Chapter 1849 The old tradition of Japanese pirates
The time was similar to what Zhu Pingan had estimated, that is, in half an hour, there was action in the Japanese pirate camp.
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, in preparation for their return. Lin Lao Chao.
This time, their belongings were greatly reduced. Due to the advance warning from the Zhejiang Army, most of the surrounding people supported the old and young, took their belongings and ran to Suzhou City or hid in the wild mountains. The Japanese pirates could plunder what they had. Property has shrunk more than ten times compared to before, and casualties have also increased greatly.
"Zhu Ping'an, the dog said, it's all your fault. I've suffered a big loss in my harvest and lost several of my close friends. Don't let me meet you again in the wild, or I'll cut your body into pieces." Thousands of pieces, broken bones and ashes!”
"That's right, we must cut his body into thousands of pieces and smash his bones into ashes before we can get rid of the bad breath in our hearts."
While packing up their belongings, a group of Japanese pirates cursed the culprit Zhu Ping'an.
"That means he ran fast into the city, otherwise he would have been cut into pieces by me in front of the city gate."
This is a Japanese pirate who was originally at the northwest gate. They received Xu Hai's signal and rushed over, just in time 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He believed that if Zhu Pingan had not withdrawn into the city, he would have been torn into pieces by their reinforcements!
Really!
Chief Xu hated him very much. I heard that Chief Xu talked in his sleep at night and said that he would cut Zhu Pingan into pieces!
What if Zhu Pingan was blocked in the city? Outside the door, he must have been torn into pieces by Chief Xu!
"Brother Chen, Brother Ma, please explain your 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 can each select five hundred elite soldiers, and I will also pick five hundred The best soldiers, unite the best soldiers together, and set up an ambush in advance on the only way for us to retreat."
Xu Hai looked at Suzhou City in the distance with a face full of reluctance, and then turned to look at Chen Donghe seriously. Maye said.
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 and rush into the Ming Dynasty. The army formed a military formation, and the Ming 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 five hundred, they are eight hundred."
Xu. Hai heard the words and couldn't help laughing, "Okay! Okay! Those who know me are Brother Chen and Brother Ma! Since Brother Chen and Brother Ma each picked eight hundred elites, then eight hundred, I will also pick eight hundred Elite!"
"If the Ming army dares to pursue them, they will definitely be beaten." Chen Dong and Maye said confidently.
"Leave?! Once you are here, don't even think about leaving! I will 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 kill him thousands of times. Thousands of cuts and corpses cut into pieces!
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 drafted 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 their performance. Horse endurance and endurance.
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. The mules and horses that have been ridden by others can be ridden immediately.
Based on the number of mules and horses, Zhu Pingan selected 893 Zhejiang army officers and soldiers who were better on horseback, and 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.
"Zihou, 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 Ping'an smiled confidently.
Seeing Zhu Ping'an's persistence, Magistrate Shang had no choice but to tell Zhu Ping'an to be careful in everything. If something was wrong, he would ride away and put safety first.
Zhu Pingan naturally responded repeatedly.
Sent away the worried Magistrate Shang, Zhu Pingan 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 keep his energy up.
Since he stayed up all night last night, Zhu Pingan fell asleep quickly after lying down and fell into a deep sleep.
After Zhu Ping'an and the others went to bed, the Japanese pirates were still cleaning up their tents and belongings. Without organizational 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. 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.
Zhu Ping’an twitched the corner of his mouth, unable to complain about the Japanese pirates’ organization 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. After the Japanese pirates break camp and set off, it won't be too late to wake them up."
Zhu Pingan shook his head, walked up the steps, and slowly Slowly walk 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 have also begun to gather. The Japanese pirates are lined up in irregular queues.
It can be vaguely distinguished that the Japanese pirates are gathering on three square formations.
In 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 chieftain 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, the Japanese pirates gathered into three square formations, which is understandable. (End of chapter)