With the departure of the giant man, the ambush carefully planned by Zhu Su was also coming to an end. This battle was fruitful, and it can be called the biggest victory in coastal warfare since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The losses of Suzhou Wei and Taicang Wei were only a few warships, a ferry port in Panmen Wengcheng (which was set on fire by the Suzhou Wei ambush soldiers), and there were only more than 300 casualties.

However, he killed more than 8,000 people and the remnants of Zhang Shicheng, and destroyed countless ships. The river outside Suzhou was littered with wrecked boats and waste wood, and the ignited boats burned on the river surface for a whole night.

Moreover, the Ming army also captured more than 3,000 thieves, seized more than 40 Japanese ships, and more than 100 Japanese knives, and the thieves plundered a number of gold and silver......

Anyone looking at it, it's a big win. But when Wei Guan, Gao Qi, Luo Guanzhong and others stood at the gate of the city with joy to greet the three highnesses who led the army back to the city, they found that Zhu Su, the mastermind of this battle and the fifth highness who should have made great contributions, had a very scary face.

If you look more carefully, you can even find that behind the Fifth Highness, it seems that a black anger like a substance is rising......

"Your Highness...... What's going on? The prefect Wei Guan quietly pulled over Cao Yuan, who also came back from outside the city.

"I don't know the situation." Cao Yuan, who was on the south bank, didn't know much about the situation on the north bank, and he was also confused at this time.

"It seems that something went wrong, Chang Guogong was injured, and some fish escaped from the net......"

"Guogong is injured? Can it be serious? "Wei Guan is in a hurry, if Chang Mao dignified a Ming prince folds here, then even if this battle is won, it will be more than worth the loss.

"It's fine, it's just that I was knocked unconscious by thieves." Cao Yuan explained. Seeing that Zhu Su and the others were going forward on their own, they hurriedly complained to the prefect and chased after them with his soldiers. Hearing that Chang Mao was just dizzy, Wei Guan also breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Strange, above the battle array, the sword has no eyes. Since the thief was able to stun Chang Guogong, didn't he take advantage of the situation to hurt his life? ”

In Wei Guan's mind, a question flashed, but Zhu Su and the army had already entered the city and went to the county government, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly ordered people to close the city gate, and then personally allocated materials, grain and grass, and rewarded the three armies.

At this side, the three brothers of the Zhu family, who stepped into the Suzhou Mansion, were still thinking about the giant man. The three of them entered the main hall and sat down on a chair in the hall without saying a word. Behind him, Di Meng, Shao Xuan, Gou'er and the other Wang Wei glanced at each other, and knelt down in unison to the three of them: "I don't care for the guards, and I ask Your Highness to punish you!" ”

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Su waved his hand angrily. "It was the negligence of this king, and I didn't expect such a brave general about Zhang Zhiyong to appear......"

"If I had known, I would have brought more crossbows." Speaking of this, Zhu Su was a little depressed. Because of the giant man's charge, there was a gap between the river and the north bank, and many thieves took advantage of the situation to go ashore and escape. This was contrary to his original strategic goal of extermination.

"Who is that thief? Old Five, in a hurry, he must not have time to go far. We might as well send a sea fishing document, and we will kill him to vent our anger......"

Zhu Fan was frightened by the man and sweated white, and his heart was still shaking at this time. He was ashamed to admit this, so he suggested to Zhu Su with some annoyance.

"That person is so strong in martial arts, even if he has a paperwork, who can catch him?" Zhu Di shook his head, he was also frightened, but at this time, there was a bit of appreciation and excitement in his eyes. "This man is so brave, how can he be a thief! If it can be used by my Ming Dynasty......"

"He's not supposed to be a thief." Zhu Su shook his head. "The man, though he was brave, was dressed as an ordinary pawn. Although the remnants of the Zhang family are stupid, with his martial arts, how could he be dusty in it? ”

"Besides, Cai Ben, the commander of the Taicang Guard, who has been following Second Brother Chang, also said that although this person injured Second Brother Chang, he was not a killer. It's just a big chaos in the military formation, and then they take the road out. Later, after going ashore to seize the horse, he should have pretended to take the main general's posture and taught the kings and guards to throw rat traps. As soon as the royal guards were in disarray, he turned his horse away without any hesitation. ”

"In this way, it doesn't look like it's for the thief's life, it's more like it's for the sake of getting out, and it's forced to take action......" He touched his chin and thought carefully about it.

"Hmm. Truly. Looking at the figure of the man, he seems to be a little old. Zhu Di also touched his chin. Perhaps, he is still a long-established figure. ”

Zhu Su and Zhu Di thought for a while, but still had no clue. By this time it was almost dawn, and after this night, the three brothers were already hungry. Hungry and worried about hurting their bodies, Zhu Su and the three of them simply didn't think about that first, and first ordered someone to take the medical officer to visit Chang Mao, and made sure that Chang Mao was just fainting, so they went to bathe and change clothes, and then filled their stomachs and went to bed to rest without mentioning.

After the war, all matters were handled by Wei Guanru, Taisu and other civil officials in Suzhou.

slept until the sun was three poles, and Zhu Su woke up leisurely. As soon as he got up, the dog who had been guarding the door entered the door and said, "Your Highness, Governor Wei and others have important matters to ask Your Highness to discuss, and now I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Zhu Su hurried to see him. After a group of civil officials saluted Zhu Su, Wei Guan said: "Your Highness has worked hard. I shouldn't have come to disturb His Highness's rest, but there are some things that need to be asked about His Highness's meaning first, so I can only take the liberty of coming to ask for it. ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Su waved his hand. "Is there anything wrong with the things in the city? Could it be that the Taicang Guard, who is a guest army, is not easy to place? ”

"Your Highness, most of the things in the city have been taken care of. The Taicang Guards have also been properly settled. Wei Guan replied. There are several important matters that need to be decided by His Royal Highness. ”

"One of them is the city gate...... Now that the city has been locked down for several days, many of the people in the city who have moved from outside are worried and concerned about their hometown. The daily consumption of food and grass in the city is also huge. Dare to ask Your Highness, when can we open the city gates and let these people go home? ”

"Hmm......" Zhu Su thought for a while, the alliance of thieves and robbers had actually been almost wiped out. Although there are still one or two fish that have slipped through the net, it is estimated that in the past, there will be no more than 100 people who want to come to these people.

For the sake of a mere 100 people, it is unwise to encircle the people in the city and waste production. So Zhu Su said: "The thieves are no longer troublesome, so open the city gate today and let them go back." ”

"It's just that it is necessary to send sergeants to patrol the towns and villages to prevent scattered thieves from plundering again. For this, you go and ask Cai Ben, the commander of Taicang Wei, and Yang Lu, the commander of Suzhou Wei. They will agree. ”

Cai Ben was born in the Chang family, and he was a hardcore confidant of the prince. In the name of the prince's eldest brother, he inspected Su Song for him, and Cai Ben would not be able to lose the prince's face. And Yang Lu's talisman is actually in the hands of the second brother, and he is now difficult to protect himself, and it is impossible and dare not disobey.

However, this person has no talent and no virtue, and he can no longer serve as the commander of the important town of Suzhou. After a while, I sent a letter to the cheap daddy, and I replaced him directly.

"You also need to tell the people of the townships and towns, there are often thieves in Susong Linhai, and the people can practice more when they are slack, and they may have the power to resist when they are facing the enemy." The people who were forced to attack the city as a vanguard and died in the chaos, as well as the scholar who raised his arms and shouted to death, etc., Zhu Su only felt that he still remembered vividly. "We should also set up more sentry posts, so that if there are thieves attacking, the people can prepare earlier."

"Yes." Wei Guan bowed and said. Zhu Su can care so much about the people of Susong, and in the bottom of his heart, he also secretly nodded in approval.

(End of chapter)