It's another foggy day.

Under Qian Yuan's gaze, the morning sun slowly bloomed red, and suddenly jumped out of the horizon, but the dazzling light could not penetrate the thick fog, this time not to mention Shangyu County, which is across the river, even the fishing boats on the Yao River are hazy.

Loud shouts, blades clashing, and the sound of horses' hooves heard from time to time, and the scouts hurried back to the camp with a long tune, making the camp boil.

Such foggy weather, so that the scout's exploration is extremely difficult, but also greatly increased the risk factor, two or three fishing boats to the west to explore, as a result of more than 10 people by the Japanese Kou group of arrows, only one back, the scouts sent by Yu County on the other side were chased and killed by dozens of Japanese invaders, and finally only two people jumped into the river to survive.

"There's no hurry." Zheng Ruozeng said softly: "Xu Hai led the main force to rush south, and he has already entered the middle of the army, as long as Qi Yuanjing can arrive in time, ......"

"If Xu Hai sets up a large army and attacks with all his might, trying to destroy the camp here and Shangyu County, even if Qi Yuanjing arrives, what if Qi Yuanjing arrives?" Qian Yuan smiled unceremoniously: "The Governor personally went to the front line, led the army to confront the Japanese Kou, was defeated, and Shangyu fell ......"

Mao Kun turned his head and glanced at Hu Zongxian's face, the fall of Shangyu is not important, but the key is that it cannot be lost when Governor Hu Zongxian has arrived...... Those science and Taoist officials can even pick out the bones in the eggs, and Mao Kun himself suffered this kind of loss before he returned home.

Zheng Ruozeng shook his head and said: "This battalion is set up on the bank of the Yao River, and Qi Jimei's corporal has many military exploits, and yesterday he defeated the Japanese and won the ......."

Qian Yuan continued: "Okay, the camp is difficult to attack, what if Xu Hai confronts the army with a partial army, and sends the Japanese to capture Shangyu County? ”

Zheng Ruozeng didn't say anything at this time, this situation exists, he glanced at Qian Yuan, in fact, both of them knew in their hearts, this is the most likely trick that Xu Hai will use, attack Shangyu in a hurry, and personally lead the main force behind, and defeat the reinforcements in a dignified manner, and he has no way to do it in a short period of time.

Think about it, after all, it wasn't until yesterday that Xu Hai's main force appeared in the hinterland of Shaoxing Mansion in full swing, and only Liu Xian could come to the aid in time, as long as Liu Xian was defeated, Qi Jiguang in Ningbo, and Wu Baipeng in Xiaoshan were difficult to help each other in a short time, not to mention that these places were not infested with Japanese robbers.

In general, Hu Zongxian's confidence comes from the fact that he has no intention of calculating, so he immediately rushed to Shangyu after Xu Hai's main force appeared.

But what Hu Zongxian didn't expect was that Qian Yuan actually ordered to camp on the other side of the Yao River, instead of leading the army into the city...... If it is to enter the city, there are more than 1,000 defenders in Shangyu County, plus hundreds of personal soldiers brought by Hu Zongxian, they will be able to hold Shangyu and calmly wait for Qi Jiguang to lead the army to help.

And now, Hu Zongxian is about to risk the embarrassment that he will go to the front line in person, and Shangyu County may be lost.

Others couldn't guess in their hearts, but Hu Zongxian himself, Qian Yuan, Zheng Ruozeng, and Mao Kun knew it in their hearts.

From the overall situation of the battle, the official army has taken the initiative, and the next thing is to see if Qi Jiguang and Liu Xian can defeat Xu Hai.

But from Hu Zongxian himself, he could not bear the possibility of Shangyu being lost.

Peng Feng, who went to investigate in person, jumped off his horse, "The Japanese divide the troops, even the telescope can't see clearly, but the division is determined, most of them are on the other side of the Yao River, and the small part is facing the direction of the camp." ”

Qian Yuan didn't speak, but only glanced at Qi Jimei, who immediately ordered the fishing boats on the river to gather upstream and dismantle the bridge roughly built with small fishing boats.

"Slow!"

"It should be too late to enter the city at this time." A handsome middle-aged man hurriedly said, "Your Excellency the Governor should sit in the city......"

Qi Jimei stopped talking, looked back, and then looked at Hu Zongxian and Qian Yuan.

This time, without Qian Yuan to speak, Hu Zongxian stared at this guy fiercely, and raised his chin at Qi Jimei.

This kind of thing can be known by thinking about it with your ass, Qian Yuan and Qi Jimei led the army to be stationed outside the city, and as soon as Hu Zongxian arrived, he had to hide in the city...... You must know that Hu Zongxian is here to steal credit, and no matter how thick-skinned he is, he can't do such a thing.

What's more, Hu Zongxian was very skeptical that he could command Qi Jimei...... This army has a total of six posts, four of which are always from the Qian family guards, half of the soldiers have experienced two great victories in Changshui Town and Tongxiang, and dozens of Qian family guards serve as the chief and deputy captains, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is almost the Qian family army.

The most important thing is that Hu Zongxian believes that if he hides in the city, once he wins this battle, Qian Yuan will definitely not say good things...... And Qian Yuan, whether it is from the identity of the Zhejiang patrol or Jane's identity in the emperor's heart, has the ability to deliver the folds or letters directly to Emperor Jiajing.

There were already scouts crossing the river to report, and sporadic drums sounded at the head of Shangyu County, and people were seen waving to this side from a distance.

After another half-ring, more military reports arrived.

"There are more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers...... Zheng Ruozeng smacked his lips, "There are only eight or nine hundred soldiers in the camp, and they take the initiative to attack......

"Impossible." Qian Yuan immediately vetoed, "Who knows if there are ambushes in the Japanese Kou, besides, defend according to the camp and be invincible." ”

In fact, the most important reason is that although the Qian family's guard array, which has been maintained since the thirty-third year of Jiajing, has killed a lot of widows, it has a fatal weakness, that is, its flexibility is very poor.

A team of thirty people, it is difficult to keep a complete queue forward, and one bad is that the formation is loose...... Therefore, the Qian family's guards, Qi Jimei's subordinates against the enemy, often defend the formation first before attacking in a timely manner.

Qian Yuan felt this as early as last year, last year in Jiaxing Mansion, two times the Songjiang soldiers flanked the attack, Hou Jigao and Wu Chengqi took the lead regardless of life and death, in exchange for two great victories, but also suffered heavy casualties.

Therefore, when Qian Yuan had a secret conversation with Qi Jimei and Hou Jigao at the beginning of the year, he suggested that each outpost should set up a pro-soldier team, and when necessary, it would be concentrated as a mobile force or reserve, but this was inconsistent with the overall tactics of the army.

"Zongzi." Qian Yuan was too lazy to let the guards peel it, so he picked it up and peeled it three or two times and swallowed it, and suddenly scolded: "Liang Sheng, mother, be careful, don't ride if you can't ride a horse, it's embarrassing!" ”

There was a burst of laughter not far away, and Liang, who was thrown down by the war horse, angrily scolded the surroundings, and walked over quickly, "Young master, the speed of the Japanese is very fast, stop a thousand steps away." ”

"Tell me about it."

"There are more than 100 real widows at the front, and you can know what they look like at a glance." Liang Sheng took the peeled zongzi handed by Qian Yuan, and said while nibbling: "It's a target, I'm afraid that we will cross the river." ”

Although the bridge roughly built by the fishing boats has been demolished, this section of the Yao River is very narrow, and it is not difficult to build it quickly.

"This is army to army, artillery to artillery, staring to death." Qian Yuan dropped the dumpling leaves, "What about the other side?" ”

"I can't see clearly, but the front ones are carrying ladders, and it is estimated that the city will be attacked." Liang Sheng tilted his head and glanced at Shangyu County, "Zhang San is still inside." ”

Yesterday, Zhang San led a sentry into the city to assist Lu Peng in defending the city, plus the original defenders, village warriors, and government officials, a total of about 500 people...... Zheng Ruozeng proposed last night that the reinforcements entering the city were a bit small, and if Xu Hai attacked fiercely, he might not be able to hold it.

Qi Jimei, who had finished explaining earlier, strode back and asked people to spread a brief map on the ground, which was drawn by Qian Yuan himself after the Qian family's guards explored the surroundings yesterday.

"With the Yao River as the boundary, about five thousand Japanese robbers are in front, carrying a cloud ladder, it should be the main force of the siege, and the banner of Xu Hai is four or five miles away......

"How many?"

"There are no flags except for a few big flags." Qi Jimei shook his head, in this era, the calculation of enemy strength is generally measured by the flag, he thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Not less than three thousand." ”

Everyone nodded silently, Liu Xian, who was stationed in Yuyao, had more than 4,000 soldiers under his command, Xu Hai wanted to defeat in a battle, and the available troops at hand would not be too small, and four or five miles away, it also left the necessary space for the reinforcements to charge after the reinforcements arrived.

Qian Yuan sneered: "Xu Hai is really confident!" ”

"Two years ago, even if Xu Hai gathered a large number of Japanese robbers, he never dared to ......be upright," Zheng Ruozeng sighed: "To start a war with Wang Zhi, let Xu Hai train to support a strong army." ”

Qian Yuan was about to refute, this pot can't be carried by his father Qian Rui...... At this time, Liang Sheng came over and whispered: "The Japanese have attacked the city." ”