After Zhu Pingan received the flying pigeon message from Liu Mu and others, he became more sure of what he was thinking. The Japanese pirates wanted to lure the defenders out of the city.
Therefore, Zhu Ping'an wrote two more letters, using two flying pigeons to convey the investigation situation to Suzhou City, and once again issued a warning.
Not long after the two homing pigeons flew to Suzhou City, the Japanese pirates who had been silent all night began to move again.
In the morning light, Japanese pirate armies were dispatched outside the east gate, north gate and northwest gate. They were densely packed with people, carrying ladders, shields, long bows on their backs, Japanese knives, fire blunderbuss and other weapons, shouting to kill.
Coming to the city gate...
The Japanese pirates holding long bows stopped dozens of meters away from the city wall, pointed their bows at the defenders on the city wall to defend themselves against arrows, and successfully covered the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates who rushed at the front were old and young, with Tsukiyo's head clearly visible. They carried the ladder and rushed towards the city wall.
The scene reappears just like yesterday.
The defenders on the city wall, under the command of the generals, fired their bows, arrows, stones, and rolled logs at the successful Japanese pirates below the city.
They have already had the experience of repelling Japanese pirates twice, and they are no longer as scared as they were the first time when faced with the Japanese pirate army attacking the city.
General Wang at the East Gate saw the Japanese pirates attacking the city again. Not only was he not afraid, he was even a little excited and looking forward to it.
You can make meritorious deeds again.
Although the defenders on the city also suffered casualties, one general's success can lead to thousands of deaths. This has been the case since ancient times, hasn't it?
I am a general, and as a general I am kind and do not lead the troops. When the soldiers under my command die, they will die, and they will be replenished later.
Anyway, it’s not you who dies.
He is protected by his own soldiers and has chain armor made of heavy gold. Ordinary guns and hidden arrows cannot hurt him.
"Concentrate your bows, arrows and firearms and aim them at their archers. These Japanese pirates don't have a long memory and are still doing the same thing. Kill their archers and they will be the lambs for the slaughter, and they will be the ones who have the military merit of being the leader!"
General Wang ran back and forth on the city wall, giving loud orders, directing the officers and soldiers on the city to focus on the archers below the city.
Seeing that the Japanese pirates had the same formation as yesterday, except that the number of archers was increased, General Wang became even more disdainful of the Japanese pirates under the city.
The Japanese soldiers had no fighting ability, and the Japanese advancers who attacked the city were clumsy. Some of them did not catch up with the project, and were killed by the Japanese supervising the army behind them. Five of them were killed in a row. It was these Japanese advancers who clumsily climbed the ladder.
The leader of the Japanese pirates was also resourceful and indecisive, and his commanding ability was low. He could only attack the city three times with only one archer to cover him. He had no siege weapons such as rams and catapults, nor could he dig tunnels or fire attacks.
From this it can be seen that from top to bottom in this group of Japanese pirates, no one can defeat them, except for the military merits given to them.
He, Zhu Ping'an, could rise from the rank of seventh-rank magistrate of Zhima County to the rank of fourth-rank official. Isn't that just a matter of military exploits?!
This time, good luck has also favored me, Wang Tiejian. If I don’t accept the military merits presented to me, all my ancestors will scold me as an unworthy descendant.
Soon, the officers and soldiers on the city concentrated their bows, arrows, firearms, etc. on the Japanese archers below the city. This time the Japanese archers were even worse than yesterday. Half of them were shot to the ground before they could even draw their bows.
"The Japanese pirate archers are useless, so I have the courage to attack the Japanese pirates in the city fiercely."
"Throw the rolling stones and the wood down for me. Anyway, I don't need a copper from you, so don't even save me!"
Seeing the destruction of the Japanese pirate archers, General Wang excitedly ordered the officers and soldiers on the city to ruthlessly harvest the Japanese pirates below the city and gain military merit.
Just like yesterday, rolling stones and trees fell like rain, and the Japanese pirates below the city screamed one after another, killing and wounding everywhere.
For a time, the Japanese pirates suffered heavy casualties, at least hundreds of corpses were left behind, and it seemed that the Japanese pirates were about to withdraw like they did yesterday.
General Wang looked at the Japanese pirates outside the city who were unwilling to retreat with reluctance and scruple, hesitating whether to lead his troops out of the city to reap a wave of military success.
Judging from his decades of battlefield experience, this group of Japanese pirates is too powerful and their leader is incompetent. They are definitely no match for him. Once they leave the city to pursue them, they will definitely gain a lot and harvest countless Japanese pirate heads. However,
, Shang Zhifu's reminder to "Be careful of the Japanese pirates being defeated and don't go out of the city to pursue them" is still in my ears. After all, Shang Zhifu is a fourth-grade civil servant and the highest official on the ground in Suzhou Prefecture. In this world, the status of civil servants is higher than that of their military attachés.
There are too many, but Magistrate Shang still gives me some face.
Although General Wang didn't believe the reminder from Shang Zhifu, although General Wang firmly believed that this was just because Zhu Ping'an was worried that they, veterans of the battlefield, would steal the credit, and deliberately used these words to scare Shang Zhifu, just to prevent them from leaving the city.
Chase the Japanese pirates to ensure that Zhu Ping'an is ranked first in military achievements this time.
But, again, Magistrate Shang’s face must be given.
Magistrate Shang had just told him not to go out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates. If he went out to pursue the Japanese pirates at this time, wouldn’t that be a slap in Magistrate Shang’s face?!
If he offends Magistrate Shang, the head of Suzhou Prefecture, his life in Suzhou Prefecture will not be easy.
However, there are not many opportunities to reap military glory like this. I heard that Japanese pirates are very fierce, and such good-for-nothing Japanese pirates are rare.
If he went out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates, he would definitely capture many Japanese pirate heads. Even if he was not as good as Zhu Pingan, he would still be the second most worthy person. After all, everyone was hiding in the city and did not dare to go out to fight. He could only go out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates and capture countless heads...
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Should we leave the city to pursue him?
General Wang was hesitant, as heaven and man were at war in his heart, and various thoughts came to him, competing for supremacy in his mind.
"General, no, look, what is that thing on the cart that the Japanese pirates are pushing? Is it round? Is it a cannonball?"
At this moment, the deputy general's anxious voice sounded, interrupting General Wang's battle between heaven and man, and diverted his attention to the outside of the city.
Sure enough, following what the deputy general was pointing, General Wang saw a group of six Japanese pirates with full armor and stomach, holding shields and pushing a cart, heading straight towards the city gate. Visible to the naked eye, the cart was covered with straw.
On top are black iron eggs as big as a sheep's head. They are nothing if not cannonballs. After a rough count, there are a dozen or so.
Danger, danger, danger!
It would be better if it was close to the city gate!
General Wang's hair suddenly stood on end, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead. He hurriedly ordered loudly, "Quick, quick, quick, shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows, kill the Japanese pirates pushing the carts. They must not be allowed to get close to the city gate."
Suddenly, a group of archers on the city shot arrows at the Japanese pirates pushing the cart.
However, the level of archers in the city was worrying. With so many people, not many arrows hit the target.
In addition, even if a few arrows are accurately shot, the Japanese pirates have full stomachs and are carrying shields, so they have no effect on them and are not a threat.
The Japanese pirates still pushed the cart and quickly approached the city gate. They were already less than 80 meters away from the city gate.
"Where's the general's cannon? Point it at the Japanese pirate pushing the cart and fire for me!"