The soldiers are at the city

The aides had never seen Governor Yang so angry. They agreed quickly and went down to write military orders and memorials. Bai Chongzan saw that Yang Lingyu was still angry and his face turned pale. He quickly coughed and changed the topic: "Sir, Jiangnan is rich in the world. He plunders a village here, and is better than plundering a county in other prefectures. From the distribution of Japanese pirates, his focus is also on the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area.

Therefore, the officials thought that they could transfer troops from Sichuan, Shandong, Hunan and Hubei to join forces to suppress bandits. Most of the soldiers in the above areas were familiar with the landforms of the Jiangnan region, and their tactics were similar. What do you think?"

Cheng Qiyun looked at Yang Ling's haggard face pitifully and interrupted, "Sir, want to mobilize troops into Jiangnan?"

Yang Ling sat back on the commander's chair tiredly, nodded heavily, and sighed: "Most soldiers in Jiangnan are not good at fighting, and they cannot train new recruits at this time. They rely solely on their current forces to defend all over the place. How easy is it to suppress Japanese pirates who are wandering everywhere without any scruples? So I want to mobilize troops to help suppress the bandits."

Cheng Qiyun didn't want to put any burden on Yang Ling, but military supplies were a key issue. She had always been responsible for this matter. Now that Yang Ling was going to transfer troops to Jiangnan, some things would be delayed if there were any more things.

She hesitated for a moment and finally whispered: "Sir, the court can no longer afford huge military expenses. You know, from last year to now, the imperial court's use of silver..... Jiangnan cannot compare with border troops. The border military salaries are cheap. Most of the above provinces are military soldiers, and military salaries are high. There are additional subsidies during the war. This military expenses..."

After hearing this, Yang Ling smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "If you don't take charge of your family, you don't know how expensive it is. Alas! Why do so many things come together? If I were given a few years, it would only take three years..... In three years, the situation of the court will definitely be very different. Now..."

He gritted his teeth and said, "You have to survive no matter what! But military expenses... military expenses..." He stood up and walked slowly.

There is no military pay. Screaming a few slogans that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, soldiers should defend the country, and calm the peace of the country, and analyze the principles related to military and civilians, and the relationship between the current army is not feasible. They have no idea that soldiers have families to support, and they cannot eat enough, and their families have no food to eat. If you say it out loud, it would be strange if you are willing to work for you.

Seeing Yang Ling's face feeling worried, Cheng Qiyun said, "Sir, the battle situation is tense now. If it continues, Jiangnan industry, commerce and even agriculture will be greatly damaged, so the soldiers must be transferred. However, in order to save military pay, I think I can transfer less officers and soldiers in the garrison, and it is still unknown how powerful the officers and soldiers in various places are."

Yang Ling laughed and said, "What if the troops in the garrison are not transferred? The military force is being dispatched? It is impossible. They are not willing to leave their hometown. It is extremely difficult to dispatch them. Moreover, the military force is not an army, and they do not have the responsibility to defend other places. They do not have this kind of awareness."

Cheng Qiyun shook her head and said, "Sir, what I mean by humbleness is not the people's strength, nor is it the officers and soldiers. These soldiers have absolutely superior combat power to the officers and soldiers, and their military expenditure is extremely low. As long as you keep a full meal, you can do it."

Yang Ling said suspiciously: "What kind of soldiers? Is there already progress on the sea...?"

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "No, it's a wolf soldier! Adults can recruit Miao, Zhuang, and all the wolves of Tujia tribes. Their people are tough and used to fighting in mountains, jungles, and water, and they are all born hunters. It's a unique skill to guerrilla ambush. If you call these local soldiers, you can reduce the number of officers and soldiers recruited. What do you think?"

Yang Lingxi said: "Yes, it's a good idea, but despite this, can our existing military expenditure be sufficient?"

Cheng Qiyun said frankly: "It's not enough, it's far from enough!"

"But..." She hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, the solution is to think of it. Can you please be a little bit too late? I will definitely have a way to solve this problem."

Yang Ling stared at her for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Okay! My female Zhuge has never disappointed me. This time I believe you must come up with a solution. Then I will submit to the court and request the dispatch of troops. You should put down other matters first and focus on solving the military supplies and military pay issues!"

Cheng Qiyun smiled and clasped her fists and said, "As soon as the lord says this, I will work hard and rack my brains to disappoint you."

Zhengde was absolutely supportive of Yang Ling. He really couldn't get the money, so he didn't hesitate to transfer troops. Jiangnan was the foundation of the court. Now that Japanese pirates are in chaos everywhere, it will endanger the court if this continues. This is known to all civil and military officials in the court, so no minister dared to make any objections at this time.

As soon as the Yangling memorial was reported to the court, it was approved almost immediately. The Ministry of War's transfer order was immediately sent to Shandong, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou with a fast cavalry.

As soon as Yang Ling received the court's reward, he rushed to the backyard. He was so shocked that the doves leisurely traveled in the yard spread their wings and flew up. Yang Ling flew in big sleeves, walked straight in, and opened the door open. Cheng Qiyun, who was about to push the door out of the inside, pounced on the air and fell head-on into his arms.

Yang Ling hurriedly supported him, Cheng Qiyun moved away with her face red, covered her sore nose and said coquettishly: "Why is the adult walking so urgently? If you lose your appearance, you will have to rely on you for the rest of your life."

Yang Ling had no intention of flirting at this time. He waved the Ministry of War's message and said hurriedly: "Qiyun, the Ministry of War's text has arrived. Reinforcements from various provinces set off for Jiangnan today. Will the military pay bets? If the army arrives but cannot pay, let alone let them go to war, just dealing with the riots of these soldiers, I will worry about losing my hair."

Cheng Qiyun gave him a blank look and said, "That's worthy. I've broken my appearance and I want you to look good."

She rubbed her nose with her upright nose and said, "I was about to meet the master. In the past two days, I met the governor, Eunuch Gu, and other gentry and wealthy families in Jiangnan, and came up with two methods that the court and the people could accept. It is estimated that the military expenses raised were enough to cover the use of the army."

Yang Ling was overjoyed and said without hesitation: "God's gift to Qiyun and I, what's the good idea?"

Cheng Qiyun felt sweet when she heard what he said. After several days of hard work and fatigue, she felt empty and said happily: "The court has no silver, and because the war situation has continued for several provinces, the business of our internal factories has also been greatly affected. Moreover, those who raise tens of thousands of troops are also a drop in the bucket. Nowadays, they can only levy taxes in areas where the war is in progress.

This is a precedent, and the areas affected by the military are the direct beneficiaries, so they can be accepted by both the rich and the poor. After discussing with the governor Liu and Eunuch Gu, and listening to the opinions of the representatives of the gentry and wealthy families such as Wu Jiyuan and Xu Jing, they decided to collect taxes in the name of "emergency in wartime".

Yang Ling was stunned and hesitated: "When there are wars and bandits, local officials have the right to judge the situation, dispatch all manpower and materials, and collect taxes urgently in the name of wartime. Afterwards, they only need to report to the department. I am now governing the military affairs of six provinces. I can make this decision, but.... The people in Jiangnan who have been troubled by bandits are living in poverty. Can the people pay more taxes? What if they charge them from other provinces?"

Cheng Qiyun smiled bitterly and said, "Does the lord think that all governments in various places have achieved the goal of "the world is for the public"? It's not only the people in other provinces have the intention to resist. Even local governments will delay taxes. If they want to collect taxes, they can only collect them from the war areas. This has also been precedent before.

However, the old case in the past was collected based on the original tax bonus. The example was not advisable. The meaning of the land was that the government first divided the people of the six provinces into ten levels according to the rich and poor, and first collected from the first-class rich people. The tax collected was enough for the army to use. If it was insufficient, the reduction ratio was collected from the second-class rich people, and then the reduction ratio was insufficient for the third-class. And so on, this is the only thing that can be added to a cashier of 200,000 yuan, which is enough for military expenditure.

This can minimize the losses suffered by the poor. The rich people suffered from the war far exceed the taxes collected, and they were eager to sank the war. Therefore, most of them were willing to accept it. In addition, internal factories spread all over the world, including carriages, teahouses, gambling houses, brothels, and restaurants to promote the benefits of opening the sea to lift the ban. This has strengthened the people's support for fighting against the Japanese.

Secondly, the lord Gu introduced the "Anti-Japanese Donation Letter" specially issued by the Haishi Yamen. Anyone who actively donated silver and supported the anti-Japanese bandits to fight against Japanese debauchery can obtain preferential treatment after the sea ban is lifted. I believe that it can attract a lot of gentry and wealthy families to donate happily. In this way, the excess silver can be used to continue to invest in the establishment of shipyards and naval forces, as well as the establishment of various maritime yamen, so as not to be affected by the war and delay the progress. The low-level vocational department tests the attitudes of local governments and some wealthy families, and recognizes these measures. Even if some people complain, they are eager to follow the power and cannot care about it."

Yang Ling remembered the short-sighted and unwilling to take out the money for military expenses before Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and was struggling to take out the money and made him lose his name. He knew that this move would definitely attract some opposition from wealthy gentry. Cheng Qiyun was just afraid that she would worry, so she deliberately covered it up.

But even so what? Even in normal times, normal taxes, aren’t some unscrupulous gentry trying to delay taxes and hide taxes? Even if you send them money backwards, he may have to find some people to ask for my family’s population and his family’s population because of the unfairness of giving, and complaining and scolding her.

Yang Ling thought for a while and said decisively: "Okay, just do it like this. You come up with detailed plans. I will immediately promulgate the six provinces and report them to the cabinet. After this matter is settled, I will feel at ease. I will go back to the front hall first."

He looked at the files piled up on Cheng Qiyun's desk, frowned slightly, and sighed: "Qiyun, if you are tired, just take a break. If you are weak, don't be exhausted."

"Yes, sir, sir...".

Yang Ling turned around and said suspiciously: "Is there anything else?"

Cheng Qiyun approached and said quietly: "The man only grew a beard since he was twenty-eight years old. He was just as young as a sniff. He was usually very handsome and had a shaved beard. But now his hair is messy, his beard is green, his cheeks are thin, and he loses his temper at any time.

If you are sick, you will be cared for by your adults. If you are sick, you don’t know how many bastards are secretly happy and command the six provinces. You are worried about it. The war will not be completed in one day. You… You must take good care of your own body…”.

As she said, she gently stroked Yang Ling's jaw with affection, and her soft little hands gently stroked his short beard, and her eyes were shiny. Yang Ling was shocked by the affectionate and obsessive actions revealed in her tone, and she let her touch her jaw and cheeks affectionately...

Seeing that Cheng Qiyun was about to fall into her arms, Yang Ling woke up. He coughed a little embarrassedly and said, "Well, Master Cheng ordered me to remember that I will never let some people be happy. Haha, this big thing has been resolved, and I have a heartache. How about you and I have dinner tonight? I have been drinking for many days, so I will drink a few drinks with you tonight."

After Yang Ling finished speaking, he quickly turned around and slipped away. Cheng Qiyun raised her hand in the air and watched him escape in embarrassment, which was so shocked that the white doves flew up all over the sky. Suddenly, she smiled "Pu" and then clenched her fists hatefully: "I'm afraid I'm angry, so I want to invite me to drink? Who cares about your wine! If you want to eat... I'll eat your local people!"

Her eyes rolled, her nose frowned, and she sneered: "Your biggest weakness is your soft heart. Since I know this secret... Yang Ling, Yang Ling, you are out of help!"

Wujiang City is close to Suzhou, which is the camp of Yangling, the governor of six provinces. At the same time, the commander of Jiangnan Road Bai Chongzan was also stationed here and was guarded by a large army, so Wujiang City is near the water tower. It has not been attacked by Japanese pirates, and the defenders gradually became careless.

The fog was heavy in the early morning of the day. The sun had just passed through the fog and shone into Wujiang. A large group of people appeared faintly under the city. At this time, the fog was covered with sight and the sight was less than a hundred feet. The defenders on the top of the city hurriedly responded to the four cities avoiding the gates and defending themselves and checking the situation of the people coming.

A small school climbed at the top of the city and looked down at the city for a while. He couldn't see the identity of the visitor clearly, so he shouted loudly: "Who is under the city? Report your identity quickly. Otherwise, we will shoot arrows!"

The answer to him was a string of strange screams, and then a few arrows shot up the top of the city. The school was shocked and hurriedly took a few steps back and shouted loudly: "Brothers, be careful, the Japanese pirates are here! Tell the garrison quickly!"

The sound of war drums and bangzi sounds each other, and the whole city became turbulent. Liang Xinghua, the garrison in the city, knew that Japanese pirates were present in Jiaxing, Yuhang, Shanghai, Jiading and Taicang, but they did not expect that they would dare to go deep into the hinterland and kill the city of Wujiang.

Liang Xinghua hurriedly ordered General Liu Qian to take eight people to drive Xicheng to Suzhou City to report the news, and then climbed to the city to check the situation. Liang Xinghua was shocked when he saw it. At this time, the sun was gradually getting stronger and the fog dissipated. The Japanese pirates under the city had already seen clearly. From a distance, they could only see crowds of people. It looked like there were six or seven thousand Japanese pirates. How could this be possible? How could such a large number of Japanese pirates touched into the hinterland?

Liang Xinghua panicked and hurriedly ordered the entire army to defend the city, and at the same time dispatched the people to strengthen the archers and auxiliary formations.

He secretly thought that the walls of Wujiang are high and thick. Although the Japanese pirates have the courage to be one hundred, there should be no problem for the three thousand defenders in the city to hold on for a day. By then, the army in Suzhou will arrive. Moreover, with the Japanese pirates wandering around and avoiding them when they encounter a strong situation, they may immediately move to another side after the siege is blocked.

Thinking of this, Liang Xinghua calmed down and directed his soldiers to aim the artillery at the Japanese pirates, waiting for the first round of attacks of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates gradually approached. At that moment, a white-clothed Japanese squirted and screamed a few strange words. A bunch of arrows shot towards the top of the city, and then the brigade of troops rushed over.

Judging from the arrows on the ground, most of them were used by the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. It was supposed to be the Japanese pirates attacking everywhere and captured from the killed officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers on the city immediately fired arrows and fought back, and people kept falling down under the city. With a "boom", the cannons on the city also rang out, and dozens of Japanese pirates were the first to be attacked and fell in a pool of blood.

This time, the Japanese pirates were forced to flee to the coast of the Ming Dynasty from Osumi, Fenghou and other areas in Japan. There were about 20,000 real Japanese people. Because their hometown was uprooted this time, their families brought their wives, children, and young people out and placed them on a secret island. The total number of Japanese people reached more than 30,000.

More than 30,000 people had to eat and wear, and all the supplies needed to be robbed from the Ming Dynasty, so this time the Japanese pirates burned their boats and attacked far more than before. Although there were less than 20,000 real Japanese people, they surrendered to the Japanese and were several times more fake Japanese than them. Therefore, the total Japanese pirates reached more than 60,000. Fortunately, although these Japanese pirates were brave, they did not have a unified command and leader.

This Japanese pirates are the most powerful of the Japanese pirates. The leader is Masato Nomi, the leader of the Nomi family who has been engaged in pirates for generations. He cunningly restrained his troops and took advantage of the Japanese pirates in other units to make trouble everywhere and attract the attention of the Ming army before quietly landing on the land and heading straight to the city and Dabu.

Through detailed work, he already knew that there were governors of six provinces sent by the Ming Dynasty to command the commander of the six provinces in Suzhou and commander of Jiangnan Road. Suzhou City had 30,000 officers and soldiers guards. However, based on his past experience, he did not think that this Ming army was anything scary. With his experience, his 1,000 troops were enough to deal with ten thousand officers and soldiers.

Nomi Masato thought for a long time, and Japan's country could not go back for the time being, and it was not a long-term solution to always go ashore to plunder. Suzhou has many gentry for generations, and each of them is rich enough to rival a country. If he takes a risk to break through Suzhou City, then the wealth he plundered can be used to buy countless warships, becoming the overlord among all Japanese pirates and pirates, and from then on, he will roam the sea.

With this conspiracy, Mei Zhengzhicai decided to lead a large army to move quickly, turn a blind eye to the small towns and counties along the way, and quickly traveled to Wujiang City, using this as a stronghold to attract Ming troops to help, first annihilate the reinforcements, and then take Suzhou.

The drums rumbling, and the Japanese rushed up again. The Japanese advocated authority, and under the command of the commander, they did not consider whether to fight or retreat. The fake Japanese attached to them were also bloodthirsty pirates, who were also fearless and fearless. They held simple shields made of vine shields, table boards, and bed boards, and guarded a team of soldiers carrying huge beams and pillars to attack the city gate.

Several Japanese leaders wearing iron helmets of cow horns and ghost masks jumped up and down, directing the Japanese pirates to attack, and the archers and musketeers shot in turn, and the wooden and stone rolling were ready to go.

At this time, a mile outside the West City, a war horse servant who was trapped in a horse pit and tripped horse socked on the ground and whineeded. A Japanese pirate pulled out a bloody sword from the officers and soldiers' backs and smiled strangely at Liu Qiancao, who looked like earth.
Chapter completed!