Chapter 117, the leading party on Phoenix Mountain (I)

ps: Correction, the Xianxia Pass at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian in the previous article should actually be the water dividing pass, although the Xianxia Pass is also on the border of Zhejiang and Fujian, but it is located inland, closer to Quzhou. The dividing line on the southern coast of Wenzhou is the water dividing pass, and I confused the two passes as soon as my mind was broken.

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For the lords of Hangzhou Mansion, the sudden appearance of the thief fleet on the Qiantang River was simply a heavy blow to them.

Since the once rampant Japanese rebellion in the Jiajing period was suppressed and pacified by a generation of famous generals Qi Jiguang, Hangzhou has not experienced a real war for a long time. Therefore, the officials and dignitaries who went up to the market and the ordinary people were unprepared for the sudden war.

Moreover, the thieves who came this time are not comparable to ordinary thieves, it is said that they have thousands of warships and tens of thousands, and they once swept across the Pearl River in the past, beating the Guangdong government. also colluded with the imperial court rebel general Huangshi, Fujian, and learned the wonderful method of training the Funing Army - the Funing Army under Huangshi was the world's first-class strong soldier who once rampaged in Liaodong and repeatedly broke Jiannu! Now that the Jurchen Eight Banners in Beijing have been broken, in previous years, they were all defeated by Huangshi's subordinates, and they were all terrified when they heard Huangshi's name, and the Nu Chief was not even worthy of carrying shoes in front of him!

In the hearts of the old men in Hangzhou, the reputation of this thief is at least on a par with the Japanese bandits, and the momentum of the thieves is much greater than that of the Japanese in history, there are more than a dozen big ships emitting black smoke alone, and there are countless small boats of all kinds, how many soldiers must there be!

What's even worse is that everyone knows that Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, the military equipment is lax, Wen Tian is martial, not to mention such tyrannical bandits, even the ordinary civil uprising, those waste servants are very difficult to deal with, mainly relying on the thugs of the landlords and big households to suppress the township.

But no matter what kind of black clouds are pressing down on Hangzhou at the moment, and the danger is like a tired egg, you lords have to come up with a countermeasure after all......

“…… Now that thieves are rampant outside the city, and a catastrophe is about to befall you, I wonder if you gentlemen have any good strategy to retreat from the enemy? ”

Liu Mengqian, the prefect of the mansion (asked, while walking around the hall, with a sad face, while the gentlemen sitting at the bottom were watching their noses and noses, and no one was willing to stand up to be this bird, and at the same time, they really couldn't come up with any good ideas - this time the thief was menacing, and I am afraid that it could not be sent away with a few small dollars. But if the troops are dispatched to fight them to the death, where should this elite general be found for a while?

Come to think of it, the only reasonable countermeasure. It was only by relying on the city wall to drag out time, and at the same time asking for help from the Nanjing court.

“…… My lord, I only know that the thief is vulgar and unliterate, and he is a gang of embryokillers! However, I heard that this thief had committed several crimes in Guangfu, but none of them broke the city. It can be seen that although this generation is good at water warfare, and the wilderness wave warfare may be acceptable, it is absolutely impossible to attack the fortified city, just like the Japanese in the past. ”

After a moment of silence, someone finally got up and replied, "...... For the sake of today's plan, we can only defend the city to the death, and wait for the change. ”

Although this sounds a little discouraging, Governor Liu thought about it carefully, and it seems that this is indeed the case - such an old and weak soldier in Hangzhou City is obviously not an opponent of thieves in the wild. But although the thief is strong and strong, he cannot go ashore after all...... Therefore, the prefect of Liu, who had an idea in his heart, immediately apportioned a sum of "flat thief donation" to the gentry, and then served tea to the guests, and ordered that all the city gates be tightly sealed, except for the two city gates leading to the north, the rest of the gates should be blocked with earthen bags and masonry. In addition, Governor Liu also authorized the squires who lived outside the city to organize their own village warrior group training, guard the village, and wait for the opportunity to harass the landing thieves, and so on until the thieves themselves could not stay and get out.

- During the Opium War, when the Qing Dynasty magistrates dealt with the British fleet that bypassed half the world, it was probably a similar move.

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At the same time, south of Hangzhou, on the banks of the Qiantang River

Wave after wave of turbulent waves crashed against the embankment repeatedly and regularly, stirring up a continuous tumbling sound.

This is the famous Qianjiang tide – although it is still some time before the tide, it is already quite spectacular.

At the same time that Governor Liu ordered the blockade of the city gate and decided to implement the turtle policy in order to cope with all changes, a huge fleet spitting billowing black smoke was slowly breaking into the wide water surface of this stormy sea, which frightened the fishing boats on the Qiantang River for a while, and the villages on both sides of the river were also rumored.

In fact, with the navigation and surveying technology of the current era, it is a very risky thing to let such a large ship of several hundred tons or thousands of tons rashly leave the deep sea and enter the waters of the Qiantang River, which is high in wind and waves, and densely shallow waters, and it is tantamount to making a joke with the lives of seafarers.

Fortunately, on the outskirts of Hangzhou, the "relevant departments" had already arranged a pilot for this fleet in advance...... Or the Belt and Road Party.

“…… Hey, it's finally here...... It's really a long wait......"

On a watchtower in Phoenix Villa, looking at the shadow of the sail that gradually appeared in the sky, Zhao Yinggong, the person in charge of the Hangzhou Trading Station of Lingao Group, let out a long sigh of relief, and then put away the high-powered telescope in his hand, "...... Launch flares now! The pilot boat will start navigating now! ”

——Phoenix Mountain is located in the south of Hangzhou City. The main peak is 178 meters above sea level, bordering the West Lake in the north and the riverside in the south, and is shaped like a flying phoenix, so it gets its name. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Phoenix Mountain used to be the imperial city of Lin'an, with Phoenix Mountain as the center of the radius of nine miles, are full of magnificent palaces, pavilions and pavilions, as well as artificial imitation of "Little West Lake", "Six Bridges" and other garden scenery, can be called beautiful, ingenious.

Unfortunately, after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the remnants of the palace were also burned to ruins by a fire. Later, when Zhang Shicheng built Hangzhou City at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he demolished the remaining ruins to obtain stone and wood. After the Ming Dynasty, people continued to dismantle various building materials from here to build private mansions. As a result, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the broken walls and ruins all over the Phoenix Mountain, there was only a barren area left.

However, as the person in charge of the trading post sent to Hangzhou by the Lingao Traverser Group on Hainan Island, Zhao Yinggong, who claimed to be a descendant of the Song Dynasty, took a fancy to the Feng Shui treasure of Phoenix Mountain at a glance - first of all, this was once the palace of the Southern Song Dynasty, which is of great historical commemorative value to Zhao Yinggong personally; Secondly, the south side of Phoenix Mountain is the Qiantang River, as long as you are willing to invest in it, you can make a private port; Third, this place is an important commanding height in the south of Hangzhou, the terrain is dangerous, the water source is sufficient, although the terrain is rugged and cannot grow rice, but can grow mulberry trees, fruit trees and tea trees, and some can make some progress.

So, Zhao Yinggong invested a lot of money on Phoenix Mountain, managed to buy a huge Phoenix Mountain, and invested countless manpower and material resources, after two years of construction, finally made a Phoenix Mountain Villa decent - the slopes that were once full of weeds and miscellaneous trees were cleared out one after another, and opened up into lush mulberry orchards, orchards and tea gardens. To irrigate these crops, small reservoirs were also opened on the top of the mountain. Small plots of flat land between the foothills and valleys were also put to good use, and several workshops were built. Finally, at the foot of the mountain, near the location of the Qiantang River, a private wharf was built, and there was a large Shantang, which was used to accommodate refugees, conduct quarantine, and then load ships and transfer them back to the base camp on Hainan Island.

Originally, all these undertakings were very prosperous, and after the Lingao Group got in touch with the central government of the modern world, Zhao Yingong got more investment, and he could make great progress...... Unexpectedly, disaster fell from the sky - the Donglin Party, a group of professional households, actually took the initiative to provoke a war in the southeast, first forced the Funing Army in Huangshi, and then issued a "begging order", which completely disrupted the overall plan of the traversers.

And Zhao Yinggong, who is in Hangzhou, although he has already changed the hairstyle and clothing of the Ming Dynasty and has not revealed his identity as a "thief", but just by virtue of the so many "Australian goods" sold from him, at least he is suspected of "passing the hair...... So, in the face of the wolf-like officials and the Hangzhou gentry who tried to get a piece of the pie, Zhao Yinggong, who was caught off guard, had to abandon the Ziming Building, Wanbi Bookstore and other industries in the city, and fled out of the city in a hurry to Phoenix Villa.

But even if the battle is won temporarily, and the hoarded food and materials are enough to last for a long time, there is still a lot of panic in the Phoenix Villa - although the villa is basically a slave who has signed a deed of sale, and the honor and disgrace of life and death have long been hung on the master's family, they are all natives of Hangzhou after all, and the fear of the government is deep in the bone marrow...... As a result, someone soon stole something of value and absconded down the mountain with his family; There are also people who seem to be in collusion with big families outside, and they actually quietly incite riots in Zhuangzi! Zhao Yinggong was even more anxious for a while, and his hair was about to turn white.

Fortunately, at this time, the "Huameng" had been established, and the random doors that had just been wholesaled were also put into use...... In the face of Zhao Yinggong's complaints, the relevant departments quickly made a quick decision to cut through the chaos - quickly use the random door to send all the Hangzhou locals in the villa to Hainan Island to open up the wasteland, so as to completely eliminate the internal instability. At the same time, reinforcements were sent to Phoenix Villa through the random gate to build fortifications for long-term defense.

As a result, Phoenix Villa was finally able to settle down, but the damage caused was still very heavy, and not only the workshops were all suspended. Even the tea plantations and orchards on the mountain began to fall into disuse because no one took care of them...... The owner of Zhao Yinggong, who had put a lot of effort into this, was resentful.

However, after being trapped on Phoenix Mountain Villa for so many days, he finally waited for the opportunity to take revenge!

Hmph, I was very happy to grab my goods and seal my store, and I was very happy to pick up "Yangluo", right?

Now, if you eat me, you have to spit it out, and if you take mine, you have to chop off your hands, and see if you don't kneel down and sing conquest!

Looking at the shadow of the sail on the Qiantang River, Zhao Yinggong took a deep breath, turned around and picked up the satellite phone that had been prepared beside him.

“…… Hey, is it Mr. Wen? The North American fleet has arrived, and the infantry assembled on your side can be sent over! ”