"My lord, these Fusang people are very patient," Wang Meng stood on the edge of the city tower, looking at the Fusang army outside the city that was camped not far from here, and said a little inexplicably, "It has been eight hours since their letter of persuasion was delivered, and we have not given them a reply so far, and they are not in a hurry, just waiting,"

"We already knew their plans, and knew that they were just trying to provoke the anger of my Ming court, and now they are like this, it's not incomprehensible," Zhang Fan said, "However, I have some doubts here, we haven't been attacked by a large number of assembled Japanese pirates before, and there have been a few times when they have even approached Ying Tianfu, but after they were repulsed, didn't we not make any trouble for them, how can they be sure now, we will definitely retaliate against them for this kind of behavior,"

"This ...... Actually, my lord, you don't know anything," Wang Meng replied, but there was some flickering in his words, and he even turned his head to look around to make sure that there were no outsiders around, or people who shouldn't have heard these words, before he spoke again, "The previous few large gatherings and attacks of the Japanese invaders happened many years ago, and at that time, Lord Qi had just gone to Dengzhou Mansion, and it was too far away from this land south of the Yangtze River.

"At that time, there was a large-scale invasion of the Japanese invaders, and later, the rumors among the people and even in the officialdom were that as the adults just said, a large number of Japanese invaders took advantage of the defenselessness of our dynasty to attack them, and they were like bamboos, and they drove straight into the city of Yingtianfu, and they were not driven out by the imperial army until later.

"But in fact, things were not like that at that time, I was also a soldier in the northern Xinjiang, and I listened to what my superior said, but he personally participated in the battle to expel the Japanese invaders, and the situation at that time, although the ending was similar to that of adults, but the middle process was very different, and it can be said that it directly changed the entire meaning of that incident.

At that time, it was estimated that they also reconnoitred the strength of our coastal defense and evaded two alerts, but before they arrived at Songjiang Mansion, which was the closest to their landing, they were discovered, and the prefect of Songjiang Mansion at that time naturally immediately ordered the city gate to be closed after learning the news. Relying on that ruthlessness and the sword in their hands, they are not regular troops, they have neither strategy nor discipline, and the reason why they came to us is because they are too poor, so they have no siege equipment, it is impossible for them to shake the closed gate of Songjiang Mansion, but they are unwilling, so they return empty-handed, plus if they continue to wait in Songjiang Mansion, they are likely to be wiped out by the army that came to hear the news.

"There is no way for this group of Japanese robbers, so they have to continue to come to us, passing by Suzhou Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion along the way, but all the state capitals they passed along the way learned the news early, and they have already closed the city gates, this group of Japanese robbers has no choice at all, and they have to go all the way to the west, as long as they see which state capital is closed, they will pass by, so the war report at that time will say, 'A large number of Japanese robbers gathered to attack the land south of the Yangtze River, Now it is close to Ying Tiancheng', although the news is indeed true, but in fact, it is not like that at all.

"At that time, the lowly Shangguan was just an ordinary military commander, it was the first time he went to the battlefield, when they heard the order of the army, they were all nervous to death, who knew that when the army drove to Yingtianfu, those wouldn't have seen them turn around and run away, and some of them didn't even see what the would-be robbers looked like,"

After Zhang Fan listened to what Wang Meng said, he didn't know what to say at all, to be honest, his heart was now very speechless, and the court didn't know what to think at the time, obviously nothing serious happened at all, but then the news released to the people was really serious, and no one actually saw through it, or talked about it, Zhang Fan had this kind of thought, but it was just that the people at that time only heard that a large number of Japanese invaders were coming outside the city, and this was the closing of the city gate. But they didn't know what was going on outside, so they also thought that the invasion of the Japanese was very serious, and the court also said so, and over time, it became the version that Zhang Fan heard.

"In other words, the main reason why the imperial court did not carry out any crusade against the Japanese invaders that time was because those Japanese invaders did not cause any substantial harm at all," Zhang Fan said.

"Yes, that's exactly what your lord said," Wang Meng said, "Although the imperial court has not set the standard for whether or not to crusade, but I don't know how many things have happened during the 100 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and there have long been unwritten rules on whether or not to crusade."

"If the enemy attacks on a large scale and invades the borders of my Ming Dynasty, but they do not massacre and destroy, then the imperial court will basically not send troops to crusade against them after they retreat, but if the damage caused is too great, then no matter how huge the enemy's power is, then the imperial court will also send troops to crusade, just like Liu Liu, Liu Qi uprising, and the crusade against the pirate Wang Zhi, even if the imperial army's army was unfavorable in the early stage and lost many manpower, but the imperial court will never give up,"

"Then depending on you, have these Fusang people achieved their goals this time," Zhang Fan asked what he was most concerned about now.

"My lord, in fact, in my humble opinion, this group of Fusang troops should have retreated a long time ago," Wang Meng said, "In fact, they don't have to attack at all, just rely on the previous batch of Japanese invaders, after all, those Japanese invaders have already broken through our three cities, and they are all Dazhou County, and it will be impossible for the imperial court to give up at that time, after all, this city has been broken by the enemy, and its significance is simply equivalent to the territory of our dynasty being captured by others, which is absolutely intolerable to both the court and the emperor,"

"So it is," Zhang Fan said, he couldn't help but think in his heart, this ancient feudal dynasty is really not as good as a generation, since the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the Central Plains to fight with foreign people can be said to be officially put on the official agenda, and the slogan at that time, "Those who commit strong men, although far away, will be punished" is even more domineering, strong to the point of being extremely strong.

And the next few dynasties, no matter whether they were fighting or unifying, whether the ruler at that time was a faint monarch or a holy lord, no matter whether the country's combat power was stronger than that of foreign races or weaker than that of foreign races, for foreign invasions, even if it was a small nuisance to the border, it would never be let go.

However, since the Song Dynasty, this concept seemed to be stimulated by something, and it completely changed all of a sudden, as if from that time, because of the decline of national strength, the whole country has changed, and even by the time of the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the entire Central Plains has been occupied by the Mongols established by Temujin.

It was not until the end of the Yuan Dynasty that the rebel army rose up, and in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang drove the Mongols out, which can be regarded as restoring some of the past style, and then Zhu Di, whether it was as the king of Yan and the Beiping Mansion for so many years, or after the successful seizure of power, sitting on the throne of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he spared no effort to understand the threat of the Yuan and Mongolian remnants to the Central Plains. At that time, this matter was recited by the royal descendants of the imperial court and the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di became the second emperor in history who really had the strength and merit to be posthumously awarded the temple name "ancestor" in addition to the founding emperor, and his merits can be seen.

It is also since then that this trend has also changed, and the Ming Dynasty knows that now, no matter how mediocre the emperor is, or how much power is used by traitors, there is no good talk about the north.

However, for the special existence that has appeared since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the practice of the imperial court is a little ambiguous, firstly, these people are ownerless people, and it is impossible to blame the current rulers of Fusang for their mistakes; Second, they really haven't caused any special chaos, and the imperial court actually doesn't want to ask about the losses of ordinary people, after all, they haven't reached the kind of danger of ruining the country and ruining the family, and this situation has only improved when Qi Jiguang's appearance is known.

Just now, Wang Meng had clearly told Zhang Fan the limit of the court's tolerance, and now, it was a Longqing who wanted to be a good emperor sitting on the throne, and the Fusang people outside the city had actually achieved their goal, just the Japanese robbers they had sent in advance had already occupied three cities, which was already a reason for the imperial court to spare them, not to mention that these regular troops they sent later had now captured Suzhou City, and now they want to capture this Yangzhou. This is absolutely intolerable to the imperial court and Longqing.

Moreover, the most important thing is that no matter whether these people belong to the name of the force in Fusang State, they are all soldiers with masters, and the court has a direction to hold them accountable.

Therefore, how much Zhang Fan wants to send people now, even if he can speak Fusang, he wants to go down to the city tower in person to tell them that their goal has been achieved, go back quickly, don't attack here again, it is meaningless, but this matter can only be thought about in his heart, and those people under the city, sooner or later, they will come to attack the city again,