To tell the truth, although Zhang Jing is now the leading commander of the Ming Dynasty, he is not particularly talented in military strategy.

The plan formulated is not full of loopholes, but many places are taken for granted, and when it comes to Xu Hai, who is extremely talented and cunning, he is naturally weaker.

Of course, Zhang Jing mobilized nearly 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress this time, and the advantage in troops was too great, which Xu Hai did not expect.

However, more than 9,000 Japanese were surrounded by officers and soldiers in Wangjiangjing, and in such an unfavorable situation, Xu Hai still found a possible way out.

On November 20, Xu Hai broke off his tail to survive, threw off most of his troops, and only took more than 2,000 subordinates to shake off the stalker wolf soldiers, detoured to conquer Jiashan County again, and then marched all the way east, encountering Yu Dayou in Pinghu County.

There is no doubt that Haiyan and Haining are too far away, and now Xu Hai is most likely to leave the sea from Zhapu Town, Pinghu County, and Yu Dayou is responsible for blocking this opening.

However, after Xu Hai failed to overcome the fierce attack for two consecutive days, he suddenly turned north and pounced on Jinshan along the coastline.

I have to say that after suffering several losses, Xu Hai's commonly used interspersed operations are not new, but the execution of the Japanese is much stronger than that of the officers and soldiers, Yu Dayou did not have time to pursue at all, but the old lady of Wa led the wolf soldiers of Tianzhou to bite the Japanese invaders, and the two sides fought and advanced in the direction of Jinshan.

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Taozhai Town doesn't seem to have changed much, it is still the same, the familiar courtyards, streets, docks, the collapsed stone walls around the corners are still the same, and even the drizzle is still the same as the day it left.

Qian Yuan wandered silently in the streets, but it seemed that he had changed a lot, at least there were no officers and soldiers stationed in that battalion, and he remembered that the soldiers brought by the guerrilla Zhang were transferred from Nanjing.

Leaving Linping Mountain, Qian Yuan rushed to Taozhai Town as soon as possible, although he knew that he couldn't do anything, he still came.

If he didn't come this time, it seemed that the emotions rolling in his chest made it difficult for him to regain his composure.

However, Qian Yuan was late.

On the day when the news of Wang Jiangjing's victory reached Taozhai Town, Nie Bao immediately set off for Beijing.

Standing outside the gate of the mansion, Qian Yuan was stunned, there are no planes and no high-speed trains in this era, can we meet again in this life?

Standing for a long time, I vaguely remember the concern that Nie Bao carried in the exhortation words inside the mansion gate, and also remembered Nie Bao's merciless reprimand and expulsion outside the mansion gate.

Although they have only been together for more than two months, most of the time the old and the young do not like each other, and even fight secretly, Nie Bao finally chose to protect this Songjiang Xiucai, and Qian Yuan finally chose to go to Taozhai Town to try to meet again.

"Mr. Zhou!" Qian Yuan looked at Master Zhou who was slowly pacing out in surprise.

"Show your talents." Master Zhou smiled miserably, "Shuangjiang Gong guesses you will come, I have been waiting here for six days." ”

Qian Yuan keenly discovered that Master Zhou called Nie Bao Shuangjiang Gong, instead of the previous Dong Weng.

"Shuangjiang Gong went north alone, and before leaving, he told me to return to my hometown." Master Zhou squeezed out a somewhat ugly smile, "Qian Zhancai seems to be sleek and cautious, but he has his own blood in his heart, so he will definitely come." ”

Qian Yuan was silent, of course these were the words that Nie Bao left before leaving.

Crossing the threshold, the two slowly entered the house, walking along the cobblestone path deeper into the courtyard.

"I already know everything."

Qian Yuan's first sentence was beyond Master Zhou's expectations, and he looked at this Songjiang Xiucai with a solemn face in surprise.

"Does Shuangjiang Gong have anything to say?"

"It's not your forte to talk about poetry, so get into the department as soon as possible." Master Zhou said softly: "Now it is not as good as the beginning of the country, and it is not the right way to be a jinshi, and it is difficult to show your strengths." ”

Qian Yuan stopped and turned his head to look at the row of houses on the right, and the one in the middle was Nie Bao's previous study.

"The night before I was kicked out of Taozhai Town, I asked, is there a day to meet?"

"Shuangjiang Gong has decided to resign and return to his hometown, I want to ...... He didn't want to see each other. ”

Master Zhou's words are quite profound, generally speaking, the new science and technology jinshi will be assigned to various ministries and localities after observing the government, and most of them will go out of Beijing to serve, and there is only one kind of person who will not go out of Beijing, that is, Yijia Jinshi, and Shu Jishi.

The first class jinshi will directly enter the Hanlin Academy, and the Shuji will select some of them to enter the Hanlin Academy, and they are regarded as the prime ministers, and they are the objects of all the forces in the DPRK and China, and they will advance step by step towards the cabinet.

However, Qian Yuan's attention was not on this, but on the first half of the sentence, resign and return home?

Qian Yuan soon understood that Nie Bao did not intend to struggle for anything, he tried to sacrifice himself to protect the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war, resigned and returned to his hometown, and ensured that Zhang Jing could stay in the position of the governor of Zhejiang to continue the unfinished business.

Qian Yuan admired Nie Bao's ethics, but he was not very optimistic about it.

Xu Jie, the old fox, will he trust Nie Bao to really sacrifice himself?

If you don't take Zhang Jing, don't erase this Wang Jiangjing victory, and don't force Nie Bao to die completely, what if Jiajing summons Nie Bao, who has returned to his hometown, into the cabinet one day?

There is a precedent for this kind of thing, and Fei Hong, Xie Qian, and Xia Yan have all had similar encounters.

Xu Jie didn't care if Nie Bao was sincere, what he wanted was that Nie Bao had no possibility of entering the cabinet, and in this mentality, taking down Zhang Jing was a task that had to be completed.

What's more, in the eyes of Yan Song and Xu Jie, after this great victory, the southeast rebellion will soon subside, before gnawing bones, and then eating meat.

Will Xu Jie, who has continuously recommended the governor of Zhejiang and suffered consecutive defeats, endure not reaching out?

Yan Song, who has always been not responsible and is only willing to take advantage, will just watch?

"Actually, it's okay, Shuangjiang Gong has already passed the age of Ershun, and he should also enjoy his old age." Master Zhou smiled, "It's just that I'm missing a share of the harm." ”

The drizzle gradually became heavier, the two went into the study to drink tea and chat, Master Zhou asked carefully about the battle of Linping Mountain, the record of capturing more than 400 Japanese robbers has been spread all over the north and south of the river in the past few days, you must know that Wang Jiangjing won a great victory, several officers and soldiers killed more than 1,000 enemies, and the prisoners did not exceed 100 people.

With the help of this battle, Hu Zongxian's reputation skyrocketed, and Qian Yuan's previous reputation of being expelled by Nie Bao was also restored.

"I've heard, I've heard!" Master Zhou laughed straight down, "It is said that the leader of the Japanese Bandits scolded Zhancai for being too lacking in morality...... Hahaha! ”

Qian Yuan rolled his eyes, "Obviously Hu Zongxian did it, how did it become my idea?!" ”

"There's no way, where is his Hu Zongxian's fame as famous as your Qian Zhan?" Master Zhou sighed: "Mr. Gu Dingfang from Shanghai County came here yesterday, and he praised him a lot when he talked about it. ”

Qian Yuan suddenly tilted his head and thought about it, "Sir, you should know that I don't agree with my clansmen." ”

"I've heard, didn't your brother give you back the horse?"

"When the southeast rebellion subsides, I am ready to move to Qingpu." Qian Yuan said solemnly: "I heard others call Huating Qian Zhancai...... When I heard the word Huating, I felt uncomfortable! ”

Master Zhou was stunned, his hands gave him a thumbs up, he looked up to the sky and laughed, his whole body trembled with laughter, and the corners of his eyes were vaguely moist when he smiled.

He knew Qian Yuan's tactfulness very well, this was a cautious person who didn't want to offend anyone, and even maintained a good relationship with people in the strict party like Zhao Wenhua, it was really not easy to say such things. Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens