Chapter 1795: Japanese pirates divide their troops
The first ray of sunshine in the morning shone down on the earth. Suzhou City, which had spent a peaceful night, became vivid and lively again. Before dawn, various stores and vendors began to open their business, and the people also came early.
Come out and enjoy life.
The officers and soldiers who defended the city in Suzhou, who had been on tenterhooks all night, worried about Japanese pirates attacking the city, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The hot breakfast was also prepared in the city and delivered to the city wall in baskets, large basins and wooden barrels. The Suzhou government was not short of money, and it was very useful to provide breakfast to the officers and soldiers guarding the city when the Japanese pirates were approaching.
rich.
Each person has a large bowl of hot chicken soup. The golden-colored chicken soup also has several pieces of chicken and tofu rolled in it, dried pork, fungus and other soup-making vegetables, five scallion pancakes, and a stack of cold radish and tofu with scallion oil.
Shredded, sprinkled with a layer of chopped green onion and coriander, it immediately makes people salivate and appetite.
"Well, it smells so good. I was worried all day and night yesterday, so I need to replenish it and sacrifice it to my five internal organs temple."
"I have to, hey, hey, we are so lucky. There is a chicken leg in our bowl of chicken soup."
"Mom, there is still a chicken butt in my bowl, but hey, this is what I like. What is its scientific name? Yes, Qilixiang, it is Qilixiang. As the saying goes, I would rather give up the golden mountain than the chicken tip.
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A group of officers and soldiers sat on the ground together in small groups, put food on the ground, wiped the kuaizi on their bodies, couldn't wait to pick up a piece of chicken and stuffed it into their mouths, and started making jokes happily.
However, before they could chew the first bite of meat and swallow it, they heard a cry of surprise.
"Japanese pirates, Japanese pirates, Japanese pirates are moving, the army is dispatched..."
Hearing this exclamation, the officers and soldiers sitting on the ground eating breakfast were startled. Several of them almost choked to death on the meat in their mouths. They pinched their necks hard and pushed down hard before swallowing.
"Where is it? Where is it?"
All the officers and soldiers put down their kuaizi in panic, even drank the chicken soup without hesitation, and hurriedly stood up and looked around.
"It's over there, where they garrisoned yesterday. Look, all the Japanese pirate troops are out. Look, they've divided their forces."
The officers and soldiers on duty stretched out their trembling hands, pointed at more than ten miles ahead, and shouted in panic.
Sure enough, following the direction of the officers and soldiers' fingers, they could see the direction of the Japanese pirate camp in the distance. The Japanese pirate army was as dense and mighty as ants. It was visible to the naked eye that it was already squirming, and the soldiers and horses were divided into four groups.
The men and horses along the way accounted for half of the group, and the soldiers moved straight forward towards the Zhejiang Army's position.
The troops along the way accounted for one-third of the remaining troops and horses. The soldiers bypassed the Zhejiang Army's position, made a semicircle eastward, and headed towards the east gate of Suzhou City.
Like the previous group of soldiers and horses, the troops along the route also made a semicircle to the east, heading towards the north gate of Suzhou City.
There was also a line of soldiers and horses, and the front of the soldiers circled around the Zhejiang Army's position, made a semicircle to the west, and headed towards the northwest gate.
The Zhejiang army's position guarded the south gate and radiated the north gate. The Japanese pirates avoided these two gates and divided their forces to attack other gates.
"Quick, quick, the Japanese pirates are divided into three groups and are coming towards the east gate, north gate and northwest gate..."
There was a chaos on the city wall for a while. The officers and soldiers were so panicked that they even ate breakfast and started shouting like a leaderless group.
"What are you shouting about, why are you panicking, what are you afraid of? When the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover up the soil. We will raise the troops for a thousand days and use the troops for a while. We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. We can recruit tens of thousands of strong men at any time to help defend the city.
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When Shang Wei, the prefect of Suzhou, heard the news that the Japanese pirates were attacking the east gate, north gate, and northwest gate, he ran all the way. When he saw the panicked soldiers on the city wall, his face darkened, and he started yelling and scolding involuntarily.
Seeing Shang Wei leading the officials to hold down the formation, the panicked and shouting soldiers stopped.
"Look at how panicked you all are. You don't know, you think the Japanese pirates have broken into the city?!"
"Yesterday, the Zhejiang Army had only 2,000 soldiers and horses outside the city. They relied on a low wall as high as one person to defend themselves against 30,000 to 40,000 extremely ferocious Japanese pirates. What happened? You have also seen that the Zhejiang Army achieved a glorious victory!
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"We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and we can recruit tens of thousands of strong men from the city to defend the city at any time. The city wall under our feet is tens of meters high, and there is a moat several meters deep. As for the Japanese pirates, they were killed by the Zhejiang Army in yesterday's battle.
Annihilating seven or eight thousand, why are you panicking?!"
"When the Japanese pirates come, just beat them! What the two thousand Zhejiang troops can do, we can do the same!"
Magistrate Su sternly reprimanded the soldiers in the city and ordered them to return to their posts and prepare for battle.
"General Wang, General Zhao, and General Liu, you are all veteran generals on the battlefield. Quickly lead your troops to the east gate, north gate, and northwest gate to take up positions. You must guard the city gate for me, and there will be no mistakes.
, the hundreds of thousands of people in the city are relying on you. I am in the middle to provide support. If you have any needs, just ask, and I will definitely satisfy you."
Magistrate Su ordered the three generals to guard a city gate respectively.
"Please be at ease, Your Majesty. We have been on the battlefield for a long time. This tassel helmet was made with one sword and one shot. We will guard the city and keep it safe." General Wang, General Zhao and General Liu promised, patting their chests.
"Okay! The three generals are so confident, I feel relieved." Magistrate Su heard this and praised them.
Soon, the three generals led their direct troops to the three city gates and took up positions.
"The golden juice will heat up quickly!"
"Get ready to roll rocks and logs, and move them under the wall. When the Japanese pirates come, throw them at them and kill the dogs!"
"The crossbows used to defend the city are all winched."
"Bring in all the feathers and arrows."
"Load the general's cannon first and prepare for ignition. The Zhejiang army's firearms are powerful, but they can't compare to the general's cannon!"
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Under the command of the prefect Shang and a group of officials and generals, the defenders on the city wall hurriedly made preparations.
As the Japanese pirates got closer and closer, all the officials and soldiers in the city became nervous.
Of course, despite being nervous, many people still have some expectations. There are only 2,000 Zhejiang troops under the city, and we can achieve a brilliant victory yesterday. We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and we hold on based on the huge city. The city is high and the pond is deep. We also
It works!
The Zhejiang Army only trained for a few months, and even the 1,200 recruits they recruited from Yiwu only trained for two months.
We have been soldiers for several years. If the Zhejiang Army can do it, I can do it too!
While the defenders on the city wall were nervously guarding the city and preparing for war, the Zhejiang Army camp outside the city. Zhu Ping'an stood on the sentry post at the head of Fengqiao Bridge and watched as the Zhejiang Army bypassed the position and divided into three groups to attack Suzhou's east gate and north gate.
The Japanese pirates at the gate and northwest gate frowned.
What the hell are the Japanese pirates doing?!
Why did you so blatantly divide your troops to attack the city so early in the morning?!
If we want to divide our troops to attack the city, wouldn't it be more successful if we quietly concealed our tracks last night, divided our troops to ambush outside the east gate, north gate, and northwest gate, and launched a sudden attack than if we divided our troops so blatantly now?!