Despite wearing cloth breastplates, being in a commanding position, and protected by battlements, the guards and soldiers on the city walls soon began to suffer casualties as the Japanese pirates fired back with bows. After a round of arrow rain, six people were killed and five were injured.
Although the Japanese pirates suffered more casualties, with more than 50 people lost, they were outnumbered and this loss was just a drop in the bucket.
But for the defenders who only had 100 people, the loss of these eleven people was a serious blow.
"Pay attention to your position, be careful of stray arrows, and shoot from behind the battlements!"
Zhu Ping'an loudly reminded everyone to pay attention to their positions and try to stand behind the battlements of the city wall and shoot arrows through the battlements to avoid being shot by the Japanese pirates.
The parapets outside the city wall are built into concave and convex battlements, with a square hole inside. The function of the battlements is to provide a place for the defenders on the city wall to hide from arrows when defending the city. The defenders can observe the military situation outside the city through the small holes on the parapets, and can also shoot arrows through the small holes to kill the enemy.
At Zhu Ping'an's reminder, the yamen runners and soldiers paid attention to their positions and hid at the battlements to shoot arrows, and the casualties dropped sharply.
But this is just the beginning.
After several rounds of arrow rain, the Japanese pirates began to attack the city on a large scale. The elite Japanese pirates jumped to the front line of the troops, threw flying claws and ropes onto the city wall, and then began to climb up the city wall like monkeys along the ropes.
The flying claws and ropes used by the Japanese pirates were soaked in paint, so the yamen runners and soldiers could not cut them with their swords. It was also impossible to shoot the Japanese pirates climbing directly below from the battlements, and if you leaned over to shoot, you would easily become a target for the Japanese pirates below.
"Throw stones at them, splash gold juice on them..."
Upon seeing this, Zhu Ping'an loudly ordered everyone to smash the stones down and pour the boiling gold juice down along the rope.
The yamen runners and soldiers followed orders, picked up stones and smashed them down, pouring the boiling hot gold juice that had been prepared in advance down.
“Kill!”
"Smash you to death!"
"I'll give you some extra food, you bastard! No need to thank me!"
The shouts and cries of killing from the city were deafening, stones were like hail, and hot and smelly gold juice was like heavy rain.
No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives; no matter how good your agility is, you can still be knocked down by a brick. Although the pirates were the best fighters who climbed the city walls with hooks and ropes, they could only use 20% of their martial arts skills at most during the climb. They could only dodge one stone, but not two. Even if they could dodge the stones, they would still be dumbfounded when faced with the hot gold juice poured down from the city walls.
Suddenly, there were screams outside the city.
The climbing Japanese pirates were thrown down by rocks like dumplings, scalded by gold juice and fell down from the city wall, bleeding from all seven orifices and screaming in agony.
The Japanese pirates who did not climb up the city wall were also killed by stones. In fact, stones were not a big deal, as one stone could kill at most one person. The Japanese pirates who were quick-eyed and had good skills could still dodge them. But it was different with the gold juice. The gold juice poured down from the city wall was like rain. How could they dodge it? The boiling hot gold juice burned a group of Japanese pirates in an instant.
"It's so hot, it's burning me to death..."
"My scalp was burned off. It hurts so much. It hurts so much..."
"It hurts, my skin is burned. Damn, what is this? Why does it stink so bad? Is it shit or urine?!"
The Japanese pirates also had a half-bald top, and wore very little, with a single layer of clothing on the upper body with the chest open, and only crotchless pants on the lower body. Many of them were barefoot. When the golden juice was poured down, it came into contact with their flesh at the first moment, amplifying the lethality of the golden juice several times. The Japanese pirates were burned to the point of having their skin and flesh torn apart, and they rolled on the ground, screaming miserably like ghosts.
Hearing the screams from below the city, the morale of the people on the city wall was boosted, and the yamen runners and soldiers threw stones and splashed gold juice even harder.
The screams from outside the city became more and more shrill.
The falling rocks and the sharp gunpowder were fierce, and with the casualties, the Japanese pirates had already retreated. No matter how much the bounty was, it had to be claimed. The Japanese pirates thought that Jingnan County was like other counties, and it was easy to attack and capture. The defenders were as weak as chickens, and it was easy to kill them like cutting vegetables and melons, and it was easy to get the bounty. Who would have thought that Jingnan County would be so tenacious, especially the unknown stuff poured on the city, which was smelly and hot, and would tear the skin and flesh apart if it was touched. The wounds were extremely painful and itchy, which was simply a nightmare.
Soon, some Japanese pirates who valued their lives put their idea into practice and retreated. Like a chain reaction, many Japanese pirates retreated as well.
"Baga! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy."
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro stomped his foot on the ground and suddenly jumped out. The Japanese sword in his hand flashed a white light and slashed across the neck of the first Japanese pirate who retreated. Blood spurted out and a head rolled to the ground.
A lot of blood was sprayed on the face of the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro, but Heihachiro didn't care at all. He licked the blood with his tongue and showed a smile of enjoyment on his face. The smile was as hideous and terrifying as the god of death.
"You backed off too, didn't you?"
After Heihachiro beheaded the first retreating Japanese pirate, he appeared in front of the second retreating Japanese pirate as if teleporting. He narrowed his eyes slightly, a curve appeared at the corner of his lips, and looked at the retreating Japanese pirate gently and asked.
Although Heihachiro's voice was gentle, the blood on his face was still steaming, and the Japanese sword in his hand was dripping with blood... The gentler he was, the more terrifying he seemed to outsiders.
"I... uh..." The Japanese pirate trembled. He had just said the word "I" and had not yet uttered the rest of the words when he groaned, his eyes widened in pain, and he lowered his head like a puppet.
A Japanese sword was stuck in his heart, and the owner of the sword was none other than the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro.
The blood splashed onto Heihachiro's face again. Without even blinking, Heihachiro exerted force on his hands again, and the Japanese sword instantly pierced through the back of the retreating Japanese pirate. After piercing the heart of the retreating Japanese pirate, Heihachiro flexibly rotated the handle of the sword with his wrist, and when he pulled out the Japanese sword, he picked out the heart of the retreating Japanese pirate.
The retreating Japanese pirate watched helplessly as his heart was picked out by Heihachiro, and he fell to the ground with a thud in despair.
"The heart of a coward is like a weak chicken, tender and fresh..."
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro put the heart on the tip of the knife into his mouth and chewed it, with blood dripping from the corners of his lips.
"Who else among you wants to retreat?"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro chewed the heart while looking at the pirates with a cold gaze.
“I don’t dare!”
“No retreat!”
All the Japanese pirates lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Heihachiro, let alone say a word.
"Then why don't you attack the city? Anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy! I want to enjoy lunch at the Jingnan County Government Office!"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro had a ferocious face, swung his bloody Japanese sword towards the county town, and spoke in a murderous voice.
“Break the city!”
“Kill!”
Under the urging of their leader Heihachiro, the Japanese pirates once again howled and rushed towards the city wall of Jingnan County without regard for their lives.