Zhang Boxing is not the kind of person who says one thing and do another. As a literati, especially a Neo-Confucian scholar under Cheng and Zhu, he has always been self-disciplined, upright, never flatters his superiors, and hates the corruption in the officialdom. It is precisely because of his personality that he had a very stalemate with his superiors when he was an official in Jiangsu, and in the end, because Kangxi valued him, he transferred him to Fujian as an official, and thus saved him.

This time, Kangxi brought Zhang Boxing back to Jiangsu as governor, with the purpose of leveraging Zhang Boxing's prestige among the people to appease the local area and solve the instability caused by the food shortage last year. But who would have thought that before Zhang Boxing officially took office, he encountered the incident of Zhu Yicheng's army going north. In order to force Gali to send troops as soon as possible to resolve Su Song's siege, Zhang Boxing went directly to Suzhou regardless of his safety.

Zhang Boxing did this and really defeated Gali's army. No matter how much Gali hates Zhang Boxing, he cannot sit idly by and watch something happen to him in Suzhou. After all, Zhang Boxing was a person who had been commended in person by Kangxi and valued, not to mention that he was also the governor of Jiangsu. Once Zhang Boxing died in Suzhou, Kangxi would not be able to forgive Gali even if there was any reason.

On the day Zhang Boxing went to Suzhou, Jiangnan Admiral Shi Yide began to gather troops. Li Xu and Cao Yin were not idle either. They urgently used the money and grain from the Weaving Mansion to prepare for the troops. At the same time, they each issued secret memorials to Kangxi explaining the situation in Jiangsu. Governor Gali also constantly urged Yin Huaxing in western Zhejiang to quickly return to the army to break the siege of Susong.

Zhang Boxing rushed to Suzhou without stopping and immediately took over the defense power of Suzhou from the prefect Chen Pengnian. Zhang Boxing had a great reputation in Jiangsu. Before he came to Suzhou, the whole of Suzhou was panicked, and countless people were dragging their sons and daughters to flee north. After Zhang Boxing took over the city defense, he posted a notice of peace on the same day, telling everyone not to panic. Zhang Boxing would personally guard Suzhou, and as long as he was Zhang Boxing in Suzhou, he would definitely be able to keep it in Suzhou.

Because of Zhang Boxing's prestige, and the people saw that Lord Zhang came to Suzhou at this time and personally defended, Suzhou must be able to defend. Out of trust in Zhang Boxing, the people's hearts of Suzhou City quickly stabilized.

At the same time, Zhang Boxing was not idle either. When he arrived in Suzhou City, he began to recruit young and strong militias to strengthen the city walls to defend Suzhou. At this time, all Ningbo troops from Maokongbang to Luhe had landed, and more than 10,000 rebels were in a mighty manner. In addition, the Ningbo Navy, which could be seen everywhere on the river, was so sharp that it was unbearable.

"Sir! The vanguard of the division commander has arrived in Wuxi. If nothing unexpected happens, you can go to Suzhou tomorrow." The governor's yamen, Zhang Boxing was discussing plans with Chen Pengnian and others to defend the city. When he heard the news of Fubiao Baihu, he was very happy.

"Okay! Great! How many forwards are there? Who leads the team? Where is the Division Admiral now?"

"Mr. Hui, the admiral of the division led the army to Changzhou Prefecture. The vanguard commander was Li Zhi, the general of the third battalion, and about 1,200 troops." Baihu replied.

There are 1,200 people, and this number is not too much or too little. It is also good news for Suzhou at present. Moreover, Shi Yide's army is not far away and can arrive in only three days at most, which makes Zhang Boxing breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Zhang Boxing was also secretly proud. If he hadn't deliberately taken the initiative to run to Suzhou to use his body as bait, how could Jiangning send troops so quickly?

Zhang Boxing believes that as long as Shi Yide's army arrives, Suzhou City will be completely saved. The next step is to attack Ningbo rebels. As long as the Ningbo rebels are defeated and all of these rebels are driven into the sea, Zhang Boxing's prestige will be at its peak and will definitely leave a lot of money in history.

Although Zhang Boxing thought well, the Ningbo army that had landed did not march according to his intentions, or the Ningbo army had no intention of attacking Suzhou from the beginning.

The dispatch of troops was relatively hasty. The key was that Yuan Qi and Zhu Jiancai were defeated too quickly, which led to a major change in the situation in Jiangnan. For this reason, Zhu Yicheng could only temporarily shelve the plan to attack Taiwan, and thus divided the troops into two groups to send troops to Su Song.

The purpose of attacking Su Song was to attract the Qing army, and to weaken the Qing army's strength in Jiangnan to reduce the military pressure on Ningbo. In this case, Zhu Yicheng was not so stupid to directly attack a strong city like Suzhou.

Suzhou is not easy to fight. Not to mention Suzhou City is high and thick, Suzhou is an important place for three counties to be in the same city. The entire Suzhou Prefecture has a population of nearly one million, and Suzhou City accounts for half of it. If you want to take Suzhou, even if Zhu Yicheng's troops have this ability, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

After Dong Dashan's troops gathered, they first acted like attacking Suzhou, and then began to divide troops into three directions to forge towards Suzhou from three directions. However, in fact, his troops were divided into three armies and only swept the counties around Suzhou. If they could fight, they would fight, and if they couldn't fight, they would go around directly. At the same time, they kept driving the local people towards Suzhou City. For a time, countless people fled towards Suzhou from all directions. In just a few days, there was more than 100,000 people in Suzhou City. The people who had just calmed down suddenly became panicked again.

Dong Dashan's tactics suffered the least damage and benefited the most, and also brought great destruction to Jiangsu. You should know that it is now the beginning of spring, and the people who have passed by the army and fled, not only abandoned their fields, but also caused hidden dangers to the Qing court.

At the same time, there are also many anti-Qing organizations in Jiangsu. Although Dong Dashan will not directly absorb these anti-Qing organizations, the necessary support and support are inevitable. This was also what Zhu Yicheng specifically explained before he set off. For a time, the Susong area was disrupted by Dong Dashan, and rebels of all kinds of large and small areas emerged overnight.

"These thieves are really hateful!" Seeing the continuous influx of refugees in Suzhou, Zhang Boxing was extremely anxious, but Zhang Boxing could never do it if he wanted to close the gate of Suzhou and refuse the people outside the city.

You should know that Zhang Boxing is a famous and honest official, how could he watch the people suffer? But with the sharp increase in the number of refugees in the city, Suzhou is under increasing pressure. Not to mention, the resettlement and food for so many refugees is astronomical. Zhang Boxing can only grit his teeth and hold on. He said that before, he was worried that Ningbo's army would attack Suzhou, but now he hopes that Ningbo's army will attack sooner.
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