That night, there was no sleep inside and outside Hangzhou.

The Qing soldiers cleared the battlefield until dawn. Ma Guanghui ordered hundreds of Ming troops to cut off the heads of the urn city and then hung them on the top of the city. Zhang Cunren ordered the Qing army to step up preparations for war and prevent the Ming army from angrily attacking the city.

After dawn, Zhu Yihai, the Ming army reported to him, and all the generals of the Ming army were furious. Fang Guoan rode out of the camp and saw hundreds of heads hanging on the city with a thousand-mile mirror. He was furious and cursed under the city for half an hour. Fang pulled his horse back to the camp and headed straight to the Ming army commander's tent.

On the city of Hangzhou, Qing soldiers were patrolling, and the civilians carried rolling stones and climbed the city with wooden trees, which was a busy scene.

In the city, in a spacious hall, there were eight banner generals wearing armor, and green camp generals wearing black official robes and red hats.

There was a man in the middle of the hall, seven feet long, wearing a black official robe, with a string of court beads on his chest, but he was not wearing a hat, revealing his blue scalp and a knife-cut face. He was Zhang Cunren, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Zhang Cunren looked at Ma Guanghui and smiled and said, "In the battle last night, the Ma Junmen made great contributions. I will ask the Regent for the Ma Junmen."

Ma Guanghui's face was quite proud, but he said modestly: "This is all Zhu Yihai, Zhao Zamao and others who tried to make a big difference with small things, so they gave me this opportunity to be loyal to the Great Qing Dynasty."

Although Ma Guanghui killed Ma Degong and handed Shaoxing to Zhao Zamao, Zhang Cunren knew that even if he had any hidden things, the Regent and the Manchu nobles would not blame him, and they might even reuse and promote him.

"Zhu Yihai and Zhao Zamao tried to take advantage of tricks, but this would be the case if I was the one!" Zhang Cunren nodded slightly, and then he was quite excited. His eyes burst into light. "Last night, our army smashed the thief's army's troops and greatly increased our morale. As long as the army defended Hangzhou and dragged him for another month or two, the morale of the thief's army would be exhausted. Prince Xun was in a deep ditches and high ravines, stationed in Ningguo, Huzhou, Suzhou and other places, and was waiting for this moment. At that time, more than 100,000 troops suddenly rushed to the city, and cooperated with me inside and outside, and would definitely defeat the thief's army in one fell swoop."

The Ming army of Zhejiang defeated Zhang Cunren's attack many times, and even annihilated the main force of the Qing army entering Fujian, which made Zhang Cunren feel a little nervous, but Zhang Cunren felt at ease when he first took action.

Although it was just a small victory and killed less than a thousand Ming troops, it stabilized the morale of the army in the city.

Ma Guanghui also smiled and said, "There are 50,000 elite troops in the city, and there are only more than 100,000 bandit troops. It is a delusion to want to capture Hangzhou. This time, the Qing Dynasty will be able to repeat the last battle in Hangzhou and defeat the bandit army in one fell swoop. If the main force of the bandit army can be annihilated this time, the army will take advantage of the opportunity to collect all Zhejiang and attack Fujian."

Zhang Cunren smiled, but then he told everyone, "I am sure to win this battle, but Zhao Zamao has many bad ideas, so we must not be careful. If you capsize the gutter, it will be unfair!"

Everyone couldn't help but nodded frequently when they heard the words. Zhao Zamao was very sinister. The iron cannon, grenade, and coffin bombing were all tricks he used, and he really needed to be careful.

Now that the generals received the order and were about to prepare, a general suddenly broke in from outside and shouted loudly: "Zhongtang, the thief army outside the city is about to attack the city!"

Zhang Cunren and the generals who had already stood up and were about to leave couldn't help but stop again.

Zhang Cunren sat down again, said silently for a while, and said for a while: "It seems that Zhu Yihai and Zhao Zamao are angry!"

After saying that, he looked at everyone and smiled and said, "The thief army was not prepared enough, so he came to attack the city, just in time to attack the head-on. The city defense will be left to you!"

Ma Guanghui stepped out and sneered and clasped his fists: "Don't worry, Lord Zhongtang!"

The attack on the 27th did not last long. The Ming army seized the head of the city hanging on the top of the city. Seeing that the soldiers could not attack the city, Zhu Yihai ordered to withdraw his troops again.

When the Qing army saw the repelling of the Ming army, they cheered and added confidence to stick to Hangzhou.

When Ma Guanghui was at the top of the city, he was quite proud. The Ming army outside the city formed a square formation to pay tribute to the dead Ming soldiers. A roar suddenly broke out from the army.

After waves of angry curses came into the city, causing Zhang Cunren, who was eating at the Governor's Mansion to frown. The fat meat on the chopsticks fell on the table without knowing it.

The Qing soldiers cheering on the city wall also felt a little nervous. The Qing army, who was already very proud, couldn't help but worry if they had too much mocked the Ming army completely angered.

Ma Guanghui looked at the Ming army's momentum under the city and was also a little scared. He knew that he had really annoyed the Zhejiang army. If he fell into the hands of the Zhejiang army, he would probably end up in a terrible situation.

The Zhejiang army's cry made him feel panicked, his Adam's apple squirmed, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and ordered his soldiers to guard the city tightly, so he hurried down to the city.

The Zhejiang Army camp was in Zhu Yihai's commander's tent.

"Why did Your Highness withdraw his troops? If he attacked more fiercely, I would definitely kill this thief Ma Guanghui today!" Fang Guoan threw his helmet on the chair and cursed.

Zhu Yihai knew his mood, and all the generals were silent.

Zhu Yihai didn't believe much about Ma Guanghui and Zhao Ming, but he was actually skeptical, but there was no way to quickly capture Hangzhou. With Ma Guanghui, he won Hangzhou, and the Ming army suffered a lot of losses.

Compared with the risks and gains, Zhu Yihai and Zhao Ming both chose to take a gamble, but they didn't expect that Fang Guoan would be greedy for me and actually let Fang Shiyan take the lead.

"General, the matter has come to this point, please feel sorry!" Zhang Mingzhen persuaded.

Zhu Yihai also said at this time: "Although the city has not been captured today, the soldiers share the same hatred of the enemy. In the future, the attack will surely break through the city and avenge the soldiers!"

That being said, Hangzhou City has high walls, perfect defense, and sufficient garrison troops, so it is not easy to conquer it.

Today, the Ming army tentatively attacked, and the troops suffered a lot of losses, but they failed to climb the city. If the 130,000 troops of Mandahai were not on the periphery, the Ming army might be able to break through the city.

But now, the Ming army did not dare to attack with all its strength, for fear that the main force of the Qing army would suddenly arrive in half, and that would inevitably be another defeat.

While everyone in the tent was silent, the prince's personal army commander Lu Shikui suddenly stepped into the tent and reported to Zhu Yihai: "Your Highness, you are sending an envoy."

Zhu Yihai and others were startled, worried that something would happen in Huguang, so they hurriedly asked, "Where is the person?"

Lu Shikui said: "Just just entered the camp!"

Zhu Yihai sorted out his dragon robe and said in a deep voice: "Please come and see you!"

Not long after, a dusty official entered the tent and immediately bowed: "I am Lu Kuang, pay homage to Your Highness the Crown Prince!" After that, he submitted a letter.

Zhu Yihai took it, opened it and immediately looked down.

Zhu Yihai closed the Xin and looked at everyone with a calm face and said, "Huguang is in danger. Your Majesty and the court hope that we can quickly deter Hangzhou, shake Jiangnan, and force the Qing army to withdraw from Huguang!"

When Zhao Ming and others heard the words, their faces were all dark.
Chapter completed!