In the nineteenth year of Hongwu, in order to resist the invasion of the Japanese invaders, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of a city and a guard in Xiaoguan Town, Huating County, which was Jinshanwei.

In the sixteenth year of Yongle, the invasion of the Japanese invaded more and more, and the earthen city of Jinshanwei was raised by 5 feet with bricks, becoming the strongest fortress on the front line of Songjiang Prefecture against the Japanese invaders.

But all this was ruined by the large-scale Japanese invasion a few months ago, when thousands of Japanese invaded Jinshanwei, looted food, weapons, and people, and burned them clean, and even the city walls were ripped clean.

It is worth noting that although the robberies were brutal and slaughtered, they rarely set fire to the city, let alone destroy the city, and even Jiashan County, which fell twice a few months ago, was basically well preserved, but Jinshan was completely destroyed.

On the one hand, it lies in the special military nature of Jinshanwei as a guard, and on the other hand, it lies in the geographical location.

Why did Qian Yuan insist that Songjiang Mansion was likely to be the main battlefield?

The destruction of Jinshanwei is the biggest reason.

Without the nail of Jin Shanwei, the Japanese can calmly land ashore, attack Huating and Shanghai in the north, and attack Jiaxing and Suzhou in the west, and easily escape from the sea once the situation is unfavorable.

After the typhoon in early August, a large number of Japanese invaders made landfall from Jinshan, hovered around Jinshanwei, and from time to time sent troops to attack Chuansha and Nansha, and even approached Shanghai County several times, but to Yu Dayou and Nie Bao's surprise, the Japanese invaders generally maintained a restrained posture.

The destruction of Jinshanwei is not necessarily a good thing, at least some people's lives are not very convenient, of course, these people's eyes are not necessarily just the living environment and other small things.

In a house in Jinshan City, although it has been half a month, the timid Wang Lushu is still trembling, she never imagined that the young man she rescued was actually Xu Hai, the general of Pinghai who can stop children crying at night on the southeast coast.

Compared with her younger sister, her sister Wang Cuiqiao is much calmer, such a result is what she expected, but her face is even more ugly in comparison, and the face of the indifferent young man in Songjiang makes her wake up in the middle of the night from time to time.

Thinking about the elderly parents at home and the nephew with the name of a prodigy, Wang Cuiqiao secretly gritted her silver teeth, but she couldn't do anything.

It was impossible for her to tell Xu Haihe everything, and she didn't even dare to mention her family...... The ghost knows if Xu Hai will take his family captive with him.

Footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, Wang Cuiqiao raised her head suddenly, her eyes were full of surprise, she was the best at observing words and feelings, knowing that although Xu Hai's temperament was not impatient, her steps were fast and powerful, but the footsteps outside the door were calm, not in a hurry.

"General...... Oh, it's the two ladies, Fang Mou is rude. Mr. Fang retreated out of the door in embarrassment.

Wang Cuiqiao breathed a sigh of relief and bowed, "It's Mr. Fang." ”

Wang Cuiqiao and Wang Lushu had married Xu Hai ten days ago, and it was Mr. Fang who was in charge at that time, and it is said that he was born as a scholar, and after the destruction of Ligang, he went overseas and became Xu Hai's mastermind.

"Hahaha...... Xu Hai laughed and walked from outside, "It's not an outsider, come on, Mr. Fang sit." ”

"Congratulations to the general on this great victory." Mr. Fang said with a smile: "In this way, at least from Shandong to the coast of Zhejiang, the general will no longer have a way to resist." ”

Although it was delayed by the typhoon for a period of time, Xu Hai still smoothly integrated multiple forces on the sea, up to Shandong, down to Zhejiang and Fujian, and the coastal Japanese were basically held by Xu Hai.

A few months ago, Xu Hai defeated Yu Dayou, led his troops to sack many places, and escaped safely across the three prefectures, which made Xu Hai have a strong appeal in a short period of time, and he is now the largest Japanese leader on the southeast coast.

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say, Wang Zhi's guy is still in Japan." Xu Hai motioned to Wang Cuiqiao to pour tea, "Mr. Fang is not as good as me, he is not used to drinking wine, he only likes tea." ”

Wang Cuiqiao no longer had the gloomy expression just now, and asked with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "What kind of tea does Mr. like?" ”

"Don't pay attention, don't pay attention." Mr. Fang waved his hand, "Huizhou pineapple, Hangzhou Longjing are all fine." ”

Xu Hai said with a smile: "This is still called not paying attention to ...... I, a Huizhou person, have never drunk pineapple tea. ”

"Songluo and Longjing are not here." Wang Cuiqiao smiled and said, "But there is Junshan Silver Needle." ”

"A green snail on a silver plate." Mr. Fang shook his head and nodded, "Junshan tea tastes like a dragon well, and the leaves are slightly wide and green, which is not bad." ”

Watching the sisters go to cook tea next door, Xu Hai frowned and glanced at Mr. Fang, "It seems that Mr. doesn't mind them?" ”

"What does the general mean?"

"Although Xu Hai came from a humble background, he also heard the book review that Wujiang, the overlord of Western Chu, killed himself because he carried female dependents in the army......"

"Hahaha, it's just a joke." Mr. Fang shook his head and smiled, "It's common to carry female dependents in the army, let alone ...... What exactly are the general's aspirations? ”

"Ambition?" Xu Hai touched his head, "One foot deep and one foot shallow, come here......"

"In the past few months, the general has integrated the sea, commanded the armies, and commanded tens of thousands of soldiers." Mr. Fang asked solemnly in a low voice: "The general wants to conquer the city and conquer the city, and the prince and general will be ...... Even? ”

"Sir, this joke is a bit big." Xu Hai rolled his eyes and stretched out his finger to the outside, "Which of these guys didn't come here to ask for money and rebel...... Even my own brother Xu Hong refuses to do it! ”

"That's it." Mr. Fang spread his hands, "The general marries a beautiful wife and a beautiful concubine, and the soldiers below will only struggle forward, and the days at sea are difficult, who doesn't want to grab a beautiful lady to go back?" ”

"Here comes tea." Wang Cuiqiao poured tea herself, "There is no river water near here, no mountain springs, only well water, please forgive me." ”

"As long as it's not seawater." Xu Hai drank it all with a big grin, and looked at Wang Cuiqiao, who had only married into the door ten days ago, "The circles under your eyes are a little dark, haven't you rested well in the past few days?" ”

Wang Cui's nose wrinkled, and said with a smile: "The husband is running around, how can the concubine rest well?" ”

"Haha, the general is so blessed!" Mr. Fang gave a thumbs up.

Xu Hai was also quite proud, pointed at Mr. Fang and said: "Don't be envious, I'll find you a beautiful girl when I go back this time, and your son should also get married, maybe we can still be in-laws in the future!" ”

"Then it's all up to the general." Mr. Fang thanked him, glanced at Wang Cuiqiao and said, "But...... Do you want the two ladies to go to Jinshan Island for the time being? ”

Xu Hai hesitated for a while before nodding, the name of Jinshan comes from the large and small Jinshan Islands in the sea that can be seen from afar, which was a paradise for Japanese pirates as early as a year ago, and the Ming warships along the coast never dared to approach.

Letting the sisters go to the inner room to rest, Xu Hai and Mr. Fang sat down in the side room and began to discuss the upcoming battle.

"Actually, this is not a good time to go to war." Mr. Fang sighed: "It is now the beginning of October, and once the war is stalemate and the climate is cold, the brothers below will not be able to hold on. ”

"But I can't help it." Xu Hai also sighed, gritted his teeth and hammered down the table, "One hundred thousand taels of silver, it's also a shame that he has the guts...... If you have the courage to do it with Wang Zhi back then! ”

Four months ago, because Wang Zhi was temporarily dormant, Xu Hai's uncle Xu Weixue borrowed 100,000 taels of silver from the Japanese in an attempt to fill the gap in maritime trade.

It's a pity that at the same time that Xu Hai led the army to invade Jiaxing Mansion, Xu Weixue was defeated by officers and soldiers on Nanao Island in Guangdong Province and fell into the sea and died, and this debt naturally fell on the two brothers Xu Hai and Xu Hong.

It can be said that there is a reason for Xu Hai to integrate the sea forces, of course, because of this, he has a large number of Japanese armed forces, after all, 100,000 taels of silver, the Japanese people never want this account to become a dead account.

Mr. Fang got up and stood in front of the map on the wall, and gestured: "To the north is Yu Dayou, to the west is Lu Bo, neither of them is easy to mess with, which general chooses?" ”

Xu Hai took a few steps back and forth, and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes, "Both of them have to be provoked." ”

"What?"

"If I don't mess with me, will they just let it go?" Xu Haiyin said with a smile: "But there are firsts and lasts, a few months ago, we went all the way west from Pinghu Zhapu, this time let's change directions." ”