Haiyan County, Jiaxing Prefecture.

Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers by the river, Hu Zongxian, who was sitting on a flat rock, looked grim. He stretched his left arm flat and injured people, and his eyes fell on the battlefield where he was still fighting hundreds of meters away.

Since Yang Jisheng died of illness, Hu Zongxian's situation has become increasingly difficult. Although Zhejiang civil and military officials have bowed their heads even more, Jiangnan Shilin's contempt for him and Zhao Wenhua has been known to everyone on the streets.

Hu Zongxian was not depressed. He calmly analyzed that most of the so-called Jiangnan scholars were gentry, and these gentry were often behind the scenes of wealthy merchants and even maritime merchants.

In his correspondence with Qian Yuan, the scholar from Songjiang mentioned something strangely. The large-scale anti-Japanese war on the southeast coast has lasted for two years, but the price of silk tax for Huizhou people buying silk has not fluctuated significantly in the past two years.

Hu Zongxian found from the shady text that Qian Yuan was reminding him that after two years of war, the most urgent product for maritime merchants, and the most exported commodity in previous years, the price of silk has not fluctuated.

What does this mean?

This only shows that although the officers and soldiers fought with the Japanese pirates in full swing, the private sea trade was not interrupted, and even the transaction volume did not decrease significantly.

Hu Zongxian sighed in his heart. Qian Yuan was right. The Japanese riots could not be quelled in one or two years, nor could they be quelled by just forceful suppression.

After wrapping the wound, Hu Zongxian tried to wave it, stood up again with his hand on the stone, and walked forward with great strides.

The surrounding generals showed admiration in their eyes. No matter how Hu Zongxian climbed up, they only saw that after the new governor of Zhejiang took office, they no longer marched barefoot, could eat and drink enough, the weapons in their hands were no longer broken, and they even suffered three injuries.

There were many outstanding civil servants in the southeast who fought against the Japanese, but not many of them were like Hu Zongxian and Tan Lun. Hu Zongxian used his courage to conquer a large number of powerful generals in the army in a short time.

Seeing the commander behind draw his sword again, the morale of the officers and soldiers became even stronger. At this time, a soldier wearing blue and black clothes rushed over from the other side of the river, and in two rounds it disrupted the battle formation. The two generals danced their hands and two Miao swords to charge into the formation, and they were brave enough.

The Japanese pirates fled in a mess. Hu Zongxian commanded the officers and soldiers to pursue them carefully. A smile appeared on his thin face, "I heard about the two swords of the Van family for a long time, and it is really worthy of its reputation."

Five days ago, 800 Japanese pirates landed from Haiyan, but Tang Kekuan could not stop him. Hu Zongxian personally led more than a thousand soldiers to help. He fought hard for three days to drive the Japanese pirates to the beach, and then urgently dispatched Tianzhou wolf soldiers to help. In this battle, he won more than 300 heads, which was the biggest battle after the great victory of Wang Jiangjing.

Hu Zongxian was filled with satisfaction. This was his first independent command of war. He not only established his prestige in the army, but also proved his abilities to the ministers in the court.

"Hu Zhongcheng." Old Lady Wa, who was wearing two Miao knives on her waist, walked up and said, "Will you go out to sea to pursue?"

"No." Hu Zongxian shook his head, "General Yu is not here, the Japanese pirates in the naval battle are too advantageous."

Mrs. Wa also agreed with this point. Among the anti-Japanese generals, Yu Dayou was the best at naval battles. He defeated the Japanese pirates at sea as early as the 32nd year of Jiajing. A month ago, he defeated the invading Japanese pirates outside Songjiang and burned thirteen ships.

"Old Madam, is the allocated supplies enough?" Hu Zongxian asked Mrs. Wa to sit down on the big stone. "If there is a vacancy, just say it, otherwise Qian Zhancai will be punished in the future."

"Hu Zhongcheng was joking." Old Mrs. Wa was a little uncomfortable.

Since he came to the southeast coast, Hu Zongxian has shown great kindness to the wolf soldiers for the first time. Even Wu Baipeng and Nie Bao were far inferior to each other. All kinds of materials allocation, silver rewards and weapons supplements are the most preferred.

"Don't laugh or laugh." Hu Zongxian waved his hand and smiled: "The former governor of Zhejiang Zhi, Zhou Yu, was determined to expel Guangxi soldiers, but Qian Zhan had tried his best to persuade Lord Zhao to leave Tianzhou soldiers, asserting that Tianzhou soldiers must be the backbone of the anti-Japanese war."

After a pause, Hu Zongxian said again: "Qian Zhancai has a deep vision and can't predict that others are not as good as others... He said that the old lady is loyal to serving the country and that the people along the coast will not be able to leave."

As Hu Zongxian told the story, Mrs. Wa's thoughts drifted farther and farther away. The young man she met in Wujiang last year... No, it should have been captured by Zhong Nan. At that time, the entire army was hungry, and the officials and gentry along the way were afraid of it like a tiger. Only the young man had a completely opposite attitude and cleverly wanted to pull Tian Zhou's wolf soldiers to Songjiang.

Mrs. Wa couldn't help but burst into laughter. At the end of last year, in Taozhai Town, Songjiang, the scholar Na Huating said that the folk song "The Huawa family can kill the Japanese."

But in fact, Mrs. Wa has asked someone to inquire about it. This sentence actually came from Qian Yuan's mouth, but it has been sung in Songjiang, Suzhou, Jiaxing and other places.

When Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong and Nie Bao were recalled to the capital one after another, Qian Yuan had a private talk with Mrs. Wa, and he promised that Tian Zhoubing would not be discriminated against and that supplies from all aspects would be delivered in time.

At that time, Mrs. Wa did not believe it. After all, the only one who said this was a young man who was so famous that he was young and even had no official position, but what happened next made her feel at ease.

"Hu Zhongcheng." Old Lady Wa gathered her thoughts and made up her mind, "Tian Zhouerlang has been on the war for nearly a year, and many casualties have been killed or injured. Now there are only less than three thousand soldiers left..."

"Don't worry, the old lady, the rewards and pensions allocated will be paid as soon as possible." Hu Zongxian was a little worried. Without Tian Zhou's wolf soldiers, he really had no confidence behind him.

In the past few months, Ren Huan has been ambushed in Taihu Lake. It is said that the court has been preparing to transfer him and selected another deputy envoy of Su Song's army to prepare for the Dao.

Later, Cao Bangfu defeated the Japanese pirates in Jiading and pursued them to Taozhai Town. He was defeated by the Japanese pirates. Cao Bangfu was almost exempted from his own life. Zhao Wenhua wrote a letter to impeach him.

Lu Tong and Lu Bin, Yu Dayou, Tan Lun, Tang Shunzhi, and Qi Jiguang are all recruiting recruits for training, and they cannot form combat power in a short period of time. If Tian Zhou's soldiers retreat at this time, it would be a widow who died his son and there was no hope.

Hu Zongxian advised again: "Qian Zhancai has high expectations for the old lady... Please think twice."

Mrs. Wa smiled, "Hu Zhongcheng misunderstood. Some disabled men returned to Guangxi first, and then summoned two thousand men to the southeast."

Hu Zongxian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly stood up and saluted, "Old lady Gao Yi."

Mrs. Wa stood up and avoided, "Hu Zhongcheng himself killed the Japanese, why dare I, the chieftain of the Wa family, dare to cherish my life?"

Hu Zongxian wanted to praise him a few more words. With his temperament, he hoped to hold this Tianzhou soldier in his hands. Unfortunately, Qian Zhancai's reputation among the Tianzhou soldier was so famous.

Before he could say it, a noise suddenly came from a distance. Hu Zongxian frowned and turned to look. A staff member Wang Yin walked quickly.

"Sir, Beixin Pass is attacked!"

Hu Zongxian squinted his eyes and asked carefully: "When did it happen? How many people?"

"Yesterday afternoon, more than a hundred Japanese pirates." Wang Yin whispered.

Hu Zongxian turned his head and looked at the battlefield where he was still cleaning up. On the side, the old lady Wa immediately said, "Let Zhong Nan draw 500 people to follow the Lord."

Hu Zongxian immediately felt relieved. There was no problem with the combat power of the five hundred Tianzhou soldiers to deal with more than a hundred Japanese pirates.
Chapter completed!