutai, you lead 3,000 people to guard the Jiangmen, Zhu Mala, you lead 4,500 people to garrison the Eight Banners as a reserve, that city gate is in danger, you go to that city gate, I myself take 3,000 people to personally guard the water pass Qingbo Gate! ”

After Zhang Cunren arranged for the generals, they began to prepare separately, and the first step was to clean up the shacks under the inner city wall. After the Hangzhou city wall was built in the early Ming Dynasty, after hundreds of years of development, the fire path under the city wall was occupied by the people, which was really dangerous, if the enemy used fire to ignite the shacks under the city, the surrounding houses would be set on fire immediately. Now in order to deal with the new army in Guangdong, the whole city of Hangzhou has been turned into a city manager, and the houses have been demolished piece by piece.

Just as the city of Hangzhou was preparing to meet the enemy, the Guangdong navy, which was seventy miles away, was still worrying about the waterline. More than a dozen ships ran aground in the middle of the river, and there was no dock in this place, and it was really inconvenient for the guns on board to be unloaded. However, the power of man was endless, and finally a temporary passage was built between the two ships with large wooden piles, and the official dismantling of the artillery began.

The naval artillery is different from the light artillery of the army, in order to maintain the firing range, the naval artillery is generally stupid and thick, and the eighteen-pounder gun is 1,000 catties, and it takes ten people to lift it, so the Guangdong Navy dismantles the artillery on the supply ship little by little.

At last, after the ten guns were unloaded from each ship, the bottom of the ship finally floated, and everyone was very happy to see that their labor had finally borne fruit. Zhu Hongsan was also very happy, and ordered everyone to speed up and strive to get all the ships moving before dark.

With the efforts of all the sailors, at last at eight o'clock in the evening all the ships floated, Zhu Hongsan looked at the sky and decided not to rest tonight, since the Manchus already knew that they had arrived, they could not leave them a chance to breathe. Zhu Hongsan waited until the last ship was ready, and immediately ordered everyone to set off, and tonight they all fought at night.

Most of the ancient armies were not well nourished, so few fought at night, of course, not counting the novels and dramas. When the generals on Zhu Hong's three sides heard that there was going to be a night battle, they hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, the vision is not clear at night, and our army is still going to land, it is too dangerous, it is better to wait for a night and fight tomorrow morning." ”

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said: "No, the naval battle at noon was very large-scale, Hangzhou must have gotten the news, now most of the Qing army in the entire Zhejiang is concentrated in Hangzhou, if you don't take this opportunity to eliminate them, let them escape to the countryside after the battle can't fight, so we must take Hangzhou in one fell swoop before the Qing army can react!" Wang Xian! ”

Qian Lide's injury was not yet healed, so he stayed in Zhoushan to recuperate, and Wang Xian, the deputy of Jinyiwei, followed Zhu Hongsan's side and waited for Zhu Hongsan's order at any time. Now when he heard that the emperor was looking for him, he hurried forward.

"Wang Xian, how are your Jinyi guards preparing in Hangzhou City? Can you open a city gate? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, in the afternoon, the secret agents of Jinyiwei came with the news, the Qing army in Hangzhou City learned that His Majesty's army had won the victory like a frightened bird, but under the constraints of Zhang Cunren, the governor of Zhejiang in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they made up their minds to resist to the death, and the news we got was that the Qing army was ready to defend the four city gates near the river, so our people in the city could only choose the weak guard of the north city gate, and they decided to open the martial arts gate to welcome the heavenly soldiers into the city!"

"Martial Arts Gate? Good name, pass the order to Zhao Guodong, and when he arrives in Hangzhou for a while, let him go around to the Wulin Gate of Beicheng under the cover of naval artillery to enter the city, and he must take Hangzhou City in one fell swoop! ”

Since Emperor Zhu Hongsan decided to fight a night battle, others could not oppose it, only the twenty warships that carried out the execution and lost weight were the lead, followed by countless supply ships and transport ships, which were pressed down like dark clouds like the city of Hangzhou under the cover of the moonlight.

Zheshan Town was less than seventy miles away from Hangzhou City, and Zhu Hongsan's fleet took advantage of the sea breeze and finally arrived in Hangzhou City in the middle of the night. Zhu Hongsan stood on the bow of the ship and saw that the entire Hangzhou city wall was brightly lit, and it seemed that the Qing army had not slept all night, waiting for his arrival.

Hangzhou City is a bit like an inverted triangle, inserted between the West Lake and the Qiantang River, at the bottom of this triangle is the Fengshan Gate, Wangjiang Gate, Hou Chao Gate, Qingbo Gate, here is also the main area guarded by the Qing army.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the majestic Hangzhou city wall and sighed: "The Hangzhou city wall was built in the Three Kingdoms era, developed in the Song Dynasty, and was the capital division in the Southern Song Dynasty. But now the city wall is built by Zhang Shicheng, who fought for the world with Emperor Taizu Gao, and after Zhang Shicheng's defeat, it has been repaired for many years, but it is said to be a strong city in the world named after several big cities such as Nanjing, Beijing, Yangzhou, Luoyang, and Wuchang. But look, which of these cities has been guarded for more than ten days? Nanjing surrendered, Beijing surrendered, Yangzhou defended for a day, Wuchang Luoyang is even more so, it seems that no matter how thick the city wall is, it can't stop the people's hearts from scattering! ”

Zhu Hongsan sighed a lot here, but unfortunately there were not a few stinky feet around him, and the scholars were afraid that the swords and guns would have no eyes, so they hid far behind the supply ship, and now Zhu Hongsan was surrounded by Qiu Ba, who didn't know a single big word.

Zhang Liang, the commander of the fleet, didn't know what the emperor was talking about, and the thick city walls couldn't stop his heavy artillery.

"Your Majesty, now that the ship has docked, is it okay to open fire and attack!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Let's start attacking!" ”

Now it is Jin Li who guards the Fengshan Gate in Hangzhou City, he has seen countless black and pressed ships on the river by the moonlight, he is a land general, and it is the first time he has seen this kind of big sea ship with the same high side as the city wall. Seeing that these boats could not dock because of the draft problem and could only stop in the center of the river, Jin Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If a big ship like the Ming army can dock, it will be repaid, and there will be no siege equipment at all, and you can directly build a gangplank from the side of the ship to climb the city wall.

Jin Li saw that the big ships in the river were anchored one after another, and knew that the attack was imminent, so he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, get ready, the Ming army will attack the city in a while, kill a Ming army for five taels of silver, everyone fight bravely to kill the enemy!" ”

Of the 3,000 people Jin Li carried, 1,000 of them were personal soldiers who followed him to the north and south, and their combat effectiveness was not bad, and now they let out a wolf-like cry when they heard the lord say this.

At this time, the Ming army ship in the opposite river launched a rocket, which exploded in mid-air, Jin Li knew that this was not some kind of fireworks set off during the festival, and the Ming army began to attack the city. Jin Li was just about to let the people around him pay attention to the artillery of the Ming army, and rows of white smoke came out from the big ship of the Ming army opposite, and after a few seconds, the loud sound of the artillery came in front of him, and the first wave of artillery bombardment of the Ming army came.

In order to reduce the load, the Ming warships unloaded ten guns per ship, but in this way, each ship also had thirty guns, one side was fifteen, and twenty ships were three hundred cannons.