dmims Chapter 2023: Secret Report to Zhang Jing
Chapter 2023: Secret Report to Zhang Jing
Chapter 2023: Secret Report to Zhang Jing
"Before I leave, Ping An has one more thing to report to the Governor. Please ask the Governor to dismiss his attendants."
After breakfast, before saying goodbye to Zhang Jing, Zhu Ping'an asked Zhang Jing to send his attendants away with a serious face.
Zhang Jing realized that Zhu Ping'an was going to talk about something very important, so he dismissed his attendants and did not allow anyone to approach the study.
"Zihou, you can tell me now." After sending his attendants away, Zhang Jing said to Zhu Ping'an.
"Governor, the prefect of Jiaxing, Zhao Chong, may have surrendered to the Japanese pirates. I have several clues."
Zhu Ping'an whispered to Zhang Jing in case there were eavesdroppers on the other side of the wall.
Then, Zhu Ping'an truthfully told Zhang Jing about his suspicion of Zhao Chong and all the clues he had obtained from monitoring Zhao Chong.
"Good! Very good! Great!" Zhang Jing couldn't help but clapping excitedly after hearing it.
For a moment, Zhu Ping'an was a little confused. What was going on? Why was Zhang Jing so excited when he heard that Zhao Chong had surrendered to the Japanese pirates? !
"Now we can lure the Japanese pirates to Jiaxing, it's almost certain!" Zhang Jing's words solved Zhu Ping'an's doubts.
That's it!
Zhu Ping'an suddenly realized.
"Zihou, we didn't alarm him, did we?" Zhang Jing asked with concern. Zhao Chong was an important part of attracting the Japanese pirates to Jiaxing.
"No, after all, he is the prefect. I have to be absolutely sure and have evidence before I can arrest him. Before that, I will not alert the enemy. I warned the people who were monitoring to keep a sufficient distance. It is better to miss him than to alert Zhao Chong and the Japanese pirates." Zhu Ping'an said with certainty.
"Very good, I trust Zihou to do the job." Zhang Jing nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Zihou, from today on, you can withdraw all the people you sent to monitor Zhao Chong, and leave Zhao Chong to me."
"Yes, sir." Zhu Ping'an readily followed the advice.
After bidding farewell to Zhang Jing, Zhu Ping'an led everyone to Shaoxing, and made a detour to the north to visit Wangjiangjing.
Wangjiangjing was the main battlefield where Zhang Jing organized the 18th army to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates. The name of the Wangjiangjing Victory came from this place.
The right time, right place and right people are not just talk. If you want to have the right place, how can you have it if you don’t understand the geographical situation of mountains and rivers? !
When Zhu Ping'an came to Wangjiangjing, at first, he thought this place was a river flowing from north to south.
Jing means water flowing from north to south and from high to low.
Wangjiangjing is a river that flows from north to south and from high to low next to Wangjia Village.
But when he arrived at Wangjiangjing, Zhu Ping'an discovered that there was not only a river here, but also a Wangjiangjing town beside the river.
Wangjiangjing Town is incredibly prosperous. The Grand Canal passes through the town. The town is very large, covering an area of dozens of miles.
The town of Wangjiangjing is a famous silk town, producing tens of thousands of pieces of silk every day. There are many shops in the town, and the streets are clean and prosperous. The locals call themselves Wangjiangjing "the town that clothes the world."
Zhu Ping'an came to Wangjiangjing and rode his horse around the area of more than 20 miles in radius. He understood why this place became a battlefield.
Wangjiangjing is located at the junction of Zhejiang and Nanzhili. It is connected to Jiaxing in the south and serves as a bridgehead for Jiaxing. It is also connected to Suzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili in the north.
Here there is the Grand Canal, rivers of all sizes, a dense water network, and undulating hills, making it a natural battlefield.
This place is actually more suitable for the Japanese pirates who are individually brave and have outstanding small group combat capabilities to display their abilities, so it makes sense that they would choose this place.
In addition, although this place is suitable for the Japanese pirates to take advantage of individual soldiers, as long as we resist the offensive of the Japanese pirates and send troops to cut off their retreat, we can form a situation of closing the door and beating the dog against the Japanese pirates. It is reasonable for Zhang Jing to choose this place as the main battlefield.
The Japanese pirates chose this place to break through, and Zhang Jing chose this place to close the door and fight the enemy, so it was inevitable that this place would become the main battlefield.
Zhu Ping'an rode his horse carefully around Wangjiangjing, imprinting every blade of grass, tree, river and stream here in his mind. He could not stay out of this battle, and he had to find some way to participate in it.
According to the records he had read before, the Wangjiangjing Victory was known in history as the greatest victory since the Japanese invasion in the southeast, but its result was only the annihilation of 1,980 Japanese pirates, which was far inferior to the results of his own Suzhou Defense War.
Xu Hai and his Japanese bandits gathered another 30,000 to 40,000 troops. If the victory at Wang Jiangjing still only resulted in the capture of 1,980 people, the Japanese pirates would only have lost one-tenth of their troops, which would not be a heavy enough blow to them.
Therefore, Zhu Ping'an wanted to participate in it and do his best to severely strike back at the Japanese invaders of Xu Hai.
It would be even better if we could wipe out this group of Japanese pirates.
Although Zhu Ping'an knew it was difficult, nothing in the world is easy. The more difficult it is, the harder he has to work.
The area is densely covered with rivers and has undulating hills, which is suitable for individual Japanese pirates to perform operations, but this is more suitable for firearms.
As long as we occupy a few key strongholds and fully utilize the advantages of firearms, the Japanese pirates will definitely be in great trouble!
As the saying goes, no matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of a kitchen knife, let alone a gun.
Zhu Ping'an carefully observed the terrain of the mountains and rivers, and selected several locations that were quite suitable for the Zhejiang Army to exert its firepower, and he knew them clearly in his mind.
If the Zhejiang Army participated in the Battle of Wangjiangjing and occupied these points, the Japanese pirates would be unable to advance or retreat, causing heavy losses.
"Let's go, return to Shaoxing as soon as possible!"
After Zhu Ping'an imprinted the mountains and rivers of Wangjiangjing in his mind, he pulled the reins, clamped the horse's belly, and took the lead in galloping southward.
A group of Zhejiang troops followed and galloped towards Shaoxing.
The return journey was uneventful. We did not encounter any Japanese pirates who were committing crimes. We traveled quickly all the way and arrived in Shaoxing before dusk.
Zhu Ping'an went home and quickly took a shower and changed his clothes to wash off the cold before going to see Li Shu and the two little ones to avoid catching a cold. Li Shu was still in confinement after childbirth, and the two little ones were still young and had weak resistance.
"Haha, Brother Zhu, hug them and see if they have gained weight. They are like two little pigs, especially your daughter. She eats too much. Two wet nurses can only give her enough milk."
Li Shu was overflowing with maternal love. She handed the confused little fat girl to Zhu Ping'an as if she were offering a treasure.
"Let me hug you, my dear girl."
Zhu Ping'an carefully took the little fat girl in his hands. Sure enough, after just two days, the little girl had gained a size more weight.
Little Fatty likes Zhu Ping'an very much. When Zhu Ping'an is hugged, he shows a big smile and speaks in a baby voice like a kitten.
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but give him a kiss.
He couldn't favor one over the other, so Zhu Ping'an put the little fat girl down and bent down to pick up the little fat son. As soon as he picked him up, he felt warmth in his arms and found that the little guy had urinated a lot, which not only wet the thin blanket, but also wet Zhu Ping'an's clothes.
The little guy still had an innocent look on his face, looking at Zhu Ping'an naively.
"Your son loves you so much that he kept it for you." Li Shu laughed when she saw this.
(End of this chapter)