The purpose of silence is very clear, that is, to disperse the enemy army and concentrate on annihilating one part of it...... Yes, with the strength of Su Song's armies, they can only deal with one of the four parts of Xu Hai, Xu Hong, Ye Ma, and Xin Wulang, and they must not only concentrate their efforts, but also carefully design to be successful.

As for which side of the Japanese to deal with, they are also very knowledgeable, in Shen Mo's opinion, it is not appropriate to do it to Xu Hai, Ye Ma, and Xin Wulang, because the former is too fierce, and it is inevitable that stealing chickens will not be successful, and the strength of the latter two is not as good as Xu Hai, if it is attacked again, I am afraid that there is a danger of being annexed by Xu Hai, which is not in line with Shen Mo's plan.

If the silence is to be three people standing together, no one can help anyone; At least the latter two can be combined to wrestle with Xu Hai, so that he can have room to use his strategy. So in terms of the choice of start, there is only one left-Xu Hai's younger brother Xu Hong, killing him is equivalent to breaking one of Xu Hai's arms, so that Ye Ma and Xin Wulang are no longer afraid of Xu Hai.

Moreover, Xu Honggang's new defeat in Phoenix Mountain was when he heard that 'Qi' was discouraged and demoralized, so he should be determined by this unlucky guy.

After determining the target and plan, Shen Mo ordered Wang to quickly relocate tens of thousands of residents of Shanghai City to Chongming Island...... It was the base of the Yu family's army's sailors, and the Japanese did not dare to intrude. Give up an empty Shanghai city to Ye Ma and Xin Wulang, give them a coveted 'stronghold', I believe that the two will live obediently, and dream of reliving the good times of the year.

Then he asked Liu Xianshuai to be a sailor, Wang Chonggu to be in charge of the Songjiang soldiers, and Qi Jiguang to be in charge of the Qi family's army, and all of them rushed to Wujiang in advance, where they intercepted Xu Hongnan's troops -- he placed the enemy annihilation site in Wujiang because he clearly remembered that Wujiang County was a barrier sufficient to block the Japanese invaders, and that Wang Jiangjing had a great victory in that year, and Tang Shunzhi and Tan Lun were there, taking advantage of the geographical conditions to easily complete the task of blocking the attack.

Now what Wujiang Tang County Commander wants to do is to draw a scoop according to the gourd and reproduce the scene of the time, and he has organized 20,000 people to barrage the river and store water. When the Japanese arrived at Wujiang, they dug the weir again and released water to block the advance of the Japanese invaders.

At that time, Liu Xian and Wang Chonggu's sailors, taking advantage of the water in a fast boat, will be able to attack the Japanese who are deep in the mud and unable to move an inch; As for the widows who were lucky not to be in the muddy water, they handed them over to their old friend, Qi Jiguang and his Qi family army to entertain them, ensuring that they were at home and would never return.

"This is my battle plan......" Shen Mo said to Gui Youguang Dao, who had recovered from cultivation, and said with a smile: "How about it, there are some Confucian generals who are strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, right?" ”

Gui Youguang nodded and said, "Your Excellency's strategy is indeed clever," and said, "It's just that there is something for your subordinates, and you can ask your Excellency for advice...... You send all your troops to Wujiang, what should we do in Suzhou City? With those 500 soldiers, how can you resist Xu Hai's main force? "Those are the five hundred people that Qi Jiguang left for silence, all of them are majestic habitual fighters, and they are familiar with the situation, but the number is too small to hold the long city wall.

"Hehe......" smiled silently and confidently, leaned back in the chair and said: "I don't believe it, a big city with a population of one million can be captured by just 10,000 Japanese invaders." At this time, a three-foot report came from outside: "My lord, Mrs. Qi is here." ”

"How many times have you said that you want to call General Wang." Shen Mo corrected: "Hurry up, please." ”

Sanchi led the slightly tired Mrs. Qi General Wang in, and the two sides saluted, and asked silently, "How are the three thousand recruits training?" ”

"It's still a long way off." Wang said: "But the defense of the city is still barely competent. "The so-called three thousand recruits are the healthy servants and family members who came from the major families to complete the last task of defending the city, and Shen Mo did not disband this temporary militia, but handed it over to the Wang family to step up training, and now half a month has passed, it can be regarded as a small success, at least much stronger than the original.

With the 500 Qi family army as the backbone and the 3,000 recruits as the main force, this is all the strength that the Wang clan can command, so Shen Mo must be treated favorably in order to make the soldiers willing to fight to the death. Fortunately, Shen Mo has never been a stingy person, so he heard him say in a deep voice: "Order to give five hundred Qi family soldiers, each with four coins of silver; 3,000 militiamen, one for two cents, one for every ten; Then order the big households in the house, and take turns to reward them with wine and meat! ”

When Wang heard this, he was very pleased and said: "In this way, all the soldiers will repay each other with their surnames." ”

"But there weren't enough of them." He said in a deep voice: "I have ordered people to recruit warriors to help defend the city; The people who were in charge of the porters were likewise given silver and gold. As he spoke, he asked, "How many are there now?" ”

"It is our duty to protect the family and defend the country, and there are 40,000 or 50,000 machinists who have signed up alone, all of whom are strong men." Gui Youguang said: "But it is estimated that adults don't need so much." ”

"I'm Han Xin's soldiers, the more the merrier." Shen Mo smiled and said, "You divide them into three shifts and take turns to go to the city to assist." ”

"Yes." There is light to answer the way.

"General Wang," Shen Mo said to Wang again, "Is there anything to add?" ”

"Yes." Wang said loudly: "I see that there are convex and concave places on the city wall, please make the masonry chisel and flatten it." Shen Mo nodded and said 'good', and Wang said: "The houses outside the city should also be demolished when they are demolished." ”

Shen Mo knew what she meant, and was worried that those dwellings would become a stronghold for the Japanese to rely on, so he also agreed, and listened to her: "These days, the adults have recruited the people to dredge the moat, and the initial results have been achieved, but the excavated soil should not be discarded at will, otherwise the Japanese will see it, and they will make a new way." ”

"What does the general mean?" Shen Mo asked modestly.

"Carrying all the earth to the inner side of the moat, and building a wall attached to the city close to the riverbank, so that the moat is quite deep and deep for the Japanese invaders." Wang Shi said: "And on that wall, there are cats, bamboo sticks, iron water chestnuts and other things, so that it is extremely difficult for the Japanese to get close to the city wall. ”

"Great goodness! It's all right! Shen Mo slapped his palms and smiled: "Only a family like a general has so many good methods." ”

Gui Youguang on the side half-jokingly and half-complained: "Since you have a good idea, you should have come up with it as soon as possible, why use it now?" ”

"If you take it out earlier," Mrs. Qi glanced at him and said, "Will Xu Hai still come?" ”

Gui Youguang thought about it, indeed, Suzhou City must be full of Xu Hai's spies, if he armed the city into a hedgehog as soon as he came up, I am afraid that Xu Hai would be directly scared back.

In the afternoon, Shen Mo ordered the officials to beat the gong along the street, gathered the people of Suzhou City in front of the city gate, and told them truthfully: "Xu Hai is about to attack ......" The soldiers and civilians were terrified, you must know that Xu Hai is in the south of the Yangtze River, but he is a ruthless character who stops crying at night, people say that he is one foot tall, his eyes are like copper bells, and his mouth is like a blood basin, he is a monster who eats people's hearts, and he first softens three points when he hears this name.

Shen Mo said: "This time, the Japanese invaders poured into the nest, although there are many disturbances, but the ultimate goal is only one, that is, our Suzhou City, which is rich in the world!" As he spoke, he looked at everyone with blazing eyes, and said word by word: "It is conceivable that when the city is broken, it is when our family is broken...... Parents are killed, wives and daughters are defiled, property is plundered, and the heavens and the earth are not spiritual, and this beautiful city of Suzhou will instantly turn into hell on earth! ”

The crowd fell silent, indicating that their fear was at its extreme.

"Now I say," said Silence in the loudest voice, "as long as you listen to me, and we work together to avoid this catastrophe and protect our homeland, are you willing?" ”

After a brief silence of "willing to ......", the sound of angry waves erupted, as if people wanted to use this roar to dispel the fear in their hearts.

When they were almost done, Shen Mo raised his hand, and the crowd fell silent, only to hear him continue to say loudly: "You don't have to panic anymore, guarding Suzhou City is the responsibility of my prefect, and now we agree that I will abide by my covenant, and I will not be lazy!" Can it be done? ”

"Yes!" The shouts of the whole city shook the heavens and the earth, and let the Suzhou people who silently saw Wenxiu also have a bold side.

So the whole city of Suzhou began to be busy, silently convened 100,000 people, overnight the earthen wall around the city was built, at the same time the people in the city also prepared cats, bamboo sticks, iron water chestnuts and the like, the next morning of effort, the installation was completed, sure enough, there are many people with great strength!

As for the equipment defending the city, all of them were also carried in place, and the soldiers and civilians defending the city were even more ready to fight...... Shen Mo used what he learned from Tang Kekuan back then, divided the city wall into areas, implemented a responsibility system to defend the city, one army and three civilians for each stack, one Qi family elite soldier for every ten stacks as the sentry chief, one commander for every fifty stacks, and a reserve of hundreds of people, ready to replenish the losses at any time.

As for each city gate, there is an officer, a county bureaucrat to guard it, the four city walls are the same, so the division of defense tasks is clear, a certain gate has a police officer sitting a certain official, a certain battlement has a police officer sitting a certain chief, a certain sentinel chief, a certain military and civilian, so that it is vigorous spirit, no one dares not to work hard.

In order to prevent someone from evading, Shen Mo ordered to make a register of soldiers and civilians defending the city, one for each yamen, and each was ordered by the messenger. It was agreed with the military and civilians that all those who were on the books would be supported by the dead and the disabled, and the disabled would be compensated for life, but if there were fugitives, the whole family would sit together! It not only relieved the worries of the military and the people, but also made the cowardly dare not take chances.

After settling everything down, Shen Mo took Gui Youguang, Wang Zirang, Peng Xi and other officials and gentry to sit at the head of the city, thinking that the soldiers and the people were brave, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese invaders.

At noon that day, the scouts reported that the Japanese had arrived ten miles away, and even though they were well prepared, everyone's hearts could not help but sink and secretly become worried.

Seeing this, Wang sneered, and came out to hug his fists and said: "My lord, the last general is willing to lead his own soldiers out of the city to dispel the arrogance of the Japanese invaders!" ”

Shen Mo was quite moved, he really needed a victory to dispel the doubts of the people and improve the morale of the defenders, but he was worried about her safety, and he was quite hesitant for a while.

Wang smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the last general will only outwit and won't fight." ”

"That's great," when he knew that it wasn't hypocritical, Shen Mo agreed: "This official is waiting for the general's good news." ”

The city gate was slowly lowered, and Mrs. Qi led more than 200 Qi family troops, carrying oil drums on their backs, and leading a few sturdy calves out of the city.

When the people in the city saw this, they couldn't help but discuss: 'Why does this lady Qi still bring cattle when she fights?' ''It can't be a ration, right?'' ''I look like I've left us and run away.'' For a while, there was everything.

But after a while, they all shut up, for a large force appeared in the southeast, and the soldiers and civilians of the city first saw the smoke and dust in the sky, and when they got closer, they heard the dull sound of footsteps like a torrential rain...... As the footsteps got closer and closer, the hearts of the people at the head of the city became tighter and tighter, and looking at the banner that covered the sky, the fear in the hearts of the people became more and more serious.

Just when the soldiers and civilians were about to be pressed down by fear, the city suddenly sounded the war drums of "dong dong, dong dong ......", at first one drum was ringing, and then it became two or three, five or six, **, and more and more drums joined. After a while, hundreds of war drums on the head of the city were beating together, and the deafening drums were exciting, sweeping away the oppressive feeling brought by the Japanese robbers!

This was specially arranged by Shen Mo, he knew that the people of Suzhou, who had been peaceful for a long time, had lost a little bit of blood and bravery, so they had to use some means to boost it.

When Xu Hai led his subordinates to the city, he saw the flags fluttering at the head of the city, the crowds, the hedgehog-like attached walls under the city, and the deep moat, all of which were very different from what his brother-in-law reported, so he looked at his brother-in-law 'Liang Shan' expressionlessly and said, "I need an explanation." ”

That Liangshan, that is, He Xinyin, also wondered: "It's strange, I saw it with my own eyes at that time, without this attached wall, there are only five hundred troops in the city." ”

Xu Hai still trusts this brother-in-law very much, and snorted coldly: "Either you let them deceive, or they are ready to deceive me." ”

He Xinyin said ashamedly: "It's all my clumsiness, please punish the general." "Xu Hai is the self-proclaimed general of the Ping Hai, so he has this title.

"Of course, I will punish you, but now is the time to employ people, so I will write it down for the time being, and settle the accounts together after the war!" Xu Hai still attaches great importance to He Xinyin, and the two of them are brothers-in-law, looking at Cuiqiao's face, they have to open their faces.

"Thank you to the general for giving his subordinates the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." He Xinyin said gratefully.

"Let's take someone to build siege engines." Xu Hai looked around and said, "Fuck, why is it bare everywhere, there is not even a tree." ”

"The only way to go is to the mountains far away." He Xinyin said: "It's four or five miles away, I'll set off." ”

"Okay." Xu Hai ordered the large army to rest in place, and sent a thousand people to escort the captured people to the mountains to cut down trees and build ladders.

As soon as He Xinyin led the team up the mountain, he heard the crisp shouts of many women coming from the mountain: "Kill the thief!" "Kill the thieves!" The valley reverberated through the valley, and then the war drums of 'Knock Knock, Knock Knock' sounded.

Everyone looked at it, and sure enough, in the pine forest on the top of the mountain, there were some colorful figures, and those who escorted him smiled and said, "It turns out that there is a flower girl hidden on the mountain." "Then he immediately blew the horn of the screw, regardless of the restraint of Xinyin, hula, and ran up the mountain.

He Xinyin was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and scolded his mother, everyone thought that he hated those people for not obeying orders, but they didn't know that he was actually worried about those 'stupid girls' on the mountain, why did he come here? Won't it become a meal on the plate of the Japanese robbers? But he alone couldn't stop the thousands of people, so he could only watch them go up the mountain.

But they said that those Japanese were not stupid, and they also knew that there might be fraud in them, but the mountains in the south of the Yangtze River could only be called 'mountain bags' at best, and there was no steep terrain at all, which could trap them all. In this way, even if you really fall into an ambush, you can still win the battle and then grab the flower girl.

So they followed the sound of the drum to a pine forest, and when they went in, they burst their lungs. Where is this girl, not even a figure? It's just a few calves tethered to a tree...... I saw that there was a war drum hanging on the horns of each calf, and the cow head cow had colorful clothes tied on its back, looking from afar, it really looked like a group of 'flower girls'!

The calves struggled incessantly, and the brass drums hanging on the horns of the oxen rang out with a "thump" - it was this thing that had brought us in, and the would-be couldn't help but blow up their lungs in anger, and swung their blades and slashed, and the calves went crazy in pain, and jumped wildly, and the war drums beat louder.

The sound drowned out other sounds, until someone was shot with a bow and arrow, which woke up the angry pirates, and they looked up in panic to see hundreds of rockets falling from the sky, which immediately set a sea of fire.

"It's in ambush, get out of ......" Before the little leader could finish speaking, he felt a tremor under his feet, the dazzling white light made him unable to see anything, and he was torn to pieces in the earth-shattering explosion.

He Xinyin at the foot of the mountain, Xu Hai in the distance, and the soldiers and civilians in the city all saw this amazing explosion, throwing countless soil, trees, and stumps into the sky.

And the initiator of all this, lying in the pit dug by the edge of the woods, was almost buried alive by the falling soil.

(To be continued)