On October 15th, early morning, Chongde County.

"map."

With Qian Yuan's low shout, the two guards spread the map on the table, and Wu Baipeng and Yang Wen approached with oil lamps.

Qian Yuan took the geese brush and explained one by one, "Lu Bin took the lead and released the scouts. Your personal soldiers have been in Jiaxing Prefecture for more than half a year, and the terrain is familiar."

"Qi Jimei, Yang Wen, Wang Yi led the Yiwu soldiers, and the guards were behind."

Qian Yuan glanced at Qi Jimei, who nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll follow the arrangements of Brother Wang and Brother Yang."

Although the Qian family guards and the Yiwu soldiers have similar skills, they are very different in combat methods and arrays. Qi Jimei has no experience and can only let Yang Wen and Wang Yi fight in the Qian family guards.

"I will follow Brother Zhong and Tian Zhou soldiers behind, and Brother Longquan leads the soldiers behind the palace." Qian Yuan turned his head and looked at Hou Jigao, "The bird gunners are temporarily assigned to the front line."

This is not a suggestion, but an order, but Hou Jigao, who was a guerrilla, responded without hesitation.

"Okay, prepare, the dry food and water bags are all ready." Qian Yuan's face is like Hanshuang, "Take the Zhejiang governor with him. If this guy dies at the hands of the Japanese pirates... Jiaxing Mansion is in ruins, Songjiang and Suzhou are in chaos, no one will take the blame!"

Everyone turned around and left. Qian Yuan asked Liang Sheng to put away the map, took the steamed bun that had just been out of the pot and ate it a few bites, feeling uneasy.

It was a forced one to return after two days of delay, but Qian Yuan did not expect the situation to be so unbearable.

Hou Jigao's arrival in aid was good news, but he brought all bad news. Since Lu Tong's defeat and the news of the 4,000 troops disappeared, countless Japanese pirates invaded the southeast coast. The news was not known for the time being, but the pressure on the official troops of Hangzhou Prefecture and Shaoxing Prefecture increased greatly.

The news has not been cut off in the south yet, but in the north... it was not until Hou Jigao came that Qian Yuan learned about it that about five days ago, more than 2,000 Japanese pirates landed in Zhapu and Jinshan to attack Huating and Qingpu.

Dong Zhenbang defended Songjiang, and Yu Dayou led his troops south, but with more and more Japanese pirates ashore, there were two Japanese pirates with more than a thousand people. Yu Dayou and Dong Bangzheng could still maintain the situation, but it was difficult to draw large-scale troops to go south to aid Jiaxing. In the end, only Wusong guerrilla general Hou Jigao led one thousand troops south.

However, Hou Jigao led his troops south and arrived in Chongde County in three days. During this period, he encountered dozens of Japanese pirates and fought more than ten times. Now there are less than seven hundred soldiers left, and many are injured. Qian Yuan decided to wait another day to set off.

However, Hou Jigao did not bring good news, but brought good things. Nearly a hundred bird guns were all bird gunners under Dong Bangzheng's command, and there was no shortage of gunpowder and bullets.

"Zhou Ze, plus the Governor's Office, there are about 120 bird guns, all of which are handed over to you." Qian Yuan walked out loudly. Seeing Ruan E with dizzy steps, he didn't even raise his eyelids, just asking for instructions, "Remember to seal the gunpowder on the road, don't be affected by the tide."

Ruan E's eyes looked extremely vicious. Since Lu Tong's defeat, he knew that his best ending was to dismiss the office and return home. As long as Lu Tong and his son died, he was willing to pay more money and immediately sent people to Beijing. He could always find someone to take care of him, and maybe he could save his life.

But Qian Yuan cut off this life path without mercy. Lu Bin sent his personal soldiers to keep Ruan E firmly under control and almost placed himself in the backyard of the county government... In fact, Qian Yuan was sure that Ruan E could not escape this disaster. In any case, Emperor Jiajing would have read the secret report he sent to Beijing before making a decision.

"Return to Tongxiang?" Ruan E asked expressionlessly.

Qian Yuan was too lazy to pay attention to him and went straight out. Even if he returned to Tongxiang, do you think he could turn the tables?

It was lightly dawning at the gate of the south city of Chongde County.

"The scouts have received no whereabouts of Japanese pirates within ten miles."

Lu Bin glanced at Qian Yuan who nodded slightly and shouted in a low voice: "Open the door!"

With the creaking sound, the soldiers pushed open the city gate, and Lu Bin took the lead out of the city, followed by the Yiwu soldiers led by Qi Jimei and Wang Yi, and the Qian family guards, were well organized and not confused at all.

Qian Yuan believed that he did not have the actual ability to command and combat, but he asked everyone and tried to arrange everything in advance and prepare for possible accidents.

Just after walking more than ten miles, he saw a rider running towards the vanguard led by Lu Bin from a distance. Liang Sheng leaned nervously towards the carriage, and Yang Wen, who was beside him, whispered.

"Don't worry, Lu Guerrilla sent nearly fifty people out. There will be traces of Japanese pirates within twenty miles of the vicinity. Even if you want to fight, it will be too late." Zhou Ze patted Liang Sheng on the shoulder, "You are still lucky, unlike us who have to carry it ourselves."

There were heavy wolf teeth, spears, javelins and other objects piled up on the carriage beside it. It was impossible to carry them all the time when traveling a long distance. The Yiwu soldiers and guards only brought their waists and bows and arrows by their side, and all other things were delivered to the carriage.

But the Songjiang musket soldiers who followed the Yiwu soldiers and guarded each other were no longer able to carry bird guns. This thing was very expensive, and there was no standard for bird guns in this era. Every bird gun soldier was more familiar with the one he used.

Continue to go five or six miles ahead, a group of more than a hundred Japanese pirates appeared on the flanks of the army to spy. Lu Bin did not turn around and just handed back the letter. Tian Zhou soldiers behind him divided up two hundred people to monitor them until the army passed by safely.

"When you get to Haining, turn to the west." Qian Yuan whispered: "The further you go south, the fewer Japanese pirates should be..."

Halfway through speaking, Qian Yuan stopped talking and cursed in his heart, "It's better not to speak."

Qian Yuan's nickname "Broom Star" spread all over the southeast, and his reputation is very high among Japanese pirates at sea or civil and military officials on the shore.

The Japanese pirates recognized the "Broom Star" because Qian Yuan had never lost when he attacked the Japanese pirates. Even Xu Hai suffered a lot in Chongde County two years ago. Especially at the last moment, the Japanese pirates defeated Chongde County and were driven out, which gave Qian Yuan another nickname "Sheerkou", and was tied with another nickname "Taihou Needle", who seemed to be brave and actually used insidious troops.

The Southeast civil and military officials recognized the "Broom Star" because Qian Yuan would encounter Japanese pirates almost every time he went out. Even if he ran to the deep mountains and forests of Huizhou Prefecture, he would encounter them. This is called "Broom Star"!

Qian Yuan also has this kind of awareness... This should be the golden finger, right?

It should be really a golden finger. At dusk, Lu Bin came with a scout and rushed over, "Zhancai, several Japanese pirates have been spying six or seven miles away."

“How many people?”

"Total of about a thousand five."

Qian Yuan asked the guard to expand the map and take a look, "How far is it from Changshui Town now?"

"Fifteen miles, I'm expected to arrive in Changshui Town before dark." Lu Bin put a canopy in his hand and looked out, "But if you are bitten by a thousand five Japanese pirates..."

"Let's fight." Qian Yuan said calmly: "You come to command, but the location must be chosen where the people of Changshui Town can see it."

Lu Bin nodded and went to prepare. Wu Baipeng and He Xinyin were a little puzzled. There was a fight on the way back to Tongxiang, but why did you have to choose outside the town of Changshui [Youyou Reading       www.uutxt.co]?

Faced with this doubt, Qian Yuan did not answer and only spoke to Zhong Nan.

"Our Tianzhou wolf soldiers crossed the Eighteen Prefectures more than two years ago to Nanzhili, but no one was willing to accept it." Zhong Nan sneered: "Even if he has made many military achievements in the past two years, Ningbo, Shaoxing, will definitely not let Tianzhou soldiers enter the city."

"It's not because of you, Tianzhou wolf soldier." Qian Yuan focused on looking at the shadowy figure in the distance and explained casually: "The army entered the city and the town, and if it was not good, it would take action... The county town dared not, just wash the town easily, just turn around and push it to the Japanese pirates. The border army is very skilled in doing this kind of thing."

He Xinyin said unhappily: "Jiaxing Mansion is in a mess, and he is still stuck in..."

"Then please let Mr. Fushan persuade him with his 3-inch tongue." Qian Yuan replied casually, "This morning, Lu Guerrilla sent someone to report it. He ignored him and refused to prepare food."

It was mid-October. It was about November to come to the next generation. Ten days ago, the sun was still scorching. Now the autumn wind was cool, and Changshui Town soon appeared in front of Qian Yuan.

The village warriors holding swords and guns rushed out of Changshui Town, looking at the approaching government troops with a bad expression. In fact, Qian Yuan understood them very well and did not want to entrust his life to others.

But Changshui Town had to be at his feet. Qian Yuan's eyes turned to the river that passed through Changshui Town, not only because of food rations and the garrison troops rest for a night, but also because of this river.

Qian Yuan chose Changshui Town naturally after careful consideration. Changshui Town was named after Changshui Pond. This river is not long, more than 40 miles long, but it leads directly to Haining County.

If you can go down the river, the schedule for returning to Tongxiang can be shortened by half, but the prerequisite is that Changshui Town, which relies on water to provide a batch of ships.

This is why this battle location was chosen outside Changshui Town.
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