Haiyan County, Jiaxing Prefecture.

Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers by the river, Hu Zongxian, who was sitting on a flat boulder, had a grim face, stretched out his left arm to make people wrap his wounds, and his eyes fell on the battlefield that was still fighting hundreds of meters away.

Since Yang Jisheng died of illness in prison, Hu Zongxian's situation has become more and more difficult, although Zhejiang civil and military officials are more subservient, but Jiangnan Shilin's contempt for him and Zhao Wenhua is already known to everyone on the streets.

Hu Zongxian was not depressed, he calmly analyzed that most of the so-called Jiangnan Shilin were gentry, and these gentry were often behind the scenes of those wealthy businessmen or even maritime merchants.

In the correspondence with Qian Yuan, that Songjiang Xiucai mentioned one thing very strangely, the large-scale anti-Japanese war on the southeast coast has lasted for two years, but the price of silk purchased by Huizhou people in the past two years has not fluctuated significantly.

Hu Zongxian found out from the shadowy text that Qian Yuan was reminding him that after two years of war, the most urgent commodity for maritime merchants and the commodity with the largest export volume in previous years, silk, the price did not fluctuate.

What does this mean?

It can only show that although the officers and soldiers are fighting with the Japanese in full swing, the private sea trade has not been interrupted, and even the transaction volume has not decreased too significantly.

Hu Zongxian sighed in his heart, what Qian Yuan said was not wrong, the Japanese rebellion was not quelled in a year or two, nor could it be quelled by force alone.

After wrapping the wound, Hu Zongxian tried to wave, stood up again with his hand on the stone, and strode forward.

The eyes of the surrounding generals all showed admiration, they didn't care how Hu Zongxian climbed up, they only saw that after the new governor of Zhejiang took office, he no longer marched barefoot, he could eat and drink enough, the ordnance in his hand was no longer tattered, and he even went into battle in person so that he was wounded three times.

There are many outstanding civil officials in the southeast who resisted the Japanese, but there are not many people like Hu Zongxian and Tan Lun who went into battle in person, and Hu Zongxian used his courage to conquer a large number of fierce generals in the army in a short period of time.

Seeing the commander behind him draw out his long sword again, the morale of the officers and soldiers was even stronger, and at this time, a group of soldiers wearing blue and black cloth clothes rushed from the other side of the river, and disrupted the battle formation in two rounds.

The Japanese were scattered and fled in a big way, and Hu Zongxian commanded Ruoding to let the officers and soldiers pursue cautiously, and a smile appeared on his thin face, "I have heard of Wa's double knives for a long time, and it really deserves its reputation." ”

Five days ago, 800 Japanese invaders landed from Haiyan, Tang Kekuan could not be stopped, Hu Zongxian personally led more than 1,000 soldiers to help, three days of hard fighting to expel the Japanese invaders to the seaside, and urgently transferred Tianzhou wolf soldiers to help, this battle only won more than 300 heads, it was the biggest victory after Wang Jiangjing's victory.

Hu Zongxian's heart was filled with a sense of satisfaction, this was the first time he commanded a battle independently, not only establishing his prestige in the army, but also proving his ability to the princes of the court.

"Hu Zhongcheng." The old lady Wa, who wore two Miao knives at her waist, strode over, "Do you want to go to sea to pursue?" ”

"Nope." Hu Zongxian shook his head, "General Yu is not here, and the advantage of the Japanese in naval warfare is too great. ”

Mrs. Wa Lao also agrees with this, among the anti-Japanese generals, only Yu Dayou is the best at naval warfare, as early as the 32nd year of Jiajing, he once defeated the Japanese at sea, and a month ago defeated the invading Japanese in the sea off the Songjiang River, burning 13 ships.

"Old lady, are you still getting enough supplies?" Hu Zongxian asked Mrs. Wa to sit down on the boulder, "If there is a vacancy, just say it, otherwise Qian Zhancai will be held accountable in the future." ”

Hu Zhongcheng laughed. Mrs. Wa was a little unaccustomed.

Since coming to the southeast coast, Hu Zongxian is the first civilian official to show great goodwill to the wolf soldiers, even the previous Wu Baipeng and Nie Bao are far behind, and all kinds of material allocation, silver rewards, and ordnance replenishment are the highest priority.

"No jokes, no jokes." Hu Zongxian waved his hand and said with a smile: "The former governor of Zhejiang, Zhou Xuan, was bent on expelling the Guangxi soldiers, but before that, Qian Zhancai tried his best to persuade Lord Zhao to keep the Tianzhou soldiers, asserting that the Tianzhou soldiers must be the backbone of the anti-Japanese army. ”

After a pause, Hu Zongxian said again: "Qian Zhancai has far-reaching vision, and he can expect others to be inferior...... He said that the old lady was loyal to the country, and the people along the coast would not bear to leave. ”

As Hu Zongxian recounted, Mrs. Wa's thoughts drifted farther and farther away, the young man she met in Wujiang last year...... No, it should have been captured by Zhong Nan, at that time, the whole army was hungry, and the gentry of the government along the way were afraid of them, only the young man's attitude was diametrically opposite, and he pulled the Tianzhou wolf soldiers to Songjiang with ingenuity.

Mrs. Wa couldn't help but laugh, at the end of last year in Songjiang Taozhai Town, that Huating Xiucai said that the folk sang "Huawa family, can kill widows." ”

But in fact, Mrs. Wa asked people to inquire about it, and this sentence actually came from Qian Yuan's mouth, but now it has been sung in Songjiang, Suzhou, Jiaxing and other places.

When Zhang Jing, Li Tianzhong, and Nie Bao were recalled to the capital one after another, Qian Yuan had a deep conversation with Mrs. Wa in private, and he promised that Tian Zhoubing would not be discriminated against, and supplies from all sides would be delivered in time.

At that time, Mrs. Wa didn't believe it, after all, it was just a young man who was so young that he was so famous that he didn't even have a half-official position, but what happened next made her feel at ease.

"Hu Zhongcheng." Old Madam Wa gathered her thoughts and made up her mind, "Tian Zhou Erlang has been on the expedition for nearly a year, and there are many casualties, and now ......there are less than 3,000 of the 4,000 soldiers left."

"The old lady can rest assured that the rewards and pensions allocated will be distributed as soon as possible." Hu Zongxian was a little worried, without Tianzhou wolf soldiers, he really didn't have much confidence in the back.

In the past few months, Ren Huan was ambushed in pursuit of the Japanese in Taihu Lake, and it is said that the DPRK and China have prepared to transfer him out, and he has chosen Su Song's deputy envoy.

Later, Cao Bangfu defeated the Japanese in Jiading and pursued to Taozhai Town, but was defeated by the Japanese counterattack, Cao Bangfu was almost spared, and Zhao Wenhua wrote to impeach.

Lu Bo, Lu Bin, father and son, Yu Dayou, Tan Lun, Tang Shunzhi, and Qi Jiguang are all recruiting recruits for training, and they can't form combat strength in a short period of time.

Hu Zongxian persuaded again: "Qian Zhancai has very high expectations for the old lady...... Please also ask the old lady to think twice. ”

Mrs. Wa smiled, "Hu Zhongcheng misunderstood, some disabled sons will go back to Guangxi first, and another two thousand sons will be summoned to go to the southeast." ”

Hu Zongxian was stunned, Huo Ran got up and saluted, "Old lady Gao Yi." ”

Mrs. Wa got up to avoid it, "Hu Zhongcheng personally went into battle to kill the widows, how dare I spare my life?" ”

Hu Zongxian also wanted to praise a few more words, with his temperament, he hoped to hold this Tianzhou soldier in his hands, but unfortunately Qian Zhancai's reputation among the Tianzhou soldiers was too loud.

Before he could say anything, there was a sudden commotion not far away, Hu Zongxian frowned and turned his head to look, and his staff member Wang Yin hurriedly walked quickly.

"My lord, Beixinguan has been attacked!"

Hu Zongxian squinted his eyes and asked carefully: "When did it happen?" How many people? ”

"Yesterday afternoon, more than 100 widows." Wang Yin said in a low voice.

Hu Zongxian turned his head to look at the battlefield that was still being cleaned up, and the old lady on the side immediately said: "Let Zhong Nan send five hundred people to go south with the adults." ”

Hu Zongxian immediately put his mind at ease, the combat strength of 500 Tianzhou soldiers was no problem against more than 100 Japanese soldiers.

But he could never have imagined what would happen next. Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens