When Wu Zheng heard this, he was a little impatient, and interrupted Chen Shoujie and said, "How many of these artillery pieces are there, how much ammunition is there, and where are they now?" ”

"In Matsue Province. After learning that Yangzhou had fallen, the grass people endured their grief and ordered the fleet to set sail from the Yangtze River into the sea, and after drifting at sea for nearly half a month, the grass people transported eight ships of artillery to Songjiang Mansion and hid them. ”

"Why? Didn't the Shi Pavilion Department order it to be transported to Hangzhou? ”

"The grass people should die, the grass people want to use these cannons to avenge the Shi Gebu and their father." Chen Shoujie choked up and said, "But later, the Qing army went all the way south, and the momentum was like a bamboo." When the grass people found that there was no Ming army around Songjiang Mansion to rely on, they also thought about transporting the artillery back to Hangzhou to help the Ming army defend the city. But as soon as it was loaded onto the ship, who thought that King Lu, who had only been in Hangzhou for half a year, had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in a blink of an eye, and at the same time had the King of Huai, so the grass people had to give up and transport the artillery to the edge of an unknown small village in Yanguan and hid it. ”

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "Then you can transport the artillery to Shaoxing Mansion and help Lu Jian Guo resist the enemy." ”

Chen Shoujie became indignant, "My lord, in addition to the first emperor, how many Zhu royal families have surrendered to the Tartars?" Compared with Hangzhou Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion is just a small land, how can the grass people send these things that are based on revenge to Shaoxing, and then they transfer them to Tartar in exchange for fame and fortune? ”

"Then why are you telling this official now?"

"The grass people also thought about it for a long time, although the artillery is sharp, it cannot be stored for a long time after all, especially gunpowder and other things. If it drags on any longer, it will be eight ships of waste. Therefore, the grass people thought that if the adults could insist on resisting the Qing Dynasty in the future as they did in Shaoxing Mansion, the grass people would be willing to serve the adults and serve the dogs and horses. ”

Wu Zheng was a little moved, patted Chen Shoujie on the shoulder and said, "Although you have hidden the important weapons of the country without authorization, it is understandable if you think about it. However, as far as the official is concerned, not only are you without fault, but you have merit, otherwise, these artillery pieces will not have the share of the official. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zhengzheng said: "For the matter of resisting the Qing Dynasty, you can rest assured, this official crawled out of the pile of dead bodies in Jiading Mansion, and the official's uncle Jiading General Soldier was martyred in Jiading City, you want to bombard Yangzhou City, and this official wants to lead the army to sweep Jiading Mansion, from this point of view, we are the same way." ”

Chen Shoujie's eyes lit up, "Mr. Wu is the adult's uncle?" ”

"Yes."

"Thank you, Lord for taking it in!" Chen Shoujie knelt on his knees and bowed to Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng did not avoid it, and accepted this gift.

This ceremony represents the monarch and minister, the master and the servant, and the upper and lower, which is clearly distinguished.

"Now you can say, how many cannons are there?"

"Back to my lord, there are sixty-three large and small cannons, which are installed on four large ships. The other four large ships are all twists, paper media, gunpowder, projectiles and other materials. ”

Wu Zheng's eyes bulged again, sixty-three?

God, Shi Gebu, you are worshiped by me in the spirit of heaven.

If you hadn't transported these cannons out of Yangzhou, I am afraid that they would have fallen into the hands of the Tartars at this time, and the next day would have fallen on the Ming army, including yourself.

From this point of view, I really deserve to be grateful.

Wu Zheng looked at Chen Shoujie and asked, "Ling Zun trains artillery for the Shi Pavilion Department, can you train an artillery for this officer?" ”

Chen Shoujie said: "My subordinates have followed my father for many years, not only my subordinates, but also my dogs are well versed in artillery skills. The subordinate father and son are determined to train some elite divisions for adults. ”

Wu Zheng was overjoyed in his heart, held Chen Shoujie's hands and said, "Okay." With your words, the official is relieved, let's set off for Yanguan? ”

"My subordinates listen to my lords."

Wu Zheng shouted, "Chi Erhan." ”

"Yes."

"Hurry to the East Side."

……。

After returning to Dongcheng, Wu Zheng ordered an inventory of tens of thousands of soldiers who could handle artillery.

He was allowed a salary of three taels per month, and the original military rank was promoted to a higher rank and other favorable conditions.

In one night, among the tens of thousands of troops, only sixty-seven people could be artillery.

As soon as the sky was bright, Wu Zheng took them out of Yongchang Gate quietly and went to Yanguan.

An hour later, Wu Zheng and his entourage came to Hejiadai.

This is a fork road, to the east is to Yanguan, to the northeast to Jiaxing.

Just about to turn east, I saw a small group of Ming cavalry coming to the northeast of the opposite side.

Wu Zheng immediately ordered to stop advoking, and it must have been the army of King Zhiren of Xingguo who came from this direction.

Sure enough, Wang Yilin's voice came from afar, "Lord Wu stays!" ”

Wu Zheng rode his horse to meet him.

"Wang Qianhu, why did you come to deliver the message in person, did there be an accident in the war?"

Wang Yilin reined in front of Wu Zheng, "Lord Wu, where are you going?" ”

"Go to Yanguan, I left a team of cavalry there to plan the retreat of Xingguo Gong and my department."

Wang Yilin could understand Wu Zheng's words, and left a cavalry in Yanguan, which was nothing more than what Wu Zheng said.

In case of an unforeseen event, it is used to cover the retreat.

Therefore, Wang Yilin said gratefully: "Lord Wu has a heart. ”

"Wang Qianhu, ...... this?"

"Lord Wu, Duoduo has arrived."

Wu Zheng was taken aback, "So fast? Where are the tartars? ”

"Outside Jiaxing City, unlike the original expectation, Duoduo led far more than 3,000 Tartars."

"How much is that?"

"The Tartar army has at least 10,000 people, and the Ming army is far above 50,000."

Wu Zhengtou "hummed" and asked urgently: "Where did so many troops come from?" Didn't the intelligence I found before say that there were only 3,000 Tartars and 30,000 surrendered troops? ”

"I just got the news that when Duoduo went south, the Tartars of Jinan Prefecture incorporated the two Wei Ming armies of Lingshan and Andong, so they met together and came to Hangzhou Mansion. Yesterday evening arrived fifty miles outside the city of Jiaxing, after the Duke of Xingguo got the report of the scout, he had already deployed defense, but the defense of Jiaxing City was low, even less than the city of Hangzhou, so the Duke of Xingguo sent me to send a letter to the Duke of Yueguo, ready to withdraw to Shaoxing Mansion at any time. ”

Wu Zheng hurriedly said: "What about Hangzhou City?" Just recovered, is it going to fall into the hands of the Tartars again? ”

Wang Yilin sighed helplessly: "It's too late, even if Yue Guogong immediately sends troops at this time, when he arrives in Jiaxing, I'm afraid it will be too late." Xingguo Gong said, support it for a day at most, and let Yue Guogong retreat quickly. Brother Wu Zheng, your department should also withdraw quickly, it will be too late again. ”

Wu Zheng was stunned, he knew that Wang Zhiren was not to blame, Wang Zhiren only had 8,000 infantry under his command, and the rest were all sailors.

Even if they all go ashore, there are only more than 20,000 people, and in the face of the siege of Duoduo's 60,000 troops, they can hold out for one day and give the Ming army in Hangzhou City time to retreat, which is indeed considered to be their best.

Wu Zheng complained in his heart that Fang Guoan, he X, such a good situation, after recovering Hangzhou, if he listened to his own advice, he would raise troops to meet Wang Zhiren last night, so that with his own department, there are at least more than 40,000 people, even if Duoduo comes to 60,000 troops, the Ming army relies on Jiaxing City to organize defense, there is still something to do, right?