"No, you volunteered to fight and put your bodies in danger. If the armor doesn't fit, it will be too dangerous. No, no, we have to be careful." The soldiers surrounded them and tried to help the beggars and thugs take off their clothes and hats.
The biggest difference between the Japanese pirates and the Tomorrow is their hairstyle. The beggars and ruffians wearing tattered hats and dirty turbans are very suspicious. The soldiers' targets are those wearing hats and turbans.
Of course, if you can't tell the pirates apart by their hairstyle, that's fine. Just control them, interrogate them separately, and you'll definitely find out their flaws. If you can't find out, then use some tricks to loosen their muscles! The general just reminded me that a beggar had just spoken the bird language of the pirates. There must be something wrong with this group of beggars and hooligans, and they would never be wronged.
"Baga! We've been exposed. Charge out! Charge toward the city gate and create an opportunity for General Nabeshima and his men to break into the city."
A few beggars and ruffians looked at each other and realized that they had been exposed. They cursed decisively and rushed towards the Ming army to snatch weapons.
They acted decisively, and the Japanese pirates actually snatched their weapons, causing some casualties to the Ming army. However, the Japanese pirates were divided into eight groups, and the Ming army was large in number and fully armed, with archers and musketeers deployed. They were able to plan their strategy without intention, and except for some Ming soldiers who were killed and injured by the Japanese pirates at the beginning, the generals later ordered thousands of arrows to be fired and muskets to be fired randomly, and the situation was under control.
After a cup of tea, the Ming army shot and beheaded more than 40 beggars and ruffians who had resisted, at the cost of dozens of casualties. After removing the hats and turbans from the corpses, more than a dozen of them had Ming hairstyles, but 24 of them showed their standard topknot hairstyles, which were undoubtedly Japanese pirates.
After the death of the real Japanese, the remaining beggars and ruffians no longer had the courage to resist and surrendered to the Japanese pirates. At the first trial, they confessed that they were all lured by the Japanese pirates with huge sums of money and beautiful women to be their accomplices, and they were asked to cooperate with the Japanese pirates to kill the Ming soldiers guarding the gate, open the city gate, and let the Japanese pirates in.
"Lin Ergou, you run fast and are good at speaking. Report the victory to Lord Zhang and other superiors in the city as soon as possible. Lord Zhang and his superiors must be anxious. There is no need to exaggerate. Just make sure it is true and detailed."
Once the battle was decided, the general immediately ordered a eloquent soldier to go up to the city wall to report the victory to Zhang Jing and others.
"Come here, drag the bodies of the Japanese pirates and the traitors to the city wall, and take these traitors who have forgotten their ancestors and have evil hearts to the city wall as well, and hand them over to Lord Zhang and other superiors for punishment!"
"In order to avoid misunderstanding among the people, you spread the word that these people are Japanese pirates and their internal collusion. We have thwarted the Japanese pirates' plot to cooperate with the outside world and have captured all of them!"
The general's face was radiant, and he tried hard to suppress his excitement. He arranged for his soldiers to pull the Japanese pirates and their accomplices to the city wall, and reported the victory and explained the truth to the people along the way to avoid misunderstandings among the people that would affect the overall situation of resisting the Japanese pirates and defending the city.
There was something wrong with these beggars and ruffians. There were actually 24 real Japanese pirates! Twenty-four heads of Japanese pirates. This was a huge military achievement! They deserved to be promoted and make a fortune!
At this moment, the general was so happy that he almost fainted.
All this is thanks to the warning from Lord Zhu Ping'an. I will definitely thank Lord Zhu in the future.
Mr. Zhu is indeed the top scholar. He is a great writer and a great warrior. Mr. Zhu is really an amazing man. He predicted the movements, intentions and actions of the Japanese pirates exactly!
Think about it, a few days ago, people in the city said that Mr. Zhu was the modern Zhao Kuo, and I laughed along with them...
It's so embarrassing!
It turns out that I am the joke!
Everyone should apologize to Lord Zhu! Everyone should thank Lord Zhu! If Lord Zhu had not let bygones be bygones and warned that the Japanese pirates had sneaked into the city with the intention of cooperating with the outside, otherwise, maybe at this moment, they would have been deceived by these cunning Japanese pirates and sneaked into the city gate, and then suddenly attacked, seized the city gate, and let the Japanese pirates outside in, maybe they would have succeeded at this moment!
While the generals were excited, Lin Ergou had already rushed all the way to the city wall and reported the victory news to Zhang Jing and other officials.
"Ah?! What did you say? That grateful beggar and the prodigal ruffian are actually problematic?! They are actually the accomplices of the Japanese pirates?! This, this... what Zhu Ping'an said is actually true?!!!".
"Those grateful beggars and prodigal ruffians actually have 24 real Japanese?!!"
"Killed 24 genuine Japanese and captured 56 traitors. Could it be that you tortured them into confessing?"
After hearing Lin Ergou's victory report, the officials in the city opened their eyes wide in disbelief, as if a pot of boiling water had exploded. Especially those officials who had questioned the Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Linhuai were even more stunned.
"No doubt about it. When we tricked them into getting the armored blue weapons at the foot of the city, our general heard a beggar babbling in joy. Obviously, there was something wrong. After we led them in and surrounded them, the Japanese pirates took the knives and hacked people when they saw that the situation was not right. More than ten of our brothers were killed by them in one encounter. Fortunately, we were prepared in advance. After we finally shot them to death, we checked them one by one and stripped off their clothes and hats. The 24 Japanese pirates were exposed at once. Their hair looked like it had been gnawed by dogs. Their heads were bald, and there was a tuft of hair that looked like a caterpillar. They were wearing crotch cloth underneath, which was smelly and dirty. They must be Japanese pirates. The beggars and ruffians who surrendered also admitted that they were bribed by the Japanese pirates who sneaked into the city the day before yesterday with a lot of money and women. The Japanese pirates asked them to cooperate in seizing the gates, opening the city gates, and letting the Japanese pirates outside in to cause trouble. Our general brought them up immediately, and the old man knew at a glance that I was not careful."
After being questioned by a group of officials, Lin Ergou was not at all intimidated. He stiffened his neck and spoke with great emotion.
"Good! Good! Good! Well done!"
The Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Linhuai were both overjoyed. Ever since Lin Ergou came to report the victory, they have not stopped laughing. One was as happy as a 120-pound child, and the other was as happy as a 220-pound child.
In fact, before Lin Ergou came up to report the victory, the two of them still felt some pressure in their hearts.
They chose to believe Zhu Pingan this time, but they were not 100% convinced. They still had some concerns in their hearts. They were worried about what would happen if Zhu Pingan's warning was wrong, what would happen if these beggars and hooligans were not a problem, and how would it end? !
Until Lin Ergou came up to report the victory!
The two were as excited as if they saw the gamble cup being opened at the gambling table and saw that their bet was won!
Zhang Jing was excited, but did not show his emotion on his face. He was still a little worried before he saw the corpses of the Japanese pirates with his own eyes.
Soon, the generals and soldiers carried the corpses of the pirates and escorted the beggars and ruffians to the city wall.
After seeing the hairstyle and crotchless trousers of the Japanese pirates with his own eyes, and personally interrogating the beggars and ruffians, and confirming that they had been bewitched by the Japanese pirates and become traitors, Zhang Jing could no longer control his excitement and said three good words in succession!
The facts are right before our eyes, and those officials who questioned have nothing to say anymore!
The Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Linhuai stood with their hands behind their backs in front of the officials who had once questioned them, their chins raised as if they wanted to poke a hole in the sky.