After a day of fermentation and spread, and with the help of people like Zhang Chufeng who hired people to spread the news and added fuel to the fire, Zhu Ping'an's urgent military intelligence about eighty Japanese pirates harassing Yingtian became one of the ten most popular jokes in Yingtian, which was equivalent to being on the headlines of Yingtian.
Zhu Ping'an's name also became popular and he became one of the "influential figures" of Yingtian at that time and was known by many people. Of course, Zhu Ping'an's image in the hearts of the people was not a good one. He was a negative example and was even given the derogatory names of "the Zhao Kuo of the time" and "the second Zhao Kuo".
"Three thousand allied troops gathered yesterday to suppress the Japanese. There should be news today."
"What kind of news is this? It should be called victory news. Three thousand men wiped out eighty Japanese pirates. Isn't that easy? This news must be the victory news that the coalition forces have completely wiped out the Japanese pirates."
"When the victory report came, what was the name of the modern Zhao Kuo? Oh, yes, that's Zhu Ping'an. He must have stuffed his face into his crotch in shame. The Japanese pirates have been completely wiped out, so how can they come to harass our Yingtian? Hahaha, is it really going to be haunted?! That's impossible. Our Yingtian is half under the feet of the emperor, suppressing all evil spirits, monsters, and demons."
"If Zhao Kuo knew about this in the afterlife, he would certainly be very pleased. After this incident, he would not be alone when others use him as an example in the future. Perhaps the current Zhao Kuo would be more famous than himself."
"Alas, I really don't know how he got the top score. The quality of this year's special examination is not good enough."
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Zhu Ping'an handled so many cases and did so many things in Jingnan, but his reputation did not spread far. Apart from the local people in Jingnan and some people in Taizhou, not many people knew about him. In Yingtian, hundreds of miles away, he was even less known. Unexpectedly, with the help of some people, through this exaggerated military intelligence joke, Zhu Ping'an was known to many people in Yingtian. This is really a good news that does not go out, but bad news spreads a thousand miles.
"Report..."
A soldier with a small flag on his back was shouting and galloping towards the north gate of Yingtian.
The guards of Yingtian checked the soldiers' identities and opened the city gate.
"Report..." Soldiers with small flags on their backs rode their horses into Yingtian City and galloped all the way to the Ministry of War.
When the people along the way saw this, they immediately became excited and started talking about it among themselves.
"See? Those are the Tang soldiers. Most likely they are reporting on the battle of the Japanese pirates in Shangyu. Yesterday, I heard that Lord Baoshan Bao, the Chief Censor of Wuhu, and Lord Miao Yinmiao, the commander of Jianyang Guard, had set a trap for the Japanese pirates. Lord Miao, the commander of Jianyang Guard, deliberately lost the battle and lured the Japanese pirates into the encirclement, and attacked them from both sides with Lord Bao, the Chief Censor of Wuhu. Judging from the time, the battle report of the Tang soldiers must be about this encirclement and annihilation battle."
"Haha, I don't need the report from the Tang soldiers to know the result of this encirclement and annihilation battle. All the Japanese pirates were annihilated!"
"Hahaha, great minds think alike. I think so too."
People started talking excitedly, all full of confidence, and soon the topic was brought to Zhu Ping'an.
"Hahaha, today the Tang soldiers reported victory, and the Japanese pirates were surrounded and annihilated. Then yesterday's urgent military information from 'Zhao Kuo of the present age' has become a complete joke."
"I really want to see what Mr. Zhu's expression will be when he receives this news. He must be blushing and very excited."
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Amid the sound of people chatting and laughing, the Tang soldiers rode their horses at full speed to the Ministry of War and reported the news from the Tang newspaper to the Ministry of War.
"Ah?!! What?! How is this possible? How could it turn out like this?!"
After receiving the report, Shi Pengfei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, took a look at the content of the report and opened his mouth in surprise.
"Are you sure you didn't report an error?!"
Shi Pengfei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, read the report twice over and over, then frowned and looked at the soldiers in the pond, and asked in a deep voice.
"Sir, it is absolutely true." The soldier swore, "This report has never left my hands during the journey."
"Go down, I will report to the Minister."
Shi Pengfei waved his hand irritably, took the newspaper and walked out of the room, and quickly walked towards Zhang Jing's duty room.
"Sir Zhang, the battle report from Fugui Town has arrived." Shi Pengfei entered the duty room and reported to Zhang Jinghui holding the newspaper.
"Oh, what's the result?" Zhang Jing was handling official business and busy reviewing documents, and asked without raising his head.
"Your Excellency, we have suffered a great defeat..." Shi Pengfei said in a low voice.
After hearing this, Zhang Jing continued to review the documents without raising his head. He nodded slightly, hummed, and commented, "Well, as expected, 3,000 people surrounded the Japanese pirates and should have defeated them..."
Upon hearing this, Shi Pengfei couldn't help coughing and said bitterly, "Ahem, sir, it's not that we defeated the Japanese pirates, but that we were defeated by them."
"ah?!"
Zhang Jing, who was reviewing official documents, was interrupted. He uttered an uncontrollable cry and the pen in his hand drew a long mark of ink. He looked up at Shi Pengfei in disbelief.
"What did you say? The Wuhu Censor-in-Chief and Jianyang Guards were badly defeated by the Japanese pirates?! Three thousand men attacked more than eighty Japanese pirates from front and back, but not only did they fail to win, they were also defeated by the Japanese pirates?! And they were badly defeated?!"
Zhang Jing frowned, his brows furrowed, and stared at Shi Pengfei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and said in a deep voice.
"This is indeed what is recorded in the Tangbao. Please take a look, sir." Shi Pengfei sighed heavily and handed the Tangbao to Zhang Jing with both hands.
Zhang Jing frowned as he took the newspaper and read it carefully. Halfway through, he angrily threw the newspaper heavily on the table and angrily cursed, "You are really incapable of achieving anything, but always capable of causing trouble!"
The general content of the report is: Jianyang Wei Miao Yin and others lured the Japanese pirates into Fugui Town, and together with Zeng Ji, a thousand-household under Wuhu Du Yushi Baoshan, led troops to attack the Japanese pirates from the front and back. Jianyang Wei Miao Yin and others deliberately lost the battle before to lure the enemy deep into the town, and they were probably too into the play. They were defeated by the Japanese pirates as soon as they fought. The Japanese pirates also drove Miao Yin and other defeated troops to attack Zeng Ji's troops. Under the attack of the defeated troops, Zeng Ji's troops were in chaos and panic. When the Japanese pirates attacked, Zeng Ji's troops followed Miao Yin's defeated troops and fled in all directions, trampling on each other, causing countless casualties, and the coalition army was defeated. Among the coalition army, only Chen Yidao, the county magistrate of Dangtu County, Taiping Prefecture, did not collapse and flee. Chen Yidao's troops were all brave Wuhu soldiers. Under Chen Yidao's command, they fought against the Japanese pirates alone among the fleeing soldiers. Unfortunately, due to the chaotic attack, Chen Yidao's troops were unable to form a battle formation and were taken advantage of by the Japanese pirates. Chen Yidao was exhausted and unfortunately died on the spot. Chen Yidao's Wuhu brave soldiers were also killed by the Japanese pirates, and only one survived. The Japanese pirates in Shangyu took advantage of the victory and entered Wuhu County, Taiping Prefecture. After entering Wuhu County, the Japanese pirates burned, killed, looted and robbed all the way to Wuhu, and set fire to the south bank of Wuhu... ...
ps: The content of the previous chapter's battle report has been modified: Wuhu Chief Censor Baoshan and Jianyang Guard Commander Miao Yin and others jointly reported that the defeat of Jianyang Guard Commander Miao Yin and others yesterday was not a crime of war, but was deliberately defeated by Miao Yin and others to lure the Japanese pirates into the encirclement. During the period, they were taken advantage of by the Japanese pirates and Miao Yin and others suffered a little loss, but the strategic goal has been achieved, and the Japanese pirates were successfully lured into the encirclement - Fugui Town, which borders Ningguo Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture. Wuhu Chief Censor Baoshan sent his Qianhu Zengji to unite the troops, rural militia, and tiger killers, 1,500 people, from Taiping Prefecture to encircle Fugui Town, and joined forces with Jianyang Guard Commander Miao Yin and other more than 1,500 soldiers to attack the Japanese pirates from the front and back.