The Soldier of the Red Mansion

Chapter 78 Unexpected Good News

Yangzhou and Yingtian Prefecture are separated by only a river.

He Kuan was called to Lin's house.

Lin Ruhai was so angry that he laughed.

He cursed, "You don't even believe me? How can this be possible?"

He Kuan wailed with a bitter face, "Master Lin, I am so wronged. I really don't know where the general has gone. I only just learned that the general has returned."

Lin Ruhai stared at He Kuan.

He Kuan looked aggrieved.

Lin Ruhai sighed, "Forget it, forget it. You disappeared from the government office for two days a few days ago. I won't ask you what you did during those two days. Tell your general to stop messing around."

Lin Ruhai knew this boy's style.

He has a firm character and his own ideas. He is unlikely to listen to others easily. Wang Ziteng has never revealed what he thinks.

Sure enough, it's not that the family doesn't enter the house.

The two have similar working styles.

Lin Ruhai felt uncomfortable when he saw that He Kuan refused to admit it. It turned out that for so long, these people were only loyal to Wang Xin.

However, Lin Ruhai quickly adjusted his attitude and said worriedly, "Since the death of the Zhejiang general, the situation has deteriorated and the southeast is out of control. Wang Xin acts independently, and I'm afraid he will act rashly, thinking that the Japanese pirates are a thing of the past, and rush to the front blindly."

To this day, many officials have also suffered greatly from it.

Lin Ruhai also wanted the Japanese threat to subside.

After all, the Japanese pirates were about to break out of Zhejiang, and Nanjing would be the first to bear the brunt.

He Kuan said in embarrassment: "If my general really goes south, he should stay in Nanjing, wait for the main force, and find out the enemy situation clearly. I heard from my colleagues in the government office that the Japanese pirates are extremely rampant now, which is different from before."

Lin Ruhai glared.

He scolded, “Since you know this, why don’t you persuade me?”

This time He Kuan smiled bitterly, "My general is the most benevolent. How could he allow the people to be abused by the Japanese pirates? Now that he has the opportunity, how can he not rush to the front line to rescue the people?"

Lin Ruhai was speechless.

The worry on his face loosened.

This is also the reason why I took a fancy to this boy.

So virtuous.

Never let yourself down.

It’s just that.

In fact, when the two sides are fighting, people like them are popular.

The more they fight, the more valuable they become, just as Wang Ziteng said.

otherwise.

The Jia family had long been destroyed.

How could it be what it is today?

On this point, he agreed with Wang Ziteng that one must have real power and the support of one's own forces in order to stand firm, instead of being like the Jia family, where honor and disgrace all depend on the will of the superiors.

Unfortunately, apart from Jia Zheng, the other two people in the Jia family were too greedy and indulged in pleasure.

Between officials.

Bigger than the difference between humans and dogs.

Just like Jia Yucun suffered a loss, a smart person will not make the same mistake twice.

Hold on tightly to the relationship with Wang Ziteng.

"Master, Li Qi wants to see you. He said he has something urgent to tell you and needs to see you now."

The butler is here.

"What's his hurry?"

He Kuan became nervous, thinking that Li Qi was going to betray the general.

Lin Ruhai glanced at He Kuan and decided to keep He Kuan to avoid any misunderstanding. He still supported Wang Xin, so he asked the housekeeper to bring people in. He Kuan frowned, wanting to see what Li Qi was going to do.

"Master Lin, great victory, great victory!"

Li Qi got the news from the Salt Transport Commissioner's Office and immediately ran to tell Master Lin. Knowing the relationship between Master Lin and the general, he wanted to see if he could seize the opportunity to enhance the general's reputation.

"The general won the battle!"

"Victory!"

"The group of Japanese pirates who killed the Zhejiang general were completely wiped out, and the general even recovered the Zhejiang general's head."

Li Qi walked into the room and saw He Kuan. He Kuan had a look of remorse on his face. He thought he was too stupid to trust the general's ability. In just a few months, he couldn't keep up with the general and was a little behind.

Got to return to the team as soon as possible.

Lin Ruhai drank tea silently.

I can't quite keep up with this kid's speed.

How did we win such a great victory?

It makes people feel a little confused. Should they praise or continue to criticize?

Glancing at He Kuan.

He Kuan started laughing again.

Forget it. Lin Ruhai decided not to speak.

There were eight grain boats of 400 tons each, about ten feet long, and each boat could carry about 70 people. The Hexi small camp had 450 people, but only more than 50 people on each boat.

There was also a large ship carrying a thousand tons of grain.

In general.

It would take about a month for a person to travel from the capital to Nanjing via the canal by boat because of stops along the way, water checkpoints for inspection, waiting for gates, etc., as well as bad weather.

The fleet sailed under the banner of the Xue family's royal merchants and had smooth sailing along the way, taking only half a month.

We also took into consideration the soldiers' endurance, otherwise it could have been faster.

Moreover, if this is the case, the title of Xue family's royal merchant is not enough.

After arriving in the capital for a few months, Wang Xin owed the Xue family more than one or two favors. He shook his head helplessly. If he wanted to get things done, he had to compromise a little without violating his principles.

It was as if none of the other units were willing to take the lead, except himself, as if he was trying to rescue the Eastern Army commander-in-chief and flatter the commander-in-chief for his own future, regardless of the lives and safety of his brothers.

Actually, I am afraid of meeting bad teammates.

Luo Ming, the general of Zhejiang.

There is no reason why we can't defeat the Japanese pirates.

Unless there are more than just Japanese pirates.

As one of his requests, the capital city should prepare sufficient food and provide a grain ship to avoid being cut off from food by local authorities.

This is not because I have paranoid delusions.

It is really hard to guess the moral character of officials.

There is nothing they dare not do, only things they can't think of.

In the past, he led the militia under the name of the Salt Commissioner, and was not bound by external constraints. He also relied on Lin Ruhai, who was a reliable person, otherwise he would not have stayed in the Salt Commissioner's Office for many years. Everyone trusted him.

Now he leads the Beijing Army and has the support of the imperial court.

Lin Ruhai was not in a position to intervene.

Logically speaking, the prestige of the imperial court should be more trustworthy than Lin Ruhai's personal prestige.

In fact, I trust Lin Ruhai more.

But the court didn't believe a single word of it.

Just like Luo Ming, the general of Zhejiang Province, he still believed in the imperial court, but ended up feeling very aggrieved.

Of course, this is also easy to say without any pain.

Who can have the same advantages as me?

Including the military.

He knew clearly that his morale was barely enough, so he carefully selected his opponents.

Can't be too weak.

It can't be too strong either.

It is too weak to have the effect of "sharpening the knife".

too strong.

It is easy to dampen momentum.

We must not lose.

We must win, and the victory must be clean and decisive.

The Japanese pirates won many great victories.

It's really too arrogant.

They were so arrogant that they lost their minds and dared to stay away from the main group and occupy territory in a whimsical way.

Who gave you the courage?

Wang Xin stared at the panel.

After reading it, a smile appeared on the corner of my mouth involuntarily.

After the soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, they collected and buried all the bodies of the villagers, and distributed some of the spoils to the surviving villagers. They felt both sad and victorious.

An army was finally formed.

"Raise the king's flag!"

Wang Xin gave the order.

I tried to keep it secret as much as possible along the way and seize the opportunity, but now I have to make a big fuss. Of course, I am not carried away by victory.

This move was intended to stop the expanding Japanese pirates and make them retreat to their original places, thus saving more innocent civilians, although doing so would put themselves in a more dangerous situation.

Before, we attacked them by surprise.

but.

I have a trick that I have never used before.

It couldn’t be used before because the army lacked morale and fighting spirit, but now it’s enough.

I believe it won’t be long before morale reaches loyalty.

I don’t know what the effect will be if the army’s morale reaches loyalty and then breaks through to loyalty.

(End of this chapter)