Just as Wang Renshou was in confusion under the influence of his mission and reality.
There was already an inconspicuous follower Zhou Huaian in the team, and he rode his horse slowly into the messy, especially scorched Yuezhou City of Kuaiji.
Although someone voluntarily opened the door and asked the nearby Taiping army to surrender; but because he brought back Mingzhou governor Zhong Jiwen, he finally tried to summon the remaining minions to resist, and planned to burn Yuezhou City as a result of blocking, so he became the number one in eastern Zhejiang. The city of Kuaiji in Dayangyi still suffered varying degrees of damage.
Therefore, the houses near the city wall are more and more devastated after fire. There are also men, women and children with grief and weeping faces all over their heads. They are being inspected by the Taiping soldiers and then distributed on the spot with dry food, soup, blankets, and bedding.
Then, when they passed the ceremonial ceremonies in Zhou Huai'an, they couldn't help but put down the utensils in their hands one after another, and they knelt down on the side of the road in fear or awe. As for the government office, it is still the place where the fireworks and sporadic roars continue.
It was the remnant of Zhong Jiwen who occupied the city where the observation envoy was located, and still persisted in the resistance between the corresponding high walls and deep squares; although the inner and outer walls of Yuezhou had been breached twice by Huang Chao, the two observations made one death. One was captured, but then the occupants rebuilt it at all costs and resources.
So after they hid in, the Taiping Army still had to spend some time and effort to completely solve it.
Originally, it didn't have to be so hasty to be able to steadily fight slowly; it can even slightly suppress the Taiping Army's external power display, so that the local resistance forces can gather with luck and take the initiative to solve them all at once.
In this way, the more enemies that are defeated, eliminated, and captured on the battlefield, there will be fewer potential local resistance forces and the remaining soil of the old forces in the future; the "three detachments" will save time and worry when working in local areas.
However, after the situation on the southern front has been eliminated one after another, it can only partly abandon the original plan and strategy process, and adjust to a more active offensive trend. Although it is inevitable to pay additional costs and wastage, you can't just sit back and watch the partial division and the southern front that Jiangxi have constrained collapse together.
Not to mention that after the enemies on the southern line have completed the integration and unification of orders without any worries, they will not be as easy to clean up and deal with as the previous destroyers. It is not a good thing whether it is to flee to the five states of Fujian, or to infiltrate and invade Jiangxi.
Therefore, before Zhou Huai'an crossed the Qiantang River along the newly laid pontoon bridge, the Taiping Army horse and infantry soldiers who first arrived at the south bank had already divided their troops to various places in Yuezhou to seize and attack the corresponding cities and important points.
Therefore, when Zhou Huaian entered the preliminarily cleaned up city of Kuaiji in Yuezhou, he had received a group of riding steps going southeast, and had successfully captured and occupied Siming Mountain in Yuyao County and between Wulei Mountain in Cixi County. The valley road to Mingzhou has to go to the news of Huang Tomb crossing.
Another pioneer force that bypassed the coastal area to the north of Wulei Mountain also reached the chessboard grid in Mingzhou at a fast speed, defeating and dispersing hundreds of local mainstream soil groups, temporarily seizing such a coastal tunnel. It's important.
After fully sweeping the territory of Yuezhou, the next step is to attack Mingzhou (now Ningbo City), which has the strongest and most fierce resistance in East Zhejiang.
Although the city defense of Mingzhou State City cannot be compared with that of Hangzhou and other places, as one of the nine largest ship ports in the world, there are many large and small ports and shipyards in Mingzhou.
At least, in the absence of sufficient offshore surface suppression power, if the remnants of the Zhong family entrenched on the land are passed on to the sea to resume their old occupations, they will become a continuous banditry along the coast. It will be a loss not worth the loss big trouble.
Zhou Huaian rode on the horse so thoughtfully, while continuously issuing temporary additional orders after another; but suddenly saw the rider holding the flag and opening the road stop, but was blocked by a crowd of people kneeling in the middle of the street.
"Please be kind to the Chief Governor..."
"Most Governor pity..."
"The chief governor is spared..."
For a while, there was a chain reaction in the crowd, and bursts of shouts erupted.
"What's the situation?"
Zhou Huaian couldn't help but turned his head and said to Xu Yi, the third general of the Honjin who was in charge of suppressing and purging the city.
"I'm afraid that these are the remaining wealthy families in the city. After hearing the intimidation of the Zhong family, they thought that the army wanted to massacre the city. I came here to express my feelings from the beginning."
Xu Yijiang smiled bitterly.
Before he could say anything, he saw another group of people rushing from the back of these people, but in front of Zhou Huaian and his team, they fought and kicked hard at these people who were kneeling and begging; A chaotic scene of people turning back and forth.
"What the hell is this..."
Zhou Huaian was even more astonished. However, the guards on the left and right had already shrunk the team, gathered around him with knives and cards, and raised the crossbow and short guns in his hands as a warning.
Then, after seeing the later group of people who ignored the former and knocked down the former one after another, they knelt down one after another and shouted:
"Thank you for your life..."
"Thank you, the chief governor, for answering in the upside down..."
"The chief governor is really a new parent..."
Later, Zhou Huaian let people figure out the identity of the interceptors and the reasons for their thanks. They were all caught up in the inner city by Zhong Jiwen's soldiers, and tortured to force them to contribute.
After the Taiping Army entered the city, they were freed from the jail. They happened to meet another group of people who had taken refuge in Zhong Jiwen as a tiger. As a result, this kind of farce happened.
Hearing this result, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but laughed; this could be regarded as some kind of division and opposition among the literati class; perhaps it could still be used for one or two purposes.
And in the distance, the former Mingzhou governor Zhong Jiwen, dressed in a short shirt and brown shirt with dirt on his face, was also in a dusty pavilion, carefully spying on the movement of the street market.
It wasn't until a guy dressed in the same short shirt ran home, and carefully looked around to make sure that no one was following, then slowly stepped up the pavilion and whispered to Zhong Jiwen:
"Lian Shuai, act according to your instructions, and the bandit army patrolling in the neighborhood has been led over. Now they are being cleaned up..."
"Okay, don't miss the opportunity, let's leave now... Go to the North Gate Inner Canal and wait for the opportunity to dive out..."
Zhong Jiwen said immediately, and then to another group of people gathered downstairs.
"After half a while after I leave, you should start to act. I will definitely take care of your family members, so that they can live and eat well..."
"Lian Shuai, don't worry, a certain class has been deeply gracious for a long time, just waiting for the chance to repay at this moment,"
The leader patted his chest resolutely.
"What a good brother, Lieutenant Zhang, waiting for your wife and children must be like my family..."
Zhong Jiwen said more and more moved.
When his group of figures disappeared completely in the streets, the leader turned around and said to the left and right:
"Click this place, we should also go..."
However, when they ran a long distance, someone couldn't help but ask:
"Chapter head, aren't we going to make some movement with our hands,"
"What's going on? What's going on? If you want to die, just go, don't tire everyone..."
Xiao Xiaowei turned around, staring at him with a sneer.
"Isn't this treachery, putting the handsome and disadvantaged... I am not afraid of getting involved..."
The man was taken aback.
"The surname Zhong is very difficult to protect at this moment, and his promise is used as a bird..."
Zhang Xiaowei's face became colder and said:
"Where are the family members of Zhang Jinwu, Li Liushou, etc. who believed in him at the time? It's not dead, missing, but the young and beautiful one will take care of him on the bed in the back house and wait until he gets tired Do you give it to your subordinates...you have to believe in him to have a ghost..."
This person was shocked and wanted to say something, so Zhang Tou'er winked, covered his mouth and wiped his neck behind him; he collapsed softly.
At the same time, Zhong Jiwen and his party, who had walked a long distance, finally felt something was wrong; Zhong Jiwen suddenly shouted:
"Looking back, let's change another path and walk separately..."
Then, a sharp whistle rang not far away; what followed was the movement of a large piece of leather sacs running away, and many figures holding crossbow machines emerged from behind the walls and on the roof. .
At this moment, Zhong Jiwen, who had a bleak complexion, sighed heavily, why didn't he know that he had been betrayed at this moment. Then I saw that the person who reported the letter had deliberately stepped back for a long time.
—I am the dividing line —
Xichuan, within the territory of Meizhou. Lin Shenhe, dressed as a barbarian, was also introduced into the palace. (End of this chapter)