Chapter 279: The people of Jiangnan can fight

Huang Chunyao nodded: "The students have calculated that they sent 150,000 troops this time, of which 50,000 are border troops from Guangxi and Yunnan, and now Cen Rui has been captured, half of the 50,000 town soldiers led by Huang Sihai were killed and wounded, and the rest were all captured, and Huang Chongtao's 50,000 guards were also captured;

However, according to statistics, the guard army of Zhejiang Metropolitan Division is as high as 100,000, which means that Zhejiang Metropolitan Division still has 50,000 garrison troops to deploy. ”

Now Chen Cao is sure enough to take Hangzhou, but the only problem is that there will definitely be a lot of resistance after Hangzhou is broken, but now You Shiwei and others are still wandering around Hangzhou Mansion, if they can't be completely eliminated, it is indeed a thorny problem for Chen Cao.

"Well, I also agree with your point of view, but if we have to rely on our four divisions of 70,000 people to completely solve Zhejiang, the troops are still stretched," Chen Cao said and turned his head to look at Zhao Xin: "Immediately take my letter of transfer and go back to Shanghai County to mobilize the New Army Guard Regiment to participate in the war, and in addition, let Hong Chengchou transfer another division of troops over." ”

"Yes..."

Zhao Xin left, Chen Cao ordered to bring the Shenwu cannon he carried, set up a formation at the gate of the water village in Beixinguan, and prepared to rush in with all his might, and then surrounded Hangzhou, so that You Shiwei, who was still in Haining, would speed up his pace, so as to enter the ambush circle arranged by Chen Cao.

The guard of Beixinguan is Xiao Zhengquan, the commander of the Hangzhou guard, and the troops of one guard under his command plus 2,000 soldiers of Fubiao, a total of more than 7,000 people are guarding Beixinguan.

And Beixinguan is the station of Hangzhou Wei, because Zhang Yangming gave Xiao Tian a death order before entering the city, that is, the last person died in battle, and he could not evacuate Beixinguan, which was related to the safety of Hangzhou, Xiao Tianci was also a tough guy among the commanders of the guard, and then he got the 30,000 taels of silver pulled by the governor Yamen and then sent them to his subordinates, not only that, but it was precisely because the rest of the Hangzhou Wei's army were rooted in the local area, Zhang Yangming even gave Hangzhou Wei a settling-in allowance of ten taels of silver to each soldier's family.

Xiao Zhengquan stood in the camp, and immediately drew his knife and shouted after getting the news that the rebels were erecting cannons: "Brothers, we have been guarding Hangzhou for more than 200 years, since Emperor Taizu, your brothers are members of Hangzhou Wei, the rebels are going to launch a strong attack today, and the governor's settlement fee for everyone has also been put into your family's hands, and today this official will kill the enemy with you;

Daming Wansheng..."

"Daming Wansheng..."

The shouts coming from the camp made Chen Cao frown: "When did the Weisuo army have such a high morale?" I can't bear to do it. ”

Huang Chunyao sneered and shook his head: "The combat effectiveness of the mortal people should not be underestimated, but it is a pity that our army will not engage in hand-to-hand combat at all, and the students see that these people are just dry bones in the grave." ”

"Let these people see how powerful our Jiangnan people are..."

I don't know who shouted next, Xiao Zhengquan's subordinates changed the slogan and shouted according to this sentence, and their morale rose sharply.

"Set up our general's cannon and open fire."

Hangzhou Wei also has firearms, but it is a pity that their general cannon can only hit one and a half miles away, and it is still the limit, the range of the Shenwu cannon is more than two miles, it is because after firing dozens of solid bullets in Beixinguan Water Village, Chen Cao decisively ordered the artillery team to open fire.

"Zhuyuan Loading..."

"Prepare for the Flower Bomb..."

"Point..."

'Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock...'

'Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock...'

'Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock...'

Chen Cao will not be stingy with open flower bullets, compared to the field artillery shells made of all copper, this kind of old-fashioned open flower shells made of iron sheets are now as many as there are, under several battles, Chen Cao has ordered the arsenal to stop manufacturing solid bullets, and turn to all the production of open flower bullets.

After three volleys, the entire Beixinguan Shuizhai camp was bombed beyond recognition.

On the north city of Hangzhou, Zhang Yangming got the news early in the morning, and waited on the city tower until the earth-shattering cannon sounded before he muttered: "The official of Beixinguan can't be guarded, so he quickly sent people to mobilize all the guards in Zhejiang and immediately come to Hangzhou to rescue." ”

The commander of the capital who stayed behind said with a bitter face: "My lord Mingjian, in the first battle of Jiashan, there are only 50,000 guards in my Zhejiang territory, and I don't dare to deceive my lord, whether these 50,000 people can be a real number is not easy to say." ”

How did Zhang Yangming not know that the commanders had begun to eat empty salaries for so many years, even Zhang Juzheng did not dare to clean up, let alone him, and now it is at the moment of Hangzhou crisis, if he does not give face to those commanders on this, it will be a big trouble to force them to rebel.

"Then how many soldiers and horses are still available in Zhejiang?"

He thought for a while before he said: "Guanhaiwei has not moved, as well as the Songmen guard of Taizhou, the Jinxiangwei of Wenzhou, and the five thousand town soldiers under the name of the Taizhou general, the Quzhou guard stationed in Quzhou Xianxia Pass and the five thousand town soldiers of the Quzhou general, a total of about 35,000 people. ”

"Then transfer it immediately..."

Zhang Yangming said and stopped the matter: "Slow, except for the town soldiers under the name of the Taizhou general, the rest of the 30,000 horses are all transferred." ”

Saying that, Zhang Yangming looked at his confidants and staff again: "Immediately write two letters, one to send someone to Nanjing to ask for help, and the other to send to the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division, asking the Jiangxi Metropolitan Command to send troops to help, and tell them that the sooner the better, Hangzhou can't wait." ”

"Yes..."

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"Grandpa, the water village is broken, you just need to rush in to deal with the remnants of the enemy."

Wang Xiaojie walked up to Chen Cao with a knife: "Please give an order." ”

Beixinguan Water Village has become unrecognizable after three rounds of shelling, that is, he can see the shattered corpses of the defenders who were blown up in his Qianli tube, this is only the shells of the Shenwu cannon, if it is replaced by the shells of the field artillery, Chen Cao estimates that all twenty rounds will be completed, and I am afraid that there will not be a living person in the water village under such intensive shelling.

"Well, go to your department to give an order, the troops will enter in order as a company, if there are those who surrender, they will all be accepted, and those who resist stubbornly will be killed."

The Shuizhai camp has been destroyed, but Xiao Zhengquan was lucky not to be killed in the first wave of shelling, if it weren't for his own soldiers to protect him with his body, maybe Xiao Zhengquan would also be the one who died.

At this time, Xiao Zhengquan's head was dizzy, his ears were roaring, and everything he saw was ghosted, it was obvious that the previous explosion wave had injured him a lot, and the blood oozing from his ears and nose showed that he had suffered a lot of internal injuries.

In sight, there were already many figures at the gate of the camp, but there were countless guards who survived and were able to pick up weapons, and they had already lost this battle.

'Huh...'

Xiao Zhengquan took out his Yanling knife from under the dead soldiers, raised the knife and shouted: "Traitor, the land south of the Yangtze River cannot tolerate you..."

'Bang...'

A gunshot rang out, and a bloody hole exploded in the center of Xiao Zhengquan's head, and the whole person fell backwards.

However, after a stick of incense, Wang Xiaojie returned to Chen Caoma again: "Grandpa, Beixinguan Shuizhai was captured, more than 1,000 defenders were captured, and nearly 2,000 people were seriously injured. ”

Chen Cao's face was expressionless: "All the seriously injured were shot, and the lightly injured and those who survived were sent to Jiaxing City to be escorted." ”

The people who were seriously injured by the shell, even Chen Cao's side was helpless, and he had no ability to take care of himself if he survived, so instead of wasting resources, it was better to let them all die, which could be regarded as a relief.

Beixin closed, the north gate of Hangzhou was completely exposed in front of Chen Cao, which was no different from what Chen Cao expected, and after three miles to Qiantang County, Beicheng, Chen Cao looked at Hangzhou in the distance, which had been closed, and felt that it was like a naked woman waiting for his luck.

"Hahaha..."

Everyone didn't know why Chen Cao was laughing, but now that Hangzhou was in front of them, they couldn't imagine that the war was going so smoothly.

"Hangzhou and Suzhou are generally arranged, but Hangzhou as the capital of the Song Dynasty for two hundred years, the construction is not comparable to the general city, this Qiantang County is blocked before the north gate of Hangzhou, and the attack on Hangzhou must take Qiantang County, but Qiantang and the north gate of Hangzhou have formed a horn trend..."

Huang Chunyao pointed to the county seat of Qiantang in the distance: "Qiantang and Hangzhou are governed by the same city, but this protruding Qiantang County is a big barrier in Hangzhou;

Grandpa, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to tackle this fortification. ”

Chen Cao looked back at the soldiers behind him, his self-confidence was bursting, but he was still a lot more low-key: "First send someone to play the banner of King Fu, let Zhang Yangming open the city and surrender, and give other conditions, as long as Zhang Yangming surrenders to King Fu, still let him be the governor of Zhejiang, and add a marquis to him." ”

The Ming Dynasty's civil officials were knighted after the Xuanzong Dynasty, and the civil officials were given a fictitious title of Taishi or Taifu at the maximum, which was the highest glory, and now Zhang Yangming was in charge of Hangzhou, and it was not too much to give him a marquis.

However, the soldier who came back later was scolded by Zhang Yangming for being bloody, not only Chen Cao, but also King Fu, who was hundreds of miles away, was also scolded for being incomplete.

Seeing this, Huang Chunyao said: "Grandpa, then change your mind and select a soldier with a loud voice to call the city in Hangzhou, anyone who takes Zhang Yangming to open Hangzhou City, and directly makes him a marquis in the name of King Fu, and grants the post of heirloom commander, and rewards 10,000 taels of gold and 100,000 taels of silver." ”

Chen Cao smiled evilly: "You kid has a lot of ideas, so Zhang Yangming doesn't see that the generals under his command are all like people who want to betray him?" ”

"Hahaha..."

The generals laughed in unison, although this plan is not very good, but at least it can disgust Zhang Yangming and create a gap within them, so that Zhang Yangming will be jealous when defending the city.

"Just do it, pick people right away."