Yueqing County is a county near the sea under Wenzhou Prefecture.
This county is located in Yongjia County, which is directly east of the capital city of Wenzhou.
In other words, after crossing Yueqing, you can rush to Wenzhou Fucheng!
Because Shen Yi learned about the gathering of Japanese pirates several days in advance, as soon as a large group of Japanese pirates landed in Yueqing, someone rushed to Yongjia to deliver the message. Zheng Hu, who was in charge of the entire eastern Zhejiang intelligence, personally met at the anti-Japanese army camp Arriving at Shen Yi, he reported the situation in Yueqing County to Shen Yi.
This man with a background as an internal guard also had a tense face at this moment. He stood in front of Shen Yi, bowed his head deeply and said: "Sizheng, these Japanese pirates landed on the coast of Yueqing. They killed everyone they saw and everything they saw. When our people came to deliver the letter, at least a dozen families who had not had time to move died in the hands of these Japanese pirates!"
Zheng Hu's face was quite ugly. He lowered his head deeply and said: "It is completely inhumane to attack defenseless people!"
Shen Yi's face didn't look good either. He looked at Zheng Hu and asked, "Can you confirm the specific number of people?"
Zheng Hu lowered his head and said: "I can't tell the exact number of people, but the number of Japanese pirates who landed in this group should be more than 2,000 at least..."
Shen Yi nodded silently and asked: "Did they... attack Yueqing County?"
"No."
Zheng Hu immediately said: "These Japanese pirates are not in the habit of attacking cities, so they generally do not attack cities. However, they will inquire about good news in advance, enter some towns without city walls to plunder, and kidnap wealthy households in the towns. Now..."
"Now that some of the early rice has begun to bear fruit, these Japanese pirates may still destroy the fields..."
The main crop in Wenzhou Prefecture is rice, which is divided into first-season rice and second-season rice. First-season rice is harvested once a year, with rice transplanted in April and harvested in August.
Shen Yi set off south from Jiankang with Li Mu in April. It has been more than two months now. It is already July of the eighth year of Hongde, and some early rice has indeed reached the earing season.
Shen Yi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then reached out and patted Zheng Hu on the shoulder, and said slowly: "Take the people to continue to watch and report the Japanese pirates' movements at any time!"
Zheng Hu sighed and said in a deep voice: "I understand!"
After that, he turned around and strode away.
After Zheng Hu left, Shen Yi sat alone in his tent and thought for a while, then gathered his thoughts and went to see Li Mu in the handsome account.
At this moment, Li Mu is sleeping.
He just rushed back from Funing yesterday. He didn't sleep all night and discussed with Shen Yi for half a day. He was already exhausted. He was catching up on his sleep and was sleeping soundly.
To be honest, after more than two months, the Prince of Jin has become visibly haggard.
After all, when you go out to do things, you are not as pampered as you were in Jiankang. During this period, he ransacked homes and killed people, and he also suffered a lot of pressure from within the court. He couldn't rest well on weekdays.
But there was no way, the matter was too urgent, so Shen Yi woke up the imperial envoy. When Li Mu woke up in a daze, Shen Yi sighed and said, "The prince... something happened."
These five words made Li Mu wake up immediately. He quickly rubbed his eyes, forced down his sleepiness, and said, "What happened? Did the Japanese pirates take action?"
"Um."
Shen Yi sighed and said: "I just received the news that the Japanese pirates have landed in Yueqing and are now wreaking havoc in Yueqing and are heading towards Yongjia."
Hearing this, Li Mu jumped up from the bed without saying a word. While putting on his clothes, he said, "Then what are you waiting for?! Zi Heng, ask Ling Su to break camp immediately. Let's rush to Yueqing to drive out the Japanese pirates!"
Shen Yi took a deep look at the Prince of Jin. After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his eyebrows and said, "Yes, I'll go find Ling Su right now!"
Seeing Shen Yi turning around to leave, Li Mu seemed to feel that something was wrong. He stretched out his hand to pull Shen Yi's sleeves and sighed slightly: "That's it. I, the imperial envoy, know nothing about military matters, so I won't direct the army. Zi Heng You go discuss it with Ling Su, and after we come up with a result, just come and let me know."
Shen Yi nodded silently and said, "Then the prince might as well sleep a little longer, I will go see Ling Qianhu right away."
After saying that, Shen Yi bowed his hands to Li Mu, turned around and left the handsome tent, and then went to Ling Su's tent.
At this moment, Xue Wei was also in Ling Su's tent. The "old leader" of Linhai Guard was talking to Xue Wei. When they saw Shen Yi walking in, the two people immediately stopped talking and said to Shen Yi in unison. Salute with clasped fists.
"Shen Sizheng!"
Shen Yi returned the salute with his hand, then looked at Ling Su and said slowly: "There is a sudden war in Yueqing. I was ordered by the imperial envoy to discuss countermeasures with Ling Qianhu."
Having said this, he looked at Xue Wei who was standing aside, and continued: "Xue Baihu happens to be here too, and you should also listen."
Then, Shen Yi gave an overview of the situation in Yueqing to the two current commanders of the anti-Japanese army. Then he looked at Ling Su and said, "Ling Qianhu, in your opinion, we are outnumbered because we are outnumbered. How should we respond?”
Ling Su lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked: "Sizheng, Ling wants to ask, are the Japanese pirates just plundering in Yueqing, or will they go all the way west to Yongjia?"
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said: "There is a high probability that he will come to Yongjia."
This unusual gathering of Japanese pirates most likely has some political meaning in it.
Even if they didn't harm Li Mu, who was an imperial envoy, they definitely wanted to slap the face of the anti-Japanese army, so they would most likely come to Yongjia, the capital city of Wenzhou.
Even if it’s just for a stroll, you still have to come.
"That…"
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said: "If we are outnumbered and defeated by many, then we can set up an ambush in Yongjia County, so..."
"alright."
He said half a sentence before being interrupted by Shen Yi.
Mr. Shen stared at Ling Su and said slowly: "My opinion is that we leave for Yueqing immediately."
"We are the royal master of the imperial court."
Shen Yi's tone was serious: "As a royal master of the imperial court, how can I just sit back and watch the people suffer and ignore them?"
"I can't bear to watch the people of Yueqing being plundered and killed by Japanese pirates like this."
Shen Yi looked at Ling Su and whispered: "I believe Ling Qianhu doesn't want to see it either."
Ling Su opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Xue Wei's face turned red. He patted his chest heavily and said, "Sizheng, I'm going to gather the brothers and prepare to leave!"
Xue Wei was about to turn around and walk out of the camp when Shen Yi grabbed his sleeve, then looked up at Ling Su and frowned: "You are a soldier, Ling Qianhu is your boss, you must obey your boss's orders!"
Ling Su took a deep breath.
He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Shen Sizheng, what does the imperial envoy mean?"
"What the imperial envoy means is that you and I will decide after discussing it."
Shen Yi said silently: "My opinion is to rescue Yueqing immediately."
Ling Qianhu sighed: "If we rush forward, not only will we not be able to set up an ambush, but we may also be ambushed by Japanese pirates. We have only a few people, and most of them are new recruits..."
"The place of righteousness must be left."
Shen Yi still insisted on his opinion and said seriously: "Besides, the people from the Di Reporting Department are watching the movements of the Japanese pirates. They can't ambush us."
"Then go!"
Ling Su gritted his teeth.
"The reason for justice is that Sizheng, a second-ranked Jinshi, is not a coward, and Ling, a martial artist, must not be a coward!"