Chapter 1902 Escort
After Magistrate Zhao gave the order, General Wang, General Zhang and Chief Zhang began to gather troops and horses on the city wall.
Jiaxing City originally had more than 2,000 soldiers and horses. After receiving the news that Japanese pirates were in the territory, 500 soldiers were temporarily recruited. There were more than 2,500 people in total, evenly distributed among the four city gates and Ancillary city wall section.
Originally, a total of more than 800 troops and horses were deployed in the north gate section of the city wall. After discovering that soldiers and horses were approaching the city gate half an hour ago, more than 600 troops and horses were deployed from other city wall sections to strengthen it. North gate defense force.
At this moment, there are about 1,500 troops up and down the city. Among them, 200 soldiers and horses are guarding the city gate below the city, and 1,300 soldiers and horses are defending on the top of the city.
Due to the ambiguity of Magistrate Zhao's order, no specific troops were allocated to Chief Zhang, General Wang and General Zhang.
This caused the three people to have different opinions on the strength of their respective forces when gathering troops and horses. The three of them all wanted to gather more troops and horses. At this time, the more troops under their command, the safer they would be. This is an obvious reason.
But there are only 1,300 soldiers and horses on the city wall. If you want one more man, I want one less man. The three of them started fighting for it.
Originally the reinforcements turned out to be Japanese pirates, and everyone on the city wall was in panic. Now the three of them were robbing people again, and the city wall was even more chaotic.
When Magistrate Zhao saw this, he jumped to his feet and scolded the three of them, "How long has it been since you guys have grown your heads? There is a fierce battle under the city, and it is in danger. When the life and death of Jiaxing City is at stake, you are still there?" It’s so exciting to fight for people here! I am disappointed! Chief Zhang has led 500 troops to protect the center. General Wang and General Zhang have each led 400 troops. The total number of troops together is 800. The number of Japanese pirates under the city is only about 400. You combined troops are them. Twice that is enough to destroy them.”
Magistrate Zhao spoke angrily, and the three of them did not dare not listen, so they immediately followed the instructions and each summoned a corresponding number of troops.
Director Zhang quickly commanded the soldiers and horses to defend Magistrate Zhao and other officials, and was ready to evacuate quickly if the situation went wrong.
General Zhang and General Wang also summoned soldiers and horses, but they were too slow to get down to the city wall to suppress the Japanese.
To be honest, the two of them have a guilty conscience and are bragging about themselves. Their families know their actual incompetence.
Bragging, they are confident that they will not be weaker than others in their lives, but if they really fight, they are really weak, or very scared.
When they entered officialdom and reached this position at this age, they did not rely on military merit. They relied on the kindness of their ancestors and various connections.
They had never fought a war, not even one. The closest they came to a war was when an armed parade surrendered to a group of less than a hundred bandits.
This group of bandits were not forced to land due to their encirclement and suppression. They were the bandits who took the initiative to contact the government and asked for recruitment. The reason why they were recruited was because there was a fire in the village. The second boss of the copycat took over the first boss, but when the first boss was about to die, he took the second boss and became his backer. They both died together, and finally took advantage of the third boss of the copycat who was lying flat.
The Third Master's prestige was not enough to convince everyone, so he had no choice but to maximize his profits. While he was the temporary leader of the village, he sent someone to contact the Jiaxing government and surrendered.
General Wang and General Zhang were sent to accept the surrender, which became the highlight moment of the two six people.
They have never fought a real battle.
At this moment, General Wang and General Zhang not only want to wait and see, they really want to grease their feet and run away.
But the two of them didn't dare. There were so many officials here. If they dared to escape in broad daylight, Magistrate Zhao would never spare them, and neither would the court's laws and regulations.
The two of them were dilly-dallying, and Magistrate Zhao saw this, and couldn't help but reprimanded them impatiently, "General Wang, General Zhang, what are you dilly-dallying about? There is a fight under the city, and reinforcements are urgently needed. Help, if you don’t go to support now, when will you wait?”
Zhifu Zhao fell behind and other officials agreed.
"General Zhang, General Wang, weren't you just sighing because the reinforcements outside the city were not Japanese pirates? Now your wish has come true. The reinforcements have become Japanese pirates. Isn't this what you have been thinking about?! Then hurry up! Go down quickly and exterminate the Japanese pirates, and you will be rewarded for your merits!”
"General Zhang and General Wang, aren't you afraid?!"
"What are you afraid of? The strength of the two of you is twice that of the Japanese pirates! Isn't destroying the Japanese pirates just like picking out the treasure?! "
A group of officials echoed the urge.
"Master Fu, as the saying goes, sharpening your sword does not stop you from chopping firewood. Let's organize our troops into formation first and then go to the city to surrender the Japanese."
"Afraid? How is that possible! We are the queens of the generals, and we have not been afraid since we were born!"
General Wang and General Zhang replied in a stern tone as they dared others not to lose.
At this moment, a burst of panicked footsteps sounded from the steps, and then five or six city gate defenders were seen running up from the city in embarrassment, discarding their helmets and armor.
The faces of several people were full of fear, as if there were evil spirits chasing them behind them.
“Assholes, you didn’t resist the Japanese pirates below the city, why did you come up here?!”
When Magistrate Zhao saw these people, he couldn't help but cursed.
"Master Fu, the city gate has been lost, brothers..." Before a few people could finish their words, they saw a group of ferocious Japanese pirates emerging from behind them, waving Japanese knives and chopping melons and vegetables. The leader of the garrison guard at the city gate.
Blood spurts out and the corpses are separated!
The heads of several city gate defenders rolled like balls towards Magistrate Zhao and others...
My mother...
Ahhh, murder...
Seeing this bloody scene, a group of pampered officials could not help but be frightened out of their wits and screamed like women.
Zhifu Zhao also turned pale with fright and could not say a word for a long time. He deeply regretted his decision to come to the city.
"Hahahaha, yes, the city gate was lost, and all the defenders under the city were hacked to death by me. Now it's your turn, don't worry, we will send you on your way now."
< br>The Japanese pirate said with a ferocious smile, licked the blood splattered on his mouth, and looked at Magistrate Zhao and others.
Before they finished speaking, more and more ferocious Japanese pirates sprung up from the steps behind them like bamboo shoots after rain, looking at Magistrate Zhao and others like hungry wolves.
"Escort, escort..."
"General Zhang, General Wang, the Japanese pirates are coming, why not kill them quickly."
All the officials were panicked. They yelled at the top of their lungs, scrambling to hide behind Magistrate Zhao.
“Protect Mr. Fu Zun, General Wang, General Zhang, you hold on, I will take Mr. Fu Zun and the others away first.”
Chief Zhang panicked and directed his troops to surround Magistrate Zhao and others, protecting them in the center, while shouting at General Wang and General Zhang.
General Wang and General Zhang cursed in their hearts, why didn't you stand up while we avoided it? !
However, they also knew that they had no choice. Who asked them to protect Magistrate Zhao and avoid it? (End of this chapter)