Tian Xiong was suspicious: "My lord, since we have grain and grass, the army is determined, just go west to Tonglu, and then try to find a boat to cross Qiantang to get out of trouble." But why did the front team withdraw? ”

"Get out of trouble? Haha," Ma Degong laughed when he heard this, "and your strength is too small."

"At the beginning, we had to go to Tonglu, and we had to return north to Hangzhou due to lack of food and rice. Now that we have Fang Guoan's grain, we have the capital to gamble again, why should we withdraw to the north shore? ”

Tian Xiong was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”

"Xiaoshan is the key point of Zhejiang, and the place can be reinforced, Shaoxing in the south, and Hangzhou in the north. Let's take advantage of the emptiness of Xiaoshan and kill him again! ”

"My lord, by all means." Tian Xiong hurriedly dissuaded, "The seized grain and grass are only enough for two months, and there will not be too much grain in the Xiaoshan fortress." When our army runs out of food and grass and wants to cross the river to Tonglu again, the Zhejiang army must be prepared, and it may be difficult to escape......"

Ma Degong said disdainfully: "A few days ago, the person who reported to Hangzhou said that the Fujian Navy Division only had fifty or sixty warships. And do you know how many warships Zheng Zhilong brought to Shun around May? ”

"My subordinates have never heard of it."

"There are more than 600 of them, and most of them are large ships, and there are many cannons on them." Ma Degong said, "The news of the loss of Qiantang should have been reported back to Beijing, if it is not as I expected, the imperial court will definitely send Zheng to lead the army south." The few warships of the Fujian Ming army were not enough to fill the gaps.

"We only need to hold on to Xiaoshan for a few months, and we can resupply Hangzhou. At that time, we will have Xiaoshan in hand, why worry about Shaoxing? ”

"Your Excellency is far-sighted!"

Tian Xiong was about to flatter a few more words, but a few soldiers with yellow flags came to escort them, and the officer who led the team saluted Ma Degong and said excitedly: "Your Excellency, my subordinates have found the enemy's main general Fang Guoan and several of his puppet officials among the prisoners. ”

"Oh? Fang Guoan? Ma Degong looked at the person dressed as a soldier behind him, frowned, and said, "Can you verify your identity?" ”

"Lord Hui, according to the identification of the forbidden army commander and others of the Nanren Lu puppet king, it must be Fang Guoan."

Ma Degong's eyes narrowed when he heard this, "Captain of the forbidden army? Which is it? "But it seems that the other party is not interested.

The officer was stunned, hurriedly pointed to the person behind him, and said to his subordinates: "Bring it up." ”

The Qing soldiers then identified a tall and thin horse. The man immediately knelt in front of Ma Degong, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "My lord, spare my life, spare my life......"

Ma Degong looked down at him and said, "Why did the commander of the forbidden army of the puppet king Lu go to war with Fang Guoan?" ”

"Lord Hui, it was Fang Guoan who was worried that the enemy would not be able to defeat the Heavenly Army, so he transferred the Shaoxing Imperial Camp to help in the battle......"

Ma Degong grabbed him, "You mean that the Shaoxing Imperial Camp is on this Qingshan Ridge?" ”

"Yes, yes......"

"How many defenders are there in Shaoxing?"

"Lord Hui, there are still four or five hundred people in the imperial camp, and more than eight hundred soldiers and horses in the five cities."

The Five Cities Terracotta Division was responsible for the security of the capital, and similar to the police in later generations, its combat effectiveness was more than one grade worse than that of the regular army. In other words, Shaoxing is now almost an empty city.

Ma Degong also asked the captured Shaoxing forbidden army to confront him, and what he said was roughly the same. He couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said to Tian Xiong: "I won't go to Xiaoshan." ”

"That ......"

"Bet, bet big." Ma Degong's eyes flashed, "Order the front team to return to Qingshanling to converge quickly, and then the army will take Shaoxing directly!" ”

Tian Xiong hesitated and said: "My lord, I will go deep into Zhejiang with a lone army, this is ...... in case."

"It's nothing in case," Ma Degong said confidently, "once the main force of the Zhejiang army is exhausted, if I take Shaoxing and capture Zhu Yihai again, Zhejiang will be chaotic." At that time, the state capitals of Zhejiang will compete to surrender, and it is not known whether we can attack Fujian in one go.

"Second, Shaoxing, as the capital of Zhejiang, has many strong people, and the grain and rice reserves must be abundant. Even if the situation is unfavorable, it is more than enough for us to hold on to the city for a year and a half. ”

Tian Xiong's eyes also lit up, and he hurriedly said: "The adult is really like Kong Ming's reincarnation......

Xianxia Pass North Pass.

Zhu Linmiao propped his hands on the wall tiles, and the large maple forest in front of him dyed the mountains red and green, and there was a Xiongguan Mandao that stretched for thousands of miles to the sky.

He took a deep breath, only to feel that his heart was full of pride, this is the great rivers and mountains of my China, no wonder it has attracted countless heroes to bend their waists.

But from here to the north, there are still large areas of land that have fallen into the hands of thieves, and in history, these lands have never been able to return to the Ming Dynasty.

Now, he has a chance to change the tragedy of history. This time he led tens of thousands of heroes out of the Northern Expedition, if he can win, then the world will change the offensive and defensive situation, and the Ming Dynasty will be rejuvenated! From then on, it is no longer a dream to drive the Tartars to the north and restore the splendid country of China!

"My lord," I don't know when, Zhang Jiayu was already standing beside him, presenting a secret report, and saluted, "General Zhen...... Oh, it's the Broken Camp Military Newspaper. ”

Zhu Linmiao hurriedly took it, glanced at the delicate handwriting on the envelope, and immediately turned sideways slightly without a trace, and then removed the fire paint seal. Zhen Zhen's military newspaper has always been "eclectic", if Zhang Jiayu sees it, they don't know what they will laugh at.

The letter is really "Zhen's style", first said that the broken camp has arrived in Tonglu, put a large amount of military food on the outskirts of the city to lure the enemy, and set up many ambushes nearby, which will be foolproof.

However, behind the "military newspaper" are many trivialities, from the ravaging battalion's praise for the new guns, to the amazing quality of the recruits, and the soldiers are not very accustomed to Zhejiang's diet, and even a certain general in the army is ready to marry a relative. For these, he could only smile helplessly.

A few days ago, the report of the great victory in Qiantang had been sent to Xianxia Pass, and Zhu Linmiao was very satisfied with Zheng Chenggong's battle - not only destroyed the Qiantang Naval Division, but also captured many warships, and burned tens of thousands of stones of grain in Qingyuanli. Coupled with Zheng Chenggong's great achievements in Xianxia Pass before, he has decided to wait for his triumph, so he asked him to be named Wei Yuanbo.

It was Ma Degong who had no food and grass supply at the moment, and the only way left for him was to go west to the upper reaches of the Qiantang River and wait for an opportunity to flee north.

According to Zhen Zhen's report, the camp also laid a net on the way to the west, just waiting for the captives to jump.

He put away the secret letter and smiled at Zhang Jiayu: "The camp has 'opened its pockets', and Ma Degong is forced by grain and grass to go to Tonglu." ”

"Luo Mingshou has led his troops to blockade Qiantang, and since then, it has been difficult for Jianyu to set foot on the south bank for half a step." He glanced at the north and continued, "Order the Dragon Guard Army to enter a state of combat readiness, just wait for King Lu to announce his return to the domain, and we will immediately cross the sea and go north to Jiaxing."

"From now on, it's our turn to fight back!"

As he was talking, he suddenly saw Yu Xin running up to the city quickly, and there were two people behind him, who were Du Yuan, the henchman of Qian Sule, the "university scholar" of the Zhejiang Domain, and his guards.

Yu Xinzhi saluted closely, and before he could speak, Du Yuan turned over and knelt down, and said hurriedly: "His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King, the big thing is not good!" General Fang, oh, Fang Guoan's army was ambushed in Qingshan Ridge. Only Zhang Huangyan led his troops to break through, and the rest did not ......"