There were dark clouds inside and outside the Hangzhou Mansion, and the people who shuttled back and forth were all lightly armed and did not dare to speak loudly.

In fact, the atmosphere of the Hangzhou government has been very depressed during this period of time, to be precise, since Zhang Jing led the army to move to Tongxiang, Jiaxing Prefecture.

From a military point of view, Zhang Jing took a risk by going straight to Jiaxing Mansion, where the Japanese were rampant.

But Zhang Jing would rather take such a risk and go to Jiaxing Mansion, on the one hand, to supervise the battle and stimulate morale, and on the other hand, naturally because of Zhao Wenhua.

Zhao Wenhua didn't expect Zhang Jing to do such a desperate job, in order to roll up his sleeves and go to Jiaxing Mansion without doing anything, and even packed the entire governor's yamen and took it away!

When Xu Hai almost invaded Suzhou City, Zhao Wenhua was not overjoyed, but gloated; When Xu Hai was forced into Wangjiangjing, and Yu Dayou led his troops south to encircle him, Zhao Wenhua was lost for a while.

But these emotions disappeared after hearing the attack on Beixinguan, Zhao Wenhua felt that his legs were trembling, and he knew very well what kind of waste materials were defending the city now.

The bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty was never based on the division of power and responsibilities by position.

Power and status often do not match, and power and capacity often do not.

Now in the city of Hangzhou, Zhao Wenhua has power and status, but he has no ability, at least he has no shine in military strategy.

But Hu Zongxian, who has no power, has this ability.

When the Hangzhou government fell into chaos, Hu Zongxian stood up, first sent warriors out of the city to investigate, and then summoned his staff and generals.

The small room seemed very empty, except for Hu Zongxian and Zhao Wenhua, there were only two staff, and the master in charge of money and food seemed very dazed, and Wang Yin didn't know much about military strategy, so he only cared about calculating whether the number of troops to defend the city was enough.

Zhao Wenhua looked left and right, and asked in a low voice: "Why don't you stick to the city and go to Shaoxing Mansion to send troops to help your brother?" ”

Hu Zongxian's face was very exciting, and he really wanted to scold his mother, the special Japanese haven't attacked the city yet, and you actually want to slip away from the soles of your feet!

"Never!"

Categorical words rang out outside the door.

Hu Zongxian looked over in surprise, the door was pushed open, and the thin young man was slowly walking inside, with a resolute look on his face, staring at Zhao Wenhua's eyes with a sharp edge that he didn't dare to look at directly.

"Show your talents!" Hu Zongxian got up and arched his hand, and was pleasantly surprised to see Xu Wei, who had a map under his arm, swaggering into the door, and then looking into the distance, the guards with guns and knives were standing solemnly.

"The plum village is here, and the city of Hangzhou is unharmed; If the plum village is gone, the city of Hangzhou may be unharmed, or it may be broken by the Japanese invaders. ”

"But the problem is, Umemura must not leave." Qian Yuan stood still in front of Zhao Wenhua, "Once you leave, it is a trivial matter to be ruined." ”

"It's all for the sake of Plum Village."

Xu Wei threw the map on the table, ignored Hu Zongxian's greeting, and looked at Qian Yuan with a smile.

"Hu Zhizhou, Wang Jiangjing's war report is here?" Qian Yuan turned around and asked, spread his hands and said, "In other words, I still don't know whether Zhang Banzhou is winning or losing." ”

"If Zhang Banzhou's army is defeated and the thieves are overwhelmed, it is understandable that the Duke of Meicun will go to Shaoxing Mansion to ask for reinforcements."

"But what if Zhang Banzhou wins?"

Qian Yuan accentuated his tone, "Zhang Banzhou and Li Tianzhong defeated the Japanese in Wangjiangjing, but hundreds of Japanese invaded Hangzhou, and the remaining Meicun Gong and Hu Zhizhou failed to defend the city and even abandoned the city and fled, and the Japanese robbers plundered everywhere and broke through the ...... of Hangzhou."

"When the time comes, will the imperial court punish Zhang Banzhou and Li Tianchong, who have just won a big victory over the Japanese invaders, or will it target Meicun Gong and Hu Zhizhou?"

Although Zhao Wenhua was frightened, he was not a fool after all, and immediately thought of the consequences, if Zhang Jing defeated the Japanese and lost the city of Hangzhou, or even just let the Japanese loot near Hangzhou.

One win and one defeat are such an obvious contrast, and he also impeached Zhang Jing before and he cowered and didn't dare to fight...... Zhao Wenhua can be sure that when Zhang Jing and Nie Bao sue each other, even if there is a godfather Yan Song who makes it clear, Emperor Jiajing will not be able to get around him.

Seeing Zhao Wenhua's pale face, Hu Zongxian breathed a sigh of relief and threw an appreciative look at Qian Yuan.

"Map." Qian Yuan casually scooped up the long sword on Xu Wei's waist as a whip, "Look, this group of pirates should be the same group of pirates who divided their troops to the south before Xu Hai went north to attack Qingpu, and the number of them should not exceed five hundred." ”

"Yes, the spies have reported that there are about 400 people." Hu Zongxian nodded.

Xu Wei, who had just read the previous military newspaper, took over the conversation, "Before, this group of Japanese robbers broke through Haiyan and Haining, and disappeared after defeating hundreds of Haining guards, and the previous military newspaper said that they should leave the sea...... Now it seems that they did not leave, but retreated in Haining County. ”

"This morning, they will attack Xinguan in the north and burn down a village and go north, if they attack the city...... Wang Yin asked tentatively: "The Hangzhou avant-garde can spare more than 1,000 soldiers. ”

"It's useless." Qian Yuan glanced at Qi Jiguang who was standing in the corner, this guy was really miserable, he was not treated by Tu Dashan before, and later he was not valued by Zhang Jing, so he was thrown in Hangzhou.

"The guards are all waste materials, and those who can go to the battlefield have been transferred to Jiaxing and Suzhou." Hu Zongxian also shook his head and said: "It's easy to find the traces, but it's ......"

"Zhang Jing!"

"Zhang Jing!

A resentful roar suddenly sounded low, and everyone turned their heads to see Zhao Wenhua's face distorted while sitting on the chair.

Others may not have understood it yet, and Qian Yuan and Hu Zongxian have a vague guess, Zhao Wenhua is treating others with himself, and he guesses that Zhang Jing is likely to have deliberately missed this group of widows.

Uh, is that possible?

Qian Yuan didn't know that although Zhang Jing had a high evaluation in history, when he entered the official career, his conscience was gnawed off most of it, and he released a wave of Japanese robbers to invade Hangzhou...... It's not impossible.

Think about it, he commanded Ruoding on the front line to achieve a great victory in Wang Jiangjing, while Zhao Wenhua, who stayed in the rear, couldn't even handle a few hundred Japanese robbers...... Maybe he can kick Zhao Wenhua away.

"You can't defend the city, you have to attack." Qian Yuan raised his voice and glanced at Zhao Wenhua, who was in a trance, "After the Japanese invaded Beixinguan and did not conquer, they would go north, if Yuhang was broken, ......"

"Cao Yun!" Zhao Wenhua jumped up, "We must attack to kill this group of robbers, and we must not let them break through Yuhang!" ”

Zhao Wenhua gritted his teeth and stared at Hu Zongxian, "Ruzhen, it's all up to you." ”

Hu Zongxian's face did not change, and he arched his hand and said: "The lower officials dare not do their best." ”

Qian Yuan turned his head and keenly noticed that Hu Zongxian's seemingly unlucky eyes were shining with excitement, eagerness, and vigorous ambition.

decided not to flee, and to go out of the city to meet the attack, the key is the troops.

"How much do you have that?"

"The soldiers in the battalion can't be used, and there are still fifty or sixty pro-soldiers who have been transferred from Shandong one after another." Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly, "What about you?" ”

"Before leaving Songjiang, I left a dozen guards for Shuangjiang Gong." Qian Yuan shook his head, "There are still seventy or eighty people...... By the way, Lu Bin should train in Hangzhou? ”

"It's useless, I've been to see it before, and I summoned more than 400 people from the Yanzhou Mansion, and it's not useful now."

Qian Yuan licked his lips, he definitely couldn't beat it hard, he could only outwit it, I really hope that Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei can live up to the extremely high evaluation of them by future generations.

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