Pujiang Houlou Jiye, now as the chief general of the Ming army on the front line of Raozhou, is also the biggest threat to Zhang Yingxiang. When www.biquge.info heard that Wang Fu and Lou Jiye had met, his heart immediately calmed down a lot. The two soon reached an agreement, Zhang Yingxiang sent Wang Fu away, and began to mobilize the troops of various counties and flood areas to prepare, while Wang Fu got into a carriage and went to Wuyuan County overnight.

It's just that he does know Lou Jiye, but Lou Jiye doesn't know him. To be exact, the two have never met at all.

After fooling Zhang Yingxiang here, Wang Fu rushed to Wuyuan, naturally trying to persuade Lou Jiye. It's difficult, but it's half the story, and if it works, the future will be bright.

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While Wang Fu was striding towards a bright future, the battle on the Qiantang River had already begun.

In recent years, the Qing army has taken a defensive position on the front line of Xincheng and Fuyang, and the Qing army has blocked the river with iron cables here, and the ships cannot pass through directly, but the Zhejiang inland river division is originally used to transport the army, and it is only used to transport the Yongjia division to the Tonglu line.

According to Chen Wen's plan, after the Yongjia division arrived in Tonglu, it continued to advance and launched an attack on the Qing army's defense line from Xincheng County in Hangzhou to Fuyang County. There were many ways to attack, mortars, trenches, collapses, etc., etc., in short, his task was to wipe this line of defense off the ground and march to Hangzhou in a dignified manner.

The Yongjia division is fully staffed, with more than 10,000 soldiers, and the Pujiang battalion led by Chen Guobao as a cover on the flanks. What's more, their task is only to attack the fortification, and when they encounter the main force of the Qing army, they will turn to the defense on the spot, nothing more.

When the Yongjia Division and the Zhejiang Inland River Division set off from Jinhua, the Zhejiang Coastal Patrol Division also concentrated most of the ships and set off from the Zhoushan Naval Division Base and went straight to the Qiantang River.

The Qiantang Water Division of the Qing Army, formerly the Su Song Water Division, was already a rare elite unit in the Manchu Water Division. However, the number of ships and artillery of the 3,000-soldier naval division could not be compared with the Taizhou naval division that annexed its strength at the beginning of its establishment, and in the next two years, Chen Wen purchased Fujian ships in order to ensure the safety of the coast, and now has nearly three times the strength of the Zhejiang coastal patrol naval division.

While Li Ruixin was advancing towards Xincheng County, the two naval divisions of the Ming and Qing dynasties had a confrontation in Hangzhou Bay. The officers and soldiers of the Qing Army's naval division had been in the army for a long time, and their experience was naturally richer than that of the Ming Army's naval division, which was mainly composed of fishermen from the coastal areas of Taiwan, Wenzhou, Ning, and Shao. However, in a water battle, it is not experience and bravery that can decide everything, and the size of the ship and the number of artillery have gradually become the key to the real decision of victory or defeat.

After receiving the news that the Ming army was preparing to cross Hangzhou Bay to transport troops to the north shore, the Qiantang Navy Division was exhausted, and a large number of ships sailed into the sea in the direction of the river. On the side of the Ming army, the number of ships was even more amazing, slowly sailing from the sea and sky.

In a similar scene, starting with the Opium War more than 180 years later, the Western powers opened the gates of the Qing Empire with their strong ships and artillery, and then China entered an even more humiliating era - an era of double oppression by Manchu slave owners and European colonizers. However, today, the ships coming from the open sea are bringing the cannon fire of the Han civilization to burn Yidi's bloody blood!

The Ming fleet advanced in a double column as the command center of the naval division, and Yang Kai's flagship was in the middle of the right flank. The fleet slowly sailed into Hangzhou Bay, and he knew that further forward was the shield of Hangzhou, and the Qiantang River, which had been regarded by the Manchus as a natural danger to block the offensive of the Ming army in Zhejiang all these years.

It's a pity that most of the old brothers when he first entered the water camp are no longer visible. Especially Qian Bin, the former commander of the water battalion, the old boss who had taught him too many things, had already died in Lanxi. However, this did not affect him to achieve this goal for those old brothers.

"Report to Yang Shuai, the Qiantang Water Division of the Tartars has been dispatched."

"Keep going, and run into them and break them. There are not many big ships in total, all of them are sand boats, and they really dare to come out and die. ”

Sand boats are flat-bottomed boats in the offshore water, with shallow drafts, not afraid of running aground, and large carrying capacity, often more than four or five thousand stones. However, due to the flat bottom, poor wave breaking and slow speed, it is more suitable for transportation, and it suffers more in naval battles.

The Zhejiang coastal patrol sailors continued to sail westward, and these two-gun ships purchased from the Ming army in Fujian broke through the waves and soon appeared in front of the Qing fleet. Then they drove at a speed they couldn't believe, making it clear that they wanted to take advantage of the speed difference to take the lead.

Wang Jing silently looked at everything in the distance, his brows furrowed almost invisible. The gap between the ships is too big, there is no way to fight this battle, rather than sending them to death, it is better to return to defend the Qiantang River as soon as possible, even if it is just to give some threats to the Ming army crossing the river, it is stronger than the annihilation of the whole army.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Before a single shot was fired, the ship was about to begin to slowly turn and evacuate. However, the difference in the sailing speed between the two sides was too great, and the Qing army's fleet had just completed its turn, and the two Fu ships at the head of the Ming army's double column formation had already reached the range of the bow gun.

"Fire!"

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At the moment when the naval battle of Hangzhou Bay was underway, the sand boats of the Zhejiang coastal patrol division and a large number of civilian ships requisitioned from the civilian sector sailed out of the military port of Guanhaiwei in Ningbo in batches.

These ships were loaded with troops and the necessary baggage, and there were enough of three war battalions, the Nantang battalion and one of the former and one of the posterior barracks. The three battalions sailed out of the military port by boat, and slowly headed north under the protection of the ships escorting the ship.

"Brother Ma, your task this time is very heavy!"

Chen Wen's words really stunned Ma Xin, the current direction of attack of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang is Hangzhou, let him go to Jinshanwei, and maintain a sense of existence from a distance of eight zhang, how do you look at it, it doesn't look like there is any important task. But Chen Wen had an order, and he had to act as ordered.

"The last general will never live up to the trust of the commander."

Out of the military port, the fleet was divided into two, Ma Xin took over the command of the Luling Division, Hou Guoyuan as the commander of the Nantang battalion, and took the battalion head with the most brilliant record under Chen Wen to the north and went to Jinshanwei, while Chen Wenqin led the front and rear battalions and the Huiji County Wangfu Guards to go straight to the Zhapu Qianhu in Jiaxing Mansion.

Zhapu Thousand Households, Yongzheng years had set up a garrison of eight banners here, two thousand Manchurian soldiers, from Hangzhou and Jiangning garrison eight banners, but the establishment is a naval division. But now, this is still the coastal guard station, and even because the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, the guard post is even more decayed.

"You are meritorious."

"The king has regained the lost territory, the villain has no fists and no courage, he can't drive forward for the king, but he just opens the door to meet the king, it's really ashamed, ashamed."

The fat Zhapu Qianhu palm print Qianhu knelt on the ground, and he almost threw himself to the ground. He knows the fate of the officials of the health centers in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming military groups are devouring the old guards to consolidate and strengthen the basic plate, and he is not a fool to be able to get the palm prints of thousands of households, so as soon as the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies arrive, his official position in the guard is over, and he will absolutely resist from the bottom of his heart.

But Chen Wen's current prestige, he never dared to say a word, so when the secret agent of the Military Intelligence Department came to ask him to cooperate, this Qianhu very acquaintance agreed, in order to be able to make a merit or something. However, when Chen Wen said this, he became scared. There is no way, the gentry of Hangjiahu and other officials of the health center all say that Chen Wen of Zhedong is a moody murderer, who knows how to understand this so as not to anger Chen Wen.

"There is no etiquette of kneeling in my Jiangsu and Zhejiang kings."

The cold words, but when he heard Qianhu's ears, they were as comfortable as a breeze, and they stood up tremblingly, seeing that Chen Wen was not dissatisfied with this, the huge stone fell to the ground.

"The villain is willing to die for the king, and he will not hesitate to do it."

"Well, this king asks you, have any other people come to persuade you to do it these days?"

Qianhu knew what Chen Wen was referring to, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the king's words, there are a few scholars who come to me, but only the king is worshiped in the villain's heart, and he will never dare to agree to them." However, as far as the villain knows, many gentry in Jiaxing Mansion are now privately linking up with the green camp and the officials of various prefectures and counties, saying that they want to ......"

"I know, you write down everything you know and give it to the palace captain. Wait for the order of the Left Army Governor's Office, and then report to Jinhua, what kind of position it is, and then it will be assessed according to your personal ability. ”

"The villain understands that the villain must know everything and say everything, and the villain will definitely serve the king wholeheartedly in the future, and he will never dare to be lazy."

"Let's go down."

"Whoa."

Chen Wen knew very well that what Zhangyin Qianhu said was that someone came to persuade him anyway, he must be referring to letting those Manchu officials defect to Zheng Chenggong, which does not need to be clarified at all. Now Zheng Chenggong has become a harbor for the gentry of Jiangnan and Hangjiahu to avoid the strong winds in eastern Zhejiang, just tossing some scholars who have won the Manchu Qing Dynasty and measuring the acres of land scared them like this, which shows what they have done all these years.

It's just that Hang Jiahu was originally hinted at by Zheng Chenggong to Chen Wen in his letter. Today's counteroffensive momentum is Chen Wen's roll, he went north to cut off Chen Wen's fat to his mouth, and he always has to say something, so that the two can cooperate in the future. Otherwise, Jiangbei is a reinforcement that the Manchus will inevitably go south, and the south is a friendly army full of hostility, and the next thing will not be so easy.

Zheng Chenggong's idea is a businessman's thinking, and Zheng Tai let Zhoushan out with a word. There is no way to do this, after all, Chen Wen is now strong and occupies a large area of land. What's more, there is still a huge space for cooperation between the two in sea trade, so there is no need to make too much trouble.

However, Zheng Chenggong didn't know that Chen Wen didn't mind much about it. Because Zheng Chenggong also carried out such a Northern Expedition in history, once it is explained by fate, the pimple in mind will disappear.

In particular, Zheng Chenggong's failure back then completely changed the trend of Chinese history, and now it can help one or two, at least Chen Wen is psychologically satisfied. That's why Zhang Zisheng entered Fujian and coerced Geng Jimao and Liu Qingtai; That's why Ma Xin led the Nantang Battalion to attack Jinshanwei in the sea to attract Liang Huafeng's attention and try to contain him there.

He didn't have to worry about it, and he also tied up the famous general of the Qing army who sent him back to the liberation overnight before the liberation in Su Song, which was already considered benevolent and righteous. As for the rest, especially if you want to change the personal will of Zheng Chenggong, who is so proud inside, it is impossible to do it, and there is no need for that.

Things have been done as many as they have been, and the rewards are of course. Hang Jiahu was already on Chen Wen's lips. What's more, now the Manchu Qing Dynasty has added a sweet cherry to this cake, and if you don't eat it, you will be sorry for Shunzhi's kindness. As for those gentry, Zheng Chenggong didn't care, and Chen Wen didn't need to care whether they were satisfied or not.

"According to the original plan, the rear battalion disembarked and went north to attack Jiaxing Fucheng, and the former battalion continued to sail west with Ben Shuai to join the Jinhua Division."

"The last will obey."

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After Chen Wen landed in Zhapu along the way, he set off to divide his troops, while Ma Xin and the Nantang battalion also recovered Jinshanwei without danger.

"Ma Shuai."

"Yu Yu."

Yu Youming's family is a hereditary officer of Jin Shanwei, although his father has passed away, but when he appeared in Jin Shanwei in person, the uncles in those guards had his guarantee, and they did not hesitate to go to Chen Wen's banner anyway.

"According to the lowly uncles, Liang Huafeng's thief is still in Songjiang Mansion, because in recent years, Qian Yingkui's Su Song Righteous Army has made too much trouble, attacking the county seat, flood land and the smaller Qing army, and was just defeated by Liang Huafeng not long ago, but recently it has become active again. In addition, it is rumored that the Fujian Wang Shi entered the Yangtze River and defeated Zhenyi, who was stationed in Nanjing, and Su Song's Tartars were likely to rush to help. ”

Before leaving, Chen Wen had hinted to Ma Xin that the Fujian Ming army would have a big picture in Jiangnan, so he was ready to help him.

Obviously, it was only a partial division, but Chen Wen asked him to set off with the Nantang Battalion, the strongest battalion leader, obviously with great confidence in the Yanping Domain. It's just that Ma Xin didn't expect that Chen Wen's prediction would be so accurate, and the Fujian Ming army really entered the Yangtze River and achieved a great victory that was enough to subvert the Manchu Qing rule in Jiangnan.

"Wait a few days, and we'll figure out what's going on."

However, instead of waiting for a few days, the person they were waiting for arrived in a hurry that night.

"Uncle Qian."

"Youming's nephew, I haven't seen you for a few years, but I've grown up and grown taller. If only your father could ......"

Ma Xin and others were none other than Qian Yingkui, the leader of Su Song's anti-Qing rebel army, who called himself General Pingnan. After receiving the news that Zheng Chenggong was going north, Chen Wen sent someone to contact him. And last year, Qian Yingkui also sent people to Jinhua to contact Chen Wen to go north, but Chen Wen was still digesting the fruits of victory at that time, and he had no spare strength to continue the attack, so he had to put it aside for the time being.

"A few months ago, Li Jingluo went to the army of the last general and said that there would be a big move in April and May. At that time, the last general thought that Li Jingluo had contacted the king, but he didn't know until a few days ago that it wasn't like that at all. ”

Compared with Zheng Chenggong, Qian Yingkui is more inclined to Chen Wen, because he was inspired by Chen Wen when he got into trouble, in recent years, the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has also won successive battles and has strong strength, while the Fujian Ming army has come from the sea, and there are many troops, but I have never heard of any too well-known achievements before, compared to Chen Wen, he has always been unstable, so once he received contact, he rushed over directly and waited for the dispatch.

"Don't hide it from Qian Shuai, Li Jingluo did not contact the king of my family before, but Yanping Fan had a correspondence with the king of my family, mentioned this matter, and strongly invited the king of my family to go north, so the king of my family will send the leader of the Nantang camp to come. Not for anything else, just to attract the attention of Su Song Tartar. ”

Hearing this, Qian Yingkui immediately understood the doorway. There was obviously a contradiction between Li Zhichun and Chen Wen, and it was probably Chen Wen's work of measuring acres that angered these scholars. Now that Ma Xin has made things clear, he is asking him to stand in line - whether to follow Li Zhichun or Chen Wen, choose one of the two.

"The last general is willing to serve the king for the work of dogs and horses, what is the use of Ma Shuai to be the last general, just command, the last general has no two words."

Li Zhichun is just a civil official, and now it is clear that he is a powerful general, and even Zheng Chenggong chose to contact Chen Wen, so he is even less optimistic about this old man.

"Then there will be Lao Qian Shuai, and after the matter is completed, the king will also go to Shu Tianzi to find a background for Qian Shuai."

Li Zhichun promised Qian Yingkui that he was an earl before, and Ma Xin is now a count himself, so it is naturally impossible to make his words too clear. However, in the current Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming Army, there is a county king, five marquises, and a total of eleven counts including Chen Guobao, Hou Guoyuan, An Youfu, Ma Xin, Hu Laijing, etc. The weight of the court's words must be greater than Chen Wen, and the title can even be taken care of by the generals, Qian Yingkui has followed Wu Risheng to fight the Tartars back then, and has never surrendered to the Qing rebels, so he doesn't need to mention it.

After the cooperation is negotiated, all that remains is to get things done so that we can receive this salary. So, Ma Xin told his plan and inventory, and greedily looked at the sand table and map used by the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Qian Yingkui nodded from time to time and agreed with the plan.

"With this plan, I guarantee that Liang Huafeng will die without a place to be buried!"