Although the conditions were not good, Qian Yuan still refused the invitation of Shangyu guard general Lu Peng and insisted on living in the camp.

I didn't fall asleep until the third watch, and after a while, there was a sound outside, Wang Yi touched into the tent and whispered: "Young master, yesterday afternoon, a large number of Japanese robbers went south. ”

"So fast?!" Qian Yuan struggled to open his eyes, "Xu Hai is here?" ”

"It's too far, the flags are vague and can't be seen clearly, but there are a lot of flags, and it is possible to ......" Wang Yi knelt on one knee, "Zhou Ji once mentioned that only Xu Hai has dozens of horses by his side, and there must be horses in the smoke and dust." ”

"Alright, get up." Qian Yuan waved his hand, "Inform Jimei, Shangyu County, and then send a messenger to Dongshan Town...... No, that guy moved twenty miles forward, in ...... marked on the map. ”

Wang Yi should go out, Qian Yuan half sat and thought for a while, it's still early, Xu Hai went south yesterday afternoon, and he won't be there until at least this afternoon...... So, when Qi Jimei, Yang Wen and even Sun Piyang came, the rhythmic snoring could be heard through the tent.

It wasn't until dawn that Qian Yuan came out of the tent with his hazy sleepy eyes, washed his face and brushed his teeth with the warm water that the guards had prepared a long time ago, and found a stool to sit by the Yao River.

"What a fog!" Qian Yuan turned his head to look at the opposite bank, and the originally clearly visible Shangyu County was looming in the fog.

Suddenly, there were a few shouts in the fog, and four or five high-headed horses suddenly broke out of the fog and went all the way south along the Shangyu city wall, causing a commotion at the head of the city.

"If you can send a knight as a scout, it should be Xu Hai, right?" Wang Yi said in a low voice: "The other Japanese are not so generous. ”

There are few horses in the southeast, and there are even fewer war horses that can be used on the battlefield, and I don't know where Xu Hai got it, Qian Yuan muttered in his heart, it can't be a Japanese horse, right?

"Young Master." The guards handed over two plates, one with three steaming four-cornered rice dumplings on top, and the other sprinkled with a large pile of sugar.

"Oh, by the way, it's the Dragon Boat Festival!" Qian Yuan was overjoyed to see the zongzi, and then saw the white sugar's face change, "Do you still dip the rice dumplings in foreign sugar?!" ”

"Yes......" The guards are inexplicable, ordinary people in this era, regardless of their taste, are quite respectful of sweetness, and they are rare and expensive, where can they not eat salty?

"Let's go, young master doesn't eat sweet ......" Yang Wen snatched the zongzi and hurriedly peeled it, asking the guards to take the sugar away, "Young master, this product is a newcomer." ”

"It's a meat dumpling, right?"

"Of course, a few days ago, the young grandmother asked her to send it to Tiantai County, and she just brought it over for the young master to taste, the large pieces of meat, half of which are pork belly, half of which are salted meat, all of which are made of the best glutinous rice!"

The sound of horses' hooves gradually became clear and audible, and a few would-be robbers rushed to the Yao River to glance at random, almost without turning their necks.

This is the place where the Japanese crossed the river yesterday, just on the edge of Shangyu County, and it is a relatively narrow area, Qi Jimei chose to camp here, but also to consider that in case of emergency, you can use fishing boats to temporarily build bridges for soldiers to cross the river.

Just on the shore, a young man in a green shirt was sitting on a stool, with Erlang's legs crossed, surrounded by several guards with knives and guns, one of whom was actually peeling zongzi...... I can't bear it, it's the Dragon Boat Festival, the dumplings are delicious, I want to eat it too!

The thought was still swirling in his mind, and before his mouth could secrete saliva, two long arrows pierced through the already thin mist and suddenly appeared in the sight of the wolf.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

Of course, I can't hear the sound of the widows falling off the horse's back through Yao Jiang, this is the dubbing of the bored Qian Yuan, Wang Yi and Wu Chengqi are holding longbows, and three or four arrows are shot, but the remaining three widows are galloping wildly, and this kind of moving target is also very difficult for marksmen.

After eating three meat dumplings in one go, Qian Yuan took a full distance and turned his head to look at Wang Yi, "Where should you be now?" ”

"Young master......" Wang Yi hesitated for a while before leaning back.

The diffuse fog gradually dispersed, and the main force of the Japanese invaders had not yet arrived, but outside Shangyu County, on both sides of the Yao River, small groups of Japanese robbers were looking around.

"Don't worry about the front, cover it from the back." Qian Yuan whispered to Qi Jimei, "Just get close to the Japanese scouts and disperse." ”

A catcher at the head of the city praised in a low voice, the Japanese are coming, the war is coming, and the money is still calm and calm, eating breakfast unhurriedly...... Well, I have to say that this appearance is very in line with the depiction of Confucian generals in the hearts of the people in the southeast.

Sun Piyang glanced at it funny, he understood people, although the sky was already bright, and small groups of Japanese robbers could be seen everywhere, but it was impossible for the main force of the Japanese to arrive on the battlefield immediately, not to mention anything else, the fog just now was enough to make the leader of the Japanese invaders jealous.

In fact, Qian Yuan himself doesn't think so, before the war, he has tried his best to the best in all aspects, whether it is the general strategy, foreshadowing, and backhand of this battle, he has already made arrangements, and the specific command will not be better than Qi Jimei.

And this post-war ...... Xu Hai's main force should not be far from Shangyu County, Hu Zongxian urgently asked when Qi Jiguang would be able to arrive on the battlefield and how to pursue after defeating Xu Hai...... These are all Hu Zongxian's affairs.

Qian Yuan stretched out his right hand and waved it in the air, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head, he hadn't practiced anything else in the past few years, but his courage was practiced, and his two hands didn't tremble at all.

Of course, courage is also based on strength, even if it is defeated, with this camp, it is difficult for the Japanese to defeat the official army led by Qi Jimei in a short period of time.

Qian Yuan sat quietly by the Yao River, the previous two battles in Changshui Town and Tongxiang were great victories, but the total number of troops used by the two sides did not exceed 4,000 people, and this time I could see the big scene.

Just wait, wait, wait...... It was time for lunch, and the banner faintly appeared on the other side of the Yao River.

Squinting at the camp hundreds of steps away, he could faintly see the green-shirted man sitting by the Yao River, Xu Hai carefully took out the binoculars from his arms...... This was robbed by the Japanese after Wang Yi's scouts died in battle.

An indifferent young man clearly appeared in the lenses, and before Xu Hai could see it clearly, the man suddenly noticed something, turned his head and saw that his eyebrows were like knives, his sideburns were like swords, and he had no expression but revealed a murderous aura.

"I feel like I've seen ...... somewhere," Xu Hai muttered quietly.

In the thirty-second year of Jiajing, in Chongde County, Xu Hai, who was injured and starved, once saw Qian Yuan in that alley, and the latter remembered it in his heart, but the former was not deeply impressed...... This is a matter of course, what impressed Xu Hai at that time was nothing more than the Wang sisters who were kind to him, and the mean Shen Jiao.

"Looks decent." Xu Hai waved his horsewhip, turned his head and said, "Wu Dahu, but there are only a thousand people, you are intimidated by that big flag!" ”

"Broom Star ......" Wu Dahu, who was still showing off his martial arts yesterday, is disgraced today, "Yiwu soldiers plus the Qian family's guards...... It's probably the group of people outside Tongxiang County last year. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Hai's face became more and more ugly, people are blocking him with these words, you were not defeated by this group of people in a battle with more than 3,000 people outside Tongxiang County last year?

Wu Dahu looked at Xu Hai's face and added: "However, there are not many officers and soldiers in this group, and the brothers who have gathered here have scattered two or three hundred people. ”

Xu Hai snorted, not caring about this.

In fact, Hu Zongxian and Qian Yuan were worried that Xu Hai's refusal to go south did not exist, and Xu Hai would definitely go south for two reasons.

Why did Xu Hai dare to go ashore and invade the southeast coast?

In the final analysis, Xu Hai has enough confidence in the combat power of the Japanese Invaders under his command, in the final analysis, the official army cannot defeat the Japanese Invaders, and last year, Lu Bo's 4,000 army was defeated head-on in three quarters of an hour, which is evident, even if Xu Hai was defeated in Tongxiang County for a while, it was also because Tan Wei took the lead in escaping and the accident occurred.

Why did Xu Hai definitely go south?

Although Xu Hai has enough confidence and strength, he can't make a loss-making deal, and he must defeat the main force of the Shaoxing Mansion in a short period of time, so that he can let go of his hands and feet and quickly leave the sea after grabbing it.

Therefore, Xu Hai will definitely go south, he will not attack Yuyao County, where Shaoxing Prefecture has the strongest troops, but will come to Shangyu County, trying to fight with the officials and soldiers who come to help here.

For Hu Zongxian and Qian Yuan, time is precious.

But for Xu Hai, time is also precious.