Wu Zheng's troops were also crossing the river.

In the early morning two days later, the Qiantang River was from east to west, with hundreds of boats competing for the current, which was a spectacular scene.

The people in Shaoxing Prefecture, Ningbo Prefecture and even the northeast of Jinhua Prefecture were inspired by the previous three battles and three victories, and were enthusiastic about the Ming army's counterattack.

For a moment, the whole eastern Zhejiang was in full bloom.

Everyone was calling out, crossing the Qiantang River and restoring Hangzhou Prefecture.

It seemed as if there was no enemy defense in Hangzhou City, and as long as the Ming army arrived, it would be possible to make an order.

Wu Zheng mobilized more than 50 large ships from the seaside people and requisitioned hundreds of small fishing boats along the river.

Nearly three thousand troops crossed the river at one time to Haining Yanguan landed.

At this time, the Qing army was unable to block the Qiantang River and Hangzhou Bay.

In addition, the Qing army was not prepared in advance to make the Ming army suddenly attack.

So, the login operation went very smoothly.

After gathering the troops, Wu Zheng sent scouts to both the east and west directions to contact Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren's troops.

Just after the Si hour, the scout came to report that Fang Guoan's Ministry had begun to attack Hangzhou City, and Fang Guoan urgently ordered Wu Zheng to attack Hangzhou City from the east.

Wu Zheng immediately ordered all units except the 600 cavalry to march quickly towards Hangzhou City.

The purpose of leaving the cavalry battalion is not to be passive and lazy in the fight, but to keep Wu Zheng aware that if there is any abnormal movement in Guoan on the side, he can lead the army back on the same route and withdraw back to Shaoxing.

In addition, if Wang Zhiren's troops could not stop the Tartar reinforcements coming from Jiangning, the cavalry battalion could also attack and block the court, providing time for their retreat.

It's not yet afternoon.

Wu Zheng led his army to the outside of Yongchang Gate east of Hangzhou City.

The walls of Hangzhou City are not high, only about one meter away, and Yongchang Gate is not big, so it can only be used for a carriage with two horses to enter.

The bridge hole at the city gate is only one and a half high.

Such a city has really not high defense capabilities.

At this time, there were already many defenders holding bows waiting to shoot on the city walls of Yongchang Gate.

Wu Zheng did not directly order an attack, but ordered the army to station five miles away to rest.

As a feint attack and restrained force, Wu Zheng did not realize that he had more than 2,000 people to attack such a big city.

Wu Zheng didn't even order a single arrow.

It's just an order - beware.

Wu Zheng is waiting for news from Fang Guoan.

....

Fang Guoan actually never expected that the battle would go so smoothly.

He bypassed West Lake and launched an attack from Qiantang and Yongjin.

Perhaps it was because the morale of the surrendered troops in the city had been declining since Luke Dehun led his army to leave.

The Ming army only attacked for an hour and a half before Qiantang Gate was broken.

All three thousand Tartars gathered at Yongkinmen. Because Yongkinmen is too important, it directly connects to the Hangzhou Prefecture Office and the General Secretary. Once it is broken, the whole city will fall.

But the problem is that after Luke Dehun led his army to leave, the 30,000 surrendered Ming army had already had a strange intention.

If an army surrenders to the enemy, it will never be controlled by soldiers.

Countless Ming army surrendered soldiers were looking forward to a day when the trouble was corrected.

This is the human heart. As long as you can live, no one will want to kneel to the alien race.

Therefore, when the Ministry of Security of Fang launched an attack on the city, Qiantang Gate, which was defending the surrendered army, was weak in resistance.

After more than an hour of support, the defenders killed the Tartar officers who were supervising the battle and opened the city gate to surrender.

The Ming army rushed forward, and Guoan was stunned. He could no longer control the Ming army with strong morale and rushed into the city.

In helplessness, Fang Guoan could only bite his teeth and make mistakes. He ordered the Ming army outside the city to concentrate all his strength to capture Yongkin Gate.

In view of the rapid fall of Qiantang Gate, the morale of the Ming army outside the city was greatly boosted.

They gritted their teeth and climbed the city and climbed the wall with all their might.

But the three thousand real Tartars were indeed tenacious. Six thousand Ming troops fought bravely and rushed up the city wall countless times, but were still blocked.

It was not until the Ming army attacked from Qiantang Gate that they went from the Bazi Bridge to Yongkin Gate to attack on both sides that they completely defeated the three thousand Tartars in Yongkin Gate.

As a result, half of the city of Hangzhou City has fallen into Fang Guoan's hands.

....

Wu Zheng, who was waiting, did not wait for Fang Guoan's order.

But when the Yongchang Gate defenders took the initiative to open the city and surrender.

In the evening, when thousands of defenders knelt down and welcomed Wu Zheng to enter the city.

Wu Zheng was stunned, and more than 2,000 soldiers under his command were also stunned. Where was the stage?

Be careful, be careful, Wu Zheng led his army to enter Yongchang Gate with a vigilant attitude.

Only then did I realize that the entire Hangzhou city was in full bloom.

Liberated.

Wu Zheng opened his mouth wide and stared at everything in front of him, unable to believe that this was the truth.

Victory comes too easily.

At this time, Fang Guoan's messenger arrived.

Convey Fang Guoan's order and ordered Wu Zheng to go to the governor's office in the center of the city immediately.

"When the lower officials met Duke Yue, they congratulated Duke Yue on restoring Hangzhou."

"Hmph." Fang Guoan's hum was not angry. He was in a very good mood at this time. If he had known that it would be so easy to recover Hangzhou, how could he invest in it?

Now, with his military achievements in restoring Hangzhou, Zhu Yihai probably has to give himself two more points.

So, at this time, Fang Guoan was no longer angry, "Wu Zheng, what else do you have to say today?"

Wu Zhengsu said: "The subordinates are ridiculous, judge the gentleman's ambition by the heart of a villain, and the Duke of Yue is tolerated."

Seeing that Wu Zheng was so tactful, Fang Guoan laughed and said, "Wu Zheng, I am naturally the prime minister who can hold a boat in his stomach and will not care about you."

Wu Zheng replied repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the Duke of Yue is in the country. But now Hangzhou has decided to deal with the 20,000 to 30,000 surrendered troops, and how to defend the city of Hangzhou? Should we send Duke Xingguo to lead troops to meet? Or should the Duke of Yue send troops to Jiaxing to join the Duke Xingguo to resist the Tartar reinforcements coming from Jiangning? Please make a quick decision."

After being asked a series of questions by Wu Zheng, Fang Guoan's face became solemn.

Indeed, regaining Hangzhou easily does not mean that you can defend Hangzhou.

Is it that the United King Zhiren, Wu fought to defend Hangzhou, or did he rob Hangzhou Prefecture and withdraw back to Shaoxing with surrendered troops?

Fang Guoan hesitated for a moment.

In his heart, Fang Guoan still wanted to guard Hangzhou because it represented his unparalleled achievements.

Since the reign of King Lu, no one has achieved such an achievement. Hangzhou is not a small city. Just by establishing Hangzhou's front and back guards in the Ming Dynasty, we can know the importance of Hangzhou.

But Fang Guoan was still hesitating. He knew it was too difficult to defend Hangzhou, and the city walls were too short, so there was basically no danger to defend.

Once the Qing army launched a large-scale counterattack, with its own 30,000 troops, it would probably not be able to resist it.

But if you bring King Zhiren in, then you will get the credit that you could have exclusively earned.

What’s more important is that if you guard Hangzhou, then Wu Zheng will definitely be there, and it will be a difficult nail at that time.

Fang Guoan was more inclined to negotiate with the Qing court and exchange Hangzhou for an ideal position.

"Wu Qianhu, what should you do in your opinion?"
Chapter completed!