There was a gong in the Yongshan Institute, and the lights gradually lit up in the darkness. Tagawa Emon no longer faltered, and according to the plan, they had to move in the direction of Shigong Mountain after stepping on the Yongshan Station, and then attack the Guanhai Guard Station before dawn. He kicked away the head that had fallen in front of him, and strode forward, only to slip and almost fall to the ground. It turned out to be the wine jar that the guards had dropped when they were stabbed, and there seemed to be wine flowing out of it. Tagawa Emon couldn't help but curse secretly, drinking in the middle of the night, the military discipline of these Ming troops is also outrageous.

Of course, Tagawa Weimen didn't know that there was no difference between the guards at this time and the peasants who cultivated the fields, and the Ming Dynasty was really able to fight a war with recruits, and this kind of guards were already incompetent to even pay fees, and they negotiated peace to fight against the Japanese invaders?

With the sound of the alarm gong, more and more guards woke up, mixed with the cries of women and children, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were all panicked and running for their lives. So much so that Tagawa Emon, who opened the posture and prepared for a vicious battle, had a feeling of punching the air.

"Is this the Ming army that defeated General Oda Nobunaga?" A sneer of disbelief and contempt welled up on Tagawa Emon's face. At this point, he no longer hesitated, drew another katana diagonally at his waist, and rushed into the crowd fleeing for his life with a few ups and downs.

"The Woko are coming, the Wako are coming!"

The Japanese are notorious in the southeast coast, and have plagued the Ming Maritime Frontier for decades, and the soldiers of the Longshan Institute who have not heard of the sword soldiers for many years have never seen such a battle, and after hearing the shouts of the Japanese invaders, their first reaction is not to take up arms to resist, but to help the old and the young in the hope of escaping from the clutches of the Japanese invaders. It's just that these poor military households are too naïve, if it is a strong man who runs for his life alone, it may be possible to escape from the beheading of the Kai Kou. But they have old husbands and mothers, wives and children, greedy people, and people who carry valuable things at home, so many burdens to carry with them, in the end they can only become the target of a group of pirates to slash and kill.

Twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five...... A quarter of the way through the 100-person slash had been carried out, and Tagawa Emon only felt that his arms were heavy, and the originally light and sharp katana seemed to weigh more than 100 catties, and the chopping action became slower and slower. Previously, he had imagined countless times that the killing of a hundred people was a painful process, but he never expected that killing people and killing chickens were really different, and every time he hit the target, he needed to use the strength to kill with one blow. The physical exhaustion made him feel that tonight's hundred people slash seemed to be a little difficult to complete, but he was not depressed, but became more and more courageous, he wanted to take advantage of the strength in his body to completely deplete before the adjustment, as soon as possible to kill more Ming Dynasty people.

Soon, the brigade rushed up, and there were fewer and fewer targets that could be killed by Tagawa Emon. The expected hard battle turned into a boring slaughter, which made him feel bored. It's not the battle he wants, he wants a big battle to win after a fight. The cowardice and clumsiness of the Ming Dynasty disappointed him too much!

In just half an hour, all the men, women, and children of the Longshan Institute were slaughtered by the Japanese robbers. In the early morning, Guanhaiwei, located at the intersection of Ningbo and Shaoxing, was slaughtered, and the people of the surrounding villages were also looted.

On the same day, the news of the invasion of the Japanese invaders reached Hangzhou, and the whole city was in an uproar, and then panic spread inside and outside Hangzhou. Many wealthy gentry living in the countryside have begun to take refuge in the city, and the city of Hangzhou is overcrowded for a while.

In the evening, bad news spread to Hangzhou one after another, and the Japanese invaders successively attacked the three mountains of Shaoxing Mansion, Linshanwei, and went straight to Shaoxing Mansion to govern Shanyin and kill. The recruits who were sent out in a hurry were beaten up at the Sanjiang Institute in the northeast of Sanyin.

At this moment, the officials in Hangzhou are also all masterless. Some officials advocated asking for help in Nanjing, while others advocated asking for help from the Fujian General Army. After all, the Japanese came from the sea, and only Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, had a strong naval division, which was worthy of a battle with the Japanese invaders. As for the main force in Nanjing, everyone knows that it is the Three Guards Army from the north, and it is difficult for landlubbers to keep the water and soil...... In short, under the influence of various reasons, in the end, the governor quickly sent a letter of help to Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian.

On the evening of the day after the letter for help was sent, the Fujian sailors sailed to the sea off the mouth of the Qiantang River. This kind of speed made the officials up and down Hangzhou surprised and reassured, after all, the Japanese were not as rampant as in the Jiajing period, and the achievements of Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, in recent years are also obvious to all in the southeastern provinces. Thinking that this sudden attack will also be able to wipe out in one fell swoop.

However, after the Fujian naval division arrived at the sea off the mouth of the Qiantang River, it did not directly fight the Japanese invaders, but lined up in a fleet on the water outside Zheshan Town to cruise on guard, and was not in a hurry to attack the Japanese who were besieging Shanyin. And on the open sea, the ships of the Japanese still crisscross and cross.

The Hangzhou side couldn't figure out what the situation was for a while, and Zhao Bingqian, the political envoy, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and immediately sent an official from the department to the Fujian Navy Division to inquire about the reason. The water division was led by Zheng Hongkui, the third brother of Zheng Zhilong, and the deputy commander-in-chief. He politely answered the reason why the sailor was cruising at the mouth of the Qiantang River.

"The last general will learn the news that the Japanese will have a large fleet of ships ready to attack Hangzhou, if the mouth of the Qiantang River is not blocked, I am afraid that the Japanese will be taken advantage of, and then not only the siege of Shaoxing Shanyin will not be solved, but also the Japanese will raid Hangzhou, wouldn't it be even worse?"

An official brought back Zheng Hongkui's original words, and Zhao Bingqian, the political envoy, slapped his thigh and was at a loss.

"What can I do, what can I do?"

At this time, someone brought up the old matter again, "It's better to call the Nanjing police for help, after all, Hangzhou has fallen, and their responsibility cannot be shirked." ”

This official is Zhao Bingqian's confidant, and he did not hide it and directly reprimanded: "Xiong Mingyu incident, Nanjing hates me to the core, begging them?" If they don't step on the old man a few times at this critical moment, it is already a great mercy, and this matter should not be mentioned again, let alone send someone to notify the Nanjing Military Department! ”

Speaking of Xiong Mingyu, several of the confidant officials present were silent, and at this time, Gao Zhenfu, who was promoted by the Zhejiang City Bo Si, took the initiative to stand up and said: "Zheng Junmen is cruising at the mouth of the Qiantang River and refuses to land, and the lower officials think that there may be another reason, it may not be just a raid by the Japanese invaders, right?" ”

This sentence was said to the heart of Zhao Bingqian, the political envoy, he knew that the Fujian Navy Division had the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his command, even if he was afraid that the Japanese would raid Hangzhou, it would be good to send some soldiers to the direction of Shanyin to relieve the siege. If it weren't for the defeat of a large number of recruits in Shaoxing, Hangzhou also needed people to defend it, why would he Zhao Bingqian be so lowly and begging?

"How should we deal with it?"

The city secretary raised Gao Zhenfu and immediately said: "It's better for the lower officials to go there in person to see what difficulties Zheng Junmen has, and we can solve it for him in Zhejiang, so that there will be no excuse for not moving." ”

Gao Zhenfu's suggestion Zhao Bingqian agreed, "Okay, go now, go back quickly!" ”

Soon, Gao Zhenfu brought back Zheng Hongkui's difficulties, and Zhao Bingqian scolded when he heard this, "Where is there any suffering in this Zheng family pirate, it is clear that they want to take the opportunity to blackmail, what a despicable villain!" ”

In the face of the angry political envoy, the city secretary did not persuade Gao Zhenfu, but waited quietly, waiting for him to vent, and then slowly made a plan: "Zheng Junmen ......"

"Even the military gate? It's a villain! ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's a villain!" Gao Zhenfu first echoed a sentence, and then said after consideration: "Why don't we agree to his conditions first, as long as the siege of Shaoxing Shanyin is resolved, even if he turns back at that time, what can he do to me?" ”

Zhao Bingqian thought it was kind, "Okay, let's do it first!" I have to work hard to lift and run again! ”

Gao Zhenfu hurriedly said humbly: "As an official of the imperial court, it is my duty to run!" ”

Looking at Gao Zhenfu's figure in a hurry, Zhao Bingqian, the political envoy, shook his head again and again and sighed with emotion: "If the officials in Zhejiang have the heart to raise half of the matter, why will the next day be like this?" ”

However, when he thought of the conditions proposed by Zheng Hongkui, he was still indignant and could not calm down. is also a Ming official, a martial artist dares to take the opportunity to blackmail civil officials, it is simply a corruption of discipline, after the restoration of north-south traffic in the future, if Zheng Zhilong, who does not participate, is ruined, he Zhao Bingqian's Zhao character will be written upside down.

Just after Gao Zhenfu left, the bad news came again, Shanyin fell, and the Japanese soldiers entered Xiaoshan, which was only dozens of miles away from Hangzhou!

This made Zhao Bingqian completely mad, after thinking about it, he sighed for a while, and then asked people to call the staff, there are one million stone grain in the treasury, but most of them are the grain of the north to communicate with the imperial court, only because the fifth battalion of the left of the revolution occupied two Huai at the turn of spring and summer, and the transportation between the north and the south was cut off, so it was delayed. Zhao Bingqian was reluctant to move this part of the grain to be transported to Beijing, and he did not dare to move, and the rest could only depend on whether the surplus grain in the treasury was sufficient.

Although Zhao Bingqian agreed to Gao Zhenfu's plan of hypocrisy and wrongdoing, he didn't have any luck in his heart, how could the brothers of the Zheng family have such fools? How can troops be mobilized without giving real assurances? Otherwise, it would be impossible to dominate the southeast coast. The reason why I agreed to Gao Zhenfu was not to find a step down for myself?

Sure enough, Gao Zhenfu brought back a deputy general of the Zheng family, and directly proposed that Fujian had a food shortage and was in urgent need of military rations, and hoped that now we could see military rations shipped south. Gao Zhenfu also echoed and persuaded from the side. Zhao Bingqian agreed with a smile on his face, but in his heart he greeted the eighteenth generation of Zheng Zhilong's family ancestors. There is also this Gao Zhenfu, who also colluded with the Zheng family and was embarrassed. Do you think that he, Zhao Bingqian, really doesn't know anything?