Rise From the Humble

After Zhu Ping'an received the flying pigeon letter from Liu Mu and the others, he became more sure of what he was thinking. The Japanese pirates wanted to lure the defenders out of the city.

So, Zhu Pingan wrote two more letters, using two flying pigeons to convey the investigation situation to Suzhou City, once again 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 guns 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 the bows at the defenders on the city wall to prevent 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 were carrying ladders and heading straight for the city wall.

The scene reappeared just like yesterday.

Under the command of the general, the defenders on the city wall fired bows, arrows, threw stones and rolled logs at the successful Japanese pirates below.

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 was enough to wither away thousands of bones. This has been the case since ancient times, hasn't it?

I am a general, and I do not command troops as a general. When the soldiers under my command die, they will die. I will just add them later.

Anyway, it’s not you who dies.

He is protected by his own soldiers and has chain armor made of heavy gold. Ordinary open 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 long memories 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 selling their heads!"

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 combat power, and the Japanese forwards 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 in the rear. Five people were killed in a row. These Japanese forwards climbed the ladder clumsily.

The leader of the Japanese pirates was also resourceful and indecisive, and his commanding ability was low. He only had one archer to cover his three attacks on the city. He had no siege tools such as rams and catapults, nor could he dig tunnels or use fire attacks.

It can be seen from this that from top to bottom in this group of Japanese pirates, no one can defeat anyone except 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 it because of his repeated military exploits? !

This time, good luck has also favored me, Wang Tiejian. If I don't accept the military merits presented to me, 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 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 spare me any money!"

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 they 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' false defeat and do not go out of the city to pursue them" still rings 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 comparable to that of their military attachés. The height is too high, but the prefect Shang still gives him face.

Although General Wang didn't believe the reminder from Shang Zhifu, although General Wang firmly believed that 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 merit this time.

But, again, Magistrate Shang still has to give him face.

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 it be a slap in Magistrate Shang's face? !

If he offends Shang Zhifu, 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 useless Japanese pirates are rare.

If he went out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates, he would be able to capture many Japanese pirate heads. Even if he was not as good as Zhu Ping'an, he would still be the second most worthy person. After all, everyone was cowering 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 gain countless harvests.

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, fully armored, carrying shields, pushing a cart, heading straight towards the city gate. Visible to the naked eye, the cart was covered with straw, and the straw was covered with straw. They were black iron balls as big as a sheep's head. They were nothing if not cannonballs. After a rough count, there were more than ten of them.

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 to kill the Japanese pirates pushing the carts. They must not be allowed to get close to the city gate."

Suddenly, a group of archers in 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 were accurately shot, the Japanese pirates were fully armored and carrying shields, so they had no effect on them and were 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!"

General Wang jumped to his feet anxiously.