Brother Mu, Brother Big Dagger, after working hard for most of the night, you guys should go and rest, you still have work to do in the morning.”
After the interrogation was completed, Zhu Pingan patted Liu Mu and Liu Dazhou’s shoulders and told the two to go down and rest.
Zhu Pingan himself went back to the third hall of the county government office, lit an oil lamp, made a pot of strong tea, and based on the results of the interrogation, deduced again.
The results of the interrogation had confirmed that the three groups of Japanese pirates, Honda Heihachi, Iron King Kong, and Jiangmen Master, were a group, with Jiangmen Master being the first leader, Honda Heihachi being the second leader, and Iron King Kong being the third leader, and the total strength of the three groups amounted to more than 10,000 Japanese pirates. The three groups of Japanese pirates have divided the seven counties of Taizhou before disembarking, scattered looting, and agreed to meet under the city of Taizhou in five days, tomorrow evening is the deadline for meeting, Honda Heihachi has ordered to pull out of Taiping County at noon tomorrow, and go to the city of Taizhou to meet the master of the Jiangmen.
Tomorrow noon, this is a very critical time.
Zhu Pingan put down his teacup, narrowed his eyes, his index finger slightly tapped the table, and the corners of his mouth pursed up.
Tomorrow at noon, Honda Heihachi would pull out his camp and leave Tai Ping County!
If he led his troops to arrive in Taiping County before Honda Heihachi pulled out his battalion at noon, then Honda Heihachi’s act of pulling out his battalion and leaving Taiping County would be as follows: Zhu Ping’an, the Governor of Jingnan County, braved sacrifices and led his troops to the aid of Taiping County, and after some fierce battles with the Japanese invaders who had encamped in Taiping County, the Japanese invaders who had encamped in Taiping County were expelled and fought off by Zhu Ping’an, the Governor of Jingnan County, who had restored the land of the Ming Dynasty that had been invaded by the Japanese invaders.–Tai Ping County. In this way, the credit for rescuing Taiping, expelling the Japanese, and restoring Taiping would fall firmly on his own head.
If he led his troops to arrive at Taiping County only after Honda Heihachi’s battalion left at noon, then Honda Heihachi’s battalion’s departure from Taiping County would have nothing to do with him, and he would naturally be without any merit.
Therefore, one must rush to rescue Taiping County before Honda Heihachi’s battalion leaves Taiping County at noon.
This time must be well grasped, can be appropriately early, but not too early, never late. If it is too early, the time left for Honda Heihachi is enough, then the danger is big, it is not possible that Honda Heihachi will get back to the scene, and in the field and the Japanese fighting, Zhu Pingan thinks that there is no chance of winning; late, Honda Heihachi has already pulled out of the camp and left Taiping, then the credit will not have anything to do with himself.
Theoretically speaking, Honda Heihachi has a mission in mind, to go to Taizhou province to join Jiangmen Lord, He Bing attack Taizhou province, I believe that he will not fight with himself in the field. On the one hand, the field battle to kill, will certainly miss the time he and the Jiangmen master agreed to meet; on the other hand, the field battle, even if the Japanese have a chance of victory, but certainly will also lose troops, Honda Heihachi last attack on my Jingnan loss of half of the troops, this time he will certainly carefully weigh weigh.
Of course, we can’t rule out the possibility that Heihachi Honda would rather be late for the rendezvous, and would rather lose his troops and generals than get his revenge.
All of these should be taken into consideration!
Zhu Pingan took a sip of strong tea, rubbed his brow, lifted his spirit, and carefully plotted.
The oil lamps in the three halls of the county office stayed on until the fourth night before they reluctantly said goodbye to the starlight outside the window and went out.
Early the next morning, the sky is not yet bright, Zhu Pingan has already got up, and yesterday, as yesterday, wash wash by the way to take a refreshing cool bath, refreshed to meet a brand new day.
Heaven sent down a military achievement with me, it’s within my reach, how can I give it up.
“Now there is a heavenly merit in front of us, at our fingertips ……,” Zhu Pingan used the morning meal sent by the bun’s little maid, Painter, and then recruited Liu Mu, Liu Dazhou and the others, and told them about his plot to rob the attack.
“Rob! Gongzi, this is a good thing that comes along once in a hundred years, it’s like picking it up for nothing! Not robbing for nothing!”
As soon as Zhu Pingan’s words fell, Liu Dazhou excitedly rubbed his big bear paw hands together and shouted excitedly.
“My lord, this is a heavenly battle merit! Of course we can’t let it go.”Liu Mu and the rest of them also voiced his support.
Liu Dazhou and the others were already full of trust in Zhu Ping An, Zhu Ping An was letting them go into the fire, they would not even blink, and now after listening to Zhu Ping An’s analyses and plans, this military credit is just like picking up for nothing, and Zhu Ping An’s plans are watertight and without any risk, so naturally, they are even more 10,000 times more supportive.
“Good! Then let’s rob him of a handful of war credit!”Zhu Pingan nodded his head and made a decision.
To gallop to Taiping to grab the credit, there must be someone, if you rely solely on the dozens of magistrates in the county government office, you can only go to give away your head, you can’t grab the credit, so you have to enlist the young and strong, only with a large number of people, only then will Honda Heihachi not dare to make any extra trouble or act rashly.
“Brother Mak, Big Gun, you will post this conscription document, conscript five hundred young strong people. If there is no battle, then each person will receive five taels of silver; if there is a battle, the reward will be the same as when defending the city, ten taels per person, with an additional ten taels for injuries, and an additional fifty taels for deaths in battle. This draft is completely voluntary, no need to force it.”
Zhu Pingan took out the official document for the conscription of young strong people that had already been written last night, stamped it with the county magistrate’s seal, and handed it over to Liu Mu and Liu Dajian, telling them to go outside the county office to post the conscription document and conscript five hundred young strong people.
“Big Sword, Big Hammer, you hold this official document, take a few magistrates with you, and go conscript one hundred carriages.”
After arranging for Liu Mu and Liu Dagang, Zhu Pingan took out the official document written last night to conscript carriages, stamped it with the county magistrate’s print, and handed it over to Liu Dazhou and Liu Dahammer, telling them to bring a few government servants and go conscript one hundred and two carriages.
“Da Gang, you hold this order signature and patrol the six rooms of the county office to see which officials are present, and conscript them all. There’s no need to tell them much, just say that they are conscripted to rush to support the county town of Taiping.”Zhu Pingan said to Liu Dagang, telling him to bring his warrant stick to patrol the various rooms of the county office and conscript all the officials in the county office.
This was also a test for Zhu Pingan to the six rooms of the Suxian officials, as well as a last chance for them.
Last time when Honda Heihachi and his group of Japanese invaders attacked Jingnan County, Li Da was the first one to abandon the city and fled, followed by Zhang Changru, the county minister, and Yao Wenyuan, the chief bookkeeper, who fled without a trace, and until now, they haven’t come back yet. They have not returned until now. It is estimated that they will not come back until the Japanese leave Taizhou. As for the county magistrate, after hearing the news of the Japanese attacking the city, they all ran away, either following Li Da and abandoning the city, or abandoning the county magistrate to hide in their own homes.
It is no exaggeration to say that the county office was empty!
After the success of Jingnan’s defence, Zhu Pingan has been busy with post-war reconstruction, going out early and coming back late, and did not spare any effort to liquidate them. However, I heard that in the past two days, some of the runaway officials had come back to work again with a thick skin and as if nothing had happened.
Zhu Pingan took this opportunity to test them and give them one last chance. If they can change their ways and be drafted to support Taiping, then Zhu Pingan can deal with them lightly and even let them off the hook. If they were unrepentant, then he would never show them any mercy when he freed himself to settle the score.
