Ming Zuo

Chapter 705

When the news of Nanjing's dispatch of troops came, the whole Songjiang Mansion was in a panic.

"What should I do? I don't know when the soldiers and horses from Shandong will arrive?"

Pan Yunlong completely lost his sense of proportion, and only pinned his hopes on the reinforcements from Shandong.

At this time, only Wang Ruixian and Li Chuntian can remain calm.

"Where did the officer go?"

The people below report.

"The Marquis of Funing, Zhu Guobi, has led his army past Danyang, and Bo Liu Kongzhao of Chengyi is now stationed in Xupu with the Jiangnan Navy."

After hearing this, Wang Ruixian and Li Chongtian couldn't help looking at each other.

The map of Jiangnan is naturally already in their minds.

According to their prediction, Nanjing is very close at hand. Once troops are dispatched, it will take at most seven or eight days to reach Songjiang.

In particular, there is a navy in Nanjing, which can reach the city of Songjiang in two days from the Yangtze River.

As a result, these two groups of Ming troops have not yet reached Suzhou Mansion...

"Is there any movement of Wu Song's officers and soldiers?"

Xu Erjue was responsible for this matter, but he did his best.

"Ma Daxuan is still [-] miles north of the city. He is probably waiting for the Nanjing army to come and encircle him."

Wang Ruixian had urgent calculations in his mind.

"Is there any movement from the Ming army on the South Road?"

Pan Xiaona hurriedly reported.

"Jinshanwei's soldiers and horses are still in Maqiao Town, and have never come out."

This time Wang Ruixian had a complete grasp of the situation.

"The officers of Wu Song and Jinshanwei will never dare to move until the reinforcements from Nanjing arrive. And once the officers from Nanjing arrive, Songjiang Mansion will be surrounded from all sides."

Anyone can see this situation.

Wu Song's Ming army was stationed in the north, Jinshanwei was in the south, Zhu Guobi led his troops from the west, and once Liu Kongzhao's navy entered the Huangpu River, they would blockade the east.

Li Chongtian was daring.

"We can't wait for the officers and soldiers to encircle us, otherwise this battle will be difficult to fight."

There are some things he is embarrassed to say clearly.

Although the workers in Songjiang Prefecture have been united now, these people have not received any military training and are purely innocents on the battlefield. Once they fight, they definitely dare not have too much hope.

If the officers and soldiers were allowed to attack, Songjiang Mansion City would definitely not be able to defend it.

In this case, it is the best choice to reduce the pressure while the officers and troops are not yet encircled.

If one or two victories can be won in advance, it will boost everyone's morale.

"You want to take the initiative?"

Wang Ruixian was not surprised by his thoughts.

Li Chongtian was gearing up.

"Nowadays, the northern and southern Ming armies are all as timid as a mouse. It can be seen that the leading generals must be ordinary. The officers and soldiers never thought that we would dare to abandon the city and take the initiative to attack. This is an opportunity, and we should be able to catch them by surprise."

Hearing that Li Chongtian wanted to leave the city to fight, everyone in Songjiang Mansion was terrified.

Zhang Yuanchang of the Zhang family was quite worried.

"Now that Nanjing is being attacked by an army of tens of thousands, we will try our best to defend the city. The victory or defeat is still uncertain. If we recklessly go out of the city to fight, once we lose, the city will be destroyed sooner or later. I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for reinforcements from Shandong."

Zhang Yuanchang was the son of Zhang Nai.

And Zhang Nai, Yao Shishen and Xu Guangqi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice of Nanjing, were all good friends.

Yao Shishen had secretly conveyed the actions of the Nanjing side, so everyone in the Songjiang Mansion was terrified.

Li Chongtian was unmoved.

"That's why we have to take the initiative to attack. Otherwise, if we are passively beaten, it is impossible to defend the city with our hasty army."

Wang Ruixian also expressed support for Li Chongtian.

"If you want to fight, I suggest you fight the South Road Ming Army."

This time Li Chongtian was a little confused.

"Mingming North Road is closer."

Wang Ruixian smiled.Show a treacherous side.

"Because the North Road is closer, the North Road will definitely take extra precautions against us. On the contrary, the South Road is far away in Maqiao Town, so we definitely would not have thought that we would take the initiative to call the door. Besides, if we go to the South Road, we have internal support."

Only then did Li Zhongtian realize that Wang Ruixian was from the intelligence department.

It must be that the Ministry of Intelligence has already planted a secret here.

"Okay then, let's go south."

Maqiao Town.

Jinshanwei has already occupied this place.

Dingbo camp lives in the south of the city.

It's a remote place with few people.

Wu Zhikui, the general manager, walked in the camp with a worried face.

"Hasn't the money and food been allocated yet?"

The subordinates were full of complaints.

"The people here have long since run away, even the wells have been filled with soil, and there is no food to be found. General Lu Shen has food in his hands, and he only cares about his own soldiers, so he won't give it to us at all."

Hearing this situation, Wu Zhikui hated him, but there was nothing he could do.

He gazed at the far north, full of worries about the current situation.

As a native of Songjiang Mansion, he was really reluctant to let him massacre the people.

But under the military order, he has nothing to do with a small general.

When it was getting late, the top still hadn't allocated money and food, and the soldiers in the Dingbo camp were all hungry.Cursing, morale also fell to the bottom.

But no one made trouble.

It's just because Wu Zhikui has always loved soldiers like a son and took good care of everyone.

This time they couldn't eat, and the big guys knew that it wasn't Wu Zhikui's embezzlement, but the general's bastard.

But hungry, no one is sure how long the big guy can last.

"Boss, someone wants to see you."

The people below led a young scholar.

"I met General Wu in Jiang Guan."

Seeing that the other party was upright and handsome, Wu Zhikui was quite cautious.

"I don't know where the gentleman came from?"

Jiang Guan chuckled, but what he said made Wu Zhikui's face change drastically.

"I was entrusted by Xia Yizhong to come here to guide the general."

Wu Zhikui stood up awkwardly, overjoyed.

"Where is the teacher?"

At the beginning, Xia Yunyi came to Songjiang Mansion from Zhejiang to meet with the masters of Fushe.When passing by Jinshan, Wu Zhikui admired his reputation and came to ask for advice.

Originally, for a mere warrior, the scholars at that time didn't look down on him at all.

But Xia Yunyi liked Wu Zhikui's eagerness to learn very much, and taught Wu Zhikui patiently, which benefited Wu Zhikui a lot.

Later, Wu Zhikui passed the martial arts examination and was very amazing in the written examination, all thanks to Xia Yunyi.

Since then, Wu Zhikui has treated Xia Yunyi like a god, and has always regarded himself as a student.

In the original history, when the Qing soldiers went south, Xia Yunyi contacted people with lofty ideals to fight against the Qing soldiers, and Wu Zhikui responded with all his strength, and finally died a heroic death.

And this person is what Wang Ruixian called internal response.

Jiang Guan asked Wu Zhikui to get rid of irrelevant people.

"General Wu, you are a native of this place, do you really want to raise the butcher's knife against the elders of Sangzi?"

Hearing his question, Wu Zhikui sighed dejectedly.

"How dare I try to harm my father and fellow villagers? However, under the military order, how dare I be disobeyed by warriors?"

Jiang Guan did not persecute, but asked again: "General Wu, in your opinion, who is right in what happened today?"

Wu Zhikui was stunned, and then his expression turned subtle.

(End of this chapter)