The bank of Qiantang River, which is rushing and rolling, has been surrounded by green flags.

Seeing the Taiping Army formation that was approaching the city and began to set up camp and defend in an orderly manner, it was described as a businessman who was good at dancing, even more so than an official, Jiang Huan, the governor of Hangzhou, who was inevitably hot all over and sweating constantly after his back.

As a county and wealthy family in Hangzhou, which is a local family with shipping and silk fabrics, he actually looked down on Dong Chang, who was a native of the countryside, and he had always complained and criticized his subordinates.

In his eyes, the so-called Eight Capitals of Hangzhou were just eight powerful leaders who had stolen the village and divided the country. They were only able to become powerful when others were still hesitant.

That's why he was able to escape from Dong Chang's army alone when he was defeated and wanted to seek money, grain, and soldiers from the rich and powerful families in the city, thinking that he would make a comeback; he resolutely contacted several other families to expel them.

However, after truly mastering the situation in the city, he realized that things were not that simple or easy. What the separatist party needed was not only the ability to manage and operate, but also the ability to be strong enough force and smooth and decisive.

He may be a good player in doing business and managing industries, but he is not as good as in military strategy and leading troops; therefore he had to rely on some old officials and generals who had left behind in the past to maintain the situation.

As a large part of his basic and direct power, he is the boatman who can travel between rivers and seas. However, his power on land is far less than that of Dong Chang and others who were born in Shijingdu.

Not to mention that in many cases, he, the self-proclaimed governor of Hangzhou, had to discuss with several other families of the prosperous families who had worked hard to support him, which led to his reluctance in the battle with Dong Chang.

As a result, Dong Chang not only made him resist the attack he sent, but also gained a firm foothold in Lin'an City; he also gradually eroded the cities and towns that had already responded to the call of the prefecture city.

Nowadays, Lin'an, Yuqian, Tangshan, and Zixi, the nine counties in Hangzhou, have all fallen under Dong Chang's command. And what he can control and influence in the prefecture city are Qiantang, Yuhang and Fuyang on the banks of the Fuchun River.

As for the salt officials and Xincheng who were nominally subordinate to him, that is, after symbolically giving some money, grain, cloth, the local tyrants still had the real power to govern the local area.

Therefore, this attack of the Taiping Thief is certainly a huge crisis, but it is also an important turning point, which can give him the opportunity to integrate most powerful factions in the country.

After all, after they retreated to the city, they were under the influence of their own territory and power; and those rich families in the city

Under the threat and urgency of a certain sense of cold lips and teeth, I am willing to fully support myself in defending this state city with strong city defense.

However, these peaceful thieves came so fiercely and moved so quickly were far beyond the expectations of most people. I originally thought that even if the five forces in Suzhou were defeated one by one, it would take a lot of time.

But he never thought that it would be so innocent that the thief army had already reached the shore of Linping Lake, which was only separated by a water from Qiantang. However, his military preparation measures were not very ideal.

On the one hand, the local tyrants, gentry, and large clans were delayed and unwilling to pay miscellaneous donations to protect the land and the countryside; on the other hand, they were in a situation of full fighting with Dongchang, and there was no way to adjust to the north and south at once.

As a result, these peaceful thieves made corresponding preparations overnight, and the boat troops on the water attacked directly across the lake. The hasty water camp was not able to play any role, so he had to send out the naval army he relied on.

But unexpectedly, the Taiping thieves also came over to the land, lurking on both sides of the Caohe River without any delay; first, they used shipwrecks to silt the river and forced the detour to the shore; then they took the boat to slow down and attacked the navy with firearms.

There were hundreds of large canal boats and Xiao Wu boats, together with the three thousand canals above, and the waters were gone; it was said that the corpses were lying on their backs, and the scene of the boats blocking the river was extremely tragic. Even the few light boats that escaped back did not even dare to return to the city and fled along the river and into the sea.

Therefore, there was no need to adjust the adjustments that were not completed, and the conditions that could not be agreed upon were all agreed at once. Because the thief army was already at the city, they began to separate and encircle Qiantang City at the mouth of the river, and the east and north sides of the river were not yet on the east and north sides.

He could only walk on the city over and over again, and inspire and inspire and inspire the familiar and unfamiliar guards in the posture of an elder:

"Have you ever eaten and drank enough... I can kill a few more bandits after eating..."

"Have you settled at home?.. After you settled, you can protect your hometown even more... You and my family are behind you..."

"Have you checked the city walls, have you checked the equipment?. Have the materials under the city been well stocked?"

"When you kill these thieves, everyone can drink and eat meat and give them money to their families..."

In order to protect this foundation, he spared no effort. Not only did he mobilize all his relatives to the wall, but he focused on those key points, but he also spent all his family funds to recruit more than 10,000 Ding Zhuang in the city for future use.

Therefore, not only has the most solid city defense in Hangzhou, but also has a total of 30,000 new and old guards to drive. As long as he can successfully make these peaceful thieves slam the city, he will be a great reputation for reintegrating the local area.

Therefore, he was like the most speculative businessman, after he was in trouble to drive Dong Chang away; at this crisis at the gate of the city, he once again made all his efforts to make his own choices and investment.

However, near the corner of the south wall that is bordered by (West) Lake outside the city, Liu Jiwei, the former deputy of the Huqiu Town Brigade in Suzhou, and the current tentative garrison commander of the 55th Regiment, was also standing on the low Wushan Mountain, looking at the towering and mottled gray-yellow city walls, muttering:

"How can we fight such a high wall? Not to mention that the west of the city is full of water seeds, and there is not even a place to fiddle with equipment."

Qiantang City in front of him was not the square shape of most cities, but an irregular trapezoid with narrow north and wide south. Moreover, the city area closer to the south towards the river bank became wider, and the city walls became more irregular and the old and new layers were replaced.

Because this city was not directly adjacent to the river before this dynasty. It was because the city was continuously repaired and widened along the silted river beaches and stone ponds by Li Mi, Bai Juyi and others, which led to a large pattern that has been extended today.

Therefore, the outer structure of Qiantang City is actually divided into two parts: the old city and the new city; among them, Laocheng, located in the north-facing Liupu area as the core, is relatively old, gray and low.

When the city wall extends to the new city on the south side of the river, it gradually becomes tall and bright, and even stone wall foundations and outer ring stone embankments specially designed to resist the erosion and erosion of sea tides appeared.

There are also three canal tributaries of outer sand, middle sand and lisha, which are artificially dug, connecting dozens of lakes and lakes near Hangzhou, and gathering in the moat that passes around the city; artificial obstacles and buffers are formed through the bridges that run through it.

Therefore, there are four water gates/wharfs in Qiantang City, but the land gates are only three on the north and east. They are also occupied by large fields and marinas during the period.

Therefore, Liu Jiwei, who has been active in Xuangongshan generation between Xuan, Hu and Chang, as a peripheral force supported by the Taiping Army for a long time, was really unable to think of any way to quickly conquer it besides long-term siege or internal support.

Because he found that these Taiping troops had not even built siege equipment in time. But he also heard that in the rear areas occupied by the Taiping Army, there had been a start to organize spring plowing and rice transplanting labor during the farming season.

——I am the dividing line—

And in the Chang'an City, where everyone is in danger, in the Liangyi Hall in the Imperial City.

"The Lord...the Lord...the Lord is awake."

Amid the meaningful calls and shouts, Huang Chao, who had been in a coma for unknown reasons, slowly opened his eyes on the beautiful satin-like golden jade couch.

However, the first thing he saw was Queen Cao, who still had the same face, but had a little crow's feet and tears at the corners of his eyes; then a pretty face full of tears and tears, came over.

However, the former Concubine Hui, who was ordered to be imprisoned, was talking in an indefinite crying voice:

"Your Majesty, you finally woke up... But we sisters, we mother and I have been worried about being bad."

Huang Chao did not speak immediately, but looked at the audience with the light from the corner of his eyes. In addition to the two people beside him, a group of medical officials, an introductory envoy and a palace servant, there were also standing in the distance, Lin Yan, an introductory envoy of the military appearance, Huang Yi, and Liu Di, the left leader of Weihe Mansion.

This result made Huang Chao breathe a sigh of relief. Obviously, the worst situation he expected did not happen. Putting aside the subordinates of the outside dynasty, at least he could still ensure and control basic safety in this imperial city.

"Please forgive me for your own initiative and let the Liu family girl come over to take care of her daily life and take care of her two children."

Then, Empress Cao continued to speak.

"Thank you for your hard work these days..."

However, Huang Chao also completely skipped Liu, who was constantly asking about his well-being, and said directly to Queen Cao.

"Only the emperor can be healthy, I am willing to give it to you even if I am a fan... After all, you are the only backbone for us."

However, Cao said in a broad voice in an understatement.

At this moment, Huang Chao did not speak, but held the woman's hand that could not hide her roughness, and refused to let her back. He even kept Liu, whose face changed slightly, aside.

Because during this period of confusion and sometimes awake, it was this woman who was deliberately ignored by him, who always stayed by his side for several hours and read those progressive memorials to him and talked about some things that happened in the outer court and in the city.

For example, the daily life of the five quarrels in the Political Affairs Hall, and their personal dispatch of troops and children to openly and secretly contact and win over military and horses in various places;

As Jingzhao Yin and the ambassador of the patrol of various gates, how did Xiao Meng (金) maintain the current situation with the crowds of visitors and the clouds of visitors.

For example, behind the fact that the Huang clan relatives and brothers began to openly fight for power and profit, there were various suspected ways to find a way out and had other ideas; and they also worked tirelessly to reach their hands into the Great Inner.

"Report to the Empress, as long as you continue to use acupuncture stones, supplemented with decoctions and massage, the priest's wind numbness will eventually be relieved. It's just that you should not be too tired or hurt your mind."

At this time, the head of the medical officer who was admitted to the general public explained tremblingly and stammeringly.

"Transfer my edict, and send someone to Jiangling to issue an edict..."

After drinking a bowl of soup that Cao personally fed, Huang Chao reluctantly raised his hand and said.

"I enthroned Zhou... Huai'an was the prince of Hailing, and he was in charge of the Central Secretariat and the minister of the Central Secretariat, and the prefectural power of the State, and the procuratorate of Sikong... Let your Cao family go..."

During this long torment of being unconscious and awake, but not being able to move all over, he recalled many forgotten and ignored things in the past, and also understood some things.

Even relatives and family members who are connected by blood have their own selfishness and tendencies, not to mention the old brothers and seemingly loyal subordinates who have been with them for many years. Why did they make them give their heartfelt and service to the two confused children for no reason?

Sometimes the person who seems to be the most threatening among the crowd may be the one who is beyond the reach of the least imminent danger. At least once he can't afford to fall here, maybe the two young and helpless children will have to rely on the help of their elder sister and Zhou Pi.

Then, accompanied by Cao, he began to take turns to meet the members of the relatives who were ordered to come, and then he was consciously trustworthy. As for those ministers who had not come, he also had a preliminary plan in his mind.
Chapter completed!