Rise From the Humble

At four o'clock in the morning, it was pitch black outside, the meeting hall of Jiaxing government office was brightly lit, crowded with people, civil and military officials gathered together, whispering to each other, servants and servants brought hot soup, pancakes, tea and fruit plates to and fro.

The lord of Jiaxing Mansion, Zhao Chong, the magistrate, walked back and forth in the meeting hall with his hands behind his back, listening to the howling cold wind outside, he always felt that thousands of enemy troops were roaring and attacking the city, which made him paranoid and terrified.

"Come on, come on, let's go to the city gate to see if it is safe or not? Are the guards awakened? Don't let the pirates touch the gate!"

After Zhao Chong walked back and forth a few times, he couldn't hold back the surprise in his heart any longer, and raised his voice to call for instructions.

"Yes, yes, I will go to the humble position." The guards who were waiting outside the meeting hall responded with orders and turned around to leave.

Seeing the guards go out, Zhao Chongcai breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the main seat and sat down, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Seeing this scene, the civil and military officials in the meeting hall couldn't help whispering among each other below.

"We adults are good at everything, but we are too suspicious and too timid. The Japanese pirates attacked Suzhou City. Our Jiaxing is more than 160 miles away from Suzhou City. How could the Japanese pirates come to our Jiaxing City?"

A thick-backed military officer whispered to the skinny military officer who had befriended him beside him.

"That's right. I heard that the Tuolin Japanese pirates' attack on Suzhou was not going well, and they lost a lot of troops. I heard that they lost at least 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they have already withdrawn in a hurry."

The skinny military officer was more informed, and added with a nod.

"So much staff reduction? How many soldiers and horses can the Tuolin Japanese pirates have in total, 50,000 to 60,000? The maximum number of troops to attack Suzhou is 40,000 to 50,000, and if the number of staff is reduced by more than 10,000, then the staff will be reduced by about 30%. Based on the experience of leading troops for many years If the number of troops is reduced by 10%, the army will have no fighting power. If the number of people is reduced by 10%, 20% of the soldiers must take care of the wounded, which is equivalent to 30% of the troops who cannot fight. The Japanese pirates have reduced their numbers so much. No wonder they retreat. If they don’t withdraw, they will collapse. Such Japanese pirates, our Fu Zun is still afraid, as for, what is so scary, it is fine if they don’t come to our Jiaxing, if they come to our Jiaxing, they will accomplish our military exploits.” After hearing this, the burly military officer was a little bit Said eagerly.

"That's right, if the Japanese pirates don't come, we will be successful if they come. Some time ago, Mr. Zhu Ping'an, Mr. Zhu, heard that he offended Lord Yan in the court, and was almost sentenced to death in the officialdom. They were all demoted. I went to Jingnan to be the county magistrate. As a result, I was lucky and caught a few gangs of small Japanese pirates. In less than half a year, I was not only reinstated as an official, but even raised to a higher level and became a fourth-rank official. Your Majesty The reward was issued, and the military merit of fighting the Japanese pirates is no worse than that of fighting the Tatars in the north, but it is a pity that we were unlucky and did not catch the Japanese pirates."

The skinny military officer felt the same way. When he mentioned Zhu Ping'an, he had a look of envy and jealousy, as if he could do it himself.

Judging from their experience, their own soldiers, when the two armies confront each other, let alone lose 30% of the soldiers, or lose 10% of the soldiers, they will collapse.

The Japanese pirates have lost 30% of their troops in Zhejiang, and they are all defeated.

Defeating soldiers is like driving ducks away. If you hit a random person, you can drive out a group of defeated soldiers.

"Don't be careless, let me tell you, these Japanese pirates are not kidding around. They don't have two brushes. I hope God doesn't meet them. Last month, less than a hundred Japanese pirates traveled thousands of miles, and they killed as many as 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Have you forgotten the thing about showing off your power under Tiancheng?! Less than a hundred Japanese pirates killed a censor, a county magistrate, a county magistrate, two commanders, and two commanders, with a total of more than 3,000 officers and soldiers. What a killer Alive!"

A civil official heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help reminding them.

"How can we not know about this matter? The channels are better than yours. Let me tell you this. The Japanese pirates are different from the Japanese pirates. The hundred Japanese pirates last month were all the Imperial Forest Army of the Japanese Kingdom. Naturally, their combat power should not be underestimated. It is rare to meet Japanese pirates in a hundred years, other pirates can compare with them, if the pirates are like these one hundred pirates, then we will be taken over by the pirates early in the morning, do you think that is the reason?"

The skinny military officer said disapprovingly.

"Although the other Japanese pirates are not as good as the one hundred Japanese pirates, they are not good enemies. How many states and counties have encountered Japanese pirates have more defeats than victories, and the few victories have mostly expelled the Japanese pirates. Expulsion, this word is interesting, Japanese pirates After the looting is over, and you are heading back home, you lead your troops to chase after a distance, which is also expulsion."

The civil servant on the side shook his head, reminding the two of them again.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, let's not mention the Japanese pirates in other places, let's just talk about our Jiaxing Mansion. Mr. Zhang, don't you think our mansion has made a big fuss? The Japanese pirates attacked Suzhou City and ate it." Losing the battle is far away from our Jiaxing Mansion, will our Jiaxing Mansion become a bird of fright?"

The two military officers whispered to the civilian officer.

"What's so far away? Didn't you hear the news just now? A village in the north of our Jiaxing Prefecture was attacked by Japanese pirates, and no one will be left behind." Mr. Zhang shook his head and reminded the two of them.

"It's only a small village, and dozens of Japanese pirates can do it. This is the work of a small group of rout soldiers. Don't worry. At dawn, I will take up the spear and lead the troops out of the city. Before noon, I will be able to carry this The heads of the small group of defeated soldiers are back. When the time comes, Mr. Zhang will give us a celebration banquet casually."

The heavy-backed military officer stroked his beard and said confidently.

"What if it's not a small group of defeated soldiers, but a large number of Japanese pirates?" Chief Zhang shook his head, looking at the two of them and asked.

"Haha, my boss, this is why you don't know about military affairs. The Japanese pirates suffered a big defeat in Suzhou, and they suffered heavy losses. They retreated in embarrassment. They retreated, and they must retreat back to Tuolin's lair they occupied. Tuolin's lair is in the southeast , we are in the southwest, and the direction is far away." The heavy-backed military officer said with a laugh.

"Also, Mr. Zhang, besides the village in the north of our Jiaxing Mansion, have other villages suffered from Japanese pirates?! No, I have been paying attention, and no other villages have suffered from Japanese pirates. This is enough to show that Well, the tragedy in the village to the north was just the work of a small group of rout soldiers. They were small and could only plunder one village, which was enough for them to eat; if there were a large number of Japanese pirates, how could they be satisfied with one village? Just attack the town, even the county seat."

The thin military officer also added.

After Mr. Zhang heard the matter, he was silent for a moment. He felt that what the two of them said made sense, but they were still a little worried.

"Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case." Mr. Zhang said cautiously.

"The city is guarded by two thousand soldiers and horses from our guard. Besides, didn't our lord send General Liu to Yangcheng Guard to ask for reinforcements? If that's the case, why worry?" The skinny military officer shrugged his shoulders road.

"That's right, as for sending people to the city gate to check the situation again and again, this is the fourth wave." The military officer with a thick back and a waist twitched.

Master Zhang will not speak for now.