The enemy tower stood outside the wall, about five meters high, and Japanese longbowmen and fire gunmen climbed up one after another.
Everyone inside the county government office asked the county magistrate in despair, "What can we do?"
You ask me what to do, who the hell am I going to ask?! Facing the desperate people, Jiang Zhixian's heart is on the verge of despair at this moment.
"Hold on, the reinforcements will be here soon! As soon as the reinforcements arrive, we will be saved." Jiang Zhixian could only do this to impress everyone.
Reinforcements?
Where are the reinforcements?
Jiang Zhixian's cake was so big that everyone choked and rolled their eyes. However, before they could question Jiang Zhixian further, the Japanese pirates' feather arrows and lead pellets flew towards them like hailstones.
"ah"
"Uh, my legs, my legs, hurt, it hurts me to death."
"Er Gou, Er Gou, why did you so damn fall down? I promised your mother that I will take you home in glory."
Suddenly, there was a continuous burst of screams in the county government compound, and there was a burst of crying for father and mother.
The Japanese pirates have four enemy towers, and they shoot from four angles. Everyone only has one shield, so they cannot take care of everything. If you focus on one, you will miss the other, and if you focus on the other, you will lose one. Not to mention that the Japanese pirates also have twenty or so muskets.
No matter if you are holding a shield or a door panel, once the gun is fired, a hole will be punched through the shield and the door panel, and the people behind you will naturally not be able to escape.
With just such a wave of shooting, twenty or thirty of the government officials in the county government compound screamed and lay down after being routed.
Fortunately, Jiang Zhixian escaped this round of shooting, and the Japanese pirates did not immediately notice him hiding behind three shields.
However, at this time, he had no time to rejoice, because he knew in his heart that their people would not be able to withstand several rounds of shooting from the Japanese pirates.
"County Lord, County Lord, what should we do? Just a few more rounds and we will all die!"
"County Lord! County Lord! We can't stand it anymore!"
"Otherwise, surrender!"
The survivors in the county government compound took advantage of the time when the Japanese pirates were replacing arrows and loading gunpowder, and loudly appealed to Magistrate Jiang for help, and some even considered surrendering.
"Surrendering is a dead end. We just killed a lot of Japanese pirates. Do you think they will let us go if we surrender?! During the Warring States Period, Bai Qi killed 300,000 Zhao soldiers in a trap. This is a lesson for us!"
"Whoever dares to surrender again will be killed by everyone!"
When Jiang Zhixian heard someone talking about surrender, he couldn't help but became furious, shouted angrily, and issued death threats.
"But, what should we do? We have lost about thirty brothers in this round. We cannot withstand several rounds of fire from the Japanese enemy!"
Everyone said anxiously.
Jiang Zhixian had a look of despair on his face. The corners of his mouth moved but he didn't say anything. He didn't know what to do.
Everyone did not get an answer, but they received another round of shooting from the Japanese pirates. First, the feather arrows jingled, and another ten people fell down in the county government courtyard with screams. Then the Japanese pirates' firecrackers were loaded, and then
Once the gunfire was fired, ten or twenty people screamed and fell down in the county government compound.
"escape."
There were defeated soldiers in the county government compound. They couldn't bear it any longer, so they threw down their shields and ran to the backyard like shit.
If one escapes, there will be a second and a third.
County Magistrate Jiang knew this very well, so while waving to his cronies, he shouted loudly, "Anyone who escapes from battle will be killed without mercy!"
After receiving the order from Magistrate Jiang, the cronies of Magistrate Jiang immediately raised the spear in their hands, pointed it at the back of the escapee, raised their hands back, and flicked their wrists confidently.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow flew over and hit the henchman between the eyebrows. The metal arrowhead was exposed from the back of his head dripping with blood.
The spear in the henchman's hand fell to the ground with a clang, and then the henchman's body also hit the ground heavily.
The runaway didn't know that he had saved his life. He fled out of the small door into the backyard in a mess. When he entered the backyard, he tripped over the threshold and disappeared from everyone's sight.
This feather arrow from the Japanese pirates was a signal, and soon another round of shooting from the Japanese pirates began, first with feather arrows and then with fire blunderbuss.
After this round of shooting, another twenty or thirty people lay down in the county government compound.
In this round of shooting, Jiang Zhixian himself was wounded. The Japanese pirates seemed to realize that this man with three shields must be an important person, so they paid special attention to him. At least five or six more feather arrows were fired at him. Fortunately,
Three shields blocked him, and all three arrows were blocked.
However, before Jiang Zhixian could rejoice, the Japanese pirates' muskets came over.
Several rounds of fire cannons were also aimed at the location of Magistrate Jiang, and the sound of fire cannons was heard.
The three shields in front of Jiang Zhixian were all hit by Japanese pirates. One of the top guards was hit in the head by a musket that penetrated the shield and died on the spot. The other two also suffered varying degrees of injuries.
One man's shield was fine, but he was hit in the thigh, and the other man's shield was penetrated, and the lead shot that penetrated the shield scratched his ear.
Magistrate Jiang was also scratched in the face by flying fragments of the shield, and blood flowed to his chin.
The Japanese pirate began to load gunpowder again, took out an arrow from the quiver, and began to bend the bow and set the arrow.
Not to mention the government officials and the defeated troops, even Jiang Zhixian was in despair. He didn't know whether others could survive the next round of shooting by the Japanese pirates, but Jiang Zhixian knew that he himself would not be able to survive the next round of shooting by the Japanese pirates.
His identity should have been exposed, as the Japanese pirates had focused on him during the last round of shooting.
Only one of the three shields that saved his life was intact. Of the three people who protected him, one was dead and one was injured, and only one was intact.
If the Japanese pirates come again, he, the county magistrate, will definitely not be able to survive it.
"Retreat, retreat to the inner courtyard!"
Jiang Zhixian cherished his life and saw that the Japanese pirates were about to start the next round of shooting, so he shouted quickly.
In fact, retreating to the backyard is a dead end. It is just an extra stick of incense to temporarily survive.
Retreating to the backyard means giving up the front yard. Once they retreat to the backyard, the Japanese pirates can occupy the front yard.
The wall in the backyard is only over two meters high, which is not as high as the front yard. Japanese pirates can climb over it with bare hands.
Not to mention, the Japanese pirates still have four enemy towers.
When the Japanese pirates captured the backyard, there was no need to waste any effort at all.
However, every second you can live is worth a second. When Jiang Zhixian gave the order, he took the lead in retreating to the backyard. All the government officials and soldiers raised their hands in agreement, and they all followed Jiang Zhixian and ran towards the backyard. They only hated their parents.
I gave myself a leg.
"Run away, the county magistrate took his people and ran away to Houyuan!"
The Japanese pirates on the enemy platform shouted loudly, drew their bows and fired arrows, and opened fire with muskets, knocking down the government officials and soldiers who had fallen behind one after another, beating them to death on the ground, and massacring them like crazy.
When Jiang Zhixian retreated to the backyard, closed the small door of the backyard, and counted the number of people, he found that there were less than fifty people following him.