Rise From the Humble

The sun hung high in the sky and the cold wind stopped raging. The unorganized and undisciplined Japanese pirates finally packed up their belongings and packed their luggage. Under the command of Japanese pirate leaders at all levels, they broke camp and set off, slowly retreating southward.

Seeing that the Japanese pirates finally retreated, the defenders on the city wall couldn't help but cheered with joy.

"Hahaha, the Japanese pirates ran away with their tails between their legs like a lost dog. We won, we won..."

"The Japanese pirates have escaped. We have beaten the Japanese pirates away! Father, mother, I have not embarrassed you two..."

"We won, we won!"

All the defenders shouted happily and jumped three feet high, loudly venting their excitement.

In addition to being excited, there were several defenders who took off their pants on the city wall and urinated in front of the retreating figures of the Japanese pirates. They yelled provocatively, "You Japanese pirate bastards like dogs, don't run away. If you have the guts, turn around and fight with grandpa again." After three hundred rounds, grandpa will lose if he takes one step back."

When the defenders were excited, Magistrate Shang came to Zhu Pingan and once again tried to persuade Zhu Pingan to give up his plan to leave the city. "Zihou, the Japanese pirates lost their troops and generals, and returned to Tuolin's lair in disgrace. We have won a great victory now, you It is a well-deserved first and greatest achievement, and there is no need to risk going out of the city anymore.”

"Master Shang, we are safe in Suzhou, but what about other places? In our land of Ming Dynasty, every more Japanese pirate survives for one day, and the people of our Ming Dynasty suffer one more day. This is a rare opportunity, and we will not give a share to the Japanese pirates." Great gift, I will have trouble sleeping and eating for the rest of my life, and I will be embarrassed to face my father and fellow countrymen in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Ping'an handed over to Magistrate Shang and said seriously.

After hearing this, Zhifu Shang couldn't help but look at Zhu Pingan with admiration again. At the same time, he felt a little ashamed and bowed to Zhu Pingan, "I was superficial and misunderstood Zihou. Zihou went out of the city not to make meritorious deeds, but to serve the common people." . It’s a shame that I don’t have any military strategy, otherwise I would have gone out of the city with Zihou to give a big gift to the Japanese pirates.”

"Master Shang's words are serious." Zhu Ping'an quickly stepped forward to help Magistrate Shang up.

"I won't say much more. But, Zihou, you must understand that there is no need to worry about running out of firewood to keep the green hills. Regardless of whether you agree or not, in this world, people are different. Some people have different lives. As heavy as Mount Tai, some people's lives are as light as feathers, and you are as heavy as Mount Tai. As the saying goes, a thousand armies are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. But if you allow the civil service and the military force, you can win the first place in the civil service, and the country can be established in the military force. He is a rare scholar and commander-in-chief, not to mention a rare one in a hundred years, but in the fifty years I have lived, I have never seen him before in our court."

"As for Qiu Luan and his ilk, it's so disgusting that they can actually reach the rank of Taifu, Taibao, Prince Taishi, Prince Taifu, and Prince Taibao?! The Gengxu Incident the year before last was caused by this bastard. At that time, the commander-in-chief of Datong did not want to serve the country, so he resorted to some crooked ways. He even spent a lot of money to bribe Beilu Anda and asked not to attack Datong but to move to another place. Then Beilu Anda attacked the capital from Gubeikou and plundered the capital. As a result, the Gengxu Incident occurred, which brought shame to our Ming Dynasty! It was all to his advantage to have his coffin opened and his body slaughtered after his death!"

"Besides, Ding Rukui, the Minister of the Ministry of War, died unjustly. As the Minister of the Ministry of War, he was in charge of the defense of the capital. Yan Song said that if you fight on the fortress, you can cover up your defeat. If you fight on the outskirts of the capital, you can't cover up your defeat. I replied that he is just a predator. , he went naturally when he was full. He then obeyed his advice, warned the generals not to act rashly, and sat back and watched the northern captives freely burn and plunder outside the city. They burned and plundered continuously for eight days and eight nights."

Magistrate Shang criticized several famous military attachés at that time, and he couldn't help but gnash his teeth when he mentioned any one of them.

"I'm old and talk a lot. Just understand, Zihou. I mean you are a rare scholar and commander-in-chief in this dynasty. Now that the Japanese invasion is serious in Jiangnan, we need scholars and commanders like you to help the emperor reorganize Jiangnan. Rivers and mountains.”

"Other people are either incompetent in writing or incompetent in martial arts like me. It's rare for Zihou to come to our Jiangnan. This gives me hope. So, Zihou, you have to know that you have a heavy burden on your shoulders. Your life is extremely precious, so you can't let anything go wrong. You would rather have no success than come back alive."

"The Japanese plague in Jiangnan is serious, and the people are living in fire and water. The people in Jiangnan are looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping for someone to save them from the fire and water. I am useless and have no will. Zi Hou, you are different. You have a heart. , and powerful. I don’t know what the future holds, but I just hope you can work harder, Zihou.”

Magistrate Shang was like a chatterbox, pulling Zhu Ping'an to say something, telling Zhu Ping'an to cherish his life.

Zhu Ping'an didn't know what to say for a while.

The Japanese pirates are still slowly retreating, scattered like cattle and sheep in the wild, and the retreating figures of the Japanese pirates are everywhere in the mountains and plains.

The Japanese pirates were scattered and out of formation, not to mention formation, not even in formation. They carried their belongings, one piece here, one piece there, a pile here, a pile there, heading towards the south of the city in a disorderly manner.

Zhu Ping'an was on the city wall, looking at the scattered Japanese pirates at leisure. Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others were waiting behind him.

Inside the city, more than 800 Zhejiang troops were all wearing cotton armor and arrayed in an orderly manner. Each man had a mule and horse, all saddled.

Everything is ready, just waiting for Zhu Pingan's order.

"No wonder Zihou wants to go out of the city to give a big gift to the Japanese pirates. These Japanese pirates are fierce and fierce people. They have extremely high individual combat power, but they are unorganized and undisciplined. They are just a bunch of stragglers. Although I don't understand military strategy, but look at it. Their retreating posture also revealed many loopholes. If Zihou leaves the city to pursue them now, he will definitely be able to do so."

Standing next to Zhu Pingan, Zhifu Shang looked at the scattered Japanese pirates retreating far away and couldn't help but sigh.

"Haha, Master Shang, if I lead the troops to pursue him out of the city now, then I will follow in the footsteps of the traitor Wang."

Zhu Pingan laughed and shook his head.

"ah?!"

Magistrate Shang couldn't help but exclaimed, took a breath, and looked at Zhu Ping'an in disbelief.

"The Japanese pirates are repeating their old tricks. They deliberately show me that I am weak. They want to lure us out of the city to pursue them like a traitor. Mr. Shang still remembers the formation of the Japanese pirates when they first invaded Suzhou. Although the formation was not neat, it was not like today. It is scattered and full of flaws; in addition, if Mr. Shang looks carefully, he will find that the Japanese pirates are in chaos externally and organized internally. There are dozens of scattered but not chaotic Japanese pirate white teams mixed in the chaotic formations everywhere, showing a vague trend of encirclement." Zhu Ping'an He smiled slightly, pointed at the scattered figures of the Japanese pirates, and explained to Magistrate Shang.

"Ah?! So that's it." After looking at it carefully for a moment, Zhifu Shang suddenly realized, and his back was dripping with cold sweat.