As the sun sets in the west, the crows startle, Liu Mu and Liu Dadao have led the rangers out of the camp for half a day, but no news has been sent back yet.
Zhu Ping'an stood on the top of the Fengqiao sentry fort and looked far into the distance. The Japanese pirates who surrounded the Zhejiang army camp had not learned their lesson. Not only did their tents stagger, the Japanese pirates were all doing nothing, and they were in groups around a fire.
The entire position is like a sieve, with flaws everywhere; the Japanese pirate camps in the north and northwest of the city cannot be seen, but the Japanese camp in the east of the city can be seen, but the distance is too far, and only a little shadow can be seen on the lake.
As for Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and the Rangers, there was no trace of Zhu Ping'an at all.
Just as Zhu Ping'an was about to go downstairs, he heard a vague noise and looked around, only to see the Japanese pirates in the east of the city starting to attack the city again.
Hearing the noise, there were also sounds of fighting coming from the north and northwest of the city, and the Japanese pirates from these two places also began to attack the city.
Zhu Ping'an stood on the top of the building and could vaguely see the fighting on the city wall.
The Japanese attack on the city this time was almost exactly the same as that in the morning. The intensity of the attack was ordinary, as if it was a test.
The siege lasted less than half an hour and ended about the same as in the morning.
The Japanese pirates retreated again.
The cheers of victory could be heard faintly from the city walls.
"Again, what are the Japanese pirates going to do?" Zhu Pingan touched his chin and fell into deep thought again.
It feels like the Japanese pirates deliberately failed and were killed...
It shouldn't be possible. It will be exhausted in one go, then weaken again, and then it will be exhausted. Under normal circumstances, the enemy's siege will focus on all their strength. In one go, they will attack the city with all their strength. The continuous siege will put pressure on the defenders and find loopholes in the defenders.
, strive to win the city.
Why are Japanese pirates so abnormal?
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
Suddenly an idea came to Zhu Pingan's mind.
Could it be that the Japanese pirates wanted to fake defeat, lure the defenders inside the city to pursue them out of the city, and set up an ambush to annihilate the defenders leaving the city?
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but open his eyes when he thought of this. He felt that this possibility was very high. Japanese pirates like to set up traps.
As the Japanese pirates "failed to attack the city" time and time again, and "retreat in embarrassment after losing their troops", the defenders in the city were not able to maintain the integrity of the city, which caused them to underestimate the enemy. If they were not able to maintain the integrity of the city, there would be people who were greedy for merit. They felt that the Japanese pirates were weak and intended to expand their victory, so they went out of the city to pursue...
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Thinking of this, even though Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and the others had not yet returned with news, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but hurry downstairs.
"Quickly, go get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then bring the carrier pigeon." Zhu Ping'an ordered the soldiers downstairs as he went downstairs.
Soon, the soldiers brought in pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and Zhu Pingan simply wrote a warning letter. It was roughly that the Japanese pirates might have faked their defeat, intending to lure the defenders in the city out of the city to pursue them, and set up an ambush secretly to prevent the Japanese pirates from treacherous plans.
If you succeed, please ask the garrison in the city to hold on to the city and not to go out to pursue the Japanese pirates.
After finishing writing, Zhu Pingan couldn't wait to dry the ink, folded the warning letter, and put it into the mailbox.
"Send to the city quickly." Zhu Ping'an handed the mailbox to the soldier, and ordered him to tie it to the leg of the carrier pigeon and release the carrier pigeon.
In order to prevent accidents, Zhu Pingan wrote another warning letter with the same warning and ordered the soldiers to release a homing pigeon again.
Fortunately, the Japanese pirates who surrounded the Zhejiang Army camp were seriously lacking vigilance. It was already dinner time, and most of their attention was on the pork, beef and mutton tumbling in the pot, and the jars of fine wine on the ground.
Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and their four hundred rangers broke out, but they did not have much impact on the Japanese pirates.
They were worried at first, but after noticing that only about 400 people broke out, the Japanese pirates stopped taking it seriously.
What can more than 400 people do?! It will not have an impact on the leaders' plans. Even after these 400 people ran away, there were only more than 1,000 people left in the Zhejiang Army camp, making it easier for them to surround them.
It will not be easy for more than a thousand people to break through.
Therefore, the Japanese pirates who surrounded the Zhejiang Army's camp were even more lax and careless than before.
Two pigeons were released from the top of the fort one after another half a cup of tea, without the Japanese pirates noticing at all.
Soon, the two pigeons flew into Suzhou City one after another. The pigeon breeder took the secret message and ran all the way to report it to Shang Wei, the prefect of Suzhou.
When Shang Wei received the letter, he was still immersed in the joy of repelling the Japanese pirates again. After seeing Zhu Pingan's warning letter, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back. Zhu Pingan's reminder was too timely. He had just gone to inspect the city wall.
, while praising and encouraging General Wang and his team for their meritorious service in defending the city, I also heard many radical remarks from the soldiers.
Why are the Japanese pirates nothing more than this, what Japanese pirates are just a bunch of incompetent dwarfs, what Japanese pirates are just a bunch of incompetent dwarfs, what Japanese pirates dare to attack again, chase them out of the city, kill them all, etc.
Now after reading Zhu Pingan's warning letter and looking back at the two Japanese sieges, it seems that there was indeed some lack of effort.
At least, it was not as fierce as yesterday's attack on the Zhejiang Army's camp.
Perhaps, the Japanese pirates were actually trying to deceive their enemies into defeating them...
Just in case, it was still necessary to remind General Wang and the others. Magistrate Shang nodded vigorously.
Then, he went to the east gate again.
"Master Fu, you are here again. We are here to guard you. What else do you have to worry about? Just have a good rest."
General Wang laughed and said, after defeating the Japanese pirates who attacked the city twice in a row, General Wang became more confident in speaking.
"That's it, General Wang. I just received Master Zhu's legend of the flying pigeon. He reminded us that the Japanese pirates' two attacks on the city may have been a false defeat. The purpose was to lure us out of the city to pursue them, while they set up an ambush outside the city.
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Magistrate Shang repeated Zhu Ping'an's warning letter to General Wang, reminding him to be careful of the Japanese pirates' false defeat and not to leave the city.
"Hahahaha... The Palace Master is overly worried. Mr. Zhu thinks too much, and his worries are unfounded."
When General Wang heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
"General Wang, Mr. Zhu's reminder is not unreasonable. It is better to be cautious and not be arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat. Our goal is to defend the city. As long as you defend Suzhou City, you will have done a great job. Don't go out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates...
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Magistrate Shang reminded again.
"Master Fu, don't worry. I am a veteran on the battlefield. I have been fighting on the battlefield for decades. I have never seen anything like this. I can tell at a glance whether the Japanese pirates are pretending to be defeated or are really defeated." General Wang patted his chest and said confidently.
Then, General Wang said with a mocking and dissatisfied smile, "Haha, Zhu Ping'an won with his own skill. If we win, the Japanese pirates will fake defeat?! In the morning, the Japanese pirates 'falsely defeated', leaving nearly a thousand corpses at the three city gates. In the evening,
The Japanese pirates "faked defeat" again and left nearly a thousand corpses behind. The casualties were so great. Since ancient times, has the governor seen such a fake defeat? If he fakes defeat a few more times, the Japanese pirates will be dead..."
"What General Wang said is not unreasonable, but be careful and sail the ten-thousand-year ship. We only need to occupy the city and defend it, which is a great achievement."
Magistrate Shang insisted.
"Don't worry, Sir, I will save you." General Wang clasped his fists.