Chapter 116, on the Qiantang River? Sail

“…… That is to say, through the images and photographs of satellite reconnaissance and the eyeline planted by the former Vladivostok Far Eastern Company in Liaodong, the Jurchen Eight Banners are currently being relocated to the customs on a large scale, and the garrison force in Liaodong will be further greatly weakened, which will be more conducive to our offensive...... Therefore, the relevant departments are ready to postpone the launch of the Liaodong Offensive again, so they have freed up a field force that can be used by our side? ”

In a tent on Zhujiajian Beach on Zhoushan Island, Major General Sun Yang of the North American Republic of North America, the front-line commander of the Jiangnan Battlefield, was sitting at a table covered with a map of 17th-century China, looking at the Chinese territory now shattered by colored pencils representing various forces...... In fact, no matter how many post-Jin troops there are in the era of cold weapons, what is there to fear? He smacked his lips disapprups.

“…… No, it is no longer the Houjin army, but the Qing army. Wang Qiu shook his head and corrected, "...... On the first day of the first lunar month of this year, Huang Taiji announced that the capital would be moved to Beijing and the country name was changed to 'Qing'. Although no one on our side is afraid of the Eight Banners, the smaller the resistance, the better! ”

“…… So, our opponent has become the Qing Emperor? Sun Yang whistled, "...... Now, it's much easier to talk about, what you said before Houjin always feels weird, as if it's still the era of Yue Fei in the Southern Song Dynasty......"

“…… No, Huang Taiji did not claim the title of emperor, but still the Khan of the Qing Dynasty. Wang Qiu shook his head again, "...... Although some of the Han ministers who surrendered in Beijing were persuaded to advance, Huang Taiji seemed to feel that his current territory was still too small, and if he was called emperor directly, he was afraid that he would be ridiculed as a monkey. So he's going to keep laying more ground first......"

“…… Is he still too small? Could it be that you want to take over the whole of North China? Sun Yang blinked in confusion.

Judging from the map, since the defection of the Guanning Army and the entry of the Eight Banners Army, Houjin, uh, is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and has been in the midst of explosive rapid expansion - breaking through the pass to the south, sweeping Gyeonggi, seizing Beijing, swallowing the north of Zhili, conquering Shandong in the south, and Xuanfu and Datong in the west...... In just half a year, Huang Taiji has laid more than 300,000 square kilometers of land.

Due to the sea trade through the Dagu mouth of Tianjin, a large amount of food and materials were exchanged for a large amount of food and materials with the cumbersome displaced population and the "Global Chinese Traverser Alliance", so even the cold winter moon with heavy snow did not stop the rapid advance of the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners - at present, the Qing army on the western front has chased behind the ass of Emperor Chongzhen's exiled court, and has invaded the dilapidated Shanxi Province on a large scale, and it is impossible to resist the defeat of the remnants of Emperor Chongzhen's hands. The Qing army on the southern front broke through Dezhou in December and rushed straight to Jinan and Kaifeng like a river of mercury.

Under the condition that the logistics supply was fully guaranteed, the sharp offensive of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty seemed to be unstoppable. Its vanguard even stepped across the frozen Yellow River and penetrated deep into the border of Henan. On the other hand, however, the rapid expansion of the occupied areas also led to the rapid tightening of the Qing army's strength...... Therefore, Huang Taiji had to recruit rebels on the one hand, and find a way to organize some traitor armies to maintain law and order in the rear; While desperately drawing people from Liaodong, he even asked the soldiers of the Eight Banners to move his family into the Guannai and distribute the Grange Mansion to stabilize the occupied area, and at the same time ensure that he had a strong enough field army in his hands.

As a result, the military strength on the Liaodong side is naturally becoming more and more empty - but no one in the entire Eight Banners is worried about this kind of boring thing, everyone is staring at the Huahua World in the Guannei with all their hearts, wishing that they would never have to return to that bitter cold place in the ice and snow for the rest of their lives.

As for the "tough pirates" who appeared in Vladivostok before and burned Ningguta, even Huang Taiji forgot to care anymore.

Although in the eyes of the traversers, the white mountains and black waters abandoned by these people are enough to carry the "imperial foundation" of an industrialized country!

“…… Since Huang Taiji is so knowledgeable that he is drawing out the troops outside the Guan, we may as well wait patiently so that we can receive the whole of Liaoning Province more 'peacefully' in the future—so that 30,000 mobile troops will be freed up on Vladivostok's side. ”

Wang Qiu pointed to the area of Zhejiang on the map, "...... At present, the governor of Zhejiang of the Ming Dynasty is confronting the 2,000 Funing army entrenched in Xianxia Pass with the only field force in the province, about 13,000 people, in the Wenzhou area. In this regard, the Funing Army Camp in Xiapu, Fujian Province has been again? With 5,000 troops, led by Chief of Staff Jin Qiude, he prepared to go north to Wenzhou, defeat this enemy in one fell swoop, and complete the occupation of the southern Zhejiang region.

Then, General Huangshi would soon come to Zhoushan in person to supervise the battle, preparing to use the [Free Gate] to transfer 30,000 temporarily idle Far Eastern troops from Vladivostok to land in Ningbo Mansion and sweep the entire eastern Zhejiang region...... In the end, he joined forces with Jin Qiude's Southern Route Army in the Taizhou area. ”

“…… To put it this way...... General Huangshi wants to come over in person? Didn't you give me the command of these 30,000 people......"

Major General Sun Yang sighed with some disappointment, "...... So, what is my mission? Stay in Zhoushan to guard the base? ”

“…… No, that would be wasteful. Wang Qiu raised his eyes to look at the huge fleet moored in the bay, and said meaningfully, "...... It's still similar to the original plan, Lingao will add another 3,000 troops to you, get together 8,000 land troops, and then carry out sneak attacks and harassment on the rear of the Ming army, just like what the Japanese did in the past. As for the target...... Hangzhou or Songjiang, you can choose one yourself! ”

“…… It's still Hangzhou, so you can see the scenery of Liuhe Pagoda and West Lake - Shanghai, or Songjiang, is really not interesting in these years. ”

After a moment of hesitation, Sun Yang made a decision, "...... However, before leaving, there is still a little tail to be cleaned up on this side of Zhoushan......"

- So, when a large group of heavily armed and oil-painted African black uncles lined up in a chaotic formation, screaming and killing Putuo Mountain like a yaksha, frightening the bald donkeys in the temple to ring the bell indiscriminately, full of Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattva blessings. The expeditionary fleet of the Chinese American Republic, which had just swept the entire Zhoushan Islands, once again hoisted its military flag, raised its anchor, and sounded the horn of its expedition to the mainland......

Then, with the sound of gongs of chickens flying and dogs jumping, the densely populated banks of the Qiantang River suddenly fell into a storm of noise.

“…… Thief! The thief's ship is here! ”

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Hangzhou, prefect's yamen

Now that it is the time for the New Year seal to rest, there is no official business to deal with, and the yamen officials have already gone home to reunite with their relatives.

In the small study of the back office, Liu Mengqian, the prefect of Hangzhou, was facing the winter sun, carefully wiping the lampshade of a glass oil lamp in his hand.

——This is the treasure copied from the boudoir of the "famous Australian prostitute" Pei Lixiu when the prefect Yamen seized the Ziming Building in Hangzhou last autumn. The clear whale oil in the lamp always exudes a wonderful fragrance, and the eight colorful beauty pictures depicted on the milky glass lampshade are even more ingenious, revealing a clear ripple but not demon beauty everywhere, far more luxurious and exquisite than the ordinary "Australian oil lamp" sold on the market, and also makes the self-proclaimed elegant Liu Zhifu love it at first sight, and even the rough work of scrubbing the lampshade has to be done by himself, lest he be slightly damaged by the stupid servants.

What's more, since the Fujian general soldier Huangshi colluded with the thieves to rebel, and the Nanjing side issued a strict order, demanding that the thieves and the rest of the foreign Yi "close the port and suspend the market", all kinds of "Australian goods" on the market in Hangzhou have been cut off from their sources and quickly disappeared from the shops, which makes the citizens quite unhappy. Even the most ordinary Australian lamp is priceless in today's Hangzhou city, not to mention this hardcover luxury version of the high-quality goods.

In fact, for the current inexplicable outbreak of war, Liu Mengqian's prefect has always been disapproves, and feels that he is completely taking the initiative to cause trouble. It's just that others are soft-spoken, and they can't affect the decision of the Donglin Party bosses, so they can only try to use this opportunity to seek more benefits for themselves - when they raided the "thief industry" such as Ziming Building and Wanbi Bookstore, as well as the shops selling "Australian goods" on Nanyang Street in Qinghefang, the entire Hangzhou government government made a huge windfall. Next, he extorted a sum of money from the gentry who believed in the Western Cross religion.

However, just when the officials who had made a lot of money were full of ambition and were ready to "eliminate all the evil" and "wipe out the remnants", and went to raid the "thief's lair" Phoenix Villa in the suburbs, they actually kicked the iron plate - these people came to the door with iron rulers and sticks and only wanted to make a fortune, but let those guards who ignored the official law be beaten fat, and under the bombardment of the guns and the stabbing of the long guns, more than a dozen people died at once, and they had to flee all the way back in despair.

That time, after the embarrassment and retreat from the Phoenix Villa, Liu Zhifu originally (thinking of mobilizing people to retaliate again, but he took stock of the strength in his hands, but found that the current Hangzhou Mansion had no troops to adjust - at this time, the governor of Zhejiang, had already taken the whole province of soldiers and horses south to Wenzhou, claiming to put down the rebellion in Fujian Province, but because the rebel army first seized the Xianxia Pass, the official army had no way south, and could only confront the Funing army in southern Zhejiang endlessly. And Nanjing was busy resisting the demons of the Wenxiang Sect in Jiangbei, as well as supporting the new emperor, and no one cared about Hangzhou for a while.

Even the hot-blooded soldiers who had been shouting slogans all day long to crusade against thieves and return to the next bright tomorrow, after learning the news of the fall of Beijing and the emperor's departure, also put all their minds on the great cause of deposing Chongzhen and supporting the new emperor, and did not care about the war in Fujian and Lingnan, let alone this bit of in Hangzhou...... Therefore, regarding the fact that there are still "remnants of thieves" entrenched in the suburbs of Hangzhou, Governor Liu had no choice but to be sloppy and vaguely perfunctory - anyway, although he can't fight on his side, the thieves in the villa can't come out either.

In that case, let's just make do with it! Maybe the matter will slowly subside after dragging it out? Today's world is already full of wars, the official eunuchs and gentry are in danger, Hangzhou is still a peaceful realm, why should I add more chaos?

After the Yonghe Emperor in Nanjing, who was completely inconsistent with the etiquette and law, ascended the throne, in the face of the dual military threat of the rebellious people in Jiangbei and the abolition of Emperor Chongzhen, as well as the opposition or indifference of the royal family and most of the provinces in the whole world, the "people of insight" in the Donglin Party did not dare to make trouble anymore, and instead of urging Governor Liu to continue to "purge the remnants of the bandits", two days ago, the Donglin boss secretly instructed him to use this communication channel of Phoenix Villa to hand out a letter to the other side, trying to test the "Zhao'an" Yellowstone and the possibility of the thief - although Yellowstone was forced to rebel, he did not seem to be very resolute. Since the start of the war for more than half a year, only people have been sent to seize Xianxia Pass and block the Zhejiang-Fujian passage, but there is no sign of further northward movement to Zhejiang...... So he gave Nanjing the illusion that "maybe it could solve the problem peacefully......

As for the situation in Lingnan...... With both Huguang and Jiangxi refusing to recognize the small court of Nanjing, the provinces farther away from Nanjing had long since severed ties with the court of Nanjing. Even if the thieves smashed Guangdong, what does it have to do with the Donglin gentlemen in Nanjing?

Hey, no matter what, in the eyes of Governor Liu, this mess in Fujian is probably likely to end without a problem.

However, just as Governor Liu was carrying out wrong fantasies while playing with the beauty picture on this "glass cup", his old butler pushed the door hard and broke in, panting and shouting: "...... Sir, no! ”

In an instant, the "glass cup" with the picture of the beauty fell to the ground, crackling and smashing, which made Master Liu's mood fall to the bottom, and then he was even more furious, raising his right hand to hit the butler's face...... But looking at the old man's panicked face, and remembering that he had been diligent with him for more than 20 years, Master Liu finally reluctantly suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice: "...... What kind of system is it that is so shocked? Say, what's the matter? ”

However, the sudden change of "breaking the master's beloved glass cup" made the butler, who was already panicked enough, even more flustered for a while—the poor creature was so nervous that he couldn't say anything for a while.

As a result, the anger in Governor Liu's heart began to increase, and it became more and more difficult to control his emotions...... Fortunately, before Master Liu's patience was finally exhausted, the old housekeeper finally exhaled deeply and said the words that had been held for a long time at once:

“…… Thief, thief has come in! It's all big ships! There are dozens of them! It's on the Qiantang River! It's about to be at the gate of Hangzhou! ”

“…… What did you say? Say it again! ”

For a moment, the expression on Old Man Liu's face froze, but he suspected that something was wrong with his ears.

The old butler naturally complied with his request: "...... Master! The thief's warship has hit the Qiantang River outside the city! ”

After confirming the bad news, Governor Liu seemed to hear a sound in his subconscious like the glass oil lamp just now, and his face was also pale - didn't they all talk about it already? Why do these god-damn thieves still come to the door?

“…… Quick, close the gates now! And hurry up and use my film to gather all the gentry in the city to discuss the important matter of defending the city! ”