Seeing that Fan Qing was so hesitant, the master naturally remembered the anger of Futai before, there are not many elite troops, and the elite troops who can face up to the Japanese are even better, if nothing else, Futai also believes that this time it is really an opportunity to eliminate the main force of the Japanese Invaders, so he agreed to mobilize that army and the general, in the previous repeated battles against the Japanese, only the army led by the general dared to face the Japanese and defeat the Japanese Invaders!

But now, it seems that it is not the time to hesitate, the Japanese have arrived at the gate of the city, if it is not a small army, but a large army, it is not good, the original Japanese have not the ability to attack the city, but today, the Japanese have the ability to attack the city, in case of an arrogant person trying to break through Suzhou as completely as seven years ago, then, the entire southeast, will suffer from the catastrophe of destruction......

The southeast of the Ming Dynasty, because the pillar maritime economy of the Song and Yuan dynasties was banned, is almost to the inland traditional economic circle of the Suzhou and Hangzhou regions as the center to maintain the operation, if the loss of Suzhou and Hangzhou, or Suzhou and Hangzhou are destroyed on a large scale, then the entire southeast economy will fall into collapse, the richest money bag of the Ming Dynasty will be greatly discounted, although not to the point of breaking the muscles and bones, but the vitality is undoubtedly injured. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Not to mention the possible death of a large number of officials, businessmen, and literati elites, it will have a terrible impact, so the current fragile balance of the Ming Dynasty is almost to the point of breaking at the touch of a button, and that "touch" may be outside Suzhou, the group of Japanese robbers of unknown origin and unknown number!

If you are not careful, the picturesque scenery of Suzhou and Hangzhou will become hell on earth.

As the prefect of Suzhou appointed by the imperial court, Fan Qing cannot be allowed to be careless, not to mention that the governor of Su Song is not in Suzhou now, the highest military and political governor of Suzhou is himself, there are Japanese invaders, everything must be arranged by him, if Suzhou is destroyed because of his wrong decisions, it is really a thousand deaths.

If you go to ask for help, it is futile, and it may even make the army run in vain, but the key point is that there is no risk, as long as the army comes, it will definitely be able to deter the Japanese and make them dare not mess around, Suzhou is at least unharmed, and as long as the city of Suzhou as the center of economic operation is safe, then it does not matter if the surroundings are destroyed a little.

As soon as he thought of this, Fan Qing immediately ordered: "Quickly send people out of the city to Nanjing to ask for rescue troops from Futai, and then close the four gates, mobilize troops and horses to defend it, and from today until the Japanese are pacified, there is a curfew!" ”

The master immediately complied with the order and went to give the order, Fan Qing immediately sent someone to prepare the car, and wanted to go to the west city wall to see the specific situation, while the sky was not completely dark, he should be able to see something, how could the Japanese invaders come from the west, there was no intelligence to show before, so a large number of Japanese invaders, there was no garrison anywhere to detect it? Is it all rubbish?!

At this time, Zhang Sicheng had already climbed the city wall, and arranged all the more than 150 soldiers he could mobilize to the city defense, although he himself knew that these miscellaneous soldiers basically had no combat effectiveness, but there were more people, and they were so courageous, with the last ray of light, he saw the thick black smoke that appeared in the west, and basically determined the authenticity of the attack of the Japanese invaders, but how many people there were in the Japanese and what the purpose was whether the combat effectiveness was strong or not, he did not know.

"Why did the robbers come here, have the city gates been closed?" Zhang Sicheng asked while looking from afar, and Zhao Song, the deputy captain of the city gate, replied: "The city gate has been confirmed to be closed. ”

Zhang Sicheng nodded, and then asked worriedly: "Look, how many people are there in this widow, and will they attack Suzhou City?" ”

Zhao Song is just a deputy captain, how to understand these things, to explain clearly, Wang Wei, who is also experienced, may understand, but at this time Wang Wei has not come back, Zhao Song can only stubbornly say: "The Japanese have always been wandering, robbing and killing, gathering a large number of people to attack the city seems to have not heard much, if this kind of thing happens, it is estimated that it can only be in the coastal area, we are still some distance from the coast here, surrounded by the Ming army, even if the Japanese are bold, they dare not attack Suzhou City in the encirclement of the Ming army, right?" ”

Zhang Sicheng actually didn't really want to ask something, but he was uneasy in his heart, he could only ask when he saw this person, to hide the panic in his heart, as a county official, he had never fought head-on with the Japanese invaders, and he had served as the chief secretary of the northern county before, and then he was transferred here to serve as the magistrate, thinking that Suzhou was under the jurisdiction of the fat shortage, so he rushed over, but when he arrived here, he heard that Suzhou was also the target of the Japanese invaders, and he panicked.

But fortunately, in the previous year's tenure, there was no big attack on the Japanese invaders, and occasionally a few times they were scared of their own people, and they had nothing to do, so he was still more relieved, but this time, he saw the burning and looting of the Japanese at close range, for this dilapidated and dilapidated west city wall of Suzhou, he really didn't have much hope, in recent years, the news of the Japanese invaders breaking through the city to kill, burn, kill and loot has become more and more frequent, and Zhang Sicheng's nerves have become more and more tense.

Wang Wei also rushed back, saw Zhang Sicheng on the city wall, and hurriedly reported: "County Zun, the humble official has reported this matter to the Fuzun, and the Fuzun will send people to strengthen the defense here, and at the same time order us to keep an eye on this place, so as not to let the Japanese take advantage of the loopholes." ”

Zhang Sicheng nodded, turned around and looked at the brightly lit lively area in the distance, and couldn't help sighing: "These days, don't think about going home to rest, it is estimated that Fuzun will also issue a curfew, at least before this group of widows leaves, don't think about lifting it, you all start your spirits, stare here, and there must be no mistake." ”

The big-headed soldiers on the city wall looked depressed: "No." ”

When Zhang Sicheng was about to leave, Fan Qing went to the city wall, and Zhang Sicheng hurriedly stepped forward: "Fuzun? How did you get here? It's getting so late, so why don't you get some rest? ”

Fan Qing shook his head and said, "The Japanese are just outside the city, how can I sleep?" I have ordered a curfew in the whole city, and sent people to Nanjing to ask for help from Futai, now the strength of the entire Suzhou City is less than 2,000, are some miscellaneous soldiers and city defense soldiers, do not have the combat power to fight head-on with the Japanese Kou, once let the Japanese invade the city, the consequences are unimaginable, Zhang Zhixian, since the Japanese are from the west, then, the west city wall you are responsible for is the most important line of defense, from now on, the treasury is open to you, what you need, report directly to me, I will directly transfer it to you. ”

Zhang Sicheng's face suddenly became a bitter melon: "Fuzun, to be honest, you can't understand military affairs, you can let the lowly position decide the case and persuade Nong Sang to be lowly in the past, but how to understand the military affairs and the lowly position?" ”

Fan Qing's face froze, and he suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's useless to be a scholar, alas! After reading books for so many years, when it comes to the end, the most useless thing is the reader, what did my generation of readers do...... But where is there a general in Suzhou now who can lead the army and prepare for war? Once the Japanese invaders, this city wall is clearly papier-mâché, which is so good! ”

Zhang Sicheng felt that he had fallen into eight lifetimes of mold, and he was actually assigned to Suzhou to be an official, and he also encountered a Japanese attack, and Suzhou is a traditional commercial town, not a military town, where are there military talents? If you want to say that the dance is ink, Suzhou is full of talents, and you can get a façade by fishing any one, but Suzhou does not produce military talents!

How rare are those who are both civil and military? Do you think everyone is Wang Yangminggong?

Ay?

Wang Yangming Gong is indeed deceased, but he has disciples, and among his disciples, there should be many who have learned his true transmission, right? However, is there a successor of Wang Yangming in Suzhou City?

Zhang Sicheng's complexion changed suddenly, as if he remembered someone, who usually didn't care much, seemed to have suddenly cared about it in the past few days, as if he had heard someone say, who did this person learn from, as if he knew about this matter?

Fan Qing's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he remembered something, and blurted out a name: "Zheng Guang?" ”

Almost at the same moment, the name also came out of Zhang Sicheng's mouth, the two glanced at each other, and Zhang Sicheng immediately said: "Fuzun, in the past, I heard that Mr. Tang Jingchuan apprenticed to learn martial arts, studied the tactics against the Japanese invaders, and also had quite an opinion, Zheng Guang is his disciple, has he also learned a point or two?" Even if it's one or two, it's better than people like me who don't know military strategy at all, right? ”

Fan Qing abruptly remembered that when he had a drink with Zheng Guang, Zheng Guang said that the strategy against the Japanese invaders, said that this was a strategy researched by Tang Shunzhi, the army of the Ming Guard has been abandoned for a long time, if you do not make changes, it is impossible to fight against the Japanese invaders, unless you break and stand up, establish a new army, strengthen training, eliminate incompetent generals, dismiss veteran oil, and purify army personnel, in order to confront the Japanese invaders head-on.

At that time, Fan Qing felt that these statements were very insightful, and now that he thinks about it, it is even more so, although Tang Shunzhi is not in Suzhou, he left a disciple in Suzhou! That's right! Fan Qing opened his mouth and was about to say that he was going to discuss with Zheng Guang, but he suddenly remembered something, like a slanted ball, and showed a disappointed look: "I almost forgot, Zheng Guang went to take the township test, and now he should be in Nanjing City, not at home, alas! God won't help me! ”

Zhang Sicheng's face suddenly turned wonderful, and after thinking about it again and again, he still decided to speak hard: "Fuzun, Zheng Guang is at home now!" ”

Fan Qing was surprised: "At home? He is not waiting for the release of the list in Nanjing City, what is he doing at home? ”

Zhang Sicheng thought about it, but decided to tell the truth, otherwise once Zheng Guang said something, he would not be able to please him, although Zheng Guang swore not to say it, but with Fan Qing's shrewdness, it was inevitable that he would not find out something, Fan Qing and Zheng Guang's personal relationship Zhang Sicheng is not very clear, once it is not good, it annoys his direct boss, but he has no good fruit to eat.

So, Zhang Sicheng decided to tell the truth.