The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Fan was walking back and forth in the yard with a sad expression on his face, showing the anxiety in his heart. Wan Zhong, who was sitting beside him, wanted to persuade Zhang Fan to calm down, but just as he was about to speak, Can't speak, after all, the situation is worrying now, no matter what you say, the situation can't be changed.

At this time, Wang Meng walked in quickly, Zhang Fan saw it and hurriedly asked, "How is the battle going on in Suzhou?"

Wang Meng shook his head. Although he didn't say anything, Zhang Fan knew that the situation was not good.

Those Fusang soldiers carrying the flag of the Oda family were on large ships. Although they were not as big as the treasure ships used by the Ming Dynasty today, and their shapes were different, they were obviously a temporary fleet. In addition to people, horses, artillery and other supplies can also be put down.

Of course, the area in Fusang is not big, and there are very few horses, and even if they want to buy horses from foreign countries, a large number of horses may die just by transporting them on the ship, which is very troublesome, so this time, this time Most of the nearly 1000 Fuso soldiers in the batch are ashigaru, the so-called infantry, and only a small part of the cavalry, but there are almost [-] people.

And the most disturbing thing is that although Fusang has been in constant wars over the years, it has also had contacts with foreign countries and bought a lot of guns and artillery. For example, Wang Zhi, who was rampant in the Ming Dynasty and colluded with Japanese pirates, once sold a lot of artillery. For the Ming Dynasty there, plus the caravans of Europeans came there, they also sold a lot of guns to them. Therefore, although the number of guns owned by Fusang is definitely not as large as that of the Ming Dynasty, it is limited to the number of guns owned by the Ming Dynasty. The quality and lethality of science and technology will not be much less powerful than the firearms owned by the Ming Dynasty.

And the most important point is that in the Ming Dynasty, apart from the Shenji Battalion in the capital, only Qi Jiguang's Qi Family Army was equipped with a large number of firearms. There were also armies in other places, but none of them formed a centralized army. This kind of loose popularity cannot form any combat effectiveness, and the rest is only the fixed artillery needed for city defense.

The boats of this group of Fusang soldiers went straight to Suzhou Mansion. Since the previous Japanese pirates had already occupied Songjiang Mansion by sneak attack tactics, the Shanghai city next to it, which was specially built during the Jiajing period to prevent Japanese invaders, was also in the In the task of personnel mobilization and prevention of Japanese pirates in Songjiang Prefecture, there was no time to guard against the intruding Fusang army. The fleet sailed in from the mouth of the Yangtze River smoothly, and arrived at the nearest place near Suzhou City to put down the soldiers on board. After that, those Fusang soldiers marched directly towards Suzhou City.

"Tell me the details quickly," Zhang Fan asked. Although Wang Meng shook his head to explain that the situation in Suzhou is very bad, he still needs to know the specific situation.

"The soldiers who came from Fusang were all well-armored, and their banners were upright, and I was afraid we didn't know that there were almost hundreds of banners there," Wang Meng began to say, "After they got off the boat, they went straight to Suzhou. The city was divided into two groups to attack the east gate and north gate of Suzhou City. There was no news about Suzhou City before. It was almost when the soldiers from Fusang landed that they knew. Fortunately, Songjiang Mansion was invaded by Japanese pirates a few days ago. , the prefect of Suzhou ordered the city gate to be closed, otherwise the time to close the city gate may be very tight this time.

"The defenders in Suzhou City didn't take too much precaution against such a sudden surprise attack. Although Songjiang Mansion has now been occupied by Japanese pirates, but because Mr. Hai is now leading the army to guard the north, and the Lord has issued an order, the Songjiang Mansion will also be Surrounded, so they were not too worried. When they saw a large number of people heading towards them, they thought it was the people sent by the imperial court. When they got close, they realized that it was the banners and armors worn by the people. It wasn't my dressing up, only then did I realize that I was shocked and rushed to report, but there was a lot of delay. After hearing about this, the prefect of Suzhou also panicked for a while, and the people below because of He was so thoughtless, and he didn't dare to give orders without authorization, so the time was so delayed. When the Suzhou prefect came back to his senses and mobilized the people from the west gate and the south gate to defend the east gate and the north gate together, the people under the city The Fusang soldiers have already begun to attack the city.

"This time the siege, obviously these Fusang people came prepared. The siege ladders and iron cannons are all available. They first used the artillery to cover the infantry and moved the ladders to the bottom of the city, and then began to climb up the city. Because of the panic in front, Fusang soldiers almost attacked the tower, and with great difficulty, many people died before repelling their attack.

"It's just... the generals guarding the city saw that the Fusang army under the city was reorganizing, because they were closer to the city gate, and immediately ordered the artillery on the tower to fire. Who knows, the first shot was fired. The Fusang army released a firework, as if it was sending a message to someone. Sure enough, not long after the firework was released, the artillery on the city gate had not fired a few shots before it went silent. At that time, the spies who were mixed into Fusang shot arrows and killed the terracotta warriors who fired the cannons. Because the people in the city thought that the attack outside the city made people panic, and even though the south gate and west gate of Suzhou City were impossible at this time. Open it to let them flee for their lives, so the city is full of panic and crying, and the people are running around like headless chickens. There were still arrows coming, and in the end it was the help of a few brothers who were stationed in Suzhou City in the Weizhong. That's how we found the Fusang people who shot in the back and killed them. But at that time, they were able to operate those artillery fire There are very few terracotta warriors left, and some officers and generals will do it, but if they go, there will be no one to command the city guards to defend. In that case, the city will be broken faster.

"These news were reported by the brothers in Suzhou City an hour ago. What's going on there now, I have no way of knowing what's going on there," Wang Meng told Zhang Fan all the news he knew in one breath. listen.

After listening to Wang Meng's words, Zhang Fan took a deep breath in his heart. Before speaking, although they were wary of the Japanese pirates or Fusang's attack, they never really took this matter to heart. After all, at that time The Ming Empire is the most powerful country on this planet. If other countries want to attack here alone without uniting with other countries, they will inevitably return home without feathers. The same is true today. These Japanese pirates and Fusang The total number of soldiers from the mainland is less than 2. In any case, their defeat is inevitable, but this method of warfare, this expendable force of dispatching Japanese pirates first to attract the Ming Dynasty It is true that Zhang Fan and Daming were caught off guard by using a regular army to land and attack.

"Then... I'll ask you to inform Lord Hai Ruihai and the defenders who surrounded Songjiang to send some of them to go to Suzhou for rescue. Is this matter done?" Zhang Fan hurriedly asked. Urgent, the top priority is to repel these Fusang soldiers who attacked Suzhou. As long as they can be repelled, their attack will be considered a failure this time.

"The humble official has already sent people there, and it is estimated that Lord Hai and the Songjiang Mansion have already received orders from the Lord," Wang Meng replied.

After Zhang Fan heard Wang Meng's words, he was just about to say hello, but Liang Chao came running in from outside, even a little out of breath. It seemed that he had run a long distance and he was carrying something Urgent Case.

"My... my lord, it's not... not good," Liang Chao said intermittently, "those...those Japanese pirates in Huai... Huai'an Mansion and Songjiang Mansion suddenly opened...opened the city gate and killed them out,"

"What?" Zhang Fan asked in shock. Before, they were all thinking and hoping that the Japanese pirates guarding the city would open the city gate and come out, so that the defenders outside the city could quickly eliminate them and start anew. Take back these occupied cities, but they don't come out sooner or later, but they come out at this time.

"And... and these Japanese pirates seem to have gone crazy. Regardless of their lives, they rushed towards our army at an extremely fast speed," Liang Chao continued, "Not a few of the arrows were shot down, and even Even the cavalry were not ready, so they rushed in. Although our side outnumbered them, most of the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, especially those brought by Mr. Hai, came from Nanzhili They were transferred from the south and the west, where have they ever seen such a desperate style of fighting, they were caught off guard by these Japanese pirates, Master Hai has already come to report, my lord, what should we do now, "

"What should I do?" Zhang Fan seemed to be asking himself, "The best way is to send troops to help, but now there are still soldiers here and there, and the nearest one is General Qi's."

Everyone present knew that Qi Jiguang led his army to rush to Xuzhou in such a short period of time after running overnight for several days. A province that is close, Zhejiang and Shandong also need to be on guard, there is no extra troops to be dispatched, and the army of Huguang, Henan is now farther away than Qi Jiguang's army.

"Send someone to Xuzhou, send a letter to General Qi, and tell him the situation here," Zhang Fan ordered.

"My lord, although General Qi's troops are close, but they have been running for several days, how can they go to the battlefield now," Wang Meng said.

"You and I both know this, how could General Qi not know about it," Zhang Fan said, "I mean to let General Qi know about this matter, presumably he will have his own plans."

After Zhang Fan finished speaking, he laughed self-deprecatingly, and said, "I think that I, a temporarily appointed general, is really useless, and now I am the only one who has been captured by thousands of Japanese pirates, and I even rescued one of them." A city that is being attacked by the enemy cannot do it,"

Hearing Zhang Fan's words, several people present couldn't help but bow their heads, not knowing what to say.

At this moment, another subordinate of Zhang Fan walked into the yard and said to Zhang Fan, "My lord, the news just came that the city of Suzhou is broken."