Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 256

"Neglect." Zhu Su patted his head in annoyance.

Zhang Shicheng's remnants had an affair with the Japanese pirates, which is clearly recorded in later history books.As soon as Zhang Ren mentioned the so-called "big army", he should have thought of it long ago.

After all, Suzhou Mansion is also considered to be near the sea. Isn't such a large sea area an excellent place to hide soldiers?

The reason is nothing more than a blind eye.Zhang Ren and other ministries previously called themselves "Taihu bandits".Taihu Lake in Suzhou has a radius of nearly [-] li (Ming Dynasty). Zhu Su thought that these gangsters might hide in the water, but his thinking was only limited to Taihu Lake, and he did not think about the situation overseas.

Moreover, if it weren't for Shen Hai's incident, deep in his heart, he would not have equated "Japanese pirates" with "Zhang Shicheng's remnants".Although the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty were divided into "real Japanese" from Wa Island and "fake Japanese" pretended by Ming people.But in the depths of Zhu Su's subconscious mind, he always felt that those Chinese compatriots who were forced to pretend to be Japanese pirates would only appear in the middle and late Ming Dynasty when "the land was annexed seriously, the government was corrupt, and the people were in dire straits."

After all, Lao Zhu in this era has not even promulgated the "sea ban" policy yet!
But I never thought about it. A large part of the remnants of Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng who were unwilling to surrender were hiding in the many reef islands off the coastline, and obtained supplies by pretending to be Japanese pirates to "loot"...

Ordering to arrest Shen Hai and imprison him, the entire Shen Yuan was under martial law, and Zhu Su, who had no time to pay attention to the mourning of the Shen family, hurried to the government office with his people.Along the way, Zhu Su informed Yao Guangxiao of his deduction, and Yao Guangxiao pondered for a while, then solemnly said: "Your Highness's theory must be correct."

"Commander Yang Lu once led troops to clear Taihu Lake. If the bandits really had an army hidden in Taihu Lake, Yang Lu couldn't have found it. Moreover, the water level of Taihu Lake has soared a few days ago. If there is really a large army hidden, wouldn't it be all lost by the lake? ?”

"It's also impossible to sneak into the victims in pieces. If this is the case, when the chaos broke out the night before, this army should take advantage of the chaos to break out from the refugee group in the west of the city and take advantage of the situation to seize the city."

"Besides, Your Highness has also seen those refugees. Most of them are yellow and thin, and they don't seem to be fake. Occasionally there are a few strong men, even if they are all bandit soldiers, they only account for one or two tenths of them, and they are not enough to make things happen..."

Zhu Su nodded. This is also the reason why he dared to build buildings in the west of the city to lure the enemy. It is because he is sure that most of the refugees in the west of the city will stop messing up after they are full.There must be only a small number of thieves in the city who fear that the world will not be chaotic and have ulterior motives.After listening to Yao Guangxiao's analysis, Zhu Di over there also frowned: "It seems that the enemy is coming from the sea."

"It's easy to handle when you know where it's coming from!" Zhu Xi continued. "Mobilize soldiers to stop these thieves, and kill them all!"

"Amitabha, this...isn't easy..." Yao Guangxiao shook his head while counting the beads.

When they came to the government office, they happened to see Wei Guan, the magistrate who had gone out to comfort the people, also came back.

In order to show Suzhou Antai to the people of Suzhou, Wei Guan abandoned his sedan chair and rode on a horse, and led a large group of government servants to parade through the city.He was already very old and a civil servant who was not good at riding a horse. He hadn't slept all night last night, and he was a bit shaky on his horse.

Seeing Zhu Su and the others hurrying over, he cheered up and climbed off the horse with the help of a yamen servant: "The old minister has seen the three highnesses!"

"How is it? Has Chen Hui been recruited?"

Seeing Wei Guan's red eyes, he could not hide the worry between his brows.

"Although that woman didn't recruit, we already know what to rely on for these remnants." Zhu Su looked at Wei Guan's shaking legs with some concern. "I originally wanted you to summon the officials of Suzhou to have a good discussion. But in your situation..."

"Why don't you go and rest for a while?"

"In the face of the great enemy, how can the veteran, as the magistrate of Suzhou, sleep alone?" Wei Guan asked anxiously. "Your Highness, please don't be foolish. You should tell the old minister quickly!"

"No rush." ​​Zhu Su shook his head.Wei Guan is quite an official voice among the officials in Suzhou. If he falls, he may not be able to activate the huge official machine of Suzhou Mansion in a short time. "It's better to call all the subordinate officials and discuss it together."

"Mr. Wei, let's go and rest for a while..."

……

Even though Zhu Su used his private honorific name, the anxious Wei Guan still didn't have the mood to rest, so he and Zhu Su went to the reception hall and had a rest after drinking some tea.With the orders of Zhu Su and Wei Guan, the yamen servants scattered to gather many Suzhou officials to come to the government office to discuss matters.In a short while, many officials in power in Suzhou Mansion at this time, such as Ru Taisu who was patrolling the city, Chang Mao who was in the dungeon to deal with the aftermath, Suzhou Zhutong judges, push officials, governors, and Zhaomo who made public announcements to calm the people, and even those who were far away. Qianhu Cao Yuan, who temporarily took over the city defense at the city gate tower, Luo Guanzhong, who was still in Shen Yuan and Yao Guangxiao's staff, and Di Meng, who was chasing fugitives outside the city and was named Zhu Su's personal guard and secretly the captain of Jinyi, were all summoned. return.

Only Yang Lu, the commander of the Suzhou Guards Station, was delayed.As the military officer with the highest title in Suzhou in name, he couldn't get out of his scope of authority if there were real thieves attacking him, so everyone had to wait here.

"This Yang Lu is so arrogant! He actually asked the three of us and so many people to wait for him. What kind of position does he think he is?" Zhu Xi was very upset.

"It won't be passed on for a long time... If according to my Great Ming's military law, this person has ten heads, so he can be beheaded!" Zhu Di also frowned. "How did this person become a commander in the army?"

"Your Highnesses, calm down for the time being." On the contrary, it was Wei Guan, a good old man, who tried to persuade him. "After all, this is not a time of war, so this method in the army is useless."

"Commander Yang may have other important matters, or maybe."

Before he finished speaking, there was a neighing sound from outside, and then Yang Lu walked in quickly in a panic, pleading guilty as he walked: "Your Highness, forgive me! Last night there was chaos in the city, and it was inevitable in the guards." It's also a fluctuating military spirit."

"The last general appeased the army, so he came here in a hurry, but His Highness has been waiting for a long time, and the crime is deadly!"

When he said this, the faces of some people in the hall immediately softened a little.There are no trivial matters in the army. As the commander of the Suzhou Guard, he was worried about the morale of the army and provoked the "bombing of the camp".

"I am very happy to hear that your Highnesses have come to Suzhou." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little relaxed, Yang Lu turned his head and smiled flatteringly at Zhu Xi and Zhu Di. "The two Highnesses should be invited to a banquet, but since His Highness summoned him, it is reasonable and reasonable, and the general should also prepare some meeting gifts for His Highness."

"I came in such a hurry that I couldn't make a selection. I had to take out these rare playthings from the treasury in the camp. Please don't blame His Royal Highness King Qin and King Yan!" As he spoke, Yang Lu asked someone to carry some things up.

(End of this chapter)