Rise From the Humble

"General Wang, did you go out of the city to chase the Japanese pirates, and did it go well?" Magistrate Shang asked with a smile on the city, clasping his hands tightly on the wall bricks, squinting his eyes and staring at General Wang below the city without blinking.

This question is an identification. Various signs have shown that the Japanese pirates' previous defeats were false defeats. The purpose was to lure the defenders out of the city and secretly set up an ambush. If General Wang said that the pursuit went smoothly and no Japanese ambush was encountered, then General Wang is suspicious and must prepare for the worst.

"It went well at first. We beheaded hundreds of Japanese pirates. Unexpectedly, the Japanese pirates were treacherous and set up an ambush in a dense forest. Fortunately, I am cautious in my military use and I am familiar with the art of war. How could I not know the principle of staying away from the forest? Seeing that there is a dense forest ahead , I sent spies to investigate in advance and discovered the Japanese pirates' conspiracy. I followed the plan and secretly divided my troops into two places. When the Japanese ambush troops were exhausted, my ambush troops attacked and killed the Japanese pirates from behind, attacking them from both front and rear."

"Haha, it seems that the Japanese leader brought it upon himself. In order to lure us out of the city, the Japanese leader did not tell all the Japanese pirates the truth about the fraudulent defeat. He only told some core Japanese pirates in order to make the defeat realistic. As a result, the Japanese pirates were defeated again and again, and their morale had already been reduced. Falling into the dust, and being attacked from both sides by us, the Japanese pirates who didn't know the truth suddenly fled habitually. Their flight caused chaos in the Japanese pirates' battle formation. While he was sick and could kill him, we took advantage of the situation to cover up and defeat the Japanese pirates! Speaking of which, it was also dangerous at that time. Well, God is blessing us! If someone else had led the troops out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates, maybe the Japanese pirates' plot had succeeded!"

General Wang sat on his horse and talked with his head held high. When he talked about discovering that the Japanese pirates had set up an ambush in the dense forest, he looked proud.

In the end, he showed a look of lingering fear at the right time, indicating that if someone else led the troops, he might have fallen into the Japanese pirates' scheme.

Unexpectedly, he is also a great actor. His acting skills are enough to win an Oscar.

After hearing that General Wang mentioned that the Japanese pirates had set up an ambush in the dense forest, and told the whole process of how he foiled the Japanese pirates' ambush, Shang Zhifu's doubts were immediately dispelled, and he also lowered his guard a lot.

"Do you know the soldiers who followed General Wang out of the city? If you know them, come closer and let us identify them."

Magistrate Shang asked the deputy general and the soldiers on the city wall, asking them to come forward and follow General Wang to grind down the soldiers.

The deputy general nodded, and then named some people who knew General Wang's soldiers and soldiers who had left the city, and came to the front.

"General Wang also asks you to stand ten steps forward." The deputy general clasped his fists and saluted General Wang and shouted.

"Don't talk about ten steps, a hundred steps will be fine, just go faster, this damn weather, people are almost freezing." General Wang responded immediately, complained at the end, and drove his horse forward. Ten steps later, his subordinate soldiers also followed ten steps on horseback, and the men and horses behind also followed ten steps forward.

General Wang was at the front, followed closely by his own soldiers. The surviving infantry were at the head of the infantry platoon, and the remaining infantry disguised by the Japanese pirates were at the end. Although they were fakes, they were all true to form and looked at them with their heads held high. city ​​wall.

They are also confident. Whether they are real Japanese or fake Japanese, they are all East Asians. Except for being slightly shorter, most people can't tell the difference as long as they don't speak.

As for recognizing people on the city wall, haha, no matter how good a person is, it is impossible to recognize everyone who leaves the city, let alone such a long distance. With General Wang and his personal soldiers, as well as the surviving infantry, they were enough to cope.

On the city wall, the deputy general and a group of officers and soldiers stretched their necks to carefully identify the soldiers behind General Wang.

"That's Er Yazi. He and I have been playmates since childhood. He is the middle child and has a big fang since he was a child. We all call him Er Yazi. We are so familiar that we can recognize him just by looking at his figure."

Soon, as soon as he started to identify, a soldier recognized a soldier behind General Wang.

"Yes, that's Zhang Tiezhi. We often drink together. Every time we get paid, we get together. He has a black birthmark on his forehead, just like Tiezhi, so his father named him Zhang Tiezhi. "

"The one riding the white horse holding the big flag is Fatty Li. This guy likes to bully others with force. The day before yesterday, he beat me up because I looked at him too much. I would recognize him even if he turned to ashes. "

"That's Er Fool standing at the front of the queue. Don't listen to his name, Er Fool. He is a very good person. He used to be in the back. This time he is in the front. I'm afraid he will follow the general out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates and make meritorious service. ”

Then, other soldiers were recognized one after another, and some of the infantrymen at the head of the platoon were also recognized.

Seeing this scene, the doubts and wariness in the minds of the prefect Shang, the deputy general and others were relieved a lot.

"The one who followed the general out of the city is my little boy. His real name is Wang Defu and his nickname is Ergouzi. Why don't you let me call him and see if he is still alive?" A soldier raised his hand and made a request. .

"There is also my good friend Tiedan. I also want to know if he is still alive. He said that if he is gone, he will let me take care of his wife and children. When I first saw his mother-in-law, I decided to take care of him as my brother. Already..."

Many soldiers successively made the same request.

"Forget it, forget it, there are a thousand or so people outside the city. How can you recognize them all at such a distance. If you ask your acquaintances to identify them one by one, you won't be able to recognize a thousand or so people. it's dark."

Magistrate Shang had this intention at first, but when he saw so many people raising their hands, he gave up the idea. So many people have been recognized. Almost all of General Wang's personal soldiers have been recognized, and many of the infantrymen in the front row have also been recognized. It is enough to recognize so many people. How can they recognize them all? It's too much of a delay.

Thinking of this, Magistrate Shang waved his hand and rejected those soldiers who wanted to call acquaintances to identify them. The identification ended here.

General Wang and others at the bottom of the city heard that many people in the city suggested calling acquaintances to identify them. They were so frightened that they broke into a cold sweat and their hearts rose to their throats.

Except for them, everyone else has gone to report to the King of Hell. How can they stand up for you to identify them?

If one or two of them died in battle, they could still excuse themselves, but at least there were hundreds of people on the city wall who had this idea. How could it be such a coincidence that hundreds of people all died in battle? And if so many people died in battle, the number would be huge. It's not right.

You know, you brought a thousand people with you when you left the city, and you brought a thousand people with you when you came back.

Xu Hai behind him was also very nervous. He did not expect such an accident.

Seeing that Magistrate Shang stopped this proposal, they breathed a sigh of relief and put their hearts back in their stomachs.

"General Wang, this time I went out to chase the Japanese pirates out of the city. How many gains have I made? Can you open my eyes?" Magistrate Shang looked at General Wang with a burning gaze and said.

"Hahaha, Mr. Fu, the last general has lived up to his command. This time he led Mo Xia'erlang out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates, and captured 800 Japanese pirate heads. The last general alone killed ten Japanese pirates with his own hands; in addition, we are here Fan also captured 838 Japanese prisoners alive, and seized Japanese crowns, armor, weapons, swords and ten carriages. As for the food and grass baggage, which was too heavy, they hid it in a ravine in the forest and covered it with straw, and could retrieve it later."

General Wang seemed to have finally achieved the culture of Shang Zhifu, he laughed and said, showing off well.

After speaking, General Wang waved forward, and everyone behind him stepped forward to show their gains to the city.

There were as many as 800 human heads hanging on the waist and on both sides of the saddle; the soldiers waved whips arrogantly to drive away strings of Japanese prisoners whose hands and feet were bound, and frequently beat and cursed with whips...

"Hahaha, good, good, good, you are worthy of General Wang! This achievement is really inspiring! Open the city gate quickly, invite General Wang and a group of soldiers who have made great achievements to enter the city, and have a grand celebration banquet!"

At this point, Magistrate Shang no longer had any doubts. He laughed loudly and waved his hand, and ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the heroes into the city!

"Thank you, Mr. Fu!"

There was cheering outside the city.

Xu Hai looked up at Suzhou City and grinned, hahahaha... Suzhou is already within his grasp.