On the official road leading from Tianfu to Yangzhou Mansion, more than 10,000 Ming troops were marching slowly in a neat queue, and a banner with the word "Yang" was erected high in front of the team, indicating that the commander of this team was Yang Cong, the new governor of Zhejiang.

Originally, Hu Zongxian and Qi Jingtong and other military generals didn't want Yang Cong to come to the danger in person, 10,000 guards against 20,000 pirates and pirates, this battle was too dangerous, if something happened to the governor, it would be terrible.

However, Yang Cong did not listen to dissuasion, and had to personally lead the troops to the battle.

He really made Hu Zongxian and Qi Jingtong sad, and the two of them were still full of sadness at this time, and they didn't know what to do.

Yangzhou City is actually not far from Jinling City, it is only about 200 miles, however, Yangzhou City is a little far from the sea, and there are more than 300 miles from Yangzhou City to the nearest coastline.

Yang Cong originally wanted to rush to Yangzhou Mansion City first, arrange the defense of the garrison and the evacuation of the common people, and then rush to the coast to intercept pirates and pirates according to the situation, but he had an accident less than a day after he set off.

He was leading his army on the official road when there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and then he saw a scout horse running towards him with a post man with a command flag on his back.

Eight hundred miles expedited!

Yang Cong looked at the words on the banner, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, generally if there is no major incident, local officials would not dare to use eight hundred miles to expedite the interrogation, could it be that pirates and pirates have already called?

Sure enough, the post guard shouted hurriedly from afar: "Report, Your Excellency Governor, the border of Haimen County in Tongzhou has been invaded by Japanese pirates. ”

So fast!

He didn't delay much, he received the news that afternoon, and the next morning he set out with his army, less than twelve hours before Mao Lie came to report the news.

He raised his hand to take the urgent paperwork presented by the post man, and when he looked at it, his mouth was almost crooked.

Yangzhou prefect urgent report: more than 10,000 Japanese invaders invaded the border of Haimen County, Tongzhou, Yangzhou Wei, Gaoyou Wei, and Yizhenwei all said that it would take at least three days to gather people and horses to support, and implored the governor to send troops immediately.

Don't the commanders of Yangzhou Wei, Gaoyou Wei, and Yizhenwei want to do it?

They are obviously afraid of the enemy, otherwise how could it take three days to assemble a man and horse, fortunately he received the news and went on the road, otherwise the entire Tongzhou would probably be looted by pirates and pirates!

These guys, who are so greedy for life and afraid of death, have the face to steal the three-rank martial arts?

He really wanted to order the removal of the commanders of Yangzhou Wei, Gaoyou Wei, and Yizhenwei now, but at this time, the Japanese had already landed, and it would be useless to withdraw them, he thought about it, but he still held back his anger, raised his hand and said loudly: "Map." ”

Soon, one of the guards pulled a map from his bosom and shoved it into his hand.

He unfolded the map and looked at it, frowning.

These Japanese robbers obviously have the guidance of masters, because Yangzhou Wei, Gaoyou Wei, and Yizhenwei are all in the northwest of Yangzhou Mansion, while Haimen is in the southeast corner of Yangzhou Mansion, and the middle distance is at least three or four hundred miles, even if you receive the news, it will take five or six days to gather a large army to rush over!

This is also his negligence, he didn't notice that the three Davids in Yangzhou Mansion are not on the seaside, like the Suzhou Mansion next to it is different, Zhenhaiwei and Taicang Wei are less than 100 miles away from the coastline, if there is an invasion of the Japanese Invaders, they can only arrive in one day to support.

There is no way, the area he is responsible for is too wide, there are enough places in Beijing and four provinces, and it is impossible to only pay attention to Yangzhou, so he will make this mistake.

At this time, Yangzhou Wei, Gaoyou Wei, and Yizhenwei's men and horses went to intercept it, and it was definitely too late to delay the time, his current position was closer to Haimen than the stations of these three guards, so it was better to directly bring his men and horses over to support.

He thought about it, and then ordered: "Order Gao Youwei to immediately dispatch men and horses to Xinghua to support, order Yangzhou Wei to immediately dispatch men and horses to Rugao to support, and order Yi Zhenwei to immediately dispatch men and horses to Taixing to support, if these three places are attacked by pirates and pirates, this official will take the head of the commander of these three guards!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the three heralds behind him bowed their hands and said "obey" in unison, and then galloped away in the northwest direction with their horses.

He looked at the map again, and then ordered aloud: "Shixian, march in a hurry, take the direction of Taixing, and rush to Tongzhou to support." ”

When Qi Jingtong heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Then, he commanded the army to turn southeast and run straight in the direction of Taixing.

This rapid march is not a crazy run with your feet spread, it is called a desperate escape, the normal rapid march is a jogging, and there is a time limit, at most you have to take a break if you run for an hour or so in a row, it is good to be able to advance about 100 miles a day, if you run faster, or run for a longer time, the foot soldier will run with weakness in the limbs and even cramps all over the body, then it is not to rush over to kill the enemy, but to send death.

Although Yang Cong was anxious in his heart, he didn't dare to let his subordinates run wildly, he would order to camp and rest after traveling about 100 miles a day, even if the Tongzhou direction was constantly urgent, he never acted recklessly, he should rest or rest, and he was still very careful where he should be careful.

Nothing happened on the first day, and they met almost no one along the way, except for the caravans that were struggling to dodge.

The next day, the situation was different, and civilians fleeing one after another appeared on the main road, wave after wave, all dragging their families and panicking.

Obviously, this time the Japanese are really ready to come to the big one, and before they have entered the territory of Tongzhou, they have encountered civilians fleeing, and I don't know how many people have come.

On the third day, the army had just marched for an hour or so, and Yang Cong was about to give the order to rest on the spot, when a scout suddenly galloped from the southeast. ”

What do these meanings mean to block me?

He originally planned to lead the army to Tongzhou City first, repair it, understand the situation, and then decide how to clear out these landed pirates and pirates, but he didn't expect that this was still dozens of miles away from Tongzhou City, and he would encounter a large number of pirates, which was basically impossible under normal circumstances.

Because pirates and pirates are here to plunder, not to find the officials and soldiers desperately, under normal circumstances, when they hear that the officials and soldiers are coming, they can't hide, how can they run over and fight with the officials and soldiers like taking the wrong medicine.

Obviously, this group of pirates and pirates is coming for him, and Yan Song wants him to suffer a big defeat.

At this time, it is still safe, these pirates and pirates do not know what tricks they will play.

Yang Cong thought about it, and then ordered: "Shixian, order everyone to form a formation on the spot, the guard to form a mandarin duck formation to defend the four directions, and the Shenji battalion to form a phalanx in the middle." ”

In any case, he will not rush forward to engage the Japanese Kou in a reckless manner.

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