Almost at the same time when the fire started in He Qing's army camp and Shen Xiyi's army camp, all the camps in the sacrifice site were attacked by Japanese pirates at the same time, including Linhuai Hou's Jianghuai army camp and Zhu Ping'an's Zhejiang army camp.
There were antlers, trenches and fences outside the gate of the Jianghuai camp. Although they were done in a perfunctory manner and not serious enough, the appearance was enough to make the eighty Japanese pirates who came to harass hesitate. Unless they took some time to remove the antlers, jump over the trenches and destroy the fences, they could only enter through the gate.
"Go in through the gate, don't waste time!"
The leading Japanese pirate hesitated for a second, then made a decisive decision and led his eighty subordinates to charge towards the gate.
Tonight, Linhuai Hou Yizhen didn't sleep. He was in a bad mood. Zhu Pingan smashed his beloved wine pot, ruining his wine. He even said to him, "It's hard to persuade a damned ghost with good words, and great compassion can't save a self-aware person." Before I could say anything, he patted his butt and left. Is this the tone of a junior talking to an elder?! Is this still my good nephew who is modest, gentle as jade, and knows reason and morality?!
How can you be so sure that the Japanese pirates will come to attack the festival tonight?! The sea sacrifice ceremony is over. If the Japanese pirates were going to attack, they would have done so during the sea sacrifice. The sea sacrifice is over, how could they possibly come?! Do you really think that our army is vegetarian?!
My dear nephew, why are you so stubborn? Just for this matter, you treat your good uncle like this!
good!
In the evening, I took what you said as true. I increased the number of guards at the gate, increased the number of patrol officers and shifts, and ordered them to be vigilant and guard against night attacks by Japanese pirates. I will see if the Japanese pirates will attack tonight! I wonder what you will say tomorrow! Tomorrow I will regain the dignity of an elder.
Linhuai Hou was in this state of mind the whole night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
It was for this reason that when the fires broke out in He Qing's army camp and Shen Xiyi's army camp, Linhuai Hou heard it. At first he thought it was an accidental fire and walked out of the general's tent to watch without taking it seriously.
But once outside the commander's tent, I felt something was wrong. A misfire wouldn't happen like this! Misfires in one tent after another?!
What's more, there were bursts of sharp and piercing whistles and fierce and chattering Japanese languages coming one after another.
Oh shit!
My nephew actually predicted it!
The Japanese pirates really came to the temple for a night attack!
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Linhuai Hou reacted instantly and was about to shout when he heard a loud shout from the gate, "Who are you? Stop!" In response to the shout was a burst of shouting in Japanese and one scream after another.
The thirty guards at the gate had only time to shout "enemy attack" and "enemy attack" twice before they were chopped to the ground by the Japanese pirates who rushed in like chopping melons and vegetables. After the Japanese pirates broke into the Jianghuai camp, they began to throw torches at the military tents. They rushed into the nearest tent in groups of three or five and started hacking and killing people inside.
"Come here, come here, the Japanese pirates are coming, the Japanese pirates are coming, everyone get up. Kill the Japanese pirates, kill the Japanese pirates!"
When Linhuai Hou saw the Japanese pirates hacking down the guards at the gate, rushing into the camp and killing people and setting fire, he was so panicked that he started cursing.
The patrol officers of the Jianghuai camp were the first to react. Yesterday evening, Linhuai Hou had emphasized to them that they should increase the number of patrol officers and patrol frequency and be careful of the Japanese pirates attacking the camp. Although they did not take it too seriously, they were still somewhat vigilant. Therefore, as soon as the Japanese pirates attacked the camp, they reacted. More than 50 patrol officers rushed towards the camp gate from a distance with weapons and torches.
However, the Japanese pirates were not worried at all about the oncoming patrol team. They only sent out twenty people to stop them, while the others continued to kill and burn.
Damn it! These pirates really don't take us seriously. They look down on us so much that they only send 20 pirates to deal with us. Well, since you want to die, I will grant your wish.
Don’t refuse the military merit that comes to your doorstep!
The patrol team thought so and rushed over excitedly, waving their weapons.
When there were only seven or eight meters left, they saw the twenty Japanese pirates stretching out their hands towards them, and then in the firelight they saw cold arrows flying out from the sleeves of the Japanese pirates. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, every arrow hit its target, and in an instant twenty patrolmen fell to the ground.
Twenty brothers died in the blink of an eye. The patrol team was frightened and slowed down their charge.
But when they slowed down, the Japanese pirates rushed up and, taking advantage of their fear, slashed at them with their swords like wolves among a flock of sheep.
Under the swords of the Japanese pirates, the remaining thirty patrol soldiers were barely able to stand a chance against them, and some were even cut in half along with their weapons.
A breath later, only three patrol soldiers were still standing, and they were hacked to pieces by the Japanese pirates without any suspense.
After the Japanese pirates chopped down the patrol soldiers, they continued to kill and set fire to the nearest tents. At this time, most of the soldiers in the Jianghuai camp were still asleep. The arrangements and instructions of Linhuai Hou were only for the guards at the gate and the patrol soldiers, and did not warn the entire camp...
Fortunately, another patrol team heard the noise and rushed over, buying the Jianghuai Battalion precious time to react.
Linhuai Hou's shouting also worked. Many soldiers were awakened and hurriedly put on their armor and weapons and went out. However, hearing the sharp whistles one after another outside, the shouts of killing, the screams of parents, and the burning tents, they suddenly felt dizzy and lost their direction. Why did it feel like there were Japanese pirates everywhere? They were like poor lambs rushed into the sheepfold by a pack of wolves.
"Personal guards, assemble, assemble, gather towards me, and pay attention to protect me! Everyone else, rush to the door, the Japanese pirates are right at the door, kill them all for me!" Linhuai Hou hurriedly put on his armor and shouted orders.
The second group of patrol soldiers repeated the same mistake as the first group and were chopped to the ground by the Japanese pirates like cutting melons and vegetables.
Similarly, they also bought the Jianghuai Battalion time to react.
Although the Japanese pirates were brave and the soldiers of the Jianghuai Camp were terrified, their numbers were there after all.
Apart from killing and setting fire in the front camp, the Japanese pirates could not easily expand their victory.
When the Jianghuai Camp was attacked by Japanese pirates, a group of Japanese pirates also attacked the Zhejiang Army Camp nearby.
Although this group of Japanese pirates consisted of only forty people, they were still very confident because the Zhejiang Army was the smallest army in the ceremony, with only eight hundred people. They were confident that they could kill the Zhejiang Army camp and burn it until not a single piece of armor was left.
They were the direct descendants of Nakamura Koji, and they were all fellow Japanese people who joined him as soon as Nakamura Koji formed a team to fight against the pirates. They were loyal to Nakamura Koji and accompanied him through life and death for many years. When Nakamura Koji assigned tasks, he would secretly take care of them, and this time was the same, he assigned the Zhejiang Army with the least troops to them.