Half a month after sending off the envoy of the Japanese state, Fang Yuan received a letter from Shi Lang of the Zhoushan Islands again, Shi Lang claimed that he was unwell and was recuperating in the Zhoushan Islands, and could not come to the Taihu Lake base to visit Xu Ru's illness.

Shi Lang's abnormal behavior immediately aroused everyone's vigilance.

Fang Yuan and Qin Zhan immediately went to the Taihu base and convened all the high-level generals of the Xuanjia Army to hold a military meeting to discuss how to deal with Shi Lang, who did not obey the order.

Jing Jie didn't get any news before, but now he suddenly heard the bad news, and his brows furrowed, "Boss, I got a letter from Shi Lang to get Xu Ru back, why didn't you tell me and wait for discussion earlier." Now that Shi Lang has taken a step of rebellion, the wood is complete, how can it be redeemed? ”

Fang Yuan looked at him silently, his eyes stared at the Taihu Lake in the distance, and he didn't say a word.

Qin Zhan saw that he didn't discuss what to do, but he blamed Fang Yuan first, and immediately retorted, "Third brother, you're not right. Shi Lang's letter was handed over to the boss, does the boss not even have the right to govern, everything must be approved by the Xuanjia Army? Now that Shi Lang is indeed the opposite, then the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, what's the use of blaming the boss? ”

Right now, his eyebrows were already burning, Qin Zhan was still patting his ass, Jing Jie glared at him angrily, and said in a deep voice, "Okay, then you Jinyi Wei talk about it, how to deal with the aftermath?" ”

Qin Zhan said loudly, "Since Shi Lang doesn't come to the Taihu Lake base, then send Jinyiwei to the island to arrest him." ”

Jing Jie smiled coldly and said, "Since Shi Lang has long colluded with the Zheng family, he must have left a way to retreat, and as soon as Jin Yiwei went to arrest people, Shi Lang immediately reversed." Do you really think that Shi Lang is Mao Wenlong, so you can catch Jinyiwei if you want to? ”

Su Hongyu said, "Boss, the top priority now is to find out first, whether the Sailor Battalion is all against Shi Lang." ”

Jing Jie said with a solemn expression, "The boss has full authority to appoint Shi Lang to run the Navy Battalion for a year, and the Navy Battalion is full of officers promoted by Shi Lang, and most of them will obey Shi Lang's dispatch. ”

Su Hongyu asked rhetorically, "Third brother, what about ordinary sergeants?" It can't all be reversed! ”

Jing Jie said slowly, "Hongyu, as long as Shi Lang conceals the news, how can ordinary sergeants know what happened?" By the time the Zheng family sailor landed on the island and took over, it was too late to resist. ”

Ma Lin proposed, "The military gate, the commander, and the sergeants of the 3,000-step battalion on the Zhoushan Islands, if they secretly order the arrest of Shi Lang, they may be able to quickly quell this rebellion." ”

Jing Jie still rejected his statement, "The 3,000 sergeants of the infantry battalion are stationed on the five major islands of the Zhoushan Islands, and they must rely on Shi Lang's sailors to coordinate with each other. If Shi Lang rebels, the 3,000 sergeants of the infantry battalion will be divided into five isolated islands, and they will not be able to form a joint force at all, how can they capture Shi Lang? If Shi Lang cut off the food supply again, the sergeant of the 3,000-step battalion would definitely die. ”

Everyone looked at each other, Shi Lang rebelled like this, and the sailor battalion lost all of them, and the situation was indeed urgent.

Fang Yuan, who had not spoken for a long time, looked around the crowd and suddenly spoke, "There are two urgent tasks at the moment, one is to withdraw all the 3,000 soldiers of the infantry battalion in the Zhoushan Islands, as well as the hired workers who built the naval base, so as not to die in vain. ”

Jing Jie agreed with his decision to give up the senseless adventure and withdraw the sergeants and hired workers, "What the boss said is that Shi Lang has not openly rebelled now, and he can no longer stimulate Shi Lang, in the name of adjusting defense, withdraw all the sergeants and hired workers, and I will immediately take action." ”

Fang Yuan nodded and continued, "Second, plotting against Shi Lang is by no means an isolated action, the Zheng family will inevitably have further military attacks, the fourth, immediately send Jinyi Wei Pegasus to investigate the reality of Zhejiang, and report back immediately if there is news." ”

The military situation was like fire, Qin Zhan did not dare to delay, and immediately sent people to investigate.

Fang Yuan lived in the Taihu base for half a month, because the big war was imminent, the military affairs were busy, and he reviewed the preparations of the sergeants of each battalion of the Xuanjia Army for several days, and he did not have the opportunity to meet the princess.

Within half a month, news from all sides came one after another.

According to the emergency military situation from Zhejiang, Zheng Sen led 100,000 elite Zheng troops to enter Jinhua Mansion in a big way, with 30,000 vanguard troops, and the troops pointed directly at Shaoxing and Ningbo two mansions south of Hangzhou Bay.

The counterstrategy of Lu Ziyue, the governor of Ningbo Prefecture, was to neither reward Zheng Jun nor snipe, but to keep his own door behind closed doors, not to help each other, and let Fang Yuan and Zheng Huo merge, and then Ningbo Mansion was loyal to the final victor.

The attitude of the Shaoxing Mansion was very clear, and the gate was open to welcome Zheng Sen's vanguard troops into the city to rest and confront the 1,000 Xuanjia soldiers of Linshanwei.

Zhang Bingzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, and Wang Yi, the general soldier of Hangzhou, began to transfer the Weiming troops of Hangzhou Prefecture to settle in Hangzhou City, and did not transmit any news to Fang Yuan's side, and the current movement is unknown.

Among the five prefectures in northern Zhejiang, only Jiaxing Mansion and Huzhou Mansion, which are closest to Fangyuan's jurisdiction, are still firmly in Fangyuan's hands, although the people's hearts are fluctuating and the undercurrent is surging.

In the direction of the sea route, the Shen family's fleet, which had gone to Fujian to do business and return home, reported that Zheng Zhifeng had once again gathered a fleet of 300 warships that was larger than the previous invasion, and the battleships were overwhelming in the north. Ten days later at the latest, they will arrive at Guanhaiwei in Ningbo Prefecture.

Fang Yuan read the military reports from all sides, and had already made an accurate judgment that the Zheng family was really invading by land and sea this time, and was ready to play a big game, which was no longer the previous tentative attack.

He circulated the military information to the generals and asked them to discuss how to deal with it.

Jing Jie's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "Boss, since the Zheng family is pouring in, this decisive battle is unavoidable, let's face it!" ”

Chigutai, Ma Lin, Li Zongze, and Su Hongyu applied for battle in unison.

Fang Yuan looked at the large map behind him and began to assign tasks one by one.

"The infantry battalion has two thousand households, and they will go north to settle in Yangzhou to prevent Ma Shiying from attacking Yangzhou Mansion."

"The two thousand households of the infantry battalion are stationed in Zhenjiang Mansion, and they cooperate with Liang Min's Haisha Gang to guard the waterway of the Yangtze River together, and they can't let a single soldier cross the river."

"Since Shi Lang has surrendered to the enemy, the Zheng family naval division will definitely send warships to take Zhenhaiwei in Suzhou Mansion and Jinshanwei in Songjiang Mansion. Ma Lin, you personally led the infantry battalions, each with 4,000 households, and the artillery battalion with 500 households, stationed in Zhenhaiwei and Jinshanwei respectively, and it was necessary to curb the landing of Zheng Jiashui Division from Erwei and invade Suzhou and Songjiang Erfu. The infantry battalion must defend the second guard, if the second guard fails, you will be punished by military law! ”

Ma Lin gave up his hand and agreed with a bang.

Jing Jie said, "Boss, because Shaoxing and Ningbo are separated from Hangzhou Bay and have no water division to support, if they are attacked by the Zheng family's land and water, they will inevitably be lost." I suggest that the two provinces of Shaoxing and Ningbo should be abandoned immediately, and the 2,000 Xuanjia sergeants stationed there should be withdrawn overnight and returned to the Taihu base. ”

The two governments of Shaoxing and Ningbo did not sincerely return to Fangyuan, and the Xuanjia troops stationed in Linshanwei and Guanhaiwei could not be replenished with military rations at all, and if they did not withdraw, once they were cut off from military rations, they could only sit and wait for death. In the face of the Zheng family's menacing offensive, Fang Yuan could only choose to retreat helplessly.

Fang Yuan agreed with Jing Jie's suggestion to abandon the Second Mansion, and began to continue to assign tasks, "The two thousand people who were withdrawn from the Second Mansion returned to guard the Taihu Lake base. Jing Jie, you stay at the Taihu Lake base, and then send you 5,000 Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, at any time to respond to the battle situation of all parties, and there is no loss. ”

"Qin Zhan, your Jinyi guard must closely monitor the five mansions and maintain the security of the five mansions, but if there is any change, there is no need to report it, and kill it on the spot!"

Jing Jie and Qin Zhan were still assigned to stay behind, and they all received their orders.

"Chigutai, Zhao Quanzhong, the two of you lead 10,000 Xuanjia iron horses; Li Zongze, you led a 1,000 artillery battalion to enter the Huzhou Guard Station with me, preparing to fight Zheng Sen. ”

Fang Yuan pointed to the Hangzhou Mansion on the map, which is located in the middle of the five prefectures in northern Zhejiang, west of Hangzhou Bay, and said in a deep voice, "The main battlefield against Zheng Sen this time is Hangzhou Mansion!" ”

Fang Yuan assigned the task, and his eyes fell on the side of the Zhoushan Islands, and the only one who had not yet sent back the news was Shi Lang's side.

In the past two days, people from all walks of life began to pull out their camps, preparing to go to Huzhou Mansion to meet Zheng Sen's main force of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, and also began to prepare military horses and military rations, and they could go out in three days.

Two days later, Shi Lang finally replied to the letter, proposing that Xu Ru be exchanged for the sergeant of the Xuanjia Army Infantry Battalion who stayed in the Zhoushan Islands, as well as 3,000 hired laborers.

When Jing Jie got this information from Zhoushan, he didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he immediately went to Fang Yuan to discuss whether to send Xu Ru back to Shilang in exchange for the soldiers of the infantry battalion and the safe return of the people.