The world is like a blown out lantern, without any light.
Gu Zhengchen was sitting in the Jiangyin Health Office, feeling quite sleepy.
Zhang Pei came over and whispered: "Someone is carrying grain to the warehouse. If we send someone to arrest him at this time, we will definitely get both the loot and the loot."
Gu Zhengchen picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and sighed: "If you send someone to arrest this person, the matter will never end. Let this end here."
"this……"
Zhang Pei was a little unwilling.
Gu Zhengchen saw Zhang Pei's thoughts and shook his head bitterly: "If things get serious, the emperor will not be too embarrassed because of Zhou Huan's contribution. With only two hundred stones of grain, he can't kill Zhou Huan." Lin's life. After all, Zhou Huan was the founding military general of the country. Although he was not knighted, he still had some say among the military nobles. It would be unwise to kill his only son."
Zhang Pei lowered his head and remained silent.
Gu Zhengchen had no choice.
I am not Hai Rui. I am black and white. I have to hit the bottom when encountering injustice.
Above officialdom and under principles, the pros and cons must be weighed.
Unless he could kill Zhou Lin with a stick, take care of Zhou Huan by the way, and seal his throat with a sword, Gu Zhengchen was willing to take action. But if you can't kill these two and make yourself miserable, there is no need to risk the embarrassment.
The incense candle burned, and the white candle ashes fell and broke into pieces in the incense burner.
Wang Dali, Chen Yazi and others were suffering so much that no one knew who shouted "I'm going to attack" outside the door. Wang Dali, Chen Yazi and others slapped the door like crazy and shouted: "We're going to attack!"
The recruitment list was written and fingerprinted.
Gu Zhengchen let everyone go and went back to sleep.
At dawn, the granary was indeed full.
The sergeant was so impressed by Gu Zhengchen that only those who knew about it were too timid to speak.
Jiangyin Guard is a mature guard. Daily operations do not require management. Each one performs his or her duties in an orderly manner. As the chief, Gu Zhengchen only handles paperwork, money and food, etc.
Zhao Hailou brought the new physical training technique to Jiangyin Guards and trained with the Jurong Guards sergeants all day long. After the Jiangyin Guard sergeant, who originally laughed at the Jurong Guard sergeant's embarrassment, received a beating, he summoned 300 people to fight, but they all fell down.
After all, he is from Jinling, so he is not that easy to provoke.
Gu Zhengchen stood at the height of Xiangshan Mountain. He did not visit the soldiers training in the guard camp, but looked sadly toward the East China Sea.
Wu Zhen, the Marquis of Jinghai, has been out to sea for some time. There is currently no accurate information on how many pirates he fought, where he fought, the direction of the pirates' next attack, and the specific scale.
"Gu Zhenfu, clerk of the Governor's Office."
Feng Fu handed over the documents.
Gu Zhengchen opened the document and looked at it, staring slightly: "Datong Guard Commander Cao Xing was promoted to the Commander of Fuzhou Capital Guard, and Taiyuan Guard Commander Tongzhi Wang Cheng was promoted to the Commander of Fuzhou Capital Guard! Fuzhou, that's where pirates wreaked havoc frequently Land! It seems that the scale of this pirate battle may be larger than we imagined."
Elite soldiers and generals ran to the seaside in preparation for a big battle.
only--
I am afraid of loud thunder and light rain.
Zhejiang, off the coast of Wenzhou Prefecture.
On an island called Nanji Mountain, one hand broke off the branches and ran forward quickly.
call out!
An arrow hole penetrated the leaves, flew past the bark of the tree, and shot into the back with a pop, causing the person to fall to the ground suddenly. A rough man stepped forward, took out a knife and chopped off the pirate's head.
"Zhou Zhenfu, judging from the situation of the ships, there should be fifty or sixty pirates on this island."
Qianhu Wu Jun came over.
Zhou Huan shook off the blood on his head, tied it around his waist with his hair, grinned and said: "Commander Wu said that killing is military merit. Tell the brothers, no one is allowed to let go this time."
Wu Jun geared up: "Should we wait until night to start?"
"There are only fifty or sixty pirates, but we have a thousand brothers. Let me surround and kill them!"
Zhou Huan was disdainful.
The shouts of killing were loud, and the pirates never expected that as soon as they came to the island to rest and avoid the storm, they would be chased by the Ming army. Dozens of people rushed to fight, but when they saw the large number of Ming troops, they were all frightened to death.
Five were captured and the others were destroyed.
Zhou Huan was very dissatisfied when he looked at the corpses of the pirates lying on the ground. They had no combat power at all and were more than one level behind Beiyuan's cavalry.
"Zhou Zhenfu, there is a sea chart here."
A sergeant searched it out and quickly sent it over.
Zhou Huan unfolded the chart, his expression suddenly became solemn, pointing to the circle marked on the chart, and asked Wu Jun: "This is Tanhu Mountain, this is Yangshan! Bring the prisoners here!"
Wu Jun also felt that things were unusual.
Yangshan and Tanhu Mountains are located outside Suzhou Prefecture. In other words, Suzhou Prefecture is likely to be the direction of attack by pirates!
Things get bad.
The prisoners confessed that the pirates totaled more than 500 people and more than 60 ships. They were divided into three groups and prepared to plunder supplies from the shore. The one who stayed in Nanji Mountain was the Third Master. He originally planned to go for a walk in Wenzhou Mansion, but he hadn't gone yet, so he left it here first.
Zhou Huan stared at the sea chart and said seriously: "The main force of Suzhou Prefecture's Jinshan Guard has been mobilized, and there are only a few troops left. There must be loopholes in protecting the coast of Suzhou Prefecture! We must go north to stop this group of pirates. !”
Wu Jun agreed, arranged for the sergeant to prepare for the voyage, and then expressed his biggest worry to Zhou Huan: "The whereabouts of pirates are unpredictable, and this chart may not be completely reliable. But it is certain that a group of pirates has appeared to our north. And we didn't find it! If this pirates disguised themselves as merchant ships and entered the Yangtze River, things would be in big trouble!"
Zhou Huan knew that once the pirates entered the Yangtze River, it would mean a slap in the face of the Ming Dynasty. Not only would Zhu Yuanzhang's face be disgraced, but all the generals' faces would be disgraced!
This kind of thing must never happen!
"Zhou Zhenfu, what should we do?"
Wu Jun didn't know what to do.
Should we go to Tanhu Mountain Island in Suzhou Prefecture to strengthen the defense of Suzhou Prefecture, or should we go to the Yangtze River Estuary to defend it?
If the pirates did not intend to enter the Yangtze River, but Zhou Huan led the navy to the Yangtze River estuary, causing the pirates to wreak havoc along the coast of Suzhou Prefecture, then General Wu Zhen would still be held accountable!
Zhou Huan gritted his teeth and said: "The pirates are already to the north of us. If they intend to enter the Yangtze River, we can't catch up even if we want to. Besides, it is not easy for the pirates to enter the Yangtze River. There are Baoshan Station, Wusongjiang Station, Chongming Sha The center of Liuhe Fort, and the Zhenhai Guards behind it, are heavily guarded."
"Having said that, if the worst happens..."
Wu Jun was very uneasy.
Zhou Huan asked, "Do you have any other ideas?"
Wu Jun nodded heavily: "Deploy another navy to station at the mouth of the Yangtze River to investigate passing ships."
Zhou Huan was just about to speak when he heard hurried footsteps coming from outside.
Jiang Ciwu from a hundred households ran over and said to Zhou Huan: "There is a letter from home."
"Letter from home? What time has it been? Are you sending a letter from home here?!"
Zhou Huan raised his hand and knocked down the family letter and shouted angrily.
When going off to fight, family matters are left to the family to handle. Even if your biological father dies, you have to wait until the war is over before reporting!
Wu Jun waved his hand to Jiang Ciwu and asked him to leave. He picked up the family letter and handed it to Zhou Huan: "There must have been something going on at home, otherwise I wouldn't have disturbed him at this time."
Zhou Huan was so angry that he took it, opened the family letter and read it, his face turned cold: "What did you just say?"
Wu Jun replied: "Deploy another navy to station at the mouth of the Yangtze River to check passing ships. Only in this way can we ensure everything is safe."
Zhou Huan put away the letter from home and stuffed it into his arms: "Order people to go ashore and expedite the Jiangyin naval force for 800 miles to Nansha Island to check the passing ships there."
"Jiangyin Navy?"
Wu Jun looked at Zhou Huan in surprise, shook his head, and said quickly: "Zhou Zhenfu, Jiangyin Guards are our guards. General Wu took away most of the ships and elites. Now there are only a group of Jiangyin Guards left." Weak brigade, the boats are still pitifully small, wouldn’t you be harming them by letting them reach the mouth of the sea?”
Zhou Huan snorted: "Harm them? Not necessarily. You should remember that General Wu sent a capable general to Jiangyin Guard to temporarily control Jiangyin Guard!"
"Are you talking about the living man from Quanzhou County? Hehe, he is just a scholar, but he has never been on the battlefield. This kind of joke is not allowed."
Wu Jun refused.
Zhou Huan asked with a serious face: "Then tell me, where can we mobilize the naval forces from? Gu Zhengchen is a scholar, but he is also a man from Quanzhou County. He got the title for his military merits! In this case, then go into battle to kill the enemy and defend the mountains and seas. He has a share. Come and pass on my general order..."
Wu Jun was restless.
After all, Jiangyin Guards are from their own family. Even those broken ships, General Wu, despise them. Now if you let them go to sea, it's okay if they don't meet pirates. If they do, wouldn't they all be killed? Killed?
But there is no way.
General Wu gave Zhou Huan the status of Lieutenant General of the Army, and he had the authority to mobilize sergeants from nearby guard posts to assist in coastal defense.
Zhou Huan looked cold and stern.
Gu Zhengchen, you are so brave!
A person who acts as Jiangyin Guard actually uses my own son to establish his authority!
OK!
If you hit my son, then I will kill you!
Nansha Island is a place where grain ships and pirate ships often pass by. If pirates want to cause trouble, they must take a walk near Nansha Island.
I hope your county man can live up to his reputation!
Jinling, Imperial Palace.
After Zhu Yuanzhang was busy with government affairs for the day, he stood up to stretch his muscles and asked Zheng Bo, the guard, "Is the prince okay in Fengyang?"
"Everything is fine. The prince has been visiting people since he took the princess to visit the mausoleum."
Zheng Bo replied.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction: "It's a good thing to go out among the people more. Is there any movement at Jurong Yuanhuo Bureau? I haven't seen Gu Zhengchen handing in documents for some days, and I'm somewhat not used to it."
Zheng Bo quickly said: "Your Majesty, Gu Zhengchen is not in Jurong."
"Not in Jurong?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zheng Bo, and his eyes became sharp: "He is the governor of Jurong Wei, the palm print of the Yuanhuo Bureau, and the magistrate of Jurong. If he is not in Jurong, where is he? How dare he leave the place of governance behind my back?"
Zheng Bo felt a chill in his blood and saluted, "A few days ago, Commander-in-Chief Wu transferred Gu Zhenfu to Jiangyin to temporarily take charge of Jiangyin Guard affairs to ensure safety. Your Majesty has read this document..."
"Jiangyin Wei?"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
Wu Zhen's transfer document was sent to Jinling, but it was too long and he didn't read it, nor did he notice that Gu Zhengchen's name was included in it.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him and complained: "This Wu Zhen, who can't be transferred? He must be transferred to Gu Zhengchen! If the firearms innovation is delayed, I will not spare him! Let the governor-general recommend the acting general of Jiangyin Guard, and transfer Gu Zhengchen back as soon as possible Jurong!”
