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When Zhang Liang heard Zhu Hongsan scolding him, he suddenly realized that he quickly sent a small boat to the back and called a supply ship to unload his cannon.

Just as the Guangdong Navy was busy reducing the waterline, the fugitives of the Manqing Naval Division had already returned to Hangzhou City. There were tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers who followed Tian Xiong out, but now there are less than a thousand people coming back, and there are only dozens of small boats. It is really miserable.

Zhejiang Governor Zhang Cunren was originally planning to wait for good news from Tian Xiong at the Houchao Sect by the river, but he did not expect that the remnants would be defeated.

Governor Xiao Qiyuan whispered to Zhang Cunren: "Mr. Zhang, the navy failed in this way. What should we do?"

Zhang Cunren knew Xiao Qiyuan's intention to give up Hangzhou. There are now millions of people in Hangzhou, and there must be spies from the Ming Dynasty here, but he had a total of less than 15,000 soldiers. Even if the Eight Banners in the city were stationed in the city, less than 20,000. However, the Eight Banners were all elderly and weak, and the strong people were transferred to Jiangxi to fight. Hangzhou really couldn't defend this way.

Looking at Xiao Qiyuan's anxious look, Zhang Cunren knew that he wanted to say the word "abandoned city" by himself, so that Xiao Qiyuan would be out of responsibility if he fled back to Jiangning, and he had to bear the charge of giving up Hangzhou, a major city in Zhejiang. Zhang Cunren was not stupid, so he naturally knew what Xiao Qiyuan was thinking about.

"Mr. Xiao, we are deeply grateful to the Regent. Now is the time for us to repay our kindness. How can we abandon the city and escape?" Zhang Cunren blurted out his words, saying that Xiao Qiyuan was speechless.

Seeing that Zhang Cunren didn't take the trap, Xiao Qiyuan had no choice but to ask, "Since lord is ready to defend the city, how should he defend it?"

Zhang Cunren thought for a moment, and now he could only defend the city. The pseudo-Ming Navy was powerful. Perhaps their army did not have that strong combat power.

"Mr. Xiao, now we will concentrate all the strength of the whole city to defend the city. You will lead the yamen runners of Hangzhou Prefecture to arrest all the families in the city that do not cooperate with us. If you resist, you will behead them immediately. You cannot be rude in the emergency. These people are falsely wise. If they are asked to open the city gate at a critical moment, they will be completely done!"

After arranging Xiao Qiyuan, Zhang Cunren said to several generals: "Now it is a time of life and death. I hope everyone will work together. As long as they defend Hangzhou, when Governor Hong's reinforcements arrive, we will definitely be able to defeat the pseudo-Ming army!"

After Tian Xiong's death, there were several Han generals in Hangzhou, including Zhejiang General Jin Li, Meilezhen Wu Rujie, Meilezhen Li Lutai and others. These people were all Manchu Han military flags, and they were all Zhang Cunren's absolute confidants. At this time, Zhang Cunren could not trust the new generals. The families of these generals were all in Beijing, and they knew that they would not be able to do anything if they didn't work hard to fight. So after Zhang Cunren said this, they all expressed that they obeyed the orders of the Governor and would definitely defend the city wall.

Zhang Cunren looked at the morale of the army and said, "There are less than 20,000 people in the city now. It is difficult to defend the thirteen gates of Hangzhou. I see that the pseudo-Ming naval forces are strong, and they will definitely attack from the river. The three gates in the southeast are the key points. Jin Li, you will lead three thousand people to guard Fengshan Gate, Wu Rujie, you will lead three thousand people to guard Chaomen, Li Rutai, you will lead three thousand people to guard the Jiangmen, Zhumala, you will lead four thousand five hundred people to guard the Eight Banners as a reserve team. If there is danger in that city gate, you will go to that gate, and I will lead three thousand people to guard the Qingbo Gate in Shuiguan!"

After Zhang Cunren finished the arrangement, the generals began to prepare separately. The first step was to clear the shacks under the inner city wall. After hundreds of years of development, the fire roads under the city wall were occupied by residential buildings. This was really dangerous. If the enemy used fire attack to ignite the shacks under the city wall, they would immediately ignite the surrounding houses. Now, in order to deal with the Guangdong New Army, the entire Hangzhou city was in chaos. The Qing army turned into urban management and began to demolish houses one by one.

Just as the city of Hangzhou was preparing to face the enemy, the Guangdong Navy, seventy miles away, was still worried about the waterline problem. More than a dozen ships were stranded in the river, and there was no dock in this place, so the cannons on the ship were really inconvenient to unload them. However, the power of the humans was infinite. Finally, a temporary passage was built between the two ships with large wooden stakes, and then the artillery was officially dismantled.

Naval artillery is different from the light artillery of the army. In order to maintain the range, naval artillery is generally stupid, big, black and thick. The eighteen-pound cannon is enough for one thousand pounds and requires ten people to lift it. In this way, the Guangdong Navy dismantled the artillery on the supply ship bit by bit.

Finally, after each ship unloaded ten cannons, the bottom of the ship finally floated up. Everyone was very happy to see that their labor finally achieved results. Zhu Hongsan was also very happy and sent orders to make everyone speed up and try to make all the ships move before dark.

With the efforts of all the sailors, all the ships finally floated at 8 o'clock in the evening. Zhu Hongsan looked at the sky and decided not to rest tonight. Since the Qing Dynasty knew that he had arrived, he could not leave a breathing opportunity for them. Zhu Hongsan waited until the last ship was ready and immediately ordered everyone to set off and fight tonight at night.

Most of the ancient army was not nutritious, so few people fought night battles. Of course, the novels and dramas did not count. The generals on Zhu Hong’s three sides heard that they wanted to fight night battles and asked quickly: “Your Majesty, your vision is unclear at night, and our army is still going to land. It’s too dangerous. It’s better to wait all night to fight tomorrow morning.”

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said, "No, the naval battle at noon was very large, and there must be news in Hangzhou. Now most of the Qing army in Zhejiang are concentrated in Hangzhou. If they do not take this opportunity to eliminate them, they will be unable to fight after they escape to the countryside. Therefore, they must take down Hangzhou in one fell swoop before the Qing army can react! Wang Xian!"

Qian Lide's injuries have not healed yet, so he stayed in Zhoushan to recuperate. Wang Xian, the deputy of the Jinyiwei, followed Zhu Hongsan, and waited for Zhu Hongsan's orders at any time. Now that he heard the emperor looking for him, he hurried forward.

"Wang Xian, how are your Jinyiwei preparing in Hangzhou? Can you open a city gate?"

"Return to Your Majesty, in the afternoon, the spies from the Jinyiwei sent news. The Qing army in Hangzhou learned that His Majesty's army had won the victory like a frightened bird, but under the constraints of Zhang Cunren, the governor of Zhejiang, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, decided to resist to the death. The news we received was that the Qing army was preparing to defend the four city gates near the river, so our people in the city could only choose to guard the weak North City Gate. They decided to open the Wulin Gate to welcome the heavenly soldiers into the city!"

"Wulin Gate? Good name, I'll send an order to Zhao Guodong. I'll arrive in Hangzhou later and ask him to go around the Wulin Gate in the North City under the cover of naval artillery fire. I must take down Hangzhou City in one fell swoop!"

Since Emperor Zhu Hongsan decided to fight a night battle, others could not object to the execution. The twenty warships that had lost weight were the leader, followed by countless supply ships and transport ships, under the cover of the moonlight, they were like dark clouds like Hangzhou city.

Zheshan Town is less than 70 miles away from Hangzhou City. Zhu Hongsan's fleet took advantage of the sea breeze and finally arrived at Hangzhou City in the middle of the night. Zhu Hongsan stood at the bow of the boat and saw the entire Hangzhou city wall brightly lit. It seemed that the Qing army had not slept all night and was waiting for his arrival.

Hangzhou City is a bit like an inverted triangle, inserted between West Lake and Qiantang River. At the bottom of this triangle are Fengshan Gate, Wangjiang Gate, Houchao Gate, and Qingbo Gate. This is also the main area guarded by the Qing army.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the majestic Hangzhou city wall and sighed: "The Hangzhou city wall was built in the Three Kingdoms era, developed in the Song Dynasty, and was even more of a capital in the Southern Song Dynasty. But now the city wall was built by Zhang Shicheng, who fought for the world with Emperor Gao of Taizu. After Zhang Shicheng was defeated, he had been repaired for many years. However, it was said that it was named the world-famous city with several big cities such as Nanjing, Beijing, Yangzhou, Luoyang, and Wuchang. But look at the ones who have been guarding these cities for more than ten days? Nanjing Kaicheng surrendered, Beijing Kaicheng surrendered, Yangzhou guarded for one day, and Wuchang Luoyang. It seems that no matter how thick the city wall is, it cannot stop people from scattering!"

Zhu Hongsan was very moved here, but unfortunately there were not many people beside him. Scholars were afraid that they had no eyes and were hiding from behind on the supply ship. Now Zhu Hongsan is surrounded by Qiu Ba who doesn't know a single word.

The fleet commander Zhang Liang didn't know what the emperor was saying here, and even if the city wall was thick, it could not stop his heavy artillery.

"Your Majesty, the ship has now docked. Can you open fire and attack?"

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Start the attack!"

Now it is Jin Li who guards Fengshan Gate in Hangzhou. He has seen countless black ships on the river with the moonlight. He is a land general. He has seen the first time he has seen such a sea ship with a height of the side of the ship as the city wall. Seeing that these ships cannot dock due to draft problems and can only stop in the center of the river, Jin Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If a large ship like the Ming army can dock, it is great, and there is no need for any siege equipment. You can just build a springboard from the side of the ship to climb the city wall.

Seeing that the big ships in the river broke down one after another, Jin Li knew that the attack was right in front of him, so he shouted: "Brothers, be prepared. The Ming army will attack the city in a while. Kill a Ming army for five taels of silver, and everyone will fight to kill the enemy!"

Jin Li led a thousand of the three thousand people, including the personal soldiers who followed him to fight against the north and south. The combat effectiveness was pretty good. Now, after hearing what the main general said, they all shouted like a wolf howling.

At this moment, the Ming army ship in the opposite Jiangzhong fired a rocket and exploded in mid-air. Jin Li knew that this was not a fireworks and firecrackers set off during the holidays, and the Ming army began to attack the city. Jin Li was about to remind the people around him to pay attention to the Ming army's artillery, and rows of white smoke were fired from the Ming army's ship opposite. In less than a few seconds, the loud noise of the artillery reached the front, and the first wave of artillery bombardment of the Ming army came.
Chapter completed!