It is late at night, the birds are resting, and the sparse stars and the pale moon are hanging in the sky. Jingnan is asleep, Taiping is asleep, but Taizhou is sleepless tonight!
How to sleep when the Japanese pirates besiege the city?!
Taizhou prefect Tan Lun was wearing armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, and looked at the tens of thousands of Japanese pirates under the city with a heavy face.
This morning, a group of five to six thousand Japanese pirates began to besiege the city. At noon, another wave of Japanese pirates came, with two to three thousand people. In the evening, another wave of Japanese pirates came, also with two to three thousand people. In addition, the Japanese pirates also took thousands of civilians with them, and absorbed thousands of bandits and hooligans who took advantage of the fire to rob. In total, there were more than 20,000 Japanese pirates besieging the city, and Taizhou City was completely blocked.
"This government has long known that the Japanese pirates are threatening Jiangnan, but we did not expect it to be so serious. The Japanese pirates even dared to break into the county town and besiege the provincial capital!" Tan Lun said indignantly as he looked at the Japanese pirates showing off their might under the city.
Tan Lun knew that the Japanese pirates were posing a serious threat to Jiangnan. He was appointed as the prefect of Taizhou because the Japanese pirates had repeatedly invaded the Zhejiang coast.
He was appointed as the prefect of Taizhou at the beginning of this year, only a few months earlier than Zhu Ping'an, and has only been in office for less than half a year. It can be said that he is a newcomer and is not yet familiar with Taizhou Prefecture.
Tan Lun was not very old, only about 30 years old. He had read a lot of poetry and books since he was young, and was very intelligent. He was a famous prodigy in the local area. He was also calm and composed, and was highly praised by the locals. He did not disappoint everyone's high expectations. He passed the imperial examination in the 23rd year of Jiajing, when he was only 24 years old. Before Zhu Ping'an passed the imperial examination, he was one of the youngest imperial scholars in the Jiajing Dynasty. After passing the imperial examination, he was appointed as the director of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. Three years later, he served as a doctor in charge of the world map, city gods, garrisons, forts, beacons, and the submission of ethnic minorities along the border. Tan Lun had many achievements in his position as a doctor in charge of the city gods, garrisons, forts, beacons, and the submission of ethnic minorities along the border. Tan Lun had many achievements in his position as a doctor in charge of the city gods, garrisons, forts, beacons, and the submission of ethnic minorities along the border. Because he was familiar with military affairs, he was appreciated by his superiors. At that time, the prefect of Taizhou was vacant, and the coastal areas of Taizhou were often invaded by Japanese pirates, so his superiors recommended him as the prefect of Taizhou.
The prefect of Taizhou, he is a fourth-rank official!
Tan Lun is only 32 years old this year, and can be said to be the youngest fourth-rank official in the Ming Dynasty. You know, Zhu Ping'an was only a fifth-rank official before he was demoted.
For a time, Tan Lun was the most popular person.
Tan Lun is young and promising, full of youthful vigor and ambition. He will not be satisfied with being a fourth-rank prefect.
To be a noble and a prime minister! To leave a name in history! This is what he pursues.
Therefore, after being appointed as the prefect of Taizhou, Tan Lun was determined to do a great job in Taizhou Prefecture! Then, he would use Taizhou Prefecture as a stepping stone to step into a higher level, so that everyone in the world would know his name!
However, although he had always been lucky, after he took office as the prefect of Taizhou, it seemed that luck was not on his side.
Just like now!
A few days ago, the Japanese pirates suddenly invaded Taizhou Prefecture. Before he could react and deploy troops, he heard that many counties under the jurisdiction of Taizhou Prefecture had been breached by the Japanese pirates. Now, the Japanese pirates have surrounded Taizhou Prefecture again! Judging from the wave after wave of Japanese pirates gathering under Taizhou Prefecture, these Japanese pirates probably broke through the counties below first, and then came to Taizhou Prefecture to meet up, intending to join forces to break through our Taizhou Prefecture.
It is estimated that the seven counties below were all conquered by the Japanese pirates! All seven counties were conquered!
At the beginning, it was because Taizhou was seriously threatened by Japanese invasion that I was appointed as the prefect of Taizhou. I didn't expect that within less than half a year, I had no achievements at all. The Japanese invasion was even more serious than before! All seven counties under the jurisdiction of Taizhou Prefecture were destroyed! The prefecture was besieged! Although the Japanese invasion in the southeast was serious, my Ming Dynasty had never suffered such a defeat!
For Tan Lun, who was determined to make great achievements in Taizhou Prefecture, this was nothing less than a loud slap in the face! But it was far more than that! This was more than just a slap in the face! This was a political disaster.
crisis!
Serious crisis!
The first crisis in my life! If I can't handle it well, not to mention being appointed as a marquis or a prime minister, my career will be ruined!
Damn Japanese pirates, if they had given themselves more time to train their new army, this wouldn’t have happened!
"Your Excellency, the Japanese pirates have set up camp in the city in a disorderly manner, with many loopholes. They are only concerned with drinking and feasting, with loose discipline and no one on guard. This is a good opportunity to defeat the enemy. As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to train an army, but only one day to use it. I have been trusted by your Excellency and promoted to a humble position. I have no way to repay you. I request your permission to attack their camp at night and destroy it in one fell swoop! To repay your kindness!"
Behind Tan Lun was a young general who was also in his thirties, named Zuo Zhen. He carefully watched the Japanese pirates under the city for a moment and found that the Japanese pirates under the city were full of flaws. He couldn't help but clasped his fists and asked for a fight with a confident look on his face.
"General Zuo, the soldiers in the city are not capable of field combat. The more than a thousand new troops under your command have only been trained for less than a few months. They are more than capable of defending the city, but it is difficult for them to defeat the enemy. If the new army had been established for a year, why would we have to wait for the Japanese pirates to besiege the city? We would have gone out of the city and defeated the enemy long ago." Upon hearing this, Tan Lun gently waved his hand and did not agree to his general's request to fight.
When Tan Lun was appointed as the prefect of Taizhou, he was determined to do something big in Taizhou. Taizhou was located on the coast and was invaded by Japanese pirates many times. The first thing he did when he became the prefect of Taizhou was to ask the court for permission to train a thousand new soldiers to resist the invading Japanese pirates. Although the court allowed it, two months had passed. To this day, the thousand new soldiers have only been training for less than three months, and are far from being able to go out of the city to fight the Japanese pirates in the field.
Although Tan Lun also wanted to defeat the Japanese pirates and save Taizhou from defeat, his reason told him that he couldn't do that. Leaving the city now would not only be useless, but might lead to a more serious disaster. If he was defeated by the Japanese pirates after leaving the city, then Taizhou would be finished!
"Your Excellency, although our army was formed not long ago, we have been training diligently every day. Now we are well disciplined and have high morale. We are already elite. The Japanese pirates' camp under the city is full of loopholes, and the bandits are only busy drinking and no one is on guard. This is a good opportunity to defeat the enemy. I am willing to issue a military order, and I hope Your Excellency will approve it."
Zuo Zhen continued to challenge.
"No, General Zuo, you must not underestimate the Japanese pirates outside the city. The leader of the Japanese pirates outside the city is called Jiangmen. He is not an incompetent person. He is the general flag of the Xiaoshan Guard in Fujian and has more than ten years of military experience. With his military background and experience, the Japanese pirates' camp outside the city should not be so flawed. I'm afraid he is trying to lure the enemy."
Tan Lun looked at Zuo Zhen, shook his head slightly, pointed to the Japanese pirate camp in the middle outside the city, and spoke slowly.
"Thanks to your calmness, otherwise I would have become a criminal in Taizhou." Zuo Zhen listened to Tan Lun's explanation and agreed with it. He couldn't help but sweat on his forehead. He said indignantly, "As the general flag of the garrison, Jiang Zemin didn't think about serving the court and actually became a Japanese pirate. It's really a shame for our generation."