Chongming Island.

It has been several days since the Truqin army captured the island. At this time, the island is not very crowded. Except for the few thousand people in the county, the total number of farmers working on the island is only a few thousand.

Originally, there was only one small fishing port near Chongming County. After the Truqin army arrived, it expanded the port and added a port directly north, south and east of the island. In this way, it was possible to see the waters around the island.

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Although the Qing Dynasty has vigorously built new warships with the help of the British in recent years, they obviously did not dare to build them in coastal ports, so there was only one place, that is, the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

After the Truqins arrived, the Qing Dynasty warships did not appear. It was obviously because they were still scared, but the Truqins were cheaper.

Hexian Town originally had two armies, and according to the principle of reorganization, it could be reorganized into three reorganization divisions. Considering the complex overseas situation, there was a reorganization division later. Now two have been transferred to the Qing Dynasty.

India has four armies, and according to regulations, it can only be reorganized into five reorganized divisions, and later it has increased to six.

This time, the Indian Governor-General's jurisdiction transferred three reorganized troops.

Nowadays, the governors in the jurisdiction of the two governors went to Tianjin, leaving only one reorganized division on Chongming Island, but this reorganized division still has to be responsible for blocking the Yangtze River Estuary and the Grand Canal, and then conquering Yangzhou, the generals and Tongzhou.

It is obviously impossible for an ordinary reorganizer to do it.

Therefore, Asina sent the first reorganizer from Timur City (Can Tho), the capital of Haxian Town, to here. The reorganizer was compiled according to the regulations of the four local reorganizers, with a number of more than 18,000 people.

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The division commander has been serving in the Far East for twenty years.

Nian Wangyi is fifty-five years old this year. He has transformed from a vest from a coat slave in the Ningxia General's Mansion in the Qing Dynasty to one of the top generals in the Truqin Empire.

In the autumn breeze, the backyard of Chongming County's county government office, Nian Wanger was discussing future plans with Tuo Guang, the intelligence manager in charge of the Yangtze River Basin, and two other brigade commanders.

These two brigade commanders are naturally the generals of the Turgut tribe, Maerha and Sanjice, who have also worked hard in the Far East for many years.

Both of them are forty years old.

At that time, Timur's guide to the Far East was in 1765. Both of them were young people in their early twenties and now they have become middle-aged men.

"Everyone, the hidden addresses of Qing warships have been roughly found out. Some are hidden in the Gan River, some are hidden in the Han River, and some are hidden in Chaohu"

Marha couldn't help but laugh.

"Aren't warships used for war? Ours is still the first ironclad fleet. It is said that their number of warships exceeds thirty, and they were built with five years of tariffs. Could it be that they just hide it?"

Sangjice also smiled and said, "Most of the training has not been completed yet, and the Qing people have no confidence"

But Tuo Guang shook his head, "They started building five years ago. In order to build these 30 large warships, they also listed Tongzhou Port as an open port. You should know that the richest Jiangnan region and the raw silk needed by Europeans,

Most of the silk comes from here”

"Other porcelain, tea and other things can also be obtained from the entire Yangtze River Basin. In fact, Tongzhou Port is much more important than Guangzhou"

"The large ports on the Yangtze River, such as Nanjing, Wuhu, Wuchang and other places, all have tens of thousands of ship workers. Han craftsmen are no less than Europeans. As long as there are drawings and British engineers, the construction time is estimated to be greater than that of Europe.

People are still fast”

"It was completed three years ago and was tried on the Yangtze River and coastal areas for two years. It should be a military force"

Nian Wangwo realized something, "What do you mean is that they deliberately hide these ships and wait until the critical moment to dispatch them?"

Tuo Guang nodded, "Most of all, my country only occupies Chongming Island nowadays. Although this island is important, it is not a damaging force for the Qing court. For them, Tongzhou Port, Yangzhou Port, and Zhenjiang Port The importance is far above Chongming Port”

Nian Wangyi thought about it and said, "The enemy of the Bohai Bay is weak, and there is also our sixth new iron-clad fleet and two wooden squadrons. The Governor had agreed with me before that once the Qing Dynasty Bohai Bay is cleared,

, Ships on the coast of Liaodong Peninsula will let the Sixth Fleet descend south to help us”

"There are two iron armored fleets in hand, and no matter how many hidden fleets they have, they are not afraid. The river surface in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is wide and deep, and it is almost the same as the sea surface. The iron armored warships will be unobstructed"

"Okay, let's talk about our next actions now. Although it's still early autumn, winter is coming soon. Although the Yangtze River will not freeze, the water level will still drop, although it is not enough to affect our ironclad fleet

, but it's a little hindered after all"

"According to His Majesty's previous plan, we should capture Yangzhou City and Zhenjiang City in the next step and completely lock the Grand Canal. However, now we know that there is also a canal in Tongzhou that advances north along the coast, and finally connects to the Grand Canal in the Huaihe River. Although the size of this canal is

Not as big as the Grand Canal, but obviously it cannot be ignored”

"But our army has only three brigades, one brigade obviously has to guard Chongming Island, and the other two brigades have to guard Yangzhou and the generals..."

"General", Tuo Guang suddenly inserted, "In addition to the canal in Tongzhou, there are also Jiangyin and Taizhou, and they are all connected to the Grand Canal in the end. If we want to occupy one by one, our army will definitely not have enough troops"

"But the only way to pass through the big ship is to connect Zhenjiang and Yangzhou's Grand Canal. The Ministry of Service recommends that it still act according to the original plan. As for the waters between Zhenjiang and Chongming Island, use two Saiyin numbers to continue to cruise.

It is just a river that is closed, and ships are not allowed to go north”

"What's more, there is only Yangzhou. Zhenjiang is a big city. It can be stationed in heavy troops and its city defense is quite strong. It can be stationed for a long time. Tongzhou and other places are county towns, far less than Zhenjiang and Yangzhou."

"And once our country takes over these two places, it will inevitably be subject to a crazy counterattack by the surrounding Qing army. It is difficult to defend if it is not a big city."

Nian Wangyi lowered his head and pondered carefully, and nodded for a while, "Mr. Tuo said it well, just do it. Tomorrow morning, the Marha brigade and the Sanjice brigade were dispatched immediately. The Marha brigade attacked Yangzhou City, and the Sanjice brigade

The brigade attacked Zhenjiang City”

Marha asked: "It should be no big problem to take down the city, but according to the information of General Manager Tuo, the number of people in the entire Yangzhou Prefecture is several million, and there are more than 100,000 in Yangzhou City. It is easy for our army to take down the city, but how to deal with it.

More than 100,000 households in the city?"

Tuo Guangxiao said: "I have made some arrangements for this matter. First, the entire Taiwan Island is now in our hands. There are more than 10,000 rebels in the Tiandihui rebels on the island, and there are 3,000 elite troops. The leader Lin Shuangwen has agreed.

Lead troops to help”

"Secondly, Yangzhou is the largest distribution center for salt, grain, cloth and iron in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it does not directly rely on the riverside, the docks on both sides of the canal are more than ten miles long and very prosperous. Merchants coming from southeast, northwest and northwest are all over the world.

Gathering"

"Almost famous large merchants across the country have set up large-scale shops here, so naturally there are a large number of boatmen, wise men, fighters, White Lotus Sect, and Tiandihui all developed secretly here, and have been operating in the Yangtze River area for more than ten years.

, and it also gained a little bit”

"Once we take these two cities, tens of thousands of people will soon help us maintain order. In addition, Wang Lian'er, the sister of the second wife of Cuba Governor Wang Cong'er, was also named the saint of the Dharma Protector by the Virgin Mary of White Lotus. I have already informed this with a token.

White Lotus Sects from both places are here”
Chapter completed!