Jiangning, Jiangnan Admiral's Office.

Zhang Yunyi had not been delayed since receiving Huang Bingzhong's urgent request for help, and he immediately began to dispatch troops and prepare to move south.

Zhang Yunyi was born in a general. His father was Zhang Yong, the first of the famous four Han generals of Hexi in the early Kangxi period. Yes! It was Zhang Yong, who appeared in "The Deer and the Cauldron". During the Three Feudal Rebellion, Zhang Yong made great achievements in pacifying the Three Feudals. Later, he was named the First Class Marquis of Jingni, and was appointed as the Shaobao and the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor. It can be said that he has reached the highest peak of Han generals and military personnel.

After Zhang Yong's death, Zhang Yunyi inherited the title of Marquis of Jingni. The following year, he was appointed as the land admiral of Fujian, and was stationed in Quanzhou as the Dali Minister. After several transfers, he is now the admiral of Jiangnan.

The power of the Jiangnan Admiral in the 47th year of Kangxi was no longer comparable to that of the early Kangxi period. Since the court ruled to the position of Anhui Admiral and handed the Yangtze River Navy directly under the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Admiral, the full name of the Jiangnan Admiral should be the Jiangnan Water and Land Admiral, and his power must be considered heavy. In addition, Zhang Yunyi's first-class marquis was even more powerful in Jiangnan.

However, heroes are also afraid of being old. Now Zhang Yunyi is not young anymore. He is over 60 years old and has entered his old age. However, after receiving a request for help, Zhang Yunyi still decided to lead his troops south personally.

"Mr. Marquis, be careful when you go to Zhejiang."

A man wearing a third-rank official uniform said to Zhang Yunyi worriedly that although his official position was not prominent compared to Zhang Yunyi, Zhang Yunyi was extremely polite to this person because this person was not someone else, but Cao Yin, a member of the Jiangning Weaving and Lianghuai Salt Transportation.

Speaking of Cao Yin, many of the later generations knew about him through his grandson, because his grandson was so famous in the history of Chinese literature. Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of Red Mansions", also known as "The Story of Stone", was Cao Xueqin, the grandson of Cao Yin.

In fact, Cao Yin was an unavoidable figure in the entire Kangxi Dynasty. Although he was not very good at his official position, he was just a fourth-rank Jiangning weaving man, because he could only wear a third-rank official uniform because he was also a salt transporter. However, just looking at his top, his top is different from others. He had three-eyed peach feathers on it, which was an honor that even the Governor Gali did not have.

In fact, it is simple to put it bluntly. Cao Yin entered the palace at the age of 16 to serve as the Kangxi Luanyi Guard and accompanied Kangxi. In addition, Cao Yin was deeply appreciated by Kangxi and recognized by Kangxi as his "family". After Cao Yin's father's death, Kangxi asked him to serve as the Weaving Manufacturer of Suzhou. A few years later, he moved to Jiangning Weaving Manufacturer. Kangxi went to Jiangnan several times and even lived directly at Cao Yin's home. It can be seen that Kangxi's favor for Cao Yin.

In addition, Cao Yin, who was a weaving man in Jiangning, was not only an open official, but also an eye-catching person in Jiangnan. Cao Yin had the right to report directly and secretly when facing such a person, let alone Zhang Yunyi, even the governor of Liangjiang Gali had to be polite.

"Please rest assured, Ziqing, even if I fight this old bone, I will definitely quell the Zhejiang rebellion for the emperor." Zhang Yunyi said firmly, and then said: "But the emperor still has to ask Ziqing to speak for me. The Zhejiang bandits are so chaotic that this battle cannot be settled in a short time. I still need some time here!"

"This is natural. Ziqing knows the pros and cons of it. The marquis is old and the marquis is in military affairs. How to arrange troops in military affairs, Ziqing will never interfere. To be honest, Ziqing has already reported to the emperor that the current situation in Zhejiang. I think the emperor's wisdom will recognize the marquis' policy."

"Okay!" After hearing Cao Yin say this, Zhang Yunyi felt very calm. The Zhejiang Rebellion is not solved by just leading troops south. Zhang Yunyi either does not move. If he wants to move, he will be thunderous, so that the Zhejiang Rebellion can be completely quelled.

In the past few days, Zhang Yunyi has begun to mobilize his troops overnight and is preparing to move south with water and land. The reason why he has not officially started to fight is that the troops are not ready and it still needs some time to gather. What he is most worried about at this time is that he is urging him, just like early in the morning, the Governor Gali sent people several times to ask him when he would send troops, and how many urging him a day. Even if Zhang Yunyi has made plans, he is also worried that someone will use this to attack him and give him a charge of being afraid of the enemy.

Now that Cao Yin endorsed him, Zhang Yunyi was relieved. However, Cao Yin also had anxiety about the Zhejiang chaos, and couldn't help but ask Zhang Yunyi in secretly how confident he was in this battle.

"That's it..." Zhang Yunyi stroked his beard and said, "If Hangzhou can persist until our army arrives, I am 90% sure."

"What if Hangzhou falls?" Cao Yin asked again.

Zhang Yunyi smiled and said, "I am 70% sure, let alone Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province, and there is no shortage of food in the city and a large population. Lord Huang and General Fu are not mediocre people. As long as you are willing to defend, how can you be so easily compromised?"

Zhang Yunyi's words made Cao Yin feel relieved and he felt that his words made sense. But in fact, Zhang Yunyi said this just to comfort Cao Yin. The situation in Zhejiang changed day by day, and Zhang Yunyi was also extremely anxious. However, as a general, thunder arises from the side but is not shocked, and Mount Tai collapses in front but does not move. Zhang Yunyi can still do this.

The result of the first day of the Hangzhou Battle made Huang Bingzhong and Fu Bao really worried. On the one hand, they sent people to repair the city wall at night, and on the other hand, they continued to recruit soldiers from the city to participate in the defense. At this time, the two officials also took the initiative. Once the city was broken, not to mention that they were defeated, even all the people in the entire Hangzhou city would suffer.

Huang Bingzhong ordered the opening of the vassal treasury as the governor, and took out more than 500,000 taels of silver from the treasury to Fu Bao to recruit soldiers. With this money, the recruitment of soldiers was indeed much smoother. Nearly 2,000 new soldiers were recruited overnight, which was enough to fill the daytime losses. However, in fact, the newly recruited soldiers were not as good as regular soldiers in terms of training and combat effectiveness. However, under the current circumstances, as long as there are supplementary personnel, Hangzhou City has hope.

The Hangzhou City defenders suffered more than 1,000 casualties on the first day, and Yuan Qi's rebels suffered even greater casualties, with an initial number of about 5,000. The main proportion of the rebels' main force was not large, and they were mainly ordinary people. The rebels did not agree with these cannon fodders used to sacrifice. When the sky lighted up the next day, the rebels, who were ready to fight, couldn't wait to launch the second day's attack.

Like yesterday, the main targets of the attack were Fengshan Gate, Qingchun Gate and Yongkin Gate. Considering the attack situation yesterday, Yuan Qi deliberately added Qingtai Gate. Four Gate attacked together, and the sound of killing shocked the sky. The pressure on Hangzhou City to defend the city was getting stronger and stronger.

Although the Hangzhou defenders quickly repaired the city wall last night and destroyed some of the mounds built up by the earth bags under the city, the rebels who had figured out the defense situation were more smoother than the previous day. In less than an hour and a half, the mounds under the city were built up again. The rebels who were waving their weapons to climb up the city wall started a fierce and abnormal battle with the guards. Countless stones on the top of the city, and gold juice still could not stop the rebels swarming in, and the casualties of officers and soldiers increased sharply.

"Brothers, come with me and drive them down! Hurry!"

At Fengshan Gate, a guerrilla general saw a piece of city wall being broken through. In a blink of an eye, dozens of bandits jumped onto the city wall. He shouted loudly and rushed over with his personal soldiers.
Chapter completed!