After the news of the fall of Jiaxing reached Hangzhou, Zhejiang Governor Tong Guoqi sealed the entire city. Unless he held military documents and found that it was correct, he could enter the city. No one was allowed to enter the city.

Tong Guoqi had more than 20,000 Green Camp soldiers in Zhongyuan, and a navy with more than 5,000 people. This army was elite because of his long battle with the Ming army along the coast of Zhejiang. Unfortunately, most of the troops were ruined in the battle of attack on Xiamen organized by Dasu the year before, and the navy was wiped out. The direct consequence was that when the Zheng army attacked Nanjing in large numbers, Zhejiang could send only more than a thousand reinforcements.

After returning to the Ming Dynasty, Ma Fengzhi entered Zhejiang in large numbers. In order to defend Hangzhou, Tong Guoqi demolished the east wall and repaired the west wall. He pieced together people from the neighboring Ningbo, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Jinhua and other places, barely making the Hangzhou defenders reach more than 6,000. However, the real battles in the inner city were more than 700 soldiers stationed at the Eight Banners of Manchu, as well as the governor of the Fujian-Zhejiang Governor and Tong Guoqi's tutelage, with less than 2,000 troops. The troops were less than 2,000. The troops that led the troops to attack were claimed to be 100,000, but there were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. He conquered the city and territories all the way, and his morale was high. If Ma Fengzhi had not been greedy for money and was careless and had fallen into Tong Guoqi's plan, I was afraid that Hangzhou City would have changed its master long ago.

After Ma Fengzhi's defeat, Tong Guoqi took action against the Green Camp soldiers who followed Ma Fengzhi's orders, recruited them in large quantities, and gathered more than 10,000 people from the Ma army. Some of these people were led by the guerrilla Liu Chengyin to guard Jiaxing, while the remaining part was in the city of Hangzhou.

Hangzhou was originally a big city, without any distinction between inside and outside. In the third year of Shunzhi, Mancheng was established, and there were four city gates inside (Manchu) and outside (Han). The inner city had four city gates, Pinghai, Chengqian, Gongchen, Yingzi, and Yingzi, and the troops stationed in Hangzhou were stationed by the Manzhou Zhenghuang Banner, Zhenghong Banner, and Yingbai Banner. The outer city had eight city gates, Wulin, Genshan, Wangjiang, Wangchao, Fengshan, Qingbo, Yongjin, and Qingchun. Among them, Qingchun Gate was stationed by the Han army flag, Qingbo Gate and Yongjin Gate were stationed by the Han army and the Green Camp, and the other five city gates were stationed by the Green Camp.

With the conquered surrendered troops of the Ma army and the defense camps transferred from Jinhua and other places, the number of defenders in Hangzhou City now has reached 10,000. However, whether it is Tong Guoqi or the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zhao Guozuo, they are not trusting these Green Flag Battalions. If the Taiping Army did not enter Zhejiang so quickly, the governor would have the confidence to reorganize the Green Flag Battalion completely, but the Taiping Army did not give Zhejiang any chance. Ma Fengzhi was defeated for only half a month, and the Taiping Army rushed from Songjiang.

Five days ago, Tong Guoqi worked day and night in the city gate tower or in the house near the city gate. One was to quickly deal with military situations, and the other was to shock the surrendered soldiers of the horse army. He could also timely transfer loyal soldiers and horses to suppress them if there was any disturbance. All gates in the outer city also dispatched Han troops and Manzhou soldiers to guard the battle, and the access control was very strict. The people in the city were also ordered to stay at home and prohibited from moving. Under various measures, the city in Hangzhou was calm, and there was no chaos in the previous situation of the horses facing the city.

The important thing to defend the city is that the morale of the city defense is one level, and the other level is military and food. Before the Taiping Army reached Yuhang, Tong Guoqi has been urging neighboring prefectures and counties to Hangzhou in the past few days and is ready to stay. Zhang Jing, who is stationed in Hangzhou, personally led his troops to loot several counties near Hangzhou, and forced many young and strong people back to Hangzhou, so that when the Taiping Army came, there would be enough cannon fodder in the city. Tong Guoqi pretended not to see this and let He Kui poison him.

On the Governor's Office, after the Taiping Army general who led his army to attack was a Manzhou lord who surrendered in Guangdong, Zhao Guozuo, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, sent his aide Han Kedong to Haining to persuade the leader to march slowly. If it didn't work, he would use the difference between Manchu and Han to provoke the relationship between the Manchu and the bandit scholar. It would be even better if the bandit scholar could be replaced in the last battle.

Han Kedong rushed back from Haining in the evening the day before yesterday. As soon as he entered the city, he rushed to the Governor's Office. Later, someone from the Governor's Office asked Tong Guoqi to discuss matters. After Tong Guoqi arrived, Zhao Guozuo said happily to him that Han Kedong was lucky to be unwilling to be the last. Although Suna did not say anything explicitly, he accepted all the gifts he sent and secretly sent someone to send Han Kedong out of the city. All signs show that although Suna ranks in a high vocational position in the Taiping Army, he was from Manzhou after all, and he was also worried about the future. He may think about himself and come to attack Hangzhou slowly.

Tong Guoqi was overjoyed after hearing this and suggested that the Governor should send Han Kedong to Haining again to try to persuade Su Na to vote again. This possibility is very low, but it is not without it. Zhao Guozuo thought about it for a moment, thinking that there is no need to worry about this matter, and it is not too late to see the movements of the Taiping Army. Han Kedong also said that once Su Na really advances slowly, the thief scholars in Nanjing will definitely be suspicious. At that time, he will send some detailed works to spread rumors about Su Na originally being Manchu and not the same as the Han people. His heart will be different. If he is in a while, he will be afraid that he will get a miraculous effect. Now he is anxious to persuade him to vote against him, but he is afraid that he will be a little anxious.

Tong Guoqi was right when he thought about it carefully. He was anxious and couldn't eat hot tofu. It was a great thing to convince Suna to slowly march towards Hangzhou. How could he still hope that the other party would return to the Qing Dynasty?

After returning from the Governor's Office, Tong Guoqi was still a little worried and sent several groups of explorers to Haining to explore whether the Taiping Army was really stagnant in Yuhang. At the same time, he sent people to spread the Taiping Army's deep debts in Jiangnan to clarify the debts in order to arouse the resistance of Zhejiang gentry against the Taiping Army, give the Qing army more help, and make the Taiping Army unable to gain a foothold in Zhejiang.

On that day, a team of Manzhou cavalry came outside Wulin Gate. The leader of Manzhou gang shouted to the city: "Put down the suspension bridge quickly, we are from Fuzhou!" After shouting, he shook the official document covered with varnish in his hand and shook the city.

The Qing army on the city was not very clear, but saw that there were not many soldiers coming from Manzhou, so they put down the suspension bridge. As soon as the suspension bridge was over, the Manzhou genius leader took his subordinates straight to the city and handed the official documents into the Wencheng Cave.

The commander of the Han army was on duty. Seeing that the other party was handing in a fire-sealed urgent document, which indicated the letter of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. The word "urgent delivery" was written in the upper right corner, and the middle seam on the back indicated the date of the date of the publication, and the upper cover of the eight banners of Fujian was covered with the guards of the eight banners of Fujian. The Han army was not afraid to be negligent, and called the growth of the Manzhou Red Banners who were guarding the city. He asked the other party a few words in Manchu, and the other party also answered in Manchu.

The Zuo Ling did not doubt that he was, and politely said to the Manzhou Governor: "Sir, please wait. When the young man reports, he will come back and let the adults enter the city."

Manzhou grew into translation, but the Chanling was very unhappy and said, "Why don't I let my official position enter the city now? Is there any false official documents?"

Zuoling smiled and said, "The official documents are of course true, but you still need to report to Lord Futai before you can open the door. The responsibility is, and you dare not act rashly, so don't blame me!"

The leader of the gang said dissatisfiedly: "I received a military situation of 100,000 yuan. If you want to miss a big deal, be careful to lose your head!"

"Sir, please be content and you will never miss the matter. The Futai Lord is on the south city tower, and it will take not much time to come and go."

Seeing that the city insisted on reporting, the Manzhou governor had no choice but to ask the Han army leader to go quickly. The governor went to the south city tower and handed the official document to Guo Yanzong, the deputy general of Fubiao. Guo Yanzong carefully looked at the official document, but there was nothing suspicious, so he nodded to the Han army leader: "How many people have they come?"

Zuo Ling said: "More than twenty."

"You let them go into the city and arrange for people to rest and wait. I will send the official documents to the Governor's Office immediately. Once there is a reply, I will hand them over to you and bring them back."

Before he could finish his words, an old voice behind him said, "No need."

Guo Yanzong was stunned, turned around and saw the governor coming down from the city tower, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Sir, why are you coming down?"

Tong Guoqi shook his head while walking, "How can I sleep?" After that, he took the official document from Guo Yanzong. Seeing that it was sent by General Annan Dasu, he was stunned. He wanted to take it apart and saw that it was for the Governor, so he was not easy to demolish it. After thinking about it, he ordered Guo Yanzong to place the Manzhou soldiers who were delivering the letter. He personally sent the document to the Governor's Office. Guo Yanzong hurriedly agreed and rushed to the city gate with the Han army's subordinate to deal with the Manzhou soldiers who were delivering the letter.

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Chapter completed!