Chapter 2033: Danger
The enemy tower stands outside the wall, about five meters high, and Japanese longbowmen and fire gunners climb up one by one.
Everyone inside the county government office asked Jiang Zhixian in despair, what should be done?
You ask me what to do, who the hell am I going to ask? ! Facing the desperate people, Jiang Zhixian's heart was on the verge of despair at this moment.
"Hold on, the reinforcements will be here soon! As soon as the reinforcements arrive, we will be saved." Magistrate Jiang could only do this to impress everyone.
Reinforcements?
Where are the reinforcements?
Jiang Zhixian’s cake was so big that everyone choked and rolled their eyes. However, before they could question Jiang Zhixian further, the Japanese pirates’ feather arrows and lead pellets flew towards them like hailstones. .
“Ah”
“Uh, my legs, my legs, hurt, it hurts me to death.”
"Er Gou, Er Gou, why did you so damn fall down? I promised your mother that I will take you home in glory."
Suddenly, there was a continuous burst of cheers in the county government compound. There were screams and a burst of crying for father and mother.
The Japanese pirates have four enemy towers, and they shoot from four angles. Everyone only has one shield, and it is impossible to take care of everything. Twenty or so fire cannons were fired. No matter if you were holding a shield or a door panel, once the cannon was struck, a hole would be punched through the shield and the door panel, and the people behind would naturally not be able to escape.
With just such a wave of shooting, twenty or thirty people of the government officials and defeated soldiers in the county government compound lay down screaming.
Jiang Zhixian was lucky enough to escape this round of shooting, and the Japanese pirates did not immediately notice him hiding behind three shields.
However, he had no time to rejoice at this time, because he knew in his heart that their people couldn't help but fire several rounds from the Japanese pirates.
"County Lord, County Lord, what should we do? A few more rounds and we will all die!"
"County Lord! County Lord! We can't stand it anymore!"
"Otherwise, surrender!"
The survivors in the county government compound took advantage of the time when the Japanese pirates were replacing arrows and loading gunpowder, loudly asking for help from Magistrate Jiang, and some even started fighting to surrender. idea.
"Surrendering is a dead end. We just killed a lot of Japanese pirates. Do you think they will let us go if we surrender?! During the Warring States Period, Bai Qi killed 300,000 Zhao soldiers in traps. This is a lesson for us!"
" Anyone who talks about surrender will be killed by everyone!"
When Jiang Zhixian heard someone talking about surrender, he couldn't help but became furious, shouted angrily, and issued a death threat.
"But what should we do? We have lost about thirty brothers in this round. We can't withstand the Japanese enemy's several rounds of shooting!"
Everyone said anxiously.
Jiang Zhixian looked dejected, the corners of his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything. He didn't know what to do.
Everyone did not get an answer, but they received another round of shooting from the Japanese pirates. First, there was a jingling of feather arrows. In the county government courtyard, ten more people fell down with screams, and then the Japanese pirates fired. The gun was loaded and fired again, This round of firecrackers came down, and ten or twenty people fell down screaming in the county government compound.
"Escape."
There were broken soldiers in the county government compound who could not bear it. , threw down the shield in his hand, and ran towards the backyard in a hurry.
If one escapes, there will be a second and a third.
Magistrate Jiang knew this very well, so while waving to his cronies, he loudly ordered, "Anyone who escapes from battle will be killed without mercy!"
After receiving Magistrate Jiang's order, Magistrate Jiang's cronies immediately picked up the spears in their hands. , aiming at the back of the escapee, raising his hand back, and flicking his wrist confidently.
"Whoosh!"
A feather arrow flew and hit the cronies between the eyebrows. The metal arrowhead was exposed from the back of his head dripping with blood.
The spear in the henchman's hand fell to the ground with a clang, and then the henchman's body also hit the ground heavily.
The runaway didn't know that he had saved his life. He fled out of the small door into the backyard in a mess. When he entered the backyard, he tripped over the threshold and disappeared from everyone's sight.
This feather arrow from the Japanese pirates was a signal, and soon another round of shooting from the Japanese pirates began, first with feather arrows, and then with fire blunderbuss.
After this round of shooting, twenty or thirty people were lying down in the county government compound.
In this round of shooting, Jiang Zhixian himself was injured. The Japanese pirates seemed to realize that he, the man with three shields, must be an important person, so they paid special attention to him. At least five or six more feather arrows were aimed at him. Fortunately, three shields blocked him, and all three feather arrows were blocked.
However, before Jiang Zhixian could rejoice, the Japanese pirates' muskets came over.
Several rounds of fire cannons were also aimed at the location of Magistrate Jiang, and the sound of fire cannons was heard.
The three shields in front of Jiang Zhixian were all hit by Japanese pirates. One of the top guards was hit in the head by a musket that penetrated the shield and died on the spot. The other two also suffered varying degrees of injuries. harm.
One man's shield was fine, but he was hit in the thigh, and the other man's shield was penetrated, and the lead shot that penetrated the shield scratched his ear.
Jiang Zhixian was also scratched in the face by flying fragments from the shield, and blood flowed to his chin.
The Japanese pirates began to load gunpowder again, pulled out an arrow from the quiver, and began to bend the bow and set the arrow.
Not to mention the government officials and defeated troops, even Jiang Zhixian was in despair. He didn't know whether others could survive the next round of shooting by the Japanese pirates, but Jiang Zhixian knew that he himself would not be able to survive the next round of shooting by the Japanese pirates.
His identity should have been exposed. The Japanese pirates had already paid close attention to him in the last round of shooting.
Only one of the three shields that saved his life was intact. Of the three people who protected him, one was dead and one was injured, and only one was intact.
The Japanese pirates will come again, and he, the county magistrate, will definitely not be able to survive it.
“Retreat, retreat to the inner courtyard!”
Jiang Zhixian cherished his life. Seeing that the Japanese pirates were about to start the next round of shooting, he quickly shouted.
In fact, retreating to the backyard is a dead end. It is just a temporary way to survive for an extra stick of incense. .
Retreating to the backyard means giving up the front yard. Once they retreat to the backyard, the Japanese pirates can occupy the front yard.
The wall in the backyard is only more than two meters high, which is not as high as the front yard at all. Japanese pirates can climb over it with bare hands.
Not to mention, the Japanese pirates still have four enemy towers.
When the Japanese pirates captured the backyard, there was no need to waste any effort at all.
However, every second you can live is worth a second. As soon as Magistrate Jiang gave the order, he took the lead in retreating to the backyard. All the government officials and defeated soldiers raised their hands in agreement, and they all followed Magistrate Jiang and ran towards the backyard. , I only regret that my parents gave me one less leg.
"Run away, the magistrate old man ran away to Houyuan with his people!"
The Japanese pirates on the enemy platform shouted loudly, drew their bows and fired arrows, and fired with firecrackers, killing those who fell. The government officials and defeated soldiers in the back shot them down one by one and beat them to death on the ground, killing them like crazy. When Jiang Zhixian retreated to the backyard and closed the small door of the backyard, he counted the number of people and found that there were less than fifty people following him.