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Officials of Yanzhou Prefecture have already fled in advance.

There is only one Yanzhou official and one Jiande magistrate.

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 - there was another one who was removed from the list.

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 of three thousand 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 after that is Huizhou!

It was the base camp of Huizhou merchants, and many merchants secretly communicated with Zhao Han. If you go there, you can capture the city. After capturing Huizhou, all the Huizhou merchants in Yangzhou will 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 unlucky. He should have been reused. When the Qing troops moved south, he single-handedly supported Nanjing's city defense. But in 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 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." .”

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. He will not allow food routes to be lost, 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 said flatteringly.

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 ordered: "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 Sanjiang River, facing the river on three sides and the mountain on one side. The officers and soldiers are still well prepared here, and they have stationed a large army 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, our food road has been cut off, 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 the mountains. In addition to three rivers that communicate with the outside world, there is only one valley between the mountains.

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 ships on the river. The channels of the three rivers were all blocked by Zhao Han. The army raised by the governor of Zhejiang 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 they catch up, they will probably be beaten severely and the whole 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 having a secret discussion. They were both hereditary generals of the Guard. Growing up, he only fought against sporadic small groups of rebels, and he didn't even bother to raise servants. He only had a group of bullying domestic slaves under his command.

This time Xiong Fenwei recruited troops to defend against the enemy. Due to the lack of military attaches, he recruited 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 an armchair talker."

"Give me a sip," Qiu Shan took a sip and puffed out the mist. "We're going to lose. No matter where we go, we'll be beaten by Zhao thieves, and they might be ambushed halfway. If we stay in Yanzhou City, we'll lose." , the Zhao thieves will march directly to Hangzhou, and when they hear that their hometown has been captured and their fields are being divided, the entire army will be routed 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, saying 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 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, to connect with 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 for the military household."

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 rural warriors under his command.

Zhao Han detached a partial division to attack Xincheng, Fenshui, Yuqian, and Changhua along the river, 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 the Zhejiang officers and soldiers into consideration at all.

The main force of Zhejiang officers and soldiers are all in Yanzhou City. Without boats, it is difficult to travel by land, and you are putting yourself in danger.

Zhao Han thought it was funny when he thought about it, and Governor Xiong Fenwei was simply crazy.

Before he sent troops, he never dreamed that the enemy coach could make such a show. This is like playing League of Legends. Five enemies are all squatting in the Dalong Pit to ambush. Our army did not go to fight the dragon. We only sent one person to block the pit, and the rest gathered and rushed straight to 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." The officials replied quickly.

Shi Wancheng smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, Zhao Thief is not a person who kills indiscriminately. My hometown, Xiangtan, was occupied last year. The tribesmen wrote to say that 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. "

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 Prefecture. Evil people still need to be punished by evil people, so let Zhao Thief punish him severely!"

This prefect is a man of integrity.

When he was the prefect of Huizhou, because of the timber produced in Huangshan Mountain, the eunuchs imposed 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 mean that the timber merchants would lose all 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 his 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 Wu Jia's bribe of ten thousand taels of silver. The case went 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 killed Wu Zhongyan.

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 do many evil things, colluding with the inspectors and the prefects to go against each other. Shi Wancheng has long been discouraged 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. From Quzhou to Hangzhou, they directly cut through the middle of Zhejiang, but they didn't even fight a single battle. There were only a few wounded in the army who had colds and illnesses.

"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 for a street fight with the rebels.

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, looking 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 all 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."

"The general's military power is so strong that the officers and soldiers dare not fight at all. Otherwise, how could it be so easy?" Kuang Lu told the truth.