303 [Slaying through Zhejiang without bloodshed] (for the book friends
Officials of Yanzhou Prefecture have already fled in advance.
There is only one Yanzhou official and one Jiande magistrate left.
The war was about to begin, and Xiong Fenwei, the governor of Zhejiang, was paying homage to an archway in the city.
That was Sanyuanfang of Shangren. The only Sanyuan and No. 1 scholar in the Ming Dynasty was expelled.
Worshiping the sages is only one of them. If Xiong Fenwei wants to gain the support of the Shang family, he must show enough respect for Shang Ren.
I don’t want your respect!
The merchants were almost crying. They would rather wait to be divided into fields than accompany the governor to resist.
The Shang family's hometown is in Chun'an County. Those who moved to Yanzhou Prefecture all make a living by doing business, because there are only a few acres of land in Yanzhou!
Since the family has no land to divide, why should they resist Zhao Tianwang?
"Fujun, the Zhao thief is here!"
The worship ceremony ended hastily, and Xiong Fenwei quickly went to defend the city.
This military talker, who had impeached several ministers of the Ministry of War, hurriedly boarded the tower and saw the fleet coming from the Dongyang River (Lanjiang River).
Not long after, the fleet suddenly turned and headed west.
The vanguard force of 3,000 people actually ignored Yanzhou, a strategic location where the three rivers converge.
Going upstream along the river, the next city is Chun'an, and the next city is Huizhou!
It was the base camp of Huizhou merchants, and many merchants secretly communicated with Zhao Han. Once they went there, they could seize the city. After taking Huizhou, all the Huizhou merchants from Yangzhou would definitely come over.
"Are you going to Chun'an?" Xiong Fenwei muttered.
Chen Liangbi, the magistrate of Jiande County, said: "We are definitely going to Chun'an, but I don't know whether Chun'an can be defended."
Chen Liangbi was relatively unlucky. He should have been reused, and when the Qing troops went south, he single-handedly supported Nanjing's city defense. However, at this time and space, Chen Liangbi was released because his hometown had been occupied by Zhao Han.
Xiong Fenwei said confidently: "It doesn't matter if Chun'an is lost. As long as the capital of Yanzhou is still there, the Zhao thieves will definitely not dare to go straight to Hangzhou. This place is the confluence of the three rivers. If they leave without taking Yanzhou, the Zhao thieves will be in danger of being cut off from their food routes."
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Chen Liangbi hesitated to speak, not knowing how to refute.
Xiong Fenwei became more and more confident as he spoke: "The Zhao thief is a man who knows how to fight, and he will not tolerate any loss of food routes, so he will definitely attack the city of Yanzhou. As long as he attacks the city, he will fall into the trap. Our army lacks training and dare not go out of the city to fight, but
If we are well prepared and can defend the city, the Zhao thieves will surely lose their troops and generals in Yanzhou."
"The Fu army is strategizing, and Zhuge Kongming's resurrection is nothing more than this!" Yanzhou official Feng Bingqing flattered him.
Xiong Fenwei looked at the river with a smile, stroking his beard quite contentedly.
At noon the next day, Zhao Han's main army arrived.
Zhao Han took out his telescope, observed the situation, and said directly: "Collect ships along the way, ignore this city, and go directly to Tonglu County."
Therefore, the overwhelming main fleet did not stay in Yanzhou Fucheng, but went down the river to Tonglu, taking away all the ships on the riverside when leaving.
Looking at the clean surface of the river, Xiong Fenwei was stunned and murmured to himself: "Why didn't the Zhao thieves come to attack the city?"
Attack this damn city!
Yanzhou Fucheng is located at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, facing the river on three sides and backed by a mountain on one side. The officers and soldiers are still well prepared here, and a large army is stationed to defend the city. Only those who are mentally ill will attack by force.
As for the grain road...
Chen Liangbi, the magistrate of Jiande County, sighed dejectedly: "Commander Fu, we have been cut off from food supply, and our retreat has also been cut off."
"This...this..." Xiong Fenwei was so anxious that he almost cried, "How can this be a good thing!"
Yanzhou City is located among mountains. In addition to three rivers that communicate with the outside world, there is only one intermountain valley.
Now, the south has been occupied by Zhao Han, and there are vanguard troops to attack in the west. Zhao Han himself went to the northeast, taking away all the boats on the river. The channels of the three rivers were all blocked by Zhao Han. The army raised by the governor of Zhejiang,
He was directly trapped in the isolated city of Yanzhou.
You can also walk, slowly climb over the mountains and valleys, and then cross the river back to Tonglu. By then, Tonglu County will have been conquered by Zhao Han.
Of course, you can also walk westward along the river to chase the 3,000 vanguard troops that have become a partial division. Even if you catch up, you will probably be beaten severely and the entire army will be wiped out in Chun'an County, which has not yet formed Qiandao Lake.
In the corner of a section of the city wall.
Two military attachés were discussing secretly. They were both hereditary generals of the guard. Since they were young, they had only fought against small groups of rebels. They didn't even bother to raise servants, and they only had a group of bullying domestic slaves under their command.
This time Xiong Fenwei recruited troops to defend against the enemy. Due to the lack of military attaches, he recruited all these people to fill the number.
Gan Qinwei knocked the cut tobacco into his pipe, lit it and took a few puffs. He sighed and said: "This Xiong Fujun talks about military matters very clearly, but it turns out that he is just a talker on paper."
"Give me a sip," Qiu Shan took a sip and puffed out the mist. "We are definitely going to lose. No matter where we go, we will be beaten by Zhao thieves, and we might be ambushed halfway. If we stay in Yanzhou City, we will lose."
, the Zhao thieves will go straight to Hangzhou, and when they hear that their hometown has been captured and they are still dividing their fields, the whole army will be defeated without even fighting."
"This fucked up governor," Gan Qinwei said through gritted teeth, "I asked him to station troops to defend Hangzhou, but he insisted on bringing out the army, claiming that he was guarding a strategic location. Now it's better, the Zhao thieves swaggered past, and they didn't encounter many people all the way to Hangzhou.
A single soldier. Maybe in just half a month, he will capture the entire city of Hangzhou."
Qiu Shan lowered his voice: "Now we have only one way, connect all the military generals, join forces to kill the governor, and dedicate Yanzhou City to the Zhao thieves. With this achievement, we may be able to save our lives and wealth. After all, we have bullied the military households."
It's a pity that Thief Zhao is speaking on behalf of military households."
Gan Qinwei said: "Then let's contact each other separately and don't let the news leak out."
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Zhao Han's main army arrived in Tonglu County in the blink of an eye.
Just after landing and setting up their posture, the magistrate of Tonglu County surrendered directly because he only had a few hundred village warriors under his command.
Zhao Han detached a partial division to attack Xincheng along the river, dividing the water, Yu Qian, and Changhua, and took the main force directly along the Fuchun River to Hangzhou.
This is already the fourth time he has divided his troops, and he does not take Zhejiang officers and soldiers seriously at all.
The main force of Zhejiang officers and soldiers are all in Yanzhou City. Without ships, it is difficult to travel by land, and they are putting themselves in danger.
Zhao Han thought it was funny when he thought about it, and Governor Xiong Fenwei was simply crazy.
Before he sent out troops, he never dreamed that the enemy coach could make such a cool move. It was like playing League of Legends, where all five enemies squatted in the big dragon pit to ambush. Our army did not attack the big dragon, but only sent one person to block the pit.
, the rest gathered and headed straight for the high ground. But the five funny guys on the opposite side were stuck in the big dragon pit and couldn't get out.
By the time Zhao Han's army arrived in Fucheng, Hangzhou, the officers and soldiers were still arguing about where to go.
Shi Wancheng, the prefect of Hangzhou, was sitting on a tall and sturdy tower. Looking at the enemy fleet approaching from the river, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Do you want to surrender?"
"I don't dare." All the officials replied quickly.
Shi Wancheng said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, the Zhao thief is not a person who kills indiscriminately. My hometown, Xiangtan, was occupied last year. The tribesmen wrote to say that the Zhao thief only divided the fields and did not take any of the family's wealth. Even if he borrowed food, he would write an IOU.
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All the officials were speechless.
"Surrender if you want. I will take you to surrender together." Shi Wancheng smiled sadly.
All the officials immediately said: "I would like to follow the prince."
Shi Wancheng sighed: "Oh, I can't control the tyranny of Hangzhou government. The evil ones still need to be punished by evil people, so let Zhao Thief punish them severely!"
This prefect is a man of integrity.
When he was the magistrate of Huizhou, due to the timber produced in Huangshan Mountain, the eunuchs levied a timber tax of 30,000 taels per year. Shi Wancheng took the magistrate of She County to personally visit and investigate, and found that the annual tax of 30,000 taels would definitely mean that the timber merchants would lose their money.
At that time, the Eunuch Party was so powerful that Shi Wancheng did not dare to provoke him, and he did not want to be a helper. He simply resigned and returned to his hometown. As a result, he was expelled from the official position by the Eunuch Party.
This old man has so many deeds that he doesn't even accept the usual money from the prefect.
Wu Zhongyan, a powerful man in Haining, committed many evil deeds, so the former governor ordered an investigation. As a result, the governor was dismissed from office.
The people were so angry that they surrounded the Wu family. They were charged with rebellion by the Inspector General, and a bunch of people were arrested and imprisoned.
Shi Wancheng came to Hangzhou to take office, immediately arrested Wu Zhongyan, and refused the Wu family's bribe of 10,000 taels of silver. The case was brought to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he was asked to retry it. The Wu family also had people in the central government. He resisted the pressure of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and insisted on
Cut Wu Zhongyan down.
Nowadays, there are pirates at sea, who often come ashore to plunder, and the military preparations are swallowing up the military pay. The Zhejiang Navy is in a terrible state.
Zhao Han came again on land, and the governor took away all the troops and even emptied the Hangzhou treasury.
There are also powerful men who have done many evil things, colluding with the inspectors and the prefects to go against each other. Shi Wancheng was already frustrated when faced with a lot of bad things.
Then surrender, since your hometown has been occupied anyway, and the clan members have already turned into thieves.
Shi Wancheng ordered the city to be opened and dedicated. This move made Zhao Han dumbfounded. He fought from Quzhou to Hangzhou and directly killed Zhejiang Lalan Yao. He didn't even fight a single battle, and only a few of the wounded in the army were cold and sick.
"How dare Shu Zian become a thief!"
On another section of the city wall, Li Gentai, the governor of Zhejiang Province, was furious when he discovered that the rebels had entered the city.
Li Gentai said to the officials and local warriors around him: "My sons, follow me to kill the thieves and drive the rebels out of Hangzhou City!"
"Kill!"
Li Gentai personally picked up the sword and charged with his soldiers, preparing to fight the rebels in the street.
As he rushed, he found that there was no one around him.
"Come back, come back and kill the thieves!" Li Gentai turned around and shouted, suddenly feeling sad, he sat slumped on the ground and shed tears.
I don't know how long it took, but Shi Wancheng, who surrendered to the city, accompanied Zhao Han to this place.
Shi Wancheng pointed at Li Gentai and said: "Headquarters, this is Li Zhuowu's nephew."
Li Zhi’s nephew?
From the looks of it, he was actually a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Han ordered: "Don't worry about him, just let him go if he wants to."
Zhao Han led the troops and left. Li Gentai slowly got up and walked out of the city with staggering steps, returning to his hometown to live in seclusion.
Zheng Sen followed Zhao Han, looked at the bustling streets of Hangzhou, and said in disbelief: "How can we capture such a powerful city like this?"
Zhang Jiayu said with a smile: "There are not many soldiers in Hangzhou. The main force of Zhejiang officers and soldiers were taken away by the governor to defend Yanzhou. I don't know where they have returned to the army at this time."
Huang Zongxi couldn't help but sigh: "That Governor Xiong is really... hard to describe in words."
"It's because the general's military power is so strong that the officers and soldiers simply don't dare to fight. Otherwise, how could it be so easy?" Kuang Lu told the truth.