ps: Thanks to book friend "Fengzhiying" for the monthly tickets.

"Five days ago, Duoduo had led his army to attack Shaoxing Prefecture." Zhu Cixuan said calmly but with a little smugness, "Wu Zheng led 2,000 cavalry across the river to fight the Boluo army, was defeated, and fled to Pinggang Mountain Village. Wu Zheng's four guards were deployed in Jinhua and Yanzhou, one guard was in Lihai, and three thousand guards in Hangzhou had entered Shaoxing Prefecture. There were only 7,000 reinforcements left in Hangzhou. Wu Zheng had no reinforcements at this time. The only one who could save him was me. I naturally wanted to save him. I had issued an order to lead Liao Zhongping as the main general and lead the army to reinforce... But you also know that the national treasury was tightened, and the army was still in preparation. The army had no food and grass, and naturally could not be opened. The treasury was tightened, and the treasury was tightened. Naturally, the Duke of Zhenguo intercepted the commercial tax that should have belonged to the court, which caused it... This was called self-inflicted and unlived."

Zheng San was shocked. He suddenly understood something. He struggled and shouted, "The Majesty of Yixingchao actually colluded with foreign enemies in order to murder a minister?"

Zhu Cilang snorted coldly, "I am not as unbearable as you think. I just seized this opportunity to eliminate internal thieves first, and then prevent external troubles."

"Your Majesty is destroying the Great Wall!" Zheng San shouted in a loud voice.

Zhu Cilang's eyes shrank, this was the second sentence he heard in one day.

"He can't call it the Great Wall of Yixing Dynasty. I have also made plans. With the Jingwei and the garrisons led by Liao Zhongping, and with the Qiantang River natural danger, Duoduo could not go north even if he occupied Shaoxing Prefecture. If Wu Zheng really had the world in his heart, he would naturally fight with Duoduo to the death, and both sides would suffer. In this way, I can send a large army to recover Shaoxing Prefecture after Wu Zheng was defeated. With this revival, the ministers in the court would no longer regard me as a child who could be deceived."

Speaking of this, Zhu Cixuan smiled coldly at Zheng San and said, "I have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. I know that the eldest princess and Wu Zheng are deeply involved. If you want to move Wu Zheng, you must first watch the eldest princess. I want to put an irresponsible move on the eldest princess and want to put Zhou Simin under house arrest, so I am forcing her to do something... Do you really think that I have no idea about your secret guards?"

Zheng San gasped weakly and said, "I am not going to target Your Majesty. The eldest princess is definitely not going to be unfavorable to Your Majesty."

"I can accept it." Zhu Cilang nodded very simply, "But the imperial power cannot be allowed to be interfered with by the ministers. Just this point, Wu Zheng will die, and you will die. But I can give you a way out, as long as you call out the secret guards."

"Your Majesty thinks I will believe it? Your Majesty's company commander and princess don't believe it, how can you believe it?"

Zheng San smiled bitterly and said, "God is especially forgiving, but he is not allowed to live... Then ask Your Majesty to do something. I will be in the midst of the nine lunar calendar and watch the demise of Yixing Dynasty... It's just a pity that the eldest princess... I'm afraid I'm going to be in trouble again."

Zhu Cilang's face changed a few times, and he snorted coldly: "I have changed my mind. I will not kill you. I want you to hear the news of Wu Zheng's death with my own eyes. I want you to see Yixingchao revitalize in my hands... At that time, I will take your cheap life."

....

Liao Zhongping is honest and honest, but it doesn't mean he is stupid.

He could hear what the emperor said and knew what the emperor wanted him to do.

Although Liao Zhongping did not want Wu Zheng to have trouble, although Liao Zhongping also believed that Wu Zheng was useful to the country.

But since the emperor issued an order, he had to do so.

If the king wants his minister to die, his minister must die.

Liao Zhongping comforted himself that he was loyal to the emperor, and that was nothing wrong.

If you are not wrong, you must obey the order and you must persist.

....

Wu Zheng was very distressed in Pinggang Mountain.

Three days later, the Qing army did not attack Pinggang Mountain.

In addition to the corridor, occasionally the Qing army scouts of cavalry "passed by", and Duoduo seemed to have forgotten his existence.

But in fact, Duoduo hoarded his army on the side of Pinggang Mountain, blocking Wu Zheng's way out.

This made Wu Zheng very upset.

How can you feel comfortable if you are ignored by the enemy?

Wu Zheng knew that he underestimated Duoduo.

Wu Zheng's original intention to withdraw to Pinggang Mountain was to restrain the Qing army.

As long as the Qing army attacked the mountain, Wu Zheng now had more than 4,000 troops, which was enough to hold down tens of thousands of Qing troops.

Even if the Qing army occupied the eight counties of Shaoxing, as long as Lihai and Pinggangshan were still in their own hands, the Qing army would not be able to live in peace.

If you choose to withdraw from Hangzhou, this will be a huge blow to the Wu Zheng forces.

It is not easy to support this treasury.

The court could not pay the pension, but Wu Zheng could support the 40,000 army. This money did not just come from "robbing the rich and helping the poor". If it were plundered from the rich, the three prefectures such as Hangzhou would have been in chaos.

The real wealth comes from Hangzhou and Songjiang's commercial tax, which is an inexhaustible gold mountain, but it takes time and cannot be settled.

Once Wu Zheng withdrew from Hangzhou, the war would spread along the Qiantang River.

Merchants are most sensitive to risks. No one is willing to risk their wealth and their lives to lose. They continue to enter and exit the two ports in Hangzhou and Songjiang. Then the daily capital flow will be exhausted, and the consequence is that the capital chain of Wu Zheng's forces is broken.

This is very terrible. Once the capital chain breaks, the Holy See behind Wei Kuangguo will no longer be able to let Wu Zheng "on credit". The Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, which had already formed a prototype, will scatter. Without these, the source of funds will quickly run out, and everything in military workshops, military academies, shipyards, ports, etc. will be gone.

If you die, you must drag the Qing army to Shaoxing Prefecture. This is a bottom line drawn by Wu Zheng for himself and the main reason why Wu Zheng retreated to Pinggang Mountain.

But obviously, Duoduo, who had suffered from Wu Zheng's losses before, learned his lesson. He chose to ignore the existence of Pinggang Mountain and would rather strand 20,000 Qing troops in Shaoxing Prefecture to shock Pinggang Mountain and ignore Wu Zheng.

The falling flowers are intentional, but the flowing water is ruthless?

Three days were enough for the Qing army to occupy the entire eight counties under Shaoxing Prefecture.

Duoduo refused to move, Wu Zheng could not move, and Chen Sheng did not dare to move.

But someone moved, for example, under the order of Wu Zheng, Song An transferred 2,700 from Songjiang Prefecture (300 were taken away by Shen Zhiyuan) from the boy from Songjiang Prefecture. When he heard that Wu Zheng was defeated, Song An immediately led the musketeers to attack Xiaoshan.

The Qing army, which had not yet established a foothold in Xiaoshan City, could not resist the sharpness of the musketeers. In one day, they began to retreat.

Song An led his troops to advance rapidly, but this day's effort was enough to give the Qing army south of Xiaoshan enough time to complete the fortifications.

Guali, a small pass that once crippled Zhou Dahu tribe, has also become a hard bone that Song An could not chew.

Musketeers do lack the ability to attack.

In addition, the lack of troops was enough, facing the same number of defenders but covered by city walls, he could only sigh.

Although Song An was anxious, he could only wait for the arrival of subsequent artillery.

The Zhoushan Navy had just left the port at this time and had not yet entered the Cao'e River.

Therefore, after a little movement, the battle situation in Shaoxing Prefecture reached a deadlock again.
Chapter completed!