The wolf followed the sound and looked over, only to see a general who was eight feet tall, strong as a bear, and fully armed, was running upstairs, trotting all the way, and touching the leaves on his body with a clang, but the stairs barely made a sound, as if this person couldn't walk on the ground, the wolf's face changed slightly, the person who came was obviously a superior light skill, who could it be?

Just thinking about it, the general had already arrived upstairs, only to see that he was about forty years old, his complexion was slightly dark, his eyes were like a star, his sword eyebrows were in his temples, his face was as straight as a steel needle, his nose was high and his mouth was wide, his momentum was awe-inspiring, he was wearing a pure copper helmet, the red helmet was like a burning fire, and the head of a fierce beast lion on his chest was not angry and arrogant, and he was a man like an iron tower.

After this person came up, his eyes also fell on the wolf's body, today the wolf did not use the technique of shrinking bones, and his strong figure was undoubtedly revealed, although he was dressed as a businessman, but he really did not have the temperament of a businessman, and it was no wonder that as long as the identity of the brocade guard was flashed just now, he Qichang and others were scared.

The general asked in a deep voice, "Who are you, and why are you with Mr. Xu?" He quickly glanced at the scene, obviously there had been a fierce conflict just now, especially the table that had been slapped into wood powder for the Heavenly Wolf, his face changed slightly, this internal force was indeed shocking, it must be a top master, his eyebrows moved, "Is this table also smashed by Your Excellency?" ”

Xu Wenchang smiled slightly: "General Yu, why did you come to pick me up in person today?" Isn't General Qi on duty? ”

The heavenly wolf reacted suddenly, and said to the general: "Your Excellency is General Yu Dayou, the new Ningtai staff general?" ”

The general nodded. first said to Xu Wenchang: "Mr. is not here, recently there have been frequent visits to the Japanese Kou, and there are Jinyi guards coming to Hangzhou." The lord of the ministry was worried about your safety, so he sent all the generals in the battalion to lead the troops to look for them separately, General Qi and Tan joined the army, they were all elsewhere, and the last general happened to find here. ”

He spoke to Xu Xianchang, but the blazing gaze still didn't take away from the wolf's face: "The general is none other than Yu Dayou, the strong man looks extraordinary, could it be the new deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard in Hangzhou?" ”

Sky Wolf laughed. He didn't expect that his people didn't come to Hangzhou, and the news spread first, and he didn't know what Hu Zongxian thought about before letting go of the news. He bowed to Yu Dayou: "It's here, General Yu, you and I are both soldiers, so you don't need to be so polite." I have long heard that General Yu is a good general in the world. Martial arts are even more world-famous, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary!"

Yu Dayou also laughed: "The name of the Heavenly Wolf has already spread all over the world with the great destruction of the White Lotus Sect and the deeds of breaking into the Mongolian camp alone, I only hate that Yu was not there at that time, otherwise I will definitely kill the enemy side by side with you, and I will live up to the fact that the man came to this world!" Anyway. The two looked at each other and laughed, and the heroes felt sorry for each other. Words are in words.

Xu Wenchang said to Yu Dayou: "In the past few days, I have been looking for the wolf in the city, and since the others have arrived, they are unwilling to come directly to see Hu Butang, presumably because they want to secretly investigate first, so I want to see him before he meets Hu Butang, fortunately, the hard work pays off, and I met here today." ”

Yu Dayou nodded, looked at the mess all over the ground, and frowned again: "When I came just now, I saw He Qichang leaving in a hurry with people, did you have a conflict here?" ”

Xu Wenchang smiled slightly: "Just use this He Yanei to test the wolf, sure enough, the wolf is still chivalrous, and he will shoot when he sees injustice, haha." ”

Heavenly wolf's heart was ashamed, it is said that when the Jinyi Wei secret agent should collapse in front of Taishan without changing his color, he must not expose his own hiding, today he still can't control his feelings, and he made a rash move, thinking of this, his face turned slightly red.

Yu Dayou smiled and patted Sky Wolf's shoulder: "Brother Sky Wolf, in fact, this is nothing, if you are really as ruthless as an ordinary Jinyi Guard, I don't want to make friends with you." Mr. Xu did not hesitate to take that evil and beat you to try you, there must be something important to discuss with you, you talk first, and I will guard downstairs. ”

Xu Wenchang and Yu Dayou glanced at each other, their hearts were connected, and they were all silent, and the wolf also thought that Xu Wenchang, as Hu Zongxian's number one military advisor, was waiting for him here, but he was afraid that there were some things to test himself first, after all, his Jinyi Guard's identity was sensitive, and it was not easy to say much after seeing Hu Zongxian, so he also nodded and found a secluded corner with Xu Wenchang to sit down, while Yu Dayou turned around and went downstairs with a group of soldiers to guard outside the building.

Xu Wenchang looked at the Heavenly Wolf and said, "Heavenly Wolf, do you know why I have to meet you before you meet Hu Butang?" ”

Heavenly Wolf sighed: "Is there something that is inconvenient for Governor Hu to say, or is there something that you want to know in advance, and you need to follow here first?" ”

Xu Wenchang nodded: "Yes, although it is the first time to meet Your Excellency, but Your Excellency's prestige has already spread all over the country, I have also heard about your deeds in the southeast, and I feel that you are different from ordinary Jinyiwei, you have a family and country in your heart, and you can pay for it, so I want to talk to Your Excellency openly." ”

Tian Wolf remained silent, and said lightly "Oh": "I am just a martial arts person, and by chance, I was able to be looked down upon by the commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei to make Lord Lu look down on him, and joined Jinyiwei, I don't think about glory and wealth, I just want to be a man, when I report to the country, and protect the people, so that I can be worthy of what I have learned, Mr. Xu, as a literati, but also has the ambition to serve the country, this is what the wolf admires, if you want to ask something, within the responsibility of the wolf, you should know everything." ”

Xu Wenchang's eyes flashed: "Heavenly wolf, I can ask first, why don't you go directly to Hu Butang to report on your visit to Zhejiang this time, but ask Yirong Weifu to visit?" ”

Heavenly Wolf replied calmly: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, before coming down here, I also heard different statements about Hu Butang from different people, so I decided to take a look at the situation of Hangzhou City with my own eyes before finding Hu Butang, after all, this is the front line of the anti-Japanese war, and the situation here can also reflect some clues to some things." ”

Xu Wenchang's face became solemn: "It seems that this result is not satisfactory to you." ”

The wolf nodded: "I'm afraid that Brother Xu can't be happy, the Japanese are still wreaking havoc everywhere." General Zongli had just been killed in battle last year, and the situation in the southeast was very serious, but there was no tension in the city. There are singing and dancing everywhere, drunken fans, and even evil young men like He Qichang who are rampant in the government. ”

Xu Wenchang sighed: "I don't know Your Excellency's name, I can only call you Brother Heavenly Wolf." In fact, when he joined Hu Butang's military government more than two years ago, he was as angry and suspicious as Your Excellency, and even misunderstood the Lord of the Ministry. I thought that he was like other Yan Party officials, and his corpse was vegetarian, just trying to loot, but after I met Hu Butang. only to know his suffering. Brother Tianluo, maybe you have misunderstood Hu Butang. ”

The wolf let out an "oh" and said quietly, "Then I would like to hear it." ”

Xu Wenchang said: "This southeast is not only the frontier of the anti-Japanese war, but also the important tax of the imperial court, the annual income of the imperial court is more than 40 million taels, nearly half of which comes from the three southeastern provinces, and the silk and tea trade accounts for more than half of the tax revenue of the three southeastern provinces. But ensuring the prosperity and taxation of the southeast is a more important matter than the extermination of the coastal pirates. It's about my roots, and I can't waste food because of choking. ”

"If the city of Hangzhou is also a murderous atmosphere, such as facing a great enemy, the past merchants are strictly checked, then the trade here will be greatly affected, you look at this Hangzhou city, half of the merchants are from overseas, some from the Western Regions, and many from the South Seas, silk is sold to their country, the price can rise more than 20 times, the end of the land is a profitable business, but if we set up a card check here, these merchants are afraid that they will not come."

"So now the situation in Hangzhou City is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the city is still singing and dancing, creating a strong atmosphere of doing business, while the army is practicing day and night outside the city, the villages and towns within 50 miles of the coast have been moved inward, and the sea is full of our army's patrol ships.

The corners of Sky Wolf's mouth hooked: "Is it really as easy as Brother Xu said?" If the Japanese Invaders had already been controlled, why could Xu Hai still lead 10,000 Japanese Invaders to land last year, kill General Zong, and plunder thousands of people? ”

Xu Wenchang sighed: "That's because there is a traitor like Xu Hai to lead the way, this thief knows the inside story of my Daming, knows my troops everywhere, knows where to smuggle and land, and even knows the inside story of our army's change of guard and rotation, so he will take advantage of the gap to go ashore, General Zong happened to lead his troops to pass by at that time, and volunteered to intercept it, but he accidentally fell for this thief's plan to lure the enemy, and the whole army was wiped out." Afterwards, Hu Butang mobilized tens of thousands of troops to go to sea to pursue, but he did not catch up, but after that battle, our army changed its defense, and the Japanese no longer had any major actions. ”

Sky Wolf sneered: "Mr. Xu, are you really willing to be honest with Zai Xia today?" ”

Xu Wenchang's face changed slightly: "Brother Heavenly Wolf, do you doubt the sincerity of Zaixia?" What I said just now is true, if Brother Tianwolf doesn't believe it, you can check the information and visit the military witnesses. ”

The wolf shook his head: "General Zong's battle of Sanli Bridge, the wolf has no objections, but he just has some opinions on Mr. Xu's conclusion, the Japanese are obviously victorious, the morale of the coastal officers and soldiers of our army is greatly damaged, and even the officers and soldiers of the naval division are unwilling to go to sea to fight, but the Japanese did not further strike while the iron is hot for other considerations, why is it that in Mr. Xu's words, the Japanese are timid?" ”

Xu Wenchang sighed softly: "Xu has no such intention, but although our army has not gone to sea to fight in the past year, it has indeed strengthened land patrols, and has also transferred elite soldiers from all over the country, such as General Yu that Brother Tianwolf saw just now, and General Qi of Dengzhou Wei, oh, by the way, and Tan Lun Tan joined the army, all of them can be described as good generals. ”

Heavenly Wolf said coldly: "Mr. Xu, since the Japanese are so easy to deal with, why does Hu Butang still have to play a secret game to the emperor, to negotiate with the Japanese Kou, and even Cheng Dù Shangdi and Wang Zhi, Xu Hai, these Japanese Kou do business, open the sea ban, you should know what I am doing here." ”

Xu Wenchang smiled slightly: "This is the point I want to talk about soon, whether it is Xu." Or Hu Butang, in fact, the final solution to the Japanese is one word. Extinguish!"

Sky Wolf was a little surprised: "Extinguish? But what you do is to caress ah. ”

Xu Wenchang's eyes flashed with murder, and he lowered his voice: "Brother Heavenly Wolf, the ultimate goal is to destroy, but before that, we have to use many means, simply fight to the death, and greatly consume money and food." Moreover, the war was protracted, the outcome was unpredictable, and one was not careful. I am afraid that the taxes of the entire southeast will have to be filled into this bottomless pit, and in the end it may not be able to solve the trouble, and now the traitors and the Oriental thieves have colluded, and the continuous war in the East will provide them with a steady stream of soldiers. They can attack everywhere along the coastline of thousands of miles anyway. Our army is exhausted, and you know the situation of the guards, until the new elite soldiers are trained, they will not be able to defeat the Japanese invaders. ”

Heavenly Wolf nodded: "So what Mr. Xu means is to divide and disintegrate the Japanese and provoke the contradiction between Xu Hai and Wang Zhi?" ”

Xu Wenchang smiled slightly: "What Brother Sky Wolf said is extremely true, Wang Zhi's current strength and qualifications are much stronger than Xu Hai, but he is already the king of pirates, and his sharpness is not as good as a rising star like Xu Hai." At least he didn't dare to take risks himself, and only let his brave and unscrupulous son Mao Haifeng come out. In this way, Xu Hai, who went out in person, can snatch the right to speak during the negotiation, and the anti-guest is the main thing, Hu Butang has already seen these few widows, and deliberately treats Xu Hai with courtesy, but has a cold attitude towards Mao Haifeng, I think after they go back, Wang Zhi will definitely be wary of Xu Hai, and once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will take root and sprout in a few years. ”

Heavenly Wolf sighed: "Although Mr. Xu's plan is good, it takes time to come, and it is unreliable to wait for problems within the enemy, maybe Hu Butang and Mr. Xu have peace of mind, but are the officials in Zhejiang all of them of the same mind?" How many years can Hu Butang himself stay here? ”

Xu Wenchang's eyes revealed a trace of helplessness, and he sighed: "At least for now, Hu Butang's position is still very stable, at least in the future, it is difficult to say, originally invited General Zongli to come over last year, I wanted to use his elite soldiers as the backbone, and train an elite within a year or two, but unfortunately now this plan will be postponed for a few years with the death of General Zong, Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang have been carefully selected among the guards as soon as they arrive in the past few months, and the whole army will be trained, but the effect does not seem to be obvious." ”

"If we take the initiative to attack with the current strength, then the Japanese will unite to fight with us, Xu Hai is behind the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain, can provide him with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, fighting on the vast sea, our army has no advantage at all, and the warships are not as elite as the Japanese Kou, if you want to buy warships and train sailors, it will cost tens of millions of silver taels, and it will take at least three years, which is unacceptable to the imperial court and the emperor, he can tolerate the Japanese for a while, But I can't see that the tax money in the southeast will be cut off for even one day!"

The heavenly wolf gradually understood what Xu Hai meant, and his heart moved, and said: "Then what does Mr. Xu mean is to give up the decisive battle at sea and let the Japanese invaders to fight?" ”

A hint of cunning light flashed in Xu Wenchang's eyes: "Yes, this is exactly what Xu Mou imagined, although the Japanese are strong, but the number of people is limited after all, if they go deep into the interior, food and support are not enough, our army can cut off its rear route and wipe it out on land, but if it is close to the coast and there are warships to respond, then if you lose the battle, you can still get on the boat and escape, it is difficult to eliminate." ”

Sky Wolf smiled slightly: "But what does this have to do with your private talks with the Wakos, allowing the opening of the sea ban, and doing business?" If you want to achieve that style of play, you have to make the pirates unable to do business, and they will be angry and come over and rob them. ”

Xu Wenchang stood up, walked to the window and closed all the windows, he couldn't even hear the sound of birds outside, he walked back, his voice was as thin as a gnat: "Brother Tianwolf, the next thing is top-secret military information, please don't leak it, even Commander Lu, don't reveal it." ”

A trace of doubt flashed in Sky Wolf's eyes: "Mr. Xu, what does this mean?" I was sent by Commander-in-Chief Lu, of course I have to report to him if I have something, your request is difficult for some strongmen. ”

Xu Wenchang sighed lightly: "Although Lu Bing is reliable, he has concerns after all, if it is a matter of official career or net worth, it is not ruled out that he will cooperate with Yan Song and betray Hu Butang, but you are a chivalrous warrior who can sacrifice his life and forget his death for the country, so I can confess this matter to you, but I want to ask you to keep it secret from Lu Bing." ”

Heavenly Wolf shook his head: "Mr. Xu and I have never known each other in our lives, why do you trust me so much?" ”

Xu Wenchang said with a smile: "I believe in my intuition, what I heard may be wrong, but Your Excellency's righteousness is something that Xu can feel, you don't seek official or fame in Jinyiwei, you only seek to benefit the world, and you are my fellow Daoist Xu Wenchang, so I can trust you." ”

Sky Wolf nodded: "But since you can't report to the top, then it's useless for you to sue me." ”

Xu Wenchang waved his hand: "No, as soon as I tell you this, you will believe Hu Butang, and you will know what to do in the future, trust is mutual, sincerity is mutual, what do you say?" ”

The wolf didn't speak, picked up a jar of wine, walked to the table, and dipped his fingers in the wine and wrote on the table: "Okay, Mr. Xu, it's a matter of confidentiality, you and I should talk in hand." (To be continued......)