At that time, in the dead of night and the birds were silent, Zhu Ping'an was still writing official documents at his desk in the study.
While Zhu Ping'an was at his desk, Taiping County, sixty miles away from Jingnan County, was caught in a sea of fire.
This group of Japanese pirates was Heihachiro and his Japanese pirates who suffered a bloody blow in Jingnan County.
Jiangmen, the leader of the Hungry Wolf Alliance, divided the two counties of Jingnan and Taiping between Heihachiro. After Heihachiro suffered a bloody head injury in Jingnan County, he had to give up the hard nut of Jingnan and lead the remaining troops under his command.
More than a thousand Japanese pirate remnants rushed towards Taiping County.
Taiping County is in the northwest of Jingnan County. The two counties are neighbors and not far apart. The distance between the two counties is only sixty or seventy miles. There is no news that the Japanese pirates burned, killed, looted and besieged Jingnan County in Jingnan.
The news reached Taiping within half a day. Everyone in Taiping County sympathized with the tragic experience of their old neighbors, but they were also thankful for themselves. They were lucky that Taiping County was not close to the sea, otherwise they would be the ones suffering from the Japanese pirates today.
Of course, after hearing the news that Jingnan was suffering from Japanese pirates, Taiping County also panicked, but the panic was not too serious.
After all, the Japanese pirates are in Jingnan now. It is fellow Taoists who are suffering, not poor Taoists.
As for whether the Japanese pirates came to Taiping County, there are two opinions. Our Taiping County is not close to the sea, and the number of encounters with Japanese pirates is very few. This time, the Japanese pirates are probably the same as in the past, robbing Jingnan and other coastal counties.
Huyuan fled overseas.
In addition, even if the Japanese pirates come to Taiping County, we still have time to prepare. The Japanese pirates are now besieging Jingnan County. It will take time to conquer Jingnan County. Even if they conquer Jingnan County, they will still have to burn, kill and loot in Jingnan County.
Two days, maybe.
Therefore, under this psychological influence, the panic in Taiping County was not too serious. Although some people hurriedly packed up their things and fled with their children after hearing the news that the Japanese pirates were plundering Jingnan, most of them
The man is relatively calm, waiting for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to inquire about the news, and then pack up his things and escape.
In fact, not only the common people, but also the Taiping County government did not pay high attention to it immediately.
After receiving the news that Japanese pirates were plundering Jingnan, the Taiping County government also started to take precautions. It issued a notice to inform Jingnan of the Japanese pirates, notifying the people in the area to be careful of Japanese pirates, and ordered all the government officials who were out on official business to return to the county government to stand by and notify the garrison.
The soldiers at the county guard station increased their vigilance and took precautions. They sent people to notify and recruit Minzhuang and archers under the jurisdiction of Taiping County Yamenfang to return to the county to guard against Japanese pirates...
However, although Taiping County also took some actions, it did not pay enough attention and did not supervise the implementation in a timely manner.
Everyone in Taiping County never expected that the Japanese pirates would come so quickly.
Half tight but not tight, half loose but not loose, trying to resist but welcoming, Taiping County, half-prepared, suddenly suffered a disaster.
When Heihachiro and his group of Japanese pirates were badly beaten in Jingnan, they retreated from Jingnan overnight and rushed towards Taiping County. Taiping County was still sleeping and was caught off guard by the criminal Japanese pirates.
Blood!
struggle!
despair!
cry!
As soon as they entered Taiping County and encountered the first village, the Japanese pirates burned, killed, looted, and raped women. They committed all kinds of evil and took out the injuries and bad luck they suffered in Jingnan on Taiping County.
One village after another was destroyed by Japanese pirates and burned into a sea of fire. It was as miserable as hell on earth...
Before Taiping County could react, Heihachiro had already led the Japanese pirates to continuously attack the villages and towns within the jurisdiction of Taiping County, heading straight for Taiping County, burning, killing and looting all the way, raping women and children, robbing money, food and grass, and burning houses.
As the sky dawned, the Japanese pirates were already killing, looting, and driving more than a thousand young and strong people with butcher knives. They arrived at the gate of Taiping County and surrounded Taiping County.
The then magistrate of Taiping County was named Wang Fengming, whose courtesy name was Suqing. He was from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and he was forty-seven years old. When the Japanese invaders came to the city, Magistrate Wang was having breakfast. When he heard that the Japanese invaders were approaching the city, his chopsticks fell to the ground.
"That's nonsense! When the news came yesterday, weren't the Japanese pirates still besieging Jingnan County? How could they come to our Taiping County?"
After Wang Zhixian recovered from the shock, his first reaction was that his subordinates had lied about military information. He slammed the table hard and scolded.
"My Lord, how many of you dare to talk nonsense in front of you? The Japanese pirates are really coming to the city. If you don't believe me, Lord, please come out and listen."
The officer who reported the news shook his head repeatedly, pointed to the outside of the house and said to Wang Zhixian.
Wang Zhixian glanced at the servant and saw that he didn't look like he was lying. Just like what she said, he didn't dare to lie in front of her, so he got up and left the table. The servant hurriedly took two steps and opened the curtain for Wang Zhixian.
Wang Zhixian walked out and walked to the center of the courtyard. Sure enough, there was a faint cry of killing coming from outside.
Upon hearing this, Wang Zhixian's pupils suddenly dilated, his face turned gray, and cold sweat ran down his back.
"Damn it, why did the Japanese pirates suddenly come? Quick, quick, notify the Xiahou County Magistrate and summon all the government officials to join me on the city wall!"
Wang Zhixian circled around in the courtyard like an ant on a hot pot for several times. Finally, he gritted his teeth and loudly ordered the guards.
"County Lord, when I came to report the news, I heard that Xiahou County Magistrate had already rushed to the city wall as soon as he got the news." The officer replied.
"Then you go and summon the officers quickly. No one is left behind. Gather them all and follow me to the city wall."
When Wang Zhixian heard that the Xiahou County magistrate rushed to the city wall, he nodded and hurriedly ordered the officers to summon the Yamen officials.
Soon, Wang Zhixian led more than eighty government officials who had been summoned in a hurry to the city wall of Taiping County.
On the city wall, the Xiahou County Magistrate was arranging defenses. Eighty-six soldiers stationed at the county guard station, as well as 180 people and archers from the summoned military room were scattered on the four walls.
"I've met the county magistrate."
After hearing the news, the magistrate of Xiahou County rushed to the steps of the city wall to greet Wang Zhixian.
"Xiahou County Magistrate does not need to be polite, how is the situation outside the city?" Wang Zhixian waved his hand and asked.
"There were more than a thousand Japanese pirates, and they held more than a thousand people hostage and surrounded our Taiping County town."
The Xiahou County Magistrate cupped his hands and replied.
"What, more than two thousand?!"
When Wang Zhixian heard this, his gray face suddenly turned pale, and his voice was trembling.
"Half of them are held captive by the common people," the Xiahou County Magistrate corrected.
"More than a thousand Japanese pirates are no small matter. Besides, many of the Japanese pirates themselves were transformed by ordinary people."
Wang Zhixian shook his head, took two quick steps, came to the crenellation of the wall, and looked out.
I saw smoke and dust billowing outside. The Japanese pirates with bare heads and bare feet were full of murderous intent and ferocious faces. The Japanese knives and other weapons in their hands were still dripping with blood. Outside the city, Japanese pirates were everywhere in the mountains and fields. There were so many people that you couldn't even see their heads.
The ferocious and fierce Japanese pirates surrounded the county town, howling like ghosts and wolves, and their shouts of killing were deafening.
"The Japanese pirates are so powerful that it is difficult to defend Taiping County. It is better to abandon the city and leave."
With a pale face, Wang Zhixian looked away from the Japanese pirates outside the city, glanced at his side, shook his head, and whispered to the Xiahou County Prime Minister.