Chapter 389: Blossom (2) (Text)
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The west gate of Hangzhou opened, and 11,000 soldiers rushed in, and Zuo Ruo greeted him at the door.
Although there are also open and secret battles in the army, as Zhai Zhe's two most important generals, there is also a kind of sympathy between Zuo Ruo and Feng Qin.
Both of them are generals, and Zhai Zhe has a good balance.
"On the orders of the adults, Hangzhou City is handed over to you!" Zuo Ruo walked hand in hand with Feng Qin.
Two days later, tranquility had been restored in the city, and in addition to the five gates, which were guarded by soldiers, the streets were occasionally patrolled by cavalry with tall horses.
Yesterday, some people in Dongcheng District took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble and robbed several shops that had been shaved by the owners. With Ji Hong's help, Zuo Ruo acted resolutely, arrested more than 20 people in half a day, and beheaded the public in the fourth archway, and a few stalls of blood restored tranquility to the entire city. Whether those people are all splashes involved in the robbery, Ji Hong is not completely sure. But Zuo Ruo didn't think about screening them one by one, he needed these heads, because his reputation really couldn't make the people of Hangzhou obedient.
For three days, the officials were forced to report to the governor's yamen.
The soldiers posted notices everywhere: "King Lu has an order, all shops are not allowed to close their doors, otherwise they will be punished as prisoners." ”
Within two days, after the officials of the people in Hangzhou cut off the rattails, they were no longer held accountable. Those who do not obey are beheaded; Those who take revenge privately, slash! ”
These are all Zhai Zhe's previous confessions, and he can't force the common people and gentry who shaved first into his enemies. In the situation that the strength of eastern Zhejiang is still weak, Zhai Zhe does not refuse any friend.
This is a big city with a population of hundreds of thousands, Zuo Ruo has never had experience in managing such a big city, but in three days, he handed over to Fengqin a restored Hangzhou, of course, there is an undercurrent surging.
"General Zuo has worked hard!" Feng Qin's expression is like the calm surface of the West Lake. Joy and anger are invisible, he does better than Zhai Zhe.
"It's you who work hard!" Zuo Ruo shrugged his shoulders.
Everyone knows that Hangzhou City will be the place of attention in the south of the Yangtze River and even the entire Ming Dynasty, and there are 26,000 soldiers and horses in the Fengqin Department and Li Zhi'an's Department, including 4,000 cavalry, who will be responsible for guarding the city of Hangzhou. But they alone are not enough. Relying on these generals could not make the entire city of Hangzhou submit, and the Qing Dynasty was also using Zhang Bingzhen, a civil official who had taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty.
"Hmm!" Feng Qin dismounted in front of the governor's yamen.
"The treasury silver and granary have been handed over to General Li of the Chinese army, and I will leave tomorrow."
Zuo Ruo didn't know where Zhai Zhe asked him to go, and after those breathtaking battles in the grassland, he never questioned Zhai Zhe's orders.
Che Feng's scouts and Zhang Cheng's sailors went north to investigate the movements of the Qing captives, and Feng Qin had at least four or five days to arrange the defense of Hangzhou City. Bolo retreated to the border of Huzhou Mansion overnight, and hurried to Nanjing to report to Duoduo, he was very angry and afraid. This was the second defeat suffered by the Qing army since the entry of the customs and after the Battle of Huaiqing, and he lost the city of Hangzhou.
The calm before the storm came, and both sides were gathering strength.
In front of the Dinghai Guard, gongs and drums are noisy.
Qian Sule led more than 40 famous gentry from Ningshao and other places to welcome King Lu from the humble barracks into Ningbo Mansion.
Zhai Zhe came to see him off at the gate of the barracks.
"Lord Qiqi, after the sneak attack of Ningshao Military Town the day before yesterday and took Hangzhou, the Qing Dynasty gathered a large army to besiege the city, and I must rush to Hangzhou. The people of eastern Zhejiang are looking forward to the inspirational work of the prince after he ascends the throne, and I am waiting for the good news of the prince in Hangzhou. ”
"Qing Zhen is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty!" King Lu was full of spirits, and the recovery of Hangzhou was too exciting.
Sending off King Lu, Zhai Zhe seemed to have thrown off a burden. As a military general, the farther away he is from King Lu, the more reassuring he can make those civil ministers.
"Come, the army packed their bags and migrated to the Xiaoshan territory."
The gate of the Dinghai General Military Mansion slowly closed, leaving only thirty soldiers stationed here.
"Drive!" Zhai Zhe urged the horse, unconsciously glanced back, and the waves in the distance seemed to be weaving a blue velvet blanket full of ****.
He has been dormant on the shores of the Zhejiang Sea for five years, and if he is shun, he may never return here.
Hangzhou and Fuyang became the main battlefields against the Qing captives, and Zhai Zhe stayed in Dinghai too far away from the battlefield to control the battle. But if he entered Hangzhou, it would be too far away from eastern Zhejiang to affect the government. Now he has two battlefields, and neither of them can afford to make a single mistake.
Therefore, it is most appropriate to set up a camp in Xiaoshan, adjacent to Shaoxing and separated from Hangzhou by a river, and he can block the road for Fang Guoan to retreat into Ningshao here. Now Ning Shao is his back garden, and he handed over this back garden to Zong Mao.
The cavalry galloped like the wind and reached Xiaoshan in half a day.
The soldiers built the barracks and built the destroyed roads, Zhai Zhe was reading the secret letter sent by Zong Mao, and Fang Jin's voice came from the door of the big tent.
"My lord, Chen Zilong asks to see!"
Zhai Zhe put away the secret letter, "Let him in!" ”
Chen Zilong did not know how to ride a horse, so he first took a boat from Ningbo Mansion to Xiaoshan.
As soon as he entered the door, Chen Zilong asked eagerly: "Yanzhi, why did you let me come here?" He originally wanted to go to Shaoxing to find Zheng Qianyu and go to support the king of Lu, but Zhai Zhe insisted on asking him to go with the army. He didn't understand the reason, but the ghost envoy still agreed to Zhai Zhe's request.
"Brother Wolzi, I have a great merit to give you, but it is also extremely dangerous!"
"Yan Zhi, please speak up!" Chen Zilong didn't buy Zhai Zhe's alarmism.
"I want to invite Brother Wozi into Hangzhou!"
"Hmm!" Chen Zilong was not too surprised. Zhai Zhe invited him to come to Xiaoshan, and he guessed that this was the purpose
"As Brother Wozi said, as soon as those old ministers of the court and the central government arrive, you stay in Ningshao like a dragon trapped in the shallows, and Songjiang and Hangzhou are the places where you can exert your strength. I ask you to go to Hangzhou as a superintendent, to assist my subordinate generals to guard the city, I will recommend you to King Lu as the governor of Zhejiang, after making meritorious contributions in Hangzhou, it is logical to enter the cabinet again. ”
"Yanzhi, I'm ......" Chen Zilong swallowed.
Courtiers colluding with military generals is taboo in government and politics, and he has always been very conflicted these days, but the situation of suddenly seeing the light of day makes him unable to control himself. He did not follow King Lu to Ningbo Mansion, but followed Zhai Zhe to Xiaoshan privately, which had actually indicated his choice.
"Without the help of Brother Wozi, I'm afraid that Fengqin won't be able to defend Hangzhou City!" Zhai Zhe's face turned solemn.
His words are half true, Chen Zilong has a great reputation in Songjiang, and when all the gentry in Hangzhou have been shaved and cleared, there is such a person who cooperates with people they are familiar with to Feng Qin, one sings with a white face, and the other sings with a red face, so that he can make the greatest use of the strength of Hangzhou City itself. Chen Zilong strengthened the armor protection in Shaoxing Mansion and controlled the riots of the victims, and it can be seen that this person is definitely a cadre. Feng Qin's reputation is insufficient, and he has no experience in managing local government affairs, and he will give people authority.
"In order to make a contribution to the defense of Hangzhou, does Brother Wozi still have scruples?" Zhai Zhe showed a slight look of disappointment. He's a great actor now.
"Of course not!"
There are some things that both parties know, but can't say.
If Chen Zilong is a figure as powerful and profit-oriented as Ma Shiying, Zhai Zhe does not need to use such means. But a Confucian who would rather write a book than be an official, Zhai Zhe must use more things to **** him, and of course it is worth his attention.
Be quiet.
Outside the tent, the intellectuals in the woods chirped merrily.
Zhai Zhe waited patiently.
"When will I enter Hangzhou?"
"Now!" Zhai Zhe first smiled slightly, and then bowed, "Hangzhou City will please leave it to Brother Wozi!" ”
Chen Zilong left Zhai Zhe's big tent with a mood of complacency and suffering, Fang Jin quickly followed Zhai Zhe's handwritten letter and led him to the sailor station by the Qiantang River.
If Zhu Dadian and Zhang Guowei arrive, they can bring Jinhua Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and Quzhou Mansion, but at the same time, it also brings all kinds of contradictions. And with Lu Jianguo, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, it is inevitable that the army will be sent to supervise the army, if there is a person who is insatiable and troublesome and has no ability, it is better to prepare in advance and push Chen Zilong to this position.
At least for a long time, their goals are the same.
Some places should be urgent, and some places should be slow.
It was the middle of leap June, and it was very hot.
Although they only gather for hundreds of miles, the Qiantang River is much hotter than the Dinghaiwei Station near the sea.
Zhai Zhe hid in the big tent shirtless, and most of the sergeants and soldiers were like this, enduring the torture of the scorching heat.
"It's such a hot weather, it's not easy for Duoduo to make a big move!" He scooped a towel from the bucket to wipe the sweat off his body. Since the conquest of Hangzhou, every day is very important, Zhai Zhe can think that there must be countless people in Jiangnan who are inspired by this news, and the blood in their hearts is aroused by the anti-shaving order.
Duoduo is just a defeated of his men!
Matsue Prefecture.
In Kunshan County, Wang Yongqi, the former academician of Yunyang Fu, Yang Yongyan, the county magistrate, and others gathered the righteous people, killed Yan Maocai, the county commander appointed by the Qing court, and promoted Wang Zuoyi as the commander, and raised troops against the Qing Dynasty.
In Jiading County, the squire Hou Tong met all the gentry in the city, divided the people in the city into three classes, had money to pay, and made a strong contribution, and set up the banner of "Jiading Restoration and Suppression of Righteous Division" in the city, and raised silver to raise volunteers everywhere.
Suzhou Prefecture.
Wu Yi, the former staff member of Shi Kefa, raised a righteous division in Taihu Lake, gathered 100 boats, and captured Wujiang County.
Outside Jiangyin City, Qingwang Mountain.
Three hundred bare-headed soldiers with rat tails trotted forward, and they were ordered by the prefect of Changzhou to encircle and suppress the anti-shaving and anti-Qing Jiangyin county.
Qinwang Mountain is densely wooded, the road is cloudy, and it is particularly cool to walk here, and the pace of the soldiers naturally slows down, and then they will arrive at Jiangyin County. After killing the mob, they can also take the opportunity to burn and loot on a large scale, no matter how you think about it, it's a beautiful difference.
The commander raised his hand: "Rest on the spot, and go to Jiangyin in half an hour to kill these untouchables who don't know whether they are alive or dead!" ”
The soldiers sat in groups on the side of the road, tearing at their soaked clothes.
"Bang!" There was a bang in the jungle, followed by a scream.
The soldiers were awakened, stood up, and looked around.
"Kill!"
The shouting and killing in the mountains and forests is like the tide of the Qiantang River in August, and the mob with knives leaps out of it, and there are 10,000 people in all directions.
The big waves of Qi Tian overturned the panicked boat, and two hours later, three hundred rat-tailed grades were hung on the head of Jiangyin City.
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