In the lobby of Chongde County Government.

Lu Bin, who was in a turmoil, Qiu Yongnian, the magistrate of Chongde, was pretending to be a quail, and Qi Jimei, who was eager to try... His personal soldiers, servants, and yamen runners were driven out by Qian Yuan.

Then the four of them looked at Qian Yuan in amazement and slapped him in the face of Zhejiang Governor Ruan E.

"Bang!"

Surprisingly, Ruan E covered his face and lowered his head without saying a word.

Conclusive news just came that at the junction of Pinghu County and Haiyan County, Xu Hai defeated the 4,000 official troops led by Zhejiang Deputy General Lu Tong with three thousand Japanese pirates.

Lu Tong led the remaining troops to retreat to Jiashan County, gathering the township braves to try to hold on to the waiting for assistance, but Xu Hai personally led the Japanese pirates to pursue him and defeated Jiashan for half a day. Lu Tong retreated westward again and was defeated by Xu Hai again not far from Wangjiangjing.

At this point, Jiaxing Prefecture was shaken, with three cities falling into place, and almost all four thousand troops were wiped out. Lu Tong was not sure of his whereabouts.

But this is not the reason why Qian Yuan slapped Ruan E hard.

After the news came, Ruan E's first reaction was to ask Lu Bin to lead his troops to support each other, which was the reason.

Lu Bin and Qi Jimei didn't react, but Qian Yuan immediately saw Ruan E's sinister intentions. This is really not a good bird!

When the Jiaxing Prefecture official army was defeated, the court would inevitably hold it accountable. There were two key figures, one was Lu Tong and the other was Ruan E.

Ruan E could not escape the blame, but one thing is very important. After receiving the official documents from the Governor's Office who asked to defend the city, he insisted on Lu Tong to attack, and thus was defeated.

If there was no such document, even if it was defeated, Ruan E would have been dismissed from office and returned home. However, if there was such document, Ruan E would have been unable to escape death.

Ruan E wanted to escape this disaster, and one thing he could use was Lu Tong, who was ignorant of life and death... Anyway, he was a general, so he pushed things to him. After all, he was a Jinshi on two lists, and he also had friends of the same year in the capital, so he might be able to save his life.

But there is a prerequisite, that is, Lu Tong's son Lu Bin... So, Ruan E insisted that Lu Bin lead his troops to help, and this was for himself, driving Lu Bin to the gates of hell.

Qian Yuan knew very well that his judgment was very correct, and the most direct reason was that Ruan E, who was slapped in the face, did not refute at all.

Lu Bin broke the silence, "Zhancai, what should I do?"

This was the third time Lu Bin fought side by side with Qian Yuan, the first time in Jiading, the second time in Chongde... As a result, Lu Bin won the first time to defeat Xiao Xian and became famous, and the second time he was promoted to guerrilla due to the Chongde victory. This experience made Lu Bin naturally approach Qian Yuan infinitely.

"Two roads, stick to Chongde, or return to Tongxiang." Qian Yuan whispered: "It is not difficult to defend Chongde, but it is difficult to make a difference. Xu Hai will not attack Chongde until death."

"Why go back to Shitongxiang?" Qi Jimei licked her lips, "I'm afraid Xu Hai will raid... the Japanese pirates will act much faster than the official army."

"Not necessarily." Qian Yuan walked out of the lobby and analyzed carefully: "Xu Hai has defeated Lu Tong's 4,000 troops, and there is no one in Jiaxing Mansion that can threaten him anymore. The Japanese pirates should be divided into small groups and robbed everywhere... If they still want to fight, Xu Hai's target should be Wang Chonggu from Suzhou, or Yu Dayou from Songjiang."

"So the danger of returning to Tongxiang is not that great?"

"There must be danger. Who knows what Xu Hai will do?" Qian Yuan thought about it again and ordered: "Jimei, you are responsible for rectifying the defenders, the Langci soldiers and the Yiwu soldiers must be held in your hands. Lu Bin, you will continue to send a visit to find out the news, from Haiyan, Pinghu, Jiashan, Xiushui, Tongxiang... all directions."

Looking at the two of them leaving, Qian Yuan repeatedly weighed in his mind whether to stay in Chongde or go to Tongxiang...

Qian Yuan frowned and thought hard, his face full of sorrow, but the guards beside him were very excited. It had been more than a year and finally he could kill the Japanese again... For them, going into battle was life-threatening, but the harvest was also very abundant. A thirty taels of silver at the head could be filled with a lot of money in his pocket after a battle.

Although Qian Yuan has not been stingy with the guards over the past year and has spent a lot of money, most of his resources are spent on daily training and weapons and equipment, and the guards are eager to make another money.

"Sure enough!" Liang Sheng smiled and said in a low voice: "I heard it as soon as I entered the guard team. As soon as the young master went out, he would definitely be able to run into the Japanese pirates!"

Yang Wen slapped Liang Sheng on the back of the head. He knew what Qian Yuan was worried about and walked quickly to him and whispered: "Young Master, if you want to leave, it's better to leave early."

Qian Yuan thought about it in his mind and shook his head slowly and said, "Xu Hai has defeated Lu Tong. If he wants to plunder Jiaxing Prefecture, it doesn't matter when he leaves. If he wants to conquer the city and even fight with Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou who came to support, he should have left early... but this possibility is not great."

"What does the young master mean?"

"Huzhou." Qian Yuan walked into the temporary residence and looked at the map hanging on the wall. "In fact, Jiaxing Prefecture was attacked by Xu Hai twice two years ago, and its population and property were seriously damaged. In the past two years, the small invasion of Japanese pirates has not stopped... but Huzhou Prefecture is likely to be a target."

Qian Yuan's gaze moved slowly on the map, and he muttered: "Wangjiangjing goes west... Wuzhen, Nanxun, Gui'an, Wucheng, Wangjiangjing goes north to Wujiang, Xiushui, Tongxiang..."

During the conversation with Tan Wei and Qian Hong, Qian Yuan knew that the target of Xu Hai's invasion was very different from that of ordinary Japanese pirates. Ordinary Japanese pirates made money, while Xu Hai was trying to plunder the population, to be precise, he was trying to force the young and strong.

The people of Jiaxing Prefecture have been attacked by Japanese pirates for many years, and they have long had the habit of running away immediately when something is wrong. However, Huzhou Prefecture is rarely attacked by Japanese pirates two years ago. If Xu Hai wanted to force the young and strong, Huzhou Prefecture would be a good target.

If this judgment is correct, then returning from Chongde to Tongxiang is unlikely to meet Xu Hai... Qian Yuan thought so in his heart. At most, there were a small number of Japanese pirates who followed the trend, and two thousand troops were enough to protect himself.

Although he said to Lu Bin and Qi Jimei that there were two choices, Qian Yuan was actually very clear that there was only one way to go, and withdraw back to Tongxiang.

The reason is very simple. When Tongxiang is thrown away, the canal is broken, and the large number of warehouses along the river will be stolen by the Japanese pirates, and the grain transport will be cut off. It is hard to say whether the situation of fighting against Japanese devils in the southeast will take a sharp turn for the worse... But Emperor Jiajing must be furious, and the Southeast civil and military officials led by Hu Zongxian may be cleaned and replaced.

But now he can't move. Qian Yuan is very alert to Xu Hai. He needs to find out the news of his horse's return to judge whether his speculation is correct. How many Japanese pirates follow the trend...

However, Qian Yuan wanted to wait, but the others could no longer wait. Hu Zongxian from Shangyu was the only one.

After the news of Lu Tong's defeat in Pinghu came, Hu Zongxian's face was pale, he was stunned for a moment and jumped up and shouted loudly: "Let Yu Dayou lead his troops south, and Liu Yuan leads his troops north to protect Tongxiang!"

"In the morning of today, two thousand Japanese pirates landed from Jinshan and Zhapu respectively, attacked Huating and Qingpu." Mao Kun's face turned pale, "Yu Dayou may not be able to go south, so order Dong Bangzheng, deputy general of Wusong, to go south?"

Zheng Ruozeng whispered: "Liu Yuan, as the general of Zhejiang, is stationed in Hangzhou Prefecture, but most of the soldiers under his command are from Hangzhou garrisons. He barely defends the city and helps Tongxiang..."

After a moment of quietness, Shen Mingchen sighed: "The Governor is foresight."

Zheng Ruozeng, Mao Kun and He Xinyin spit out a name at the same time, "Qian Zhancai."

Hu Zongxian gritted his teeth and whispered: "I hope Zhan can protect Tongxiang!"
Chapter completed!