Chapter 23 The Siege(1/2)
Liu Mingjing and the others left quickly.
Zhejiang has a developed water system and there are not many people, so they can take a small boat first, turn to the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou before taking a large boat.
The Sima family's passenger ship is still responsible for it along the way.
The poor Sima Jin was moved outside for treatment after lying in the mountain village for more than ten days.
However, in fact, using Liu Mingqi's sulfa powder, his injury has stabilized, and he just needs to recover from constant rest.
Sima Chen is also a ruthless person.
Originally, Zhenjiang had better cultivation conditions, but he did not let his son return to Zhenjiang, but let him stay in Longquan to rest.
Sima Jin himself understood what his father meant.
If Zhenjiang was captured by the Japanese and the Sima family was unexpected, Sima Jin could take on the important task of reviving the Sima family.
Sima Chen was very relieved about this.
He knew that even if Sima Jin had nothing and had no financial support from the Sima family, he would definitely rise rapidly and become a commercial giant in Jiangnan.
Why?
My son died for the country and almost lost his life!
Even if the court has little kindness and little righteousness, Jiangnan Governor Liu Renhuai will never forget this favor, and the next current governor of Zhejiang Su Feng will never forget it.
Not to mention that their character is very good, just talking about this folk righteous man who sacrificed his life to help the Dakang army kill Japanese pirates, Sima Jin's reputation has long been spread. If you don't give it well, who else dares to serve you in the future?
Finally, Sima Chen also understood that even if all the officials, such as them, do not remember the feelings, His Highness De and Prince Yi, would never ignore Sima Jin.
Because Sima Jin took risks for them and almost died in the end.
How could he ignore the name of the saint of King De?
As long as King De can manage Sima Jin, the Sima family will be really released!!
Who doesn’t know that after King De was enlightened by the gods, he invented and created continuously. He created tens of millions of taels of wealth in just two or three years, and was constantly making money?
Not to mention anything else, Sima Jin will never enjoy it in his entire life as long as he can give the distribution rights of several products!
It is precisely because we know that there are so many benefits that the Sima family has stopped all business dealings and helped transport various materials even more crazily, using the slogan "Avenge your young owner at all costs."
Of course, his behavior was praised by Liu Renhuai, Su Feng and Ni Yunlai!
Come back to your eyes.
As the second line of defense, Longquan is now basically no longer at risk of being attacked.
They even sent 5,000 troops to support the encirclement and suppression team of Zhejiang Governor Su Feng.
Not only Longquan, but Yunhe is the same.
But they stayed in Jingning City for the time being to prevent the Japanese pirates from suddenly coming from Wencheng all the way west.
Only after Su Feng and Jia Xiaode completed the siege of Wencheng, they would participate in the siege and fight the Japanese to the death.
Liu Mingqi followed Jia Xiaode all the way north.
Although Nobuzuo Ikeno nobuo did not come to attack Jia Xiaode's army, news came at all times, and Nobuzuo Ikeno nobuo kept harassing and plundering around Wencheng.
While the siege was not completed, he frantically plundered resources and killed as many as 50,000 to 60,000 people.
Liu Mingqi really couldn't understand this crazy Japanese general.
It is understandable that you say you plunder resources and want to make a fortune, and then stick to Wencheng City to consume and delay the Dakang army.
But you always slaughter the village and kill people when you see them. What does this mean?
Is it just to arouse the indignation of Zhejiang people towards you?
Then, you really did it.
Not to mention the Fujian army that was deeply affected, Zhejiang people now hate this Japanese army to the core.
Under the propaganda of countless refugees, everyone knew that there was such a beastly army that killed us Zhejiang people in various cruel ways.
This is absolutely unbearable!
Even the businessman who is stingy, treacherous and shameless on weekdays can empathize with it! It would be great if you keep killing like this? Will you have to come and kill us next time?
Therefore, the wealthy people in Hangzhou, Taizhou, Ningbo and other places all have material support and wealthy ones to pay.
Even the reward for "one hundred taels of silver per Japanese pirate's head" that Miao Yan, Liu Renhuai and Bai Hengwang jointly issued was increased by them.
Everyone added "two hundred taels of silver per Japanese pirate's head" in one breath, which doubled directly.
Moreover, this reward is not only effective in Zhejiang, but also in Jiangsu.
Jiangsu is also suffering from Japanese rampage. When we see that Zhejiang has already received the rewards, how can we fall behind?
Therefore, the merchants in their prosperous towns such as Jinling, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Songjiang also increased their investment, allowing the reward to be increased to "three hundred taels of silver per Japanese pirate's head" in one breath.
Good guy!
Even in Jiangnan, basically, if you kill a Japanese man, you can quickly become rich, buy more than a dozen acres of good land, and become a middle-aged peasant!
People die for money, and birds die for food.
There are also many poor people in Jiangnan, and there are also many scattered robbers and bandits.
Well, there are more of these people in Fujian.
So after hearing this reward, in just half a month, more than 50,000 bandits and robbers went down the mountain to join the army.
Although the quality is mixed here, today is the time when more troops are urgently needed, so whether it is Liu Renhuai, Jia Xiaode, Su Feng and others, they all pinched their noses and selected the young and strong people and organized them into the army.
Faced with the national war, these people have no risk of rebellion, otherwise even their peers would chase them until they die.
But they were not familiar with large armies fighting.
It is OK to let them fight with the team, but if they want to charge or persist in adversity, it will not work.
Not to mention these people, even many of the soldiers they led could not do it.
Anyway, with the simultaneous progress of Jia Xiaode and Su Feng, the siege was completed on the tenth day after Liu Mingjing and the others left.
Wencheng City, which is 220 feet long, 170 feet wide and 5 feet high, is already in front of the army.
According to Liu Mingqi's conversion, it looks like about 200 acres.
The city is obviously not too big, but this will help them concentrate on defense by 60,000 to 70,000 people.
There was no Dakang people in the city, and many of them were killed if they escaped. In addition to the unscrupulous Japanese pirates, they were the wealth, weapons, supplies, food, etc. they stolen.
Moreover, the city wall defense here has been obviously strengthened and reinforced.
In the words of my grandson, this is a very difficult city to fight. If you want to defeat it, you don’t know how many lives it will take to fill.
Su Feng is responsible for the north and east, while Jia Xiaode is responsible for the south and west.
The two arranged defenses and were wary of the Japanese rushing out to kill the scattered troops, and then they met nervously.
Su Feng and Liu Mingqi are not old acquaintances, but they have met many times in Hangzhou.
After meeting, his first move was to bow to Liu Mingqi, "The subordinate official will give tens of millions of people in Jiangnan, thank your highness for participating in the battle against Japanese pirates without hesitation! Jiangnan will always remember your highness's kindness!"
When the battlefield is unfavorable, something is usually needed to boost morale.
Some time ago, the special team led by Liu Mingqi became a role model for Jiangnan propaganda and morale.
A dignified prince should have run back to the capital to take refuge when the war disaster comes.
But not only did they not leave, they also brought a prince and two Qianniuwei lieutenants, and hundreds of people to burn down the Japanese logistics to harass the Japanese's marching... and so on, and even saved 70,000 to 80,000 people from a county town in Songxi County!
Such achievements are a great achievement for any general, let alone the royal family of the playboy in the eyes of the common people!
Of course, King De was very famous in Jiangnan.
The literati know his "sacrifice of life for righteousness", "About Wine", "encouraging learning", etc.
The ladies from the Hualou Building knew about his "Battle of Liang" and "The Fairy's Compatibility".
The merchants knew his white sugar, big white rabbit milk candy, floral essential oil, soap, etc.
Even the common people knew that Prince De was a natural saint, and he invented honeycomb coal but only sold for two cents per dollar!
It is precisely because Liu Mingqi is well-known in Jiangnan that it is most appropriate to use him as a role model.
King De is a dignified prince of the empire, but you are not from Jiangnan. You are willing to live and die for Jiangnan and take bloody battles. Why don’t you work hard and resist the invaders?
Don't say it, it's quite useful.
Many people were inspired by this and even became much braver in war.
Especially the Caomen on Miao Yan's side, I heard that His Highness, the tutor who designed and trained his own mentor, worked so beautifully in Fujian and Zhejiang. Of course, they had to work harder and not embarrass the prince. Therefore, the Caomen's combat effectiveness was so explosive and he made a great reputation.
Faced with Su Feng's thanks, Liu Mingqi was not polite and waved: "Get up, Lord Su, this is a coincidence, otherwise I would not have come all the way, otherwise your Majesty would have to give me to Guan Zong Ren Mansion!"
Jia Xiaode, who is like an old farmer, smiled beside him, "This is not possible! After you go back this time, Your Majesty will definitely reward you well!"
"He doesn't blame me, and I'll be grateful for my long nagging." Liu Mingqi smiled, "Let's not be polite and talk about the serious matter!"
"good!"
To be continued...