October 15, early morning, Chongde County.

"Map."

With Qian Yuan's low shout, the two guards spread the map on the table, and Wu Baipeng and Yang Wen approached with oil lamps.

Qian Yuan took the quill and explained one by one, "Lu Bin took the lead and released the scouts, the soldiers around you have been in Jiaxing Mansion for more than half a year, and the terrain is familiar." ”

"Qi Jimei, Yang Wen, and Wang Yi led the Yiwu soldiers and escorts behind."

Qian Yuan glanced at Qi Jimei, who nodded and said, "Don't worry, you will listen to the arrangements of Brother Wang and Brother Yang." ”

Although the Qian family guards and the Yiwu soldiers have the same tricks, they are very different in terms of combat methods and arrays, Qi Jimei has no experience, so he can only let Yang Wen and Wang Yi mainly fight in the way of the Qian family's guards.

"I followed Brother Zhong with Tianzhou soldiers behind, and Brother Longquan led the troops behind the palace." Qian Yuan turned his head to look at Hou Jigao, "The bird hand is temporarily assigned to the front formation. ”

This is not a suggestion, but an order, but Hou Jigao, who is a guerrilla, did not hesitate to respond.

"Okay, let's prepare, dry food and water bladders are ready." Qian Yuan's face was frosty, "Take that Zhejiang governor with you, if this guy dies in the hands of the Japanese Kou...... Jiaxing Mansion is rotten, Songjiang and Suzhou are in chaos, and no one will carry this black pot! ”

Everyone turned around and left in response, and Qian Yuan ordered Liang Sheng to put away the map, took the steamed bun that had just come out of the pot and took a few bites, feeling uneasy.

It was two days late to return to the division, which was really a last resort, but Qian Yuan didn't expect the situation to be so unbearable.

Hou Jigao's aid is good news, but all he brought is bad news, since the defeat of Lu Bo, the news of the destruction of the 4,000 army spread, countless Japanese invaders invaded the southeast coast, far away for the time being, the news is not known, but the pressure on the officials and troops of Hangzhou and Shaoxing has increased greatly.

The south has not been cut off for the time being, but the north ...... It wasn't until Hou Jigao came that Qian Yuan knew that five days ago, more than 2,000 Japanese invaders landed in Huating and Qingpu from Zhapu and Jinshan.

Dong Zhenbang insisted on Songjiang, Yu Dayou led his troops south, but there were more and more Japanese invaders who followed and killed ashore, and there were two Japanese invaders with more than 1,000 people alone, Yu Dayou and Dong Bangzheng could still maintain the situation, but it was difficult to transfer a large force to the south to aid Jiaxing, and finally only let the Wusong guerrilla general Hou Jigao lead a thousand troops to the south.

However, Hou Jigao led the army to the south and arrived in Chongde County on the third day, during which he encountered dozens of Japanese soldiers and engaged more than ten times, and now there are less than 700 soldiers left, and many are wounded, Qian Yuan decided to wait another day to set off.

However, Hou Jigao did not bring good news, but brought good things, nearly 100 birds, all of which were under Dong Bangzheng, and there was no shortage of gunpowder projectiles.

"Zhou Ze, plus the Governor's Palace, there are about one hundred and twenty bird guns, all of which will be handed over to you." Qian Yuan strode out, and when he saw Ruan Que with his footsteps, he didn't raise his eyelids, and only cared about explaining, "On the way, remember that the gunpowder should be sealed well, so as not to get damp." ”

Ruan Que looked at the eyes extremely vicious, since Lu Bo's defeat, he knew that his best outcome was to dismiss the official and return to his hometown, as long as Lu Bo's father and son died, he was willing to pay a lot of money, and immediately sent someone into Beijing, and he could always find someone to do a little bit, maybe he could save his life.

But Qian Yuan ruthlessly cut off this way of life, and Lu Bin sent his own soldiers to keep Ruan Yi firmly under control, and almost put him under house arrest in the backyard of the county government...... In fact, Qian Yuan was sure that Ruan Yi would not be able to escape this catastrophe, no matter what, Emperor Jiajing would definitely read the secret report he sent to Beijing before making a decision.

"Back to Tongxiang?" Ruan Que asked expressionlessly.

Qian Yuan didn't bother to pay attention to it and went straight out, even if he returned to Tongxiang, did you think he would be able to turn the tables?

The sky is slightly bright, the gate of the south city of Chongde County.

"The scout returns, there is no whereabouts of the Japanese within ten miles."

Lu Bin glanced at Qian Yuan, who nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "Open the door!" ”

With the sound of creaking, the soldiers struggled to push open the city gate, Lu Bin took the lead out of the city, followed by the Yiwu soldiers led by Qi Jimei and Wang Yi, and the Qian family guards, which were clearly organized and not chaotic at all.

Qian Yuan admitted that he did not have the ability to actually command and combat the army, but he asked everyone, tried to arrange everything in advance, and prepared for possible accidents.

As soon as he walked more than ten miles, he saw a horse running towards the vanguard led by Lu Bin from a distance, Liang Sheng leaned nervously towards the carriage, and Yang Wen on the side scolded softly.

"Don't worry, the Lu guerrilla sent nearly fifty people out, and if there are traces of Japanese pirates within twenty miles of the vicinity, they will come to report, even if they want to fight, they will be in time." Zhou Ze patted Liang Sheng's shoulder, "You guys are still lucky, it's not like we have to carry it ourselves." ”

The carriage on the side is stacked with heavy wolf tooth whisks, spears, javelins and other things, long journey, it is impossible to carry it all the time, Yiwu soldiers, guards only bring waist knives, bows and arrows with them, and other things are sent to the carriage.

But the Songjiang fire guns who followed the Yiwu soldiers and escorts were not good, they could only carry the bird guns on their backs, this thing was very expensive, and there was no standard for the size of the bird guns in this era, and each bird guns were more familiar with the one they used.

Continue to go forward five or six miles, a group of more than 100 people appeared on the flank of the army to snoop, Lu Bin did not turn around, only handed the letter back, and the Tianzhou soldiers behind sent two hundred people to monitor until the army passed safely.

"When you get to the vicinity of Haining, turn west." Qian Yuan said softly: "The further south you go, the fewer you should be......"

Halfway through speaking, Qian Yuan stopped his mouth, scolding in his heart, it was better not to speak.

Qian Yuan's nickname "Broom Star" spread throughout the southeast, and his reputation was very resounding both among the Japanese and military officials on the shore.

Even Xu Hai suffered a lot in Chongde County two years ago, especially at the last moment, the scene when the Japanese broke Chongde County and was driven out made Qian Yuan get another nickname "Snake Mouth", and Tan Lun, who seemed to be brave in battle but was actually insidious, was nicknamed "Tail Needle".

And the southeast civil and military officials recognized the "broom star" because Qian Yuan would meet the widow almost every time he went out, especially even if he ran to the deep mountains and old forests of Huizhou Mansion, this is called "broom star"!

Qian Yuan also has this kind of awareness...... This should be a cheat, right?

It should really be a golden finger, at dusk, Lu Bin rushed over with the scouts, "Zhancai, a few gangsters have been snooping six or seven miles away." ”

"How many?"

"It's about a thousand and a half."

Qian Yuan asked the guards to unfold the map and look at it, "How far is it from Changshui Town now?" ”

"Fifteen miles, I expect to arrive in Changshui Town before dark." Lu Bin put his hand on the pergola and looked out, "But if you are bitten by a thousand and five widows......"

"Let's fight." Qian Yuan said indifferently: "You will command, but the location must be a place where the people of Changshui Town can see." ”

Lu Bin nodded and went to prepare, Wu Baipeng and He Xinyin on the side were a little puzzled, it was inevitable that there would be a battle on the way back to Tongxiang, but why did they have to choose outside Changshui Town?

Faced with this doubt, Qian Yuan did not answer, but only spoke to Zhong Nannunu.

"My Tianzhou wolf soldiers crossed the Eighteen Prefectures and arrived in Nanzhili more than two years ago, but no one accepted them." Zhong Nan sneered: "Even if there are many achievements in the past two years, Shaoxing and Ningbo will never dare to let Tianzhou soldiers enter the city." ”

"It's not because of you Tianzhou wolf soldiers." Qian Yuan looked intently at the shadowy figure in the distance, and explained casually: "The army enters the city and enters the town, and if you say it is bad, you will do it...... The county town didn't dare, it was easy to wash the town, and it was just a matter of turning back and pushing it to the head of the would-be robbers, and the border army was very skilled in this kind of thing. ”

He Xinyin said unhappily: "Jiaxing Mansion is in a mess, and at this time it is still stuck in ......"

"Then please ask Mr. Tofshan to persuade with his incorruptible tongue." Qian Yuan said casually, "This morning, Lu Guerrilla sent someone to report, but they ignored it and refused to prepare rations." ”

It's mid-October, which is about November in the future, and the sun was scorching ten days ago, and the autumn breeze was already cool at this time, and Changshui Town soon appeared in front of Qian Yuan's eyes.

The villagers with knives and guns poured out from Changshui Town, looking at the approaching officials and soldiers with unkind expressions, in fact, Qian Yuan understood them very well, and no one wanted to entrust their lives to others.

But Changshui Town must lie at his feet, Qian Yuan's eyes turned to the river that crossed from Changshui Town, not only because of rations and a night's rest for the garrison, but also because of this river.

Qian Yuan's choice of Changshui Town was naturally deliberate, Changshui Town was named after Changshui Pond, the river is not long, more than 40 miles, but it leads directly to Haining County.

If you can go down the river, the schedule of returning to Shitongxiang can be shortened by half, but the premise is that Changshui Town, which relies on water draft, needs to provide a batch of boats.

That's why the location of the battle was chosen outside the town of Changshui.

Qian Yuan turned his head expressionlessly to look at the approaching wolf, presumably hundreds of wolf's heads could make Changshui Town kneel. (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)