The widows of the northern city were hidden in the darkness, except for the widows whose screams had faded from hanging upside down on the city walls, and only the crackling of burning torches remained.

Everyone didn't dare to be careless, Qin Lie ordered to go down and shoot rockets with the few bows in the group training to check the movement outside the city.

There are no living creatures except corpses!

After tossing two sticks of incense, even the crackling sound in Dongcheng gradually disappeared, and it was inaudible.

Not long after, Zhang Jingxian panted and went to Beicheng with the support of his own soldiers.

As soon as he saw Xu He, he said nervously: "Why did the Japanese retreat?" ”

Xu He frowned and shook his head: "Repulsed!" Missing. ”

"How's it going?"

Xu He glanced at Qin Lie.

Moments later, the rocket sliced through the night sky again, and when the arrows fell, corpses were strewn all over the city gates.

After only a glance, Zhang Jingxian was surprised: "Here are not enough to mention the corpses of forty or fifty widows......

Just now, everyone was nervous, and no one cared about how many people were killed.

When they saw this scene under the city, Qin Lie, Zhou Bi, and a group of soldiers immediately cheered.

The walls were filled with the joy of victory.

Zhang Jingxian also said happily: "Liangsheng, it's amazing, over there, there are more people than you, more firearms than you, more wood and stone than you, but there is not even a single corpse of a widow under the city gate." ”

Xu He said with a smile: "According to the confession of the Japanese Kou Wanbo, the thieves are only feinting in the East City, and the real desperate place is here with us, I guess the Japanese Kou are not close to the city wall, right?" ”

Zhang Jingxian sighed and said: "Having said that, looking at the states and counties of Nanzhili, although you only have dozens of enemies killed by Liangsheng, it is also the most dazzling record among the states and counties!" ”

Xu He thought in his heart, it was really Zhang Jingxian who said so.

There were not many Japanese pirates harassing Nanzhili, and most of them were concentrated in Suzhou, Songjiang, Tongzhou and other places, these places were either strong walls and clear wilderness, and the Japanese pirates retreated on their own, or they were rushed and defeated, and the Japanese soldiers did not kill and loot bloodily.

Even if there was resistance, only a few were killed or wounded.

And this time, Xu He and their newly formed regimental training were not careful, creating a small record of destroying the enemy.

"Liangsheng, I didn't expect that the group training has just been formed, and it will be able to have this record, and when the Japanese retreat, I will present the Ming court and reward you!"

Xu He, Qin Lie, Zhou Bi and others hurriedly thanked him.

When he got up, Xu He handed the letter from Ding Ze to Zhang Jingxian.

After Zhang Jingxian saw it, he frowned and said, "What kind of idea did they have?" ”

Xu He said: "Lord Zhang, it is imperative, we only need to strengthen the defense of the four gates, although there are more Japanese people than us, but we have the protection of the city wall, they can't do anything about us, as long as we don't mess up, the Japanese will finally return!" ”

Zhang Jingxian nodded thoughtfully and said, "I will immediately send someone to inform the other three gates, be sure to cheer up, and don't let the Japanese take advantage of it!" ”

Just as they were talking, Zhou Bi suddenly bowed down and said, "Lord Zhang, Childe, about the movements of the Japanese Kou, the villain has a guess, I don't know whether to say it or not?" ”

Zhang Jingxian looked sideways at Zhou Bi, then turned his head and asked Xu He: "This is!" ”

Xu He said: "This is my friend, Zhou Bi and Zhou Liangfu, Brother Qi works under Mr. Jing Chuan, and is quite trusted by Mr. Jing Chuan. ”

When Zhou Bi heard Xu He introduce himself like this, a warm current surged in his heart.

With his identity without fame, if he were placed elsewhere, he might not be able to talk to a big man like Zhang Jingxian for the rest of his life.

In order to take care of his face, Xu He did not say that he was his entourage, but called him a friend, Xie Yuangong's friend, even Zhang Jingxian would give some face.

He also described his brother, a soap chief, as a subordinate of Mr. Jing Chuan's Nobushige.

Mr. Jing Chuan, what kind of person, a cultural celebrity of the dynasty, invisibly, he Zhou Bi is more than one level higher in Zhang Jingxian's eyes.

Sure enough, Zhang Jingxian said: "It turned out to be a friend of Liangsheng, if you have anything to say, please just say it, the speaker is not to blame!" ”

Zhou Bi reined in his heart and said, "I guess the widow won't come back tonight!" ”

As soon as he exited, Zhang Jingxian was surprised: "What do you mean by this? ”

Zhou Bi said: "Just now I thought that the Japanese would come back, but I suddenly thought that if I was the leader of the Japanese Bandits, the opportunity had been lost, and the army of the imperial court was around, and they would not waste time with us in Hailing City!" ”

"You mean?"

Zhou Bi had a map in his mind, and he closed his eyes slightly and said: "Hailing goes north to Xinghua, south to the port riverside, west to Yangzhou Mansion, and east to Rugao." ”

"These places are rich places."

"It's too far from the river to go north, and they don't dare to go to Xinghua easily! To the west is the city of Fu, the city is high and the river is deep, unless the Japanese abandon the boat and pour out of the nest, otherwise they will not dare to go! ”

"Rugao in the east, there should already be Japanese robbers at this time, they may turn back and get on the boat in Tongzhou and leave!"

"But in my opinion, they will never go home empty-handed, so Port Town is the best choice!"

When Xu He heard this, he couldn't help frowning, the port is easy to defend and difficult to attack, "History of the Song Dynasty" said, Yue Fei once said: Taizhou has no danger to defend, surrender the chaixu.

Taizhou is now Hailing County, and Chaixu is the current port.

Previously, Xu He had made a plan for Zhang Jingxian, and it was very likely that the would-be wouldn't go north from Xingang near the port.

So it is an important port for the Grand Canal to cross the river.

Caoyun Yamen has a lot of warehouses that cross the river and are located in Xingang!

"Shhh Xu He gasped.

In this way, it is very likely that the Japanese will go straight to the warehouse in Xingang.

Zhang Jingxian also thought of this.

"I have ordered Chen Yingzhao to be stationed in Xingang to strictly guard the mouth of the canal!"

Xu He shook his head and said, "My lord, what Zhou Bi means is that the thieves will not go to Xingang, but go directly to the port." ”

Because Xingang Cao Yun is developed, so the nearby port merchants gathered, there are many rich big commercial houses and money villages, and even the money transferred by the imperial court across the river is waiting for the Cao workers to be transported to Xingang, and the head of Cao Ding comes to the port to receive the money.

Thinking of this, Jingxian's hands and feet were cold: "Then what should I do?" ”

Xu He sighed and said, "I can't catch up!" The Japanese will definitely take the waterway to the port! It is impossible to ride a horse when it is dark on land! One can only expect Commander Chen to be improvised! ”

Yes, Zhang Jingxian now has no soldiers in his hands, and the only suitable regimental training has to defend Hailing, so he doesn't dare to move lightly.

For now, we can only wait!

At this time, Chen Hua, who was patrolling in Nancheng, sent people to say that there were people with ears and eyes who heard the sound of boats in the river outside Nancheng.

They thought it was a thief who wanted to attack the water gate, so they were nervous for a while.

Who knew that there was no movement for a long time, and it was shot with a rocket, and there was no one in the four fields.

When Xu He heard this, he could basically confirm that the would-be invaders had gone south!