Chapter 1799 The Japanese pirates divided their forces
The first ray of sunshine in the morning shone on the earth. The city of Suzhou, which had spent a peaceful night, became vivid again. It was still dark, and various stores and vendors It started to open for business, and people came out early to enjoy life.
The officers and soldiers who defended the city in Suzhou, who had been on tenterhooks all night and worried about Japanese pirates attacking the city, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The hot breakfast was also prepared in the city and delivered to the city wall in baskets, large basins and wooden barrels. Suzhou Prefecture was not short of money, and it was given to the defenders when the Japanese pirates were approaching. The city officers and soldiers provided a rich breakfast.
Each person has a large bowl of hot chicken soup. The golden-colored chicken soup also has several pieces of chicken and tofu, dried mushrooms, fungus and other soup-making vegetables rolled in it. Five pieces of green onion pancakes are served on the side. Stacked shredded radish and tofu mixed with scallion oil, sprinkled with a layer of chopped green onion and coriander, it will immediately make people mouth water and whet their appetite.
"Well, it smells so good. I was worried all day and night yesterday. I need to make up for it now and sacrifice it to my five internal organs temple."
"It must be, oh, hehe, we are really lucky. Okay, there is a chicken leg in our bowl of chicken soup."
"Mom, there is also a chicken butt in my bowl, but hey, I am. Just like this, what is the scientific name of it? Yes, Qilixiang is Qilixiang. As the saying goes, it is better to abandon the golden mountain than the tip of the chicken."
A group of officers and soldiers sat on the ground together in groups. The food was placed on the floor, and he wiped his body with chopsticks. He couldn't wait to pick up a piece of chicken and stuff it into his mouth, and started to joke happily.
However, before they could chew the first bite of meat and swallow it into their stomachs, they heard an exclamation.
"Japanese pirates, Japanese pirates, Japanese pirates are moving, the army is dispatched..."
Hearing this exclamation, the officers and soldiers sitting on the ground eating breakfast were startled, and several of them almost missed the meat in their mouths. He choked to death, pinched his neck hard, and pushed down hard, and then he pulled it down.
"Where is it, where is it?" "
All the officers and soldiers put down their chopsticks in panic, even drank the chicken soup without caring, and stood up in a hurry and looked around.
" Right over there, where they garrisoned yesterday, look, all the Japanese pirate troops are out. Look, they have divided their forces. ”
The officers and soldiers on duty stretched out their trembling hands, pointed more than ten miles ahead, and shouted in panic.
Sure enough, following the direction of the officers and soldiers’ fingers, we could see the direction of the Japanese pirate camp in the distance. The Japanese pirate army was as dense as ants and mighty. It was visible to the naked eye that it was already squirming, and the soldiers and horses were divided into four groups. .
More than half of the troops along the way were occupied, and the soldiers moved straight forward towards the Zhejiang Army's position.
The troops along the way accounted for one-third of the remaining troops. The soldiers bypassed the Zhejiang Army's position, made a semicircle eastward, and headed towards the east gate of Suzhou City.
The troops and horses along the way were the same as the troops and horses on the previous route. They also made a semicircle to the east and headed towards the north gate of Suzhou City.
There was also a line of soldiers and horses, and the front of the soldiers circled around the Zhejiang Army's position, made a semicircle to the west, and headed towards the northwest gate.
The Zhejiang army's position guarded the south gate and radiated the north gate. The Japanese pirates avoided these two gates and divided their forces to attack other gates.
"Hurry, hurry, the Japanese pirates are divided into three groups and are coming towards the east gate, north gate and northwest gate."
There was a chaos on the wall for a while, a kind of panic among the officers and soldiers He even ate breakfast without caring about it, and started shouting like a leaderless group.
"What to shout, what to panic, what to be afraid of. When the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover up the soil. We will raise the troops for a thousand days and use the troops for a while. We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. We can recruit hundreds of thousands of people at any time. Thousands of strong men assisted in defending the city.”
Shang Wei, the prefect of Suzhou, heard the news that the Japanese pirates were dividing their troops to attack the east gate, north gate, and northwest gate. He ran all the way. When he saw the panicked soldiers on the city wall, his face darkened and he started yelling and scolding.
Only when they saw Shang Wei leading the officials to suppress the formation, a group of panicked and shouting soldiers stopped.
“Look at how panicked you all are. You don’t know, do you think the Japanese pirates have broken into the city?!”
“Yesterday, there were only two thousand Zhejiang troops outside the city. Ma, relying on a low wall as high as a person to resist, facing 30,000 to 40,000 extremely ferocious Japanese pirates, how about it? You have also seen that the Zhejiang army took over. We have won a glorious victory! ! ”
“We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and we can recruit tens of thousands of strong men from the city to defend the city at any time. The wall under our feet is tens of meters high and as deep as There is a moat of several meters, but as for the Japanese pirates, seven or eight thousand of them were wiped out by the Zhejiang army in yesterday's battle. Why are you panicking?"
"The Japanese pirates are here, just beat him! What the two thousand Zhejiang troops can do, we can do the same!"
Zhifu Su sternly reprimanded the soldiers on the city and gave an order They returned to their posts, ready for battle.
"General Wang, General Zhao, and General Liu, you are all veteran generals on the battlefield. Quickly lead your troops to the east gate, north gate and northwest gate to take charge. They must be guarded by me. The city gate must not allow any mistakes. The hundreds of thousands of people inside are relying on you. I am in charge of supporting you. If you have any needs, I will definitely satisfy you.”
Prefect Su ordered the three generals to guard them separately. A city gate.
"Please be at ease, your Majesty. We have been on the battlefield for a long time. This tassel helmet was made with one sword and one shot. We must guard the city and keep it safe." General Wang, General Zhao and General Liu He promised, patting his chest.
"Okay! The three generals are so confident, I feel relieved." Magistrate Su heard this and praised them.
Soon, the three generals led their direct troops to sit at the three city gates.
"The gold juice will burn quickly!"
"Rolling stones and rolling logs are ready, and move them under the wall. When the Japanese pirates come, throw them at them and kill them!" "
"The crossbows used to defend the city are all good with winches."
"Bring in all the feathers and arrows."
"Load the general cannon first and be ready to fire. The Zhejiang army's firearms are powerful, but they can't compare to the general cannon!"
The defenders on the city wall Under the command of Magistrate Shang and a group of officials and generals, preparations were made in a hurry.
As the Japanese pirates got closer and closer, all the officials and soldiers in the city became nervous.
Of course, despite being nervous, many people still have some expectations. There are only two thousand Zhejiang troops under the city. Yesterday, we could achieve a brilliant victory. We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and based on the huge city, the city The pool is high and the pool is deep, we can do it too!
The Zhejiang Army had only trained for a few months, and even the 1,200 recruits they recruited from Yiwu had only been trained for two months.
We have been soldiers for several years. If the Zhejiang Army can do it, I can do it too!
While the defenders on the city wall were nervously guarding the city and preparing for war, at the Zhejiang Army camp outside the city, Zhu Pingan stood on the sentry fort at the head of Fengqiao Bridge and watched as the Zhejiang Army troops were bypassed and divided into three groups. The Japanese pirates who attacked the east gate, north gate and northwest gate of Suzhou frowned. What the hell are the Japanese pirates doing? !
Why did you so blatantly divide your troops to attack the city so early in the morning? !
If you want to divide your troops to attack the city, wouldn't it be more successful if you quietly concealed your whereabouts last night, divided your troops to ambush outside the east gate, north gate, and northwest gate, and launched a sudden attack than if you divided your troops so blatantly now? High? !
(End of this chapter)