The second round of horns sounded in Taiping County City very urgently, as if to summon the souls. The Japanese pirates outside the city were intimidated by the powerful force of their leader Heihachiro and dared not delay any longer. They retreated into the city in a hurry, without any formation and in a very disorganized manner.
Hojo Jiro was the last to retreat. He shouted angrily to the sky and retreated back to the city with an unwilling look on his face.
"Baga! Damn the Hojo clan! They almost destroyed my army!"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro on the city wall saw everything. He had a sinister and fierce look on his face, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent. His hands, which were holding onto the city wall, had blue veins exposed, and a cannibalistic sound came out from between his teeth.
The damned Hojo clan disobeyed my orders. Everyone else retreated, but he, as the commander, retreated back to the city at the last minute. He had no sense of command at all. Look at this scattered formation! If the Ming army outside the city took the opportunity to chase and kill us, and the Ming army ambushed in the woods took the opportunity to attack us, wouldn't it be a massacre if the Ming army used neat formations to fight against our scattered army? Wouldn't the 300 elite soldiers entrusted to him by the governor be destroyed in an instant!
Three hundred elite soldiers were destroyed in an instant, and this governor was seriously injured. If I go to Taizhou City to join them, wouldn't I be taken advantage of by Lord Jiangmen
You almost ruined my plan! Hojo, you really deserve to die!
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro looked at Hojo Jiro, who was the last one standing outside the city, and the murderous intent in his eyes became more and more intense.
"Master Magistrate, the Japanese pirates have escaped without any formation. They are as chaotic as piglets that have escaped from the pen. Should we take this opportunity to chase them down? If we do, we will definitely be able to chop up a lot of them."
"Yes, magistrate, give the order to hunt them down. The Japanese pirates are fleeing in panic, so we can hunt them down."
The young and strong men in the chariot formation outside the city saw the Japanese pirates retreating hastily into the city in a disorganized manner without any formation. They immediately felt that their chance had come and could not help but rub their hands and excitedly asked Zhu Pingan for a fight.
"Don't chase after a desperate enemy."
Zhu Ping'an was very calm and shook his head slightly.
Zhu Pingan knew very well that his side was just bluffing, and the Japanese pirates retreated because they did not know their strength. If they pursued them, it would be easy for the Japanese pirates to see through their strength, which would be dangerous.
The Japanese pirates are extremely ferocious. It may be okay for our young and strong men to bluff, but if they fight in the wild, they will be no match for the Japanese pirates. There are more than 300 Japanese pirates outside the city. There are at least 1,000 Japanese pirates in the city. Given how ferocious the Japanese pirates are, once they break through the chariot formation, what will await us will be a massacre.
There's no need to take such a big risk!
The Japanese pirates can't outlast us. The time they agreed to meet with Jiangmen Lord is running out, and they will evacuate Taiping County soon. Since we can win the recovery of Taiping County without bloodshed, why take such a big risk! In addition, the most important thing is that if we continue to bluff, we will almost certainly win; while chasing the Japanese pirates, it is easy for them to see through our true intentions, and we will most likely lose miserably.
Therefore, Zhu Ping'an calmly shook his head, giving up the idea of the young men to chase and kill him, and ordered them to stay where they were.
Soon, the scattered Japanese pirates retreated back into the city and the city gates were closed.
"Fortunately, that damned thief was born a scholar, unfamiliar with military affairs, and lacked experience, so he didn't seize the opportunity to chase and kill our troops."
Seeing that all the Japanese pirates had safely retreated into the city and the Ming army outside the city did not take the opportunity to pursue and kill them, the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart, which had been tense for half a day, finally settled down.
"Captain, why are you calling off the troops? The Ming army outside the city has weak bows and arrows, and their accuracy is extremely poor. It's obvious that they are just ordinary people, and they are vulnerable. Our morale is high, and we can defeat the Ming army outside the city in one round."
After retreating back to the city, Hojo Jiro went up to the city wall to pay a visit to the leader Heihachiro, and asked dissatisfiedly why the troops had been called back.
Hojo Jiro was extremely angry at Zhu Ping'an and his men because his younger brother, whom he depended on for survival, was shot to death by Zhu Ping'an's hidden siege crossbow. He silently swore in front of his brother's body that he would kill the Guangming Army to avenge his brother. However, when he was about to take revenge, the troops on the city wall sounded the horn to call back, so he was very dissatisfied.
"Baga! Why did we call off the troops? Haha, the Ming army outside the city is just civilians, so they are vulnerable?! When we attacked Jingnan, that little thief in Jingnan used the two-legged sheep you mentioned to cause our army to suffer heavy losses!! In addition, open your dog eyes and take a closer look at the forest behind the Ming army! The little thief in Jingnan has ambushed a large number of troops in the forest. Once we attack the chariot formation, all the ambushers in the forest will come out. Think carefully with this idiot head on your neck, what will be the consequences?!"
Hearing Hojo Jiro's question, the murderous intent in the eyes of the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro became even stronger.
After hearing what the leader Heihachiro said, Hojo Jiro couldn't help but turn his head towards the woods behind the chariot formation outside the city. In his sight, there was nothing unusual about this area, and there was no sign of a heavy ambush at all.
"Baga! How dare you question me?! You can't see what's the biggest problem now! Just now when you pretended to attack the Ming army's chariot formation outside the city, the branches outside the city shook violently, and a large number of birds in the forest flew away in fright! If I hadn't called back the troops in time, you, an idiot, would have gone to see the God of Sunshine by now!"
When the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro saw Hojo Jiro's suspicious look, he became furious and started cursing.
"Hi!"
As Heihachiro was furious, Hojo Jiro lowered his head.
Seeing the look of reluctance on the face of Hojo Jiro, the murderous intent in the eyes of the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro became even stronger!
"Hojo-kun, let me ask you, how have I treated you since you joined our group?"
The Japanese pirate leader narrowed his eyes, looked at Hojo Jiro, slightly pulled the corners of his mouth, and asked softly.
"The leader treated Hojo like a brother and cultivated Hojo. Without the leader's cultivation, there would be no Hojo today."
Hojo Jiro replied without hesitation.
"In that case, I would like to borrow something from you. Are you willing?" The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro opened his eyes.
"Of course I am willing. Everything I have was given by the leader. If the leader likes something, just take it." Hojo Jiro nodded without hesitation, and then asked, "What do you want to borrow?"
Since Hojo Jiro joined Heihachiro's army in Kagoshima with his Japanese sword and his brother, he has been looting and burning in Ming for several years, stealing a lot of good things and accumulating a lot of wealth. I don't know what the leader Heihachiro has taken a fancy to, could it be the painting he stole last time
"I want to borrow..." The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro stared at Hojo Jiro with a burning gaze and spoke lightly. He paused and suddenly his tone became murderous, like the bone-chilling wind in the cold winter, "Your head!"
As the words fell, a white light flashed, and Hojo Jiro was beheaded by the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro with a single sword!
Hojo Jiro's head rolled to the ground, his face showing an expression of disbelief and horror, facing everyone.
"This will be the fate of anyone who disobeys my orders in the future!" The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro pointed his blood-dripping Japanese sword at the pirates, looked at them with a cruel face, and said murderously.
“I don’t dare!”
The Japanese pirates knelt on the ground one after another.
"Disband the camp!" The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro nodded with satisfaction and gave the order loudly.
"Hi!"
All the Japanese pirates responded.