Under Zhang Chufeng’s chesty and confident gaze, Zhu Pingan shook his head with a slight smile, “Not really, Lord Zhang, it is precisely because they are the outpost scouts of the Japanese Japanese invaders that they have come to attack Yingtian. Firstly, the capital Yingtian is the hub of my Daming Jiangnan, and also the richest pearl of my Daming Jiangnan, the Shangyu Japanese invaders, as the outpost scouts of the Japanese invaders, will inevitably come to spy on the realities of Yingtian and make preparations for the future invasion of the invaders in a big way; secondly, the purpose of the Shangyu Japanese invaders as the outpost scouts in raiding Yingtian is not to take down the city of Yingtian but rather to spy on the realities of Yingtian, and to peep into the deployment of Yingtian’s troop strength, battle strength, and the city’s defences and other situations. As long as a wave of exploratory raids to achieve the purpose of spying can be, and once the purpose is achieved, they will flee, do not need to touch the ground under the city of Yingtian, so that if they do, their survival rate will be greatly increased, and be able to retain a living force to return to the Japanese country to resume their duties.”
As Zhu Pingan’s words lagged behind, Zhang Chufeng was stunned for a few seconds before shaking his head vigorously, “These are all just subjective assumptions on your part, Zi Hou, including the fact that the Japanese in Shangyu were outpost scouts, which is also a subjective assumption on your part.”
As Zhu Pingan was about to open his mouth, Zhang Chufeng pre-empted his questioning, “Zi Hou, don’t be in a hurry to refute, let me ask you, can you guarantee that these Japanese invaders are the scouts dispatched by the Japanese invaders before they entered the country in a big way?”
When Zhu Pingan heard this, he was speechless, you asked this question, how can I guarantee that they are the scouts! Even if I know that this group of Japanese invaders are Japanese scouts, I can’t guarantee it for you!
If I could guarantee it, then there would be a problem!
Zhu Pingan pulled the corner of his mouth, “I can’t guarantee it.”
“Then, Zi Hou, can you guarantee that the Japanese pirates from Shangyu will definitely come to attack and disturb Yingtian?!” Zhang Chufeng pursued.
Zhu Pingan continued to be speechless and faintly said, “I can’t guarantee it.”
“Look at it, you can’t even guarantee it, what does that mean, it means that this is all subjective judgement on your part, Zi Hou, it’s just your speculation.” Zhang Chufeng smiled slightly and jumped to a conclusion.
“Lord Zhang, this is not subjective, nor is it a guess, this is an educated speculation.” Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but say breathlessly.
“Is there a difference? It’s all about things that have no shadow.” Zhang Chufeng instantly shook his head and laughed, then with the tone of a senior who had been there before, he preached to Zhu Pingan, “Zi Hou, the great events of the country are in the rituals and the ron. Rong is not a child’s play, it is a major event of the country, it requires 10 million cautions, how can it be a child’s play?!”
“Lord Zhang, it is precisely because the great events of the nation are in the rituals and the ron, that is why Ping An hurriedly rushed to report that if the Japanese invaders attacked Yingtian, regardless of whether they captured or didn’t capture the city of Yingtian, it would be tantamount to slapping the face of my Ming, and even more seriously, it would also deeply stimulate the current increasingly raging Japanese plague, making it even more serious! Therefore, Ping An suggests that we set up an ambush with heavy troops and weapons at the place where the Japanese invaders must pass through to attack Yingtian, so as to wipe out this group of Japanese invaders, and not give them a chance to attack Yingtian!”
Zhu Pingan said with a serious face, suggesting that an ambush be set up at the road that the Japanese invaders must pass through on their way to Yingtian, so that the Japanese invaders can be wiped out in one fell swoop.
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“Oh, Zi Hou you say lightly, set up an ambush with heavy troops and heavy weapons …… Will the Japanese invaders obediently listen to your words to come to attack Yingtian, or two words. The first step back, even if they come to attack Yingtian. If they come to attack Yingtian, do you know which way the Japanese will go when they attack Yingtian? Do you know when the Japanese will come? How long will it take to ambush this rising army, three or five days, or thirteen or fifteen days, or months? Besides, as the saying goes, food and provisions are needed before the troops move, this ambush will require a lot of food and provisions! Just for the sake of your one unreliable guess, you have to raise a large number of people, labouring and hurting people’s money? If the Japanese don’t come, it would be a waste of time and effort! It would also be the laughing stock of everyone! Zi Hou, who do you think can afford this? The provincial governor?”
Zhang Chufeng continuously cross-examined.
“Lord Zhang, there is never a hundred per cent certainty in military matters, just having seventy to eighty per cent in hand is enough to make it worth fighting.” Zhu Pingan eyed Zhang Chufeng and said with a serious face, “If you miss the opportunity to fight, it would be too late to regret!”
Then, Zhu Pingan tried to explain for a long time, but to no avail, a mouthful of saliva went down the drain, all to no avail, whether it was Zhang Chufeng or Zhang Tiantai and the others, neither of them took Zhu Pingan’s major military intelligence seriously.
In this regard, although Zhu Pingan has been psychologically prepared, but still inevitably disappointed.
However, disappointment was disappointment, but could not give up.
After all, Zhang Tiantai and the others were civil officials, the military was an unfamiliar field to them, and it was understandable that they were not sensitive enough to take military intelligence seriously. One should go to the Ministry of War as soon as possible to report this military intelligence, I think the Ministry of War will pay attention to it.
There was no time to lose, one had to go to the Ministry of War to report it as soon as possible.
After Zhu Pingan’s last effort was fruitless, he arched his hand to Zhang Tiandai and asked for instructions, “Lord Tiandai, my humble servant would like to go to the Ministry of War to report.”
“Ahem, Zi Hou, there is no need to report this military intelligence to the Ministry of War.” Zhang Tiantai heard Zhu Pingan say that he wanted to report to the Ministry of War, he couldn’t help but cough, he only said half of the words, the second half of the sentence “so as not to be laughed at” didn’t come out.
“Ahem, that is Zi Hou, there would be no need to report this news to the Ministry of War.” Vice-Admiral Bai had the same attitude.
At this time aside Zhang Chufeng eyes turned down, the corner of the mouth pulled out a touch of curvature, spoke, “Zi Hou has the heart, I think the report to the Ministry of the Army is more appropriate, there is then use it, no is also harmless well. As the saying goes, there are specialities in the field, the Ministry of War specialises in military affairs, for Zi Hou’s military situation, there is a different understanding of the situation.”
The reason why Zhang Chufeng supported Zhu Pingan to go to the Ministry of War to report, the purpose is to let Zhu Pingan in the Ministry of War to make a fool of himself. Oh, this bullshit military intelligence is enough to show that Zhu Pingan is incompetent in the military regiment, it is enough to show Zhu Pingan’s incompetence, and this can be a reason to impeach Zhu Pingan’s handle in the future. Therefore, Zhu Pingan quickly go to the Ministry of Military Affairs, the more people know, the bigger the loss, the bigger the handle.
“Well, it’s also true that there are specialisations in the arts, so perhaps the Ministry of War has a different understanding. Well, Zi Hou has the heart, there is no harm in going to the Ministry of War to report, however, our Tidings Division Yamen does not have the same opinion on this military intelligence, we have not yet formed a unified conclusion, and we need to study it again, it is not appropriate for this military intelligence to be presented in the name of our Yamen, I hope that Zi Hou understands.” Zhang Tiandai nodded slightly and said to Zhu Pingan.
“My humble servant understands, my humble servant will present it to the Ministry of War in my personal name.” Zhu Pingan nodded and stated.
Zhang Tuan Tai nodded.
“There is still some time before noon, things should not be delayed, Zi Hou rushes to the Ministry of War now, the adults at the Ministry of War will still be able to study it a bit before lunch.” Zhang Chufeng gently reminded.
“What Elder Zhang said is very true.” Zhu Pingan nodded, arched his hand to Zhang Chufeng and thanked him, then Zhang Tiantai and the others excused themselves and rushed to the Ministry of War without stopping.
