Xuzhou, within the Qing army camp.

Since the loss of Jiangnan, the Qing army retreated north to the Huaijiang line, and Xuzhou gradually became the most important military stronghold of the Qing army.

At this time, 200,000 Qing troops gathered near Xuzhou, led by Prince Ajige, and Grand Secretary Fan Wencheng Fuzhi.

After defeating Zhao Ming in Jiangbei, Ajige became the only general in the Qing Dynasty who had severely damaged Zhao Ming, causing his prestige in the Qing Dynasty to rise sharply.

Dorge had a good time and could still survive in the Qing court and occupy a place, thanks to Ajige, Dorgon's eldest brother.

At this time, on the campground, nearly 10,000 Qing troops wearing white armor and holding muskets were practicing.

Previously, under the leadership of Hong Chengchou, the Qing Dynasty carried out a vigorous military westernization movement, but was interrupted by Zhao Ming's northern expedition.

The results of the cooperation between the Qing Dynasty and the Dutch and the Spanish, and the benchmark project of the Westernization movement, the Manqing naval division was almost wiped out by the Donghai Town naval division during the naval battle. More than 10,000 new Han flag troops holding new muskets were also wiped out by Zhao Ming in the northeast.

This directly led to Hong Chengchou being dismissed from office and investigated, and the military westernization of the Qing Dynasty also came to an abrupt end.

After all, after spending so much money, he was not Zhao Ming's opponent, which made the Manchu nobles who had already tilted resources to the Han banner of the Qing Dynasty. The attack on the westernization strategy of the infantry and the navy eventually broke Hong Chengchou's westernization strategy.

However, after the failure of the Westernization strategy, the Qing Dynasty suffered even more severe failures, lost Jiangnan and other places, and was forced to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

After peace talks, in recent years, knowledgeable people within the Qing Dynasty once again put forward suggestions for military reform.

However, this time, they did not learn from the Netherlands and the Spanish, but from Donghai Town.

Although Ajige annihilated nearly 30,000 elite troops from Donghai Town in Jiangbei, Ajige also witnessed the strength of Donghai Town in the Battle of Jiangbei. In addition, the Qing army is now conducting a partial tug-of-war with Donghai Town in Liaodong. The Qing army generals on the front line felt that Donghai Town is strong, so there were voices of military reforms among the Qing army.

Ajige's reform of the Qing army was earlier than that of other Qing troops.

This is because in the Battle of Jiangbei, Ajige seized the supplies and equipment of Donghai Town, which was enough to equip tens of thousands of troops, and captured thousands of defeated troops of Donghai Town.

Now, Ajige has equipped 30,000 Qing troops with the seized equipment, and has allowed Huang Ting, the rebel general who rebels from Donghai Town to train the Qing army with Caodian from Donghai Town to train the Qing army for more than a year.

At this time, smoke filled the school grounds, and the Qing army's musketeers lined up, pulled the trigger, and nearly a thousand muskets fired volleys.

Looking at the battlefield filled with smoke and the target of wood chips, Ajige, wearing white armor, nodded slightly, "Huang Ting, you have trained well!"

"Thank you, Master!" Huang Ting hurriedly saluted Qian'er.

Ajig asked, "The army has been training for a year. Do you think they can face Donghai Town?"

Huang Ting said: "I dare not deceive my master. Although the slave has been practicing for a year, compared with the elite soldiers of Donghai Town, the slaves still lack the opportunity to ignite the fire. However, compared with other Southern Dynasties, the slaves are not afraid!"

Ajige looked at the army and nodded slightly, "I feel that I am not in a hurry!" Then he asked again: "Is there a way to narrow the distance with Donghai Town?"

Huang Ting pondered for a moment and said, "Reporting to the prince, there is either no way to do it, or practice more, but the gunpowder provided by the court to the slaves is really limited."

Gunpowder requires raw materials such as tinea and sulfur, but in the Qing Dynasty, these raw materials were very rare and could only be made by native methods and could not meet the use of a large number of firearms.

Ajige frowned when he heard the words, and at this moment, Fan Wencheng suddenly came to the schoolyard, "Prince, is there any military information coming from the south?"

Azig narrowed his eyes and said, "Where are you fighting?"

After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, peace was on the north and the south, but Ajige actually never gave up his determination to go south, sent a large number of scouts to spy, and waited for the opportunity.

Not long ago, news came from the Southern Dynasty that Zhu Yihai was trapped, Li Chengdong and Zhang Mingzhen raised an army and gathered 100,000 people in Yangzhou. The civil war in the Southern Dynasty was about to break out.

This made Ajige very excited. He realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time was finally coming, so he ordered the Qing army north of the Huai River to reorganize and prepare for war and prepare to reap profits.

After Ajige was ready, Li Chengdong and Zhang Mingzhen stopped in Yangzhou, and Ajige waited for several months, but the war began in the Southern Dynasty.

Now that I heard that news came from the Southern Dynasty, Ajige's first reaction was that the opportunity came.

Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "Reporting to the prince, it's almost the same. Zhao Tiebang suddenly returned to the army and seized Zhejiang. He Tengjiao from the Southern Dynasty was mobilizing his army to be wiped out. The internal strife in the Southern Dynasty was not far away."

"Zhao Tiebang is still sharp!" Ajige heard that Zhao Ming took back Zhejiang from the Southern Ming court as soon as he took action. He couldn't help but sigh, but then said seriously: "Governor Fan, you are here just in time. Hurry up and write to the court to allocate a batch of gunpowder to me. I want to prepare for the war!"

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After Hangzhou City was controlled by Donghai Town and the defeated army, Zhao Ming ordered Liu Si to lead a law enforcement team to patrol the city, specifically arresting those who took advantage of the chaos to rob, kill and set fire.

However, all the people in the city were all Zhejiang troops, and the villagers were not easy to attack, so except for a few scoundrels who took the opportunity to cause trouble, neither Donghai Town nor the defeated troops in the city had caused trouble.

After Fang Guoan broke through from the west gate, the officers and soldiers of Fang's troops in the city were unwilling to resist and most of them surrendered directly.

In this battle, Donghai Town took over Hangzhou City at a very small price.

After Fang Guoan surrendered to the court, his actions were not popular with the people. The Jinyiwei arrested a large number of Zhejiang people, which even caused an opposition between the people and the court.

Zhao Ming collected Hangzhou. When he entered the city, the people in Hangzhou welcomed each other in the streets, and cheers went straight into the sky.

The terrifying reign of the Jinyiwei exploited and persecuted many officials and gentry, gentry and merchants held wine bowls and presented pigs and sheep, warmly welcomed the soldiers of Donghai Town, and told Zhao Ming about the atrocities of Fang Guoan and Jinyiwei, demanding severe punishment for Fang Guoan and others.

Zhao Ming then ordered the people to appease, and sent an edict to Zhejiang Province to arrest Fang Guoan's party, and convened warlords from all over Zhejiang to come to Hangzhou to discuss matters.

After the city was broken, Fang Guoan led the remaining troops to flee west, but Donghai Town still caught many people in the city.

Fang Guoan's mansion of Duke Yue was built in a magnificent manner, but now it has become Zhao Ming's headquarters.

At this time, Zhao Ming sat upright in the lobby, standing on both sides of the mighty armored soldiers holding a sword in hand, and a man with disheveled hair was escorted in front of the hall, Gao Huan, the governor of the North Pacification of the Jinyiwei.

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Gao Huan, can you recognize this handsome guy?"

Gao Huan raised his head, but sneered.

Zhao Ming frowned slightly, but he didn't expect that this guy was captured and was so arrogant, "Why are you laughing at?"

Gao Huan sneered and said, "I laughed at you, a traitor. Although you took Hangzhou, you didn't know that you were about to have a disaster. Your master Zhu Yihai has been captured by the court!"
Chapter completed!