After Magistrate Zhao gave the order, General Wang, General Zhang and Chief Zhang began to gather troops and horses on the city wall.
Jiaxing City originally had more than 2,000 soldiers and horses. After receiving the news that Japanese pirates were in the territory, 500 soldiers were temporarily recruited. There were more than 2,500 people in total, evenly distributed among the four city gates and attached city wall sections.
Originally, a total of more than 800 soldiers and horses were deployed in the north gate section of the city wall. After discovering that soldiers and horses were approaching the city gate half an hour ago, more than 600 troops and horses were transferred from other city wall sections to strengthen the defense force of the north gate.
At this moment, there are about 1,500 troops on top of the city, including 200 soldiers and horses guarding the city gate below the city, and 1,300 soldiers and horses defending on the top of the city.
Due to the ambiguity of Magistrate Zhao's order, no specific troops were allocated to Chief Zhang, General Wang and General Zhang.
This caused the three people to have different opinions on the strength of their respective forces when gathering troops and horses. The three of them all wanted to gather more troops and horses. At this time, the more troops under their command, the safer they would be. This is an obvious reason.
But there were only 1,300 soldiers and horses on the city wall. If you wanted one more man, I would want one less man. The three of them started fighting for it.
Originally, when the reinforcements turned out to be Japanese pirates, everyone on the city wall was in panic. Now the three of them were robbing people again, and the city wall was even more chaotic.
When Magistrate Zhao saw this, he jumped to his feet and reprimanded the three of them, "You guys have grown heads, how long has it been? There is a fight under the city, and the situation is in danger. When the life and death of Jiaxing City is at stake, you are still fighting for people here!"
What a disappointment to me! Chief Zhang, you will lead five hundred troops to protect the center. General Wang and General Zhang will each lead four hundred troops. Together, we will have a total of eight hundred troops. The Japanese pirates under the city only have more than four hundred troops. Together, you will
We have twice as many soldiers as they do, which is enough to destroy them."
Magistrate Zhao spoke angrily, and the three of them did not dare not listen, so they immediately followed the instructions and each summoned a corresponding number of troops.
Chief Zhang quickly commanded the soldiers and horses to defend Zhao Zhifu and other officials, and was ready to evacuate quickly if the situation went wrong.
General Zhang and General Wang also summoned troops and horses, but they were too slow to get down to the city wall to suppress the Japanese.
To be honest, the two of them have a guilty conscience and are bragging because their own family members know their actual worth.
Bragging, they are confident that they will not be weaker than others in their lives, but if they really fight, they are really weak, or very scared.
When they entered officialdom and reached this position at this age, they did not rely on military merit, they relied on the kindness of their ancestors and various connections.
They had never fought a war, not even one. The closest they came to a war was when a group of less than a hundred bandits surrendered during an armed parade.
This group of bandits were not forced to land due to their encirclement and suppression. They were the bandits who took the initiative to contact the government and asked for recruitment. The reason why they were recruited was because a fire broke out in the village. The second master of the village merged with the big master. As a result, the big master took the second master as his wife before he died.
The two of them died together, and ended up taking advantage of the third boss of the copycat who was lying flat.
The third master's prestige was not enough to overwhelm everyone, so he had no choice but to maximize his profits. Taking advantage of himself as the temporary village leader, he sent someone to contact the Jiaxing government and surrendered.
General Wang and General Zhang were sent to accept the surrender, which became the highlight moment of these two people.
They have never fought with real swords or guns.
At this moment, General Wang and General Zhang not only wanted to dawdle, they really wanted to grease their soles and run away.
But the two of them didn't dare. There were so many officials here. If they dared to escape in broad daylight, Magistrate Zhao would never spare them, and neither would the court's laws and regulations.
The two of them were dilly-dallying, and Magistrate Zhao saw this, and couldn't help but reprimanded them impatiently, "General Wang, General Zhang, what are you dawdling about? There is a fight under the city, and we urgently need reinforcements to help. You are not hurrying up now."
Come quickly to support, when will we wait?!"
Magistrate Zhao was speechless, and other officials agreed one after another.
"General Zhang, General Wang, weren't you just sighing because the reinforcements outside the city were not Japanese pirates? Now your wish has come true. The reinforcements have become Japanese pirates. Isn't this what you have been thinking about?! Then hurry up
Go down quickly and exterminate the Japanese pirates, and you will be rewarded for your meritorious service?!"
"General Zhang and General Wang, aren't you the ones who are afraid?!"
"What are you afraid of? The strength of the two of you is twice that of the Japanese pirates! Isn't destroying the Japanese pirates just like picking out the treasure?!"
A group of officials echoed the urging of the general.
"Master Fu, as the saying goes, sharpening your sword will never stop chopping firewood. Let's organize our troops into formation first and then go to the city to surrender the Japanese."
"Afraid? How is that possible! We are the generals, and we have never been afraid since we were born!"
General Wang and General Zhang were so cowardly that they would not lose the battle, and they replied with stern expressions.
At this moment, a burst of panicked footsteps sounded from the steps, and then five or six city gate defenders were seen running up from the city in embarrassment, discarding their helmets and armor.
The faces of several people were full of fear, as if there were evil spirits chasing behind them.
"Assholes, if you didn't resist the Japanese pirates below the city, why did you come up here?!"
When Magistrate Zhao saw these people, he couldn't help but cursed.
"Master Fu, the city gate has been lost, brothers..." Before they could finish their words, they saw a group of ferocious Japanese pirates emerging from behind them, waving Japanese knives and chopping melons and vegetables to kill several city gate defenders.
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Blood spurts out and the corpses are separated!
The heads of several city gate defenders rolled like balls towards Magistrate Zhao and others...
My mother-in-law...
Ah ah ah, killing someone...
Seeing this bloody scene, all the dignified officials could not help but be frightened out of their wits and screamed like women.
Magistrate Zhao also turned pale with fright and could not say a word for a long time. He deeply regretted his decision to come to the city.
"Hahahaha, yes, the city gate was lost, and all the defenders under the city were hacked to death by me. Now it's your turn. Don't worry, we will send you on your way."
The Japanese pirate said with a ferocious smile, licked the blood splattered on his mouth, and looked at Magistrate Zhao and others.
Before they finished speaking, more and more ferocious Japanese pirates sprung up from the steps behind them like bamboo shoots after rain, looking at Magistrate Zhao and others like hungry wolves.
"Guard you, escort you..."
"General Zhang, General Wang, the Japanese pirates are coming, why not kill them quickly."
All the officials shouted in panic and scrambled to hide behind Magistrate Zhao.
"Protect Mr. Fu Zun, General Wang, General Zhang. You guys hold on, I'll take Mr. Fu Zun and them away first."
Chief Zhang panicked and ordered his troops to surround Magistrate Zhao and others, protecting them in the center, while shouting to General Wang and General Zhang.
General Wang and General Zhang cursed in their hearts, why didn't you stand up while we stayed away?!
However, they also knew that they had no choice. Who asked them to protect Magistrate Zhao and avoid it? ()