It has to be said that some people are born with talents.

For example, Xu Hai.

If he farmed the fields in his hometown in Huizhou for a lifetime, or was a monk in Hupao Temple in Hangzhou for a lifetime, he would never be able to leave his own mark in history.

Intuition, talent, cunning, and ruthlessness made Xu Hai one of the best military generals of his time.

It's just a pity that he used it in the wrong place and got it in the wrong direction.

On May 21, Zhang Jing was the full-time thief of the right capital and the right attendant of the military department, and the soldiers and horses of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, and Huguang provinces acted cheaply.

Zhang Jing immediately dispatched troops after taking office, he knew very well that it was impossible to succeed in the first battle, and he only hoped to expel a large number of Japanese pirates from the sea and then clean up from scratch.

Zhang Jing's wish did come true, but in a way he never wanted.

On 28 May, Wu Baipeng, who had not yet resigned, joined forces with Cao Bangfu, the governor of Yingtian, and Wang Chonggu, the deputy envoy of Changzhou Bingbeidao, to mobilize a large number of troops from Nanzhili to trap Xu Hai's troops near Wuxi County, the capital of Changzhou.

After going north from Huzhou Prefecture, Xu Hai only tentatively attacked Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture, and did not follow other Japanese invaders to attack Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, and has been watching the battle situation coldly.

On 30 May, Xu Hai led his army to disappear into the Taihu Lake with a large number of ships that had been prepared long ago, leaving the mobilized Nanzhili army at a loss.

On June 2, Xu Hai appeared on the south shore of Taihu Lake, quickly captured Nanxun Town, the junction of Huzhou and Jiaxing Mansions, and then went south to threaten Tongxiang and Yuhang.

Hangzhou was shaken, and Zhang Jing threw all the troops mobilized in his hands into the northern front, and the general Tang Kekuan led the army.

However, Xu Hai quickly went north with a shot, passed dozens of miles away from Chongde County, and once again captured Jiashan County, which had just been recovered.

Jiashan County is the junction of Songjiang Mansion and Jiaxing Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture Tongzhi Ren Huan, Wusong Deputy General Dong Zhenbang led the army to help, but Xu Hai changed the route of the march again, diagonally eastward into Pinghu County, calmly boarded the ship and left.

A series of interspersed marching routes across Changzhou, Huzhou, and Jiaxing made the Ming army as many as 70,000 or 80,000 troops unable to even hold on to the tail, and more than a dozen generals who could leave a name for themselves in later generations were disgraced and disgraced.

"It's really like what you said......" In the study, Wang stared at the map and muttered, "Little brother, it would be nice if you were a military general...... Oh, no, no! ”

"The generals are too dangerous, and the younger brother is afraid of death." Qian Yuan smiled and said, "Besides, isn't it good to have a younger brother who is a civil official?" I can support my sister in the future! ”

Although it was only a month, Qian Yuan made it up at the beginning, but the two have a deep friendship, and the title of sister and brother is no longer a joke.

"Okay, well, I'll count on you to support my sister in the future." Wang laughed and dropped the quill pen made by Qian Yuan, "But you're wrong, little brother...... If you are afraid of death, how can you face the Japanese people calmly? ”

Watching the sister and brother chatting with great interest, Qi Jimei sat bored on the side, if he wasn't afraid of accidents, he really didn't want to accompany him...... However, he has also seen clearly for more than a month, there should be no accident, and the Qian family has a wide range of friends, which will be of great help to the Qi family in the future.

Looking down at the map on the table, Qi Jimei puffed up his mouth, before Xu Hai led the army to capture Nanxun and threaten Yuhang all the way south, someone had proposed that Yu Dayou lead the army south to support, but Qian Yuan scolded him bloody.

Most of the Japanese have been evacuated one after another, and there is also a lot of discussion in Chongde County about the whereabouts of Xu Hai's Japanese bandits, which proves the correctness of Qian Yuan's prediction.

There are two clear routes on the map that are drawn by Qian Yuan himself, one is from Wuxi County to the north, interspersed with the river, attacking Tongzhou, and going to sea from Liujiagang after entering the east, of course, it may also enter Songjiang Mansion through Chongming Island, and go south from Jinshan to the sea.

However, the possibility of this route is relatively small, Xu Hai wants to break through the army mobilized by Nanzhili head-on, and the interspersed prefectures are heavily guarded, and there is not much room for manoeuvre.

The other line was from Wuxi County to the south back to Jiaxing, leaving Pinghu County and Haiyan County, which Qian Yuan thought was the most likely.

Of course, Qian Yuan didn't expect Xu Hai to search for a large number of ships in advance and suddenly appear on the south shore of Taihu Lake, nor did he expect Xu Hai to boldly go south to threaten Yu Hang, so he left calmly.

Qi Jimei is only nineteen years old this year, only one year older than Qian Yuan, he glanced at the Songjiang Xiucai who made his sister-in-law laugh, he really can't compare with people, no wonder his reputation is known as Qian's hero.

Although Qian Yuan never directly commanded the battle except for that night, everyone in Chongde County knew his role, Lu Bin bowed down to him, Yu Dayou and Tang Shunzhi noticed many times that although Qian Yuan had not experienced the battle formation, he had a clear mind and had a high and accurate judgment of the situation and prediction of the enemy and us.

In other words, in Tang Shunzhi's eyes, Qian Yuan has a strong ability to govern, and he also has a strong sense of the overall situation.

However, Qian Yuan is not the only one who has such a talent for seeing the big picture.

Now there is such a person outside Chongde County.

The flag was hunted by the sudden wind, Liu Zhutou frowned and looked at it for a long time before he could see clearly, the flag was a "Qi" word.

"Chief, it's a guerrilla under the Zhejiang Metropolitan Command Division." A catcher ran over and said, "Pursue the Japanese to Jiashan County...... As a result, the Japanese invaders turned to Pinghu County and left the sea. ”

"Bullshit!"

Although the other party was already close at hand, Liu Zhutou still spitted, the previous things had already spread, and the governor of Zhejiang summoned Yu Dayou to come back to help, if it wasn't for that Songjiang Xiucai to drive the messenger out, Chongde County would not have left.

Qi Jiguang under the banner was a little sullen, in stark contrast to the relaxed expressions of the soldiers.

For ordinary soldiers, it is not a bad thing that they did not catch up with the Japanese invaders.

In fact, Qi Jiguang also thought so, and the group of bear soldiers under his command ...... He couldn't imagine the end of a head-to-head confrontation with the Wakos.

But Qi Jiguang was still very depressed, because when Xu Hai threatened Yu Hang, he accurately judged the trajectory of the Japanese invaders, but unfortunately Zhang Jing, who had not been in office for a long time, turned a blind eye to this.

After the Japanese left, Qi Jiguang was speechless and recovered Jiashan County for the second time...... This time, the loss of Jiashan County is not large, and the previous time the Japanese have already snatched everything they can rob, and everything that can be burned has been burned.

After that, Qi Jiguang led the army back, and came to Chongde County to meet his wife Wang, and he received a letter from his younger brother Qi Jimei half a month ago.

"Fortunately, Yu Dayou is here in Chongde County." Qi Jiguang muttered in his heart, and the horsewhip pointed to the flat land not far away, "Let's camp there and set off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

"You don't need to set up camp." The soldiers brought from Shandong smiled happily, "My lord, Chongde County has already built a military camp, just live in it, look, it's there." ”

Qi Jiguang stretched out his hand suspiciously to block the fierce eyes, and there was a camp in the distance that was not small.

Approaching the horse and taking a closer look, Qi Jiguang frowned, and walked around inside, he was even more puzzled.

Many places in this camp contradict the secret skills of Jiangmen inherited by the family, but many settings also made Qi Jiguang's eyes shine.

"Whether it is sending troops, or guarding the village, and being on guard at night...... It's all good. Qi Jiguang muttered a few words to himself, and turned his head to look at Chongde County, "No wonder Xu Hai is losing troops here." ”

Well, Qian Yuan liked to play games in his previous life, from the ancient Stone Age, the Age of Empires to the later World of Warcraft......

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