On this morning, Suzhou City fell into carnival again. The Japanese pirates attacked the city from three sides and were defeated on all three sides.
The Japanese pirates lost at least eight or nine hundred people.
After the Japanese pirates were defeated, they set up camp three miles outside the city gate and showed no intention of leaving. It seemed that they were not giving up and were ready to attack the city again at any time.
After repelling the Japanese pirates, there was a frenzy on the city walls, with cheers of "Victory" being deafening.
"Dashan, you are all the pride of our Suzhou City. You are so brave and brave. You fought hard on the city wall and repelled the Japanese pirates. It is really a cause for celebration. I will commend you for your merits. I hope you will keep up the good work. When the Japanese pirates retreat, I will commend you all for your merits. I will never leave out any meritorious person."
The governor of Suzhou, Shang Weishi, finally put his worries to rest. He expressed his condolences to the soldiers fighting at the three city gates and praised them generously.
"Hahahaha, thank you very much, Your Excellency. The Japanese pirates are no big deal. With us here, Suzhou City is impregnable. Your Excellency can rest assured that we will not let any Japanese pirates set foot in the city."
General Wang and others laughed and said with confidence. Today's battle gave them a great boost of confidence.
"That's right. The pirates are just rats. They are also made of flesh and blood. If they are hit by stones and arrows, they will die anyway."
"This group of Japanese pirates was quite timid. When they were attacking the city, many of them did not dare to climb the ladders. They were only able to climb the ladders after being chopped down by the Japanese pirates who supervised the army."
"This group of Japanese pirates is not very strong..."
The soldiers talked at once, each of them was in high spirits, immersed in the joy of driving away the Japanese pirates.
"The Japanese pirates are still camping outside the city, which shows that they are determined to destroy us. Suzhou City still needs the help of you soldiers."
The governor of Suzhou, Shang Wei, bowed deeply to General Wang and his soldiers, and entrusted the safety of Suzhou City to them.
"Don't worry, Your Excellency. With us here, Suzhou city is as solid as a rock." General Wang and other soldiers patted their chests to assure.
While there was joy in Suzhou City, there was also a relaxed and joyful atmosphere in the Japanese pirates camp outside the city gate.
It was as if they were not the ones who failed in the siege.
"Captain, we have captured another two hundred civilians. They were hiding in the woods and we found them."
"It's getting harder and harder to catch them. These people are hiding so well that if they hadn't come out to get water, we wouldn't have been able to find them."
A group of Japanese pirates came back from outside and captured more than 200 civilians, including men and women, old and young. They tied their hands with ropes and drove them over.
"All the women will be put under unified supervision, and all the men, young and old, will have their heads shaved into Japanese styles, and then each of them will be given a Japanese robe. Together with the two previous groups, there will be more than 400 people, and we can conquer the city once more."
Xu Hai nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and ordered his men to shave the heads of the captured civilians and change their clothes.
The Japanese pirates were already familiar with this. The women were pushed away crying, and the men, young and old, were all pressed to the ground. With clippers or daggers, their hair was shaved into the unique hairstyle of the Japanese pirates, the topknot.
After their heads were shaved, their original clothes were stripped off and replaced with dirty Japanese clothes.
"I tell you, you are very lucky. If it were any other time, only death and devastation would be waiting for you."
"However, you are very lucky today. Not only can you avoid death, but you can also get a great opportunity - I decide to accept you into my group. From now on, you are pirates. You will be able to eat meat and drink wine with us. Tomorrow, you will attack the city with us. After the city is broken, all the gold, silver and jewelry you can grab will belong to you. As long as you behave well, your mother, wife and daughter will be free, and they can enjoy it with you. Of course, if you are afraid of death and don't fight bravely when attacking the city, then your mother, wife and women will become camp prostitutes, unable to live or die."
"Did you hear that?! This is the blessing you have earned in eight lifetimes, cherish it and don't let me down!"
Xu Hai slowly walked up to the captured people and spoke to them with a sinister smile.
The captured civilians all looked terrified and confused.
"Forget it, Songxia, you take them to the vanguard camp, just like today, and use them as the vanguard to attack the city tomorrow. If they shrink back, kill them without mercy! Drive them to the city!"
Xu Hai called a Japanese pirate and gave him instructions.
"Hi!"
The Japanese pirates obeyed the order.
"We searched the village today, and slaughtered all the livestock we found. We will also give them some so that they can have enough to eat."
Xu Hai ordered.
"Hi." The Japanese pirates bowed and nodded, and then drove the common people to the vanguard camp, "Come on, follow me, go to the vanguard camp, and you will have meat to eat."
After the common people were driven to the vanguard camp, Ma Ye and Chen Dong also came on horseback from the north gate and northwest gate.
"How many civilians have you arrested?" Xu Hai asked them.
"About four hundred, enough for us to attack the city and die tomorrow." Ma Ye and Chen Dong replied.
"That's right. If they die again tomorrow, or at most the day after tomorrow, someone will definitely lose their patience. We have known the defenders of Suzhou City. The one with the surname Wang, the one with the surname Liu, and the one with the surname Zhao are not capable and are self-righteous. It will be up to them to break the city this time."
Xu Hai smiled slightly and said confidently.
"Brother Xu, will this work?" Ma Ye and Chen Dong asked uncertainly.
"Don't worry, everything is under control. Tomorrow, just drive the people to their deaths and attack the city according to the plan. Suzhou City is in our hands."
Xu Hai patted their shoulders and said confidently.
Zhejiang Army Fengqiao Camp.
A carrier pigeon fell into the camp with a letter tied to its leg. Soon the letter fell into Zhu Ping'an's hands.
Zhu Pingan opened the letter, which was sent from Suzhou City. It recorded the specific situation of Suzhou City's defense today. The Japanese pirates cut off the training between the city and Fengqiao Camp, and now all communications have to rely on carrier pigeons.
As the Japanese pirates surrounded the camp, Zhu Ping'an and his men only knew that the Japanese pirates attacked the city, Suzhou successfully defended the city, and the Japanese pirates retreated three miles to set up camp.
Now through this letter, Zhu Ping'an got more detailed information about the battle. The defenders of the East Gate, North Gate and Northwest Gate had all won great victories, killing eight to nine hundred Japanese pirates.
After reading the detailed battle situation, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but frown, feeling that Suzhou City's victory was too easy.
It was not surprising that they succeeded in defending the city, but this victory was too easy. It took the Japanese pirates less than half an hour from attacking the city to retreating, and they left behind eight or nine hundred corpses, while the defenders of Suzhou city only suffered more than a hundred casualties.
This is not normal. The siege time and the comparison of casualties are not normal. The Japanese pirates are not that weak.