Hu Zongxian was inspecting Taizhou to prepare for the Japanese on the surface this time, so he naturally had to do some superficial work, from ordnance and ship production, to the Taizhou soldier drill led by Tan Lun, and then to the township Yong in Huangyan, Linhai, and Tiantai counties to check them one by one.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, more than 100 Japanese invaders landed in Panshiwei, Wenzhou Prefecture, burned and looted all the way over Yandang Mountain to invade Taizhou, Zhang Yuanxun stationed in Huangyan County led the Taizhou soldiers to attack, defeated the Japanese invaders day and night, captured and killed most of them, the rest were scattered, and many villagers were killed.

On the ninth day of the first month, hundreds of Japanese invaders invaded the Sanshan Institute of Shaoxing Prefecture, burned down the granary, killed more than 100 soldiers, Liu Xian, the general stationed in Yuyao, personally led the troops to attack, but unexpectedly encountered a hard bone, the Japanese invaders were defeated at a touch, Liu Xian's pursuit was ambushed, the officers and soldiers were killed, drowned more than 300 people, and the Japanese invaders calmly fled from the sea.

On the same day, hundreds of Japanese invaders landed in Ligang, Pinghu County, Jiaxing Prefecture, and Yu Dayou, who had been prepared for a long time, mobilized troops to encircle and suppress them, and completely annihilated them.

On the tenth day of the first month, 500 Japanese invaded Cixi in Ningbo Prefecture again, Qi Jiguang led the Yiwu soldiers to meet the enemy head-on, the Japanese invaded the countryside in a small defeat, Qi Jiguang was unmoved, and the Japanese invaded the countryside in all directions.

On the eleventh day of the first month, the Japanese invaded the rebuilt Jinshanwei of Songjiang Prefecture, fortunately Dong Bangzheng, the chief soldier of Wusong, led the troops to help.

Taizhou Mansion Yabian Hall.

Hu Zongxian sat on the main seat with an awe-inspiring expression, and Mao Kun was reading the military report that had just been delivered.

"On the twelfth, the Japanese invaded Xiaoshan, and the north and south were not able to help each other, and the Japanese invaders crossed Xiaoshan and went straight into Fuyang County along the Qiantang River.

On the thirteenth, Hai Rui of Fuyang Zhixian County held the city, wearing two wounds and could not get down the city, at dusk of the same day, the Governor's Mansion reinforcements arrived, Wu Chengqi led the first attack, and more than ten people ...... the blade"

Qian Yuan couldn't help but be a little sad, no wonder Hou Jigao couldn't forget Wu Chengqi, this is really a character!

It is said that everything in the world is born and restraining each other, and in addition to Wang Zhi, Xu Hai and other maritime merchants and seamen in Huizhou, there are also civil and military talents such as Hu Zongxian and Wu Chengqi.

After reading the military report, there was silence in the room, and after a long time, Hu Zongxian turned his head to look at Qian Yuan, "Show your talents?" ”

Zheng Ruozeng, He Xinyin, and Shen Mingchen were all used to it, Mao Kun even gave way to the side, and Qian Yuan walked to the hanging map in the surprised eyes of Tan Lun and Tang Shunzhi.

"In April of the 33rd year of Jiajing, Xu Hai was a fledgling and ambushed Yu Dayou's department with Pinghu County, and then swept through Jiaxing Mansion, invaded Huzhou, Changzhou, and Suzhou, interspersed with several mansions, and calmly escaped."

"In September of the 33rd year of Jiajing, Xu Hai gathered more than 10,000 Japanese robbers in Jinshan, Songjiang Prefecture, first attacked Shanghai and Huating in November, then attacked Jiaxing in the west, and then went north to take Suzhou.

Although the army was defeated in Wangjiangjing, Jiaxing Prefecture, Suzhou, Jiaxing, and even Tongzhou and Changzhou were invaded by the Japanese invaders, and the whole city of Jingjiang County was washed, and thousands of people died. ”

Qian Yuan took a Miao knife and pointed hard at Jiaxing Mansion on the map, "At the end of September last year, the Japanese invaded Shaoxing, Songjiang, Ningbo, and Taizhou, but the main force of Xu Hai still appeared in Jiaxing Mansion, and more than ten cities in Jiaxing and Huzhou fell. ”

"Zhancai means ......" Shen Mingchen said: "Will Xu Hai choose Jiaxing Mansion this year?" ”

"It's just three things, what Qian means is that Xu Hai will definitely not choose Jiaxing Mansion this year."

Qian Yuan gave Shen Mingchen an apologetic look and continued: "There are two reasons, one is that it has been looted on a large scale by the Japanese three times in three years, and Jiaxing Mansion ...... The village is uninhabited, and there is no rooster crowing in the town. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, long before the destruction of Ligang, the most rampant area of the southeast coast was Taizhou, followed by Jiaxing Mansion, which had been robbed for all these years, and everything that could be robbed was robbed......

"Second, Yu Dayou was transferred to the post of chief military officer in Zhejiang, leading the army to garrison Jiaxing Mansion, in November last year, Yu Dayou and Suzhou and Songjiang Prefecture won every battle, and Ye Zongman was only spared."

"Not bad." Mao Kun nodded, "Yu Dayou now has an army of five thousand, and he has always been cautious and cautious, planning and then fighting, Xu Hai will not easily touch this nail." ”

The Miao knife in Qian Yuan's hand pointed to Songjiang Mansion, "Dong Bangzheng and Wang Chonggu are stationed in Susong, and they are safe and secure, north of the Yangtze River...... Not for now. ”

Hu Zongxian was silent, although he was nominally the governor of Zhejiang, but his actual jurisdiction was very narrow, that is, the whole province of Zhejiang plus Suzhou and Songjiang, at most plus Changzhou Prefecture, Tongzhou north of the Yangtze River...... As long as there is no major event of the Japanese invaders attacking the city, it will not be his turn to carry the black cauldron.

"In the past ten days of war reports, the Japanese have suffered setbacks in Songjiang and Jiaxing, but they have caused a lot of chaos in Shaoxing and Ningbo." Qian Yuan withdrew the Miao Dao, turned around and said, "Where do you think Xu Hai will choose?" ”

In response to Qian Yuan, there were many suspicious eyes, Zheng Ruozeng and others remembered very well that last year in Shangyu, Zhang San sent a message that Xu Hai wanted to attack Jiaxing Mansion, but even in this case, Qian Yuan did not dare to conclude, let alone instigate Hu Zongxian to deploy troops.

Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked.

This kind of thing can't be guessed casually, if Xu Haitou Tie has to attack Jiaxing and Songjiang again, what should he do?

The corners of Qian Yuan's mouth hooked up a hint of arc, and his eyes touched Hu Zongxian in the air, and the latter's face was a little ugly.

Zheng Ruozeng and Mao Kun glanced at each other, and they both guessed in their hearts, it seemed that Qian Yuan was somewhat sure......

Hu Zongxian took a deep breath, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "Longjing is the world's famous tea, and Longjing is naturally the best produced in Shishan by the West Lake, this year's Longjing before the Ming Dynasty...... How much does it cost? ”

"Tea tasting is a small thing." Qian Yuan said unceremoniously: "Brother Ruzhen, let's get down to business." ”

Hu Zongxian smiled bitterly, made a gesture of please, and muttered in his heart that this product was afraid that he would be ripping off again.

Tang Shunzhi on the side is fine, but Tan Lun is a little unstable, although Hu Zongxian is attached to the top of the Yan Party, he has a lot of authority in the southeast, and he is not smiling on weekdays, but today he is so out of shape, Qian Yuan has no respect in his words.

"Hou Jigao and Qi Jimei have gone to Chuzhou and Jinhua to recruit troops, but there is still a shortage of recruits, silver and ordnance, and ......"

"Transferred from the Governor's Palace." Hu Zongxian interrupted expressionlessly, obviously angry in his heart.

"But after a long time of training, who knows when Xu Hai will invade in a big way?" Qian Yuan didn't think about it, and continued: "Qian Mou intends to practice the Lumen Gong's plan to 'carve and suppress' the army, and I hope that Brother Ruzhen will allow it." ”

"Carving?"

"Rushing in, coming out, like an eagle fighting a rabbit." Mao Kun was a little proud and explained: "This method is used to train soldiers...... Zhancai is a bypass, but a guide who is familiar with the terrain is required. ”

Mao Kun is accomplished in the military, because the carving method is known as a genius, and he has been promoted two levels in a row, and his grandson Mao Yuanyi is also famous for his military affairs in the late Ming Dynasty, and has been Yang Hao, Yuan Chonghuan, and Sun Chengzong's confidants.

"It has been arranged, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Ningbo, Taizhou, Wenzhou, and the five prefectures will all look for guides who are familiar with the terrain."

Hu Zongxian was a little hesitant in his heart, this matter is not so simple...... The reason why the post of governor of Zhejiang was established was largely because once the Japanese invaded Zhejiang and fled into Nanzhili, the officials and troops did not dare to cross the border to pursue.

In Zhejiang Province, Lu Bin was named Ningshaotai Staff General, but the actual station was only Taizhou, Ningbo had Qi Jiguang, a deputy commander-in-chief, and Shaoxing had Liu Xian, a staff general, and it was taboo to fight across the border.

Qian Yuan also understood this truth, so he proposed that he didn't care about these pressures, and continued: "The bird gun is too slow, and there are too few warships......"

"Zhancai, Zhancai!" Zheng Ruozeng said helplessly: "It takes skilled craftsmen to make bird guns, and you have to use wrought iron, which is really time-consuming, and the warship is ...... Didn't you just allocate eighteen ships to Taizhou! ”

Qian Yuan raised his head and smiled, "But Qian remembered that it was twenty-eight ships that should be allocated!" ”

Hu Zongxian swallowed silently, pondered for a moment and looked at Mao Kun.

"It is said that the Taizhou government has insufficient inventory of ordnance?" Mao Kun turned his head to look at Tan Lun.

"A few days ago, it was transferred to General Lu, but it was indeed insufficient, and the commander of the Navy Division made half of the soldiers under Ge Hao's command unarmed."

"Then go check it out." Mao Kun made a gesture of please.

Everyone went out together, Tan Lun couldn't help but look back, Qian Yuan Shi Ran was sitting opposite Hu Zongxian, looking quite relaxed.