The Red Mansions

Chapter 746 Jia Heng: Anyone who encounters the enemy and flees will be subject to military law!
Liangjiang Governor's Yamen
Shen Bing's face was ashes, and he had lost his mind.

The newly reorganized and established naval division of the Jiangnan Camp, Zhen Haijun, was defeated in the battle against the captives, and Zhen Zhu was also captured alive. It's almost...

If it spreads to Shenjing, I'm afraid he will be implicated!Because he is the person in charge of Jiangnan Daying!

"My lord." Seeing Shen Fang's gloomy expression, the old servant asked boldly.

"Go and call Master Bai and Lu Tongpan over here." Shen Bing ordered urgently with gloomy eyes.

He wanted to report to the imperial court immediately, stating that the defeat of the Jiangnan camp was due to Zhen Zhu's self-willedness and impetuous advancement.

However, he had sent a memorial to the imperial court before, and he was in charge of the rectification and recommended Zhen Zhu. I am afraid that the memorial has just arrived in the capital after traveling six hundred miles in an urgent delivery.

Even Shen Bing, who has been in the officialdom for decades, is well versed in passing the blame, and Shen Bing, who is not sticky, feels pressured to the point of suffocation.

Regardless, this matter is due to Zhen Zhu's rash attack, leading 1 sailors who can't even defeat the pirates!

Who knew it was such a thing!
At this moment, Mrs. Zheng in the study wiped away her tears, came to the door, and looked at Shen Bing who was standing under the eaves of the corridor with a gloomy expression, pacing and thinking.

Yurong was slightly pale, and her heart was a little frightened.

Will the defeat of the Jiangnan camp affect his brother?And how will my husband take revenge in the future?

After a while, Shen Fang made up his mind and walked quickly towards the front hall. Lu Chaoyun and Bai Sixing obviously got the news from other places, their faces were solemn, and they only felt that the situation was not good.

Shen Fang entered the hall, and said directly: "Both of you, I have received the news of the defeat of Zhen Haijun."

Lu Chaoyun's face was serious, and he said worriedly: "Dong Weng, the students thought that they should report to the court quickly to clarify the cause of the matter. In addition, they should negotiate with the Ministry of War in Nanjing and the Marquis of Annan to dispatch troops and horses from the Jiangnan camp to protect Jinling."

Bai Sixing also frowned, and said: "My lord, according to some news in the city, Yongningbo has led the Jiangbei battalion to Tongzhou Weigang for reinforcements, so it should be no problem to come to Jinling."

Shen Fang sat down at this moment, and said: "Master Bai, if Yongningbo is defeated again, is Jinling facing the captives directly?"

As he said that, his eyes suddenly lit up. At that time, even if the court blamed him, it would be a non-war crime.

Bai Sixing shook his head and reminded: "My lord can't count on this."

With Yongningbo's method, even if he can't win, he won't be defeated. When the court asks for his crimes, the governor of Liangjiang's yamen will bear the brunt.

Shen Fang's face was silent, he finally sighed, and said in a low voice, "What should we do about this?"

The urgent task now is how to calmly shake off the blame and downplay responsibility.

Lu Chaoyun came up with an idea and said: "Dong Weng, this matter is not Dong Weng's fault. Why is it wrong for Dong Weng to want to rectify the Jiangnan Camp? To blame, you can only blame Zhen Zhu, the governor of the Navy. Dead three armies!"

"But Zhen Zhu was recommended by the old man in the memorial book, and now the memorial book is only two days away from Shenjing Road, and the Nanjing Ministry of War appointed Zhen Zhu to transfer the town's naval affairs in advance, and it was also recommended by the old man." Shen Bing frowned, As he said that, he felt like slapping himself two big mouths.

Why couldn't we wait in the first place?Let that Uncle Yongning who flirts with the Zhen family in Jiangnan recommend Zhen Zhu when rectifying the Jiangnan camp?Now I am afraid that Yongning Bo will bear the bitter fruit of the great defeat, and he can still sit and watch the situation change like Huai'an fought the flood before.

Bai Sixing pondered for a moment, caught the look of annoyance in Shen Bing's eyebrows, and persuaded: "Master Taiwan, regretting now is useless, we should do our best to redeem this matter."

With a face as heavy as iron, Shen Fang nodded.

Years of ups and downs in the officialdom have calmed down the feudal official for a few breaths. As long as there is nothing wrong with Jinling, the day will not collapse!
Tongzhou Weigang
Jia Heng entered the Weigang Water Village. It was almost Xu time, and the Mid-Autumn Festival moon shone on the ground like a disc.

Jiedu judge Feng Ji and guerrilla general Wei Che led a group of mid- and low-ranking generals of the navy to welcome the general, bowed their hands to Jia Heng, and said: "The last general will wait to see you."

Jia Heng's expression was indifferent, he entered the barracks of the Chinese army under Jin Yifu's retinue, and sat behind the Shuai case, without any nonsense, asked: "How many ships are there in the port, and how many sailors are there?"

At dawn tomorrow, the pirates led by Doduo will be chased and killed by boats. Such things as night battles are very difficult during the day, let alone at night.

Feng Ji clasped his hands and said, "My lord, apart from the ships that are being repaired, there are nine warships, 37 patrol boats, and 500 sailors. Some of the boats have not escaped."

During the rout, some boats did not return to Tongzhouwei Port, but fled ashore nearby. Duoduo was eager to break through Tongzhouwei Port and destroy the vitality of the town's navy, but he didn't pay much attention to it, because once destroyed Zhen Haijun, then it means that the entire river mouth is blocked by pirates, except for Yangzhou Mansion, the river can gallop to and fro.

Prosperous places along the river such as Suzhou, Jiading, and Songjiang can get whatever they want.

Moreover, once Tongzhou Weigang is breached, the morale of the accompanying pirates will be greatly boosted, and the pirates who were originally cruising in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong will also flock to them.

At that time, there were 8000 to [-] pirates gathering to threaten Jiangnan, instead of just [-] to [-] people now, and a bunch of mobs who had their own ghosts and were ready to run away at any time.

Therefore, in Jia Heng's eyes, Tongzhou Weigang is the one that cannot be lost.

Jia Heng's complexion was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Gather the soldiers, re-formation, speed up the repair of the warships, as many as there are tomorrow."

The Jiangbei camp brought a total of 2000 sailors, plus the current naval division of Zhenhai, well, it happened to be more than [-].

It's just that the navy in Weigang, Tongzhou is newly defeated, their morale is low, and they can't use it well. They need a strong general to go out to boost morale. If they don't avoid arrows and stones, they have to cooperate with other means of boosting morale.

When Feng Ji heard the words, it should be true to hand over.

Afterwards, Jia Heng met the generals and school present, and mentioned their names and appearances a few times in case they would be called later.

After all the generals retreated, Chen Xiao looked at the young man who was standing in front of the map and watched attentively, and asked, "Tomorrow we will definitely fight against the enemy, what are your plans?"

"Just now I watched the battle between the Jiangbei Daying boats and the pirates. Have you noticed that the concentration of artillery guns of our army is higher than that of the pirates?" Jia Heng said, turning to look at Chen Xiao, Asked without answering.

He didn't think that Zhen Zhu had become so useless that he could collapse at the touch of a button. On the contrary, Zhen Zhu's new official took office three fires, eager to prove himself, and even had a stronger will to fight than before.

Chen Xiao frowned, thinking now on Qing Jue's jade face, and said: "It was indeed like that just now, the pirates were obviously invincible, and retreated while it was dark."

"So, the previous defeat was due to the boarding battle. The generals and soldiers of the Jiangbei Camp are alright, but the Zhenhai Navy has just been rectified. Many of them are recruits who lack experience in fighting the enemy, and some are greedy for life and afraid of death. , plus... Once Doduo's personal guards jump to the deck, they are brave and fearless, and the officers and soldiers are terrified, and they will surely flee when the wind blows. Zhen Zhu is outnumbered, so it is not surprising that he was captured alive." Jia Heng said in a low voice.

Then he ordered Liu Jixian, who was standing by the side, to ask: "Take someone to ask the generals and soldiers who have fled to see if they are right."

Liu Jixian obeyed his orders, left the barracks, and led others to question him.

Chen Ling's eyes flickered, and he thought about it: "If this is the case, maybe we can still fight."

Jia Heng looked at the map hanging on the wall again, and said: "So I brought two thousand Henan infantry who are able to pass through the water, and wait until tomorrow to form a team and fight side by side. Otherwise, it will not be easy to win. .”

This is his targeted strategy. According to his observation, the range of the firecracker and the Franco cannon are very short, and the accuracy is relatively poor, and they are more used in conjunction with bows and arrows to provide firepower suppression.

Therefore, the decisive victory in the water battle is mostly jumping to meet the ship and fighting barebacked. It is not until the red cannon is on board that it can be bombarded from a distance, or the ship can be nailed with iron armor to improve defense.

But at this moment, neither the Jurchens nor the Han sailors have red cannons, which are the stuff of the Portuguese and the Dutch, and were imitated by the Ming Dynasty in the previous life due to a coincidence.

Sure enough, after a while, Liu Jixian entered the barracks, clasped his fists and said, "Captain, the Jurchen personal guards and the pirates rushed to fight on the warship, and went straight to the flagship. There was chaos all around, and they all fled."

Jia Heng looked at Chen Xiao and said, "Then the reason for the defeat is known, and the winning strategy is to fight with real knives and guns."

Chen Ling admired secretly, knowing the subtleties, predicting the enemy's attack first, this kind of vision does not distinguish between water and land battles, but the clear eyes under the beautiful eyebrows did not change at all, and asked: "If the pirates go ashore and flee, so what?"

"That's exactly what I want. Burn his ships, spread nets on all sides, be blocked by sailors on the shore, and be attacked by land and water. Doduo would not be so stupid, and the pirates under him would not take risks. I didn’t dare to go deep into the county town after looting, and Duoduo hated me deeply, so he wouldn’t run away, he probably wanted to fight me.” Jia Heng said with deep eyes, thinking.

The warships of the Han Navy are actually not bad, and they still have a rich family background, but the personnel training, that is, the school soldiers have been out of battle for a long time, and they generally have the mentality of fighting.

It hasn't been long since he took over the Jiangbei camp. To be honest, compared to the pirates, he is better equipped, and his fighting will is only [-]-[-] compared to the pirates who have the blessing of Jurchen. A little more optimistic is [-]. Four open.

Chen Ling looked at the thinking young man without moving his eyes for a moment, and for some reason, he lost his mind.

When she was young, she vaguely remembered her father...

Well, he quickly suppressed his chaotic thoughts and asked, "So this battle is inevitable?"

"I'm worried that there will be backers. Duduo is a cunning and ruthless man, and he will not be willing to rob a battle. He must have backers for such a big battle." Jia Heng looked at the map, his eyes Sweeping from south to north, said in a low voice.

Chen Xiao was silent for a moment, followed Jia Heng's gaze, and asked: "The pirates in the South Seas? Those people dare not fight against the imperial court. There are imperial naval forces in Fujian and Guangdong. Although they don't know how powerful they are, But it should be more than enough to deal with pirates."

Jia Heng pointed to the north of the map, but it was just an inaccurate outline, and said: "Maybe it's Liaodong, maybe it's North Korea."

North Korea was lost in the early years of Chongping, and the entire Liaodong was lost, and North Korea could not keep itself.

Regardless of whether it is parallel time and space or this world, Duoduo is the hero of Huang Taiji's conquest of North Korea. If it is dispatched from Jeolla Province, it will not be more difficult than the vagrants from Japan who crossed the sea during the Jiajing period. As for the risk, it is North Korea anyway. I promise that Dodo will not give up until the last drop of Korean blood is shed.

If he was Doduo, he would do everything possible to take advantage of the decay of Chen Han's navy and his low combat power, causing Chen Han to be in chaos and exhausted. This is the smallest price.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Fan Jing, write a letter to the Shandong side, let him supervise the Jurchen side, and send a navy to respond at any time."

The experience department on the side, surnamed Fan, responded to the order, took up pen and ink after the case, began to draw up official documents, and then sealed them.

Jia Heng raised his eyes to look at Liu Jixian again, and said: "Tomorrow morning, I will send the book to Feige in Beijing, and I will deliver the memorial to Beijing together."

Most of Tongzhou's Weigang navy lost, Zhen Zhu, the governor of Zhenhai, was captured, and Jurchen contacted pirates to cause chaos in the southeast. For such a big event, it is necessary to report to Emperor Chongping and keep in touch.

Otherwise, the emperor would be too anxious to sleep and eat, and he would worry about Empress Song very much.

Well, the latter is not his concern.

Moreover, he wanted to go to Shuyan to participate in Liangjiang Governor Shen Bing's unknown person, and Jiang Sucheng and Meng Guangyuan, the ministers of the Nanjing Ministry of War, missed the military plan.

Jia Heng suppressed his thoughts, looked at Chen Xiao, and said warmly: "Xiaoxiao, you go to sleep first, I will call you tomorrow."

Chen Ling pursed her pink lips, and said softly, "I'm not sleepy yet."

Jia Heng nodded, and didn't insist anymore, and asked the experience department to prepare a blank memorial and start writing.

next day
The sky is bright, the first ray of sunlight in the morning shines on the river in front of the water village, sparkling and glowing, the flames have long been extinguished, and the gunpowder smoke is about to dissipate, only some burnt old ship wrecks are still in the harbor , almost black.

Under the escort of Liu Jixian, Li Shu and other Jinyi generals, Jia Heng inspected the navy and warships of the Zhenhai Navy.

Needless to say, the sailors, in addition to the exhausted look on their faces, still had the fear of the rest of their lives remaining after the catastrophe. It was obvious that yesterday's battle made them terrified.

Regarding the Jurchens, not only the northern frontier soldiers were afraid, but also the southern soldiers who heard the rumors that "Jurchens are invincible" were also afraid after fighting.

The soldiers that Jia Heng swept across the town's navy looked great, and they all frowned secretly. With such a military spirit, I'm afraid that the next battle will not be easy.

The guerrilla general Wei Che beside Feng Ji reminded: "Master Jia, the cannons of these ships have been concentrated together. If we attack, we can suppress the enemy ships."

Jia Heng's heart twitched slightly, and he stared at Wei Che. This is a 26-year-old general with a Chinese character whose face is still covered with ashes from gunpowder smoke, but under the thick eyebrows, his eyes are firm.

Those who can still think of strategies to fight against the enemy at this time often hide their courage.

It is quite different from the establishment of the Jingying. In the formation of the Zhenhai Navy, the guerrilla generals are above the thousand households and below the participating generals. The generals fought hard, obeyed the orders of the generals, and led the soldiers to fight hard.

Under Zhen Haijun, there are only two generals and four guerrillas.

Guerrilla generals and participating generals are common positions that low-level military officers can reach after they become rank six thousand households.

As for the first level of guard commanders, these are senior generals and schools, and the Zhenhai Navy, which has been expanded by Yiwei, has not been deployed.

Jia Heng didn't speak, but looked at Judge Jiedu and asked, "Where are the other guerrillas in Zhenhai?"

Feng Ji said: "The two generals were with Zhen Jieshuai. Zhang Shen died in battle, and General Yu is still in the camp. Earlier, it was General Yu's personal soldiers who mentioned that Zhen Jieshuai was captured alive by the bandits. As for the other Yang, The three guerrilla generals, Wang and Li, have yet to lead their troops back.”

Zhen Zhu brought out eight thousand sailors, and more than 2000 people fled back.

Jia Heng's complexion was gloomy, with murderous intent in his eyes, and he said coldly: "The soldiers are at the beginning of training. The main general is deeply trapped in the enemy's line and captured by the bandits, it is shameful!"

Not only Yu Cheng who ran back yesterday, but also the other three generals were all missing, and it is unknown whether they died in battle or went ashore.

None of these people are stupid, so they ran back to the water village?What if they are blocked by pirates and killed indiscriminately?
"Come here, go and bring Yu Cheng, together with more than a thousand generals and schools who fled back, to the barracks of the Chinese army." Jia Heng shouted solemnly.

When Guo Wei reorganized the army, he killed more than 70 generals including Fan Aineng and He Hui. So far, the army has been alert.

Now these sailors, at a glance, have a lack of fighting spirit. In addition to heavy rewards, only the execution of military laws can awaken the spirit of blood and courage.

Feng Ji's heart trembled when he heard this, but he didn't dare to say more.

Jia Heng praised: "The water village was not lost last night, Master Feng and Wei Guerrilla have made meritorious service."

Feng Ji and Wei Che did not dare to speak together.

Not long after, Jia Heng inspected the fully loaded warships and sailors, and returned to the barracks of the Chinese army. Yu Cheng, together with seven or eight people from a thousand households, were tied up and knelt down on the ground, all of them were covered with blood. Show fear and make noise.

This scene immediately attracted the attention of the general and school of the Navy in the camp.

Jia Heng asked: "Master Feng, is there anyone who went to the village to fight the enemy last night?"

Last night, the Franc machine gunfire on the pirate ship was pouring towards the polder wall, and whether these people in front of them went to the water fort to defend would determine the outcome of the next disposal.

All of a sudden, all eyes turned to Feng Ji.

Feng Ji sighed deeply and shook his head.

As soon as this remark came out, Yu Cheng, together with thousands of households, shouted, "Judge Feng, how could you do this?"

Jia Heng said: "You abandoned the commander and fled. When you returned to the water village, you still didn't have the heart to stick to it. You were greedy for life and afraid of death. You pretended to be a military officer. Come and behead these generals in front of you, hang their heads on the flagpole of the warship, and order the troops!"

Liu Jixian made a promise, and ordered a group of brocade clothes to drag a few people outside.

Accompanied by yelling and begging for mercy, not long after, a dozen or so people's heads fell to the ground, and then were held by the guards of the Jinyi Mansion, and they went back and forth.

Exactly nine warships, one by one.

Jia Heng walked to the water stronghold, looked at the sailors of the Yuanzhen Navy and the generals of the Jiangbei Camp, and said, "Anyone who encounters the enemy and flees will be subject to military law! Kill one bandit and get promoted to a higher rank. Now there are eight thousand soldiers." There are four guerrillas in the household, and two generals are vacant, waiting for warriors!"

If a small soldier can kill six captives in a row, then this person is qualified to be a thousand households.

As he said that, he looked at Wei Che who was not far away, and said in a deep voice: "From today, Wei Che, the former guerrilla general, will be promoted to Admiral of the Zhenhai Navy."

Hearing this, Wei Che paused and bowed his hands.

At this moment, Zhen Haijun was shocked and astonished from top to bottom.

Jia Heng didn't say much, and said coldly: "Let's go."

While Jia Heng was cleaning up the military discipline of the town's navy, officials from Liangjiang Governor's Yamen in Jinling City, Nanjing Sixth Department and Metropolitan Procuratorate came to visit Shen Fang one after another.

Annan Hou Yezhen held the reins, looked at the sedan chairs parked in front of the Governor's Yamen, and asked, "Are you there?"

"Father, last night when the news came from Yangzhou, Jinling was in chaos. They all came to Liangjiang governor's office to discuss countermeasures." Ye Zhen's son Ye Kai.

Ye Zhen sneered, looked at the anxious-looking civil servants with some disdain, and said, "Jinling hasn't fought a war for so many years, so where are we going? Just panic?"

Get off the horse, under the servant's retinue, regardless of the officials of all ranks waiting in line, directly enter the Liangjiang governor's yamen through the gate.

And the porter at the door wanted to step forward to stop him, but when he saw it was Ye Zhen, he hurriedly reported to the inside.

Now the whole of Jinling is in chaos, and Ye Zhenshen, as the governor of Jiangnan Daying, is a pinnacle of calming the sea.

At this moment, Shen Fang is reporting the news to the descendants of Nanjing's Ministry of Officials, Ministry of Households, Ministry of Rites, Youdu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and other famous officials of the Longzhi Dynasty who were honored and raised in Nanjing.

Shen Fang looked distressed, and said: "The town's navy was newly built, and the Eastern captives and pirates came to attack."

Although Duoduo sent a group of pirates, but the sailors of the Donglu brigade came, everyone in the Jiangnan officialdom did not believe it. In addition to the summarization of various news, Shen Fang already knew that it was not the Donglu, but some pirates. As for the proportion of each, no one can say.

Tan Jie, Minister of the Nanjing Household Department, said: "Master Shen, where is Jiangbei Daying now? Where is Yongning Bo?"

That Uncle Yongning still owed him a letter of recommendation, now leading the troops to fight against the enemy, shouldn't he be defeated again?
Shen Fang said: "Yangzhou delivered an official document yesterday, saying that Yongning Bo has gone to Tongzhou Weigang to help the town's navy. I want to use Yongningbo's general strategy, and Tongzhou Weigang should not be lost. Don't worry, everyone."

Well, after some discussions last night, Shen Fang finally found another solution that was not a solution, that is to spread public opinion and put the pressure of anti-bandit on Jia Heng.

If Jia Heng is defeated, it means that this is not a crime of war. It is also true that Liangjiang Governor's Yamen has rectified the Jiangnan Daying Navy.

Shen Jiefu just misjudged the wrong person for a while!
It's just that the person is unknown, and the salary and demotion are all within the acceptable range.

While everyone was discussing, they suddenly heard the voice of a scribe from outside, "My lord, Marquis Annan is here!"

Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard the words, and then looked at the veteran who came from the eaves of the corridor.

The veteran's hair and beard are gray and gray, but his eyes are piercing, and he walks with vigor and vigor.

Seeing this, Shen Fang left his seat to greet him, and said, "Your Majesty."

As the governor of Liangjiang, at this moment, he said a word of Lord Hou, which already had a sense of respect, and Ye Kai, who followed suit, flashed his eyes and felt honored in his heart.

Ye Zhendao: "Shen Zhitai, what's the situation in Weigang, Tongzhou?"

"I don't know the situation yet." Shen Fang sighed, and said, "Uncle Yongning has already led the sailors of the Jiangbei camp to help, but just now I heard what Mr. Jiang said, the navy of the Jiangbei camp has just been rectified, and there are only 6000 people. , although I don't know how many people there are in the East, but I think it will not be less than seven thousand."

The Jiangbei battalion has a military budget of [-], and there are five battalions of guards. However, when Jia Heng took over, there were only [-] soldiers. After elimination, some sailors were retained, and the recruited soldiers were only [-] sailors.

Ye Zhen said in a deep voice, "Is anyone from the Zhen family here?"

At this time, Zhen Lin got up quickly, with a grim look on her face, and said: "Nanjing guard Zhen Lin has seen Lord Hou."

Last night, Mrs. Zhen cried for a while, then passed out again, making the Zhen family and others flustered again.

Ye Zhen said: "The Marquis has heard about your father."

Zhen Lin sighed and said, "Father, his whereabouts are unknown."

Although the news spread outside became more and more convincing and captured, Zhen Lin still subconsciously didn't want to say this word.

Ye Zhen said: "Are you on the defense of Nanjing now?"

Zhen Lin was stunned for a moment, and said, "My lord, yes."

Ye Zhendao: "Nowadays the eastern captives are sailing into the south of the Yangtze River to cause chaos, and Nanjing's defense is particularly heavy. I plan to send the Jiangnan camp to guard the city in case of accidents. I don't know what the Ministry of War thinks."

Hearing the words, Jiang Sucheng, the servant of the Ministry of War, exchanged glances with Meng Guangyuan, who was at the side, and said, "Master Hou, the Ministry of War can jointly sign a document to send the Jiangnan camp to assist in the defense."

In Jiangnan's defense system, there are only two to 3000 garrison troops in Nanjing, and they are usually responsible for opening and closing the city gates, checking the security of the city gates, etc., while the Jiangnan camp is the defensive force, but it is not usually deployed.

Shen Bing, governor of Liangjiang, said: "This official can also seal it."

Ye Zhen nodded, and said: "Now is to take precautions in advance. The old capital of Nanjing is related to my Han Family Ancestral Temple, and there is no room for loss."

His Ye family was originally sent by the emperor to guard the old capital of Jinling.

Everyone said yes.

At this time, Jiang Sucheng, the Minister of the Ministry of War, said: "Now we are looking at the news from the Jiangbei camp."

At noon, a scribe entered the crowded official hall and said, "My lord, the official document delivered by Jiangbei Daying in Yangzhou."

Shen Fang was startled when he heard the words, and said, "Take it here and have a look."

After reading it, he said: "Everyone, Tongzhou Weigang is not lost. Last night, Donglu has already sailed towards Haimen."

Everyone in the official hall breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the words.

Ye Zhen looked at Shen Fang aggressively, and asked, "Where is Uncle Yongning now?"

Shen Fang said: "Uncle Yongning led the navy to hunt down the captives."

As he said that, he passed the military report to the officials below and circulated it one after another.

Jiang Sucheng, the servant of the Ministry of War, frowned, said: "Since the bandits have retreated, we should rest and reorganize. It is not appropriate to lead new defeated troops to chase the bandits."

The Minister of the Ministry of War obviously did not agree with Jia Heng's strategy.

Meng Guangyuan frowned, and said in a low voice: "If you don't chase, I'm afraid the bandits will harass me along the river and coast in Suzhou."

To the north are Haimen and Tongzhou. Not to mention they are relatively poor, and they are also vulnerable to land attack by the navy of Weigang Township in Tongzhou. However, to the south are the wealthy Suzhou and Taicang mansions. .

By the time the local officials and guards arrived, the captives had already fled to Jianghai by boat.

At this moment, a scribe came from the outside and said: "The governor of Jiangnan delivered the urgent document with a speed of six hundred miles. Yesterday in Suzhou, Taicang and other places, the captives landed and looted countless goods. We have gone to the Weifu in Suzhou and Taicang to support them, and begged the Yamen of the governor of Liangjiang to dispatch the Jiangnan Daying navy to wipe out the bandits."

In Chen Han's Jiangnan Province, the governor of Jiangnan ruled Suzhou, and the chief secretary of Jiangzuo ruled Jinling. This is the urgent document sent by Jiangnan governor Zhang Yongchuan when he heard the pirates landed and looted yesterday.

(End of this chapter)