"My Lord Governor, if I go to clear out Wang Zhi's stronghold in Ningbo, it will inevitably trigger a strong counterattack by Wang Zhi. If the war breaks out, it will be out of control. I am not afraid of starting a war with Wang Zhi and the Japanese pirates. Even if the Governor does not give the order, I will fight with Wang Zhi and the Japanese pirates."
It is my duty as the governor of Zhejiang to start a war until the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang are wiped out, but not now, the Zhejiang army is not ready yet."
Zhu Pingan handed over his hands helplessly, feeling very embarrassed.
At this time, when he started a war with Wang Zhi, Zhu Ping'an calculated that his side didn't even have a dime of chance of winning.
The gunpowder is not enough for the Zhejiang Army to consume for three days. Without the blessing of firearms, the veterans of the Zhejiang Army can still fight, but the 10,000 new recruits of the Zhejiang Army do not have much combat power. They are almost equivalent to college students who have been trained for a month.
How much fighting power do they have? Facing the extremely ferocious, brave and cruel Japanese pirates, they don't have much fighting power themselves. How much fighting power they can exert is hard to imagine.
In comparison.
Governor Zhang had been preparing for about half a year to start a war with Japanese pirate No. 2 Xu Hai. He had only been in office for less than a month as governor of Zhejiang, and he was allowed to go to war with Japanese pirate No. 1 Wang Zhi. This was really too much.
Zhu Ping'an was not afraid of war, and he would have to fight Wang Zhi and the Japanese pirates sooner or later, but not now. At least he would have to wait for the Zhejiang Army's new recruits to train for several more months, and after they had enough firearms and gunpowder such as muskets and tiger squat cannons.
"Zihou, not everything will happen until you are ready." Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Pingan and said without doubt, "The Holy One is waiting for us to open up the situation in Jiangnan. This is the key to annihilating Xu Hai and the Japanese pirates. Zihou
Hou, 'use me in the first battle, and you will win if you use me', have you forgotten what you just said?"
The Zhejiang Army's difficulties have been mentioned, but Zhang Jing is still so insistent. It seems that he has to accept this order even if he doesn't accept it.
Looking at Zhang Jing's unquestionable gaze, Zhu Pingan was silent for a few seconds, and then handed over his hands to accept the order, "The right minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War and the governor of Zhejiang, Zhu Pingan, received the order. The next day, he led the Zhejiang army back to Shaoxing and ordered the Zhejiang army to eight thousand.
Shaoxing swore an oath, sent troops to Ningbo, made clear the stronghold of the Japanese pirate Wang Zhi on the coast, and monitored the Japanese pirate nest in Ligang Wang Zhi!"
"Good! This is Zihou!" Zhang Jing nodded with satisfaction, and then came to the stage of giving sweet dates, "I know you have difficulties, if you have any requests, just ask."
This is what he deserves, and he has to prepare for a rainy day. According to the historical trajectory, after Wang Jiangjing's victory, Zhang Jing's political career came to an end, and then Zhao Wenhua began to control Jiangnan.
Zhu Ping'an then said loudly, "Your Majesty Governor, I have recruited 10,000 new Zhejiang troops. They need money to eat and chew horses, and the weapons are consumed. I hope that the Governor will write a letter and allow me to leave half of the salt in Zhejiang before the Japanese pirates are wiped out in Zhejiang."
The silver will be used for military pay, and half of the treasury will be reserved for food and drink for the soldiers, so that our Zhejiang army will have no worries."
Zhu Ping'an thought Zhang Jing would give a discount, but Zhang Jing thought for a moment and waved his hand, "That's right. Later, I will have someone write it down and send it to you, allowing you to keep half of the salt and silver in Zhejiang for military pay and half of it.
Fill the warehouse with grain and grass.”
"Thank you very much, Governor-General." Zhu Pingan was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly, "On behalf of the Zhejiang Army and all the elders of the Zhejiang Army, I would like to express my gratitude to the Governor-General."
Once Zhang Jing was written, it became custom-made. Even if the governor was changed in the future, it would be difficult to change it.
With half of the salt and silver and half of the warehouse grain, there is basically no need to worry about military pay and food in the future.
"If you have any other requests, please tell Zihou." Zhang Jing waved his hand, indicating to Zhu Ping'an to continue making requests.
"Thank you, Lord Governor. You're welcome. We still need livestock, a lot of livestock, good horses, draft horses, pack horses, mules, donkeys and oxen. We need all these livestock. The more the better."
Zhu Pingan took the opportunity to speak.
If there are livestock to help the Zhejiang army carry their camels and travel, the Zhejiang army's marching speed will be greatly accelerated, and the soldiers will be very fast, but this alone is of great help.
"Everyone is in need of good horses. Many people have applied to me. I don't favor one over the other. However, pack horses, pack horses and donkeys and mules can help you coordinate thousands of horses. I coordinated more than ten thousand mules from the northwest and southeast some time ago.
Horse, the time is coming in the next few days. In a few days, I will give you permission to buy four or five thousand horses. If there are more, I can't guarantee it." Zhang Jing nodded and promised to give Zhu Pingan four to five thousand.
A mule and a horse.
"Thank you, Lord Governor." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and thanked him.
"What else do you want?" Zhang Jing asked again.
When he accepted it, Zhu Pingan cupped his hands and said, "These are enough."
Zhang Jing saw that Zhu Pingan knew the rules and did not ask for favors without mercy, so he felt a little sorry for Zhu Pingan.
In fact, sending Zhu Pingan and the Zhejiang army to southern Zhejiang and letting them start a war with Wang Zhi and the Japanese pirates was not all to dispel the concerns of Xu Hai and the Japanese pirates and lure Xu Hai and the Japanese pirates to attack Jiaxing. The most important thing was to prevent Zhu Pingan from participating in the encirclement and suppression of the Tuolin Japanese pirates.
battle, and completely prevent Zhao Wenhua from getting involved in this battle.
Zhao Wenhua and Hu Zongxian went to Zhu Ping'an's office a few days ago to win Zhu Ping'an's heart, which is known to everyone on the road.
Although Zhang Jing believed in Zhu Pingan, he did not trust Zhao Wenhua. In order to ensure that everything was safe, under Li Tianchong's persuasion, he made up his mind to send Zhu Pingan and the Zhejiang army to southern Zhejiang to prevent them from participating in the battle to exterminate the Tuolin Japanese pirates.
In this way, relevant military information and deployment can be legitimately not informed to Zhu Pingan, and Zhao Wenhua cannot obtain relevant military information and deployment through Zhu Pingan.
Many sources indicate that some members of the Yan Party have unclear connections with the Japanese pirates.
If Zhao Wenhua learns about the relevant military information and deployment, it won't take long for the Japanese pirates to learn about it as well.
Zhu Ping'an can be regarded as being implicated by Zhao Wenhua.
Zhang Jing also knew this, but he didn't dare to bet, not afraid of ten thousand, but just afraid of the worst. In order to take the overall situation into consideration, he could only send Zhu Ping'an to southern Zhejiang.
Out of apology, Zhang Jing reminded Zhu Ping'an, "Zihou, you have to take action on this task I gave you. You must swear an oath and lead troops to clear out Japanese pirate strongholds along the coast of Ningbo. As for the results of the battle, such as clearing
I don’t make any requirements on how many strongholds we build. You can control the strength yourself. But before Xu Hai attacks Jiaxing, you still have 8,000 Zhejiang troops. They must be firmly anchored in Ningbo. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Zhu Pingan nodded.
This mission is to allow me and the Zhejiang Army to confront Wang Zhi and join forces with the Japanese pirates. The focus is on the confrontation and does not require results.
Zhang Jing also knew that now was not the time to start a war with Wang Zhi and the Japanese pirates.
but
This intensity is too difficult to grasp.
War is something you can decide when to start, but when it will end and to what extent it will be fought, it is not up to you. War is so uncontrollable and unpredictable.