There is one word to describe the situation in Jiaxing Mansion today, that is, "chaos".

Although it has been six days since Xu Hai defeated Lu Bo, the situation is very chaotic, and the chaos is confusing, and it is common to see small groups of Japanese robbers passing near Chongde County.

The news reported by Lu Bin's scouting was also very messy, and many of them were even contradictory, and Qian Yuan had to let the guards around him go out of the city to listen to the news, trying to find out the truth from the chaotic intelligence.

"Soap Forest? Are you sure? ”

After Qian Yuan received an affirmative answer, he picked up a quill and made a mark on the map.

Soap Forest is located on the west side of Tongxiang, on the dividing line between Jiaxing and Huzhou, and it seems that Xu Hai's goal is really Huzhou Mansion.

Qian Yuan's gaze was slightly deflected, and the northern and eastern parts of Jiaxing Mansion on the map were basically all fallen, and at the cost of five lives, he knew that a large number of Japanese robbers had landed from Pinghu, Haiyan, and Haining, with a conservative estimate of more than 2,000 people.

Only a small number of Japanese invaders went west to try their luck in Hangzhou, most of them went north and even invaded Suzhou and Songjiang, and some went west to invade Chongde and Xiushui.

There are 2,000 soldiers in the city, Qian Yuan did not put his mind on defending the city, in fact, the Japanese only attacked Chongde once and gave up, but Xiushui is said to be unable to hold on, although it is not the main force of the Japanese invaders, but more than 1,000 Japanese invaders are not stopping, and Xiushui is about to break the city.

"Liu Yuan is timid, he may not be willing to go north, even if he goes north...... can't be counted on, those Hangzhou guards are all old soldiers. ”

Qi Jimei, who was once almost lost to the Japanese by the Hangzhou avant-garde, nodded vigorously.

Qian Yuan continued in a low voice: "Wang Chonggu, Yu Dayou, and Dong Bangzheng have not heard from them so far...... There are 2,000 wolf soldiers on the Governor's Palace, and the 5,000 soldiers under Liu Xian's command don't know if they can be transferred, but Qi Yuanjing's side should be very idle...... You can come with two wings. ”

"Lu Bin, you leave 500 soldiers to defend the city, and take the remaining 500 soldiers with me." Qian Yuan turned his head to look at Qi Jimei, "Although the Yiwu soldiers have formed and trained the Mandarin Duck Formation, this time they were deployed by Yang Wen and used the formation of the Qian family's escort team...... Is there a problem? ”

"Nope."

"Nope."

"If there is no news today, we will set off at dawn tomorrow, go south to Haining, and then go west to Tongxiang ......"

Before Qian Yuan finished speaking, Qiu Yongnian of Chongde Zhi County outside came with a cheerful shout, "Zhancai, Zhancai, there is a messenger from the Governor's Mansion here!" ”

What appeared in front of Qian Yuan was He Xinyin, who was wounded on his shoulder and looked tired, and he said simply: "Message, immediately return to Tongxiang to help, there is a large amount of grain in the warehouse by the canal, and it must not be snatched away by the Japanese robbers." ”

"No reinforcements?" Qian Yuan asked expressionlessly.

"Five days ago, Cixi City was dangerously broken, and the wolf soldiers were transferred to Ningbo, and the general Liu Xian commanded 5,000 soldiers, some of whom aided Yuyao, and some of them aided Shanyin and Xiaoshan." He Xinyin said in a low voice: "Now there are less than two hundred personal soldiers around the Governor. ”

"Hahaha!" Qian Yuan laughed angrily, although there is a big difference between the southeast anti-Japanese war and the battles of the past and present, but Hu Zongxian, the commander of the soldiers and horses of the six provinces, can be forced to this point, which is really eye-opening.

Now Qian Yuan really understands why Hu Zongxian in history is so shameless, and he uses all kinds of means to divide the Japanese and trap Xu Hai, Chen Dong, and Ye Ma...... At the end of the day, you can't beat it!

That's the real reason, I can't beat it!

Attacking Shaoxing and Ningbo's Japanese Kou is just Xu Hai's trick, Xu Hai defeated Lu Bo when the army was about 3,000, Qian Hong once mentioned that Xu Hai's total strength is about 5,000 people, and a part of the guards needs to be left, so most of the troops attacking Shaoxing and Ningbo are stragglers, at most there are only hundreds of main forces under Xu Hai.

But even so, the officers and soldiers still couldn't beat it, and they were completely pressed and beaten...... Qian Yuan felt deep sadness, and he really couldn't blame Lu Bo for losing his teacher!

"It is said that Zhang Banzhou is stubborn and self-serving, and I don't think he is much better than Hu Ruzhen!" Qian Yuan scolded: "The three thousand soldiers under the command of Tan Zili, the prefect of Taizhou, are enough to protect themselves, so Qi Jiguang must also shrink in Taizhou!" ”

"Why?!"

"Of course, because Qi Yuanjing is my friend of Qian Zhancai, Yu Dayou has a lot of military merits and should be transferred to the general army of Zhejiang, he Hu Ruzhen has to write a letter to strongly recommend Liu Yuan, and the general Liu Xian ......"

"Conspiracy is not used in this kind of place!"

Qi Jimei, Lu Bin, and Qiu Yongnian were all silent, although Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, who had old friends with Qian Yuan, were valued by Hu Zongxian, they were not arranged in the core area of the anti-Japanese invasion, in fact, Songjiang Mansion was less invaded by the Japanese in the previous two years, and the deputy commander-in-chief Dong Bangzheng also had quite a lot of military achievements, and Yu Dayou could be transferred back to Zhejiang.

This time, even He Xinyin couldn't speak, he knew, Qi Jiguang swept more than a thousand Japanese in Taizhou, Tan Zili drove the Japanese into the sea in three battles and three victories, if one of these two officers and troops can be deployed to Shaoxing, the grasp of aiding Jiaxing Mansion is greater.

"If this battle is lost, the first is Hu Ruzhen's immeasurable, and the second is Ruan's incompetence!" Qian Yuan gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly, "Let's go, set off before dawn tomorrow, bring Hu Guiqi with me, and tell him that if you don't cut off the heads of the three widows, Lao Tzu will let him ......."

"Show your talents!" He Xin snorted in secret, looked at Qian Yuan's blood-red eyes, and sighed: "Your Excellency the Governor is also quite difficult, why bother, now we must work together to keep Tongxiang from losing." ”

"Mr. Fuyama also has such times when he speaks for others?" Qian Yuan sneered: "I'm going to say something if someone has something to say, and if I have a fart, I'm going to ......."

Rao was in such a tense atmosphere, Liang Sheng, the guard who was standing with his sword, couldn't help but laugh out loud, seeing that everyone's eyes were not good, he hurriedly took a few steps back and walked out, but he happened to collide with Wang Yi who rushed in.

"Young master, there are officers and soldiers fighting against the Japanese five miles outside the city." Wang Yi forcefully carried Liang Sheng to the side, "It's from the north." ”

"Northside?" Qian Yuan licked his lips, "How many people?" ”

"About five or six hundred."

Lu Bo's 4,000-strong army had fallen apart, and it was impossible to gather five or six hundred soldiers, could it be reinforcements from Suzhou and Songjiang?

Qian Yuan's eyes lit up, and he rushed all the way to the city, and before he could see clearly, he heard the sound of "bang bang", and a cloud of smoke suddenly rose four or five miles away, covering the battlefield tightly, and only the terrible screams could be faintly heard, and there were Japanese robbers fleeing out of the smoke.

"Lu Bin, Yang Wen, go and answer!" Qian Yuan was overjoyed and smashed his fist on the city wall, "It's the reinforcements of Songjiang Mansion, and only Wu Song's deputy chief soldier Dong Bangzheng has so many birds in the southeast!" ”

Its practical use did not respond, the Japanese had already scattered and fled, the wind quickly blew away the smoke, and in front of Qian Yuan were hundreds of officers and soldiers, holding bird guns in the front formation, holding spears in the back formation, and guarded by sword and shield soldiers on both wings.

"It's him!" Qian Yuan's gaze fell on the general riding a white horse in the official army, who also seemed to sense something and waved his hand in the direction of the city.

At the gate of the city, Qian Yuan's hands tightly held Hou Jigao's hands, who he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Longquan, I haven't seen you for two years!" Qian Yuan said with a smile: "In the first battle of Jiading back then, the Longquan Divine Soldiers descended from the sky to complete their work, and if they come to help today, they will be able to keep Tongxiang from losing and stabilize the overall situation." ”

Hou Jigao has been stationed in Huating for the past two years, and he has made great achievements, and he has been promoted to Wusong guerrilla, and he smiled with both hands: "Longquan, in the first battle of Jiading, you were in control of the overall situation first, and then Lu guerrilla attacked bravely, which is just icing on the cake." ”

The two laughed and entered the city hand in hand, and Qian Yuan finally felt a little confident in his heart.

Qian Yuan's number is Longquan, which is the number given by the late Nie Bao on his deathbed.

Coincidentally, Hou Jigao is Longquan.

He Xinyin thought in his heart, now that the two dragon springs are converging, maybe the situation will not be bad.