The night is deep, the birds are tired of resting, and the sparse stars and pale moon hang in the sky. Jingnan has slept, Taiping has slept, but the Taizhou capital has no sleep tonight!
The Japanese are besieging the city, how can we sleep?
Tan Lun, the governor of Taizhou Prefecture, is wearing armour and hanging a sword at his waist, looking down at the 10,000 or so Japanese invaders with a heavy face.
This morning, a group of 5,000 to 6,000 Japanese pirates began to besiege the city, and at noon, another wave of Japanese pirates came, with 2,000 to 3,000 people; in the evening, another wave of Japanese pirates came, also with 2,000 to 3,000 people. In addition, the Japanese invaders also took thousands of people hostage, absorbed thousands of mountain bandits and ruffians who took advantage of the fire, so all in all, the Japanese invaders besieging the city had more than 20,000 people, and surrounded Taizhou Prefecture in an impenetrable area.
“I have known that the Japanese in Jiangnan are serious, but I didn’t expect it to be so serious. The Japanese have dared to break through the counties and besiege the prefectural capital!”Tan Lun looked at the Japanese pirates below the city, and said with a face of indignation.
Tan Lun knew of the seriousness of the Japanese invasion in Jiangnan, and it was because of the repeated invasions of Japanese pirates along the coast of Zhejiang that he was appointed to the governorship of Taizhou.
He was appointed governor of Taizhou at the beginning of this year, the time of his appointment was not more than a few months earlier than Zhu Pingan, and he had only been in office for less than half a year, so it can be said to be the first time, and he was not familiar with the Taizhou government.
Tan Lun is not very old, just over thirty years old. Since he was young, he read a lot of poems and books, intelligence, is the local famous child prodigy, and calm character, more local people praise, he did not live up to the high expectations of the people, in the twenty-third year of the Jiajing in the bachelor’s degree, was only twenty-four years old, in the Zhu Pingan did not win the first prize before he was one of the youngest in the Jiajing this dynasty. He was one of the youngest in the Jiajing dynasty before Zhu Ping’an won the Scholarship. After he won the Scholarship, he was appointed to the Ministry of Ceremonies in Nanjing, and three years later, he was appointed to the office of the Minister of Justice. Tan Lun in the office of Fang Lang more performance, and because of familiar with military affairs, for the appreciation of the officials, just when the Taizhou governor vacancy, and Taizhou province coast for the Japanese invasion, the officials so recommended it for Taizhou governor.
Taizhou governor ah, this is from the fourth grade officer ah!
Tan Lun is only thirty-two years old this year, which can be said to be the youngest official of the fourth rank in the Ming Dynasty. To know, before Zhu Pingan was relegated, he was only a fifth-grade official.
For a while, Tan Lun was in the limelight.
Tan Lun was young, young and ambitious, he would not be satisfied with being a fourth rank governor.
He will not be satisfied with the fourth rank of governor! History!This is his pursuit.
Therefore, appointed as governor of Taizhou, Tan Lun will be determined to do a great career in Taizhou! And then use Taizhou Prefecture as a pedal to step into a higher level, so that the world will know his Tan Lun’s great name!
However, he has always been good luck, Taizhou governor, it seems that some of the luck does not favour him.
Just like right now!
A few days ago, the Japanese suddenly attacked Taizhou, and before he could react and deploy his troops, he had already heard that many counties under the jurisdiction of Taizhou had already been overrun by the Japanese, and now, the Japanese are brazenly besieging the city of Taizhou! Judging from the waves of Japanese invaders converging on Taizhou city, these Japanese invaders are expected to have broken through the following counties before converging on Taizhou city, with the intention of combining their forces to break through Taizhou city.
It is estimated that the seven counties below were all broken by the Japanese! All seven counties are broken!
At first, I was appointed as the governor of Taizhou because of the seriousness of the Japanese invasion, but I didn’t realise that in less than half a year, I’ve made no achievement at all, and the invasion is even worse than it was at the beginning! The seven counties under Taizhou have all been destroyed! The city is under siege! Despite the seriousness of the Japanese invasion in the south-east, the Ming Dynasty has never suffered such a defeat!
For Tan Lun, who aspires to do great things in Taizhou, this is like a loud slap in the face! It’s far from that! This is more than just a slap in the face! It’s a political disaster.
A crisis!
A serious crisis!
The first crisis of my life! If you don’t handle it well, not to mention the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, your career will be ruined!
Damn Japanese, if you had given yourself more time, when your new army is complete, why would it be as bad as this?
“Your Honour, the Japanese underneath the city are camping in a messy way, the Japanese are only drinking and feasting, their discipline is loose, no one is on guard, so it’s a good opportunity to break the enemy. As the saying goes, “keep an army for a thousand days, use it for an hour”, the last general is trusted by your honour, and promoted the last general to the end, the last general is not proud to repay, I ask for the order to take advantage of the night to attack their camp, and will be broken in one fell swoop!In order to repay your honour’s love!”
Behind Tan Lun, a young general, also in his thirties, named Zuo Zhen, carefully watched the Japanese underneath the city for a few moments, and realised that the Japanese underneath the city were full of flaws, so he couldn’t help but cupped his fists with a confident face and asked for a battle, saying.
“General Zuo, the Prefecture City Yamen soldiers can’t fight in the field, more than 1,000 new troops under your command have been trained for less than a few months, so it’s difficult to break the enemy while defending the city. If the new army is a year old, why would I wait for the Japanese to surround the city, I would have already left the city to break the enemy.”Tan Lun waved his hand gently at his words, not agreeing to his subordinate general’s invitation to war.
When Tan Lun was first appointed as governor of Taizhou at the time of danger, he was determined to do something great in Taizhou. The first thing he did when he was appointed governor of Taizhou was to ask the court for permission to train 1,000 new troops to defend against the Japanese invaders. Although the court allowed him to do so, two months have passed since then, and to date, the 1,000 new troops have only just started training for less than three months, and are still far from being able to go out of the city to fight against the Japanese invaders.
Although Tan Lun also wants to break the Japanese and save Taizhou, but reason tells him not to. Going out of the city now will not only not help, but may lead to a more serious disaster. If he left the city and was defeated by the Japanese, then Taizhou Prefecture would be finished!
“Your Honour, although our army has not long been formed, but we have been drilling diligently every day, and now we have a high morale and already have an elite spirit; the Japanese camp under the city is full of flaws, and the thieves only care about drinking, no one is on the alert, so it is a good opportunity to break the enemy, I would like to make a military order, and I ask for your Honour’s permission.”
Zuo Zhen continued to ask for war.
“No, General Zuo must not underestimate the Japanese pirates outside the city, the leader of the Japanese pirates outside the city is named Jiangmen, he is not a reckless and incompetent person, this person is the general flag of Xiaoshan Wei in Fujian, with more than ten years of military experience. With his military experience, the Japanese camp outside the city is not so broken, I’m afraid it is his plan to lure the enemy.”
Tan Lun looked at Zuo Zhen and gently shook his head, pointing to the middle-most Japanese tent outside the city and slowly said.
“Thanks to the calmness of your father, otherwise I am afraid that the last general will become the sinner of Taizhou province.”Zuo Zhen listened to Tan Lun’s explanation, thought deeply, forehead couldn’t help but emerge a layer of cold sweat, then couldn’t help but be indignant and said, “Jiang traitors as the general flag of the guards, don’t want to serve the court, but even did the Japanese, really the shame of my generation.”
