Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Even if a single ship carries five hundred soldiers...

That's an army of twenty to thirty thousand.

These are all large ocean-going vessels.

If you really try to push it in...

A single ship can carry a thousand soldiers, including both people and provisions!

Forty or fifty thousand Ming troops have arrived?

Zhang Shun sailed by boat past Mawei.

Use binoculars to observe the situation.

Although the city walls were in chaos,

But unlike Hangzhou, it wasn't completely unprepared.

Unless there were spies inside the city colluding to set the fire,

Otherwise, we cannot take it all in one fell swoop.

Zhang Shun ordered the fleet to retreat to Min'an Town.

I dawdled and didn't log in until evening.

In complete darkness

Squads of soldiers landed.

Collect cargo boats in the port.

They also forcibly conscripted town residents to help set up camp.

Soldiers came and went.

They traveled between the camp and the town.

Small teams would leave from time to time.

They took a small boat back to the large ship.

Then they landed in the darkness, carrying torches.

The soldiers observing the situation from the mountaintop were horrified.

He ran back to report to Tong Guan,

"The Ming dynasty has sent many soldiers,"

"Dozens of ships transporting troops,"

"A single boat carries at least a thousand people,"

"The total number is probably around fifty or sixty thousand!"

Fifty or sixty thousand people...

Tong Guan only knew that Zhang Shun had launched a surprise attack on Hangzhou.

Then the river defense forces quickly collapsed.

He had no idea what the specifics were.

At this moment, Tong Guan suspected that Zhang Shun was plotting to reinforce his troops.

They were also worried that Zhang Shunzhen would bring fifty or sixty thousand people.

He wanted to defend Fuzhou to the death.

They were also afraid of being defeated and captured.

Then came the crazy move.

Tong Guan, along with the puppet emperor and his officials,

And the personal guards he trained in Fujian and Zhejiang,

They fled Fuzhou overnight.

They planned to join forces with Xin Xingzong's victorious army.

However, he then ordered his subordinates to lead troops to defend the city.

Moreover, the city was full of local militia and new recruits...

He wants it all!

Chapter 1806 Taking Down Tong Guan

Those left by Tong Guan to guard Fuzhou,

It was Yang Yingcheng, the deputy commander of the Zhejiang and Jiangsu cavalry and infantry.

Yang Yingcheng's biological brother

It was in Quzhou that Yang Yingyan recognized Emperor Huizong of Song.

Tong Guan had just left Fuzhou City,

Yang Yingcheng then said to his son Yang Shao,

"Go to Min'an Town and make contact with the Ming army,"

“Just say that I am willing to surrender Fuzhou City.”

"Why didn't Father take down Tong Guan before surrendering?" Yang Shao asked.

Yang Yingcheng shook his head: "He was on guard."

"I don't have enough soldiers,"

"We must also be wary of a sudden mutiny by the local militia and the new army."

The military situation in Fujian is extremely complex.

Yang Yingcheng had only Zhejiang soldiers under his command.

At the beginning of the year, he followed Tong Guan to Fujian to suppress bandits.

These Zhejiang soldiers heard that their hometown had been captured by the Ming army.

They were all clamoring to go back.

Tong Guan feared a mutiny.

The Zhejiang soldiers were divided into three parts.

A unit stationed in Tingzhou,

A unit stationed in Jianning,

To prevent the rebels who had fled into the mountains from launching another attack.

Furthermore, Tong Guan also promised,

After he returned to Fuzhou to recruit soldiers,

They took these two Zhejiang soldiers back to their hometown.

The remaining one,

Gui Xinxingzong led the army.

Previously, he followed the Shengjie Army to fight against Jianzhou.

Yang Yingcheng, as the deputy commander of the cavalry and infantry of Liangzhe,

They were so badly dealt with that there wasn't a single Zhejiang soldier left.

Instead, he commanded 20,000 to 30,000 Fujian local troops and newly recruited village soldiers.

Tong Guan's current reliance

They were five thousand monk soldiers.

He saw that Fujian was full of temples.

So they recruited young monks into the army.

The fewer relatives you have, the more preferential treatment you will receive.

Those whose entire families have died out can directly become officers.

Yang Yingcheng was unable to control the troops.

Tong Guan also had monk soldiers protecting him.

They could only let him flee Fuzhou overnight.

"General, we've captured a spy!"

He claims to be the son of the garrison commander of Fuzhou!

"bring it here."

Yang Shao's first words to Zhang Shun were,

"General, please send troops immediately!"

"Tong Guan has already fled with the emperor and officials,"

"The garrison in Fuzhou has money but no food, which may cause a major disturbance."

"Money but no food?"

Zhang Shun, on the contrary, paid no attention to Tong Guan.

Yang Shao explained, "Tong Guan sent troops to plunder maritime merchants."

"They seized a large amount of valuables,"

"When supporting the new emperor's ascension to the throne,"

“Distribute these goods as rewards to the soldiers,”

"They also took the opportunity to recruit a large number of new soldiers."

"But the soldiers got the money,"

"But there isn't enough food in the city,"

"The price of rice has now risen to 3,500 cash per shi!"

Zhang Shun immediately realized who his enemy was.

It wasn't Tong Guan who ran away.

He was not a puppet emperor.

It was tens of thousands of Fujian soldiers who had no food!

Without solving the food problem,

Zhang Shun had no way to establish himself in Fujian.

Unless he can disregard the lives of ordinary people like Tong Guan.

Fujian is inherently mountainous with limited arable land.

Grain yields were extremely low.

Tong Guan spent more than half a year suppressing bandits here.

He ordered the requisition of military provisions several times.

The grain supplies of the common people have been completely confiscated.

Zhang Shun asked, "Are grain merchants allowed to hoard and speculate on grain?"

Yang Shao shook his head and said, "The local grain merchants are out of grain too."

"Although Tong Guan did not openly rob,"

"But they forced them to sell at low prices,"