When Yuan Chonghuan entered Hangzhou City, it can be said that Yuan Chonghuan held high power at this time. Zhejiang officials got news from Ma Ying a day in advance that Yuan Chonghuan was about to take office. Officials from all walks of life in Zhejiang had long gathered outside Hangzhou City, waiting to greet Yuan Chonghuan. The leader was Zhejiang Governor Zhang Yandeng, and the one who was one step behind was Zhejiang General Du Hongyu. Yang San, who was under Zheng Zhilong's army, was formerly a soldier under Du Hongyu. Later, there were local officials in Zhejiang and the heads of the Zhejiang Merchants Association.

(Fisherman's note: For the sake of the consistency of this book, Du Hongyu, the southeastern general in the middle and late Chongzhen period, was transferred to the present. At this time, Du Hongyu should be the deputy general of Jizhen. The fisherman checked a lot of historical materials and could not find out who was the general of Zhejiang after Hou Jigao. If any reader knows, I hope to inform you.)

A group of people learned that Yuan Chonghuan could almost go to Hangzhou Prefecture along the canal today. Everyone did not dare to neglect them. They gathered in Hangzhou City to see the style of Yuan General Yuan. After Ma Ying passed the imperial edict, he boarded the official ship with the Han general and returned to Shuntian Prefecture. Yuan Chonghuan bowed to him. A local Jinyiwei from Zhejiang had already led a horse. Yuan Chonghuan turned over the horse. The Jinyiwei guard protected him towards Hangzhou City. Along the way, there were people who were competing to say hello to Yuan Chonghuan. It took a lot of effort to get out of the crowd.

Yuan Chonghuan sat upright on the horse and saw the officials of all sizes greeting him from afar. It was so lively outside Hangzhou.

Zhang Yanding took a step forward and said to Yuan Chonghuan: "The long drought has been met with rain, and the war in Fujian has been corrupt. The next step is that the Zheng thieves will probably be obsessed with Zhejiang. The soldiers and civilians of Zhejiang have long been looking forward to General Yuan coming to save the people from the fire and water. The lower-ranking governor Zhang Yanden of Zhejiang will meet with the Governor General."

"The lower-ranking officer, Du Hongyu, the general of Zhejiang, met with the Governor." The civil and military officials behind them knelt on the ground to meet the Governor.

"Everyone, please get up. The emperor and the officials in the court trust Yuan and let Yuan take on this great responsibility. Yuan was deeply frightened. However, Yuan was willing to share his worries for the emperor and devote himself to his life until his death. He also hoped that all the masters could help Yuan. Although Yuan was the governor of Nanzhili, he only served for a temporary month. During this period, Yuan was ordered to regulate the military and political affairs of the five provinces. Time was tight. He also asked Governor Zhang General Bing and his colleagues to go to the government office to discuss matters immediately. This governor will set up the central army in Hangzhou." Yuan Chonghuan waved his hand.

"Abide by the order!" Everyone responded in unison, and the vast group of people quickly entered the government office.

After sitting down, Yuan Chonghuan first took out the Ministry of War written by Zhang Heming. He read it at a glance, mainly explaining the situation in Fujian in detail to him, and giving him the Ministry of War to mobilize the troops and horses of the five provinces at will. He also specifically reminded him to achieve constructive results within one month, otherwise he would not be able to bear the punishment of the emperor. Yuan Chonghuan was also a member of the country, so how could he not understand Zhang Heming's meaning? It seems that someone in the court must have recited the spell of the tight hoop and limited the time to death.

No need to think about it, Yuan Chonghuan also knew that it must be the eunuch party that was being restrained again. He sighed and hurriedly read the writing. Zhang Heming's words were already clear. But there was one thing he was strange, asking him to transfer the defense officer Liu Yi's army to join the battle. The writing said that this unit has good combat power. This is quite new. A small general was actually recommended by the Minister of War. A general could have many soldiers and horses. Even if the combat power was good, there were only hundreds of people. What could it be that strong wind and waves? Yuan Chonghuan only thought that this general had any friendship with him during Zhang Heming's tenure as the Minister of War. Zhang Heming hoped that this person could make some contributions. Since that was the case, so what if he sold Zhang Shangshu for his face. Anyway, hundreds of people were not bad.

After thinking about it, he had already made up his mind. He immediately drew an arrow and ordered the fast horses of Hangzhou Prefecture to go on horseback without stopping, and to send troops from five places to support. His arrangement was like this. Zhejiang is closest to Fujian. In addition to leaving 5,000 soldiers under Du Hongyu's command, the remaining 15,000 soldiers were dispatched, and Du Hongyu personally led them as the front army. Yu Zigao's troops in Fujian were severely damaged, and the navy was basically not one ten. In this way, the Fujian soldiers were useless, and the remaining thousands of people would temporarily guard all parts of Fujian. If Zheng Zhilong went deep into the mainland of Fujian, these soldiers could play a delayed role, dragging the enemy and waiting for the aid and suppressing the army to encircle.

Because the general in Nanzhili was temporarily vacant, the troops in Nanzhili were directly under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Ministry of War. Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan ordered the head of Nanjing Ministry of War Chen Yanling to lead the troops, and the deputy general Hou Feng was in charge of the leadership. The guards of Nanzhili were recruited 25,000 people as the central army. Yuan Chonghuan happened to be temporarily appointed as the Minister of War in Nanjing, so there was no problem for him to mobilize Chen Yanling. The command of the army was specially stated that Liu Yi's troops from Taiping Prefecture should be brought with him. Finally, he sent a document to Jiangxi, the farthest, and asked Jiangxi to send 10,000 troops, which could be a few days later as the rear army to escort the baggage and food. In this way, Yuan Chonghuan had a lot of confidence in the battle.

Zhang Heming said it clearly in his writing that the core force of Zheng thieves was only 20,000, and the remaining 20,000 were new troops. They were not trained enough and had no combat effectiveness. His fleet was dominant at sea and could not reach land. So he was very sure to capture Xiamen and recover the lost land in the three counties. With a 50,000 army against 20,000 pirates, he did not believe that Zheng Zhilong could be more fierce than Jianlu.

But Yuan Chonghuan also ignored one thing. The 50,000 troops in his hand were the southern soldiers who had not experienced war for a long time. The combat effectiveness was incomparable to the elite soldiers on the nine sides. Since Qi Jiguang's death and Qi Jin's troops were destroyed in the Hunhe River, there was no Qi's army in the world. The current Zhejiang soldiers were not the same as the Zhejiang soldiers decades ago. Yuan Chonghuan subconsciously asked the Zhejiang soldiers to be the vanguard, which was because time was too haste and there was no time to investigate. In fact, Du Hongyu himself knew best that although Zhejiang is the richest place in the country, the matter of eating empty wages and drinking blood from soldiers was also common. The quota of more than 20,000 people under his command was only 18,900. This time, 15,000 people were mobilized, and the rest were only some old and weak. If Zheng Zhilong sneaked into the coast of Zhejiang, these three or four thousand old and weak troops would really not be able to resist. But he could not say these words to Yuan Chonghuan, and he could only mobilize 15,000 troops.

In mid-June, Liu Yi was performing a militia. Now Liu Yi's regular soldiers are more skillful in cooperating, and his weapons and equipment have been accumulated for several months.

Currently, Liu Yi's two musket companies are equipped with a Type 26 musket and a hand gun. The cavalry company is equipped with two muskets, a long cavalry rifle, a sabre, and a program crossbow like himself on the left forearm, which can fire three arrows in a row. Each cavalry hangs a small round shield on the horse, which can protect the head and chest when charging. The spear soldiers are responsible for controlling the flying thunder cannon and the large and small Folang machine mobilized by Taiping Mansion. The flying thunder cannon is cheap and easy to use. The workshop has created twenty pills and added a base and a stable bracket. In this way, there is no need to dig a hole when firing. It is like a mortar, and can be fired on the ground. However, the pitch angle cannot be adjusted, and the various elements can only be pre-calibrated.

As long-range firepower and flying thunder cannons, more than a dozen Folang machines are equipped with carriage pulling, and can be removed after arriving at the battlefield. In addition to adding one pistol to each person, Bi Maokang and Lu Chao also improved the Ming army's detonation thunder, reduced the volume of the detonation thunder, changed some gunpowder formulas, and made the weight of the detonation thunder lighter. Although it was still very large compared to later grenades, it was already very good and its power became greater.

Liu Yi creatively asked Lu Chao to add a wooden handle to the Zhentian Thunder for easy grip, throw it further, and carry it. Just tie the wooden handles together and carry the sword and shield soldiers behind him. When throwing, ignite the lead with a fire fold, and then grab the wooden handle and throw it out. Liu Yi tried to throw a few and found a familiar feeling. Isn’t this the seven-seven style of the Ming Dynasty? He was a little nervous and asked Lu Chao to make the leads well, but don’t blow it up one more bite. He had been sent back to the Ming Dynasty by a grenade, so don’t do the same thing again.
Chapter completed!