The contemporary southern Jiangsu region is China's main agricultural production area, China's traditional wealth powerhouse, and any problem will attract the attention of the imperial court. I'll tell you that the fastest update of the novel is the eye. Hurry?

Now the knife will revolt in Shanghai, captured the county seat of Shanghai and even captured Su Songtai's soldiers and Wu Jianzhang alive, and expanded rapidly in the following days, the troops went out of the surrounding counties of Shanghai, and in less than ten days, they successively conquered Baoshan, Nanhui, Chuansha, and Qingpu counties.

In addition to Jiading County, in just about ten days, the Little Knife Society has conquered six counties under the leadership of Liu Lichuan and others, and has pocketed Shanghai and the surrounding areas, and its momentum is even greater than that of the Little Knife Society that revolted in Fujian.

Shanghai was conquered, and most of the Taicang Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture in southern Jiangsu fell into the hands of thieves, and the knife will be fierce, and it is likely to continue to attack the city, and there is a tendency to sweep the entire Susongtai region and spread to Jiaxing, Zhejiang, how not to panic the Qing court, how not to make those military and political officials in Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang frightened.

After the Shanghai incident, Xu Naizhao, the governor of Jiangsu and the deputy military affairs officer of the Jiangnan Daying, immediately dispatched troops to try to counterattack Shanghai, but the problem was that there were many troops in Jiangsu Province now, but they were mainly concentrated in the two places of the Jiangnan Daying and the Jiangbei Daying.

And these two large battalions are very important, they are used to besiege Tianjing and prevent the main force of the Taiping army from continuing to return north, and although the Qing army in these two large battalions has a lot of troops, but they are facing the main force of the Taiping army, the pressure can be said to be very great, if too many troops are transferred east to Shanghai, this careless estimate will be broken by the Taiping army.

Xu Naizhao, the governor of Jiangsu, was unable to scrape together many troops to advance east to counterattack Shanghai, and at this time, Lin Zhe's name appeared on his desk.

"I heard that Yu Shengjun under the command of Zhejiang Alternate Dao Lin Zhe is quite good at fighting, and he has been fighting fiercely with the thief army in northern Zhejiang for several months, beheading more than 2,000 and capturing more than 1,000 enemies, at this time the battalion is stationed in Huzhou, less than 300 miles away from Songjiang and Shanghai, if he can gallop to help Songjiang, a big thing can be done!" Xu Naizhao's staff said this to Xu Naizhao.

When Xu Naizhao heard this, he first showed a look of anticipation, but soon frowned!

Since Xu Naizhao replaced Yang Wending, who was seized from his post because of the fall of Zhenjiang, as the governor of Jiangsu, he has not slept peacefully during this time, he is not only responsible for the people's livelihood affairs of the entire Jiangsu Province, but also he is also the assistant military affairs of the Jiangnan battalion, and he also has to lead the army to fight with the Taiping army.

This made him, the governor of Jiangsu, very stressed, heavy military pressure, and the Taiping troops in Jiangning and Yangzhou were like a sharp knife, always hanging above his head.

Originally, he was anxious about these things, but now there is a small knife club in Shanghai, and he almost didn't get angry to death!

But it is obviously not enough to be angry, and the top priority now is to kill those knives in Shanghai and take Shanghai back.

The Susongtai region is an important granary and a major tax area in contemporary times, and there can be no mistakes, otherwise why would the Qing court establish a camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and why would it repeatedly fight for Zhenjiang with the Taiping army, nor to keep the southern Jiangsu region east of Zhenjiang.

Now it's a good thing, the tens of thousands of troops of the Taiping Army failed to hit Su Songtai to capture Shanghai, but were stabbed in the back by the Knife Society.

Now that he is facing the threat of the main force of the Taiping Army, it is impossible to draw too many troops from the Jiangnan battalion to counterattack Shanghai, but if he only sends a few hundred or thousands of people, it is estimated that he will not be able to defeat it.

It is true in history that Xu Naizhao was unable to draw too many troops to counterattack Shanghai, and he was dismissed the following year, and the Qing army finally relied on the support of foreigners in the Shanghai Concession, and finally captured Shanghai in early 1855 with the assistance of the British and French colonial troops.

Now, when Xu Naizhao heard the name Lin Zhe, he saw a glimmer of hope, he Jiangsu had no way to send too many troops to counterattack Shanghai, but there was still a Yu Shengjun in Zhejiang, if Lin Zhe could lead the army to aid Shanghai, and Yu Shengjun's previous record was not blown out, then it should not be difficult to recapture Shanghai.

But the crux of the matter is that the Yu Shengjun led by Lin Zhe is not under the control of him Xu Naizhao!

If you want Lin Zhe to lead the troops to help Shanghai, it is not easy, not only to get Lin Zhe to agree, but also to get Zhejiang Governor Huang Zonghan to agree.

However, even if it is more difficult, Xu Naizhao still plans to try one or two, no matter what, it is much better than letting Shanghai Xiaodao entrench in Shanghai.

Xu Naizhao's official document requesting Zhejiang to send troops to rescue Shanghai was soon sent to Zhejiang, Huang Zonghan looked at Xu Naizhao's official document, and immediately snorted coldly: "This Xu Xinchen is a good calculation, I Zhejiang spent countless amounts of money, and worked hard to maintain today's situation, and only then did the northern part of Zhejiang be saved from the scourge of the thief army, and now he wants us to send 3,000 troops to help them recover Shanghai!" ”

"Now my defense in Zhejiang is very tight, the thief army in southern Anhui is eyeing us, a few days ago I can send tens of thousands of troops over, although Lin Zhe led the army to repulse, but who knows if they will send troops to the south again!" Huang Zonghan told the truth, and in his heart he was very reluctant to send troops north to rescue Shanghai.

Now there are not many available troops under his hands, except for Lin Zhe's Yu Shengjun, the other green battalions, Eight Banners and other regimental exercises are scattered all over the house, and the defense is very tight, and now it can still be supported, and a large part of Cheng Dù still relies on Lin Zhe's Yu Shengjun.

Lin Zhe's Yu Shengjun garrisoned Huzhou, which can be said to have complimented the gateway to northern Zhejiang with the strength of one army, greatly liberating the strength of other Qing troops in Zhejiang, so that Huang Zonghan could send other Qing troops to other places in Zhejiang to guard against the Taiping army and suppress the localities.

Huang Zonghan was reluctant to send troops to Shanghai, and at this time, Lin Zhe of Huzhou Mansion also met with one of Xu Naizhao's staff.

This person's surname is Huang Yidian, about forty years old, is a lifter, currently under Xu Naizhao's account to give advice, since Xu Naizhao decided to ask Zhejiang Lin Zhe for help, he is to volunteer to come to Huzhou in person, trying to persuade Lin Zhe to send troops to Shanghai as soon as possible.

"Lord Lin, you and I both know that the south of Shanghai is Jiaxing, and Jiaxing is the gateway to northern Zhejiang, once the power of the Shanghai thief army grows larger, after becoming a sweeping trend, I am afraid that Jiaxing will not be protected, once the gateway of northern Zhejiang falls into the thief army, tens of millions of people in northern Zhejiang are afraid that they will be ruined!" Huang Yidian continued.

"At that time, I'm afraid that Lord Lin's Yu Shengjun will inevitably confront the thief army, in that case, why can't you preemptively annihilate them in one fell swoop before the thief army is strong, and eliminate the future trouble?"

Listening to Huang Yidian's words, Lin Zhe's expression did not change significantly, in fact, he didn't listen carefully to Huang Yidian's words at all, as the chief general of the first army, he has been training the army for half a year, even if it is an ordinary person, but he also knows some obvious strategic developments.

If Shanghai's Xiaodao Society really expands rapidly, it is possible to sweep through the Susongtai region of Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang at that time, and Lin Zhe, who regards Zhejiang as his rear base, will naturally not sit idly by and watch this happen.

In fact, there is no need to wait for Xu Naizhao's lobbyist to come to Huzhou, and there is no need to wait for Huang Zonghan's order to come, Lin Zhe himself has already begun to prepare to send troops to Shanghai.

Why?

Northern Zhejiang is the basic plate of Yu Shengjun, Yu Shengjun recruited troops in Shaoxing, and it is possible to recruit troops in the nearby Ningbo Mansion, Hangzhou Mansion, Huzhou Mansion and even Jiaxing Mansion, and Huzhou Mansion is the main source of military spending for Yu Shengjun due to the opening of the Huzhou Donation Bureau.

You must know that at present, Yu Shengjun's military expenditure is huge, and the government only bears a few thousand taels of silver per month, and the main military expenditure in the follow-up will depend on the income support of the Huzhou Donation Bureau, and it is foreseeable that the scope of the Zhejiang Donation Bureau will be further expanded, and Yu Shengjun will be able to get more military spending from it at that time, so as to truly lay the foundation of the army's military expenditure.

Therefore, Zhejiang, especially the northern Zhejiang region, is the basic plate of Yu Shengjun, and no one can be touched, whether it is the Taiping Army or the Little Knife Society, if it threatens the security of northern Zhejiang, it is equivalent to threatening the living space of Yu Shengjun.

In addition to the consideration of protecting the strategic security of northern Zhejiang, Lin Zhe also had to consider another point, that is, almost all of his sources of ordnance depended on Shanghai, and the purchased artillery and ammunition were all purchased from Shanghai, and the Linde Machinery Factory, which supplied all the rifles and some ammunition to Yu Shengjun, was in Shanghai.

The rise of the Little Knife Society in Shanghai has directly threatened Yu Shengjun's living space and ordnance supply.

However, although he had already decided to send troops to Shanghai in his heart, Lin Zhe opened his mouth full of shirk: "My Yu Shengjun suffered heavy losses in the first battle a month ago, more than 1,000 soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country, and they have not been able to recover their breath so far, and our army is currently lacking in training, and the cavalry is in short supply, so we can't afford to go east to Shanghai!" ”

Lin Zhe's shirk was within Huang Yidian's expectations, few military leaders would be happy to help others fight in this year, before coming to Huzhou, he had already obtained a certain authorization from Xu Naizhao, and he could promise Lin Zhe certain benefits.

So he immediately spoke: "I naturally know the difficulties of the adults, and the adults of my family will never dare to let your brothers run in vain, as long as your army is willing to rush to Shanghai, our side will naturally provide defense funds!" ”

Lin Zhe is not a politician or a businessman, so he has no interest in going around with Huang Yidian, so he just said, "How much?" ”

Huang Yidian was surprised by Lin Zhe's straightforwardness, but he still quickly replied: "Thirty thousand taels, if your army can take the county seat of Shanghai within a month and eliminate bandits, then add another 20,000 taels of silver!" ”

Lin Zhe shook his head after hearing this: "Mr. Huang, does you know how much my Yu Shengjun spends every month, at least 20,000 taels?" If you go to Shanghai to fight, the cost of this ammunition pension will be 30,000 yuan, and I will take someone to Shanghai to work for you for a day? Even if I agree, I'm afraid my brothers won't either! ”

Huang Yidian's face was embarrassed, this Lin Zhe dared to say that 50,000 taels had not yet been earned? Who are you fooling, this Yu Shengjun is only about a thousand people, and it will cost 50,000 taels to fight for a month, and it is unbelievable to kill him.

However, he didn't say this, but said cautiously: "What do you mean, Lord Lin?" ”

Lin Zhe opened his hand: "One hundred thousand taels, you can barely go one trip like this!" ”

After saying this, he didn't care about Huang Yidian's surprised look, but continued: "In addition, you also know that there is a shortage of mules and horses on my side, and if you want to fight, you must have a cavalry team to cooperate, so I have to bother you to provide three hundred war horses to ride!" ”

Huang Yidian frowned a little after hearing this, Xu Naizhao gave him a relatively large authority, saying that as long as Lin Zhe was willing to send troops and could conquer Shanghai City, it would be no problem to give 108,000 taels of silver, although there was a shortage of money in Jiangsu, but this lack did not specifically refer to the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu, but the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and what was lacking was not tens of thousands of taels, but millions of taels of silver.

Besides, even if Lin Zhe is given money, it is not Xu Naizhao's own, but the official money, if he can spend 100,000 taels of silver to let Lin Zhe send troops and recover Shanghai, this is no loss to Xu Naizhao personally, but if he can't recapture Shanghai for a long time, then he Xu Naizhao will be dismissed, and this is unlucky himself.

The two weighed each other, so Xu Naizhao gave Huang Yidian a great deal of authority.

Although there are a lot of cavalry and war horses in the camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, these are used to fight against the main force of the Taiping army, and it is not easy to embezzle.

Seeing that Huang Yidian's face was embarrassed and fell into deep thought, Lin Zhe did not urge him, but waited while holding the tea cup.

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