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Chapter 383 Ruan E

Ruan E may be the most invisible governor of Zhejiang in history. Even the governor's yamen was not set up in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, but was chosen in Tongxiang County, Jiaxing.

This is a shameless choice, because Tongxiang County is not far from the junction of Jiaxing Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture, which also means that Ruan E is very far from the coastline, and it is almost impossible for those Japanese pirates who landed in Haining and Haiyan to pose a threat to Ruan E.

But even so, Ruan E showed weakness in the small-scale war at the beginning of the year. He was afraid of these characteristics. This guy was even worse than Wang Min!

This is Qian Yuan’s perception of Ruan E, but when he passed the Beixin Pass and was told that Zhejiang Governor Ruan E personally led a large army to attack the Japanese, Qian Yuan was dumbfounded.

After being dumbfounded, Qian Yuan jumped straight away. As long as the five thousand troops under Lu Tong were still there, no matter how cunning Xu Hai was, he could stabilize the situation. As long as Yu Dayou and Liu Xian calmed down the Japanese pirates from both places in the south and north, and sent troops to support him, even if he could not defeat Xu Hai, he could still drive him out of the sea.

Let Qi Jimei, Zhong Nan lead Yiwu soldiers and Tian Zhou soldiers behind, Qian Yuan ventured to run all the way with the guards, Yue Prefecture governed Jiaxing County and Xiushui County, and Qian Yuan met the long-lost Lu Bin in the familiar Chongde County.

The military camp outside the city still looked familiar. This was Qian Yuan's work two years ago. The hemp rope hanging from the city gate was still there. It once tied eight Japanese pirates' heads.

Dozens of horses galloped into the city. Captain Liu at the gate blinked twice and exclaimed: "Isn't that Mr. Qian of Huating?"

"And Yang Wen..." The yamen runner next to him had sharp eyes, "It's really Mr. Qian. We must be fine this time Chongde!"

Captain Liu slapped the yamen runner on the back of the head, "That's Mr. Qian!"

"Yes, yes, I've all passed the Jinshi exam, Wenquxing came to earth... It should be Mr. Qian!"

He strangled the reins hard, and the tall horse under his crotch beat twice at the county government gate. Qian Yuan jumped down and strode in. At the door were the yamen runners of the county government. In addition to being surprised, he did not stop him, but he greeted him and asked him hello.

Ruan E, the governor of Zhejiang, who was sitting in the lobby of the county government, was a little annoyed. The situation in the southeast anti-Japanese war this year showed signs of improvement. Only Jiaxing Mansion, who was in charge, was defeated at the beginning of the year and also compensated the general Zong Li. If it weren't for his boss Li Mo at that time, he would have been in office, he would have been worried.

But this time, Ruan E was very confident. Lu Tong, Lu Bin and his son led 5,000 troops, and more than 3,000 tourists were allocated. In addition, nearly 10,000 local pirates, the Japanese pirates would definitely not be able to return when they came... The Japanese pirates who had just been wiped out proved that under this circumstance, he became increasingly unable to bear the disrespect of others to himself.

Ruan E was about to scold the magistrate Chongde who was sitting in the lower head, but the rapid footsteps sounded outside. More than a dozen guards holding the hilt of the knife pushed away the personal soldiers of the governor's yamen who were blocking them. The county yamen runners, constables and minor officials followed behind them. The crowd was filled with stars, and the stars raised a thin, dusty young man.

Qian Yuan raised his head and went straight into the lobby. After looking around, his face looked very ugly and shouted: "Lu Bin!"

Lu Bin, who had already stood up, responded reflexively and asked, "Zhancai, why are you here?"

"Where is Zhejiang Deputy General Lu Tong and Lu Ziming?"

"Hundreds of Japanese pirates landed from Pinghu yesterday morning, and their father followed the order of Lord Zhongcheng to lead the army to attack." Lu Tong answered immediately without thinking. After saying that, he turned his head halfway and looked at Ruan E with a black face.

"How many troops were sent?" Qian Yuan's face turned darker than Ruan E.

"four thousand."

Qian Yuan rubbed his eyebrows, "Lu Ziming led 4,000 troops to strangle hundreds of Japanese pirates who were wandering?"

"This place is the Zhejiang Governor's Office. Who are you? You dare to break in!" Ruan E didn't dare to take this person down.

"The Governor's Office issued a document to order the Jiaxing Prefecture's official army to defend the city and not to advance rashly..." Qian Yuan walked slowly forward a few steps and looked into Ruan E's eyes. "You foolishly asked hundreds of Japanese pirates to lead the 4,000 official army out. If Jiaxing Prefecture is in a mistake, you, Ruan Ying, will be the first to blame!"

After cursing for a few words, Qian Yuan stopped talking, not because Ruan E’s eyes were blasting fire on the opposite side, but because it was too late.

"Send a visitor to find your father immediately and ask him to be careful. Xu Hai may lead the main force to attack Jiaxing Mansion." Qian Yuan pulled Lu Bin out and whispered: "Come directly to Chongde. If there are Japanese pirates attacking Chongde, go to Xiushui... If it really doesn't work, go back to Tongxiang. As long as you are not defeated by Japanese pirates, you can do anything!"

"Even if Xu Hai attacked Jiaxing..." Lu Bin hesitated a little.

"That's a big deal!" Qian Yuanli shouted: "Go quickly!"

Lu Bin did not dare to hesitate anymore, and walked out with great strides, shouting and calling on his personal soldiers to arrange for people to leave the city.

There was a silence in the lobby, and Ruan E was hesitating whether to get angry... An unemployed Hanlin official broke into the lobby, insulted many times, and assigned a guerrilla arrangement, and did not take himself seriously at all.

But Ruan E also knew that this young man had a good relationship with the governor of Zhejiang Zhi, Hu Zongxian, and was still in the heart of the emperor. He was a person who was Yan Fenyi and Xu Huating would not offend him at will, but he... Since Li Mo was imprisoned, he has been like duckweed in the rain, without any foundation.

Qian Yuan arranged the outside affairs one by one, went into the lobby again, and casually found a few minor officials to ask about the current situation of Jiaxing Mansion.

I dare not say anything else, but in Chongde County, Qian Yuan has a reputation that no one can match. These minor officials followed Qian Yuan in the battle between Chongde and immediately shook everything.

Ruan E defended Tongxiang at the beginning of the year and refused to send troops to support each other, so that the general Zong Li died in the Shitangwan area. Although this matter was only scolded because Li Mo was still there at that time, Ruan E felt that he needed to do something after Li Mo was dismissed from office and returned home.

So, six days ago, 500 Japanese pirates landed in Haining County and attacked Chang'an Town. Ruan E ordered Lu Tong to lead his troops to attack. The Japanese pirates were quite slippery. Lu Tong chased them all the way to Xiushui before annihilated most of them.

This time, Ruan E followed the army, which was not a bad thing, but it was bad because Ruan E was too greedy. After knowing that hundreds of Japanese pirates landed in Pinghu, Ruan E ordered Lu Tong to attack again and moved to Chongde County himself.

Qian Yuan is now 80% sure that Xu Hai should have chosen Jiaxing Prefecture.

This judgment comes not only from that piece of information, but also from Qian Yuan's judgment of the situation and his analysis of Xu Hai's personal character.

Xu Hai is a pure robber, but he is not like ordinary Japanese pirates. He sees good things grabbing, sees big officials running away, and sees small townsmen carrying swords to slash.

The battle two years ago clearly showed Xu Hai's combat strategy. During the first invasion, he first ambushed Yu Dayou, and then he had no one to control the four palaces.

During the second invasion, Xu Hai first attacked Yu Dayou and Tian Zhou's troops, and then penetrated into Suzhou Prefecture. It seemed that it was urgent to attack Changzhou, but it set up an ambush to defeat the official army. Ren Huan, who was the Suzhou army at that time, was only exempted from his life. Although he was later defeated in Wangjiangjing, the troops were divided under Suzhou City, Changzhou Prefecture and Tongzhou Prefecture were in a mess.

This time, when the Japanese pirates attacked Shaoxing Prefecture, Xu Hai did not show this combat characteristics. If Xu Hai was elected as Jiaxing Prefecture, then his target must be Lu Tong.

Once Lu Tong is defeated, no one in Jiaxing Prefecture can stop Xu Hai in a short period of time, and countless Japanese pirates will pounce on him... Even Hangzhou, Songjiang, and Suzhou will not escape this disaster.

Qian Yuan felt more and more headaches. He looked at Ruan E’s eyes with a cold look, “If Lu Tong’s four thousand troops were safe, it would be fine. If something went wrong… you, Ruan E, will be scolded by thousands of people!”

Ruan E has calmed down now, "I, Ruan, are trusted by the imperial court, and are the governor of Zhejiang, leading the army to fight against the Japanese. You, an unemployed Jinshi, openly broke into the lobby and made no excuses..."

"Ha!" Qian Yuan stood up long and opened his firepower. "I finally know why Li Shiyan could not fight Yan Fenyi. Let's see who he is using!"

Not to mention that Ruan E has a bad temper, no matter how good his temper is, he will be furious and punched the table with a "bang", "Come on, drive this guy out!"

Unfortunately, this is just a temporary garrison for the Governor's Office. Most of the lobby are constables from the county yard and the yamen runners, all of whom are trance as if they suddenly become deaf.

The only ones who rushed up were the servants who were Ruan E. Yang Wen was too lazy to take action. Liang Sheng kicked him away. Qian Yuan didn't even raise his eyes, but he just lowered his head and looked at the map carefully.

Qiu Yongnian, the magistrate of Chongde who was sitting beside him, was the same year as Qian Yuan. However, he didn't know him before, but after Chongde took office, his ears were filled with the name Qian Yuan.
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