Chapter 288: I am the Duke of Liangguo, Chen Cao is also

"What? Is the Genshan Gate lost? ”

You Shiwei had just gathered more than 10,000 Yulin troops and marched to the Wulin Gate, when he met You Shilu and got this shocking news.

You Shilu nodded: "Hangzhou General Kang led the army to rebel and captured the Genshan Gate, and it is estimated that the city gate has been opened at this time to let the rebels enter the city." ”

You Shiwei suddenly felt tired, last night after a night of fighting, although the soldiers under his command have been in battle for a long time and are extremely brave, but now they are also exhausted, and at this critical moment, even the Genshan Gate was lost, needless to say, the rebels must have entered the city.

"Quickly send someone to contact Governor Zhang and ask him to decide to stay in Hangzhou."

Hangzhou as the Ming Dynasty is second only to Nanjing, its stay must be decided by the governor Zhang Yangming, and the civil officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty have the practice of losing people and dying, if the city loses the official and runs away, it is a capital crime, unless someone in the court can cover the sky with one hand, but in the Chongzhen Emperor's dynasty, this situation is not possible.

Therefore, as a guest army, You Shiwei has the capital to retreat, but he still has to obey Zhang Yangming's orders, and he can't retreat without waiting for Zhang Yangming's order, otherwise he can't shirk the responsibility for the fall of Hangzhou.

Not long after, You Shiwei got the news that Zhang Yangming and other high-ranking officials in Zhejiang were arrested, and immediately felt that it was no longer meaningful to be trapped in Hangzhou, but as the top general of the guest army, he was second only to Zhang Yangming, and now Hangzhou has no leader, so he can only preside over the overall situation.

You Shigong stepped forward and frowned: "Hangzhou can't be saved, Zhang Yangming and others have been arrested, and we are Yulin guest soldiers, so there is no need to guard Hangzhou for Hangzhou officials." ”

Self-preservation is the last word, You Shilu also nodded and agreed: "Second brother, we have brought 50,000 Yulin veterans, which is already the entire army of Yulin, if the whole army is wiped out in this battle, there will be no face to go back to see Yulin's father in the future." ”

Starting from Suzhou to Hangzhou, the 50,000 people brought by You Shiwei are now only about 35,000 people, and the 15,000 people who lost 15,000 people in the battle are the elite of Yulin, and Zuo Liangyu's more than 30,000 people can really fight only 15,000 people, and the rest of the people are all displaced people and young people recruited along the way, or prisoners captured by various counties to fill the army.

"Hangzhou has to keep it, you can't just leave."

This is something that You Shiwei thought about for a long time, and then immediately arranged: "Third child, you take 5,000 people to mix with the young men and prisoners in Hangzhou, and go to guard the Genshan Bridge and all the stone bridges in the north of the city, and you must not let the rebels attack you;

Big brother, you take 3,000 people to personally sit in Wulinmen, and General Zuo and I will lead our troops all the way to the city to see if we can snatch back Lord Zhang and his party from the rebels. ”

Musket fire was a stroke of luck in the open field, even in the later era of rifle rockets, but in cramped conditions, parallel shooting was a one-sided slaughter.

The middle section of the city wall of Genshan Gate was originally fought by Kang and his own troops with the retreating You Gongnian Division, and the two sides formed an anxious situation in the middle section of the city wall after dozens of casualties, and neither side could take advantage.

It wasn't until the Shence army that entered the city climbed the aisle of the city wall and took over the defense of Kang's own soldiers, that the battle situation suddenly changed dramatically.

"Raise your gun..."

"Put..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

The aisle of the city wall of Hangzhou City can run a carriage, and the soldiers can stand side by side with eight people, and both sides have erected large shields at the front, but since the Shence army took over the defense, all the large shields in front were withdrawn, and the Yulin army holding the shield in front of them shot wildly in a rotation of eight people.

After such a close range of flat fire, the shield of the Yulin army on the opposite side could not resist the attack of lead bullets, only four rounds of salvos, the heavy shield was all exploded, the Yulin army suffered heavy casualties, and the Shence army began to march forward in parallel under the command of the forward company commander.

The bows and arrows of the Yulin army in the rear could not play a role, and they could only counterattack with throwing guns, so although they caused casualties to the Shence army, their price was several times that of the Shence army.

After more than a dozen rounds of volleys, the aisle was already full of the corpses of the Yulin army, even the veterans of a hundred battles could not fight like this, under the one-sided slaughter of the other party, the Yulin army completely collapsed, and fled in the direction of Wulin Gate.

The battle of the city wall is now no longer in suspense, and the retreat of the Yulin army to Wulin Gate marks that the Genshan Gate, which is second only to Wulin Gate in the north of Hangzhou, has completely fallen into the hands of Chen Cao.

"No matter what, you Shiwei must be trapped in Hangzhou City."

After Chen Cao said this, he stepped into the yamen of the governor of Zhejiang, and at this moment Chen Cao finally saw many old acquaintances who he hadn't seen for several years, but Chen Cao first bowed to Qi Changguo, who was standing on the side: "The old general's move, Chen Cao thanked the old general for his righteousness on behalf of King Fu." ”

Qi Changguo didn't drag it out, and returned the salute respectfully to Chen Cao: "The country's words are heavy." ”

Zhang Yangming was tied to sit on a chair, before he knew that he told Qi Changguo about the righteousness of the monarchy with reason and affection, but Qi Changguo was unmoved, and then Zhang Yangming became angry and began to scold Qi Changguo, even the dead Qi Jiguang also scolded again.

Who knew that his single-minded desire for benevolence did not work at all in a battlefield veteran like Qi Changguo, not only ignored him, but also stuffed a pair of women's obscene pants in his mouth that he didn't know where he got it, making Zhang Yangming smelly and dizzy.

Chen Cao saw Zhang Yangming, who was babbling in his mouth, and didn't let people take down the filthy thing, so he asked about the situation in Hangzhou at this moment.

Qi Xianye walked into the lobby with a knife and saluted Chen Cao under the introduction of Qi Changguo, Chen Cao smiled and patted Qi Xianye on the shoulder: "Your Qi family is all good." ”

"Grandpa Guo, I just got the news that tens of thousands of Yulin troops and many town troops are coming from the direction of Wulin Gate, they have a lot of firearms in the front, we can't look up when we fight, Xihu Street has been abandoned, and the sergeants have come back to defend it."

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Kang Yu: "General Kang, this prince wants to leave You Shiwei in Hangzhou City, how to surround him?" ”

Kang rate has been in Hangzhou for a long time, has long been familiar with the terrain of Hangzhou, so he said: "They estimate to hit the governor yamen and other important places, the end will think that they can retreat as advance, lure them to come, although the governor yamen is in the city, but this place is the imperial city of the former Song Dynasty to transform from, the former Song Dynasty palace in the city to the south, the Yongjinmen waterway leads the West Lake water in, from the Wangjiang Gate out, the middle stone bridge is eleven, over the stone bridge is the south of the city boundary;

To guard the city gate, you need to guard the Wangjiang Gate, the Houchao Gate and the Zhengyang Gate of the southern city, and then guard the eleven stone bridges, so that all the Yulin army can be trapped in the south of the city where they are governors;

In addition, there is a city wall pass on the Wansong Ridge of Phoenix Mountain, this pass is low, only the inspection department is stationed, if the Yulin army and the dog jump over the wall in a hurry, the defense of the city wall pass can not resist. ”

Qi Changguo spoke at this time: "In the last tense, I will lead a large army to enter the city from the city wall, although the pass there is low, but there is only one road feasible in the mountains and forests, and the uphill road is muddy, not feasible for cavalry, it is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack." ”

"In this way, the pressure on Zhengyangmen in the south of the city is the greatest." Chen Cao said and immediately looked at the Hangzhou defense map inside the governor's yamen: "Where is the West Lake?" ”

Kang Rate spoke: "Grandpa, don't worry, the territory of West Lake includes Qiantang County, if you escape from West Lake, you can only go out of Qiantang County, there is no way out;

However, the water from the West Lake will flow out of the tributaries of the Qiantang River into the sea, and the tributaries of the Qiantang River can be navigated, but boats must pass through Beixinguan. ”

"Dead land..."

Huang Chunyao fanned his fan: "There are thousands of cavalry under You Shiwei, they are veterans of a hundred battles in Yulin, they will definitely not give up this cavalry, because the students think that if the students are You Shiwei, in such a desperate situation, there are only two choices, first, to break through from the south of Zhengyangmen, and second, to choose to go behind the tide gate and go straight to the Qiantang River." ”

"What about their ships?"

Kang Rate replied: "Stop at Wangjiangmen, if the stone bridge is blocked, they will not be able to cross the Qiantang River." ”

Chen Cao thought about it, and said: "No, if I am You Shiwei, the Yulin army is mainly foot soldiers, they come to Hangzhou by boat is already the limit, after being surrounded, they will definitely not take a boat, they must escape by land, and if they break through from the opposite direction of the stone bridge, they will have to face the strength of our army in the north of the city, and the breakthrough from the west city is the vast West Lake, yes, their only breakthrough direction, there is a glimmer of life, only Zhengyangmen in the south of the city;

Only then can they enter the hinterland of Zhejiang, and then go to Huguang or Jiangxi. ”

"It's okay to trap beasts to fight," Huang Chunyao also meditated for a long time: "As long as you guard the Zhengyang Gate and the stone bridge, everything is complete." ”

Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully, and then immediately ordered: "Order, Wang Xiaojie's department is stationed in Qiantang and guards Beixinguan;

In addition, the two divisions of the Shence Army were divided into two, one to defend the stone bridge, and the other to immediately occupy the Zhengyang Gate in the south of the city from the east of the city. ”

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With Zhao Xin came was Qi Xianzong, who stayed in Shanghai, Suzhou has been purged, and the remnants of the entire Huating have also been wiped out by Hong Chengchou, and now Songjiang has stabilized again, and it is enough for Qi Xianyun to stay in Shanghai, and Qi Xianzong personally led the newly formed Shanghai garrison troops to escort the newly made mortars and field guns in the arsenal all the way.

There are two divisions of the newly formed Shanghai garrison force, although they are all recruits, but they have always been under high-intensity training, and this time Qi Xianzong personally came with a division as the general garrison soldier, and the main reason was for training.

"Old Qi, hurry up, I received a report from Tiqi last night that my grandfather has launched a general attack on Hangzhou."

Qi Xianzong nodded, shouted loudly, and then urged the recruits behind him to speed up.