Midnight is the best time to sleep. The soldiers on the walls of Taizhou City were already very sleepy, their eyes were bloodshot, if it weren't for the Japanese pirates besieging the city, they would have given up long ago. Of course, they were about to give up now.
"Captain, I'm so sleepy that I've pinched my arms until they're swollen, but I'm even more sleepy now."
Soldier A, with red and swollen eyes, said to the sergeant beside him in a sleepy voice, and then raised his red and swollen arm.
"Are you sleepy? I am sleepy too! You only pinched my arm and swollen it, but both of my thighs are swollen. No one can sleep without the order from above, so wake up. The Japanese pirates are right below, and no one wants to have their head chopped off in their sleep!" the sergeant cursed angrily.
"Sergeant, I think the Japanese pirates have no intention of attacking the city. How about we split into two groups, one to sleep and the other to be on duty? We can take turns every hour, which will neither delay vigilance nor prevent our brothers from recuperating." Soldier A was not discouraged after being scolded and proposed again.
"So..." The captain groaned after hearing this.
I have to say that Soldier A's proposal is very attractive. The Japanese pirates under the city really have no intention of attacking the city. In this case, if we divide our group into two groups, one to rest and the other to be on guard, we can indeed avoid delaying both parties, but...
"That won't do! Without orders from above, no one can rest. Everyone, keep your eyes open and carefully watch the Japanese pirates under the city. They are a group of beasts who kill without blinking an eye. If anyone lets down their guard and the Japanese pirates break into the city, no one's family will escape!"
Although the sergeant was moved, he was a rigid person. He would only carry out whatever orders he received from his superiors and would never do anything without orders from his superiors.
Hearing this, Soldier A sighed, rubbed his eyes resignedly, and forced himself to cheer up.
"The Lord of the Palace has ordered that all people be divided into two groups, one to rest and sleep, and one to be on guard. They will rotate every hour."
At this moment, a messenger was running quickly on the city wall, shouting loudly, conveying the order of the prefect Tan Lun.
After hearing the order from the messenger, Soldier A's eyes lit up and he quickly said to the squad leader, "Squad leader, listen, the Lord has given us an order to split our squad into two groups, one on guard and one on sleep, and we'll take turns every hour."
In fact, Soldier A didn't need to say anything, the sergeant heard it.
"You're lucky, you guessed the order of the Lord." The sergeant scolded Soldier A unhappily, then looked at his subordinates with shining eyes, pointed at their names and said, "Li Laowu, Zhang Laosan, Gou Wa, Tiedan..."
At this point, the captain paused and pointed his finger at Soldier A. "And you, the five of you should go to the side and go to sleep. The others will stand guard with me. After an hour, they will be on guard and we will go to sleep."
"Thank you, Sergeant." Soldier A didn't expect that he would be called to sleep by the Sergeant. When he saw the Sergeant called him, his face suddenly lit up with joy. However, he soon shook his head and said to the Sergeant, "Sergeant, you and Brother Lao Wu should go to sleep first. I will be on guard."
"I told you to sleep, so just sleep. Stop talking nonsense and get out of here." The sergeant cursed angrily and pushed Soldier A away.
"Thank you, Sergeant." Soldier A was pushed to sleep and couldn't help but say Lian Sheng.
"Get out of here! All of you get out too! I'll call you to change shifts in an hour." The sergeant glared at Soldier A and others, waved his hand, and told them to go to bed.
After the messenger conveyed Tan Lun's order, the soldiers on the city wall quickly divided into two groups, taking turns to rest and be on guard.
Tan Lun also saw that the Japanese pirates had no intention of attacking the city, and because the soldiers were extremely tired, he ordered them to take turns to rest, be on guard, and recuperate.
Less than half an hour after Tan Lun's order was issued, the soldiers who had arrived at the first shift began to fall asleep one after another.
They were so nervous that as soon as they fell asleep, they started snoring. Suddenly, the entire city wall was filled with bursts of snoring, like thunder.
“Kill!”
"Capture Taizhou Prefecture!"
“Boom boom boom… bang bang bang… woo woo woo…”
However, at this moment, a burst of shouting and killing was heard from the city. At the same time, the rapid beating of drums began, the piercing sound of gongs startled the soul, and the horns blew...
Under the city, dense torches suddenly appeared, and the Japanese pirates, holding torches, shouted and rushed towards the city gate.
Such a scene appeared in front of the four city gates at the same time.
"The Japanese pirates are attacking the city?!"
"The Japanese pirates are attacking the city!"
"Get up, get up quickly, the Japanese pirates are attacking the city!"
When the soldiers on duty on the city wall saw this, cold sweat instantly broke out on their backs. They opened their eyes wide and shouted in fear.
"What?! The Japanese pirates are attacking the city?!"
"The Japanese pirates are attacking the city!"
The soldiers who had just fallen asleep in the first part were suddenly awakened from their sleep by the shouts of the Japanese pirates and the screams of their companions. Hearing that the Japanese pirates were attacking the city, they were no longer sleepy at all. They sat up in shock, grabbed the weapons beside them, rushed to the battlements and went into a defensive state.
There was chaos on the city wall and shouts of killing were heard below.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Five minutes passed.
The shouts and cries of the Japanese pirates outside the city were still there, as were the gongs, drums and horns, but not a single Japanese pirate was seen attacking the city.
The shouts and sounds of gongs, drums and horns lasted for about ten minutes, and then it became quiet, and the Japanese pirates who were preparing to attack the city also stopped and retreated.
"Cao, these damn pirates barked for a while and then retreated??!"
"What? They're retreating?!"
It took a while for the frightened soldiers on the city wall to react. The Japanese pirates who were shouting and shouting below the city retreated without attacking the city.
"Cao, disturbing grandpa's sleep!"
After making sure that the Japanese pirates had retreated after a feint, the soldiers couldn't help but curse, especially the first group of soldiers who were on their turn to rest. They had just fallen asleep when they were awakened by the Japanese pirates. It would be strange if they didn't curse the Japanese pirates.
"It's only been less than two quarters of an hour. Let's go to sleep for a while."
The first soldier who took his turn to rest went back to rest cursing.
After a day of high tension, they were exhausted. They sat on the ground on the city wall, warmed themselves by the wall, covered themselves with clothes, closed their eyes, and soon fell asleep again.
About half an hour later, the shouts of the Japanese pirates were heard again from the city, and the gongs, drums and trumpets were shaking the earth.
The soldiers who had just fallen asleep were awakened again.
Just like last time, the Japanese pirates made a feint and did not attack the city. They just shouted and killed for a few minutes before stopping.
After making sure that the Japanese pirates did not attack the city, the soldiers went back to sleep.
More than half an hour later, the shouts of the Japanese pirates and the sounds of gongs, drums and horns were heard again... The soldiers were awakened again... The Japanese pirates did not attack the city again, as if they were just trying to wake up the soldiers.