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In the lobby.

The atmosphere was solemn and no one spoke. Hu Zongxian glanced at everyone in turn and finally fell on Ruan E and said:

"Mr. Ruan, what do you think of the Japanese pirates invading the border this time?"

"Mr. Master, I am frank, our Ming naval army is no longer able to do it. Although the adults have been rebuilding the naval army in the past two years, they are still unbearable for battle. Therefore, we have always been passively defending the Japanese pirates. If they don't go ashore, we have never been able to do anything. This is rare that Xu Hai actually dared to lead tens of thousands of people to ashore, which gives us an excellent opportunity to annihilate them. We should send troops."

Hu Zongxian looked at the other generals, but no one spoke. Hu Zongxian sighed and said:

"Mr. Ruan, have you ever thought about the consequences of our dispatch of troops?"

"No matter what the consequences, we must fight the Japanese pirates. His Majesty spends countless silver every year to support the Southeast army? Isn't it just to annihilate the Japanese pirates? Now that the Japanese pirates are landing, if we don't fight, how can we face His Majesty? How can we face the people in the Southeast?"

Hu Zongxian was silent for a while and said, "Mr. Ruan, this time the Japanese pirates landed is the largest. And they were not divided into countless stocks as usual as they were on the shore, or they were originally countless stocks of Japanese pirates, burning, killing and looting everywhere. But they gathered together this time, and it was obvious that there was a conspiracy."

Ruan E looked at Hu Zongxian and said slowly: "Master Budang, are you afraid of war?"

Hu Zongxian's face changed, and the expressions on the faces of the generals in the lobby also changed. Hu Zongxian's face was as deep as water and shouted in a low voice:

"Ruan E, you are arrogant."

Hu Zongxian is now a lord of the ministry and commanding the southeast. Once the momentum explodes, he will oppress people's hearts. If it were ordinary officials, he would have trembled and his face turned pale. However, Ruan E was a strong and bold person. His fame was that when the Japanese pirates besieged Hangzhou, tens of thousands of villagers around Hangzhou flocked to Hangzhou to hide in Hangzhou to take refuge. However, the Hangzhou prefect was afraid of death at that time, and the lives of the people were ignored, fearing that the Japanese pirates would lurk among the refugees and sneak into the city and ordered that the city gate should not be opened. At this time, the Japanese pirates were not far from Hangzhou. At this time, Ruan E stood up, held a long sword in his hand and ordered the city gate to open, and welcomed tens of thousands of people into Hangzhou. He personally led the soldiers from the city out of the city to attack the Japanese pirates who came to the city, achieving a great victory, becoming famous in the southeast, and was named governor by Emperor Jiajing.

How could such a person be afraid of Hu Zongxian? Moreover, he was very disgusted with the fact that after Hu Zongxian took office, he had always been favored by a gentle policy, but did not dare to fight against the Japanese pirates. In his opinion, it would be the courage of the army. You, a government official, don’t want to kill all the Japanese pirates, but just want to attract peace through diplomatic means. Is this what a literati did?

Ruan E was also very clear about Hu Zongxian's great contribution to killing Luo Xin's tens of thousands of Japanese pirates. So he even despised Hu Zongxian even more. But no matter how he despised Hu Zongxian, he still knew clearly that no one in the Ming Dynasty is more suitable for the ruling position of anti-Japanese war than Hu Zongxian. Therefore, he did not expose Hu Zongxian's efforts to take credit.

But today he could no longer hold it back. Xu Hai led tens of thousands of Japanese pirates to burn, kill and loot the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but Hu Zongxian was reluctant to send troops.

What is this not fear of war?

Therefore, when Hu Zongxian scolded Ruan E for being arrogant, Ruan E was not afraid at all, but said proudly:

"Why don't the adults go out to fight?"

Hu Zongxian frowned slightly and said, "The terrain of the soap forest is like a pocket. If there are fewer people going there, we will take the initiative to drill into the pocket. At that time, the Japanese pirates will pierce the pocket, and we will not even think about living."

"But Zaolin is a dangerous place. Once we cannot eliminate the Japanese pirates or block them in Zaolin, the Japanese pirates will go straight to Hangzhou, and Hangzhou will be besieged again. The city is besieged, can you think about the consequences?"

All the generals were filled with a stern heart, and they couldn't help but look at Hu Zongxian. Only the old god Qi Jiguang was here. If it were in the past, he would probably have asked Hu Zongxian for a long time. However, now he was very steady. Because he had decided to follow Luo Xin. So he had to obtain Luo Xin's consent in his actions, and no one could say anything, because his army was originally ordered by Emperor Jiajing to be transferred to Luo Xin, and Luo Xin was directly led by Luo Xin. Even if Hu Zongxian wanted Qi Jiguang to participate in some kind of action, he had to obtain Luo Xin's consent, otherwise he would not have the right to mobilize Qi Jiguang.

However, the last time Hu Zongxian attacked Langer Island, he did not say hello to Luo Xin at all, so he directly recruited Qi Jiguang. Without getting Luo Xin's consent, Qi Jiguang directly set up a camp and went to Hu Zongxian to report.

There are only two reasons here. One is that Hu Zongxian was originally a person with a strong desire for control. Moreover, he has been operating in the Southeast for a long time and has military power. In his consciousness, the entire Southeastern soldiers belong to him, and others have no right to mobilize his army. Even if Qi Jiguang and Luo Qing were handed over to Luo Xin, it would be borrowed and just lend it to Luo Xin. As long as Hu Zongxian needs it, he can be recruited at any time, and there is no need to inform Luo Xin. At that time, Qi Jiguang did not see the power of Luo Xin, so Hu Zongxian left with one move. He did not take Luo Xin seriously at all.

Luo Qing is also a honest man. He also wants to win a big victory, and he thinks that nothing will happen in Hangzhou. He also followed Hu Zongxian to Langer Island.

But now it's different.

Since he saw that Luo Xin had expected that Langer Island was a conspiracy early on, and after killing tens of thousands of Japanese pirates in the Qiantang River, he realized that Luo Xin was a real war god and did not adapt to the environment from the north to the south. It was okay to fight the grassland Tartars, but there was no problem in fighting the Japanese pirates in the southeast. Following Luo Xin was much better than following Hu Zongxian.

Just imagine, if he did not go to Langer Island with Hu Zongxian last time, but stayed by Luo Xin's side, although the contribution would be given to Hu Zongxian, he would definitely have achieved a great contribution. So he was wondering at this moment that Luo Xin would send troops after he knew the current situation. If he sent troops, how would he make a decision? Then he thought about how he would make a decision when facing this situation, and completely forgot Hu Zongxian and Ruan E in front of him.

At this time, Hu Zongxian sighed and said, "I have never ordered troops to be sent, because it is precisely because of the fact that Hangzhou and other prefectures. This time, the Japanese pirates were not only Xu Hai, but Xu Hai was just the largest among them. On Xu Hai's left wing is Ye Ma, and on the right wing is Xin Wulang, and the three forces form a tripod."

Hu Zongxian said while pointing at the map in front of him. When the generals saw that, they couldn't help but frown and think slightly. Ruan E also fell silent. Seeing that everyone was silent, Hu Zongxian breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"Now Xu Hai has taken the initiative. If there are fewer people going there, there is a pocket, and they will wrap us in it and wipe out them all. If we go out in full, they will suddenly divide their troops to attack Hangzhou."

All the hall was silent. Ruan E frowned and thought. He also felt that Hu Zongxian had made sense in his heart, but he could not just watch the Japanese pirates rampant and could not hide, right? Then what do they need to do?

“What does that mean by lord?

Hu Zongxian sighed and said, "For the Japanese pirates who came ashore this time, it is definitely not possible to send some troops to the death. If you want to fight, you must go out in full swing. So we only have two ways to go. One way is to go out in full swing, and the other way is to not go out of the city and defend Suzhou and Hangzhou. First, we will strive to protect the city without losing it, and then slowly plan it.

The generals were silent. Although there were only two ways, it was so difficult to choose. If you chose to stick to Suzhou and Hangzhou, you could only watch the entire southeast being ravaged by Japanese pirates. If you choose to go out in full, Suzhou and Hangzhou will likely be captured by Japanese pirates, leading to the Suzhou and Hangzhou tragedy.

In fact, the generals already knew Hu Zongxian’s choice in his heart. As the governor of the Southeast, the Japanese pirates only burned, killed, looted and had little impact, but once Suzhou and Hangzhou were looted, the impact would be too great. Although Hu Zongxian did not say it, everyone also understood that Hu Zongxian would definitely choose to stick to Suzhou and Hangzhou.

"What do you mean to stick to Suzhou and Hangzhou?" Ruan E asked arduously.

Hu Zongxian also showed a look of difficulty on his face and said, "There is no way to do this..."

Ruan Eteng stood up and said, "Sir, give me the army all the time, and I will take them to fight the Japanese pirates outside the city."

"no!"

"Mr. Master, I just care that you want an army, plus my Zhejiang soldiers, I will only fight with the Japanese pirates..."

"Mr. Ruan." Hu Zongxian interrupted Ruan E without any hesitation and said, "Without my order, Zhejiang soldiers will not allow you to mobilize."

"Master Master, you can't stop me, and the Zhejiang soldiers only listen to me."

"Just rely on your Zhejiang soldiers? They are cut melons, and they are pulled out to die." Hu Zongxian said sarcastically.

"That's why I asked the Lord for a soldier."

Hu Zongxian asked with interest: "Do you want that soldier?"

"Please lend me three thousand men and women for the time being."

"Qi Jiguang?"

Hu Zongxian looked at Qi Jiguang, and the generals couldn't help but look at him. Qi Jiguang was still thinking about it at this time, and suddenly felt that everyone's eyes were gathering on him. He couldn't help but look at him in shock, not understanding the reason.

Seeing Qi Jiguang's expression, Hu Zongxian and Ruan E didn't know that Qi Jiguang was distracted? His face couldn't help but turn black. However, Qi Jiguang's ability to fight was a good fight has made great achievements in recent years. Ruan E wanted to win Qi Jiguang's support, so he couldn't let Hu Zongxian speak first, so he snatched:

"General Qi, are you willing to go out of the city with me to attack the Japanese pirates?"

"Ruan E, you are arrogant!" Hu Zongxian was furious.

"You can submit a memorial, but I will make a decision for General Qi." Ruan E was righteous.

"Hmph, I won't give an order, who dares to leave with you?"

"General Qi..."

Ruan E looked at Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang shook his head. Hu Zongxian was so energetic that he was refreshed, but Ruan E's face turned black and shook his sleeves and said:

"A bunch of cowards."

After saying that, he strode away. Looking at Ruan E's back as he left, Hu Zongxian's face was as dark as the bottom of the pot, looking at Qi Jiguang and said:

"Yuan Jing, go back immediately and transfer the army into Hangzhou City, and don't leave easily."

Qi Jiguang was so happy that he would not let him leave Hangzhou City. He immediately agreed and left the Governor's Mansion.

Hangzhou.

Maritime Department.

In the second hall, Luo Xin and Song Danian sat opposite each other. Luo Xin looked calm, but Song Danian was anxious between his eyebrows. He had said good things countless times, but Luo Xin sat firmly on Diaoyutai. Song Danian finally sighed in his heart:

"No, as long as you help me this time, you and I will overcome the difficulties together..."

"Sir, I have a lot of things to do in my mind, and I really don't have enough energy..."

"No, please help me overcome this difficulty. From now on, I will not only fully support you, but also listen to you in all matters in Hangzhou City."

"Sir, I'm kidding!" Luo Xin poured tea for Song Danian with his own hands, and said with an intimate smile on his face:

"Although Your Majesty has limited my scope of power and responsibility in Hangzhou, you are my Shangguan. Now you have been bullied by the six major families. You can't watch it without any weapons. I'll help you with this."

Song Danian grinded his teeth, but how could he not bow his head under the eaves? He was just filled with shame and anger. This matter was clearly the six major families targeting Luo Xin. Song Danian was just a person watching the fun, but he did not expect that this person who watched the fun was caught. Now Hai has to come to ask Luo Xin in person.

However, he had no choice. If he could ask for the six major families to stop, he would not come to ask Luo Xin. Now he only had the only way to ask Luo Xin. He immediately felt ashamed and angry in his heart, bowed to Luo Xin and said:

"Thank you!" Then he asked urgently: "No, what can you do? Now the situation in Hangzhou is on the verge of collapse. Whether it is a mechanic or a people causing trouble because of prices, it will cause trouble on the other side. At that time, two big messes will be combined into one big mess."

Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "Sir, let me think about it tonight. I will visit you in person tomorrow. What do you think?"

"Okay, I'll wait for the big carriage in the mansion."

After sending Song Danian away, Luo Xin had not returned to the second hall yet, he saw Lu Daqing leading Qi Jiguang in in a hurry.

"Not a tool!"

"Yuan Jing!" Luo Xin said with some joy: "I was about to visit you, but I didn't expect you to come."

"No, do you have something to ask me for?" The two of them came to Luo Xin's study room and sat down. Qi Jiguang asked.

"Don't be anxious for my matter." Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "If you are so anxious, there must be something urgent, so you can tell me first."

"Okay!" Qi Jiguang was not polite either: "The Japanese pirates are coming."

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded.

Luo Xin's escort agency has now traveled to the southeast, so Luo Xin naturally knew that the Japanese pirates had logged in. Qi Jiguang couldn't help but ask:

"You know?"

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