Chapter 235: There Is No North-South Distinction Between Land and People, and No Manchu-Han Distinction Between People [Subscribe]

"Boom boom boom..." Outside the Huangtian Port in Jiangyin, dozens of warships of the Fu Han Army fired hundreds of cannons, and white smoke filled the river.

"Asshole, asshole!" Wu Bi Da pointed outside the port and cursed. He set up checkpoints along the river west of Huangtian Port, one every mile, and for dozens of miles, no one sounded the alarm in the port. Now the fleet was blocked in the port by the Fu Han Army Navy Battalion. How could Wu Bi Da not be angry? He gnashed his teeth in hatred. The fact is that Wu Bi Da had no idea how well Chen Ming was prepared for this battle!

While the Navy Battalion was going down the river, the sniper team and reconnaissance brigade directly under Chen Ming launched a full-line raid on a dozen or so riverside outposts west of the Huangtian Port in Jiangyin City. Absolutely guarantee the suddenness and concealment of the Navy Battalion's attack on Huangtian Port.

"Waste, all waste--" Wu Bi Da cursed. He really couldn't accept the fact in front of him. Huangtian Port was blocked by the Fu Han Army, and half of his warships were in the port. These warships can't rush out now. When the Fu Han Army's troops come from the land..., it will be all over.

"General, calm down." The deputy general of the central army said to Wu Bi Da. Now is not the time for Wu Bi Da to get angry and scold people, but for Wu Bi Da to quickly give them orders and tell them what to do.

Half of the warships were blocked in Huangtian Port, and the remaining warships were in Jiangyin City and further downstream, and they could not be relied on at all. Huangtian Port is a vanguard of the Fujian Navy and a front-line anchorage of the Fujian Navy. Now should the navy warships in the port immediately attack the Fu Han Army? Or should the sailors in the port leave immediately and retreat by land?

Although the other end of Huangtian Port is the Chengxi Canal, the warships of the Fujian Navy can also pass through the Chengxi Canal and hide in the inland water network. But everyone knows that this is a dead end.

Since the Fu Han army has launched an offensive, it is impossible to just attack on the water. How long will it take for their army to kill them? The river network is very crisscrossed, and there are many rivers that run straight up and down from east to west, but the water surface is also narrow, because that is for the passage of grain ships, not for foreign navy warships. If the warships of the Fujian Navy enter it, the speed must be greatly reduced, and there are many straight up and down waterways. If the Fujian Navy wants to go east, it is like running a field grid. It must complete a section of the waterway to the south, go to the intersection of the rivers, and then turn. In a word, it is south-east, then south-east again. In this case, the actual speed of the fleet going east is not fast. It is almost impossible for them to escape the pursuit of the Fu Han army, which has a cavalry.

Since the Fu Han army’s navy has attacked the port, their land forces will soon come. Wu Bidada's deputy general of the Central Army understood the fighting spirit of the team very well. No matter it was the navy of Fujian or the Lu Yong of Zhejiang, no one was willing to risk their lives for the stingy Liangjiang. Morale was low, fighting spirit was low.

There was a team of Qing artillery deployed at the Huangtian Port, but they were equipped with small cannons. Faced with the warships of the Fu Han Navy Camp that suddenly came to the door, the artillery team had no determination to resist to the death. But they didn't flee all of a sudden. At this time, the Green Camp of the Qing Army was not as bad as it was in the late Qing Dynasty. You have to at least teach them a lesson, and then they will run away with their heads in their hands.

"Let the artillery withdraw immediately. All the sailors also evacuate ashore." Wu Bidada held up a monocular telescope and looked at the warships of the Fu Han Army on the river, which was consistent with the news from Huguang. The size is smaller than that of the Fujian Navy, and the speed and agility are indeed higher than foreign warships.

Not to mention that the warships of Huangtian Port were trapped in the port, even if the two sides were to set up their positions and confront each other head-on, the latter might not be the opponent. The Yangtze River is too narrow.

As for the port artillery team, they have been completely at a disadvantage. If they don't withdraw, they will also collapse.

On May 26, the Fu Han Army attacked Jiangyin fiercely. The morale of the Fujian and Zhejiang naval and land garrisons stationed in Jiangyin was low, and they retreated at the first blow. The Fu Han Army broke through Jiangyin and Changshu, and pointed their swords at Songjiang.

At this time, the city of Suzhou was silent. In teahouses, Quyuan, restaurants and restaurants, you can no longer find the scene of passionate discussions a few days ago, and the scene of the city's gentry and merchants pointing out the country and writing passionately is gone forever. Why? It was because Jiangsu Governor Su Erde put He Huazhang, who had taken refuge in Jiangyin, into jail.

So, the whole city was silent and silent.

Jiangning General Rong Bao obviously would not tear his face with the local tyrant Sulde because of this matter, and Sulde, whether for his own reputation or for his official power, must teach He Huazhang a lesson.

"Wait, when the Green Camp of Guangdong breaks into Nantong Prefecture, I will definitely make you suffer enough!" Sulde knew that it was impossible for him to deal with He Huazhang without criticism, but if the battle in Jiangnan took a turn for the better, he would be able to suppress the slander by killing or severely punishing He Huazhang. He made up his mind in his heart. He Huazhang criticized him in Jiangyin, and dared to speak ill of him repeatedly in Suzhou, which made Sulde very embarrassed. Sulde hated him so much, how could he let He Huazhang go easily?

"Chen is a rebel who has become powerful and has a strong military presence in the south of the Yangtze River, which is a disaster for the Qing Dynasty's financial base. Now that the war has begun, there is no distinction between north and south, and no distinction between Manchus and Han people. Everyone is responsible for defending the land, resisting bandits and suppressing the rebels. Everyone should be determined to sacrifice everything, make contributions to the country, and establish a career for the country. This is a matter of life and death, and it depends on the unity of the whole country, unity of will, and unity of all hearts to achieve great things. How can we favor one over the other, make enemies over trivial matters, and neglect the soldiers of the guest province as if they have nothing to do with it..." He Huazhang's words that hit Suerde in the face clearly showed traces of Chen Ming's intervention. He added a few words from a certain public speech in Lushan. But don't say that the words "there is no distinction between north and south, and no distinction between Manchus and Han people" hit Suerde's heart directly, and it was really many times sharper than the words He Huazhang came up with. In addition to criticizing Suerde's "regional differences" for undermining the overall situation, it also implicitly satirized the difference between Manchus and Han people. But it is hard to find any evidence against him, because that statement can be interpreted in a positive way.

This was the "anger" that He Huazhang had been promoting when he first stepped onto the stage in Suzhou. It quickly spread throughout the city of Suzhou. The sentence "Regardless of the north and south, regardless of whether one is Manchu or Han, all are responsible for defending the land, resisting bandits and suppressing rebellion" was particularly shocking and spread widely, and it also reached the ears of Suerde. The first time, he was severely recorded in Suerde's little notebook. And when the second and third times came one after another in a short period of time, He Huazhang was courting his own death.

In the dark prison, the disgusting smell of feces and urine filled the entire cell, and the frequent bedbugs and cockroaches on the damp ground were constantly eroding He Huazhang's tense nerves. Since joining the Fu Han Army, when has He Huazhang ever suffered such hardships? Even before framing Chen Jigong and Gao Yanming, the He family was poor, but also clean. The scene at hand really disgusted He Huazhang, who had enjoyed wealth for a long time. Fortunately, the prison boss regarded him as a dead man and a serious criminal. According to the convention, he was not imprisoned with other prisoners, but locked up in a small single room alone. Otherwise, He Huazhang would suffer more than he did now.

He Huazhang successfully committed suicide in the prison and successfully completed the task assigned to him by Chen Ming. Although he was in Suzhou for a short time, he left a strong mark in Suzhou. During those days, he criticized Sulde with sharp words in restaurants and literary gatherings of the literati, ignoring the two big guys Gao Jin and Rong Bao, and pushed all the reasons and crimes of the bad relationship between the Fujian and Zhejiang Green Camp and the Liangjiang government on Sulde's head, pointing out the country and criticizing the officials. Such a refreshing feeling really conquered He Huazhang and made him obsessed with it.

The clean stream of the literati, the clean stream of the literati!

He Huazhang suddenly realized that it was no wonder that these four words were regarded as the stubborn disease of bandits by the Grand Commander, and no wonder that the Grand Commander sneered at the Qingliu. It turned out that the Qingliu could really stir up such a big storm with just one mouth, and had such great power. Manipulating public opinion and seeking personal gain, it really has to be suppressed.

He Huazhang knew that when he was arrested and imprisoned, it was the beginning of the Fu Han Army's large-scale attack on Jiangyin. Now, if you calculate it now, Jiangyin City may have been taken down by the Fu Han Army.

Through a wall, He Huazhang could already hear the sound of dripping rain outside. On the day he was arrested and imprisoned, God started to rain again. He Huazhang would not think that this was God complaining for him, after all, he was not dead yet.

The jailer carried a wooden barrel and knocked on the edge of the barrel with a wooden spoon: "It's time to eat, it's time to eat..." The voice came from a distance.

He Huazhang sat up reluctantly, picked up the coarse porcelain bowl at hand and walked to the fence. The food in the prison was really unpalatable. There were dry, hard and rough multi-grain steamed buns, porridge with a musty smell, and pickled vegetables with a strange taste. He Huazhang really had no appetite. But the silver and accessories on He Huazhang's body were plundered by the Qing soldiers who arrested him at the beginning. He couldn't buy something edible through the jailer. And none of his original clerks and managers have come to show up so far. He Huazhang didn't know whether they were stopped outside by the jailer and were not allowed to visit the prison, or what happened, but he didn't worry too much. Anyway, the property was not his, it belonged to the Fu Han Army. In addition to himself, there were two other clerks who were always watching. If it was really confiscated by the government, or if the two people were pecked by wild geese, and the property was taken away by other clerks, he wouldn't feel bad. If it was gone, it was confiscated.

"Huh?"

The jailer who served the food was skillful and didn't delay He Huazhang for more than 30 seconds, but He Huazhang was stunned. What was he holding in his hand? The soft touch and white color were like the two lumps of stuff on a woman's chest. But why? Why did the jailer suddenly throw him two big white buns? And the pickles were no longer the weird and disgusting things, but two pickled cucumbers with a soy sauce aroma. In other words, it was porridge, or the musty rice porridge.

He Huazhang's hands holding the white buns were about to tear the buns, and he was so excited that he wanted to scream. Why did his life suddenly improve? Even if someone outside was giving the jailer money again, there must be a reason for this happening today. It can only be said that the situation outside has changed, the wind has changed, did the Fu Han army take Jiangyin?

He Huazhang was not hungry at all at this moment, he wanted to ask the jailer loudly, yell, and call out. It was as if there were twenty-five mice in his chest, and he was scratching his heart.

He finally suppressed the excitement in his heart, and it was already dark. The white steamed buns turned into cold steamed buns, and the hot porridge turned into cold porridge, but He Huazhang ate it so sweetly.

…

The governor's office at this time.

In the study, Sulder sat behind the desk without saying a word, and there was no light in the room. After coming back from the Humble Administrator's Garden where he was defeated, Surder, who was in an extremely bad mood, sat motionless in the study for more than an hour. Didn't even eat dinner.

But no one of Surd's followers, masters, staff, etc. outside came to persuade him at this time. Even Surd's wives and concubines did not dare to come over and touch Surd's brow. My master's face will be greatly humiliated. Tomorrow the news will spread throughout Suzhou City, and Surder will be disgraced and will no longer have the shame to stay in Suzhou as an official.

You must know that Sulder had previously wanted to take this opportunity to become governor. Gao Jin, the governor of Liangjiang, was transferred back to Beijing by Qianlong. The governor's vacancy was temporarily taken over by General Jiangning. The vacancy of the Jiangsu governor was like a carrot. In front of Surd's eyes, he was tempted to keep trying harder, harder, and harder!

But what about now?

He Huazhang, his repeated attacks, his "foresight", and Surder's "anger" made Surder almost cut off the possibility of continuing to serve as an official in Jiangsu.

Because Jiangyin is really lost.

The Fujian Navy and the Zhejiang Green Camp retreated after a brief battle. The soldiers' morale was low, and the local militia in Jiangyin also had low morale. You must know that the Manchu soldiers were all in trouble. They didn't want to be killed to death by the Fuhan army, so they dispersed in a hurry, allowing the Fuhan army to capture Jiangyin City, a strategic place along the Yangtze River, almost without bloodshed. It also confirmed He Huazhang’s judgment!

Yes, now Surder can write a letter to impeach Wu Bida and Duan Xiulin, read them harshly, and label them as cowards to avoid the enemy. But will this have any effect on his reputation and prestige in northern Jiangsu? Useless.

The problem now is that He Huazhang had the "foresight" and repeatedly raised the conflict between the Fujian and Zhejiang land and sea reinforcements and the Liangjiang government offices, which may have a bad impact on the war situation. However, Sulder did not listen to good advice and corrected his mistakes when he knew them. Instead, he became angry from shame and arrested He Huazhang and locked him up in prison. What else can he do? Even gods can't answer this 'word'.

If Surder doesn't arrest He Huazhang, there will still be room for maneuver. Now that Surder has arrested He Huazhang, it proves that he has no awareness of his 'mistake' in this matter.

Surd's face was still feeling hot and hot. In the Humble Administrator's Garden, when the urgent military information from Jiangyin arrived, Rong Bao was inviting Suzhou officials and gentry. As the chief envoy, Surd was the second most powerful man in Suzhou city, so he was naturally there to accompany him. . When Rong Bao was so shocked that he sat down on the bench, and when the contents of the military newspaper spread at the banquet, it was really a thunderbolt from the clear sky, which almost stunned Surder.

When Rong Bao's fierce eyes glared at Surd, Surd really felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss. The chill penetrated into his bones. At the same time, he was so embarrassed and annoyed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.

"Everyone, please..."

"Lord Fantai, drink first..."

At a banquet that was lively just a moment ago, Surd was still the center of attention and the object of compliments and flattery. The next moment..., haha.

Surder still remembers the officials and gentry present in the lobby, who were all looking at him with such banter. There was no hint of 'sigh or lament' in those eyes, but only mockery, ridicule and gloating. Even though many of those officials were his direct subordinates, many of the gentry once knelt like a dog in front of him.

Surder's face felt as if someone had slapped him loudly several times. He was completely stunned at that time - his face was lost and his official authority was ruined. His face was flushed and red, his fingers were gripping the armrest of the seat, his knuckles were white, and the veins on the back of his hands were exposed.

After decades of service as an official and decades of life, Surd has never suffered such humiliation as he does today.

This humiliation came so suddenly and so violently. A sudden blow tore through all his defenses, leaving him speechless and resigned.

He Huazhang was still imprisoned by him, but the cruel reality helped him mercilessly humiliate the personal dignity of Surder, a second-rank chief envoy.

Rong Bao is also hateful. The latter is General Jiang Ning who temporarily holds the post of governor of Liangjiang. Logically speaking, he is in charge of all military and political powers. However, Sould has been an official in Jiangsu for many years. He has a deep foundation and deep connections. He also holds the vassal treasury and the militia training in southern Jiangsu. He is an absolutely powerful faction. Rong Bao will not be able to move him in the short term.

Rong Bao then chose to tolerate and "cooperate fully" with Surder. As the second-largest figure in Jiangsu, Surder has been standing like a mountain in the power field of Manchu and Qing Dynasties in southern Jiangsu these days. But has Rong Baozhen given up on the money and food power that Surder holds? That is the money and food for the entire southern Jiangsu. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is gold and silver. For Rong Bao, who broke out of Nanjing and lost everything, it was an irresistible temptation.

Of course Rong Bao will not give up. After regaining consciousness, Rong Bao immediately chose to add insult to injury during the banquet, and made the blame for the fall of Jiangyin vague. This directly implicated the responsibility from the two admirals Wu Bida and Duan Xiulin to Surd. He even pretended to ask Surder what to do next? He himself is in a mess!

Rong Bao let out the bullshit himself, and then asked Surde what he thought. This method was so obvious that all the gentry in the room knew it immediately.

Sulde couldn't remember how he answered at that time. His only thought at that time was that even if he died, he would not lose his dignity in front of Rong Bao and these dogs. Even after returning to the governor's office, Suerde sat in the study for more than an hour without moving.

"I was defeated by a white-clothed bookseller? Ridiculous, ridiculous!" Suerde had been an official for decades and had gone through many ups and downs, but in the most important can of life, he lost face because of a bookseller with a smell of money.

"Come here..."

"Master!"

"Take my life card to the prison and take He Huazhang..."

"Master, I killed him with my own hands."

"Let him go."

"Let him go? Master, you can't let him go, this grandson..."

"Go and do it." Suerde waved his hand, and then he closed his eyes and leaned back in the chair. He would not leave the officialdom like this. He Suerde had made contributions in Suzhou, and the emperor would not fail to see it. If he were to move to another place, at most he would continue to be the governor, or even the provincial governor. He would make a comeback one day, and then he would make Rong Bao and those Suzhou gentry who looked down on others look down on him look bad!