Dongshan Town.

Qian Yuan, with a pale face, had nowhere to vent his feelings, and suddenly kicked over the chair of the Grand Master in front of him. In addition to Wang Yi, Zhou Ji was lost, and only four of them came back alive.

The ten people Wang Yi picked out this time were all old men from the guard team. After years of training, not to mention his skill in martial arts, several of them even learned simple math from Qian Yuan. It is no exaggeration to say that if they join the army, they would at least start with the captain.

Especially the Guards dispatched forty people to join the army at the beginning of the year, and only more than 30 elderly people remained, and six or seven people were lost at once, and they were all elderly people who had followed Qian Yuan for a long time...

"Zhancai..." Zheng Ruozeng, who accompanied him, walked closer and said, "The overall situation is the most important thing."

Qian Yuan suppressed his anger and turned around and ordered: "The injured brother is sent back to Linhai immediately."

Wang Yi, who was kneeling on one knee, whispered, without punishment, which made the frontier man feel very uncomfortable... The scout was a dangerous thing to spy on military information, but he could have returned safely, but he eventually lost the lives of six brothers...

Wang Yi chose the fastest and most direct way to go south, and went straight into Jinghu, turned to Lianghu, and then headed south along the Cao'e River. Unfortunately, he encountered a large number of Japanese pirates near Jinghu. After fighting hard, most of the guards died. Until at night, Wang Yi and the remaining four people fled across the river at night, and finally returned to Dongshan Town.

"Let's go back." Zheng Ruozeng sighed: "Zhan Cai, Xu Hai's command is full of young and strong people who are being held captive..."

Of course Qian Yuan understood the meaning of this sentence and said coldly: "The life of my Qian family guard is Jingui!"

Last year, outside Changshui Town, thirteen people were killed in the Qian family's guards. Qian Yuan ordered the cutting of 1,300 Japanese pirates to be piled up into Jingguan. This incident spread to the southeast.

This year, outside Shanyin City, 17 people were killed in the Qian family guards. Qian Yuan ordered that 1,700 Japanese pirates be gathered within a month to pile up the heads of Jingguan as sacrifices. Some censors in the court impeached Qian Yuan to kill them without permission.

"The killing of prisoners is unknown..." Zheng Ruozeng wanted to persuade him again, and the sound of rapid footsteps sounded not far away. The personal soldiers of the Governor's Office protected a soldier with long arrows on his shoulder and ran into the garrison.

There was a lot of chaos outside the door. When Zheng Ruozeng and Qian Yuan entered, the injured soldier had been carried down. Hu Zongxian stared at the map with his hands behind his back, and Mao Kun was writing what he was holding a pen.

Shen Mingchen came over and whispered: "Sun Piyang, the magistrate of Shangyu, asked for help, and the Japanese pirates increased their troops. Now there are nearly two thousand Japanese pirates besieging Shangyu County."

Qian Yuan and Zheng Ruozeng looked at each other and knew it was probably the Japanese pirates that Wang Yi and his scouts bumped into.

"It should be Zhanfeng Town." Hu Zongxian looked carefully at the map on the wall and murmured: "In the northeast of Shanyin, dozens of miles away from Jinghu, only Hufeng Town can accommodate thousands of Japanese pirates. Moreover, the terrain nearby is flat and the march is very fast, and there is also waterways connected to Shangyu County."

Zheng Ruo once gestured slightly on the map, "Once Liu Xian left the city, Xu Hai could cut off his retreat, whether by water or by land... Of course, it was most likely to be a dignified match."

"Xu Hai's main force has appeared." Mao Kun put down his pen, "Can we mobilize troops?"

"But there are actually not many troops that can be mobilized, and Wu Weixi, Xiaoshan, cannot move." Zheng Ruozeng said slowly: "Xu Hai's target is Liu Xian... he cannot move either..."

"Don't move." Hu Zongxian said simply: "Send messengers to Yuyao, and Liu Xian stayed in the city and remained moving...Zanfeng Town is too close to Lihai. If Wu Weixi is transferred eastward, it will be easy to be noticed by the Japanese pirates."

Everyone nodded in agreement. The problem now is that although Xu Hai's target was Shaoxing Prefecture and stationed in Zhanfeng Town, if troops were mobilized immediately to encircle and suppress the enemy, no matter how fast it was, Xu Hai, who was very close to Lihai, turned around and sailed to the sea, and even the officers and soldiers might not be able to see the butts of the Japanese pirates.

"President Yu's side..." Shen Mingchen asked tentatively.

"It's so bad." Zheng Ruozeng shook his head and said, "Zhifu's water and land battles are all good, but it's hard for a good cook to cook without rice."

When Yu Dayou was the general of Wusong, he sailed out to sea several times to defeat the Japanese pirates, but he was transferred to Jiaxing Prefecture... There were not many ships under his command, and Dong Bangzheng, the general of Wusong, was not easy to mess with. The ships he built were all left in Songjiang. Now Yu Dayou only has more than a dozen warships transferred from Nanjing.

Hu Zongxian hesitated for a moment and turned around, his eyes colliding with Qian Yuan... The latter's deep eyes seemed to be asking something, but Hu Zongxian only shook his head slightly.

Qian Yuan was suspicious and had been in Dongshan Town for several days. Whenever he asked about Wang Zhi, Hu Zongxian would either open up the topic or avoid answering.

After a while, Hu Zongxian stared at Qian Yuan and said slowly: "In the 33rd year of Jiajing, in the battle of Pingshan outside Hangzhou City, Zhan Cai strongly advocated Qi Yuanjing, who was the guerrilla general at the time, to fight. Later, Zhan Cai recommended him to recruit troops several times in Yiwu, Jinhua to form an army... It depends on whether Zhan Cai's vision is accurate!"

Hu Zongxian turned his head and said, "I ordered Zhejiang Deputy General Qi Jiguang to lead his army westward, stay at Ningbo Prefecture, Chejishan, the border between Shaoxing Prefecture, and wait for the military order of the Governor's Office to execute again.

He ordered Taizhou commander Ge Hao to lead the navy to the north, patrol the left and right Zhoushan, and then head north to Daishan five days later.

Then, the General of Zhejiang Yu Dayou sent the navy to Sanshan Station and Zhapu to send a message to General of Wusong Dong Bangzheng, and the navy went south from Chongming to the Hainan Province..."

The continuous military orders made everyone busy. Only Qian Yuan listened quietly, his eyes fell on the map, and some place names were not very familiar...such as Sanshansou and Chejisuishan.

However, Qian Yuan quickly found it. Chejiuishan is located at the junction of the two rivers of Yaojiang and Cixi. Qi Jiguang went downstream and could reach Yuyao directly... Hu Zongxian had the plan to take Shangyu as the main battlefield.

The sea between Sanshansou and Zhapu... Qian Yuan's face looked a little ugly. It seemed that the talk between Hu Zongxian and Wang Zhi was not appropriate. Otherwise, Hu Zongxian would not have had to let Yu Dayou take the risk of going out to sea, and even asked Ge Hao to lead the navy north to cut off Xuhai's retreat.

All kinds of military orders were quickly sent out, and Zheng Ruozeng stood up and said, "Then Shangyu?"

"Shangyu is not important to Xu Hai. If he cannot lure Liu Xian, he can change his target, and even divide his troops to rob the countryside, and he can also lure the enemy." Hu Zongxian waved his hand: "But Shangyu is very important to us."

This sentence is very simple and everyone understood it. Xu Hai tried to use Yu as bait to lure the main force of the Shaoxing Prefecture garrison, while Hu Zongxian tried to use Yu as bait to lure Xu Hai out of the coastline.

Only when Xu Hai leaves the coastline and cannot board the ship and leave the sea quickly can Hu Zongxian get the possibility of annihilation of the main force of the Japanese pirates... Otherwise, there is no need to let Qi Jiguang stay in Chejisui Mountain.

Therefore, the Japanese pirates could capture Shangyu County, while Hu Zongxian did not allow the Japanese pirates to capture Shangyu County.

It's a bit difficult to say, but the key is nothing more than the choice of the battlefield.

Moreover, once Shangyu County is broken, Dongshan Town will go south along the Yangtze River, and the Governor's Office may face the attack of the main Japanese pirates... Although the possibility is relatively small, this kind of risk cannot be taken. If Hu Zongxian changed the place, where will the military newspapers in various places report, the command may be in chaos.

Shen Mingchen's low voice sounded, "Fortunately Qi Jimei led his army to come the day before yesterday..."

Hu Zongxian nodded, "Let Qi Jimei set out to support Shangyu immediately at dawn."

At this critical moment, Hu Zongxian ignored the special situation under Qi Jimei's command and Qian Yuan created it.
Chapter completed!