"A large number of unknown troops?" Buqi, captain of the Shannan First Battalion that defended Shikawa Castle, stood up hurriedly with both feet strong.
In Guzhichuan City, apart from its own first battalion of more than 7,000 people, there are no other armies.
"Yes, there are people everywhere outside the city wall. They should have surrounded us." The soldiers had already rushed into the hall and saw the singing and dancing inside, but they did not dare to move forward. They stood at the door and gasped.
Raising his right hand and pointing at the dancer who was still singing and dancing, Buqi shouted: "Get out of here, get out of here."
Then he looked at the guard next to him: "Why don't you bring me my uniform? Let's go take a look at the city wall."
The dancers hurriedly stopped posing, hunched their bodies, held up their waistbands with both hands, and ran out of the gate.
The guard next to him also hurriedly brought the battle uniform hanging on the wall and stood next to Buqi, preparing to help him change his clothes.
Outside the city wall, the Ming army had set up tents and set up camp in an open area forty to fifty feet away.
About a mile further back on the hillside, Zhu Gaochi's camp had also been set up.
Standing at the gate of the camp, Zhu Gaochi looked down at the Guzhichuan City below and said with a smile: "In my impression, a place that can be called a city must be quite big. However, the scale of this Guzhichuan City is really huge.
It’s beyond my expectation. It’s a bit too small.”
"No, according to Yi Chen, this is about the same size as an ordinary county town in our Ming Dynasty. The larger counties are much bigger than it."
Wang Changlian on the side looked at the city in the distance with a smile on his face.
"The entire Ryukyu Kingdom is only slightly larger than the area managed by the county government of Ming Dynasty. Now it is actually divided into three, and there are more than a dozen cities. How big can this city be?"
Xiao Chen also laughed.
Outside Zhu Gaochi's camp, several senior military officials gathered together. Looking at the city in front of them, they felt more or less disappointed.
In the center of the city, Captain Buqi, dressed in military uniform, hurriedly walked out of the mansion and walked towards the stairs of the city wall.
On the city wall, the soldiers hunched their heads and hunched their bodies, secretly looking out from the crenellations.
"The captain is here, stand up straight." Someone shouted.
The soldiers straightened their backs instantly.
He was short, his head was blocked by the crenel, and he stood upright.
As for those who were slightly taller, most of their heads were exposed from the crenel openings.
Already frightened by the army outside, I felt extremely terrified. While paying attention to the direction of the stairs, I secretly looked at the army outside.
He was afraid that the army would suddenly attack him and he would be shot in the head with a bow and arrow.
Climbing the city wall, Bu Qi took three steps and two steps to reach the crenellation.
I only glanced outside, and my heart was already cold.
In a neat formation, the infantry stood in front, followed by countless archers.
With this formation alone, the opponent's purpose is self-evident, they want to take over their own city.
"Where is this army?" Buqi asked in a low voice.
"Appeared suddenly, my subordinates didn't know." A soldier replied hurriedly.
"Trash, you are on duty on the city wall, and now you say you don't know when the other party will show up?" Buqi was furious and immediately pulled out the knife from his waist.
Facing the commander's anger, the soldiers were frightened out of their wits.
The captain of his own team seems to have a handsome face and no evil look, but in fact, like King Shannan, he is a murderer without batting an eyelid.
He saw with his own eyes that no less than a dozen soldiers died under his sword.
Unexpectedly, this kind of misfortune would actually befall him.
"Captain, they rushed out from the forest outside, and they have been there for about a quarter of an hour." The soldier hunched over and said casually.
"You came out of the forest and you didn't report? It took only a quarter of an hour to surround our Guzhichuan City. Do you think I'm a fool?" As he said that, he raised the sword in his hand high and slashed at the soldier's neck.
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Having witnessed the other party killing many people like this, the soldiers were already on guard.
Either way, death is inevitable. Being a deserter may still have a chance of survival.
The moment the opponent just raised his sword, he rushed towards the crenellations on the city wall.
Holding on to the crenel with both hands, he jumped down regardless of the height of the city wall.
At this moment, the sky was already dark, and it was not clear how he landed. All he could hear was a "pop" and a heavy impact.
Immediately afterwards, a dark shadow began to move slowly along the periphery of the city wall.
How dare you resist?
Captain Buqi's face suddenly turned red.
In front of so many people, an ordinary soldier actually resisted him by running away. How could he lose his face?
With a "bang" sound, he threw away the knife in his hand and stretched his right hand to the side: "Bring the bow and arrow."
The guard who was following closely behind quickly grabbed the bow and arrow from the archer beside him and handed it over.
Taking the bow and arrow, Bu Qi used both arms to fully draw the strong bow.
Aiming at the slowly moving black shadow below, the arrow shot out of the bow with a "swish" sound.
However, after waiting for a while, no screams came from below.
Obviously, the arrow did not hit.
Buqi became angry and shot three more arrows.
Likewise, no screams came from below.
"Shoot, shoot him to death." Buchi yelled.
In the face of a formidable enemy, how can we give deserters a way to survive?
As soon as this mouth is opened, the first brigade will be defeated in an instant.
"Swish, swish, swish." The sound of arrows piercing the air came to mind on the city wall.
What sounded at the same time was the habitual scolding of the soldiers.
Under the city wall, the escaping soldier clung to the city wall, holding a stick he picked up from somewhere in his hand.
In front of the stick, he picked up the military uniform he took off and hurried forward.
The military uniform had several small holes pierced by arrows.
As he moved, more and more archers on the city wall joined the shooting team.
Taking action in a hurry, and with the sky getting darker and darker, the archers no longer aimed at the black shadow, but fired arrows in the general direction.
Several arrows flew past the soldiers' ears.
The feathers at the tail of the arrow made my ears burn and hurt for a moment.
"This won't work. If I run along the city wall, they will keep shooting at me, and I will eventually be shot to death." The soldier felt despair and looked at the dark enemy camp in the distance.
"Anyway, if you die, if you surrender to them, there may be a chance of survival."
After making up his mind, the soldier thrust the wooden stick in his hand into the ground, leaned forward, and ran towards the direction of the Ming army.
On the hillside, Zhu Gaochi and others had already entered the camp to discuss the specific matters for the siege tomorrow.
A commotion on the distant city wall came from afar.
"Is there any movement?" Xiao Chen was the first to rush out.
Zhu Gaochi and others also hurriedly followed.
With the afterglow of the sun on the horizon, the soldiers on the wall shooting downwards can be faintly seen.
"Go and ask the besieging army what's going on." Xiao Chen said to a Shenji military commander next to him.
"Yes." In response, the captain rushed down the hillside.
Not long after, a shirtless man came up under escort.
"What's going on?" Xiao Chen frowned.
"This man is a deserter from Guzhichuan City. The commotion on the city wall just now was caused by the archers shooting him collectively." The captain replied, pushing the soldier in front of Xiao Chen: "Kneel down."
At this moment, the soldiers' hands were tied behind their backs. When they saw the camp on the hillside, they knew in their hearts that this must be the enemy's command place.
Then the people here must be high-ranking officials in the army.
He hurriedly knelt down and babbled aloud.
Xiao Chen frowned: "What are you talking about? Can you speak Ming Dynasty dialect?"
He was answered in a language that Jili Guala couldn't understand.
If he doesn't understand, what's the use of keeping him?
Xiao Chen raised his palm and was about to pat the other person's head.
"I'll ask him."
Wang Changlian's voice came from behind.
Xiao Chen slapped his forehead: "Master Wang is very knowledgeable and talented, how could I almost forget this trick?"
