The Founding of the Red Chamber

Murong directly took over the military affairs of Jinling City, including all civil agencies, and there is only one thing left now, that is, to prepare for the upcoming battle to defend the city.All the city gates were closed tightly, and sand and rocks were piled in the city caves, as if they were defending the city.

Then, Murong assigned all 5000 men under his command to guard each gate.

5000 troops seem like a lot, but in such a large city of Jinling, these troops, not to mention a drop in the bucket, can face the menacing Japanese bandits who have frightened the Huaiyang Army long ago. These troops are timid before fighting. .

After arranging these people, Murong called all officials, famous families, gentry, and merchants of Jinling City to gather in the Governor's Mansion.

Of course, Governor Zheng and others were all present, but the host was Mu Rong, and the participants also included Mu Rong's elder brother, Mu Dazhao, and Mu Qiuting.In other words, Mu Qiuting originally wanted to say hello to his sister or something, but when he saw his sister sitting at the head of Governor Zheng with a cold look, Mu Qiuting refused to go forward.An acquaintance asked Mu Qiuting, "But what's the matter? I heard that the gates of the city were filled with sand and stones."

Mu Qiuting was in Quanzhou, he had seen the Japanese bandits coming, Mu Qiuting said softly, "I'm afraid there will be a war." The man's expression turned serious.

Waiting for everyone to come together, everyone has met with the adults, and Governor Zheng also greeted them one after another, and asked everyone to sit down.Governor Zheng said, "I have called you here today because I really have something to discuss with you." After this sentence, Governor Zheng stopped talking and said to Mu Rong, "Master Mu, please tell everyone."

At this time, Governor Zheng's name for Mu Rong has been changed, not Miss Mu, but Master Mu.

Mu Rong sat upright, and said directly, "It is up to the governor to entrust him with the military affairs of Jinling. I have something to discuss with you." Gaze, and continued, "You are all well-informed people, you must know that just now, twelve of the thirteen gates in the inner city of Jinling City have been closed, eighteen gates in the outer city, seventeen gates have been closed, and all gates have been closed. , I have ordered the sand and rocks to be piled up, and the Japanese bandits cannot be relieved for a day, and they will not be opened for a day."

Then someone asked, "Miss Mu, have you seen any Japanese bandits?"

"Yes, there are still family members who left the city today? Now that the city gate is closed, what should I do?"

"There are not a few people who go out of the city and enter the city every day. What's the matter?"

Anyway, they have everything to say, Murong listened to each of them once, and said coldly, "If those who go out of the city can come back, it is their luck. If they can't come back, they can't care about it. Let's stay in the city safely for the time being. The Japanese bandits will come soon. You might as well tell everyone. You must also know that Suzhou, Yangzhou, Jiangning and other places are all trapped by Japanese bandits. The reinforcements sent by Fucheng never came back. The next one is Jinling."

Then someone said, "I heard that the soldiers in the city train hard every day, and if there is a heroine like a girl in charge of military affairs, it will be safe to come to Jinling."

Murong didn't even bother to answer these words, but just looked at this person with a pair of indifferent eyes for a moment, and the person's face gradually turned red.If it is said that the people who can come to participate in the meeting are all the famous people in Jinling City, Murong's eyes can make such people blush, not because of the power of Murong's eyes, but because this person also knows, he said Say something so stupid it can't be any more stupid.If Jinling is safe, why would the governor call everyone to discuss countermeasures?

Murong stared at this person, and then said to everyone, "Don't say any more stupid things. There are two things that I have to tell everyone. General Lin was dragged by the Japanese bandits along the coast of Songjiang, and he will not be able to return to Jinling City for a while. The second For one thing, there are no less than 3 Japanese bandits who invaded this time, but the Jinling guards now number only 5000."

As soon as Mu Rong's words fell, everyone present's expressions changed drastically, even Mu Qiuting couldn't help showing horror, someone couldn't help asking, "Young lady, are you serious?"

Murong said, "In front of the governor, I would lie about such important military matters."

When everyone looked at Governor Zheng, they realized that Governor Zheng's face was very ugly from the very beginning.

Thirty thousand Japanese bandits!

It's hard to even think about it. At the beginning, there were only a few thousand bandits, and they attacked Jiangning Town. If Governor Xia hadn't led his troops to defend, Jiangning Town might not have been safe.

Today, there are thirty thousand Japanese bandits!

Immediately, someone broke out in a cold sweat, wondering if they should take their family members to the two lakes to take shelter immediately.

But Mu Rong seemed to see through their thoughts, and said, "If you bring your family and move to Lianghu, it's not impossible, but, everyone, you have to be careful of Japanese bandits when you travel." So those who wanted to move were overwhelmed by Murong's words After a chill, what they thought was, yes, there are Japanese bandits everywhere today, and those Japanese bandits are not incapable of moving. They surrounded Jiangning and Suyang, and they must need food supplies. Where will the supplies come from? Come, I am afraid that we will loot nearby counties and townships.If you go out and accidentally meet a Japanese bandit, your family will surely die.

Therefore, everyone begged one after another, "Since the girl is in charge of military affairs, I think there must be a strategy for defending the city."

Murong said, "There are not enough soldiers, horses, ordnance, and manpower to defend the city. If it is not a last resort, I can't speak to you. I know that you are all first-class people in Jinling City. Your family, your relatives dare not disturb. But , servants, nurses, health servants, how much each of your families can pay?"

Without waiting for everyone to speak, Murong made a gesture of raising his hand and pressing down, and said, "I know that each of your families has its own difficulties. But, at this time of life and death, if I have something to say, I won't talk around it I don’t need to tell you about the temperament of the Japanese bandits, you must have heard about them. I have heard that there are many people in Huaiyang who secretly communicate with the Japanese bandits.”

As soon as Mu Rong said this, almost everyone in the crowd showed shock and anger, and said one after another, "If there is such a person, the girl can just tell us, and the corpse of this villain will definitely be cut to pieces."

"I don't know which family it is, but in those years, Quanzhou City was defeated twice, and it was at the hands of Xizuo. If there are people like this in Jinling, let me tell you what I think about the Japanese bandits." In Quanzhou, three people were captured alive. Originally, I thought that working with the Japanese bandits as a spy would have many benefits. However, Quanzhou was destroyed by the Japanese bandits back then. Most of the people in the city were killed and captured, and the women were even more There are not a few people who rape and kill, and children are the most useless, and I don’t know how many people were thrown to death and hacked to death. The funny thing is that in these small businesses, some wives and daughters were bullied by Japanese bandits, and their children were killed by Japanese bandits. After they explained their identities to the Japanese bandits, the Japanese bandits realized that they were the family members of Xizuo. However, the people who killed them were the subordinates, and the subordinates did not know that you were our secret agents. Even their family property was greatly affected. Loss. The Japanese bandits gave them some gold and silver, but those wives, girls and children are already dead, and they will never be able to come back from the dead. They are unavoidably frightened and angry, but it is impossible to get off after boarding the pirate ship. So, I had no choice but to continue to work for the Japanese bandits. These are just things that cannot be put on the table."

"It's different here in Huaiyang. I heard that Huaiyang and the Japanese bandits smuggled business, which is not a small amount. However, I advise these people, smuggling business, money exchanges, it is impossible to say, the Japanese bandits have to be polite and respectful to you, because the Japanese country The location is small and the products are poor. They need my goods to supplement their own shortage. However, business transactions are business transactions. Once the city is broken, you don’t think they will still be polite and respectful to you? Or, you think, you can Use the past business friendship to protect yourself?" Murong sneered, "What a joke! This Huaiyang, without Governor Zheng, will have a new governor. Without me, there will be new generals. Could it be that without you, the Japanese bandits would have Can’t do this secret business anymore? Without you, there will naturally be new people who have business dealings with Japanese bandits.”

"So, I hope that everyone, for your own sake, for the common people, and for your own interests, help the General to defend Jinling City!" Murong didn't have the slightest humility to ask for help, and she looked at everyone with cold eyes. , "This afternoon, all the families will come to gather at the Governor's Mansion."

After Murong finished speaking, he got up and said, "I still have to arrange the defense of the city, you can do it yourself." First left the governor's mansion, after a moment of discussion among the people, he also left the governor's mansion, and saw Murong riding a horse leading him He rushed to the city wall with his guards.

Then someone teased Mu Qiuting, "I thought that the head of the family, Mu Da, would be a hero for a while, but I didn't want to, Lingmei is even better."

Mu Qiuting sighed, "I'd rather my younger sister make some red needles at home."

Another person asked, "How many people does the head of the family plan to send out? Your Cao Gang are all young and mature."

Mu Qiuting said solemnly, "Once the [-] Japanese bandits break the city, we don't know what will happen. Don't talk about the Cao Gang, even I have to kiss the city wall and help defend the city. "

Everyone stopped joking and talked to Mu Qiuting very politely.

In fact, no one is selfless.

For these individuals, young and strong people must be indispensable in the family, but how much they take out is a matter.

Originally, everyone thought that it would be fine to select a few people.It's just that Mu Rong looks cold and hard, she doesn't look like a girl at all, and her mind is extremely sensitive.As soon as Mu Rong said to let every family send out people, he said that he would work carefully and smuggle with the Japanese bandits. This made a lot of trouble. Everyone had better send more people, otherwise, people would misunderstand that they had contacts with the Japanese bandits. , it would be bad if you don't devote yourself to fighting the Japanese.

So, when Murong arrived at the Governor's Mansion that evening, 3000 people had already assembled.

Governor Zheng said with emotion, "It's not a lot." There are only five thousand guards.

Murong cast a cold glance at Governor Zheng, didn't say much, and took the 3000 people to the training camp.Because these people are quite mixed. After all, there are those who are good at knives, those who use swords, and those who know a little about archery. Of course, there are also those who are not good at anything.

This battle of defending the city came when Jinling City had made some preparations, and the preparations were extremely hasty.

When the black Japanese army approached Jinling City, Murong immediately ordered people to block the only remaining unblocked gate in the inner and outer cities with sand and stones.With the arrival of the Japanese army, the entire Jinling City fell into the darkest panic.