Taozhai Town.

The cold and continuous drizzle finally stopped, and the dark clouds dissipated, making the warm sunshine spread across the earth.

Now the situation of anti-Japanese war is gradually becoming more and more virtuous. The guest troops coming from all over the country have already arrived, and Jiaxing Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture are under their control.

Although he was forced to bear the supplies of four thousand wolf clay soldiers, Nie Bao was in a good mood.

But on this day, with an urgent letter to go south, Nie Bao's good mood was completely destroyed.

Master Zhou did not notice Nie Bao's gloomy face. He took the letter and looked at it for a few times and smiled: "I didn't expect Yan Fenyi to beg for the Banzhou Gong. It's really strange... But it's no wonder, after all, the few recommended by Huating before were defeated."

It was not a secret that Li Tianchong wrote a letter to impeach Zhang Jing. Nie Bao had known it for a long time, but what many people could not imagine was that it was Zhao Wenhua's godfather Yan Song who jumped out to protect Zhang Jing.

It's so weird!

"Huh?" Master Zhou's brows gradually frowned, "Now the name of Xiaoge Lao is worthy of his name...but it was actually recommended by Huating."

This is the most incomprehensible part of the letters.

Yan Shifan had long been called the little cabinet master because of his influence on his father. He wrote Qing Ci for Yan Song and gave advice, but these were just the responsibilities of his staff.

But not long ago, Yan Song became mentally exhausted due to his age and physical weakness. Emperor Jiajing ordered his son Yan Shifan to serve as his relatives and enter the rank of Zhilu. He exercised the most important right of the cabinet chief minister on behalf of Yan Song, and voted on his behalf.

Just as Master Zhou said, Yan Shifan, the nickname "Little Pavilion Master", deserves his reputation, but the question is, why did Xu Jie and Xu Huating recommend it to His Majesty?

How many people in the court regard Xu Jie as the banner to fight against Yan Song, but now, this banner is shaky...

Although Master Zhou served as Nie Bao's aide for several years, he did not have a deep understanding of the government. His excellence lies in his money and food.

But although Nie Bao was open-minded, his official career had been ups and downs for decades, and he was disgusted with these political struggles that he had to think about clearly and clearly see the context.

The long silence is invisible even to breathe.

"Yu Dayou, how many days can Tianzhou's military rations last?"

"Three days." Master Zhou blurted out and quickly calculated his fingers in his sleeves, "Today, Huating County will send a batch of military rations to Sichuansha."

“How about morale?”

"It's pretty good. Zhan Cai, who is so clever, bought some pigs and sheep from Taicang and Kunshan, and sent a few of them every other day."

Nie Bao stood up and walked a few steps, walked to the map on the wall and gestured a few times, murmured: "As long as the Japanese pirates cannot break through Chuansha, Huating's line, they will be forced to move westward..."

"This is the general deployment of the Governor's Office. Judging from the battles in the past few days, it is difficult for Japanese pirates to defeat the defenders of Songjiang pirates." Master Zhou paused, "But from the tips, there were at least tens of thousands of Japanese pirates entrenched near Jinshanwei, but the maximum number of Japanese pirates attacking Sichuansha was not exceeding three thousand."

"They are short of food?" Nie Bao whispered a few times, and then his voice gradually became louder. "Maybe they are short of food. You should know that some time ago was the season when rice was ripe and farmers harvested, and the fields near Jinshanwei produced very little..."

"Dongweng means..." Master Zhou frowned and said, "Will they rob grain?"

"It's possible." Nie Bao called out to the guards and sent a letter to various places to instruct Yu Dayou, Tian Zhoubing, Huating and Shanghai counties.

After dealing with everything, Nie Bao sat back on the chair and began to remain silent.

He was not worried about his situation or his future circumstances; he was worried about whether the anti-Japanese war in the southeast would be affected, and he was worried about whether the political struggle between the court and the central government would interfere with the coming war.

Even all this was within Nie Bao's expectations.

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Nie Bao picked up the teacup and took a sip of the cold tea that was already cold, "This is..."

"It was Zhancai who sent it." Master Zhou replied carefully: "It is said that it was Longjing sent from Hangzhou. He specifically said that the tea is not named Zhao, please rest assured."

Nie Bao smiled and lowered his head to take a sip. When he looked up, he caught a glimpse of the map on the wall. It was drawn by Qian Yuan and sent by him. It was much more accurate and useful than the maps of Jinshanwei and Songjiang Prefecture.

As early as in the capital, Nie Bao heard about the reputation of this young man from Songjiang from various channels. Since then, others have not liked Qian Yuan very much.

When he met at Suzhou Wharf for the first time, he saw Qian Yuan's swaying. When he was in Taozhai Town for the second time, he saw Qian Yuan's slimming.

But what afterwards?

From the time Qian Yuan returned to Taozhai Town regardless of the risks, Nie Bao's impression of him was completely reversed.

But for this reason, Nie Bao did not give him any performance.

And now...

Nie Bao suddenly asked: "Go and call Zhancai."

Master Zhou was stunned. Dongweng hadn't summoned Qian Yuan for several days, but he didn't say anything and went out straight, but he came back soon.

"Zhancai went out and went to Huating, but with his guard."

Nie Bao nodded and said slowly: "Qian Yuan is of no use in the army, let him go."

"Let's go?" Master Zhou was surprised, "Dongweng, Zhan Cai helped Tian Zhou wolf soldiers to station in Songjiang Prefecture, and he also paid for ginger, pigs and sheep, and was close to General Yu and Mrs. Wa..."

"Let him go." Nie Bao interrupted coldly, "Go to Suzhou... no, let him go to Hangzhou."

"Dongweng!" Master Zhou said anxiously: "Aren't you afraid that he and Zhao Wenhua will hang out together?"

"That's his choice." Nie Bao rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and then said to himself for a moment, "At least it's better than staying in Taozhai Town and staying by my side..."

Master Zhou wanted to persuade him again, but suddenly a noise came from outside the door. The guards walked into the main hall with the messenger, "Sir, military newspaper."

"This morning, more than 3,000 Japanese pirates attacked Chuansha. By noon, the Japanese pirates increased by about 2,000. Chuansha had an unstable appearance. The Langci soldiers stationed in Nansha Town had already gone to rescue." The messenger knelt on the ground, his voice a little dry, "One hour ago, the Japanese pirates divided their troops to rob them everywhere. General Yu was afraid that Taozhai Town would be in trouble..."

Nie Bao raised his sword eyebrows, and the movements of the Japanese pirates were in line with his previous judgment. The Japanese pirates were probably from the food.

"Have you sent a messenger in Shanghai County, Huating County?" Master Zhou immediately asked.

"Sent." The messenger stood up with the help of the guard, took the tea bowl and drank it all. "But the villain came all the way, and met a small group of Japanese pirates more than once or twice on the way."

"No hurry, as long as Shanghai and Huating are not lost, Zhifu and Langtu soldiers can withstand it, and there is still time to clean up calmly." Master Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

Nie Bao nodded in agreement and thought in his mind that even if the Japanese pirates robbed some of the military rations, as long as they could withstand it... it would be worth it.

There was no need for Nie Bao to command himself, and a guerrilla who had been staying in Taozhai Town began to gather troops and arrange defenses, and everything was in order.
Chapter completed!