This year, Binh Duong had a rare good weather, and the farmland did not suffer any pests and diseases.

This year, Zhang Bin worked hard to summarize the best way to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes, and was about to vigorously promote it, and the pirates were coming.

The people of Pingyang, who have gone through hardships and poverty for so many years, see that there is some hope, and the pirates are coming.

What the hell will pick the time!

Zhang Bin gritted his teeth in anger, can he let people have a few days of peaceful birthday?

Of course, this is not the time to be angry, the pirates are not joking, if they don't find a way to deal with it, the people of Binh Duong will suffer.

He suppressed the anger in his heart, thought about it carefully, and then asked, "Second brother, do you know when the pirates will come?" ”

When Zhang Guan heard this, he frowned and said: "This, I really can't say, at this time, the pirates are gathering in the north of the east." ”

Dongfan is the name of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, it is the treasure island of Taiwan, this Zhang Bin is very clear, the north of Dongfan is only a few hundred miles from Pingyang by sea, if the wind is down, it can be reached in one day, it seems that the situation is already more critical.

He thought for a moment and continued to ask, "How will you fight next, has your father given an explanation?" ”

How else can you fight, defend the city, Zhang Guan said without hesitation: "Father said, you go and help the fifth girl to defend Pingyang City, protect him well, the fifth girl is going to lose a hair, see how I clean you up." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he fainted at the wrong point, what kind of words are this, as if he is really a delicate girl.

He didn't worry much about Pingyang City, there were dozens of county officials, government officials, and jailers, plus a large group of strong guards in the hands of his second brother Zhang Guan, even if there were thousands of pirates, he didn't want to break through, and his main concern was the people outside the city.

In order to keep the people outside the city, it is certainly not possible to stubbornly defend the county seat, and it is unrealistic to evacuate all the people into the county seat, the entire Binh Duong has a population of more than 100,000, and the county seat is less than 10,000 people, so it is impossible to squeeze so many people.

It seems that we must find a way to get rid of the pirates, or the people outside the city will suffer.

He pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Second brother, how are you at the art of war?" ”

When Zhang Guan heard this, his old face turned red, he was the least fond of reading among the five brothers, he didn't recognize a few big characters, what art of war did he learn, you are a five girl, this is not a short exposé.

He rolled his eyes and said angrily: "If you want to talk about fighting, among the younger generation of our Dajin Institute, except for the eldest brother, your second brother has not served anyone, if you want to talk about the art of war, no!" ”

Zhang Bin was stunned when he heard this, well, it seems that he doesn't have to count on his second brother to command the battle.

Fortunately, he has been preparing for the future entry into the military department in the past few months, so as to seek the position of governor of Fujian, and he has learned a lot of the art of war, so he just practiced it.

The so-called "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles", to fight a war, it is natural to first understand the strength of the enemy and us, and if you don't know anything, you will blindly command, that is looking for death.

He thought for a moment and continued to ask: "Second brother, do you know about pirates, how is the combat effectiveness?" ”

When Zhang Guan heard this, he said proudly: "Pirates, your second brother and I have encountered a few times, just a group of rabble, there are not many who can fight, Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong and their gang may be more powerful, and other little pirates can also bully the common people. ”

Zhang Bin nodded and continued to ask, "Then how many of these little pirates are there?" ”

Zhang Guan thought for a while, and estimated: "I haven't counted this carefully, the smallest is only one or two ships, about one or two hundred people, and the largest rule, there are more than ten ships, and there may be thousands of people." ”

Fortunately, there are only a thousand people at most, and there is a great hope of running away.

After understanding the enemy's situation, it is time to understand your own side, Zhang Bin continued to ask: "Second brother, how many people did you bring this time, and how many weapons did you bring?" ”

This Zhang Guan was naturally very clear, and he said like a treasure: "I brought a total of five hundred and fifty-five people this time, one hundred and ten spears, one hundred and ten hook and sickle guns, one hundred and ten royal forest sabers, one hundred and ten longbows, one hundred and ten rattan cards, one hundred and ten waist knives, five hundred and fifty throwing guns, ten bird guns, and by the way, ten pairs of fish scale armor." ”

This seems to be a little wrong, Zhang Bin couldn't help but say curiously: "Second brother, why are there so few firearms, according to the book of soldiers, isn't it a three-eyed gun or a thunderbolt or a five-thunder god machine or something?" ”

Zhang Guan rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Old Five, sometimes the things in the book can't be believed, what it says is the equipment of the elite troops, and it is also the equipment of the elite troops before the Jiajing Dynasty, after the Jiajing Dynasty, few craftsmen can make the same firearms as the original, to the Wanli Dynasty, the expedition to Korea, the firearms made before are basically consumed, and now, I am afraid that the elite troops are equipped with not many firearms, not to mention our guards." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he was also ashamed, okay, talking about killing people on paper, let's come according to the actual situation.

Five hundred and fifty-five people, obviously five hundred households with all his subordinates, the problem is that he didn't see a hundred households under his father along the way, this must be clarified, don't command and dispatch when the time comes, I don't know who to command.

He continued to ask: "Second brother, what you brought are five integrated hundred households, who will lead the team, I haven't seen any uncle." ”

When Zhang Guan heard this, he slapped his forehead, raised his hand and shouted: "Brothers, come here, come here, the fifth child of our family doesn't know you anymore." ”

At this time, five sturdy young men immediately ran over, lined up, and stood in front of them with their heads held high.

Zhang Guan nodded proudly and introduced them one by one: "This is Zheng Cai, the son of the second uncle, this is Yang Geng, the son of the third uncle, this is Chen Hui, the son of the fourth uncle, this is Zheng Xing, the son of the fifth uncle, and this is Zheng Ming, the son of the ninth uncle." ”

As soon as he finished the introduction, the five of them immediately bowed their hands and said in unison: "I have seen the county commander." ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly nodded and said, "Well, it's good, it's hard." ”

He is a little familiar with these people, he must have seen them before, but he is a scholar of literature, and these people are martial arts, when he was a child, these people all played behind his eldest brother and second brother's buttocks, and did not play with him, so he was not very familiar.

Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Zheng Cai, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, he compared his name and appearance one by one, kept it in his mind, remembered it, and he was suddenly stunned.

No, why are these people so familiar with their names? Isn't this Zheng Zhilong's pirate Eighteen Zhi!

There are two theories about the pirate Eighteen Zhi, one is that it is Zheng Zhilong's eighteen sworn brothers, and the other is that it is the eighteen generals under Zheng Zhilong.

If you want to say that Zheng Zhilong's eighteen sworn brothers, the more famous ones are Zheng Zhihu, Shi Daxuan, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and others.

To say that the eighteen generals under Zheng Zhilong, the most famous are Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Zheng Cai, Yang Geng, and Chen Hui.

Could it be a coincidence, isn't it, these two with the same names can be regarded as coincidences, how can it be a coincidence that five names are all the same, they are definitely the pirates under Zheng Zhilong!

No wonder, according to historical records, Zheng Zhilong was able to become generals as soon as he recruited these people from Fujian, how could they be ordinary farmers who could go up and lead troops to fight, they must have come out of the Ming army.

Unexpectedly, these people were all the sons of his father's Tunwei Baihu.

There is something strange about this matter, what is the relationship between his father and Zheng Zhilong?