Chapter 293: The army sets off

After listening to Wang Xiliang's story, Zhang Fan finally had a general understanding of what happened along the way.

However, Wang Xiliang said that after he learned that this place would be attacked by more than 10,000 Fusang troops, he rushed over in a hurry, Zhang Fan was relieved by his worries, but at the same time, he also felt that Wang Xiliang's decision was a bit hasty, and asked Zhang Fan to come and see, he should stay there to ensure that everything over there can go smoothly, and it is best to wait until everything develops in the direction they envisioned, and then come back.

However, Zhang Fan thought about it and found that there was no need for that at all, even if Wang Xiliang was waiting there, if there was any variable, I am afraid that with his ability, he would not be able to change anything, and besides, he had already returned now, and those useless ones were useless.

"So, let's just wait here now," Zhang Fan asked Wang Xiliang.

"This ...... I'm afraid that's all I can do now," Wang Xiliang said with some embarrassment on his face.

Seeing that Zhang Fan was silent, Wang Xiliang suddenly thought of something, and said, "My lord, I am humble...... There is something I want to say about this, but I just ...... This ......"

"If you have something to say, what are you doing so slowly, like a girl, rest assured, I won't blame you," Zhang Fan said.

"Then my lord, that's all I have to say," Wang Xiliang seemed to be boosted by Zhang Fan's words, and said, "This time I went to Fusang, and everything I did was done according to what the adults told me, and I didn't dare to have a little pleasure at all, if everything was according to the expectations of the adults, there would be no problem in this matter, but ......"

Seeing that Wang Xiliang stopped when he said this, Zhang Fan actually understood what he wanted to say, and then he said: "You want to say, but all this is what I guessed, and there is no tangible evidence, right, and even if you go to inform Oda Nobunaga, then Oda Nobunaga really sent troops to attack that Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but whether this Oda Nobunaga can beat that Ashikaga Yoshiaki is also unknown, in short, everything is my guess, whether it will happen is uncertain,"

"My lord, it's not a lowly position...... "Humble ......" Wang Xiliang just wanted to refute, saying that he absolutely believed in Zhang Fan, and he had never thought about it that way, but when he saw Zhang Fan's serious expression, he immediately stopped the words he was about to say, and in the end, although he still didn't say anything, he still nodded.

"I know what you're worried about, but since I'm letting you go, then I'm naturally sure of this matter," Zhang Fan didn't blame him for doubting himself or anything, but said truthfully, "Although I have never been to Fusang, and now Weizhong doesn't know much about Fusang's things now, but I just know, you don't need to ask me how I know, I have already told General Qi about this matter, and I have also taken all the responsibility for this matter, Things have developed to the point where they are now, so don't say any more of those discouraged words in the future,"

"It's my lord," Wang Xiliang responded, he still wanted to say something, but seeing that Zhang Fan had completely lost the nature of listening to himself, he also said goodbye and left.

Zhang Fan was left alone in the camp, in fact, he didn't have no ideas about what Wang Xiliang said just now, to be honest, although he had a strong confidence in the decision he made, but now, his heart is indeed a little bottomless, in case things don't develop according to his expectations, then it will be troublesome.

Although now that the enemy has been driven into the city of Suzhou by the powerful army led by Qi Jiguang, it is quite difficult for them to cause any more damage, but what Zhang Fan is worried about is not this matter, what he is worried about is that this war will drag on for too long, and what impact will it have on the DPRK and China at that time.

Originally, there were more than 10,000 enemies, although they lost a number of them when they stormed Yangzhou City, and then they were wiped out by Qi Jiguang who rushed over, but now they still have nearly seven or eight thousand people, a big city garrisoned by seven or eight thousand people, with 10,000 people to capture, it is also a very normal thing to not be able to capture it for a while and a half, that is, Gao Gong wants to take advantage of this to make trouble, and it is estimated that there will be many people in the DPRK and China.

But the nature of this incident is not the same as the previous kind of external warfare, or internal counterinsurgency, this time after all, it is the first time that a foreign force has invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and still occupies a big city like Suzhou, and the impact they caused before is also very huge, the three big cities were captured, adding up to a total of hundreds of thousands of people displaced, not to mention the other losses caused in between.

And now, although Qi Jiguang's army has forced the other party, he has not launched an attack for a long time, and Zhang Fan is worried that this will become the target of Gao Gong's attack.

Moreover, to be honest, Zhang Fan is not very worried about himself, even if Gao Gong is justified and has the existence of Longqing, things will not necessarily fall on Zhang Fan, what Zhang Fan is really worried about is that Qi Jiguang will be implicated in something, in that way, Zhang Fan not only has to feel guilty for implicating Qi Jiguang, but also feels guilty for the various effects brought about by Qi Jiguang's guilt, after all, the place where Qi Jiguang is guarding against now can be described as transcendent, and there is no room for any mistakes.

After Wang Xiliang came back, Zhang Fan was no longer as idle as he had been a few days ago, he would run to Qi Jiguang from time to time to ask about the situation, and the things he asked were naturally whether anyone came from the east and sneaked into Suzhou City, but after several times to ask, Zhang Fan got a negative answer, which really disappointed him.

This continued until the evening of the same day.

What happened on this day was really not intense, but it was enough to make Zhang Fan's heart uneasy, in short, at the end of the day, Zhang Fan felt very tired.

In one day, he was almost playing chess with Wan Zhong in the morning, and in the afternoon, he shuttled back and forth between his camp tent and Qi Jiguang's camp, constantly asking about the situation in Suzhou City.

However, he went away again and again with hope, but he returned disappointed again and again, and after half a day, it can be said that he was exhausted.

"My lord, my lord," Wang Meng didn't ask anymore, he directly opened the curtain and walked in, and said with a little anxiety in his mouth.

"What's the matter, is there something going on," Zhang Fan, who was about to go to bed, couldn't help but ask very suspiciously when he saw Wang Meng running in so panicked.

"This ...... Didn't the adults let me humble myself and inform the adults as soon as there was any movement," Wang Meng said.

"Well, that's right," Zhang Fan, who was a little tired, was about to send Wang Meng away, and he had a good sleep, but he suddenly woke up, "What did you say, did you have any situation?"

"My lord, the scouts sent by General Qi have sent back the news that the gates of Suzhou City are said to have been opened now, and the enemy troops in the city are preparing to leave the city," Wang Meng said with some excitement.

"What are you talking about," Zhang Fan was very surprised when he heard the news, after all, he was paying attention to this matter before, but he had never heard any news that someone had sneaked into the Suzhou Mansion, but now, the news brought by Wang Meng actually said that the Fusang enemy army in the city had opened the city gate and was about to leave the city, which really surprised him.

"Did the messenger ever see it," Zhang Fan asked.

"The news that came over didn't say that someone had sneaked into Suzhou City before," Wang Meng shook his head and said, "It's also a little strange for this matter, although it's already dark today, but in order to be able to keep abreast of the movement of the place, Lord Qi also sent a large number of people to watch around Suzhou City, it should be impossible for someone to sneak in so unknowingly, but until the enemy troops in Suzhou City opened the city gate, there was no trace of anyone sneaking in,"

"This is strange, could it be said that those Fusang people have really cultivated the ability to come and go without a trace," Zhang Fan said as if talking to himself.

"I don't know this humble position," Wang Meng said, "but my lord, no matter how they sneaked into the city to report the news, maybe it was because our people were oversighted for a while that they didn't find out, but my lord, in short, the most important thing at the moment is that those Fusang people have finally opened the city gates and are ready to leave the city, and this is the most important thing."

"Now that Lord Qi's side is ready, he can set off at any time, and now he is waiting for the adult, the adult should quickly clean up, let's go first,"

"What you said is that I almost forgot important things, and I got up to dwell on these little things," Zhang Fan patted his forehead and said, then quickly tidied up, put on the simple armor prepared for him, and immediately followed Wang Meng out.

"Master Zhang, here," Qi Jiguang was already dressed and riding on a horse, and said with a smile when he saw Zhang Fan coming.

"Zhang Fan is late, and the general has been waiting for a long time," Zhang Fan apologized.

"It's not too late, it's just right at this time," Qi Jiguang said, "Lord Zhang should hurry up and get on the horse, we're going to kill the enemy,"

"General Qi is really very courageous," Zhang Fan said this, and his body was already on horseback, "Zhang Fan is just going to see a lively scene this time, just don't make trouble for the general," After saying this, he nodded to Wan Zhong, the overseer on the side.

After a period of greetings, Qi Jiguang's subordinates came over to report to him, the team was already together, Qi Jiguang was not ambiguous, waved the horsewhip in his hand and pointed straight ahead, and ordered to set off,