Just as the team of cavalry advanced rapidly, the leading cavalry suddenly raised their hands high, which was a gesture indicating that there was an enemy situation ahead.

“Well…”

Accompanied by an officer's shout, the cavalry began to slow down and finally stopped on the side of the road. The cavalry took out the muskets from behind and pointed them in front.

Just as the cavalry were ready for battle, the cavalry in charge of looking at the wind in front loudly reported: "It is a brother who cannot accept the guard at night."

Soon, a team of cavalry composed of six Yebusuo appeared in front of everyone, and Yebusuo, the leader, said aloud: "Which master is responsible for this? The lower officials and others are responsible for investigating the war in Hangzhou Prefecture, and there is a military report."

An officer wearing fine steel made of iron armor walked out and said in a deep voice: "I am responsible here. How is the war in Hangzhou?"

The leader Yebusui was shocked when he saw the visitor. He hurriedly jumped off the horse and saluted in a military salute and said in a trembling voice: "Little Man Yebusui's ranksman Liu Changqing has seen the Duke of the Kingdom. I don't know that the Duke of the Kingdom is here, so I hope the Duke of the Kingdom will forgive him."

With his voice, the surroundings of Ye Busuo hurriedly dismounted and saluted. It turned out that the officer wearing ordinary cavalry armor was nothing but the commander of the Jiangning Army, Yang Feng, Duke of Xinguo of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Feng waved his hand at him: "Okay, now isn't the time to talk about these things. What's going on ahead?"

The sergeant said in a heavy tone: "When the Duke of Returning, the war in Hangzhou Prefecture is not optimistic. The bandits have been red-eyed. In the past few days, they have continuously attacked Qingbo Gate. At the same time, they have also sent troops to feint attacks against several city gates such as Yongkin Gate, Qiantang Gate, Houchao Gate, Genshan Gate, and Qingchun Gate.

Due to the lack of troops in the defense of Hangzhou Prefecture, it was possible to recruit young and strong people in large numbers. Under the fierce attack of the bandits, there were signs of losing their support. In addition, since the evil bandits have transferred artillery to attack the city today, the situation of Hangzhou Prefecture is even more dangerous. It is estimated that if there are no reinforcements, the fall of Hangzhou Prefecture will be between the past and two days."

"So fast?"

Yang Feng frowned and said, "Hangzhou Prefecture is also an important town in Jiangnan, with a high city and a deep pool. Why can't you hold on within ten days?"

Ye Bushang replied with a serious expression: "The Duke of the State does not know that Hangzhou Prefecture is an important town in Jiangnan, but after enjoying the peace of the past few hundred years, it can be said that it is a playful work of literature and martial arts. It is beyond the expectation of many people to be able to persist for so long."

"That's how it is."

Yang Feng thought about it and asked, "How is the defense of the bandits' periphery?"

The sergeant, Ye Busu, said disdainfully: "The bandits are on the periphery, and the villain kept inquiring around the past two days, but the bandits were unaware of it. This shows how loose their defenses are."

"Then are they siege of Hangzhou Prefecture?"

“It depends on where it is.”

Nor will it stop.

"There are many thieves in Qingbo Gate, Yongkin Gate, Qiantang Gate, and Houchao Gate. It is indeed not easy for us to enter, but the thieves in such places as Yongchang Gate, Beixin Gate and other places only sent one or two thousand people to surround them."

"Well, I understand."

Yang Feng turned his head and said to a cavalry behind him, "Song Ye, send someone to inform the people behind you immediately, so that Gou Xingma, Yan Di, Li Yan and others can come to the meeting quickly, and there will be an emergency military discussion."

"Here!"

After one hour

"This is the case. I wonder if you have anything to say about this?"

Gou Xingma frowned and said, "Mr. Guo, our original plan was to wait until the bandits captured Hangzhou Prefecture before cleaning up the mess. If we forcefully acted to rescue the siege in Hangzhou Prefecture, it would probably disrupt our plan."

"There is no way, who can't keep up with the changes?" Yang Feng sighed: "Now the court is full of storms, and the Donglin Party and officials from Jiangnan are desperately impeaching me like crazy.

In order to force Your Majesty, they even hired many people from the world and dead soldiers to go to the capital and the southern Zhili area, and acted as if they were burned. In case, Your Majesty even had to mobilize the Beijing army to patrol the city, and even issued an order to transfer Lu Xiangsheng's new army back to the capital from Shaanxi. If Hangzhou Prefecture, which is an important town in Jiangnan, is in a fall, I dare not imagine that those people would do anything crazy.

So there is nothing we can do to rescue Hangzhou Prefecture this time. We can’t force those people too quickly now, otherwise it will be of no benefit to anyone.”

Yan Didao: "What does the Duke of the Kingdom mean to fight the bandits in Hangzhou Prefecture?"

Yang Feng shook his head: "It's not the time for a decisive battle. Li Zicheng and the bandits cannot die yet."

While Yang Feng was discussing with the generals, Li Yan listened quietly.

Logically speaking, he was appointed by Yang Feng himself and had a say in such occasions. However, he knew that he had just arrived at the Jiangning Army and came in as a surrendered general. The original generals of the Jiangning Army were not very interested in him, so he did not intend to speak.

However, Yang Feng did not forget him. He glanced at him and said, "Li Yan, you are my favorite painting. Do you have anything to say about this?"

Seeing the eyes of everyone coming, Li Yan knew that he could not escape, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Mr. Duke, since you have named a low-ranking position, then let me talk about it. You should listen to it for now. If there is anything wrong, I hope the Duke will forgive you."

"I am going to call you as a thumbs-up painting, not letting you squander your life. Now I will say everything you want to say." To this day, with Yang Feng's status, there is no need to hide his words.

"Okay, that's a shameful position."

Li Yan cleared his throat, "When he was still a military advisor under Li Zicheng, he had proposed a plan for Li Zicheng, which was to take advantage of the relaxation of Jiangnan's military preparations and plan to occupy most of Jiangnan within half a year.

As long as he can occupy Jiangnan, the bandits led by Li Zicheng will have their own territory, and have the most wealthy place in the world, and have the capital to compete with the court. If you calm down and develop for three or five years, you can go north to compete with the Ming court. At that time, you can attack and retreat or defend, and you will no longer have to be afraid of anyone, just..."

Speaking of this, Li Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly, but unfortunately this seemingly perfect plan now looks like a joke.

"Your plan itself is correct, but your mistake is that you underestimate the strength of your opponent, that is, the Jiangning Army."

Yang Feng's evaluation of Li Yan's plan was quite good, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"All the generals obey the order!"

"Crash!"
Chapter completed!