Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

"dong dong dong"

On a quiet night, there were three rhythmic knocks on the window.

Hearing the sound, Zheng Yuannai, who was lying on the bed, immediately turned over and got out of bed alertly.

Although it was late at night, he still couldn't fall asleep.

As the Lieutenant General of Songhu, he became more anxious as the time of the Japanese pirates' landing drew closer.

There were only two thousand soldiers available in Songhu.

Moreover, among these two thousand people, the one who trained for the longest time was only five months, and the shortest was only two months.

The enemies they had to face were the Japanese pirates who were experienced and extremely ferocious.

What’s even more terrible is that Songhu is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a coastline of more than 400 miles.

He had no idea where and how the Japanese pirates would land this year.

It is really not enough to guard such a long coastline with only two thousand soldiers.

But if they fail to hold on, the people in hundreds of villages and towns in Songhu will be burned, killed, and looted by the brutal Japanese pirates, and by then it will be a hell on earth with families broken and people killed everywhere.

Every call of "General" from the people is filled with the responsibility of protecting.

The burden on his shoulders is as heavy as a thousand pounds. He can accept hardship and fatigue, and can also accept injury or sacrifice, but he is afraid of failure.

Under the dim night light, Zheng Yuannai quickly discovered the extra letter on the table and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

He closed the doors and windows tightly, leaving only a slight gap for ventilation, making it impossible for anyone to get in.

So how did this letter end up on the table?

Such a miraculous method...

A possibility occurred to him and he quickly opened the letter. Sure enough, he saw the bright red seal of the abbot of Cihang Temple on it.

The haze in Zheng Yuannai's heart was suddenly swept away, and he was filled with great joy and excitement.

The master is here!

The abbot had previously promised to send support to Songhu and would personally visit Songhu to inspect the troops he was training.

Now the master has really come!

He quickly put on his clothes and walked into the yard according to the instructions in the letter.

As soon as I walked into the yard, I felt my body rising involuntarily.

When he realized that it was the master's trick, he was not afraid.

I just feel that this feeling is so magical, like flying in the air.

Soon, he climbed over the courtyard wall and came to an empty street, landing steadily.

A slender figure in a light blue Taoist robe appeared before his eyes, his sleeves fluttering in the night wind, as graceful as a fairy.

"Guanzhu!"

Zheng Yuannai knelt down on one knee excitedly and saluted.

"Get up."

Chen Qingzhu's tone was gentle.

Before coming, she had specifically inquired in the city and found out that the new lieutenant-general loved his soldiers like his own sons and had an excellent reputation.

The soldiers under his command were also extremely powerful, well-equipped, and strictly disciplined. Every time they went out of the city for training, their formation was always very neat.

The common people all said that they had never seen such an imposing military household.

Although he had never seen it with his own eyes, Chen Qingzhu was able to infer the current situation of the garrison soldiers through this information.

She was quite satisfied with Zheng Yuannai's achievements in the past six months.

The Zheng family has invested a lot, and their sincerity is enough.

Well, as the real master behind this force, she can't just sit there and let her subordinates figure out everything.

"How does it feel to be on your own in Songhu? Are there any problems that you can't solve on your own?"

She asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Zheng Yuannai couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat.

For some reason, he felt as if he was on his first day at the academy when he was a child and saw his father come to pick him up after school.

He felt particularly lost and helpless that day. When he got out of school in the afternoon, his father drove to pick him up in person. He smiled and touched his head and asked:

"How was your day? Did anyone bully my son?"

He couldn't help but throw himself into his father's arms and cry loudly, telling him about the grievances and fear he felt that day.

The master of the temple is obviously not at all like his father.

But he just felt that the master of the temple at this moment was as powerful and reliable in his eyes as his father was in his childhood.

He opened his heart involuntarily and didn't want to say those high-sounding words at all.

"Master, Xinnan is so useless. It's only been a few months, but I feel so tired and exhausted."

Even though he had Uncle Yong sent by his father to help him, there were many things that he and Uncle Yong could not touch.

Chen Qingzhu was a little surprised to hear his suppressed sobs, but did not take it as an offense.

She likes capable subordinates, but she also likes them to open their hearts and rely on her like a parent.

"Oh, what's wrong?"

Zheng Yuannai told her about the current situation of several garrisons in Songhu. The superiors colluded with their subordinates, embezzled military pay, and exploited military households, but he was powerless to do anything.

"Master, when will the generals be able to have sufficient food and grass to focus on fighting and training without all these disturbances?"

It can be seen that this kind-hearted general was really distressed and sad about this.

Chen Qingzhu said:

"It won't take too long, I promise. But before that, no matter how hard it is, you have to bear the brunt for those soldiers, understand?"

This doesn't seem like ordinary comfort, but more like a solemn promise and entrustment.

Zheng Yuannai didn’t know why the abbot was so confident, but his words made people believe them from the bottom of their hearts.

The thorny road ahead is not endless. The master of the temple said that it won’t be long before there will always be an end.

He suddenly felt that the depression in his heart was instantly dissipated, and the expression on his face became bright and cheerful:

"Master, I just want to complain a few words, but I won't be defeated by them easily!"

After asking about other military situations, Chen Qingzhu had a good understanding of this garrison, so he asked:

"Regarding this defense against the Japanese, how did you arrange it?"

This is a military secret and should not be told to anyone other than senior military officers.

But Zheng Yuannai had no such concerns towards his own master.

When he heard Chen Qingzhu's question, he immediately told him all the arrangements he had discussed with Fan Dayong.

At present, he has deployed two thousand troops in four fortresses near the coastline.

These four fortresses were carefully selected by him and Fan Dayong based on the specific conditions of the more than 400-mile coastline.

Two of them are located near areas with abundant grain production, and there is a lot of business travel between the two nearby small towns.

These are all places that the Japanese pirates are likely to visit.

In addition, he also repaired all the beacon towers used for warnings near the coastline.

There was a beacon tower every twenty miles, with five soldiers stationed at each tower so that they could give an alarm as soon as they spotted the Japanese pirates.

Chen Qingzhu listened to these arrangements and was also thinking about their feasibility.

Although she was not a general who led troops to fight, she had witnessed many wars during her eight years as a wandering soul in her previous life and when she traveled in the world of cultivation.

A cultivator can travel 20,000 miles a day in a flying boat, and the wandering souls can travel at the same speed as the wind.

Compared with ordinary people who find it difficult to see the overall picture, her cognition is often more global and she can more easily see the essence.

In her opinion, Zheng Yuannai's arrangements were too routine.

It can be said that there is not much difference between what other anti-Japanese generals did.

The only difference is that he has to work harder and the soldiers under his command are slightly more powerful.

But if we want to rely on these to successfully intercept the Japanese pirates and win a beautiful victory, it is still not enough.

As we all know, the biggest difficulty in chasing and intercepting the Japanese pirates is their unpredictable whereabouts.

Often, when the government troops received intelligence about the Japanese pirates' whereabouts, by the time they rushed over, the pirates had already disappeared without a trace.

Moreover, except for the famous general who fought against the Japanese pirates in the previous dynasty, the government troops' ambushes against the Japanese pirates always failed.

The Japanese pirates would never appear in places heavily guarded by government troops.

The reason is self-evident.

There are definitely traitors among the government troops, and there are quite a few of them.