The morale of the people in Taiping County was shattered by the Japanese pirates, and everyone on the city wall was filled with fear of the pirates.
The Japanese pirates are too strong. Not only are bows and arrows ineffective against them, they can also catch arrows with their bare hands. How can we resist them?!
Everyone's mentality has collapsed.
The city walls were filled with an atmosphere of negativity and fear, as if a dark cloud was pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
I don't know, if they knew that the Japanese pirates they were facing were not in their strongest state, but were defeated by Jingnan, how would they feel? If Taiping was in Jingnan's original position, how would they feel? !
"No! If this continues, we won't be able to defend this city!"
County Magistrate Xiahou noticed the low morale and atmosphere of fear on the city wall, and couldn't help but frown.
"A seven-foot-tall man is mocked by a six-foot-tall Japanese pirate. It's really shameful and brings shame to our ancestors. Anyone here who is brave enough, please stand up and follow me to fight! Kill the dwarf's prestige!!! Let the dwarf Japanese pirate know how powerful we are!!!"
County Magistrate Xiahou tore off his official uniform, baring his chest, and shouted loudly to everyone. His eight abdominal muscles and muscular body were shining in the sun, and it was obvious that he was a man who practiced martial arts regularly.
"I'll go with you!"
A monk with a burn scar on his forehead walked out of the crowd, holding a Zen staff in his hand.
"And Xiaosheng."
A scholar walked out from the crowd with a long sword on his waist.
"Including me, I am the escort master. I have practiced martial arts every day, and I will ensure that I will not embarrass you, my lord."
A man dressed as a bodyguard came out shortly afterwards, wearing a bamboo hat on his head, an iron chain around his waist, and holding a large circular knife in his hand.
Soon, after County Magistrate Xiahou finished speaking, more than thirty people walked out of the crowd.
"Okay, you are all good men! Come on, follow me and fight for a while. Scholar, forget it, you still..."
Xiahou County Magistrate did not expect that there were still more than 30 people who dared to follow him to fight. He nodded with satisfaction. However, when he walked to the scholar, Xiahou County Magistrate hesitated and said, "Xiahou County Magistrate admired the scholar's courage, but he was not sure about his strength. This time he went down to fight to restore morale and to fight a beautiful surprise attack. Those who followed him to fight not only had to have courage, but also strength. If they were not strong enough and could not beat the Japanese pirates who were showing off their power outside the city with heads in their hands, it would be against their original intention."
"Haha, Master Xiahou, the reason why I failed the exam is because I spent all my time on swordsmanship. You can rest assured, Master, my swordsmanship is much better than my writing skills."
The scholar smiled slightly, raised his sword and made a sword flower, demonstrating his excellent swordsmanship.
"good!"
County Magistrate Xiahou could not help but applaud. An expert could tell whether a scholar had good skills just by one move. He could tell from the scholar's sword moves that he had excellent swordsmanship.
"Our purpose of leaving the city this time is to kill the twelve Japanese pirates who are running with heads in their hands outside the north gate and boost morale in the city. Once we succeed, we will immediately retreat and not give the Japanese pirates a chance to follow us into the city." County Magistrate Xiahou said to everyone.
"clear."
Everyone nodded and said they understood.
County Magistrate Xiahou gave some instructions to the gatekeepers, telling them to be on guard against the Japanese pirates. If it was really impossible, they would rather lock them all outside the city gates than give the Japanese pirates a chance to chase them into the city.
Drinking and smashing bowls, County Prime Minister Xiahou ordered his men to open the north gate, then he carried a long knife and led more than 30 death squads to charge out of the city, heading straight for the Japanese pirates who were outside the city, holding human heads and showing off their power and intimidating others.
These pirates who were running with human heads in their hands were disconnected from the pirates behind them, and Xiahou County Magistrate saw this opportunity.
“Kill!”
County Magistrate Xiahou shouted loudly and rushed out of the city at an extremely fast speed. He rushed towards the Japanese pirates like a flash of lightning and struck them on the head with a knife.
"How dare you! Here comes someone seeking death!"
The Japanese pirates didn't expect that someone would dare to rush out of the city at this time. However, although they were surprised, they were not afraid at all. There were still more than five meters from the city gate to them, and this five-meter distance was enough for them to react.
The Japanese pirate stood up to block Xiahou County Magistrate's fatal blow, but he did not expect Xiahou County Magistrate's strength was so great. The blow knocked him back more than a meter. Xiahou County Magistrate took advantage of the blow and chopped him three times in a row, like waves of the sea, one wave higher than the other, one blow heavier than the other. After three blows, the Japanese pirate's decline was exposed, revealing a fatal flaw. Xiahou County Magistrate seized the flaw of the Japanese pirate keenly, kicked him hard in the waist, knocked him to the ground, and then beheaded him with a blow!
After hacking a Japanese pirate to death, County Magistrate Xiahou took the time to look at the others. Well, the others performed quite well. Although they were outnumbered and five of them were killed by the Japanese pirates, there were six Japanese pirates lying on the ground, so only five were left.
"Kill! We must end this battle quickly before the Japanese pirates can react."
County Magistrate Xiahou shouted and joined the battle with a bloody long sword in hand.
"The county magistrate is mighty!"
"Kill it, Niubi!"
When the people on the north gate wall saw the scene of Xiahou County Magistrate and others killing the Japanese pirates, they couldn't help but shout. The low morale gradually recovered as Xiahou County Magistrate and others fought bloody battles to kill the enemies.
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While Xiahou County Magistrate and others were fighting bloody battles outside the north gate of Taiping, Wang Zhixian, the magistrate at the south gate, led his soldiers with weapons to search Taiping County and loot two hundred taels of gold, three thousand taels of silver, a basket of jewelry, a basket of calligraphy and paintings, and jewelry. They also forcibly confiscated silk and cloth from five cloth shops in the county, filling up two large carts.
Not only that, Magistrate Wang also ordered the three best restaurants in the county to prepare ten tables of delicacies from land and sea as quickly as possible.
Magistrate Wang presented these gold, silver, jewelry, silk, cloth, and delicacies from land and sea as gifts to the Japanese pirates, and had them sent to the city gate with ropes. He also sent his trusted steward to the city gate with ropes.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me. When two countries are at war, envoys are not killed. I am here to meet your king on the orders of the county lord."
After the butler was sent down from the city wall, he immediately knelt on the ground with his hands and knees prostrated, shouting and begging for mercy from the Japanese pirates.
Soon, the butler and the gifts were delivered to the pirate leader Heihachiro.
"Tell me, why did the magistrate send you to see me?"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro faced a table filled with gold, silver, jewels, silk fabrics, and delicacies from land and sea, but his face remained calm. He sat on a large rock with an arrogant look, looking down at the butler and asked indifferently.
"I have met the king. May the king live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years. The county magistrate asked me to send my regards to the king. The county magistrate said that the king led a large army to visit the small county. The small county is honored and proud. The king must have worked hard on the journey. The county magistrate asked me to bring these gifts to the king as a reward for the army. The county magistrate said that the small county is old and poor, and he is afraid that the hospitality is not good enough. He wants to ask the king to move the army to other counties for food. For example, Jingnan, Ninghai, Jingnan and Ninghai counties are next to the small county. They are rich in resources and people, and are the richest in Taizhou Prefecture. They are more than ten times richer than the small county. They are worthy of the king's army to come and eat."
When the butler saw Heihachiro, he prostrated himself and bowed to him, then spoke to him in a flattering manner.