The night was dark, like hell descending upon the earth. It was pitch dark and eerie. The stars in the sky were like demons tearing through the night curtains and peeping at the world with cold eyes. Looking up at the starry sky made one's soul tremble.
Under the cover of night, Taizhou was immersed in the fear of the Japanese pirates' siege. No one could sleep in every household, and the soldiers on guard on the city wall were even more so. Taizhou prefect Tan Lun inspected the city wall again and again, checking the defenses without a moment's slackness, and his eyes were bloodshot.
Compared with the people inside the city, the Japanese pirates outside the city were very relaxed.
"Come on, come on, fill it up."
"Stop eating by yourself, you bastard. Tear off a chicken leg for me."
"Hahaha, this little bitch is quite fierce. She actually dared to bite me. If I hadn't reacted quickly, I, Old Wang, would have been left behind."
"Yoshi, Yoshi, Mr. Liu, your cooking skills are really good."
Less than a mile outside the city, piles of bonfires were lit, and groups of Japanese pirates sat around them, roasting chickens, ducks, pork, and dog meat that they had looted from the people's homes. They held the looted women in their arms and had jars of looted wine at their feet, drinking and having a great time. When they were drunk, a group of real Japanese pirates even stripped themselves down to their crotchless pants, curled up with bow legs, and danced with their arms and legs bared, as if they were not besieging the Taizhou city, but holding a bonfire party.
"These damn pirates!"
The soldiers defending on the city wall saw the Japanese pirates rampaging below the city and could not help but curse with gnashing teeth.
"I really want to get out of the city and kill them by surprise!"
Some soldiers couldn't help but said fiercely.
"No, without the military order from the governor, no one is allowed to leave the city without permission, otherwise it will be treated as disobeying military orders!" The sergeant hurriedly stopped them.
"Captain, the Japanese pirates are eating, drinking and having fun down there. How can we catch them off guard?" the soldier asked in confusion.
The sergeant rolled his eyes and angrily cursed, "You bastard, are you tired of living? General Zuo just told us that the Japanese pirates outside the city are deliberately pretending to be like this, just to trick us out of the city. The Japanese pirates have already ambushed a large army in the dark. If you dare to leave the city, the ambushed Japanese pirates will definitely kill you!"
"No way?! These damn Japanese pirates are so insidious!" The soldier couldn't help but shrink his neck and touched the back of his head in fear.
"These damn pirates, they eat really delicious food..."
The soldier watched the Japanese pirates outside the city eating meat and drinking wine, then looked at the cold steamed buns in his hands and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
The soldiers on the city wall looked at the Japanese pirates eating meat and drinking wine and lying on the ground below the city, and their eyes turned red.
Outside the Japanese pirate camp outside the city, in a grass ditch more than 100 meters away from the bonfire, a thousand elite Japanese pirates were lying prone. These Japanese pirates were all elite soldiers carefully selected by Jiang Menzhu and others. Each of them was an old Japanese pirate who had experienced several bloody battles. Not only were they good at fighting, but they also knew how to cooperate. These Japanese pirates were like wolves, staring at the city gate without blinking, holding weapons in their hands, waiting for the soldiers in the city to go out of the city to attack the camp at night. They surrounded them from behind and cooperated with the thousand elite Japanese pirates ambushed in the camp tents to catch all the soldiers who attacked the city at night. In this way, Taizhou Prefecture City was within reach.
However, the thousand Japanese pirates ambushed in Caogou were disappointed.
They waited left and right, but the soldiers in the city still didn't come out. They waited for hour after hour, but the Taizhou city didn't move at all, and no one left the city at all.
It's late autumn.
Mosquitoes breed and become a disaster.
Not to mention, the Japanese pirates hid in the grass ditch for concealment. The grass ditch was moist, and there were ten times more mosquitoes than outside.
After two hours, the mosquitoes in the grass ditch had a great time, and each of them was full of blood.
The thousand Japanese pirates in the grass ditch were all bitten by mosquitoes and their bodies were covered with blisters. They were extremely itchy. Even if they were elite and the Japanese swords supervising the battle were sharp, they could not hold on for a moment.
In desperation, the supervision team had to send someone to report back to Lord Jiang.
"Alliance leader, the Ming army in the city is as timid as mice. They dare not go out of the city to attack the camp. The brothers who are ambushing in the grass ditch have been waiting for two hours. There are so many mosquitoes in the grass ditch that we can't stand it any longer. Please give us your instructions, Alliance Leader." A member of the supervision team entered the main tent and reported to Lord Jiang and others.
This man was also badly bitten by mosquitoes, with densely packed red spots on his face, arms and hands, which was very convincing.
"These officers and soldiers are really cowards. We were eating, drinking and having fun outside the tent without any defense, but the officers and soldiers didn't even dare to attack us at night. How cowardly."
Liu Tuzi, the confidant of Jiangmen Lord, touched his bald head and sneered. Liu Tuzi was different from Tie Jin Gang. He was not a monk and had never been ordained. The reason he shaved his head was because of severe hair loss. He had to shave his head.
Heihachiro narrowed his eyes, with some disdain in his eyes, obviously disagreeing with what Liu Tuzi said, but he did not speak.
"Well, it's quite cowardly." Iron King Kong pulled his mouth downwards, and after saying that, he raised the wine gourd and took a big gulp of wine into his mouth.
"Haha, Tan Lun figured it out... Although it's a pity, it's not surprising. Tan Lun is not like those confused county magistrates before. He is not easy to deal with. I heard that he has been a child prodigy since he was young, with extraordinary intelligence and is known for his calmness. But it doesn't matter. He won't be fooled by the conspiracy. I have another open conspiracy. Even if he sees through it, he can only be fooled and led by me."
Lord Jiang smiled slightly, not caring at all even if his plan was discovered, and spoke to everyone with a confident look on his face as if he was certain of victory.
"Oh, what good plan does the leader have?"
Tetsujin Kong, Heihachiro and others asked curiously.
"It's nothing special. It's just a tactic to confuse the enemy. You will know it later..." Sect Master Jiang smiled confidently and said just one simple sentence, leaving everyone in suspense.
"A tactic to confuse the enemy?" Heihachiro repeated softly with narrowed eyes, then opened his eyes. He had guessed it.
"Pass the order, tell the brothers who are ambushing in the Caogou to withdraw, treat them with good wine and food, and let them have a good rest." Lord Jiang gave an order to the supervisory team, ordering the Japanese pirates who were ambushing in the Caogou to withdraw and rest.
"Give me your orders. Gather all the drums, gongs, horns, and anything else that makes noise in the camp. I'll have a great use for them. Also, wake up all the people eating, drinking, and having fun outside the tents. They've been eating and drinking for so long, it's time to get back to work."
After the supervisory team received the order, Liu Tuzi, who was beside the leader of the Jiangmen team, gave the order.
"What are you collecting gongs, drums and horns for?" Baldy Liu looked puzzled.
"Just go when I tell you to go. Why are you wasting your time talking?" Sect Leader Jiang glared at him and pretended to kick him.
"Yes, yes, I'll do whatever big brother tells me to do." Baldy Liu dodged easily, smiled, and took the order and went down.