The Battle of Quzhou...

In fact, there was no defense battle, just a small battle was fought in the first two days.

The gentry and nephews did come back with great momentum and wanted to severely punish the unruly people, but their soldiers did not have this interest. They were not beaten to death by the group, and many of the relatives of the soldiers were even shouting to them on the city wall! The cavalry who arrived the first day on the first day tried to rush into the city, but was attacked by cannons and muskets immediately stopped. The next day the infantry arrived and rushed to the city wall with a ladder. As a result, the first soldier who showed his head was hitting his brother and slapped back by his brother.

The rest saw that the situation was in the city wall, and then they retreated.

The soldiers disbanded that night.

It’s a big deal to fight this kind of war. If you don’t turn against me, you’ll be worthy of your conscience. By the way, your wife and children are scolding yourself on the city wall!

Let's break up quickly!

That night, the soldiers of the Quzhou Brigade scattered and went to the nearby area to find relatives and friends to drink. Then on the morning of the third day, the gentry's children could only curse the unruly people under the city wall like abandoned wives.

Then the guys also parted.

They also understand that the situation is out.

Some of them wanted to resist, turned east to Jinhua to meet with the main force, and some of them completely lost confidence in the future, simply ran west to Jiangxi. Immediately afterwards, similar civil unrest broke out in Jiangshan and Changshan. Jiangshan gentry learned from Shen Baoxu to Xianxia Pass to ask for help from Fujian delegation, but Zheng Zhilong finally refused to send troops.

Or the Fujian gentry refused to rescue Zhejiang gentry.

They are not stupid.

Yang Xin’s goals do not include Fujian.

Yang Xin had already stated clearly that what he wanted was Nanzhili and Zhejiang. The gentry of Fujian could provide arms to Zhejiang gentry. Anyway, the latter would give money and moral support. It would be fine. It was nothing more than writing a few brilliant articles. Huang Daozhou often published such articles in the newly-run newspapers in Beijing.

But sending troops is exaggerated.

Just guard Xianxia Pass honestly and look forward to your own acre of three-point land.

Similarly, Jiangxi, the Yang Tinglin's troops of the Jiangxi regiment who had arrived in Yushan, learned about the news of the Quzhou Incident, did not speed up the rescue, but quickly deployed defenses in Yushan and ordered the local gentry to immediately cash out all the white sticks they opened. It was obvious that these gentry had already agreed to the fact that Yang Xin had annexed Zhejiang, including Xu Du and others, and they only divided two armies to reinforce Zhejiang, resolving the fact that Yang Xin had annexed Jinqu.

They knew very well that the best choice now was to wait, wait for Lu Xiangsheng's subsequent army to arrive, and then fight a decisive battle with Yang Xin. As long as they could win the decisive battle, they could regain what they lost.

Now that we consume too much power in Zhejiang, we will lose the final battle, but there will be nothing left.

In Zhejiang, where foreign aid is hopeless, the world of Datong among the gentry collapsed instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the Longyoumin transformed.

Then the Shouchang Front Army defeated the training and the Jingnan Army conquered Shouchang.

In order to avoid the expansion of chaos and ensure that the gentry of Quzhou will not be destined to be devastating because of the collapse of order, the gentry in various places did not really resist. On the contrary, many people quickly changed from resistance to welcome the King's army under the pretext of the Kong family joining Jingnan, and then the scene of welcoming the king's army finally began to take place.

He was training in Jinhua, Taizhou, Wenzhou and other places in Yanzhou, and withdrew from Lanxi as quickly as possible.

Knowing that the situation was hopeless, the Yanzhou defenders had no choice but to leave the city and surrender. The Jingnan Army finally truly opened the door to Zhejiang, and Li Zhong's army then turned to Lanxi.

Immediately afterwards, the Jinhua Prefecture Village Sage Association ordered that the Zhejiang regiment from Lanxi's Jinhua Army surrender.

The Taizhou Brigade, Wenzhou Brigade, and Chuzhou Brigade retreated sadly. In fact, they could no longer continue to fight with the Jingnan Army. What they had to do at this time was to go back and wait for the results, and maintain local public order, so as not to have any more things like Quzhou.

In this way, the battle in western Zhejiang was basically over.

Although there are still some places such as Kaihua, Sui'an and others still did not decide whether to surrender, but the overall situation was basically decided and they could not resist. They were just long and slow to react. In fact, Wuyuan in Huizhou did not surrender to the Jingnan Army. This area left the flat ground in the middle, and these small counties in the surrounding mountains and steep mountains have always responded to external affairs. It is definitely not a strange thing to say that there are gentry in the rural areas of Wuyuan that even the Jingnan Army occupied Huizhou.

The Jingnan Army was not interested in engaging in them.

If Zhejiang and western Zhejiang take it, it will be Zhejiang East.

Dinghai.

"This feeling is a bit strange. It is obviously against Japanese pirates, but it has become against us. Are we considered invaders?"

Yang Yi said sadly.

"No, we are liberators!"

Lin Sen, the instructor beside him, said with a smile.

"I understand after saying this!"

Yang Yi said seriously.

Then the two of them laughed at the same time.

On the deck behind them, four 24-pound mortars were spraying flames. The huge shells dragged their tails to the sky, falling on the blue sky, and then landed in the castle on the top of the mountain in the distance, turning into a striking flame. The small castle was already covered by gunfire, as if a ruin that had not yet burned out. The flames of cannon shooting were also shooting out from the castle, and water columns were fired on the Yongjiang River near the battleship...

Well, they are bombarding Weiyuan City.

This Lu Tong built a fortress specifically used to resist Japanese pirates. It is now the main obstacle for the Jingnan Army to be on this battlefield.

Zhao Baoshan Fort.

Weiyuan City.

Dinghai City.

Together, form a complete defense system.

The core turret of Weiyuan City defends the core. The turrets used 10,000 jin cannons to lock the Yongjiang River. Dinghai City stretches at the seawalls or city walls at the end of the tide line, providing flanking protection for Weiyuan City. The tidal flats on both sides of the estuary of the Yongjiang River force any attacker to have no other choice than entering the Yongjiang River to face the 10,000 jin cannons.

So during this period, the Beiyang Navy and the Marine Corps never took any action.

It’s just to maintain a deterrence in Zhoushan.

At this time, Zhoushan had become the third largest base of the Yang family after Tianjin's land reclamation area and Fengyang's land reclamation area. The fourth was Taiwan, the fifth was Macau and Hong Kong, and the sixth was Jeju Island. These were the real Yang family's and Yang Xin's real foundation.

After years of fishery and industry with the canned industry as the core, coupled with the expansion of Shanghai Transportation, the Yang family hired almost all idle people in Zhoushan. Moreover, because there were not enough, they had to send tens of thousands from other places. Currently, Zhoushan has a total population of more than 100,000, and it is estimated that 70,000 are working for the Yang family. As for the local gentry, they have also become vassals of the Yang family. Every year, Yang Xin alone invests more than two million taels of silver into this island, which is not the commercial profits brought by the ghosts who rented houses on the Yang family.

So what about a gentry?

The gentry was more profitable. Other places resisted Yang Xin because they wanted to protect their own fields, but Zhoushan did not have much farmland, so the gentry relied on fishery and commerce.

Just follow the Yang family to have meat to eat.

The others are not important.

Governor Yang leaked some meat residue, which was enough for them to eat.

In fact, let alone Zhoushan, even Ningbo and Dinghai also have a large number of gentry and the Yang family. After all, all the coal, grain, etc. needed by Zhoushan depends on purchasing from Ningbo. Of course, Ningbo gentry also has to go to Zhoushan to trade with Guilao. Even now, although the two sides have started a war, there is no restriction on trade. All foreign merchants are allowed to live in the Yang family's industries, including doing business, and they can only pay rent to the Yang family every year.

In addition, taxes are paid to Ningbo Customs, including Ningbo Customs, which is also in Zhoushan.

Smuggling is strictly prohibited.

Both Ningbo Customs Navy and Beiyang Navy are consistent in principle. Although the two families are hostile, they can jointly enforce the law and investigate smuggling at sea when needed, and they are even very active. After all, whoever catches it will belong to whom.

However, the two companies have different focus on the ban. The Beiyang Navy mainly investigates the ban on banning nitrate and sulfur.

These two are strictly prohibited. Iron tools can be sold even guns and cannons, but these two are not allowed to be sold to Ningbo. Any merchant ships in Japan, including Japanese Ryukyu and other places must be sold to the Yang family.

Otherwise you will be shot.

However, they would not take risks, because the price of the Yang family's acquisition was not low, so there was no need to risk smuggling to Ningbo merchants. Moreover, because of the competition between smuggling groups in Fujian, Ningbo merchants would not give them too high prices. After all, if the profit is not several times, there is no need to risk being shot. Yang Xin would not tell them about nationality, so he had to listen to him here.

Previously, it was like in peacetime between Ningbo and Zhoushan. What should we do? Neither the Beiyang Navy nor the Ningbo regiment training did not interfere with trade. The naval warships and anti-smuggling team warships were cruising in the same bay, and remained calm until the decisive battle began.

Now we have to attack.

If they don’t attack, the Beiyang Navy will not make any decent contributions in this battle. It is not just Yang Yi, but also the Yangjiazhuang households behind them are also eager to make achievements.

The lord is watching them.

The Beiyang Navy, plus the two brigades of Yang Jiajia Ding in Zhoushan, and the two brigades of Jingnan Army transported from the sea, formed the Jingnan Army Navy and suddenly launched an attack on Dinghai.

After quickly sinking an anti-smuggling cruiser and capturing nineteen, he immediately entered the mouth of Yongjiang River and began to bombard Weiyuan City. He also landed on the east coast with cruisers and armed merchant ships, and launched an attack on the fortress group of Jinjishan. At this time, Jinjishan also had a fort, but this fort had no heavy artillery, with the purpose of avoiding the Jingnan Army capturing Jinjishan Mountain, and then bombarding the Zhaobaoshan Fortress on the other side with a mortar cannon across the river, just like in Wuxi last time, he used a mortar cannon to bombard the Zhaobaoshan Fort on the other side across the river.

"The reinforcements of the regiment training have arrived!"

Lin Sen said holding the telescope.

On the deserted beach east of Jinji Mountain, a large number of team trainers came in a formation, and countless spears reflected a cold light in the sky...

"The Marines are sent to the enemy, it's time to see what our new tactics are going to do!"

Yang Yi said.
Chapter completed!