Chapter 286: Strange Enemy Army
Now the big move is almost decided, Qi Jiguang brought a thousand men and horses to help defend the city, with the addition of this thousand people and horses, this Yangzhou city is immediately changed its appearance, although it is not impregnable, but with the more than 10,000 Fusang soldiers under the city want to break it, it can be said that it is even more difficult, of course, the so-called world is not absolute, but the possibility is already very small, unless the city can come more than 10,000 Fusang army, then this Yangzhou city will be dangerous again.
The newcomers quickly became familiar with the defense of the city, and after that, Zhang Fan asked them to take turns to go down to the city tower to eat and rest to replenish their strength, in order to prevent anything from happening, after all, the city is all tired divisions, although they are now very high-spirited, but they can make them full of state to fight, the effect is naturally better.
Now that the form has gradually stabilized, the people around him have persuaded Zhang Fan and Hai Rui to go to rest, Zhang Fan is needless to say, and Hai Rui's situation is not much better, he also fought in Huai'an Mansion for two days and one night, and it took a whole night to rush over, and his fatigue is no less than that of any person.
But the two of them were decided, Hai Rui needless to say, with his kind of temperament, until the last moment to see the victory in front of him, even if he was exhausted, it is estimated that he will not be able to rest.
And Zhang Fan, I don't know why, obviously his body is tired to death, but as before, he doesn't have the slightest intention of resting, the difference is that he couldn't sleep before because of the tension and sense of crisis that lingered in his heart, and now he can't sleep because of the excitement in front of him.
"By the way, Lord Hai," Zhang Fan suddenly turned his head to Hai Rui beside him and said, "When Zhang Fan saw Lord Hai coming, this ...... It looks a little inappropriate, I don't know what happened to Lord Hai before, is it really caused by those more than 3,000 people, "Zhang Fan has always wanted to know the details of Huai'an Mansion's defense against the Japanese invaders, and now, Hai Rui's appearance shows the tragedy of the battle over there, Zhang Fan wants to ask even more, but he can't just say "I see your miserable appearance", so he had to be vague.
"Alas, Lord Zhang doesn't know something," Hai Rui was naturally able to understand what Zhang Fan was going to say, he sighed deeply, and said helplessly, "When the lower official was ordered by the lord to personally lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to Huai'an Mansion for defense, he once thought in his heart that in the face of more than 3,000 Japanese robbers, he must have been able to capture them without any problems.
"Originally, after hearing the news of Songjiang Mansion, the lower officials ordered the army to set up camp at a distance from Huai'an Mansion, so that first, one can always monitor the movements of those Japanese in Huai'an Mansion, and the other is to take timely precautions, everything is good, who knows that in the early morning of yesterday, those Japanese robbers don't know what crazy they are, and suddenly they opened the city gate and rushed out, and the lower officials are a little light on the enemy, and they have been letting the soldiers rest well, only a few people were sent to monitor, As soon as they came out, they went straight to our camp, and by the time the generals and soldiers had all woken up and prepared, they had already rushed in front of us.
"Originally, this is nothing, but this group of Japanese is fundamentally different from the past, although the previous Japanese are also very fierce, but as long as we kill their people, they will immediately retreat, and at that time, there are many more people under the lower officials than them, who knows that after killing more than 100 of them, they did not retreat at all, the lower officials understood the seriousness of the matter at that time, knowing that this group of Japanese robbers is not good, and waited until the people sent by the adults informed that there was a large number of Fusang troops breaking into the interior of my Ming Dynasty and attacking Suzhou City, Xia Guan only then understood that this group of Japanese invaders had captured Huai'an Mansion in order to attract the nearby army to come and contain us, so that the Fusang army could attack the city without hindrance, but until that time, the only thing Xia Guan didn't expect was that this group of Japanese who were used as abandoned pawns would be so crazy that they would not die at all when they started a war.
"And most of the men and horses under the lower officials are the warriors of this Nanzhili, although under the supervision of the lower officials on weekdays, they are also well-trained, but they have never been on the battlefield, and their first battle, they encountered such a tricky enemy, it was really a bitter battle.
"Because the number of enemies is smaller than ours, but the difference is not very far, plus at that time, the enemy and us were already fighting together, the 1,000 cavalry under the lower official lost its effect, and what happened afterwards must be able to guess by Lord Zhang, the 4,000 foot soldiers of the lower official lost most of them in the battle with the Japanese invaders, leaving only some remnants, and the lower officials had already let them garrison in Huai'an Mansion, so they took this thousand cavalry and rushed over non-stop.
"This battle is due to the mistake of the lower official and caused such a heavy loss, the lower official as the leader of the general has the unshirkable responsibility, when this battle is over, the lower official will play the emperor, please resign,"
Hai Rui's previous words, Zhang Fan also sighed in his heart after listening to it, it was really not easy, as the saying goes, those who are stunned are afraid of the horizontal, and those who are afraid of death, facing a group of enemies who are extremely vicious and don't care about their life or death, it is also possible to say that there are such heavy casualties, but when Hai Rui said the words he wanted to resign, Zhang Fan had an unusual idea in his heart.
To tell the truth, Hai Rui's special existence, for the Ming Dynasty is both good and bad, the good thing is that this person is impartial and selfless to the extreme, for people who break the law, whether he is a soapy official, or a relative of the emperor, he is capable enough to rush up to preside over justice, but there are also disadvantages, after all, this officialdom is officialdom, especially the officialdom of the Central Plains, thousands of years of tradition, there is no intrigue there, and now it is difficult to think about it, and it can only reduce the occurrence of that situation to a certain extent. However, the right mind is to eliminate this situation in one go, which will naturally make many people disgusted.
And now, Hai Rui actually took the initiative to say that he wanted to resign, Zhang Fan had to think of a lot of things in his heart, and now in the Ming court, admiration for Hai Rui abounds, who doesn't have a little bit of selfless thoughts for the country and the people in his heart, but there are few people who like Hai Rui, even Zhang Juzheng hates Hai Rui a little, but thinking about Hai Rui's interpersonal relationship in the court, Zhang Fan has given up the idea of being a courtier, what is Hai Rui's situation, in fact, it has nothing to do with him.
The only person who likes Hai Rui more is naturally Longqing, but if something happens to Hai Rui, only because Longqing likes it, and the ministers below are all against it, Hai Rui's official position cannot be saved, and Longqing's way of life, Hai Rui has not said it in a book.
Suddenly, Zhang Fan seemed to realize that he was on the battlefield now, although the current form was more favorable to them, but he was actually able to think of these intrigues at this time, and it seemed that he was really assimilated by this court.
"Lord Hai don't worry, Zhang Fan will play Your Majesty, and want Your Majesty to explain everything that happened here, and then the court will naturally have a fair decision," Zhang Fan said, seeing that Hai Rui was about to open his mouth to refute something, he quickly waved his hand to stop it, and continued, "Lord Hai, Zhang Fan knows what you want to say, but please listen to Zhang Fan's words, presumably Lord Hai also knows, now the court does not like Lord Hai, and there are not a few people who want Lord Hai to leave the officialdom as soon as possible, but Lord Hai has ever thought about it, This court still needs a figure like Lord Xianghai,"
After listening to Zhang Fan's words, Hai Rui fell silent, as if he was moved by Zhang Fan's words, Zhang Fan saw that he didn't speak, so he didn't say anything, and paid full attention to the battle situation.
Gradually, the time is close to the ugly time, and the enemy army under the city has also undergone great changes in the siege of the city, those Fusang people do not have the same ruthlessness as before, the pace of the attack has been dragged very slowly, the soldiers are also showing weakness, although they are still attacking, but it is obvious that they have also begun to become afraid of death, no longer so brave as before, not afraid of death, now, their attack obviously seems to be a little cringe, it seems to be a little ...... Afraid.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Fan and other people who knew the inside story on the city tower were puzzled in the face of the situation in front of them, and they all knew now that the purpose of these Fusang people in the city was not to attack and invade, but to harass, and to make the Ming court angry, so as to investigate the "culprit" who was passed on by them.
In that case, these people should have been mentally prepared, as long as they are not stupid to the extreme, they should understand that with their more than 10,000 Fusang troops, it is certain that they will cause harm to the Ming Dynasty, especially if they are still from the sea, but they should also understand that in the end, their fate is only one dead word, since it is a death no matter what, why do they suddenly lose the previous ruthlessness, rather than die in vain, it is better to fight to capture, Wouldn't it be better to have a more significant impact?
And now, they are showing that they are going to attack, and they are still defending, trying not to suffer casualties, but casualties are inevitable, and from time to time someone will always fall from an arrow, which makes people strange, rather than this, it is better to retreat early.
Things are really weird, but not many people think so much, the battle of attack and defense is still going on, and it is already coming to an end,