Chapter 108: The defenders' hearts are shaken
As soon as Zhang Biwu heard what Xuan Jianhao said, he was also nodding again and again, Xuan Jianhao's suggestion was indeed not wrong! If Wu Sangui really raised troops, he would wait for the back of his ass to be burned, which is not a good thing!
Zhang Biwu pouted, he was thinking about what to do! This Wu Sangui! It's really reassuring.
Just as Zhang Biwu was thinking about how to deal with Wu Sangui, someone hurriedly came in to report, and Wu Sangui sent someone to escort Ye Chengge and Huang Xiyin here.
Zhang Biwu was so happy to get this news! Wu Sangui brought Ye Chengge and Huang Xiyin here, didn't he tell Zhang Biwu that he would not collude with the Manchus? And if Zhang Biwu killed Ye Chengge and Huang Xiyin, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would definitely be angry with Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui didn't sacrifice the two, how could the two die?
What's more important is that Ye Chengge and Huang Xiyin were the people who tricked Zheng Zhilong into surrendering to the Manchus, if they were escorted to Zheng Chenggong's army, then Zheng Chenggong would be grateful to Zhang Biwu, and Zheng Chenggong would be able to kill the two of them to sacrifice his father and younger brother to the heavenly spirits!
Wu Sangui knows this, Wu Sangui did this, but he gave Zhang Biwu a great favor!
Zhang Biwu naturally asked Ye Chengge and Huang Xiyin to escort them to Zheng Chenggong, and let Zheng Chenggong do whatever he wanted. Zhang Biwu had to write another letter to Wu Sangui to thank Wu Sangui for sending the two of them, a deep friendship, Zhang Biwu should remember it in his heart!
Zhang Biwu focused his attention on Hong Chengchou again and had a good confrontation with Hong Chengchou.
In this way, the two sides confronted each other for half a year. Hangzhou was also besieged for eight months. Grain and grass are no longer sustainable. The people in the city are also disheartened, and everyone wants to be safe, and they are not willing to defend it anymore.
Zhang Biwu knew that it was the best time for Hangzhou City to be breached, if he didn't take advantage of the situation to seize it, then how long would he have to stay? Moreover, Hong Chengchou and Yue Le led the Qing army, even if they wanted to attack him, they could not be eliminated.
The most important thing is that Shunzhi was angry and issued an edict denouncing Dorgon, who had already achieved success in the north. In a fit of anger, he simply returned directly to the land of Liaodong, and he no longer went south.
Dolgon's illness was aggravated, and Dordor was also sick, and this time, the army was temporarily replaced by Azig, so Dolgon could no longer lead his troops south.
As a result, the Manchu Qing were greatly weakened, and the Manchus could not recruit the Mongol cavalry to the south as before. In the past, there were Mongol cavalry, which would greatly increase the strength of the Qing army. Now that there is a small number of them, the Manchus will feel that their strength is insufficient, and it will be difficult to continue to use their troops.
Zhang Biwu judged the situation, he still doesn't focus on the south, where else do he want to put it? Gao Qiqian is now a good person! Sometimes these sinister villains are still very helpful to themselves.
Zhang Biwu came to Hangzhou secretly, and even if his whereabouts were exposed for this reason, he had nothing to worry about.
Because Zhang Biwu wants to show that he has returned to the city of Hangzhou, his focus has turned back to the land of Jiangnan, and he is bound to win Jiangnan!
As soon as Zheng Chenggong saw Zhang Biwu, of course, he still had to thank Zhang Biwu, thanking him for catching Ye Chengge and Huang Xiyin, and letting Zheng Chenggong kill these two people and avenge his relatives.
Zhang Biwu just smiled, revenge? To really capture the Manchu Tartars, especially the top figures, this is the real revenge!
As soon as Zhang Biwu returned to the army in Hangzhou, he was surprised by Shuosai, who looked at Zhang Biwu and knew that Zhang Biwu not only came alone, but also brought thousands of men and horses, which proved that he had strengthened his defense here.
Zhang Biwu also sent people to shoot arrows into the city to show the reason why he increased his troops under the city of Hangzhou.
No, the defenders of Hangzhou looked down from afar, and saw that in the distance were one after another men and horses coming to reinforce.
The north can't win, and it can't contain Zhang Biwu, but Zhang Biwu's men and horses have been strengthened, which is a blow to all the armies that are stubbornly defending in Shuosai!
Shuo Sai looked into the distance, and he heard the complaints of some soldiers again: "The court has abandoned us!" is still pretending to occupy the north and annex Zhang Biwu's territory in the north, so as to achieve the goal of occupying the Central Plains, but now? Not only can the Central Plains not be occupied, but even we will die in vain, and Jiangnan will be lost! It's so hateful! ”
Someone else said: "Why do we have to serve such a court?" They have all abandoned us! We still have to work hard for this, it's really not worth it! ”
Someone touched it and said, "Be quiet! The prince is not far from there! If we are heard, we will be miserable! And the one who spoke before said in a loud voice: "What are you afraid of!" I just said it! Kill me! ”
Shuo Sai heard these words, and he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, as if he had not heard, and he walked quickly.
It's not that Shuo Sai doesn't want to pay attention, but he knows it, because this is a lot of soldiers have such complaints, if he is punished, there will be more people to be punished! Many people have the same idea, and once they are punished, they will provoke a mutiny! In the past, the situation that often appeared in the Ming army allowed the Qing army to benefit from this and win, but I didn't expect it to appear in the Qing army now, what a circular retribution!
Shuo Sai sighed and said, "In the past, we used to laugh at the discouragement of the Ming army, which led to the victory of our Qing army, but now when I suffer from this situation myself, I can't do anything about it!" I finally understand the helplessness and sorrow of those who will face such a situation! Oh, yes! Hong Chengchou also had such a situation when he was surrounded by Songshan! The hearts of the people have been scattered, what can I do? ”
Oh, yes! Shuosai really has no way, and now Shuosai heard people shouting again, because they saw that Zhang Biwu was deliberately worshipping at the water gate of Hangzhou, and then he was worshipping at the West Lake, and then there was also the side to the west of Gongchen Bridge, and the direction of the Genshan Gate City in Hangzhou was also worshipped.
The most important thing for Zhang Biwu is to worship on the West Lake, because when Song Xiaozong Yue Fei was rehabilitated, he was reburied in Qixialing on the shore of the West Lake. Moreover, Wu Song is buried on the side of the Xiling Bridge of the Three Great Lover's Bridges in the West Lake.
Because it is said that Jiang Gan enters Longpu and has Song Jiang Tibetan Soldier Library, there is a crossbow that can hurt people, the city head of Hangzhou Genshan Gate still sometimes moves the temple, the gentleman on the beam goes to burn incense every late at night, and the Yongjin Gate is where Zhang Shun died, he is buried here, there is Liangshan Bo tomb in the west of Gongchen Bridge, legend has Liangshan Bo heroes and heroes buried in it, including Song Jiang.
Because of the heroes of Liangshan, and Shi Nai'an's book "Water Margin", many people know that Liangshanbo and Liangshan 108 heroes! These stories are deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Zhang Biwu worshiped the heroes of Liangshan in Hangzhou for this reason, and he also told the people of Hangzhou and the defenders that Zhang Biwu respected Hangzhou and did not want Hangzhou to suffer much trauma.
Zhang Biwu also paid homage to the great hero Yue Fei and the famous minister of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian, a native of Hangzhou! Under the city, Yue Fei and Yu Qian's sacrifices were recited aloud, and by the way, the spirits of the people of Hangzhou were also said.
Zhang Huangyan also appeared, after all, Zhang Huangyan is from Hangzhou.
The reason why he did not attack, but only besieged but did not attack was this, and he thought that it was best to let all the people of Hangzhou surrender to avoid the damage of the famous city.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Zhang Biwu did all this to disintegrate the defenders and break the city as soon as possible.
Zhang Biwu's worship of the heroes of Liangshan and the historical celebrity Yu Qian of Hangzhou has long been spread throughout the city, and everyone knows about this matter, and even Zhang Biwu's sacrifice to Qian has been memorized, written down, and spread around.
In this way, the people all over the city want to take refuge in Zhang Biwu, and only by surrendering can they avoid death.
There is also Hou Fangyu in the city of Hangzhou, he also wants to surrender, and Li Xiangjun by his side is very disappointed in Hou Fangyu, she used to think that Hou Fangyu is a great husband who does not forget his family and country and is dedicated to the country, a true man, but when the country is ruined, Hou Fangyu's defection, he serves the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which has disappointed Li Xiangjun.
And Hou Fangyu, who has now become a Manchu official, is afraid of being killed by Zhang Biwu because of the loss of Hangzhou, and he sees the warning spread by Zhang Biwu, as long as he comes to surrender, he will not be blamed in the past.
Hou Fangyu just wanted to take advantage of the friendship he had with Zhang Biwu, but he forgot that when his father Hou Sui supervised the army to save Kaifeng, he also offered a plan to kill Zhang Biwu! At that time, Hou Fangyu didn't care about his friends at all, but now that the situation is critical, he wants Zhang Biwu to care about his friends!
What a Hou Fangyu! After reading so many books, he read the way of Confucius and Mencius hard when he was a child, and he read all the etiquette, righteousness and shame from his mouth, but he didn't read it into his ears, let alone read it in his heart!
Li Xiangjun is naturally very dissatisfied with Hou Fangyu! She thinks she's looking away and looking at the wrong person! She likes to be talented and heroic, not this kind of fame and reputation, who is only greedy for life and afraid of death!
Even Gao Qiqian wanted to betray, he and Hou Fangyu had made a decision, they were all sighing and sighing at the situation they were seeing, very helpless, constantly shaking their heads and sighing!
At this time, someone had already sneaked in and found Gao Qiqian, and Gao Qiqian got Zhang Biwu's promise that as long as he could open the city gate, Gao Qiqian's mistakes would not be blamed in the past.
Zhang Biwu's handwritten letter fell into the hands of Gao Qiqian, which was used as evidence. As soon as Gao Qiqian got Zhang Biwu's handwritten letter, he was even more courageous.
It's just that Gao Qiqian is still afraid that it will not succeed, so he has to find more people to ensure that this plan can succeed. So now Gao Qiqian found Hou Fangyu, first flattered Hou Fangyu, let Hou Fangyu be the master, in fact, Gao Qiqian and Zhang Biwu privately contacted, he will be the hero who helped Zhang Biwu to break through Hangzhou, of course, this is a successful situation, if it fails, Hou Fangyu is the best scapegoat. (To be continued......)