It turns out that this is how Ninghai County was captured by Japanese pirates!
Guan Yao, Guan Yao, you are not worthy of your name! You ruined my plan! You said that it would be great if you could defend the city well. If you defended the city well, more than a thousand defenders would defend more than two thousand Japanese pirates on the city wall. I dare not say that Ninghai County is as stable as Mount Tai, but it would be extremely difficult for the Japanese pirates to capture Ninghai County. You said that you, at this critical moment concerning the life and death of the entire county, why are you showing off your abilities! Alas, it is really an incompetent general who exhausts the whole army. Your incompetent show of ability has not only harmed yourself, but also harmed the people of Ninghai County.
Originally, Ninghai County was the most likely to survive the Japanese invasion, but now... it has been completely destroyed by Guan Yao!
Originally, in this massive Japanese invasion, Taizhou City was preserved, Tiantai County was also preserved, and as long as Ninghai County was also preserved, then this political disaster of his would be alleviated a lot. If he could use his connections and find someone to smooth things over, he would have a chance of getting through it safely.
But now!
All this was ruined by Guan Yao's reckless battle! Ninghai County, which had the best hope of preservation, fell!
well!
Hope was within reach, but now it is torn to pieces!
Taizhou prefect Tan Lun felt as if he had suffered a thousand heavy blows in his heart. His face turned extremely dark and the teacup in his hand was almost crushed.
"Alas, Captain Guan is too reckless. If he had defended the city according to the plan, why would Ninghai County have been captured by the Japanese pirates?!"
"That's right. Ninghai County is high and deep, with a mountain at its back and a moat all around. It is the easiest to defend and the hardest to attack among the seven counties in Taizhou. If there are more than a thousand defenders guarding the city, how can more than two thousand Japanese pirates capture it?! Such a good situation is ruined in an instant!"
"Alas, an incompetent general can tire out the entire army. The ancients were right. What a pity, what a pity..."
Upon hearing about the capture of Ninghai County by Japanese pirates, everyone at the banquet sighed with regret.
Every sigh from the crowd was like a sharp knife piercing the chest of Taizhou prefect Tan Lun...
The news of the fall of Ninghai County cast a shadow over the banquet, and the lively banquet suddenly cooled down a lot.
After another cup of tea, everyone at the banquet heard a burst of hurried horse hooves sounds, followed by another burst of footsteps.
Such a familiar rhythm. Needless to say, another scout has brought new reports on the Japanese invasion.
Everyone turned their attention to the banquet entrance.
Sure enough, everyone soon saw a scout soldier trotting in, covered in dust.
"Report... Report to the governor and general, the battle report of Huangyan County."
The scout soldier trotted into the banquet and half-knelt on the ground to report to Taizhou prefect Tan Lun, Yu Dayou and others.
Huangyan County battle report!
Upon hearing the battle report from Huangyan County, Taizhou prefect Tan Lun sighed slightly.
Huangyan County is close to Linhai County, and the loss of one's teeth is in danger. If Linhai County has fallen, how can Huangyan County be spared? ! Huangyan County is different from Linhai County. Linhai County is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has abundant resources and a large population. However, Huangyan County has a narrow and long terrain, and most of its territory is plains. The county seat has no strategic location to defend. In addition, Huangyan County is not as rich as Linhai County, and the number of people under its jurisdiction is far less than that of Linhai County. Even a strong county like Linhai has fallen, how can Huangyan County be spared? !
It was pitch black, there was no light at all, no hope at all. Taizhou prefect Tan Lun did not hold out any hope at all.
Sure enough, the next report from the scout confirmed what Tan Lun was thinking.
"Reporting to the governor, General. Four days ago, the Japanese pirate leader Jiangmen led the Japanese pirates to raid Huangyan County. Huangyan County was captured by the pirates before they could react. The magistrate of Huangyan led a group of yamen runners to hold out in the county government office. They held out for about a cup of tea before the county government office was breached by the pirates. The magistrate of Huangyan was killed in the chaos..."
The scout soldier reported back.
well!
Just as he thought! Huangyan County fell!
No miracle at all!
The prefect of Taizhou sighed quietly, his face turning even darker. Having suffered many setbacks and disappointments, he was like a block of ice, emitting a strong chill that made the officials beside him feel as if it were winter.
Soon, not long after the scout left after reporting, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds was heard outside.
Another scout soldier has arrived.
"Report, report to the prefect, report to the general, the battle report of Xianju County." The scout soldier walked into the banquet and saluted to Tan Lun, Yu Dayou and others.
Xianju County!
After hearing the three words "Xianju County" and before hearing the content of the battle report, Taizhou prefect Tan Lun sighed again.
In terms of defense, Xianju County was not as good as Huangyan County. Xianju County was well-known in Taizhou Prefecture for being easy to attack but difficult to defend, and was a standard soft persimmon. In addition, Xianju County was right on the seashore, at the forefront of the Japanese pirates' looting. How could the Japanese pirates let such a soft persimmon go? Xianju County was doomed.
Thinking of this, Tan Lun sighed heavily.
Sure enough, the scout's subsequent report once again confirmed what Tan Lun was thinking.
"Five days ago, the Japanese pirate leader Tie Jin Gang landed on the southeast coast of Xianju County and marched straight into the city and besieged it that day. The magistrate of Xianju County led his men to defend the city for more than half an hour, but they were outnumbered and the Japanese pirates broke through the city gate. After the Japanese pirates broke into the city, the magistrate of Xianju County disappeared. Some people said that the magistrate of Xianju County escaped from the county through a secret passage, while others said that the magistrate of Xianju County had been killed by the Japanese pirates."
The scout reported all the information he had found out.
well!
I really hope that I can guess wrong again, just like Tiantai County.
Unfortunately, there was no turning point! Tiantai County's luck was a rare opportunity! Xianju County fell, and no accidents happened.
With a heavy sigh, Taizhou prefect Tan Lun waved his hand and ordered the scouts to go down for dinner.
Taizhou Prefecture has seven counties under its jurisdiction, and now war reports have been received from five counties. Among the five county towns, only Tiantai County has managed to survive by chance, while the rest, including Linhai County, Ninghai County, Huangyan County and Xianju County, have all been captured by the Japanese pirates.
Only Taiping County and Jingnan County in the southernmost part had not received any reports of the Japanese invasion.
To be honest, for the two counties of Taiping and Jingnan, especially Jingnan County, Taizhou Governor Tan Lun did not hold any hope at all. If Taiping County, Taizhou Governor Tan Lun still had a little hope, then for Jingnan County, Taizhou Governor Tan Lun did not hold the slightest hope at all.
Tan Lun knew very well that the walls of Jingnan County were not only low, but also in disrepair and seriously damaged. In recent years, they were even more severely damaged after being soaked by rain. The most hopeless thing was that Jingnan County was a place of controversy and ominousness. Six county magistrates had died in five years. The new county magistrate, Zhu Ping'an, had just taken office a month ago. He was only fifteen or sixteen years old, extremely young, and had a background in the imperial examinations, so he lacked experience... ...
Just as Tan Lun was thinking about it, there was another burst of hurried horse hoof sounds, and after a burst of footsteps, another scout soldier came.
"Report, to the governor and general, the battle report of Jingnan County..."