Chapter 302: Return to Yangzhou
At lunchtime, Zhang Fan and Qi Jiguang chatted a lot of things, and the topic became heavy unconsciously when the two of them spoke, but when the two finished eating, the heaviness disappeared again, both of them are people who can afford to put it down, for the situation they talked about before, although the two felt a little sorry in their hearts, but they have not yet reached the point where they have the ability to change, since they can't change it, why bother with it, besides, they still have a lot of things to do.
Tai also had to write a recital, preparing to play Longqing, explain the situation here to him, and let Longqing agree, let the thousand Fusang captives help repair the city destroyed by them, and Qi Jiguang also had to write a war report to be handed over, and now that the war is over, the heralds who issued good news to the imperial court have been dispatched, and this war report that is ready to be submitted to the other is naturally to be completed quickly.
Zhang Fan didn't go back, he stayed in Qi Jiguang's big tent, the two of them worked hard together, stepped up to complete their tasks, Qi Jiguang didn't have much war report to write, after all, he personally led the army from Jizhou to kill the enemy, and he didn't encounter any problems along the way, and when he arrived in Nanzhili, he had already received a distress letter from Zhang Fan from Yangzhou City, and he came directly to Yangzhou City, and then, the Fusang people quickly retreated, and he led the army to surround Suzhou City. Until the other party opened the city gate and planned to break through, and Qi Jiguang, who had been prepared, was to flank the other party before and after, annihilated in one fell swoop, and finally only left more than 1,000 local prisoners, this battle report is very short, Qi Jiguang did not take long to finish it, but he also missed a lot of things in it, such as the most important point, why the enemy army is stationed in Suzhou City, will suddenly open the city gate to break through, this situation is a bit unreasonable according to reason, after all, in the face of a stronger army than himself, All the enemy should do is enter and defend the gates.
Regarding this matter, Qi Jiguang also decided not to write it into the war report after discussing it with Zhang Fan on the side, after all, that matter is nothing, but it is not something that can be said in the DPRK with great fanfare, and the matter of explanation is naturally handed over to Zhang Fan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, to do, so he doesn't have to bother with this, thinking about this matter is a little strange and a little funny, one is the general of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the commander of the Jinyi Guard who is responsible for supervising the hundred officials. The official documents written by the two to the imperial court would be written by each other in such a consultation, which is really a rare scene in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
And Zhang Fan's side, there is not much content to play Longqing's recital, he just needs to explain the situation here, and ask Longqing to order more than 1,000 Fusang prisoners of war to help repair the city's dwellings or something, and Zhang Fan is also very sure of this matter in his heart, he believes that Longqing, who loves money, will definitely agree to his low-cost way.
Soon the two finished writing what they should write, and just as the two were about to summon their respective subordinates to send the battle report and the song to the capital, Zhang Fan remembered that he still had one less battle report and had not written.
Before this, he was temporarily appointed by Longqing as the "general who drove the Yi", before Qi Jiguang arrived, he was the commander of the Jiangnan land to resist the Japanese invaders, although his position had been automatically relieved as early as when Qi Jiguang arrived, but for the previous battle, he still needed to write a battle report and submit it to the military department for reading.
There is no way, no one else can help him write this kind of thing, Zhang Fan had to sit down again, pick up the pen and paper and start writing, the music of the play, Zhang Fan has long been familiar with the car, but this war report, he is still writing for the first time, how to write, what content can be written, what content can not be written, he doesn't know anything at all, fortunately, now, there is Qi Jiguang on the side, as long as he doesn't understand something, he will ask Qi Jiguang, and Qi Jiguang also told Zhang Fan all without reservation.
In the process of writing the war report, Zhang Fan's mind will always wander, he will always involuntarily think of those days, especially the days when he sat on the tower of Yangzhou City as the commander and guarded there, it can be said that it was the most difficult time in Zhang Fan's two lives, there was always the danger of being captured by the other party, and there was always the danger of his own death, although now, those have passed, but now Zhang Fan, who recalls what happened at that time, will still involuntarily break out in a cold sweat, maybe Zhang Fan in the future, There will be more dangerous situations than this; Maybe he will be in a high position from now on and will never have anything to do with this kind of thing again, but that scene is something he will never forget in his life.
After writing this battle report with a heavy heart, Zhang Fan breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed, and sent the battle report and the song out, and Zhang Fan also planned to go back to Yangzhou.
"By the way, Lord Qi," before leaving, Zhang Fan said to Qi Jiguang, "I don't know what your plans are for the past few days,"
"I, naturally, I want to stay here and wait for the imperial court to arrive," Qi Jiguang said as a matter of course.
"No, Lord Qi, I mean, there seems to be something not suitable for camping here," Zhang Fan said.
Qi Jiguang heard him like this, and thought about it, this place is really not suitable for camping, and the place where they are now is actually on the official road from Suzhou City to Yangzhou City and Yingtianfu.
"This is very easy to do, I will order the soldiers to pull out the camp later, anyway, this place is also very big, I can always find an open space for me to camp," Qi Jiguang said.
"Well, what Lord Qi said," Zhang Fan said.
"However, I do have something to ask you for," Qi Jiguang said suddenly.
"Oh, what is it," Zhang Fan couldn't help but be curious when he saw that Qi Jiguang would actually open his mouth to ask for help.
"That's the case," Qi Jiguang said, "I received an order from the imperial court before, asking me to lead troops to Jiangnan to rescue, after I knew, I immediately sent troops to this side, because the time was pressing, and I didn't prepare much for the grain and grass baggage, until I stayed in Xuzhou Mansion before, this was to replenish some dry food, and now, there is only enough dry food left for a day,"
Zhang Fan heard that it was originally a question of grain and grass, and he couldn't help but solve his doubts in his heart, the so-called army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first, after all, people have to eat, and the army that robs them again will not be able to go into battle to kill the enemy if they are not full, and Qi Jiguang will actually say the word "ask" to Zhang Fan for this matter, which shows the importance of grain and grass.
"So that's the case," Zhang Fan nodded and said, "Lord Qi, please rest assured, now that the war is over, the refugees in Yangzhou Mansion should also come back, and when I go back, I will immediately ask Wang Dezhao, the prefect of Yangzhou, to allocate food and send it to Lord Qi's army,"
"In this way, I still have to thank you," Qi Jiguang arched his hand and said.
"It's hard work, why worry about it," Zhang Fan hurriedly said, "In other words, now this Suzhou City is completely empty, and there is a lot of food in the city, and although the war is over now, but the official documents of the imperial court have not yet been issued, Lord Qi, as the commander of this battle, you have the right to requisition the grain and grass of the local state capital as military baggage, so why do you need me to help,"
"That's a good thing to say, I'm not afraid of getting into trouble," Qi Jiguang said a little helplessly, "After all, in this world, there are not many people who can do things, but there are many people who can mess around, if there is any trouble, it is really troublesome," Qi Jiguang's mood now seems to have returned to the cheerful state before lunch, although the situation is difficult to make people feel happy, but it is even more rare to use a tongue twister.
Zhang Fan, and even Wang Meng and others on the side, also felt a little funny when they heard Qi Jiguang's words.
"Since that's the case, Zhang Fan agreed," Zhang Fan said with a smile, "As soon as I return to Yangzhou, the first thing I will do is to find someone for Lord Qi to collect military rations, and I will definitely not delay the issue of eating for the soldiers under Lord Qi,"
"That's good," Qi Jiguang was very happy.
Bidding farewell to Qi Jiguang, Zhang Fan and the others rode horses, walked out of the camp of the Qi family's army, and walked towards Yangzhou City.
Along the way, Zhang Fan's mood can be described as unprecedentedly good, compared to when it came, it can be regarded as much better, now that everything is settled, the things he was worried about before are no longer filtered, no matter whether anyone in the court intends to shoot at him, in short, they have no reason now, these more than 10,000 Fusang enemy troops who are guarding in Suzhou City did not consume too much time for him and Qi Jiguang, and in the final outcome, the Qi family army can almost be regarded as a complete victory, although it cannot be said that there is no damage to a single soldier, But the casualties were negligible.
"In this way, even if it is a high arch, I am afraid there is no reason to make trouble," Zhang Fan thought in his heart.
The mood was comfortable, and this time seemed to be no longer difficult, and by the time Zhang Fan and the others could faintly see the walls of Yangzhou City, the sky had already darkened, but everyone did not have a trace of tiredness.
In the city of Yangzhou, the people who escaped from Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion are still there, and the first thing Zhang Fan did after entering the city was to find Wang Dezhao, let him declare the victory of the war, and let him organize manpower to inform the people in the city of this matter, and let them return to their original residence at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
After that, it was about the military rations that Qi Jiguang wanted, and Wang Dezhao did not hesitate at all, immediately agreed, and sent someone to Qi Jiguang's camp overnight.
After doing these things, Zhang Fan was finally able to go home, and when he arrived at the door of De's house, he saw Yingyue waiting in front of the gate of Zhang's mansion, like a little daughter-in-law waiting for his Zhang's mansion to return victoriously.