On November 3, 999, the Empire's Jiangnan province, Zhenhaifu, the largest harbor in the empire.

When Taizu established the country and first established Zhenhai, it designated this place as the main port for the empire's foreign trade. The number of huge merchants in the entire Jiangnan province accounted for two-thirds of the empire, while the number of huge merchants in Zhenhai was more than half of the Jiangnan provinces.

Therefore, for thousands of years, Zhenhai has been famous for its merchants in the East and West. During peacetime, the number of ships traveling to and from the port every day is no less than 10,000 times.

In 999, the largest maritime trading distribution center in the Han Empire lost its prosperity. Except for ships docked near the port with Western coalition war flags, few merchant ships entered and left.

Even if the Western Alliance Navy had not many ships, less than 100 ships. More warships had already been loaded with large armies and assisted the Western Alliance on the sea route, and went south to attack the southern Fujian Province of the Empire and the Eastern Guangdong Province.

Just two days ago, hundreds of warships either went upstream along the Yangtze River or headed south along the canal to support Hefei and Quyang Prefectures besieged by the Han soldiers.

Therefore, the coalition forces in Zhenhai Prefecture are now only more than 10,000. However, on the west side of Zhenhai Prefecture are guarded by Nantong, Suzhou and Jiaxing. There are also river networks here, which are not suitable for cavalry raids.

Therefore, although Zhenhai did not have a solid defense, the coalition forces were not afraid that the Han soldiers would come from Route 6 to attack Zhenhai Prefecture.

As for sea routes, it turned out that there were not only the coalition patrol ships monitoring, but also a team of so-called Eastern Japanese Lord Rebels. The Amakura Navy assisted the Western coalition to deploy defenses along the coast.

But more than two months ago, after Shishiro Hiroshiro openly raised the rebellious flag in Eastern Japan, the Uesugi family turned against Amakura, and these rebels of the East Japanese retreated back to the East Japanese waters and encircled and suppressed the troops that also supported the Eastern Japanese royal family.

Therefore, the entire coastal defense is defended by a 5,000-man naval wing in the Sea Blue Kingdom.

Despite this, the Western Alliance soldiers stationed in Zhenhai Prefecture were obviously a little careless. They might be too convinced that the robes of several outer towns were deployed, and a five-hundred-man infantry team from the Sea Blue Kingdom was stationed on the gate of the Guanlou on the side of the East China Sea. They were accompanied by three light patrol boats, and they patrolled three times a day, each time only for an hour.

Most of the other soldiers enjoyed the rich and rich life in the city, which is known as the No. 6 bustling city in Dongda University.

All of this was not as clear as the Han army spies who sneaked into Zhenhai Prefecture's reconnaissance, and it also strengthened Zhang Guangyuan's determination to take down Zhenhai Prefecture as soon as possible.

Although after obtaining the information, the 6th Qing Dynasty felt a little suspicious about the tight external and loose internal deployment of the Western coalition, Zhang Guangyuan, who had been stimulated by other friendly forces, especially Lei Dongfeng, Lu Lianzhi and Xiahou Junjie's successive victory, flatly denied the 6th Qing Dynasty's proposal to wait a little longer.

"I have already sent Cao Shiwu Military Forces to you as your plan. Waiting for a while, wouldn't it be a mistake for Cao Military Forces?" Zhang Guangyuan was extremely dissatisfied.

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At dawn, the tide slowly rose and gradually surged onto the beach under the dim skylight, submerging the bottom of the huge gate on the side of Zhenhaifu facing the sea.

The entrance gate of Zhenhaifu port is made of iron sheet three meters long, wrapped in hard pear wood, with a width of 100 meters and a height of more than 20 meters. It requires fifty horses to be pulled to open. Once it is put down, it is impossible for warships outside the sea to enter and exit the port through the gate. The Western coalition is obviously very wary of the enemy's attack on the port gate in the dark, and hundreds of bright tines of oil lamps were set up here to illuminate the sea area of ​​hundreds of square meters.

However, many times, battles do not require direct resolution.

Behind this light, on the mudflat near the cliff on the beach, with the protection of the darkest period of dawn, several dark shadows climbed up the beach from the sea water.

These black shadows quickly passed through the beach and rushed directly to the mountain wall on the side of the beach. Several leaders walked along the mountain wall and soon arrived at the area where the mountain wall bordered the ocean. There was turbulent sea water under their feet, with obvious vortexes in it.

And about half a meter above the vortex, a narrow hole appeared in the slit of the mountain wall hidden behind a shrub.

The entrance of the cave winds upwards, and water and debris flow out from it, and they are instantly flooded by the turbulent whirlpools under the mountain wall.

"This is the drainage channel of Zhenhai Mansion, but it is only one of the hundreds of drainage channels in Zhenhai Mansion. Because it is built using natural gaps, only the craftsmen who participated in the construction of Zhenhai Mansion knew that our Sun family accidentally obtained the architectural drawings of Zhenhai in the city guard mansion hundreds of years ago, and only then did they know the existence of this cave entrance." A black shadow said softly.

"Very good. According to the agreement, the Cao army should have taken action in the middle of the night yesterday. Now the reinforcements from Suzhou and Jiaxing prefectures should have arrived at Nantong prefecture soon. We must speed up the pace, otherwise we will be in danger when the enemy reacts." Another voice said.

"Sir 6, you are a civil servant, why should you take risks yourself? The general said you don't need to come in person in this battle." A voice persuaded.

"I proposed this plan, I must come in person!" 6 Qing said.

In fact, there is a saying that 6 Qing did not say, that is, since he saw the defense situation of Zhenhai Mansion, he had a sense of suspicion in his heart, and it was an illusion that the Western coalition was so relaxed. However, Cao Shiwu had already come out at that time, and Zhang Guangyuan even flatly rejected his suggestion to delay the battle and recover Cao Shiwu.

6 Qing had no choice but to go to the front line in person. Since he proposed this battle plan, even if there was something wrong, 6 Qing decided to take it on his own.

But things went smoothly. Following the narrow and long drainage passage that could be passed by people, a battalion of the pioneer quickly sneaked into Zhenhai Mansion and successfully controlled an area at the exit of the drainage system, and set up secret sentries everywhere.

6 Qing's nervous mood finally relaxed a little.

Kongminglanterns representing success signals in the city came out. The hundreds of children from the Jiangnan family who had already dived and entered Zhenhai Mansion through the drainage system rushed up and directly captured the harbor gate of Zhenhai City and urged horses to pull the gate.

As the huge solid wood gates of Zhenhai Port rumbling up, hundreds of Han warships that had long been lurking in the dark rushed straight up and rushed to the port within a moment.

There were no many coalition soldiers left on the less than 100 warships at the port, and the situation was quickly controlled by the Han soldiers.

Then, countless soldiers and hornets flocked down the gangway and rushed into Zhenhai Mansion.

The shouts of killing resounded throughout the dawn of the seashore. After the Western coalition in the city woke up, they realized that they were surrounded by Han soldiers. Flames were rising in the city, and the killing sounds were shaking. For a moment, there was no idea how many Han soldiers had entered.

After knowing that the Han soldiers entered the city, the people in Zhenhai Prefecture took the initiative to go out to assist the Han soldiers in attacking and arresting Western coalition soldiers.

In less than two hours, all the Western Alliance soldiers in the entire Zhenhai Mansion, except for the dead, were killed or captured.

The Qinglong Battle Flag representing the Empire, the Ruifeng Flag representing the Guards, and the Yunlong Flag representing the Feilong Legion were successively raised to the city of Zhenhai Mansion, and Zhenhai Mansion was restored.

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"The 6 Chief of Staff is a literati, and he was a little frightened when he was in the battle. He insisted that the enemy might have conspiracy to ambush. Look, isn't our army going down in one battle now?" Guan Wentai, deputy commander of the Guards, smiled at the 6 Qing who copied the record.

"The victory of this battle is also thanks to Changying's plan. The person who came here immediately informed the whole country that the news of the restoration of the Eastern Capital and the annihilation of the defenders!!!" After the victory, Zhang Guangyuan's mood improved a lot, and his eyes looking at Liu Qing also softened a lot.

Zhang Guangyuan's suppressed emotions for many days finally broke out on this day. In the past, he had always been watching others siege cities and land and became a hero to save the empire. Today, Zhang Guangyuan finally restored the empire's city. Moreover, the richest Dongdu Zhenhai, the empire's richest, will inevitably become a hero of the empire, and will be one step closer to his goal.

"Congratulations to the Grand Marshal, overcoming Zhenhai and achieving great achievements." Several officers of the Guards and the officers of the Flying Dragon Legion on the side congratulated each other under the leadership of Guan Wentai.

"You guys, this victory is just the beginning. Through this battle, we also see that the combat power of the Western Cong is extremely limited. Our army is taking advantage of the power of this battle to sweep across the south of the Yangtze River. I believe that you will definitely become the great heroes of the empire." Zhang Guangyuan bowed to the surrounding generals.

"It's all up to the commander of the commander, and we admire him." The generals hurriedly returned the courtesy.

"..." 6 Qing Er heard the praises from everyone in the room, sighed in his heart, turned around and left quietly.

"Jose is the six commanders in the West, known as the 'Fox of the West'. Zhenhai is also an important town where the Western gangs and the Eastern Japanese united. If it was because of my plan, I successfully led the Western gang away and took down Zhenhai in one fell swoop, but what would Jose's backhand be?" Looking at the Han soldiers and soldiers who were traveling through the streets, and those who excitedly set off firecrackers in the streets after seeing the town liberation, Liu Qing thought.

At this moment, under the great victory, Zhenhai Prefecture was already in a state of carnival, and the captured Westerners became the targets of the Han army and civilians. The Han people who had been bullied for several months were beating these prisoners arbitrarily, and the Han soldiers on the side did not stop them.

"Even if I say anything else, I'm afraid Zhang Guangyuan won't accept it; if I don't do it well, I think I was sent by Zhuge Ting to disrupt his plan. Are you just waiting for things to happen like this?" 6 Qing walked around a ruin and looked to the north.

"Nantong Prefecture should have been in operation for a long time now, but I don't know what the situation is going on? No, I want to immediately recommend the general to fight against Nantong Prefecture, on the one hand, to support Cao Shiwu, and on the other hand, to see if there is a chance to take down Nantong Prefecture; if it takes down Nantong Prefecture, it is equivalent to establishing a stable transit point between Zhenhai Prefecture and Huaibei Camp." 6 Qing turned around and walked towards the temporary command of the Guard Corps.
Chapter completed!