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The mountains of southern Anhui and the vast sea wrap this fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River from both sides.

The righteous people in southern Anhui rose a little later, but the momentum was rapid. The entire territory of Huizhou Mansion and the southern border of Ningguo Mansion were all returned to the Ming Dynasty, and the rebel army even marched to Xuancheng, the capital city of Ningguo Mansion.

The sun-illuminated earth of the white flowers overhead, and the green leaves of the trees on the side of the road seemed to be dripping with oil.

A thousand foot soldiers marched north through Fuyang and stopped the army of the Northern Expedition of the Zodiac Zhou near the Huizhou Mansion. There were 3,000 people at the beginning of the Zodiac Zhou, and they collected righteous soldiers all the way, and when they reached the border of Huizhou, there were more than 9,000 people.

The sergeant of the former battalion in eastern Zhejiang was only seen three miles away from the Zodiac Zhou camp, and the messenger took Zhai Zhe's name card to report it.

Half an hour later, news came from inside, ordering Zhai Zhe to go and see him.

Zhai Zhe wore a civilian dress and walked with Zhang Huangyan and Fang Jin.

Nearly 10,000 horses of Huang Daozhou were stationed at the foot of a mountain in the left, middle and right, and Zhai Zhe and the three of them entered the camp and went all the way to the big tent of the Chinese army, and no one came out to greet them.

The soldiers at the gate first blocked the way, and then reported inside, letting Zhai Zhe in, and Zhang Huangyan and Fang Jin stayed outside the door.

There were two rows of mighty soldiers standing on both sides of the big tent, and Zhai Zhe saw Huang Daozhou's face with a stern expression, his face and muscles were like stone carvings carved by a knife, and his eyes were staring straight at him.

He didn't stop until he walked fifteen steps away from the ecliptic, bowed his hand, and said, "Meet the elder of the pavilion." ”

"Why don't you kneel!"

It's like the sound of jumping out of an iceberg.

Zhai Zhe was stunned, he came here to fight against the Qing Dynasty, not to quarrel. It is understandable that the righteous men in southern Anhui embraced the Tang Dynasty, there are many mountains in southern Anhui, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if they are well managed, they can threaten important towns such as Wuhu and Nanjing, which can relieve some pressure in eastern Zhejiang. Under this kind of dangerous situation, the various factions of the Ming Dynasty should seek common ground while reserving differences, rather than being hostile to each other like this.

He said in a very calm tone: "The last general will be the Duke of Yue Guo who is sealed by the Lu Prison State." ”

He tried to eliminate the emotion in his tone, and he was not unhappy, he was afraid that Zodiac Zhou would be unhappy.

Huang Daozhou suddenly stood up from his seat, pointed at Zhai Zhe's nose and scolded: "King Tang has ascended the throne, why doesn't King Lu retire from prison?" You recovered Hangzhou, why didn't you report to the King of Tang, but supported the King of Lu to seize eastern Zhejiang. ”

Zhai Zhe didn't know how to answer, the clay man also had three points of anger, how could anyone in eastern Zhejiang dare to speak to him like this? King Lu was also polite when he saw him.

Huang Daozhou's anger has accumulated from Fuzhou to the present. Zheng Zhilong refused to go on the Northern Expedition, and only gave him 3,000 weak soldiers, and even the supply of grain and grass was provided by the prefectures and counties along the way. This Zhai Zhe is not a good thing, after recovering Hangzhou, he is about to open the power of the government. In his opinion, the generals are vulgar, all of them have selfish interests, and none of them are loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhai Zhe sighed and said, "The last general is here to discuss the battle situation in Ningguofu with the elder of the pavilion, not to argue. ”

It was this laughter that made Huang Daozhou even more angry, and said: "Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion are both the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so you don't have to bother." ”

The reason doesn't make sense, Zhai Zhe suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, or decided to say a few more words, and said: "The righteous soldiers of Huizhou and Ning Guoqun are full of blood, but after all, they have not experienced war, they don't understand the battle formation, and they can't be enemies head-on with the Qing captives. These places are mountainous and continuous, and the rebel army can defend the mountains and the cities, gradually wear out the vigor of the Qing captives, and it is best not to fight in the field, and not to risk attacking the big cities of the Qing captives. ”

Huang Daozhou didn't listen to a word, in his eyes, King Tang was orthodox, King Lu was divided, and it was rare for him to allow him Zhai Zhe to stand in front of him and speak.

He sneered and said, "If you are lucky enough to win a battle, you should also point in front of me!" ”

Zhai Zhe only appeared, and the auxiliary of the Longwu Dynasty in front of him was really unreasonable.

He sighed secretly and said, "Elder Ge said so, I can only leave!" ”

"Don't send it!"

Huang Daozhou saw Zhai Zhe leaving, and there was an indescribable joy in his heart, thinking that he had thwarted Zhai Zhe's plan.

The reason why he led the northern expedition so quickly was stimulated by the conditions that Liu Suifeng discussed with the Tang King. Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion are near eastern Zhejiang, and the imperial court in Fuzhou will not go on a northern expedition, so it is difficult to guarantee that it will not fall into the arms of King Lu. Seeing Zhai Zhe's gray out of the account, he was secretly glad that he acted quickly, and there was no delay in the march along the way, so he didn't let King Lu take the lead.

Zhai Zhe took Zhang Huangyan and Fang in and out of the camp, and when he walked a mile away, he turned his head and pointed to the barracks hidden in the shade of the trees, and couldn't help but say, "How can such a barracks be undefeated?" ”

Zhang Huangyan persuaded: "Please Yue Guogong for the great plan!" After all, Huizhou is related to the flank of eastern Zhejiang. ”

Zhai Zhe shook his head, "I want to!" It's a pity that Zodiac Zhou doesn't look down on me. ”

Huang Daozhou reprimanded him, and did not hide his contempt for the victory in eastern Zhejiang, he came here, and then went to run Huizhou, and it was not good to meet each other.

A thousand soldiers and horses returned the same way, and the yellow rice on both sides of the road ten days ago turned into green seedlings.

In the past few days, all the summer grain has been harvested, and the late rice has also been planted, but the original plan for southern Anhui will be stillborn. The changes in the battle situation are strange and strange, and everything can be expected.

The war situation in southern Anhui was very delicate, so subtle that the Tang king was in a hurry to send the cabinet scholar Huang Daozhou to the Northern Expedition.

If it weren't for Zhai Zhe's victory in Hangzhou and the stimulation of his troops on Chongming Island, the Tang King might not have felt the threat of King Lu.

Liu Suifeng, who was in Fuzhou, thoroughly touched the thoughts of Tang Wang and Huang Daozhou. As he said before, King Lu won the battle, and of course King Tang couldn't wait for the turtle with a shrunken head. If Huang Daozhou stabilized the situation in southern Anhui, Zhai Zhe would not have so much bargaining capital.

……

Under the city of Hangzhou.

Several fast horses galloped from the north, and in recent days the Yangtze River was rampant, and these people crossed the river at the boundary of Nanjing, and went straight to Hangzhou without stopping.

Duoduo knelt down in the big tent of the Chinese army to receive the order.

This edict was nominally the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but in fact everyone knows that it was written by the regent of the Qing Dynasty, his brother Dorgon. Although he expected that the content of the edict might not be good, after listening to it, Duoduo did not expect his brother to reprimand him so harshly.

With the edict in his hand, Dodor immediately summoned the generals in the Great Tent.

The war has been unfavorable recently, and all the generals in the army know that there is nothing good about the Holy Decree today, and they look at Duoduo's face and carefully separate the sides.

Seeing that the generals in the tent had arrived, Duoduo put the edict in front of his eyes, and said gloomily: "I know that some people have been very careful in attacking the city recently, so careful that they are reluctant to kill a soldier, but..."

He suddenly slammed his fists on the desk, and the iron arrows crackled and crackled.

"But that's the end of it, the deadline is one month, and the city of Hangzhou will be captured! Otherwise, I'll have to borrow a few heads to appease the regent's wrath. ”

Whether it was the Eight Banners Jurchen Jia La Ezhen or the newly surrendered Han chief soldiers, they were frightened by his actions and did not dare to come out.

"Bolo!"

"In!"

"Hangzhou City is lost by you, and you will attack the north gate tomorrow!"

Bolo had just returned from Songjiang, and the soldiers who had been marching in the scorching heat had not yet been rested, and they did not dare to be disobedient at all, and promised: "Oh! ”

"Zhang Cunren!"

"In!"

"Go back to Nanjing City immediately, dismantle the thirty city defense cannons for me and transport them to Hangzhou!"

"Wow!"

Duoduo waved his sleeves and said sharply: "All the troops and horses will go back today to rest and recuperate, and attack the city tomorrow!" Don't let me do it until I know I regret it. ”

The point of the battle in the south of the Yangtze River was in Hangzhou, and if Hangzhou could not be captured, the Qing army could not enter eastern Zhejiang. It is impossible to defend the long coastline and the banks of the Yangtze River. The braids on the heads of the people in Jiangnan have been cut, but as long as Hangzhou City is still there, these people will have flames hidden in their eyes when they see Qing Yu.

Only by capturing Hangzhou and completely cutting off the hope of these people can they acquiesce to this braid in their hearts.

That night, there was no shelling.

The city of Hangzhou enjoyed a rare night of silence.

The next day, dozens of iron cannons outside the north gate fired in unison. Feng Qin had just finished breakfast, and when he heard the movement, he felt that today was unusual, and ordered all troops to be vigilant as soon as possible.

The east, west, and north gates have long been gone, and some earthen houses have been piled up on the inside of the city gates to prevent the Qing prisoners from rushing into the urn city.

The cannon bombardment did not stop, and the watchful soldier pointed to the behemoth that was slowly approaching in the distance, and shouted: "Siege engine, siege vehicle!" ”

The herald galloped to the headquarters to report to the army.

Feng Qin ventured into the bombarded cave and looked out, where siege engines, taller than the city walls, crawled like snails from the flanks of the artillery camp, followed by shield carts, archers, and armor soldiers carrying ladders.

Feng Qin raised the clairvoyant mirror and saw that there were many black-scaled soldiers pushing the shield cart outside the north gate. Those were Jurchens, not Han Chinese who had just shaved their heads.

The city of Hangzhou was immediately like a water tank smashed into a boulder, and the soldiers and strong men of the various departments were concentrated on the inside of the three gates, and the cavalry went out of the camp to patrol the streets of the city.

The shield carts and archers of the Qing captives walked fast, slowly passing the siege vehicles to the front. Qing Lu has learned the lesson of the previous day in the past few days, and the shield cart is covered with a damp bedding, which can prevent the Flying Fire Crow from burning.

The bird gunners at the head of the city hid behind the battlements of the city wall, and half of the armor soldiers rushed into the Tibetan soldier cave, and there were wrestlers carrying tiger squatting cannons standing at the entrance under the Tibetan soldier cave. Yuan Qizhou pinched his waist, watching the sun in the sky panting, before this battle was fought, he was already too hot to stand it.

The archers are getting closer.

The fire crow at the head of the city wall rushed down with a sharp cry, and although it could not burn the shield cart, if it shot the archers who followed behind, it could directly kill them.

The sound of artillery did not stop until the shield carts were a mile from the city wall.

The battle was fierce from the start.

The archers pressed the head of the city behind the shield carts, and after the ladder was mounted, the armor warriors surged upwards like a tide against the current.

The siege engines that lagged behind crawled like snails, the soldiers laid planks and straw along the way to allow the huge axles to pass through the potholes, and the siege engines were followed by a dense crowd of archers and armor.

A mile from the city wall, the archers behind the siege engine first got into the car and climbed the top along the wooden ladder.

Duoduo has not worked in vain for more than ten days, and the height of each siege vehicle is nearly three or four zhang higher than the city wall, and the outside is covered with wet cowhide, and there are people in the car who are constantly watering to prevent water from steaming under the scorching sun.

More than a dozen flying fire crows crashed into the siege engine with brilliant flames, as if they had encountered a hard city wall, and turned into flying sparks and fell to the ground.

The armor soldiers who followed behind broke out into cheers when they saw it clearly, and the wrestlers pushed the siege engine to march quickly, and the archers on the top of the siege vehicle stood in their positions with their bows and arrows, and had a bird's-eye view of the defenders at the head of the city.