Rise From the Humble

The time was similar to Zhu Pingan's estimate, that is, half an hour later, the Japanese pirate camp took action.

After having breakfast, the Japanese pirates began to dismantle their tents and packed up their belongings, including the plundered gold, silver and jewelry, grain, grass and baggage, as well as cattle, sheep, pigs and horses, and prepared to return to Tuolin's lair.

This time, their belongings were greatly reduced. Due to the early warning from the Zhejiang Army, most of the surrounding people took their belongings with them and ran to Suzhou City or hid in the wild mountains. The property that the Japanese pirates could plunder was smaller than before. The number was more than ten times higher, and the casualties were also greatly increased.

"Zhu Ping'an, the dog said, it's all your fault. My harvest has been greatly reduced, and I've also lost several good friends. Don't let me meet you again in the wild, otherwise I will cut you into pieces and scatter your bones into ashes." !”

"That's right, he must be cut into pieces and his bones reduced to ashes before he can let out the bad breath in his heart."

While packing up their belongings, a group of Japanese pirates cursed Zhu Ping'an, the culprit.

"That means he ran quickly into the city, otherwise he would have been cut into pieces by me in front of the city gate."

This was a Japanese pirate who was originally at the northwest gate. When they received Xu Hai's signal and rushed over, they happened to see Zhu Ping'an and other Zhejiang troops withdrawing into the city and closing the city gate.

He believed that if Zhu Pingan had not withdrawn into the city, he would have been torn into pieces by their reinforcements!

real!

Chief Xu hated him deeply. I heard that Chief Xu talked in his sleep at night and said that he would cut Zhu Ping'an into thousands of pieces!

If Zhu Ping'an were blocked outside the city gate, he would definitely be torn into pieces by Chief Xu!

"Brother Chen and Brother Ma, please explain to your respective subordinates later. When retreating, you must be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and be ready for counterattack at any time. In addition, you will each select 500 elite soldiers, and I will also select 500 elite soldiers. Join forces and set up an ambush in advance on the only way we can retreat."

Xu Hai looked at Suzhou City in the distance with an unwilling face, then turned around and said to Chen Dong and Maye seriously.

This is their old tradition of Japanese pirates.

Sometimes when the battle situation is not going well, they will deliberately retreat, but they will secretly set up ambushes in dense forests, reed swamps and other places. Once the Ming army pursues them and falls into the ambush circle, their ambush troops will all come out, rush into the Ming army's formation, and attack the Ming army. The army was caught off guard and fell into disgrace.

This trick has been tried many times and often works.

Of course, sometimes when the battle goes well, they will pretend to retreat, lure the Ming army to pursue them, and take the opportunity to ambush the Ming army.

In short, retreat, ambush... this is their old tradition of Japanese pirates.

Hearing Xu Hai's words, Chen Dong and Maye looked at each other and smiled, "Hahaha, we have just given the command to the subordinates, making them loose on the outside and tight on the inside. When retreating, we deliberately left some holes to see if we could lure the Ming army out of the city to pursue them. .The elites have also been selected, but instead of 500 people, there are 800 people."

Hearing this, Xu Hai couldn't help laughing, "Okay! Okay! Those who know me are Brother Chen and Brother Ma! Since Brother Chen and Brother Ma each picked 800 elites, then 800, I will also pick 800 elites." !”

"If the Ming army dares to pursue them, they will be trapped in a trap." Chen Dong and Maye said confidently.

"Leave?! Once you're here, don't even think about leaving! I'm going to let them die here!" Xu Hai gritted his teeth.

The defeat in Suzhou greatly reduced his prestige and almost stopped his take-off. He wished he could massacre the city of Suzhou to vent his anger, especially the boy named Zhu. He wished he could cut him into pieces and cut his body into pieces. Ten thousand segments!

While the Japanese pirates were packing up their belongings and preparing to retreat, the Zhejiang troops in Suzhou City had already had breakfast and were recharging their energy in tents set up under the city.

Eight hundred and ninety-three collected mules and horses were eating forage and drinking light salt water outside the city. The forage was mixed with fine grains and beans were added to supplement the energy of the mules and horses, and improve the endurance and endurance of the mules and horses.

Originally, only more than 400 mules and horses were collected, and more than 400 good horses were forcibly collected from the defenders in the city. A total of 893 mules and horses were collected, all of which had been ridden. You can ride mules and horses once you get started.

Based on the number of mules and horses, Zhu Pingan selected 893 Zhejiang army officers and soldiers who were better on horseback. They would follow him out of the city to see off the Japanese pirates later. The remaining Zhejiang troops stayed in the city to assist in defense in case of any eventuality.

"Zi Hou, think again." Magistrate Shang was still worried about Zhu Ping'an leaving the city.

"Don't worry, Mr. Shang, I am planning ahead. I have already made arrangements before entering the city."

Zhu Pingan smiled confidently.

Seeing Zhu Pingan's persistence, Magistrate Shang had no choice but to tell Zhu Pingan to be careful in everything. If he found something wrong, he would ride away and put safety first.

Zhu Ping'an naturally responded repeatedly.

After sending away the worried prefect Shang, Zhu Ping'an told the Zhejiang army who stayed behind that regardless of whether the Japanese pirates broke camp and set off, they would wake him up in two quarters of an hour, that is, half an hour later.

Then, Zhu Ping'an walked into the handsome tent, lay down with his clothes on, and recharged his energy. He had to take a nap to maintain his energy.

Since he stayed up all night last night, Zhu Ping'an quickly fell asleep and fell into a deep sleep after lying down.

After Zhu Ping'an and the others went to bed, the Japanese pirates were still cleaning up their tents and belongings. Without discipline, they did so in a messy and slow manner.

Two quarters of an hour passed, and Zhu Pingan was woken up by the Zhejiang army who stayed behind.

Zhu Ping'an walked out of the handsome tent and stretched his waist. It's good to be young. He stayed up all night last night. After only sleeping for two quarters of an hour, all the fatigue in his body disappeared and he was full of energy again.

"Have the Japanese pirates broken camp?" Zhu Pingan asked.

"Sir, the Japanese pirates haven't left camp yet, they haven't finished cleaning up yet." Zhejiang soldiers replied.

It's really slow enough.

Zhu Pingan twitched his lips, unable to complain about the Japanese pirates' organizational skills and discipline.

"Sir, do you want to wake them up?"

The Zhejiang soldiers asked, pointing to a row of tents. Inside were the Zhejiang soldiers who were going to leave the city with Zhu Pingan this time.

"No, let them sleep a little longer. It won't be too late to wake them up after the Japanese pirates break camp and set off."

Zhu Pingan shook his head, climbed up the steps, and slowly walked up the city wall.

At this time, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and the Japanese pirates' belongings outside the city had almost been packed up. All that was left was to load the carts with food, grass and baggage.

The Japanese pirates also began to gather, and the Japanese pirates were lined up in endless queues.

It can be vaguely distinguished that the Japanese pirates are gathering on three square formations.

During the past few days of siege, I also learned the inside story of the Japanese pirates. This group of Japanese pirates was originally a loose alliance composed of four Japanese chiefs who did not command each other, namely Xu Hai, Maye, Chen Dong and Hojo Dozo, among which Xu Hai was the most powerful.

On the first day, in the battle in front of the Fengqiao camp, the Japanese chief Bei Jiao Daosan was killed, and the Japanese pirates under his command were annexed by Xu Hai and others.

There are only three Japanese pirates left.

Today, it is understandable that the Japanese pirates have gathered into three square formations.