Chapter 1974 Unbelievable
Pots of thick rice porridge were cooked and served with piles of pickles, which became the dinner for the Jiaxing army.
Although it was just porridge and pickles, the portion was large and filling, and everyone drank the porridge with open stomachs.
In order to show that he shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and for show, Magistrate Zhao also ate with the soldiers outside the tent.
However, the food his old servant served him made his show seem a bit embarrassing.
The soldiers had thick porridge and pickles, while his had four dishes and one soup, stir-fried pork slices, shredded roast chicken, braised lion's head, a plate of vinegar-soaked mung bean sprouts, and a bowl of tofu and crucian carp soup, which was so delicious.
Everything is afraid of comparison. Looking at the small stove with four dishes and one soup in front of Magistrate Zhao, the soldiers around him suddenly felt that the thick porridge in their hands did not taste good, and the pickles suddenly tasted like wax and were difficult to swallow.
"Bastard, who asked you to cook a small stove for me? Didn't I tell you that I will eat whatever the soldiers eat!"
Seeing the situation change, Magistrate Zhao stood up immediately, pretended to be furious, and scolded the old servant who brought the small stove.
"Cut all these meals into minced meat and distribute them evenly into the soldiers' cooking stoves to reward the soldiers of the three armies."
In order to restore his image, Magistrate Zhao ordered all four dishes and one soup from his small stove to be chopped into minced meat and distributed equally among the pots and stoves of the entire camp.
Magistrate Zhao's rescue efforts are still somewhat effective. As the soldiers privately commented, "At least he is willing to do superficial things."
"After you have eaten and drank enough, everyone should go to bed early. Early tomorrow morning, I will lead you to recover Jiaxing!"
After a showy dinner, Magistrate Zhao asked everyone to go to bed early and set an example. He turned around and went back to the tent to sleep.
ah? !
Going to bed now? ! Not even setting up a security guard at night? ! No arrangements for night vigils? ! Isn't there a password to enter the camp? !
After hearing what Magistrate Zhao said, the officers and soldiers of the Hangzhou Guard were stunned when they saw that Magistrate Zhao was about to go to bed.
It was fine if I didn’t build fences, sentry towers, and keep horses away before. Why didn’t I even set up a warning or set a password when I went to sleep at night? !
Although the Hangzhou Guards had poor military discipline and poor training, they still knew these basic things.
Night vigilance, night watch patrols, and passwords for entering and exiting the camp are the most basic.
Without warnings, night watch patrols, and passwords, the military camp would be completely undefended. It would be too easy for Japanese pirates to get in, and everyone's property and life would not be safe.
They couldn't help but worry.
Therefore, when they saw that Magistrate Zhao was about to turn around and go to sleep, they quickly stopped Magistrate Zhao and reminded him, "Master Zhao, don't we set up a warning, arrange a night watch, and don't set a password?!"
"No need, everyone can just settle down and go to bed." Magistrate Zhao waved his hand without any worry.
We can still sleep peacefully. Can we sleep? !
Everyone was speechless for a moment.
"Sir, what should we do if the Japanese pirates sneak into the camp at night?" Hangzhou Baihu said worriedly.
"Don't worry, the Japanese pirates won't come at night; this is also part of the empty city plan! Besides, I have my own guard at the front, so what are you afraid of? Go to bed quickly and recharge your batteries. We'll be there early tomorrow morning. Jiaxing was recovered."
Magistrate Zhao waved his hand, laughed, and urged everyone to go to the tent to sleep and recharge their batteries.
Well
Also, Magistrate Zhao's camp is in front. If there are Japanese pirates who steal the camp, they will steal Magistrate Zhao's camp first. With Magistrate Zhao and his soldiers' tents as a buffer, they still have time to escape.
Everyone slept lightly at night and paid attention to the movements in Magistrate Zhao's camp. If there was any abnormal movement in Magistrate Zhao's camp, everyone would run away to escape.
Thinking of this, everyone stopped insisting and got into their tents one by one to recharge their batteries.
There are also people in the camp who are worried about the Japanese pirates and spontaneously monitor the movements of the Japanese pirates in Jiaxing City to prevent them from leaving the city to steal the camp.
A few hundred meters away, on Jiaxing City, Japanese pirates lit torches and bonfires and walked back and forth on the city gate.
However, they monitored for most of the night, and the Japanese pirates in Jiaxing City showed no sign of leaving the city to steal their camp.
Could it be that the Japanese pirates in Jiaxing City were really frightened by our empty city strategy? !
Magistrate Zhao really had two tricks up his sleeve, saying that the Japanese pirates would be frightened and mistakenly believe that there was an ambush in the camp, and would not dare to steal the camp.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese pirates did not dare to steal the camp. At least from the time they arrived at Jiaxing City to now, the Japanese pirates have not dared to leave the city.
This gave Magistrate Zhao some fame in the camp.
At night, Zhu Ping'an once again received news about Magistrate Zhao, and then he was stunned.
"What kind of trick is this from Governor Zhao?! How dare you set up camp five or six hundred meters below Jiaxing City!? Isn't this distance too close?! It's within the range of hard crossbows and firearms."
"Also, not to mention setting up camp at such a close distance, but not even taking any defensive measures such as fences, horse barriers, trenches, and sentry towers?"
"Even, there are no security or night watch patrols?!"
"Is Governor Zhao so brave?"
Zhu Ping'an sat in the study, frowning and pondering again for half an hour, but he still couldn't figure out what Governor Zhao was doing.
As for the empty city plan that Magistrate Zhao said, Zhu Ping'an just curled his lips and didn't believe a word of it.
In the end, we could only come to the same conclusion as last time. Magistrate Zhao must have had other reasons to rely on him for doing this.
Perhaps, the purpose of Prefect Zhao's actions was to lure the Japanese pirates out of the city, even using himself as bait.
Behind Prefect Zhao, there must be a large army mobilized by the Yan Party hiding on the side. Once the Japanese pirates leave the city, they will take the opportunity to recapture Jiaxing.
Perhaps, there is a mystery behind the 3,000 mobs organized by Prefect Zhao, and some of them are elite troops mobilized by the Yan Party.
Otherwise, it is hard to explain why Prefect Zhao's behavior is so bizarre.
Well, according to intelligence reports, the hundred or so guards around Prefect Zhao are extraordinary, murderous, and brave.
It is said that before Prefect Zhao was imprisoned, he did not have such a guard, but after he was released from prison, he suddenly had such a hundred guards.
This also made Zhu Ping'an confirm his conclusion from the side that these hundred guards were mobilized by the Yan Party to assist Prefect Zhao.
The army mobilized by the Yan Party to assist Prefect Zhao in recapture Jiaxing is really extraordinary. The Zhejiang Army scouts have not found any clues after so long. On the one hand, the Zhejiang Army scouts did not dare to alert the enemy and did not dare to get too close to the battlefields of the two sides. On the other hand, it also shows the extraordinary nature of the army mobilized by the Yan Party.
"Report again and pay close attention to the actions of both sides in Jiaxing. Scouts take turns to be on duty and do not miss a moment."
Zhu Ping'an ordered his Zhejiang Army scouts to conduct close reconnaissance. Only by knowing the enemy and knowing yourself can you win every battle.