Chapter 80 Battle Situation on the 80th Front Line

"Ningbo Prefecture is really rich. No wonder the Japanese pirates gathered so many people to go ashore to plunder. They haven't moved all the goods after so many days."

Wu Dong sighed when he thought of the wealth mentioned in the letter.

"Where is the personal soldier who came back to report the news? I also want to ask about the situation in the front."

Wei Wen just remembered that he went to read the letter when he arrived at his uncle's house, and he didn't ask the messenger what the situation was in the front and whether his father was okay.

Wu Dong smiled and said, "He collapsed when he came back. He couldn't go by water. He rode all the way back from Zhejiang. He was almost dizzy when he came back. I had to let him rest. He hasn't woken up yet."

"I guess he didn't rest well in the front and kept running."

Wei Guangde thought about it before answering.

"That's for sure. If we have to fight, who can sleep peacefully? Only when we return here can we feel at ease."

Wu Dong nodded, but then said: "These personal soldiers and servants looked good before, but now they have exposed many flaws. Our soldiers have never seen blood. I heard that the old soldiers in the border town can sleep directly in the tower even if the enemy is attacking the city, as long as they don't climb the city wall, they will not be shaken."

"See blood, where can I see blood?"

Wei Wencai also woke up. He didn't consider that these personal soldiers might feel nervous and anxious because they might go to the battlefield, which would affect their rest.

Just thinking that it was only a few days after riding back from Zhejiang, how could they be so tired.

The next day, Wei Guangde asked someone, and the personal soldier who delivered the letter had not woken up yet. He had slept for almost a day.

It was almost noon when a servant ran in to report that the personal soldier had woken up.

When Wei Guangde arrived at a wing room, he saw his elder brother Wei Wencai and his cousin waiting here. After sitting down for a while, the personal soldier quickly entered the room.

Wei Guangde hadn't seen his appearance clearly yet, but he felt that he was very strong, so he bowed down.

"Greetings, young master, young master."

"Get up and answer."

Wu Dong said, "When you came back yesterday, you said that my father and uncle were all fine. What is the situation ahead? Also, why are you so tired?"

"To be honest, young master, we didn't rest well along the way, especially before the battle with the Japanese pirates, the soldiers in the whole camp were very scared."

The personal soldier answered honestly.

"Speak clearly, why are you scared before the battle?"

Wu Dong asked.

"Isn't it because of the killing in Yangzhou and Gaoyou that I was scared? They said that the Japanese pirates were all highly skilled in martial arts and invulnerable to swords and guns. If you shoot arrows at them, they can catch them with their bare hands and throw them back to you. The accuracy is almost the same as aiming at an arrow.

Then, after the military order came down, the soldiers in Chuzhou and Jianyang were unwilling to board the ship, and they almost couldn't suppress the bullets."

At this time, Wu Dong and the two brothers of the Wei family knew the situation at that time through the oral account of their personal soldiers, but it was a bit dangerous.

After the military order was sent from Nanjing to let the army rush to Zhejiang to suppress the Japanese pirates, many soldiers in the rear guards were unwilling to board the ship.

It's very simple. During the training in Zhenjiang, many soldiers in the guards near the sea heard the legend of the Japanese pirates, and then it spread at that time.

Although I didn't see it with my own eyes or experience it personally, I heard too much, and I didn't realize that I took it seriously.

Such news spread quietly in the camp, but the officers and generals sitting in the camp did not notice it. Since then, the morale of the whole army has actually begun to decline, and finally broke out after receiving the military order to set out to suppress the Japanese.

Fortunately, after a year of rectification, the Nanjing Jingying has improved its execution ability a little, and suppressed several garrisons that showed signs of instability, but even so, Jiujiang Wei was surrounded by the Nanjing Jingying for half a day before being released.

After that, it was supposed to set off in one day, but it stayed in Zhenjiang for another day before boarding the ship.

The army set sail to the estuary and met the Taicang Wei garrison on the sea near the Wusong River Guarding Thousand Households. The two armies merged and continued to move south.

"In fact, at that time, we hadn't slept for two days on the ship, and our morale was gone after we got on the ship."

Seeing this sturdy personal soldier say such words, Wei Guangde knew it was not good.

Logically speaking, Taicang Guard should be at least one day ahead of Zhenjiang Army, not to mention that Zhenjiang took a day to set off, which means that Taicang Guards lingered near Wusong River for two days.

Then the personal soldier continued to say that after reaching the sea of ​​Jiaxing Prefecture, according to the order from above, Jiujiang Guard, Anqing Guard, Luzhou Guard and other guards had to take a boat to continue south to Taizhou, and Nanjing Jingying and other guards were ordered to land in Ningbo Prefecture.

At this point, the personal soldier hesitated and stood there for a while without continuing to speak.

"What's the matter? Go on."

Wu Dong saw that the personal soldier hesitated again and asked hurriedly.

The guard blushed slightly, and then said: "Soon after we split up, we got lost on the sea, and then drifted to the vicinity of Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture."

When the guard said that they were supposed to go to Taizhou Prefecture, but the fleet got lost and drifted to Shaoxing Prefecture, Wei Guangde had seen the map of Zhejiang, so he naturally knew the location of Shaoxing Prefecture. It was really similar to the message sent back last month, and they went ashore after passing Hangzhou Bay.

Wei Guangde could think of it, and Wu Dong naturally knew it, and his expression was also very wonderful for a while.

To bypass Ningbo to Taizhou, you must pass through Zhoushan, the old nest of Japanese pirates. Can you go?

Just kidding.

The only one who didn't understand the situation in the room was the eldest brother Wei Wencai. He didn't go to Jiujiang Prefecture that time. As for Ningbo Prefecture and Shaoxing Prefecture, he only knew that they were in Zhejiang.

"Ahem, it's common to get lost at sea. Go on."

Wu Dong urged unhappily.

"After we landed in Shaoxing, we got in touch with the local Linshan Guard's scouts."

As the personal soldiers continued to talk, Wei Guangde realized that his father's Jiujiang Guard still couldn't escape the battlefield.

After the Japanese pirates looted Dinghai County in Ningbo Prefecture, some of them went to Cixi County to loot.

In fact, there were many guards around Ningbo Prefecture and Shaoxing Prefecture, including Ningbo Guard, Dinghai Guard, Linshan Guard, Guanhai Guard and Shaoxing Guard, not to mention that there were several guards of thousands of households. However, in the battle of Dinghai County, Dinghai Guard was directly defeated, and Guanhai Guard in Cixi couldn't hold on.

But there was no news from the Nanjing Jingying, and no one knew where they had landed in Ningbo Prefecture.

"Where did you fight the Japanese pirates?"

Wei Guangde already knew from the letter that Jiujiang Wei had fought with the Japanese pirates, and it was in Ningbo Prefecture, but the personal soldiers kept talking and didn't talk about the point he was concerned about.

"We landed in Yuyao, which is very close to Cixi. Not long after we landed, we met the retreating Guanhaiwei soldiers. It is said that Dinghaiwei had retreated to Ningbo Prefecture, and then we fought with the Japanese pirates."