Dark clouds are pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it!
The Japanese pirates carried siege ladders and approached the city wall step by step, like a dark cloud pressing down on the city. As the Japanese pirates approached, the ferocious expressions on their faces could be seen clearly, and the pressure on the city wall was increasing.
“Stop!”
When the Japanese pirates were about to enter the county's bow and arrow range, their leader Heihachiro raised his Japanese sword and shouted.
Although a bit messy and disorganized, the Japanese pirates stopped immediately after hearing Heihachiro's order.
"Why did the damn Japanese pirates stop?"
"What are the pirates going to do?"
"The Japanese pirates are probably scared. Seeing so many of us defending the city, these bastards don't dare to attack the city, right?"
When the people on the city wall saw that the Japanese pirates suddenly stopped, they couldn't help but become curious, and they had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, hoping that the Japanese pirates saw that their defenders were numerous and powerful and dared not attack the city, so they retreated on their own initiative.
What conspiracy are the Japanese pirates planning
Zhu Ping'an squinted his eyes and thought. He couldn't guess the motives of the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro, but he was sure that the Japanese pirates would not dare to attack the city as everyone thought. He had a bad premonition in his heart.
Under the curious eyes of the people on the city wall, the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro turned around and gave an order to the Japanese pirates behind him. More than a hundred Japanese pirates nodded and bowed, followed the order, and turned around and ran towards the woods behind.
"What did the pirate leader say?"
"What orders did the Japanese pirates give? Why did some of them run away?"
Everyone on the city wall was confused and looked at the movements of the Japanese pirates below the city with puzzled expressions, and discussed curiously.
Although Zhu Ping'an could read lips and understood Japanese, he did not know what orders the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro gave, because he turned his head and faced away from everyone when he gave the orders, so Zhu Ping'an could not see and could not read his lips.
However, everyone soon knew what the pirates were going to do. The hundreds of pirates who had just run into the woods soon came out of the woods, driving away a group of civilians who were tied with ropes, about four to five hundred people.
"Help!"
"Don't kill me."
"Woo woo woo, let me go, I will give you silver, lots and lots of silver, as long as you let me go, I will give you whatever you want..."
The common people were beaten and kicked by the Japanese pirates all the way and were driven to the front of the group, where they lined up in two rows facing the city wall.
"Why did the damn Japanese pirates drive so many people here?"
"What are the pirates going to do?"
"Uh, these wicked pirates, are they going to force the people to block arrows for them when they attack the city?"
"It's totally unscrupulous."
When the people on the city wall saw the Japanese pirates driving the common people to the front, their faces changed in fear and they cursed angrily.
War! This is war! Bloody and inhumane!
When Zhu Ping'an saw the Japanese pirates driving the people to the front, he couldn't help but frown and clench his fists.
The Japanese pirates have committed heinous crimes and are full of evil. A hundred deaths are not enough to forgive their crimes!
I, Zhu Ping'an, swear that I will do my best to completely wipe out the Japanese pirates, these inhumane scums, from the face of the earth!
Zhu Ping'an bit his lips, clenched his fists, and hammered the city wall hard, until his fists were covered in blood.
What if the Japanese pirates drive the people to attack the city
There is only one answer.
beat!
We have to fight all the same. We have to fight.
It goes without saying that Zhu Ping'an had to make this decision. Of course, this was a very difficult decision to implement. It was already difficult for the people defending the city to fight against the Japanese pirates, and it was even more difficult for them to attack the people who were driven to attack the city. However, in order to defend the city, it had to be done no matter how difficult it was.
Of course, Zhu Ping'an also wanted to open the city gate, lead his troops to charge and rescue the people who were being driven out from the Japanese pirates.
but.
Can't do it!
A good cook cannot cook without rice! With the advantage of the city wall, it is good enough for them to defend the county town. If they open the city gate, abandon the advantage of the city wall, and go to fight the Japanese pirates in the field, they will be courting their own destruction.
"Hey, isn't that the wealthy Liu who escaped from the city?!"
"And that, that, that, didn't they escape from the city with Zhang San, Liu Lao Er and the others?!"
"Aren't those the Zhang Constables who abandoned the city and fled?"
Gradually, the people in the city recognized the driven civilians and found that they were some of the people who escaped from the city.
After hearing the news that the people who escaped from the city were caught by the Japanese pirates and driven to the front of the battle, the people in the city could not help but feel scared and grateful. Fortunately, the county magistrate closed the city gates and stopped them from leaving the city, otherwise they would be driven to the front of the battle. Thinking of the time when the county magistrate closed the city gates and prohibited people from entering and leaving the city, they even insulted the county magistrate for this, and now they feel ashamed.
"He's the flag, he's holding the flag! He's the blood, he's the God of Rizhao, he's the sacrifice! Must!"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro raised his Japanese sword murderously, pointed it forward, and shouted with a ferocious face.
"What are the pirates shouting?"
"Are you going to drive the villagers to attack the city?"
The people on the wall didn't understand Japanese, and they were very nervous when they heard the pirate leader holding a Japanese sword and shouting murderously.
"I am your ancestor!"
Everyone on the city wall didn't understand Japanese, but Zhu Ping'an did. When Zhu Ping'an heard the order from the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro to kill people as a sacrifice, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide, cursed loudly, and smashed his fist hard on the city wall.
The people around Zhu Ping'an didn't understand why the magistrate was so angry, but they soon understood.
After the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro gave an order, hundreds of Japanese pirates holding Japanese swords walked up to the back of the people being driven away with murderous intent. They smiled ferociously at the people on the city wall, pointed at the people on the city wall, and then pointed at the people being driven away in front of them. Then, without saying a word, they raised their Japanese swords and swung them hard.
Swish!
There were flashes of white light, splattering of blood, and cries and screams that suddenly stopped.
There were many broken bodies and skulls on the ground.
"must!"
"must!"
"Ahhh, you two-legged sheep on the city wall, did you see this? This is the fate of you two-legged sheep!"
The Japanese pirates under the city were like crazy, fighting as if they had been bleedin'. They tore their chests, waved their weapons, and shouted excitedly at the city walls at the top of their lungs, like a group of evil spirits from hell.
"Ugh..."
"ah... "
"Groove..."
The people in the city witnessed the Japanese pirates brutally killing civilians to sacrifice to the flag, and they were terrified. Their faces turned pale and their limbs trembled. Many people were frightened by this bloody scene and vomited continuously, and could not even stand.
Seeing the miserable performance of the civilians on the city wall, the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro smiled triumphantly. The reason why he did not drive the civilians to attack the city, but chose to kill the civilians as sacrifice, was because most of the defenders on the city wall were civilians. Killing the civilians as sacrifice in front of the civilians on the city wall could not only boost the morale of his own side, but also intimidate the civilians defending the city, making them lose their souls and hit the morale of the defenders, killing two birds with one stone.
"You wolf cubs, see? Two-legged sheep are two-legged sheep. They can't even stand. Charge forward and tear them to pieces!"
After achieving his goal, the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro swung his Japanese sword ferociously at the city wall and ordered the pirates to attack the city.