Chapter 1816 General Wang Returns from Victory
“Well, no matter what, General Wang died for the country. Remember it, and prepare a good coffin later. If you can’t find General Wang after the war, His body was made into a garment for him Guanzhong, please remember to remind me that if I write an elegiac couplet and an epitaph for General Wang, it is not in vain to work together."
Prefect Shang sighed and asked the officials behind him to write one for General Wang. At the tomb, he sent an elegiac couplet and an epitaph.
"I obey, Lord Mansion." The official behind him nodded vigorously and took this matter to heart.
"Look, is that General Wang at the front?" "
While Magistrate Shang was still deep in mourning for General Wang, his mourning was suddenly interrupted by a surprised cry.
"Who?! General Wang?" "
Hearing this, Zhifu Shang was very surprised. He looked outside the city and saw the leading general, who looked very much like General Wang. The armor on his body is also exactly the same as General Wang’s ancestral armor. His eyes suddenly widened in disbelief.
General Wang is still alive?! Am I right?!
Zhifu Shang rubbed his eyes and looked again, still the same. The familiar figure and the familiar armor.
So, he turned to look at the deputy general on the side and asked uncertainly, "Do you think he is General Wang?"
"Master Fu, you read that right. The leader is indeed General Wang. "You can be sure." The deputy general said with certainty. He had been following General Wang for more than ten years. Although he was far away, he could recognize General Wang at a glance.
General Wang turned into ashes, he couldn't recognize it, but as long as General Wang didn't turn into ashes, he would not admit his mistake.
He has this confidence.
"You have good eyesight. Then look at General Wang and the others to see if there are any Japanese pursuers behind them?" Magistrate Shang asked again.
The deputy general looked carefully for a moment, then shook his head vigorously, "Sir, General Wang and the others have no Japanese pursuers behind them.".
"Is this General Wang's victorious squadron returning to the city? But that's wrong. General Wang only brought a thousand soldiers and horses out of the city. Now there are 1,600 or 700 people coming back. How come there are six or seven more people?" Hundreds of people?"
Zhifu Shang looked outside the city with a complicated expression. He felt that the most unacceptable and worst situation had arisen.
General Wang fell into the Japanese pirates' trick to lure the enemy. He led his troops out of the city and was ambushed by the Japanese pirates, and was captured by the Japanese pirates.
In order to survive, General Wang rebelled and surrendered to the Japanese pirates. This will lead the Japanese pirates to attack or deceive the city.
Otherwise, how could there be six or seven hundred more people? They must be Japanese pirates.
"Sir, what should we do now?" The deputy general had obviously thought of the worst-case scenario and asked Magistrate Shang for instructions.
“Now is an extraordinary period. We don’t know the enemy and we are unknown. What else can we do? Of course, we must prepare to defend the city. General Wang and others are coming. Please stop a stone’s throw away and be calm. After screening, Let’s make the next step. In an emergency, General Wang can go out to pursue Japanese pirates regardless of his own safety,” Magistrate Shang glared at the deputy general and ordered.
"Follow your orders. The Lord of the Palace has ordered to prepare to defend the city. Everyone is there. Thunder stones and rolling logs are in place. Bows, arrows and crossbows are loaded. Firearms are loaded in advance, but do not release arrows without authorization. Everything will wait for the Palace. I respect this general’s order.”
The deputy general clasped his fists and took the order, running back and forth on the city wall to convey the orders of the prefect and prepare all the officers and soldiers to defend the city.
Soon, not long after preparations were made to defend the city on the city wall, General Wang and the others arrived about a mile outside the city gate.
“Don’t be nervous later, and don’t look at me. Don’t look at me at any time, so as not to arouse suspicion. Follow what I taught you before, just shout open the city gate. You are the victorious king. General. Of course, you don’t want to go back. You can’t go back. Not to mention that you have swallowed Japan’s unique poison. There will be no more in three days. If you don't take the antidote, you will die of intestinal rupture and rot. Just say that now, as long as I give the order, you will immediately die of hidden arrows and axes. "
Xu Hai is also in this situation. In the team, a horseman was riding beside General Wang, his helmet held low, looking at the nearby Suzhou City, he twitched his lips with complacency, and ordered General Wang in a threatening tone.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Those who know the current affairs are heroes. General Wang will understand that he will never have second thoughts. General Wang has already memorized the words to deal with several situations explained by the King." General Wang said vigorously. nodded.
“There may be unexpected situations, but just remember that you are General Wang who has returned from victory, so you should respond boldly! If you open the city gate fraudulently, you will have a great achievement, and you will be rewarded with tens of thousands of gold. The fourth spot must be yours!”
Xu Hai made a generous promise like a big hand.
Ten thousand gold...
After hearing Xu Hai's promise, General Wang was immediately stunned and beat his chest to make a promise to open the city gate.
He was not interested at all in the fourth position of the Japanese pirates' Juyi Hall, but he was very interested in gold. With so much gold, it is worth betraying the imperial court. From now on, he can remain anonymous until the limelight has passed, change his identity, use the gold to clear the way, and make a comeback, or even go further.
Looking at General Wang who was beaten with chicken blood, Xu Hai nodded with satisfaction, then turned to the more than a hundred surrendered officers and soldiers and said, "You are all the same. If you pretend to open the city gate, you are all the same. It is a great achievement, and everyone will be rewarded with three hundred taels of silver. In the name of the ancestors of the Xu family, I promise to you that after the capture of Suzhou City, your family and your relatives, as long as the peach charms I gave you are hung on their doors, I will guarantee that they will not do any harm to them after entering the city, and their personal lives will be guaranteed. and property security.”
Before setting off, Xu Hai gave General Wang ten peach charms engraved with cherry blossoms and gave each of the soldiers five peach charms. Each piece of peach charm can protect a family from being offended by Japanese pirates, which is basically enough to protect themselves, their relatives and friends.
After receiving rewards and safety guarantees, the more than one hundred officers and soldiers who surrendered were also excited. They expressed their allegiance to Xu Hai and fully cooperated to defraud the city gate.
Xu Hai nodded with satisfaction.
Soon, Suzhou City was in sight.
"General Wang, please forgive me for these extraordinary times. Please also ask General Wang and all the brothers to stand a stone's throw away and not come any closer. Otherwise, please forgive me for being rude and sword-wielding." Without eyes, I don’t want to accidentally hurt General Wang and his brothers.”
The deputy general saw General Wang coming on horseback and shouted loudly, ordering General Wang and the others to stop within a stone's throw.
"Zhang Heizi, you have gone against the grain. Now that you have recognized me, you dare to stop me outside the city gate and let me stand in a stone's throw. Are you right? Tired of living?! Good boy, you are indeed a traitor. You locked me up outside the city. Are you trying to usurp the throne?" General Wang immediately pointed his riding whip at the deputy general at the city gate and cursed loudly.
The deputy general's forehead was dripping with sweat, "General Wang, you have spoken harshly, and you have wronged the general. These are extraordinary times, so please forgive me."
"I'll forgive you for your size, and open the city gate immediately. , let me take the brothers into the city, eat hot meals and drink The hot soup in your mouth makes you cower and dare not go out of the city. These brothers and I braved the cold and risked our lives to chase the Japanese pirates out of the city and won a great victory. Don’t let your brothers’ hearts go cold.”
General Wang waved his riding whip, jumped high and cursed loudly.
This is what Xu Hai told him, the more arrogant and domineering the better, this is the magnanimity a general returning from victory should have. (End of this chapter)