Zhang Fan walked back and forth in the courtyard, his face was even more sad, showing the anxiety in his heart, Wan Zhong, who was sitting on the side, wanted to persuade Zhang Fan and let him calm down, but he just wanted to speak but was speechless, after all, the situation is worrying now, no matter how much he says, the situation can't be changed.

At this time, Wang Meng walked in quickly, and Zhang Fan saw it and hurriedly asked, "How is the battle situation in Suzhou?"

Wang Meng shook his head, although he didn't say anything, Zhang Fan could also know that the situation was not good.

The group of Fuso soldiers under the banner of the Oda family took a big ship, although it was not as big as the treasure ships used in the Ming Dynasty today, and the appearance was different, it was obviously a temporary patchwork fleet, but the volume of these ships could not only carry people, but horses, artillery and other materials could also be placed.

Of course, Fuso's area is not large, there are very few horses, and even if you want to buy horses from foreign countries, it is possible to kill a large number of them just by transporting them from the ship, which is very troublesome, so this time, most of the nearly 10,000 Fuso soldiers in this batch are still ashigaru, that is, the so-called infantry, only a small part of the cavalry, but that is almost a thousand people.

And the most annoying thing is that although Fusang has been in constant war over the years, it has also had dealings with foreign countries and purchased a lot of guns and artillery, such as Wang Zhi, who was rampant in the Ming Dynasty and colluded with the Japanese Invaders, sold a lot of artillery to the Ming Dynasty there, plus the caravans of the Europeans came there and sold a lot of guns to them, so although the number of guns owned by Fusang is certainly not as large as that of the Ming Dynasty, but it is limited to science and technology at that time. Its mass and lethality were not much less powerful than the firearms possessed by the Ming Dynasty.

And the most important point is that in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the Shenji battalion of the Beijing Division, only Qi Jiguang's Qi family army under him was equipped with a large number of firearms, and the armies in other places were not nothing, but they did not form a collective army.

This group of Fusang soldiers' ships went straight to Suzhou Mansion, because the previous Japanese Raiders had already relied on the tactics of sneak attack to occupy Songjiang Mansion, so the Shanghai City next to it that was specially built during the Jiajing period to prevent the invasion of the Japanese Invaders was also in the task of personnel transfer and prevention of the Songjiang Mansion, and there was no time to guard against the Fusang army that broke into the second place, and the fleet sailed smoothly from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and arrived at the nearest place near Suzhou City to put down the soldiers on the ship. Those Fusang soldiers marched directly towards Suzhou City.

"Tell me about the details quickly," Zhang Fan asked, although Wang Meng shook his head to explain that the situation in Suzhou was very bad now, but he still had to know the specific situation.

"The soldiers from Fusang came over, each of them was clearly armored, and the banners were also fought with confidence, and they were afraid that we didn't know, there were almost hundreds of flags set up there," Wang Meng began to say, "After they got off the boat, they went straight to Suzhou City, divided into two sides to attack the east gate and north gate of Suzhou City, Suzhou City was not at all news before, and it was almost these soldiers from Fusang who went ashore to know that fortunately, because Songjiang Mansion was occupied by Japanese invaders a few days ago, the Suzhou prefect ordered the city gate to be closed, Otherwise, this time I am afraid that even the time to close the city gate will be very short.

"The defenders in Suzhou City are not too prepared for such a sudden surprise attack, although Songjiang Mansion has now been occupied by the Japanese Invaders, but because now the Hai Lord led the army to guard the north, plus the Lord gave an order, the Songjiang Mansion is also surrounded, so they are not too worried, to they saw a large number of people and horses towards them, and thought that it was the people sent by the imperial court, and when they got closer, they found that the banner and armor worn by the people were not dressed in our court, and then they knew that they were shocked, and they were busy to report, But there was a delay in some effort, and after the Suzhou prefect heard about it, he was also flustered for a while, and the people below were so clueless because he was so clueless, and he didn't dare to give orders without authorization, and the time was delayed, and when the Suzhou prefect came back to his senses and mobilized the men of the west gate and the south gate to defend the east gate and the north gate, the Fusang soldiers under the city had already begun to attack the city.

"This siege, obviously these Fusang people are prepared, the siege ladders, iron cannons are readily available, they first use artillery to cover the infantry to move the ladders to the city, and then began to climb to the city, because of the panic in front, almost let the Fusang soldiers attack the tower, finally, many people died, only to repel their attack.

"It's just...... The generals who defended the city saw that the Fusang army under the city was regrouping, because they were closer to the city gate, and immediately ordered the artillery on the city tower to fire, who knows, the first cannon was fired, and a firework was released in the Fusang army under the city, which seemed to be sending a message to someone, sure enough, it didn't take long for the fireworks to be released, and the artillery that had not released a few cannons on the city gate was dumb fired, and the city of Suzhou did not know when it was mixed with the Fusang spies, and the arrows were shot from it to kill the terracotta warriors who fired the cannons, Because the people in the city thought that the attack outside the city made people panic, and although the south gate and the west gate of Suzhou City could not be opened at this time to let them flee for their lives, so the city was full of panic and crying, and the people also wanted to walk around like flies, and the guards sent people to shoot the hidden arrows several times to take people to the place where they were empty, but there were still arrows shooting, and in the end it was our guards who were stationed in Suzhou City to help, this is to find the Fusang people who put the dark arrows, and killed them, But at that time, there were very few terracotta warriors left who could operate those artillery fires, and those officers and generals could do so, but if they went, there would be no one to command the city guards to defend, in that case, the city would be destroyed faster.

"These news were reported by the brothers in Suzhou City an hour ago, and now what is going on over there, there is no way to know," Wang Meng told Zhang Fan all the news he knew in one breath.

After listening to Wang Meng's words, Zhang Fan could be regarded as gasping in his heart, before saying that, although they were wary of the attack with the Japanese or Fusang, but they never really took this matter to heart, after all, the Ming Empire at that time was the most powerful country on the planet, and if other countries wanted to attack here alone without uniting with other countries, they would all return with a feather, and now the fact is also true, The total number of soldiers from this group of Japanese and Fusang is only less than 20,000, in any case, their defeat is inevitable, but this kind of warfare, this kind of expendable troops such as Japanese invaders to attract the army of the Ming Dynasty, and then land and attack with regular troops, is indeed to Zhang Fan, to the Ming Dynasty by surprise.

"That'...... I'll ask you to inform Lord Hai Ruihai, as well as the defenders surrounding Songjiang, and let them send a part of them to Suzhou to rescue, can this matter be done," Zhang Fan hurriedly asked, now that the situation is urgent, the top priority is to repel this group of Fusang soldiers who attacked Suzhou, as long as they can repel them, their attack this time will be considered a failure.

"The Humble Duty has already sent someone to the Lord, and it is estimated that Lord Hai and Songjiang Mansion have already received orders from the Lord Hai and the Songjiang Mansion," Wang Meng replied.

Zhang Fan listened to Wang Meng's words, and just wanted to say hello, but Liang Chao came in from the outside, and was even a little out of breath, it seemed that he had run a long distance, and he was carrying something urgent.

"Big ...... My lord, it's not a big deal...... Oh no," Liang Chao said intermittently, "Huai...... Those in Huai'an and Songjiang...... The Wokos suddenly opened...... Open the gates and come out,"

"What," Zhang Fan asked in surprise, they were all thinking about looking forward to the fact that those would-be robbers in the city would be able to open the city gate and come out, so that the defenders outside the city could quickly destroy them and recapture these occupied cities, but they didn't come out early or late, but they came out at such a time.

"And...... And these Japanese robbers seem to have gone crazy, they don't care about their lives at all, desperately rushing towards our army's formation, extremely fast," Liang Chao continued, "The arrows didn't shoot down a few, and even the cavalry was not prepared, so they rushed in, although there were more people on our side than them, but most of the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, especially those brought by the Hai people, were transferred from the south and west of this Nanzhili, where have I seen this kind of lifeless fighting, and these Japanese were caught off guard, Someone has already come to report from Lord Hai's side, my lord, what should I do now?"

"What should I do," Zhang Fan seemed to be asking himself, "The best way is to transfer troops to help again, but now there are soldiers here and there, and the nearest one is General Qi,"

Everyone present understood that Qi Jiguang led his army and ran for several days overnight to arrive in Xuzhou in such a short time, but because of this, he was already sleepy and tired, and he had to rest and recuperate before he could rush over, and several other provinces that were close to him, Zhejiang and Shandong, also had to take precautions, and there were no extra troops to be deployed, and the army of Huguang, Henan, was now farther away than Qi Jiguang's army.

"Send someone to Xuzhou, send a letter to General Qi, and tell him about the situation here," Zhang Fan ordered.

"My lord, although General Qi's men and horses are close, they have been running for several days, and now where can they go to the battlefield," Wang Meng said.

"You and I both know this, how could General Qi not know," Zhang Fan said, "I mean let General Qi know about this matter, presumably he will have his own plans,"

After Zhang Fan finished saying this, he smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "Thinking that I, a temporarily appointed general, am really very cowardly, and now I am the only man and horse who have been pulled by thousands of Japanese invaders, and I can't even rescue a city that is being attacked by the enemy."

When the few people present heard Zhang Fan's words, they couldn't help but bow their heads and didn't know what to say.

At this moment, another Zhang Fan's subordinate walked into the courtyard and said to Zhang Fan: "My lord, the news just came that the city of Suzhou is broken,"