Chapter 281: Hangzhou City is impregnable

"Eighty-three thousand..."

Zhang Yangming blushed excitedly: "In this way, there are more than 100,000 people in my Hangzhou City, and in this way, Hangzhou's city defense has become impregnable." ”

Although the Yulin Army often took the initiative to attack, it was a border army after all, and it had rich experience in defending the city.

"Okay..."Zhang Yangming immediately ordered: "With this army here, why can't you wait for reinforcements from the imperial court?" You Zongbing, it is not as good as this, the main direction of attack of the rebels is in Wulin Gate, from today on, the city defense of Wulin Gate will be taken over by You Zongbing;

General Kang Shen was transferred to guard the Genshan Gate. ”

You Shiwei nodded: "Xiaguan respectfully follows Lord Zhang's arrangement, but the direction of Genshan Gate is also in Beicheng, and there is no guarantee that the rebels will not attack from the direction of Genshan Gate, according to what Lord Zhang said, Genshan Gate is now only 5,000 regular soldiers and 30,000 young and strong people with General Kang, and Xiaguan fights with the rebels in Suzhou and Songjiang, and these 5,000 men and horses are really stretched thin to guard Genshan Gate." ”

"Then, according to General You's intentions, can you divide troops to defend Genshan Gate?"

You Shiwei nodded: "According to the intention of the lower officials, I can transfer 10,000 people from my brother Shilu's department to help defend Genshan Gate." ”

You Shiwei originally wanted Zuo Liangyu to assist in the defense, but considering Zuo Liangyu's character, You Shiwei was worried that once Zuo Liangyu was attacked, he would take the initiative to give up Genshan Gate, which would outweigh the losses.

Zhang Yangming clapped his hands and applauded, and said: "General You has made arrangements that the old man wants, so the defense of this Genshan Gate will be handed over to Deputy General You Commander." As he spoke, he looked at Kang Yu: "General Kang and Ma Liang only need to obey the arrangement of Deputy General You." ”

Kang Yu clenched his fist towards You Shilu: "The last general will follow the dispatch of You Deputy Commander-in-Chief." ”

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"There are at least more than 20,000 people under the command of Mu Qishan, according to Huang Chongtao's confession, Mu Mansion has made a bloody investment this time, and the 30,000 soldiers who went out to fight are all firearms, equipped with the most advanced turtledove foot guns in the South Seas."

At the expanded military meeting, the number of participants at the meeting had been expanded to the level of brigade commanders, so that the former enemy's combat headquarters could no longer sit down, and there were a large number of brigade commanders standing.

After Wang Xiaojie finished talking about the information he got at the meeting, he clasped his fists at Chen Cao: "If you attack Qiantang County, you need artillery support, and you have to break the city wall, if you fill it with human lives, you can also consume their ammunition reserves, but this may make those surrendered Weisuo troops turn against the battle again." ”

Chen Cao agrees with Wang Xiaojie's point of view, not to mention that Huang Chunyao and Chen Cao have discussed this matter before, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people and the army in Zhejiang, it is natural that the guards cannot be attached to the siege of the city, if these guards are dead, there will be big problems with the security of Zhejiang.

"In Qiantang County at this moment, in addition to Mu Qishan's Yunnan soldiers, there are about 4,000 guards in Qiantang County, and Qiantang County is next to the side of Hangzhou Wulin Gate, if our army attacks Qiantang County, the Hangzhou defenders in the direction of Wulin Gate will support from the side."

After Chen Cao listened, he was about to say that the guard of the Wulin Gate was Kang Yu, but at this time, a captain walked in, whispered a few words in Chen Cao's ear, and then handed a secret letter to Chen Cao.

Chen Cao, who had read the secret letter, did not change his face, put the letter in his arms, and then said coldly: "Everyone, You Shiwei's Yulin Army and Zuo Liangyu's Ning Guozhen Army have entered Hangzhou City. ”

Because of good military habits, although they heard this shocking news, everyone present only frowned, and the most was that several brigade commanders looked at each other and exchanged glances.

"Eighty-three thousand... That's a lot..."

Chen Cao's three divisions together are only about 70,000, and the opponent has 83,000 regular soldiers, and You Shiwei, who gave Chen Cao a headache, came in person: "They came from Hainingwei and avoided our spies, it seems that this You Shiwei is really not simple, I still underestimate him." ”

Huang Chunyao shook his fan, with an expression of Zhizhu in his hand, and said with a smile: "This is also in the arms of our army, the Yulin border army is trapped in Hangzhou, and after our army takes Hangzhou, there is no need to chase and suppress this headache-making Yulin army;

Grandpa, the students thought that when You Shiwei entered Hangzhou, our army's victory was two percent higher. ”

Chen Cao stood up and carefully looked at the map of Hangzhou for a long time in front of the map, and then asked, "What is the current movement of the 50,000 guards army convened by Zhang Yangming?" ”

Zhao Xin hugged his fists: "The guards and soldiers in Xianxia Pass and other places are already on the road, and Guanhaiwei is coming to Hangzhou on a sand boat. ”

After hearing this, Huang Chunyao hurriedly spoke: "Grandpa, the students have a plan, since Zhang Yangming mobilized Guanhaiwei to come, it is better for us to plan and make Guanhaiwei as an internal response..."

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At this moment, in the big tent of the Chinese army, only Wang Xiaojie, Huang Chunyao, Yuan Shizhong and Zhao Xin are there, and Chen Cao has a secret meeting of four people, mainly to arrange tomorrow's battle plan.

"Take Guanhaiwei as the internal response, take a sand boat, sail from the Qiantang River into the West Lake, and then go straight to the Qiantang Gate from the West Lake." Huang Chunyao said and pointed to the map: "Hangzhou ten gates, Qiantang Gate, Qingbo Gate, and Yongjin Gate are water gates, and Yongjin Gate is not suitable for sand boat operations, Qingbo Gate is in the south of the city, and the only one in the north of the city is Qiantang Gate." ”

Two miles northwest of Qiantang Gate is Qiantang County, and the West Lake is in Qiantang County, so if Lin Guodong's Guanhaiwei can successfully enter Hangzhou, whether it is to take Qiantang County or Hangzhou City, it will save Chen Cao a big trouble.

"Lin Guodong's view of the sea is my secret," Chen Cao looked at the four of them: "The reason why I didn't mention it in the daytime meeting is also to keep it secret. ”

Wang Xiaojie has long felt that there is something strange in Hangzhou City, and it stands to reason that Chen Cao, who is so heavily guarded, can also get the news, and there must be a big man among them.

"Hangzhou Counselor Kang Rate is my person..."

Rao is Wang Xiaojie was mentally prepared, and he was also shocked by Chen Cao's words and took a deep breath, it is no wonder that Hangzhou City is not small, and Chen Cao dares to fight Hangzhou with 70,000 people, that is a bold move, and there are many local regiments and inspection divisions in Zhejiang, and the soldiers and horses of Jiangxi and Huguang next to each other can also support within a month, if there is no internal response, he really can't figure out what Chen Cao uses to fight Hangzhou.

"Not only that, I believe that General Qi Lao, the Taizhou staff general at this moment, should also have a move."

Qi Changguo's son Qi Xianzong is in Chen Cao's army, and now Qi Xianzong is guarding in Shanghai, and he also has his younger brother's son, and his nephew Qi Xianyun is also in Shanghai.

"It's just that now You Shiwei has replaced Kang Rate as the guard of the Wulin Gate, transferred him to Genshan Gate, and even placed 10,000 people under the command of his younger brother You Shilu in Genshan Gate, and now there are 15,000 regular soldiers in Genshan Gate, 30,000 young and strong, if you want to break Genshan Gate, you have to use field artillery to bombard."

Chen Cao said and looked at the crowd: "This is also the reason why I am reluctant to give an order, Zhao Xin went to Shanghai to send a message back to the current reinforcements, it will take at least four days, but now You Shiwei has arrived in Hangzhou, Qiantang County must be taken, otherwise once they are deployed, Qiantang County is not easy to fight, in case there is another wave of reinforcements from Nanjing in the north, this kind of war of attrition, even if I have enough food, I dare to come at will." ”

was said by Chen Cao, it seems that it is really difficult to fight Hangzhou now.

"Give the order, start an attack on Qiantang County tomorrow, call all our Shenwu artillery, as soon as the equipment from Shanghai arrives, we will launch a general attack on Qiantang County."

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"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...'

The sound of artillery shook the sky, Mu Qishan and the others all hid in the location of the county government of Qiantang County, the county government is located by the West Lake, far away from the north city of Qiantang County, if it were not for the bombardment at the beginning of Mu Qishan's personal soldiers were killed by the blown up wall bricks and wooden blocks behind the city gate, Mu Qishan would not have run to the Qiantang County government to hide.

"Lord Mu, if you go on like this, the city gate will be blown up sooner or later."

Wang Chong, the commander of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division, who came to hide, said loudly: "If Qiantang County is lost, the lower officials really can't afford to pay this responsibility." ”

Mu Qishan belongs to the guest army, or a support force, although he is now the commander of Qiantang County, but if Qiantang County is lost, the responsibility is all on the commander Wang Chong.

Mu Qishan also felt that it was not a way to take refuge in the county office, because according to the general situation, once the shelling stopped, it would be the infantry action of a large army, and the intensity of the rebels' artillery bombardment was not small, so it was not necessary that the northern city of Qiantang County was completely blown up now.

The city wall of Qiantang County is less than four meters, although there are rammed earth bricks, but the thickness of the city wall can not be compared with Hangzhou, thinking of this, Mu Qishan let out a long breath and shouted: "Quick, send an order to the whole army, prepare to defend the city." ”

On the upper floor of the Wulin Gate City, You Shiwei looked at the north gate of Qiantang County, two miles away, his eyebrows had been twisted into a Sichuan character, and in a rare thousand miles of tube, the north gate of Qiantang County has now been blown up beyond recognition, and the rammed earth layer is all exposed, and even the innermost wall base of the rammed earth can be faintly seen.

Putting away the Qianli tube, You Shiwei looked at You Shigong beside him: "Qiantang County will definitely be lost in three days." ”

You Shigong looked at the Chengmen Cave connecting Hangzhou and Qiantang County: "The Gate Cave has been sealed with bricks and soil, and stones are used as barriers, even with artillery;

Brother Wei is now just worried that if the reinforcements from the imperial court cannot arrive as soon as possible, Hangzhou will not be able to hold it. ”

Zuo Liangyu was not worried at all, so he said: "The two adults are relieved, that is, Hangzhou is lost, and this responsibility is only on the officials of Hangzhou or Zhejiang, and it has nothing to do with us who come to support." ”

You Shiwei glanced at Zuo Liangyu coldly, his eyes were extremely murderous, Zuo Liangyu suddenly felt bad when he saw this, and immediately clenched his fists: "The last general is speechless, please forgive me." ”

After being shocked by Zuo Liangyu, You Shiwei spoke: "Mobilize a few Hongyi cannons and add them to the Makou in the northwest corner, if the rebels attack the city, they can also give some support to Qiantang County." ”