Sanmen Town.

On the head of the city, which was not high, Wu Chengqi looked at the more than 100 Japanese who were surrounded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "The Longquan training is quite effective, and the Japanese have been defeated before the bird guns. ”

Hou Jigao on the side laughed and said: "Brother Ding'an has a good reputation, and he is copying the tactics of the Qian family's escort team. ”

"Songjiang Qian's family, a scholarly family, I didn't expect Lord Qian to be famous all over the world for his military affairs." Wu Chengqi praised: "Last year, I went to Jiaxing with him, and I repeatedly encountered Japanese robbers on the way, and I was not alarmed, and I guarded the elite, and then I turned the tide in two big victories...... It's not good, there are fish that have slipped through the net! ”

The walled pirates under the city were very cunning, striking east and west and breaking their tails to survive, and dozens of pirates broke out from the weak point and fled desperately to the south.

Hou Jigao was about to go down to the city, Wu Chengqi had already taken three steps and made two steps to run down, turned over and shouted a few times, Zhong Nan, who was frustrated that he could not go into battle, excitedly ran out of the city with Tianzhou wolf soldiers, and chased along the direction of the Japanese escape.

Hou Jigao smiled and shook his head, commanding his subordinates to strangle the remaining Japanese and clean up the battlefield, Wu Chengqi did not stay in Linhai County after he became the governor of Taizhou, in fact, he himself was Lu Bin and Hou Jigao to help.

Wu Chengqi had a very bright performance in Tongxiang last year, that is, he was the first to rush into the Japanese army, and the left and right two knives killed more than ten Japanese soldiers, and made great contributions, but this month was very depressed, Lu Bin and Hou Jigao took turns to train the soldiers, and Wu Chengqi stayed behind...... Although nominally a civil official, this is a man of extraordinary courage and likes to charge into battle.

Although Hou Jigao was born in the Wei Institute, he has practiced literature and martial arts since he was a child, read through history books, and can recite poems...... In Wang Yin's words, no matter how many shares you have, your money Zhancai can't compare to Wu Chengqi.

In addition, Hou Jigao and Wu Chengqi braved their lives side by side in Tongxiang's victory, and the two had a very good relationship.

Not long after, Hou Jigao saw Wu Chengqi's return from a distance, and there were still two Japanese heads hanging under the horse's neck.

"Longquan, look who's coming!" Wu Chengqi beckoned from afar, "Another Longquan has arrived!" ”

Hou Jigao urged him to step forward and said with a smile: "I also talked about Zhancai just now, and I will come here at this time, Zhancai led Jimei to kill the Quartet in Shaoxing Mansion, and it took two months to come to Ninghai, which is really favoritism!" ”

"Favoring one over the other?" Qian Yuanji scolded with a smile: "Qi Jimei led more than 1,000 troops to aid Shaoxing, and those who stayed in Yiwu were divided between you and Qi Yuanjing, and even the ordnance was robbed!" ”

Hou Jigao waved his hand again and again, most of them were robbed by Qi Jiguang, and we didn't get much.

"Here Lu Bin and Longquan have been in war for four or five years, Brother Ding'an and Brother Zhong are also experienced, Qi Jimei is young after all, and he can't rest assured." Qian Yuan dismounted and patted Zhong Nan on the shoulder, "After saying that there is a first-level thirty-two pieces of silver, can the Taizhou Mansion and General Lu be in arrears?" ”

Zhong Nan still had blood stains on his blue cloth clothes, and nodded with a smile: "Ginseng Lu will be Zhancai's old friend, and Fu Yin is Zhancai's brother-in-law, so his family is easy to talk about...... I thought about it after the war, but the silver was sent the next day, and there was no place to put it! ”

Qian Yuan laughed, "This big battle, let's see how much silver Brother Zhong can exchange for going back...... However, in wartime, you need to listen to military orders, and you can't rush into action. ”

Hou Jigao nodded and said: "The Tianzhou soldiers are brave and good at fighting, plus some Taizhou soldiers and Yiwu soldiers, each post is equipped with thirty soldiers, and the rest are all handed over to Brother Ding'an to manage." ”

"Last month, the Japanese robbed Xiangshan, Changguowei was almost broken, the Japanese invaded Ninghai, General Lu led the army to suppress, and at the critical moment, Brother Ding'an led two hundred warriors to bypass the rear of the Japanese invaders, and the Japanese were defeated and drowned countless people."

"It's also luck." Wu Chengqi beckoned to a person, "This person Zhu Ba, a native of Jiaxing, the whole family was slaughtered by the Japanese invaders, last year he joined the army alone, his strength was endless, he abandoned his weapons that day, and swept down more than ten Japanese robbers with a giant wood, and the Japanese invaders fled in fear. ”

In this era, Qian Yuan is considered to be tall, nearly one meter eight, even in the north, there are few people, and this Zhu Ba is in his twenties, he is actually a head taller than Qian Yuan, his hands and feet are extremely long, he is holding a strange-shaped weapon, and there is a dense short spear stuck in his back.

"What a warrior!" Wang Yi praised: "Even if it is put in the border army, it is second to none!" ”

Qian Yuan looked at it curiously for a while, his eyes fell on the weapon, and when he looked at it carefully, it was shaped like a ...... The nail rake used by the farmer to hold the grass has a rake body of more than three meters long, and the front is stretched out horizontally for nearly one meter, with dense and sharp rake teeth, and the whole body is made of iron.

"Zhancai ......" Hou Jigao said with a smile: "This guy has made a great contribution, and he actually used all the reward silver to make this thing...... See what it's like? ”

"Nine-tooth nail rake?" Liang Sheng grinned and said, "Oh, it just so happens that your name is Zhu Ba......"

In the midst of the laughter, Zhu Ba touched his head and leaned the nine-toothed nail rake to the side, knelt down and kowtowed to Qian Yuan, "Little Zhu Ba kowtows to Lord Qian." ”

"He is from Tongxiang County." Hou Jigao explained: "Zhancai has assigned an escort to join the army, he is familiar with Zhou Ze, and wants to enter your door, but the big war is coming......"

"There's no shortage of one." Wang Yi interjected: "Besides, the Qian family's elite armor is in the southeast, which is just right!" ”

Wu Baipeng said with a smile: "Brother Wang, this is happy to see the hunt, and you want to accept an apprentice?" ”

"Don't kowtow yet?!" Liang Wen stretched out his foot and nodded lightly, and Zhu Ba quickly turned around and kowtowed to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi pulled Zhu Ba up and ordered someone to bring a pair of iron armor and a waist knife.

Although the iron armor didn't fit well, Zhu Ba was dressed neatly, and everyone cheered, a good man, dignified.

After a small episode, everyone went straight to Ninghai County, Lu Bin commanded more than 3,000 troops, Sanmen Town stationed more than 1,000, Lu Bin led 2,000 soldiers to garrison Ninghai, Qi Jimei commanded more than 1,000 soldiers stationed in Tiantai County, nominally under the command of Lu Bin, but the actual commander was Qian Yuan.

Before he knew Xu Hai's movements, Qian Yuan instructed Qi Jimei to garrison Tiantai County, where Sanmen Town could be aided to the east, Ninghai to the northeast, Linhai to the south along Zhuxi, and Shaoxing Mansion to enter Cao'e River along the north of Dongxi.

Everyone in the camp sat down, Qian Yuan listened carefully to Lu Bin's report, for more than a month, Taizhou has also been frequently attacked by the Japanese bandits, because Taiping County, the southernmost part of Taizhou, has a sailor led by Ge Hao, so most of the Japanese bandits are targeted in the area of Xiangshan and Ninghai, which gives Lu Bin and Hou Jigao the opportunity to train their troops.

The current Xiangshan is divided into two halves, with Changting Town as the line, the west belongs to Taizhou, and the east includes Changguowei belongs to Ningbo Prefecture, but there is an Xiangshan Port in the middle, and the whole Xiangshan is actually in the jurisdiction of Lu Bin, and he is nominally a general of Ning Shaotai.

"There are more war losses." Qian Yuan frowned and said: "Although it is said that if you use battle for training, there will definitely be more casualties, but the battle damage is nearly 20% ......."

Glancing at Lu Bin's face, Qian Yuan comforted: "Of course, this is different from the Shaoxing Mansion, after the victory in Shanyin, the morale of the recruits is high, and they are fully equipped, and the proportion of veterans is also high." ”

Lu Bin sighed: "Zhancai, can you find a way to allocate some iron armor over, the last time I confronted the Japanese in Xiangshan, Brother Ding'an led the warriors to bypass and raid the enemy, and dozens of people were killed in that battle, if there is a soldier......

"Don't think about it over there in Taizhou Mansion, there is no iron armor in my uncle's hands, even if there is, it will be sent to Taiping and Huangyan, and there is no need to think about it in the Governor's Palace, Liu Xian, a staff general stationed in Shaoxing, and Wu Weixi in Xiaoshan are the first choice."

Qian Yuan had a bit of a headache, in this era, a pair of high-quality iron armor can greatly increase the resistance and combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers, but this thing is not low in technology, it is made of leather and nail leaves, and it has to be made of good iron, and the price is high.

The key is that in the upcoming war, many of the weapons of Xu Hai's elite Japanese Kou come from the Japanese Kingdom, and there are even a large number of ronin, which are sharp enough to ignore ordinary iron armor, and in terms of cost performance, popularizing iron armor is really a bit of a loss.

However, the Qian family's guards are well equipped, more than half of them have iron armor, and even two squads are equipped with chain mail, which has very strong defense and is light and does not affect the action.

Qian Yuan pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "I don't know how many iron armors are still in stock on the Cangshan side, and they are all sent over...... In addition, the iron armor should not be dispersed, and it should be used centrally, and the main equipment should be such as the soldiers under the command of Brother Ding'an. ”

Lu Bin was in good spirits and thanked him, in the past few months, he has been promoted to Ning Shaotai general, and his father Lu Bo is still in prison in Beijing, and his heart is under great pressure.

Qian Yuan also saw this, and persuaded: "Don't worry, I entrusted Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, to take care of it in Beijing, and if nothing happens, at least my life can be saved." ”

Lu Bin wanted to thank him again, and Wang Yi's low voice came from outside, "Young master, here." ”

"Come in."

Behind Wang Yi is Zhou Ze, and then Zhou Ji, whom Qian Yuan hasn't seen for a year, and Zhou Ji, who he sent to Tan Wei last year.

Xu Hai is finally here.