Qian Yuan hadn't heard of this place in Taozhai Town in his previous life, but he roughly estimated that it was probably in Fengxian District, and he might have passed by.

Today's Shanghai is far from being compared with later generations, in addition to Huating County, Shanghai County, there are some prosperous towns on both sides of several rivers, most of the places are deserted, a few years ago it was a new Qingpu Town, but it was revoked last year.

Among them, Taozhai Town is the most prosperous one, because it is located at the confluence of Taoxi and Huangpu River, the water transportation is developed, the Yuan Dynasty was full of merchants gathered, and then it became prosperous, and now it is regarded as a coastal town in Susong area.

Of course, a few months ago, the Japanese invaded Songjiang on a large scale, and the town of Taozhai, which was not protected by the city wall, could not escape this catastrophe, Qian Yuan walked on the bluestone slabs on the bank of Taoxi, and the broken bricks and tiles could be seen everywhere as far as the eye could see.

"It's a pity." Yang Wen saw that Qian Yuan's eyes fell on the hut where half of the walls had been knocked down, and muttered in a low voice: "Lao Liu's wontons are quite famous, and I ate them back on the way back from Jiading last year." ”

Qian Yuan was silent for a moment and then continued to walk forward, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Songjiang, Tongzhou, similar scenes are almost everywhere, except for the official city on the southeast coast, which enjoys peace all the year round, there are few city wall guards like the northern border, so there is no ability to resist the invasion of the Japanese invaders, at least a small town like Taozhai Town does not have such ability.

After walking along the bluestone slab for a while and turning a corner, I saw the door of a house from a distance, the soldiers stood solemnly on both sides of the door, and Master Zhou, who had met in Suzhou, was shouting loudly for command.

There were not many people in Nie Bao's entrainment, and most of the outstanding disciples of the protégés were admitted to the Jinshi and became officials, and the only one who was willing to follow him down to the south of the Yangtze River was this Master Zhou.

asked Yang Wen to hand over the post to the concierge, and Master Zhou immediately turned his head and walked over, and said with a smile: "Mr. Qian came so quickly." ”

"Mr. Zhou is an elder, and he is called Zhancai." Qian Yuan smiled reluctantly, "It is incumbent on you to protect your hometown, naturally the sooner the better." ”

"Yes, yes." Master Zhou's eyes were narrow, and his eyes narrowed into a slit when he smiled, "Zhancai is waiting outside for the time being, and he only officially settled down yesterday, and there is really a lot of chaos inside." ”

"Mr. Zhou is busy first." Qian Yuan politely said a few words and stepped back.

Squinting his eyes and looking carefully, although it was true that there was chaos inside, most of the people who came in and out acted neatly and forcefully, and they should all be officers and soldiers stationed in Songjiang.

"Shuangjiang Gong is so bold." Yang Wen praised in a low voice: "There are no heavy troops stationed in Taozhai Town, and there is no city wall to protect ......"

"That's true." Qian Yuan echoed, "But...... Now in the southeast, there are several important scriptures on authority, but in terms of high status, Nie Shuangjiang deserves it, he is not a reckless person! ”

"Young Master?"

"Map." Qian Yuan asked people to open the map drawn by himself, and Nie Bao chose to be stationed in Taozhai Town, so Qian Yuan naturally wanted to find out the details.

"Taozhai Town is located between Huating County and Shanghai County, with convenient water transportation, leading to Jiading in the northwest and Jiaxing in the southwest." Qian Yuanxu pointed out: "Hou Jigao is stationed in Huating, Dong Bangzheng is guarding Shanghai, and Yu Dayou's camp is near Chuansha Town in front of Taozhai Town. ”

"A large number of Japanese pirates have landed in the area of Jinshan, and if they want to plunder Songjiang, they must break through this blockade line."

"The layout is reasonable, but also shows the courage and determination of Shuangjiang Gong, once Shuangjiang Gong is lost, from Yu Dayou to Dong Bangzheng, Hou Jigao, and even the two counties of the county, the county ...... None of them can escape. ”

"Then Shuangjiang Gong is using himself as bait?" Yang Wen blurted out.

Qian Yuan sighed and nodded, "Yes." ”

Yang Wen couldn't wait to ask: "Why don't you go to Shanghai and Huating, and then go to General Yu's army." ”

"Shuangjiang Gong is really forced to do so." Qian Yuan shook his head slightly, "Banzhou Gong is the governor of Zhejiang......"

Yang Wen didn't understand, but Wang Yi on the side understood, Zhang Jing controlled the overall situation, although Nie Bao was on top of it, but he couldn't be clamped down, otherwise the military orders were inconsistent, which would damage the overall situation, you must know that there are Jiangbei Tongzhou, Suzhou, and Jiaxing around Songjiang.

But Master Zhou, who sent the guests out of the house, understood a deeper meaning, Zhang Jing had a heavy army in his hands, and Nie Bao was a secretary of the military department and went south to supervise the war, in the eyes of some civil officials in the court, this is a very unstable situation.

If Nie Bao is directly in charge of the army, then the imperial history of the DPRK and China will definitely flock to the book to impeach, you must know that it is Nie Bao himself who proposed the establishment of the post of governor of Zhejiang, and he also recommended Zhang Jing to serve in this position several times, and Zhang Jing was recommended by Nie Bao to refu, the two of them are both Zhengde 12 years of Jinshi, and they are recognized as the same party.

"This is Huating Qian Zhancai?" The middle-aged man beside Master Zhou smiled and bowed.

"Exactly, I don't know what Mr. ......" Qian Yuan saw that this middle-aged man did not carry a sword or armor, and should be a civil official.

"This is Su Song, the deputy chief of the coastal defense road and Wu Song, Dong Bangzheng and Dong Keping." Master Zhou introduced with a smile.

"It turned out to be Mr. Dong." Qian Yuan saluted, "Mr. guards Shanghai, aiding Huating, Songjiang people all admire, please accept the younger generation." ”

When Shanghai County was lost, Dong Bangzheng led his troops to help expel the Japanese Invaders, and then the Japanese invaded Huating twice, and Dong Bangzheng attacked Huating from behind, and Qian Yuan was willing to give this gift.

Master Zhou looked at the young man in front of him in surprise and saluted solemnly, after Qian Yuan's visit at the Suzhou dock, Nie Bao once mentioned in private that this was a young man who was extremely proud in his heart.

Don't look at him and he is kind to everyone, but his heart is extremely high, whether it is to Nie Bao himself or Yan Song's godson Zhao Wenhua, he will faintly put himself and the other party in an equal position.

Dong Bangzheng was stunned, but he quickly took two steps to pick up Qian Yuan, and laughed: "Don't dare, don't dare...... Don't say that you don't dare to accept this salute, it's just this title...... Dong can't afford it! ”

Master Zhou walked over slowly and persuaded: "If you can afford it, Keping is also a senior in the field." ”

"Mr. Zhou, this is hitting me in the mouth!" Dong Bangzheng said angrily: "People are the head of the Songjiang case, let alone lifting people, even the second-class jinshi is also nine out of ten." ”

After a period of greetings, watching Dong Bangzheng skillfully turn over and wave goodbye, Qian Yuan couldn't help but ask Master Zhou in a low voice.

Su Song's Haiphong Daoist is a civil official, but Wu Song's deputy commander-in-chief is a military position, and Dong Bangzheng should be famous, which really makes Qian Yuan puzzled.

After listening to Master Zhou's explanation, Qian Yuan realized that Dong Bangzheng was born in a family of eunuchs, and his father and ancestors were all from Jinshi, but he failed to pass the township test three times, and was sent to Guozijian to be a tribute student.

Theoretically, Gongsheng can be an official, thanks to the connections of his father and ancestors, Dong Bangzheng was appointed as the county governor of Liuhe, and paid equal attention to the suppression of bandits in the territory, won a lot of praise, and was promoted to Su Song Haiphong Dao and later showed his skills.

Yu Dayou's army was defeated in Jiaxing, Jinshanwei was destroyed, it was Dong Bangzheng who supported Songjiang alone, and in such an emergency state, the imperial court would let him serve as the newly established deputy commander-in-chief of Wusong, resulting in a strange situation in which Wenchen held a military position.

"Don't look at Keping's background, but he is good at riding and shooting, and he is good at the art of war, and he is very courageous." Master Zhou led Qian Yuan into the mansion, and kept saying, "This time he is here for the city wall of Shanghai County." ”

"Oh, the younger generation knows that a section of the Shanghai city wall was torn down by the Japanese invaders."

"It's about forty zhang, and if you want to build it, you have to have silver, but it's ......" Master Zhou smiled bitterly and spread his hands.

Qian Yuan closed his mouth.

Master Zhou hesitated for a moment and continued: "It is said that Zhancai is ...... in Chongde County."

"Mr. Zhou, the city wall is built, and Dong Keping is sure to achieve a great victory?"

Master Zhou was stunned.

Qian Yuan didn't stop and continued: "At least nearly 1,000 beheadings will be beheaded, and nearly 2,000 will be reported." ”

Chongde's great victory was to behead nearly 2,000.

Master Zhou quieted down.

Qian Yuan pursed his lips disdainfully, more than a month ago, he used the army to wash the city as a coercion to force the big families in Chongde County to pay money, that was to survive, if it wasn't for the reluctance to boast of a big victory later, it would be strange if he plus Yu Dayou and Lu Bin were not scolded to death by Shilin.

Yu Dayou naturally refused, Dong Bangzheng naturally didn't dare, this Master Zhou wanted Lao Tzu to take the blame...... Qian Yuan was naturally not sensitive.