In the county seat of Shanghai, Liu Lichuan, who has established the 'Great Ming Kingdom' and called himself the Great Ming State to manage politics and religion and recruit the generalissimo, frowned. yanKuAi

At this time, there were several people standing in front of him, one of whom was still saying: "Those Yu Shengjun Qing Demons are really weird, our department resisted to the death in Qingpu, although it once hit the Qing demons of the department, but these Qing demons are not only sharp, but also more than 3,000 people, it is really impossible to hold it!" ”

"So you fled?" Liu Lichuan was very dissatisfied, he knew that there were thousands of people in Qingpu, even if there were two or three thousand people from the Qing Demon, it was estimated that they would be able to defend it.

Didn't the Jiading side in front of him successfully repel an attack by the Qing army, why was it defeated so quickly when he arrived at Qingpu, and he couldn't hold it even for a day.

At this time, he didn't know that these people who fled from Qingpu to Shanghai lied in order to cover up their crimes, and directly doubled the strength of Yu Shengjun, and more than 1,000 people became more than 3,000.

I don't know even more that the members of the Little Knife Society in Qingpu City did not put up effective resistance at all, and they just ran away in a swarm after only an hour, not only did they not hit Yu Shengjun as they said, but in fact, Yu Shengjun not only did not kill anyone, but also did not even get injured.

Of course, the knives defending Qingpu will also run fast, except for those strong men who were forcibly driven to the city wall to assist in the defense, the core members of the knives club did not suffer many casualties, and most of them fled to Shanghai.

Liu Lichuan didn't know that these people were lying, but even so Yu Shengjun was enough to attract his attention.

"It seems that this Yu Shengjun is different from the Qing demons we have encountered before, if Qingpu City fails to hold it for a day, I am afraid that the other appearances around Shanghai will not last long!"

And now that those Qing demons have taken Qingpu, I am afraid that it will not take a few days for the troops to come to the city of Shanghai, and they need to transfer the surrounding forces back to defend.

Earlier, after the uprising, the Xiaodaohui had sent a large number of main forces to Jiading and attempted to attack Taicang, but they soon received news that Yu Sheng's army had advanced eastward and arrived in Songjiang.

The people of the Little Knife Club also got some information about Yu Shengjun and knew that Yu Shengjun was not easy to deal with, so they had already begun to send troops back to Shanghai.

However, now Liu Lichuan feels that Shanghai's troops are still not enough, and he has to continue to send troops back to help!

Liu Lichuan didn't know at all that now Lin Zhe didn't mean to go to Shanghai first, but directly took Yu Shengjun to continue eastward to fight Jiading.

And he didn't know that the reason why Lin Zhe made this decision was not military considerations, but out of the consideration of wanting to snatch the spoils of war in front of the Qing army.

When Liu Lichuan arranged the city defense in Shanghai and transferred the surrounding troops to defend Shanghai, Lin Zhe went straight to Jiading according to the predetermined tactics.

Jiading is only thirty kilometers away from Qingpu, and Yu Shengjun did not encounter any large-scale Taiping or Qing troops along the way, so the march was relatively smooth.

On the third day after conquering Qingpu, Yu Shengjun was already in the city!

The next battle was the same as when attacking Qingpu, because most of the thousands of troops originally stationed here by the Little Knife Society had been transferred back to Shanghai, leaving only a thousand people to garrison.

In the face of such a weak enemy, there was nothing worth mentioning in the whole battle process, Yu Shengjun first bombarded with artillery, and then stepped forward to suppress the city with muskets, and after killing a large number of enemy troops who dared to take the lead, Yu Shengjun launched a formal siege of the city.

After the intensive artillery bombardment and the volley of guns, the members of the Little Knife Club were able to stop it, and soon they were dispersed, and the remnants of the army fled to Shanghai!

After breaking the city, Yu Shengjun went straight to the county government and other places to collect the spoils, and even the members of the Little Knife Society who pursued those who escaped from the city only symbolically sent a cavalry company to pursue for half an hour.

"Yes, yes, the combat effectiveness of our army in this battle has been greatly exerted, and the fact that the city has been broken and controlled in a short period of time shows that the tactical literacy of all of you here has not lived up to my expectations!" What Lin Zhe said seemed to be about the war, but judging from the expressions of the officers present, they would know that this was not the case at all.

Shi Langyi on the side couldn't wait to speak: "Brother Bi, how is our harvest this time?" How many? ”

Seeing that the officers present all showed expressions like they were fascinated by wealth, Lin Zhe nodded slightly, and Bi Yutong immediately said after seeing Lin Zhe's signal: "The harvest is more than we expected, just silver and gold are worth 30,000 taels, and there are a lot of treasured calligraphy and paintings, and we have also seized a large amount of grain, which is enough for us to eat for a month!" In addition, there are more than 20 war horses and four old mountain splitting cannons! ”

Hearing Bi Yutong say this, everyone present showed a satisfied look, so many people ran dozens of kilometers to fight Jiading or really earned, the cash is only 30,000 taels, if you add others, it is estimated that the harvest this time is at least 50,000 taels.

In addition, not only did they have property and food, but they also captured more than 20 war horses, you must know that in this place in the south of the Yangtze River, except for the large-scale Qing army and the Taiping army, a large number of qualified war horses cannot be found in other places.

Lin Zhe had asked Xu Naizhao for more than 100 war horses before he could be regarded as setting up the shelf of the cavalry company.

Now for Yu Shengjun, the more war horses, the better!

"Pack up all your things, rest for one night, and then we will set off south to Baoshan and Chuansha!"

After taking Jiading and reaping such a trophy, Lin Zhe looked forward to attacking the cities that these knives would occupy, and some other small places were counted, and if he took Shanghai at that time, he didn't know how much he could capture!

The next day, Lin Zhe also did not stay in Jiading, and he didn't care what would happen to Jiading in a state of anarchy after he left, he directly took Yu Shengjun south.

Along the way, he successively divided his troops and almost swept Baoshan and other areas west of the Huangpu River, and the troops of the Little Knife Society encountered along the way could not resist at all, or they did not want to resist in the periphery, and the forces of the Little Knife Society on the periphery of Shanghai had been ordered by Liu Lichuan to abandon the peripheral areas and gather troops to defend Shanghai.

Along the way, Yu Shengjun's gains were not small, not only the trophies captured from the hands of the Little Knife Society, but also some of them were directly snatched by the big families in the cities they captured.

There is no way, the soldiers of Yu Shengjun are not good people, and Lin Zhe has never taught them that they are not allowed to take the masses with a stitch and a thread.

Fortunately, Yu Shengjun's military discipline was still very strict, at least before Lin Zhe officially ordered the public looting, the officers and soldiers of Yu Shengjun did not dare to go too far, basically only occasionally and selectively robbed some large households, and there was no such thing as large-scale arson looting.

Yu Shengjun swept all the way, and by the time they arrived outside Shanghai, the entire team had expanded to more than 2,000 people, of which more than 500 were minfu, who were used to help them transport a large amount of booty.

Some valuable materials don't need to be transported so much, the key is that Yu Shengjun's seizure also has a large number of grain and other larger items, which Yu Shengjun's baggage regiment can't carry, but he is reluctant to throw them away, so he simply found a lot of people to pick up these loot.

Of course, these people were forcibly recruited, and there was absolutely no salary, Yu Shengjun only took care of their food, and promised them that they could go home as long as they arrived in Shanghai.

Dragging a huge and bloated transport team, Yu Shengjun walked slowly for several days before arriving at the county seat of Shanghai!

After arriving at the outskirts of Shanghai, Lin Zhe did not rush to attack the city immediately, but first camped outside the city and built fortifications.

Before he came to Shanghai, he had learned from various sources of information, some people said that the number of thieves in Shanghai had reached 20,000 or 30,000, some people said that there were 10,000 and 50,000 thieves in the city, and some people said that it was about 10,000.

Regardless of which of these figures is accurate, one thing is certain, that is, there are quite a few thieves in the city, even if judged by the least, it is estimated that there are tens of thousands.

In the face of so many thief troops, even if Lin Zhe is arrogant, he will choose to let the army rest for a day or two first, and then try to tempt it, instead of saying that it is the same as attacking Qingpu, Jiading and other places, and directly set up a formation to attack the city when he arrives at the city.

However, as soon as this camp was stationed, Lin Zhe welcomed a few guests!

The leader is Su Song Taidao, which is commonly known as Wu Jianzhang of Shanghai Dao, and there are several Su Song Taidao officials behind him.

"I have heard for a long time that the Yu Shengjun under the command of Lord Lin is an elite division that is good at fighting, and when I see it today, it is really not in vain, and the momentum and appearance of your soldiers really deserve the word elite!" As soon as he entered Lin Zhe's tent, Wu Jianzhang threw over a tall hat.

Lin Zhe looked at Wu Jianzhang, who was wearing an official robe, but the information about this person that he had collected during this time came to his mind.

This person was born as a merchant like himself and donated an official hat, in the early years to Shanghai and close contact with foreign merchants, was considered to have the talent of Tongyi, and then was appointed as Su Songtai Bingdao, became the main official in modern China and foreigners, after the knife will take the county seat of Shanghai, it is rumored that this person was captured, but later escaped and re-established power in the British concession in Shanghai, trying to unite the foreigners to recapture Shanghai.

These are all rumors about him that Lin Zhe has inquired about these days, as for whether he has ever been captured by the Knife Society, whether he escaped by himself or was rescued by foreigners, these are not what he knows.

Now Lin Zhe is looking at him, and Wu Jianzhang is also looking at Lin Zhe!

He Wu Jianzhang has also heard the name of Yu Shengjun several times, especially after Yu Shengjun entered Jiangsu, he always pays attention to the movements of the army, and also knows the deeds of the army to easily take Qingpu, Jiading and other cities.

However, he was a little surprised by this Lin Zhe, this Lin Zhe was too young, and this person was just standing there, Wu Jianzhang could feel the difference between Lin Zhe, not as immature as ordinary young people, but also without the kind of insightful gaze of a mature official.

This Lin Zhe looks a little weird! xh118