As soon as they heard that there was a battle, including Yue Pengju, everyone's expressions suddenly became excited, and they looked eager to try.

These days, just training can make the big guy a little depressed.

"Bai Gongzi, what is the specific situation?" Yue Pengju asked in a deep voice.

"Three days ago, we learned from an informant that the Zheng family was going to have a big operation recently. After learning the news, our Black Ice Station has verified it through various channels, and it has been basically confirmed that this news is true. ”

Bai Jinxiu said in a deep voice, then walked to the huge map hanging on the side and pointed to a certain place on the map and said: "The Zheng family will send a large number of men and horses to attack Wenzhou in the near future, and it is said that Wenzhou will be attacked from both land and sea. ”

Yue Pengju and the others all looked solemn when they heard this, and hurriedly walked to the front of the map to look at it.

Wenzhou Mansion is the gateway to the southeast region, and after Wenzhou Mansion, it is really into the Zheng family's sphere of influence.

Although Wenzhou has nominally returned to the imperial court, for various reasons, the local defenders are only those who have been temporarily organized.

It's okay for these people to maintain order on weekdays, but it's a bit difficult to let them defend the city.

"The location of Wenzhou is very important, once the Zheng family occupies Wenzhou, then we will fall into a very passive situation. Now that the main forces have moved westward, we are left in the entire southeastern region, except for those local armed forces that have been absorbed. Yue Pengju looked at the map and said in a deep voice.

"General Yue, and according to the information we have obtained, the Zheng family will send an outpost to the north to attack the forward station within three days." Bai Jinxiu continued.

Yue Pengju listened to Bai Jinxiu's words, his eyes staring at the map, but he was thinking quickly in his heart.

"The Zheng family has been quiet before this, and they haven't acted too much. Now he is suddenly going to make such a big move, and it is obviously not a small attempt. So what is it that makes them suddenly change? ”

Yue Peng raised his right index finger and middle finger to press on his lips and thought about it.

Soon, he thought of the most likely cause.

"It seems that the Zheng family has received the news that our main force is advancing westward, so they want to take advantage of the emptiness of our defense to test our depth."

Yue Pengju analyzed in a deep voice.

"What do you guys think?" After Yue Pengju finished speaking, he looked at his favorite generals.

Especially looking at Zhou Ze with anticipation.

"The last general agrees with the general, since the Zheng family's rabbit cubs have rushed to stab, let's chop off his paws and let them know the consequences of our groundbreaking on Tai Sui's head."

Zhang Dabiao said with a big grin.

Several other division commanders and regiment commanders also had similar opinions, just one word, do!

Yue Pengju locked his gaze on Zhou Ze: "Head Zhou, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Ze didn't hide it at this time, and said in a deep voice: "The reason that the general just said is very likely. However, the last general thinks that there is another possibility, that is, the reason why the Zheng family dares to do this is because they have a new reliance. And this dependence may be due to a new change on the part of the British. ”

Yue Peng's expression froze, and he said, "You mean that the British reinforcements have arrived?" ”

"Quite possibly. Although the Zheng family has occupied the southeast for a long time, they have hardly expanded much to the north over the years.

If the Zheng family really has the heart to compete for the world, then it is the best time to send troops to expand while Li Zicheng is going north.

There is no reason for him to provoke a more formidable opponent like us after Li Zicheng has failed.

They are now suddenly showing their intention to expand, apparently with some kind of encouragement or encouragement.

Think they have the confidence to win, otherwise it is unlikely that the Zheng family's style for many years will take the risk to provoke us. ”

Zhou Ze's words have been said very clearly and clearly.

Usually a very low-key person suddenly becomes high-profile, and the biggest possibility is that he suddenly has a backer or other high-profile capital behind him, which makes his behavior seem abnormal.

Yue Pengju's heart also became clear at this time, and after a little thought, he ordered in a deep voice: "Zhou Ze, this general ordered you to take your regiment as an advance regiment and set off immediately, and march to Wenzhou in a hurry. It is necessary to stop the Zheng army before the main force arrives, and must not cause the enemy to cross the thunder pool by a step. ”

Zhou Ze snapped and stood upright, and saluted: "The last general is ordered!" After saying that, he turned around and went to gather the troops.

"Zhang Dabiao, you take the rest of your 1st Division and the artillery regiment to set off later. After arriving in Wenzhou, you will immediately take over the city defense, no matter how many people come from the Zheng family, you must ensure that Wenzhou is not lost, otherwise military law will be engaged! ”

"The last general commands! With me Zhang Dabiao here, Wenzhou City will definitely not be lost. Zhang Dabiao said arrogantly, and after saluting, he also strode to the meteor arrangement.

Regarding the combat effectiveness of the Zheng family, Yue Pengju was not too worried.

Although the Zheng family does not seem to be weak, most of their strength is at sea. Although there are a lot of men and horses on land, there are more than 100,000 people, but the combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the Dashun army.

An infantry division plus an artillery regiment not to mention completely destroying the enemy of the Zheng family, but it was more than enough to hold Wenzhou City.

After all, the Qin army is almost one or two hundred years ahead of the Zheng family army in terms of weapons and equipment, and the Qin army's training level, organization level, fighting will and other aspects far surpass the Zheng family army, which can be said to have formed a comprehensive crushing advantage for the Zheng family army.

With such an army, I dare not say that it is okay to fight one against a hundred, and it is still okay to fight against ten with one.

In addition to full confidence in their own combat effectiveness, there was also a reason why only the 1st Division and the Artillery Regiment were dispatched, and that was because of the defense against the British.

This time, Zheng Jiajun was dispatched, and there must have been the instigation of the British behind it.

Yue Pengju had to leave a division behind to deal with the British's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

"We must inform the marines and let them guard against the enemy from the sea." Yue Pengju turned his head again and said in a deep voice to Bai Jinxiu.

"General Yue, please rest assured, before I came, I had already asked people to quickly inform Admiral Deng of the Water Division." Bai Jinxiu said.

Knowing that Bai Jinxiu had always done things carefully, Yue Pengju didn't say much, nodded and sat back behind the table, and quickly wrote a battle report, asking people to immediately send it to the capital in an expedited manner of eight hundred miles.

Zheng Jiajun is not worried, what he is worried about is that if the British reinforcements really arrive, it is very likely that they will fish in troubled waters this time.

He has an army of more than 10,000 people, and no matter how strong his combat strength is, he will be overstretched at that time.

It is hoped that His Royal Highness the Regent will be able to let the new army move south as soon as possible, and then the strength of the two armies will be able to deal with the British.