"Open the armory, take out all the sabers, spears, shields and armor, and distribute them to the people defending the city."
Zhu Ping'an ordered the armory to be opened again and all the remaining weapons and equipment to be distributed to the people who participated in defending the city.
The arsenal was searched from top to bottom, but only 533 sabers, 660 spears, 250 shields, and 380 sets of cloth armor were collected. These weapons and equipment were not enough to arm the 2,000 people defending the city, but fortunately two wooden boxes were found in the corners of the arsenal. After opening them, they found that they were spare spearheads, totaling more than 600. They could be made into spears by cutting wood, which finally solved the urgent need. In addition to the hundreds of swords contributed by the people in the city, every citizen finally had a weapon in his hand, so he would not have to fight the brutal Japanese pirates with his flesh and blood.
The sudden appearance of so many guards on the city wall naturally could not be hidden from the Japanese pirates below the city, who noticed it at the first moment.
"Could it be that Jingnan has reinforcements? Why are there so many more defenders on the city all of a sudden? I'm afraid there are two or three thousand more."
"Are they getting reinforcements?"
"Chief, there are suddenly many more guards on the city wall."
When the Japanese pirates found that the number of defenders on the city wall had increased, they couldn't help but start talking. They thought that reinforcements from Jingnan had arrived, and their rage suddenly dropped by three points.
Unlike other counties that could be conquered at the first attack, Jingnan was very tenacious. Previously, Jingnan had only more than a hundred defenders and blocked the attack of more than 3,000 people. Fortunately, in the last wave of siege, although the enemy paid more than a hundred lives, the number of Jingnan defenders decreased by more than 60. It was thought that there were only 30 defenders left in Jingnan, and this time they could capture Jingnan County in one go, but they never expected that Jingnan would receive more than 2,000 reinforcements so quickly. This time, Jingnan might be difficult to attack.
"Chief, reinforcements from Jingnan have arrived, and there are as many as two to three thousand people." A Japanese pirate reported to Heihachiro.
"Say it again?" The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro reached out to pick his ears, squinted his eyes, and spoke with a smile.
"Chief, the reinforcements from Jingnan have arrived, and there are as many as two to three thousand people." The Japanese pirates repeated it after hearing it.
Swish!
As soon as the Japanese pirate finished speaking, he saw a flash of white light, and then he found that his world was collapsing in both directions. Before he could even let out a scream, he was cut in half by a knife on the head.
"You spread lies to confuse the people and shake the morale of the army. You deserve to die! This leader will show mercy and spare you nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine lives."
Blood splattered all over Heihachiro's face. Heihachiro stuck out his tongue and licked the blood that splattered on his lips. He narrowed his eyes, looked at the Japanese pirate who was split into two halves on the ground as if they were grass, and said coldly.
Killing the chicken to scare the monkey will have an immediate effect.
The Japanese pirates who were still discussing the reinforcements from Jingnan immediately stopped talking and dared not utter a word.
"A bunch of idiots!"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro wiped his sword clean, put it back into the sheath, glanced at the pirates, shook his head and cursed.
Why are you calling us idiots?!
We didn't know why, and we didn't dare to ask, but all the Japanese pirates had the same expression.
"Idiot! Open your eyes wide and look carefully at those so-called reinforcements on the city wall!"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro stepped forward, grabbed a Japanese pirate's chin, turned his face towards the city wall, and forced him to look at the wall.
All the Japanese pirates looked towards the city wall.
"Have you seen it? Take a close look at those so-called reinforcements you mentioned. Apart from the spears in their hands, what else can you tell about them that look like reinforcements?! Open your dog eyes wide and look carefully. Look at their clothes. Haven't you seen it yet? They are just a bunch of mud-legged common people. What crappy reinforcements! A thousand sheep with knives are no match for a wolf. Such two-legged sheep are nothing but a token of sacrifice! Tell me, how many such two-legged sheep have you chopped off today?!" The Japanese pirate Heihachiro pinched the Japanese pirate's chin, pointed at the people on the wall, and asked loudly.
"I chopped off three heads!"
"I cut down a litter of five!"
"I cut off ten heads..."
"I cut off one, but I killed ten!"
With the help of their leader Heihachiro, the Japanese pirates soon discovered that those on the city wall were not reinforcements, but just a group of ordinary people armed with weapons. The pirates became furious again and shouted ferociously.
If it was reinforcements from the garrisons, although the garrisons' combat effectiveness was weak, they would still have some concerns. But the common people, oh, in their eyes, the common people were just lambs to be slaughtered. They were cowardly and incompetent, and they killed too many of them.
To shock them by killing them!
Understand it with reason!
The great generals of ancient times were probably no more than this!
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro felt very proud when he saw that the morale of his pirates had been boosted again.
"Reporting to the leader, thirteen siege ladders have been built."
At this moment, a Japanese pirate came forward to report to Heihachiro that fifteen siege ladders had been built.
"Yoshi, there are huge rewards. After the city is conquered, everyone who helps build the ladder will be rewarded with a beautiful woman."
Upon hearing that fifteen siege ladders had been built, the Japanese pirate Heihachiro nodded with satisfaction and ordered rewards for the pirates who participated in building the ladders.
Awww…
Long live, long live...
Siege, siege...
The Japanese pirates howled excitedly, like a group of hungry wolves from the grassland, their eyes glowing red.
"The two-legged sheep on the city wall can't wait any longer. Men, set up the siege ladders and prepare to attack the city!"
Seeing that the army's morale was good, the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro smiled, shifted his gaze to Jingnan County, slowly drew out his Japanese sword, pointed the tip of the sword at Jingnan County, and shouted loudly with a ferocious face.
"Attack the city!"
"Attack the city!"
A group of Japanese pirates lifted up the siege ladders, looked ferociously at the city wall, and howled even more excitedly, as creepy as hungry wolves.
"The Japanese pirates are about to attack the city, cheer up!"
"Cheer up and hide behind the battlements to avoid being hit by the Japanese pirates' hidden arrows."
"There's nothing to be afraid of about the Japanese pirates. In the last battle, we killed nearly two hundred of them. Don't be afraid when you see the Japanese pirates. Just treat them as pigs and use the spears in your hands to poke a transparent hole in them."
The yamen runners and soldiers on the city wall who had experienced battles saw the movements of the Japanese pirates below the city and knew that the pirates were about to attack the city. They immediately loudly reminded and encouraged the people who had just joined the defense of the city, and passed on all the lessons they had learned with their blood and lives to the people to prevent them from following their wrong path.
breathe.
After all, it was the first time for the common people to face such a scene. Although the soldiers reminded them, they were very nervous when they saw the ferocious faces of the Japanese pirates. Their palms holding their weapons were sweating nervously. However, when they saw Zhu Ping'an standing firmly in front of them, as straight as a sea-stabilizing needle, their nervous mood gradually calmed down.