To be honest, although Zhang Jing is the most powerful commander in the Ming Dynasty today, he is not particularly talented in military strategy.

The plan formulated cannot be said to be full of loopholes, but in many places it is taken for granted. When encountering Xu Hai, who is very talented and cunning, he will naturally be weaker.

Of course, Zhang Jing mobilized nearly 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress the troops this time, and the advantage of the troops was too great, which was something Xu Hai did not expect.

However, more than 9,000 Japanese pirates were surrounded by officers and soldiers in Wangjiangjing. Under such an unfavorable situation, Xu Hai still found a possible way to escape.

On November 20, Xu Hai cut off his tail and survived, leaving most of his troops behind, and only brought more than 2,000 subordinates to get rid of the wolf-civil soldiers who were struggling, and took a detour to conquer Jiashan County again, then advanced all the way east, encountering Yu Dayou in Pinghu County.

There is no doubt that Haiyan and Haining are too far away. Now Xu Hai is most likely to be from Zhapu Town, Pinghu County, and Yu Dayou is responsible for blocking this gap.

But after Xu Hai failed to attack for two consecutive days, he suddenly turned around and rushed north along the coastline to Jinshan.

I have to say that after suffering several losses, Xu Hai's commonly used interlude operations were no longer new, but the execution ability of the Japanese pirates was much stronger than that of the officers and soldiers. Yu Dayou had no time to pursue him. Instead, Mrs. Wa led Tian Zhou's wolf soldiers to bite the Japanese pirates, and the two sides fought and moved towards Jinshan.

...

Taozhai Town seems to have not changed much, it still looks like it, the familiar courtyards, streets, piers, and the collapsed stone walls around the corner are still the same, and even the drizzle is still the same as it left that day.

Qian Yuan wandered silently on the streets, but it seemed that he had changed a lot. At least there were no soldiers stationed in that battalion. I remember that the soldiers Zhang Guerrilla were transferred from Nanjing.

After leaving Linping Mountain, Qian Yuan rushed to Taozhai Town as soon as possible. Although he knew that he could not do anything, he still came.

If he didn't come this time, it seemed that the emotions rolling in his chest made it difficult for him to calm down.

However, Qian Yuan is late.

On the day when the news of the Wangjiangjing victory reached Taozhai Town, Nie Bao immediately set off for Beijing.

Standing outside the mansion, Qian Yuan felt lost. In this era, there were no planes or high-speed rail, could he meet again in this life?

Standing for a long time, I vaguely remembered the concern Nie Bao had in his instructions in the mansion, and I also remembered that Nie Bao was mercilessly scolding and expelling outside the mansion.

Although they had been together for only more than two months, and most of the time, both old and young didn't like each other and even fought secretly, Nie Bao finally chose to protect the scholar in Songjiang, and Qian Yuan finally chose to go to Taozhai Town again to try to meet again.

"Mr. Zhou!" Qian Yuan looked at Master Zhou who was slowly walking out in surprise.

"Zhancai." Master Zhou smiled miserably, "Mr. Shuangjiang guess you will come. I have been waiting here for six days."

Qian Yuan keenly discovered that Master Zhou called Nie Bao Shuangjiang Gong, not the previous Dongweng.

"Mr. Shuangjiang went north alone and told me to return home before leaving." Master Zhou squeezed out a somewhat ugly smile. "Qian Zhancai seemed to be smooth and cautious, but he had his own passion in his heart, so he would definitely come."

Qian Yuan was speechless. Of course, this was what Nie Bao left before leaving.

After crossing the threshold, the two of them slowly entered the mansion and walked along the pebbly path toward the depths of the yard.

"I already know everything."

Qian Yuan's first words were beyond Master Zhou's expectations. He looked at the solemn scholar Songjiang in surprise.

"Does Shuangjiang Gong have any words to leave?"

"Talking about poetry and fu is not your strength, so you can get a degree as soon as possible." Master Zhou whispered: "Now it is not as good as the beginning of the country. If you fail to pass the Jinshi, it is not the right way to achieve the Jinshi, and it is difficult to show your strengths."

Qian Yuan stopped, turned to look at the row of houses on the right, and the center was Nie Bao's study room before him.

"I asked the night before I was kicked out of Taozhai Town, is there still a day to meet?"

"Duke Shuangjiang has decided to resign and return home. I think... he doesn't want to meet."

Master Zhou’s words are quite meaningful. Generally speaking, the new Jinshi will be assigned to various ministries and cities in various places to serve in Beijing. Only one of them will not leave Beijing, that is, the Jinshi and Shujishi.

The first Jinshi was directly admitted to the Hanlin Academy, and the Shujishi Association selected some of them into the Hanlin Academy. They were regarded as prime ministers and were the targets that all forces in the Korean and Chinese countries tried their best to win over. They would move forward step by step towards the cabinet.

However, Qian Yuan's attention was not focused on this, but focused on the first half of the sentence, resigning from office and returning home?

Qian Yuan soon understood that Nie Bao was not going to struggle. He tried to sacrifice himself to save the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war, resigned himself and returned home, and saved Zhang Jing from his position as the governor of Zhejiang and Zhi to continue his unfinished great cause.

Qian Yuan admired Nie Bao's ethics, but was not optimistic about it.

Will Xu Jie, the old fox, trust Nie Bao, really sacrifice himself?

If you don’t take down Zhang Jing, don’t erase this great victory in Wangjiangjing, and don’t force Nie Bao to give up completely. What if Jiajing summoned Nie Bao, who had already returned home, into the pavilion one day?

There are precedents in this kind of thing. Fei Hong, Xie Qian and Xia Yan have all experienced similar experiences.

Xu Jie didn't care whether Nie Bao was sincere or not. What he wanted was that Nie Bao had no possibility of entering the cabinet. With this mentality, winning Zhang Jing was a task that must be completed.

What's more, in Yan Song and Xu Jie's view, after this great victory, the Japanese riots in the southeast will soon be calmed down, before they were chewing bones and then eating meat.

Will Xu Jie, who has been repeatedly recommended to the Zhejiang Governor, endure it and not reach out?

Yan Song, who has always been irresponsible and is willing to take advantage of the situation, would he just watch?

"Actually, Mr. Shuangjiang has passed the age of obedience and should have enjoyed his old age." Master Zhou smiled, "It's just that I've lost my salary."

The drizzle gradually became heavier, and the two went into the study to have a tea and chat. Master Zhou asked in detail about the battle of Linping Mountain. The achievements of capturing more than 400 Japanese pirates had spread all over the country in the past few days. You should know that the victory of Wangjiangjing was great. The officers and soldiers from several routes killed more than a thousand enemies, but the captives did not exceed one hundred.

With the help of this battle, Hu Zongxian's reputation soared, and Qian Yuan's reputation for being expelled by Nie Bao was restored.

"I heard, I heard!" Master Zhou laughed and fell, "It is said that the Japanese pirate leader scolded Zhan Cai too unethical... Hahaha!"

Qian Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "It was clearly Hu Zongxian who did it, so why did it turn out to be my idea?"

"There is no way, where is Hu Zongxian's reputation so famous as you, Qian Zhan?" Master Zhou said, "Mr. Gu Dingfang of Shanghai County came yesterday. When talking about this, he has a lot of praise."

Qian Yuan suddenly tilted his head and thought, "Sir, you know, I don't have a relationship with my tribe."

"I have heard that your clan brother didn't wash you with his horse?"

"When the Japanese turmoil in the southeast is quelled, I am going to move to Qingpu." Qian Yuan said solemnly: "I heard someone call Huating Qian Zhancai... I felt uncomfortable all over when I heard Huating!"

Master Zhou was stunned for a moment, raised his thumbs up with both hands, laughed to the sky, and his whole body was trembling, and his eyes were faintly wet.
Chapter completed!