Just in Dantu City, the important town in Jiangnan, which was the first to be hit, the left-behind Taiping General Cao Shixiong was also giving orders to the attendants who were busy in front of the preset sand table in the hall:

"The remaining warships that have been confirmed to be able to operate in the Jiang Shang War have retreated to the coast of Hu Douzhou to reorganize and replenish... The ferry facilities in Yanziji, Caishiji and Chenglingji have been burned in advance..."

"Immediately send a team of mules and horses and erecting teams to the riverside of Gushanzhai and Qingcheng Town to find and rescue the naval vessels that rush to the beach and host the surviving naval soldiers nearby."

"The plan No. 25 of Yiwu is launched in the prefectures along the river, and the plan No. 11 of the inland prefectures is launched, and messengers are sent to request cooperation from Jiangxi and Lingdong...."

"In Chi, Run, Chang, military control and curfew are implemented in all prefectures, counties and towns. Those who dare to gather for chaos will be killed without mercy. All registered young and strong people must take turns to repair the city and create forced labor for equipment and objects," he said.

"All counties along the river must refuse to implement the implementation of clearing the wilderness and strengthening the walls, and the staff in the villages and factories immediately withdraw to the city for refuge. Those who dare to delay or delay should be punished by military law."

"At present, the garrisons along the river have been organized into seventeen guerrilla teams on the spot, and more equipment and objects are requested to be supplemented."

A Yu Hou who is summarizing him now reported.

"Order, the arsenal and Changping warehouses in nearby cities will be allocated first, and then a batch of mule and horse vehicles and canned rations will be allocated from the local area."

Cao Shixiong did not hesitate.

"There has been reported from the front that the enemy troops gathered to attack from the river, including Xiaoxiong, Xiongrui and Xiaojie from the fourth army in Huainan Xingying, as well as the Jiangdu Supervisory Office Army, Caohe Patrol Army, Chuzhou Tuanjie, Hezhou Tuanjie, Gaoyou Town Army, Chaohu Navy and other troops... "

"Since that's the case, our army will give up the front line along the river for the time being, and only ensure that Dantu and Jiangning are staying, several important towns and key points that are easy to stick to; as a support point for blocking and delaying the enemy's power."

Cao Shixiong immediately judged:

"At least from a long-term perspective, our current priority is not to defeat or repel the gains and losses of the enemy in a moment, but to ensure that under the expected enemy offensive and siege, we will persist until the Southern Expedition Army in eastern Zhejiang will do its best and return the troops."

"Therefore, on the one hand, we must consolidate the city defense, repair the armor and equipment, and make good plans for the worst and long-term preparations for the loss and damage of the rear depth; on the other hand, we must also wait for an opportunity to take the initiative to attack and fight, so that the enemy cannot conquer the city safely."

"Therefore, the garrison troops in each city were ordered to concentrate the mules and horses under their jurisdiction and soldiers who were good at riding, and to form a mobile strike team to wait for an opportunity to harass and restrain the nearby enemy troops..."

Then he said to the other on-duty Yuhou who was on standby:

"How is the survey and preparation of domestic water conservancy facilities? Can we release water and open the gate in a timely and quickly, flood the roads and off-road suitable for peers..."

"How have the boats collected on each river? Can the bridges be cut off at one command? Will the river ferry be blocked?"

"As long as the Huainan army can be dragged down in Runzhou for one day, no matter how much losses you lose, they will be of value and significance."

And at the Huangbikou in Yongxing County, Ezhou, which is even higher, on the south bank of the Yangtze River with fireworks.

The river water that kept washing the mudflats had turned light red, with unstable corpses everywhere and covered with stranded broken ships; and the soldiers of the Taiping Army who came to face the battle were also quickly cleaning the battlefield and re-arranged defense lines and positions.

Further behind, young and middle-aged people in the villages, factories and mines were also gathered together by drums and drums, and along the well-connected roads, gathered in various towns and cities.

After simple arming and classification in the local area, the vacant areas were filled in the city because the garrison was transferred away, and the vacant areas were built. The work of maintaining local order and ensuring the transportation of the rear was carried out.

Just amid the shouts of spontaneous excitement and encouragement, Wang Chongyin, a former veteran rebel general who was white in hair but was still strong in strength, turned his back toward the dense ships that were still moving closer to the distant river. He also sneered at a Huaixi general who was dragged up on the unkempt face.

"Get back and tell Liu (Hanhong) who killed Qiandao. When I was killing officials and robbing grain on the Caohe River, he was still asking for milk under my mother's crotch... It was just a thief who was waving his tail everywhere and begging for mercy. Why did he make a wish for me? It was such a laughing killing people."

"What a bullshit, 50,000 armored man? I don't know the trick of pretending to be counted along the way. Who was scared to run away in Jiangling? Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in my Hubei are waiting for him here. You will die as many as you dare."

After watching the other party be escorted to a small boat, he smiled and said with a sigh to the other person who was brought over:

"I would like to express my gratitude to the Governor's Office for your generals to send you here in time. The Governor will definitely have good returns in the future."

"In this way, my generals and heads can rest assured. After all, they are forced to be entangled in the enemy camp and have no choice but to do everything, so they can only risk their lives to send out some verbal news."

The person who came said with a smile on his face.

After comforting and comforting the secret messenger, Wang Chongyin's face gradually became solemn; at least the reality he had to face was not as easy as he showed. All the mobile troops that could be mobilized in Ezhou were here.

The victory of this riverside blocking battle was just the beginning, relying on the accurate information sent by the inside. However, compared with the size of the remaining Huaixi Army, Liu Hanhong, the commander of the Daqi Shenguang garrison who was ordered to enter Jiangxi for food, would not give up so easily.

After all, there are many ferries in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Even if the Huaixi Army is defeated here, it will find another place to cross the river in other places, or even divide its troops into several groups at the same time. This is a bit overwhelming or exhausted to run.

Therefore, the next step is a lasting and long battle, and even the price of some areas along the river fall and tragically slaughtered.

Fortunately, he did not fight independently alone, and there were Taiping soldiers and vast numbers of manpower and material resources who pacified Jiangxi prefectures along the river; there were also combat readiness troops left behind in the base camp in the Jinghu area upstream, as long as there was enough time to react and mobilize.

Thinking of this, Wang Chongyin suddenly had another idea in his mind, and called the bookkeeper and Yu Houdao who were accompanying the camp:

"Let's write a few letters for me, and use my personal friendship to persuade the leaders of Jiangbei. Qianren waited for an opportunity under the command of Liu's family, and just waited for Liu's family to cross the river and then he would be right anyway."

"This...is of course I'm not of use."

The young deputy general next to him couldn't help but say.

"Of course I know it's useless,"

Wang Chongyin smiled proudly.

"This thing is not for these real people to see, but for sending it across the river and then losing it to the Huaixi Army;"

After all, although he regretted that he was ignorant of his early years, he had heard the story of "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms" for a long time, and naturally he used some of his secrets and experiences.

At least Liu Hanhong's mind and courage are just as bad as Cao Mengde, who could burn all the correspondence and letters he copied from his opponent Yuan Benchu, was really a waste of his old nose. If he could make him suspicious, he could have been delayed for some time.

At this time, someone suddenly came to report:

"The guards, the water camp from Poyang Lake has come to help..."

“Good come,”

Wang Chongyin couldn't help but stroke his beard and said happily.

As one of the four major naval armies training sites of Yunmeng, Dongting, Poyang and Danyang, the Poyang Water Camp is currently only a few light and small surface warships mainly based on reserves and there are no decent firearms, but it is still of great help to his current situation.

At least, the range of mobile reconnaissance along the river has expanded a lot. However, after seeing Zhang Xingshun, deputy commander of the Water Camp, who came with more than 20 river ships loaded with supplies and five or six hundred soldiers, came, he made a new suggestion for him.

——I am here to help the dividing line—

After burning for a day and two nights, a small half of the outer capitals turned into scorched earth, the Taiping Army's offensive also paused. In the air full of burnt smell and smoke, the soldiers and people in the city who were damaged by the fire came to rescue and resettle.

At the same time, among the misty raindrops, various subsequent reports gathered in front of Zhou Huaian, who had arrived in the camp outside the city, like flowing water.

"Reported that Wang Zhi, the governor of Wuzhou (Jinhua), has been captured and arrested..."

"The report was seized, and the hiding place of Luyo, the governor of Chuzhou (now Lishui), was seized, and he had committed suicide by drinking medicine."

"Reported that when Taizhou Governor Chuangqiu Yin was breaking the city, he suddenly drove the west gate to lead the crowd out. Now the Fourth Regiment of the Raiders is in pursuit..."

"Reported that Du Ruxiu, the governor of Muzhou (now Jiande), led the remnants of his troops to fight stubbornly in Xifang City and was burned and killed on the spot in the fire..."

"Reported that Chen Ru, the governor of Quzhou (now Quzhou City), was missing after the collapse of his troops, and he was still in search of the search..."

"Reported, the training team outside the city found someone falling down a wall in the southwest corner, and fell into a moat. The identity has been initially found out, and it is Yuantai, the governor of Kuozhou (now Suichang),"

Zhou Huaian couldn't help but nodded. In this way, except for Zhu Bao, the governor of Wenzhou (now Wenzhou), who returned to the territory in advance, and Zhang Zimian, who hid in the inner city by setting fire, almost all the main upper and core members of the Southern Zhejiang Alliance were caught here.

Although there is still a large area of ​​territory that has not been occupied or taken down, the second phase of the Battle of East Zhejiang has been basically achieved; the rest is how to slowly curb the remnants of Zhang Zimian who was trapped in the inner city.

So as a personal celebration in a sense, he called Nie Wushuang over and stood on the terrace with a wide view but no one could see it. He had an overtime match in the rain that was filled with the sky and the sky was filled with overtime.

However, on the next day, Zhou Huaian received bad news, good news, and bad news. The bad news was that the long-awaited Huainan army finally attacked the river with all their strength.

The good news is that after Qian Jumei's remnants of the Fujian Army and Kong Liluo's overseas Yicong once again counterattacked the city of Yongjia in Wenzhou. Zhu Bao, the governor of Wenzhou who was trapped in the city, opened the city and abandoned the guards and fled after receiving the news that Jinhua and all the people inside were all falling together.

The news is that Cheng Dajie's remnants of Longyou County, under the siege of the local Turkish regiment and the township soldiers, insisted on the arrival of reinforcements from Jiangxi; now the local suppression and extermination work is being carried out.
Chapter completed!