Chapter 1134 It’s better to leave
In Chou’s time, in the dead of night and the birds were silent, Zhu Ping’an was still writing official documents at his desk in the study.
While Zhu Ping'an was at his desk, Taiping County, sixty miles away from Jingnan County, fell into a sea of fire.
This group of Japanese pirates was Heihachiro and his Japanese pirates who suffered a bloody blow in Jingnan County.
Jiangmen, the leader of the Hungry Wolf Alliance, assigned Jingnan and Taiping counties to Heihachiro. After Heihachiro suffered a bloody blow to his head in Jingnan County, he had to give up the hard nut of Jingnan and instead led his remaining more than a thousand Japanese pirate soldiers to attack Taiping County.
Taiping County is in the northwest of Jingnan County. The two counties are neighbors and not far apart. The distance between the two counties is only sixty or seventy miles. The news that the Japanese pirates were burning, killing, looting and besieging Jingnan County reached Taiping within a short time. Everyone in Taiping County sympathizes with the tragic experience of their old neighbors, but they are also grateful to themselves. They are lucky that Taiping County is not close to the sea, otherwise they would be the ones suffering from the Japanese pirates today.
Of course, Taiping County also panicked after hearing the news that Jingnan was suffering from Japanese pirates, but the panic was not too serious.
After all, the Japanese pirates are in Jingnan now. It is fellow Taoists who suffer, not poor Taoists.
As for whether the Japanese pirates will come to Taiping County, there are two opinions. Our Taiping County is not close to the sea, and the number of encounters with Japanese pirates is very few. This time the Japanese pirates are probably waiting in Jingnan on the coast, as before. After being robbed by the county, he fled overseas.
In addition, even if the Japanese pirates come to Taiping County, we still have time to prepare. The Japanese pirates are now besieging Jingnan County. It will take time to conquer Jingnan County. Even if they conquer Jingnan County, they will still have to attack Jingnan County. Let's burn, kill and loot the southern county town for a day or two.
Therefore, under this psychological influence, the panic in Taiping County was not too serious. Although some people hurriedly packed up their things and fled with their children after hearing the news of the Japanese pirates plundering Jingnan, most of them The man is relatively calm, and it won't be too late to ask for information tomorrow or the day after tomorrow before packing up and escaping.
In fact, not only the common people, but also the Taiping County government did not pay high attention to it immediately.
After receiving the news of Japanese pirates plundering Jingnan, the Taiping County government also took precautions. It issued notices to inform Jingnan of the Japanese pirates, notified people in the area to be careful of Japanese pirates, and ordered all government officials who were out on official business to return home. The county government is on standby to notify the health station stationed in the county seat. The soldiers increased their vigilance and took precautions, and sent people to notify and recruit Minzhuang and archers under the jurisdiction of the Taiping County government office to return to the county to guard against Japanese pirates...
However, although Taiping County also took some actions, However, it did not pay enough attention and did not supervise and implement it in time.
Everyone in Taiping County never expected that the Japanese pirates would come so quickly.
Half tight but not tight, half loose but not loose, trying to resist but welcoming, Taiping County, half-prepared, suddenly suffered a disaster.
When Heihachiro and his group of Japanese pirates were badly injured in Jingnan, they retreated from Jingnan overnight and turned towards Taiping County. Taiping County was still sleeping and was caught off guard by the evil. The Japanese pirates came to kill him.
Blood!
Struggle!
Despair!
cry!
As soon as they entered Taiping County and encountered the first village, the Japanese pirates burned, killed, looted, and raped women. They committed all kinds of evil. They took out the injuries and bad luck they suffered in Jingnan on Taiping. county.
One village after another was destroyed by Japanese pirates and burned into a sea of fire, as miserable as hell on earth...
Before Taiping County could react, Heihachiro had already led Japanese pirates in succession. They broke through the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Taiping County and went straight to Taiping County. They burned, killed, looted, raped women and children, robbed money, food and grass, and burned houses all the way.
At dawn, the Japanese pirates were already burning, killing and looting all the way. They used butcher knives to drive away and kidnap more than a thousand young and strong people. They arrived at the gate of Taiping County and surrounded Taiping County.
The then magistrate of Taiping County was named Wang Fengming, whose courtesy name was Suqing. He came from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. He was forty-seven years old. When the Japanese pirates came to the city, Wang Zhixian was having breakfast. When he heard that the Japanese soldiers were approaching the city, his chopsticks fell to the ground.
“That’s nonsense! When the news came yesterday, weren’t the Japanese pirates still besieging Jingnan County? How could they come to our Taiping County?”
Wang Zhixian recovered from the shock Afterwards, his first reaction was that his subordinate had lied about the military situation, so he slammed the table and scolded him.
"My lord, how many of you dare to talk nonsense in front of you? The Japanese pirates are really coming to the city. If you don't believe me, my lord, please come out and listen."
The messenger who reported the news He shook his head repeatedly, pointed to the outside of the house and said to Wang Zhixian.
Wang Zhixian glanced at the guard and saw that he didn't look like he was lying. Just like she said, he didn't dare to lie in front of her, so he got up and left the table. The officer hurriedly took two steps and opened the curtain for Wang Zhixian. Wang Zhixian walked out and walked to the center of the courtyard. Sure enough, there was a faint cry of killing coming from outside.
Hearing this, Wang Zhixian’s pupils dilated instantly, his face turned gray, and cold sweat ran down his back.
"Damn it, why did the Japanese pirates suddenly come? Quick, quick, notify the Xiahou County Magistrate and summon all the government officials to go up the city wall with me!"
Wang Zhixian was like a hot pot in the courtyard. Like ants, they circled around for several times, and finally gritted their teeth and loudly ordered the guards.
"County Lord, when I came to report the news, I heard that Xiahou County Magistrate had already rushed to the city wall as soon as he got the news." The officer replied.
"Then you hurry up and summon the officers. No one is left behind. Gather them all and follow me to the city wall."
After Wang Zhixian heard that Xiahou County Magistrate rushed to the city wall, he nodded and hurriedly ordered the officers Hurry and summon the Yamen servants.
Soon, Wang Zhixian led more than 80 government servants who were hastily summoned to the city wall of Taiping County.
On the city wall, the Xiahou County Magistrate was arranging defenses. He dispersed the 86 soldiers stationed at the county guard station and the 128 civilians and archers under the summoned barracks. On the four walls.
“I’ve met the county magistrate.”
After hearing the news, the magistrate of Xiahou County rushed to the steps of the city wall to greet Wang Zhixian.
"Xiahou County Magistrate does not need to be polite. How is the situation outside the city?" Wang Zhixian waved his hand and asked.
"There are more than a thousand Japanese pirates, holding more than a thousand people hostage, and surrounding our Taiping County town."
Xiahou County Cheng replied with his hands in hand.
“What, more than two thousand?!”
When Wang Zhixian heard this, his gray face suddenly turned pale, and his voice was trembling.
“Half of them are coerced people.” Xiahou County Magistrate corrected him.
"More than a thousand Japanese pirates are no small matter. Besides, many of the Japanese pirates themselves were transformed by the common people."
Wang Zhixian shook his head, took two quick steps, and came to the wall The crenel, looking out.
I saw smoke and dust billowing outside, and the Japanese pirates were full of murderous intent and ferocious faces. The Japanese knives and other weapons in their hands were still dripping with blood. Outside the city, the Japanese pirates were everywhere in the mountains and fields. There were so many people that they couldn't even see their heads. .
The ferocious and fierce Japanese pirates surrounded the county town, crying like ghosts and wolves, and their shouts of killing were deafening.
"The Japanese pirates are so powerful that it is difficult to defend Taiping County. It is better to abandon the city and leave."
With a pale face, Wang Zhixian looked away from the Japanese pirates outside the city, glanced at his own side, and shook his head. He shook his head and whispered to the Xiahou County Magistrate. (End of this chapter)