Go to Yue and come from Wu, Wu Jiang and Yue Lian.

There are many kinds of oranges in the garden, and lotus will grow without water.

Fire beside the bridge of the night market, boat outside the spring breeze temple.

Among them, it is important to visit guests, and you will have to go for years.

"Sending Friends to Visit Wu Yue"_Author: Du Xunhe

——I am the dividing line—

When Hangzhou City fell completely and the governor Jiang Huan disappeared.

“Waste, it’s really waste,”

Dong Chang, who was marching along the Fuchun River, couldn't help but curse after receiving the news.

He originally planned to use Jiang Huan's resistance to the city, defeat the momentum of the Taiping thieves, and then take the opportunity to launch an attack. In this way, after repelling the thieves' army, he could also take advantage of the situation to plan for the city.

However, he didn't expect that Jiang Huan, who was useless, was caught by the city without even a day of being able to hold on. So now it was Dong Chang's turn to sit on the wax. In order to provide assistance this time, he had collected more than 20,000 troops from three counties and two towns, and he had gathered more than 20,000 troops, claiming to be a 30,000 army.

However, among these soldiers, Ding Zhuang, who had no experience in combat formation and insufficient training, accounted for a large proportion. Then the local Turkish regiments and township soldiers were incorporated into the local area, and then the two generals who followed him, and the three towns would bring private parts.

Those who can serve as Dong Chang's basic and direct force were just the more than a thousand remaining soldiers brought back after his defeat, as well as the three thousand left-behind children from the No. 1 Shijingdu, Hangzhou. Therefore, after he started and assembled, the marching speed was really impossible to get faster.

For this reason, he specially chose 3,000 strong and healthy men as fast-moving teachers, and his brave and fighting nephew Dong Zhen first rushed to Qiantang City near wait for the opportunity to respond. However, once he decided to return, it would mean giving up this team.

This made Dong Chang hesitate again, but he quickly made up his mind to say:

"I ordered the front army to become the back team, and the back team to become the first move, and the waterway escorts the baggage first, and the central army followed me to rectify and establish villages on the spot. I ordered the garrisons along the coast to prepare more food, grass and equipment to provide for the connection."

After all, he was a veteran in the southeast war and was also a general who had personally met with the general of the thief army for many Shu soldiers. He quickly distinguished the pros and cons. At least fighting with the peaceful thieves outside was still a disadvantage, and these thief soldiers also reacted very quickly and were good at taking advantage of the situation to pursue them.

Only by relying on the garrison and camps in the village to block and delay along the way can we bring most of our troops back to Lin'an and compete with the bandit army with the benefits of city defense.

In addition, the result of Hangzhou's downtown was particularly uneasy. Although the ancient city of Lin'an, which relies on the peaks of Tianmu Mountain, is also one of the eight counties in Hangzhou, second only to Qiantang.

It was not long after his order was passed, and many noises suddenly burst into loud sounds in the distance; then someone hurriedly replied:

"The troops of the former army general Huang Jie, who was attacked by the enemy's cavalry, had been dispersed by most of the plots, and retreated into the Baikouzha, which was on the banks of the Huantang River, to stand firm and wait for help."

However, before Dong Chang could react, someone shouted in succession after a while.

"Reported that Chen Yu and Chen Duwei's troops in the second front formation were changing their formation on the spot, and were suddenly blocked by a large number of thieves and were unable to bear the defeat. They had already defeated westward and walked into Yuquan Mountain..."

"Reported that the left-wing Youyi general Yuan Bing is taking the enemy. Just as the hard battle is under, the team training will also ask the team to help quickly..."

"Reported that the Fuyang River fleet led by Sima Cuiwen was attacked by enemy ships that were going upstream and were fighting and retreating..."

At this time, Dong Chang could already see the curling smoke columns coming out of the skyline in the distance. He couldn't help but shouted loudly with a heavy face:

"The Zuo Lang General Xu Xun, and the You Lang General Tang Ji are there... You and the two of you are quickly leading your troops out of the Chajiangkouzha at the foot of Quanshan, gathering and gathering scattered people on the spot,"

When the two anxious generals took orders and ordered their troops to leave, Dong Chang received another urgent report.

"What, Rao Jing, the capital of Tangshan, has led his troops to detach the camp!! There are also unusual movements in the army of Wu Wenju of Qiandu. It is unreasonable. I clicked all the children of Shijing and quickly followed me to Zhenping."

——I am the dividing line—

He had already received news that Qiantang changed hands. Zhou Huaian, who was sailing south along the canal from Suzhou, was also checking the local captured maps and editions, and improved them one by one from the staff of the battalion to the latest set of marching maps and sand tables.

You should know that although the household registration in Hangzhou in the Tang Dynasty was slightly inferior to Suzhou, with only about 110,000 households, it was the highest in the southeast in the combined irrigation water conservancy facilities.

As early as the Baoli period of Emperor Jingzong of Tang Dynasty, Yuhang County Magistrate returned to Kai Shanghu, Xiahu and Beihu; Kaiyangbeihu, magistrate of Hao County Magistrate of Fuyang; Zixi was opened by Du Yong, magistrate of Qian County Magistrate of Du Yong, and Guantang dug in Lin'an County, so grain production was also the leader in the eight southeastern provinces.

Not to mention that as the starting point and regional commercial center of the southern end of the Grand Canal, it brings together the properties and grain ships from Jiangdong, Jiangxi and Liangling. Every year, the miscellaneous taxes sent to Beijing alone amount to more than 500,000 jin.

Since Hangzhou has been abandoned, it is the turn of Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), which is the natural order of observation in eastern Zhejiang. The five prefectures of Su, Chang, Hu, Hangzhou and Yue have been established, and the Hangzhou-Jiahu Plain, which is the most important part of Jiangdong Road, occupies most of the population, is under the control of the Taiping Army.

This is an important part of the Southeast wallet that maintains the operation of the imperial court and does not fall into power since the Middle Tang Dynasty; the population and taxes of this part alone can be the approximate number of Shangjingnan and Hunan. (The Taiping Army took over the governance and clarified the previous traditional algorithms)

Therefore, after obtaining such a large plain water town hell, as long as it is managed and rectified, it will be a large rear area that can be connected to the Taiping Army territory and is densely populated and rich in resources. Not to mention the cultural heritage accumulated by the local area.

Although it is impossible to use them directly to serve as officials and hold important positions, after a little training, they can still be qualified to be assigned to other places to enrich the teaching staff of education and enlightenment.

On the contrary, it was surrounded by three sides of Jiangdong, Jiangxi and Lingnan. The five prefectures of Fujian, located between the mountains, can be put aside and ignored it for the time being. As long as you look at several entry and exit checkpoints with a small amount of troops, you can rest assured to make it slowly in the future.

In fact, since the war started, it has been much more abundant and more at ease than the last time when the rebel army followed most of the rebels to attack Jiangxi, Jiangdong, and Huainan. On the one hand, the increase in territory depth and the increase in choices for mobilizing manpower and material resources; on the other hand, the improvement of the strategic environment and the further decrease in maintenance costs.

Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian couldn't help but ask:

"The entire western Zhejiang area is about to be taken down, and there is still no movement in Huainan, so no one wants to do anything..."

In the corresponding staff team, someone immediately stood up and replied.

"Report to the governor, according to the news sent by the flying pigeons in Guangling City, the troops in Huainan camps are still flocking to the city; in addition, the troops outside Hailing towns are also entangled with local people and horses..."

"In addition, the Jiangdu Navy and Gaoyou Navy, which the governors are concerned about, are practicing in the corresponding military camps. The patrol team from Guangzhou has also arrived outside Yangzhou. They are looking for an opportunity to go ashore to investigate."

Zhou Huaian nodded. The navy's concept of combat in this era was mainly to use soldiers on ships to collide, jump to gangs, and supplemented with bows and arrows to kill and set fire to the surface battle. It was amazing that it was added with crossbows and poles, which were considered a killing weapon.

Therefore, the Taiping Navy warships, which emphasized manipulation and long-range projection since its inception, naturally had natural advantages when facing the remaining Huainan Navy.

Therefore, at this moment, half of the Taiping Navy patrolled on the water near the outlet of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River as a corresponding blockade and blockade task.

Next, the main thing that attracts more attention is the news from the inner side of the city.

Although Huang Chao came out to see the matter again, he temporarily settled down. However, the chaos and disorder that spread some time ago, the damage and sequelae caused by the chaos and disorder that had spread.

During this period, thousands of people were executed in the name of spies and rebels, and more people were arrested and imprisoned. Several unknown armed forces were fired in the city and clashed with each other, and even set fires in the neighborhoods to attack the other party regardless of the incidental harm.

After the fall of the dynasty, the potential cracks and vague knots caused by the fragile five-phase co-governance pattern were not so easy to bridge and remedy. What's more, this accident made many people realize one thing: Huang Chao, who had been fighting for more than ten years, is already in his 80s.

Could it be that he will recover from illness this time and will not have another next time? Even if he is properly treated in the future, he will not have the disease again, but he still has much energy and time to maintain the Daqi court that has not been founded for a long time.

Zhou Huaian felt a faint tendency from these messages. That is, once the human heart began to shake and diverge, it would not be so easy to integrate and gather together. Therefore, both Empress Cao and the Shizhong Zhao Zhang all stepped up the steps of contact and exchanges.

No matter what, the rebels in the north are in a sense, in a sense, also the important buffer and disguised barrier of the Taiping Army, and they must not be allowed to collapse and collapse so quickly. On the surface, Huang Chao's face must also be given.

Then Zhou Huaian approved a document in his name, giving away a batch of canned food that was nearly shelf life, compressing rations and other dry goods, and escorting people to Chang'an City in the name of returning gifts.

At this time, someone from the staff team that was reviewing the official documents reported:

"You have reported to the Grand Governor, and the surviving members of the Shen clan of Wuxing have been visited."

"Just compare the local households in Huzhou, the situation is 263 households and migrate to Jinghu, Liangling and Shannan in batches. I know that Xiangzhou is going to go..." Zhou Huaian said without raising his head.

"I dare to ask why the Grand Governor didn't see Rong and these great families of officials... "

However, outside the cabin, Lu Guangwei, who had just joined the staff group as an extra-staff consultant, was also asking carefully for advice to Lu Yan, a Shushi who was walking close to him.

"Of course it is necessary to better promote the reform and corruption of local administration and changing customs...

Lu Yan shook his head disapprovingly.

"If you keep these generations and those who are incompatible with the countryside and have a deep bond of interests, you will be afraid that the open obedience under the rule will inevitably have the disadvantages of secret resistance and indiscriminate opposition and opposition to the Yang."

"Can there be no good family that is truly available or is a good person to help, which can be set as a temporary example?"

Lu Guangwei hesitated for a while.

"Of course, there will be, but there is no need, and there is no need for this kind of trouble. Under the rule of the Grand Superintendent, he can benefit the people without such a person. This is enough." Lu Yan replied without hesitation.

"On the contrary, these big families with great surnames are nothing but away from the local area; they can discipline and manage, right? If those people can still keep their true intentions and be determined to study and maintain their families, then why should the Grand Governor's Office give corresponding opportunities for promotion and service?"

Of course, in a sense, his words were also specifically spoken to those who were interested in dedicating themselves to the Taiping Army General Office and who were particularly concerned about them.
Chapter completed!