"You bunch of trash, give me my iron bow!"
General Wang watched as the Japanese pirates' artillery carts were getting closer and closer, while the archers on the city wall were unable to achieve any success. As for the general's artillery on the city wall, he was still frantically adjusting the direction of the barrel, and he could not help but shout anxiously.
The guard quickly handed the bow and arrow to General Wang.
"Japanese pirates, take my arrow!" General Wang shouted, and he drew his bow and shot the arrow in one go.
I saw the arrows flying towards the city at a high speed, like lightning, flying over the heads of the pirates pushing the carts...
It couldn't be more biased!
All is quiet on the city wall...
"Ahem, I was just warming up. Now watch me..." General Wang coughed and tried to save his dignity. Before he could finish his words, a series of explosions suddenly occurred under the city wall!
“Boom!”
A series of violent explosions suddenly sounded.
"It exploded! Hahahaha, the Japanese pirates' artillery cart exploded!"
"They really shot themselves in the foot. The Japanese pirates wanted to blow up our city gate, but ended up blowing up their own people! Hahahaha..."
There was a sudden cheer on the city wall, followed by laughter of gloating, and a joyful atmosphere.
Yes, what exploded just now was the Japanese pirates' artillery cart. When it was more than fifty meters away from the city gate, a shell exploded prematurely! One shell ignited a whole cart of artillery shells. There were screams at the scene, and the Japanese pirates within a radius of ten meters were killed and wounded. At least dozens of Japanese pirates were killed.
"Hahaha Yu, did you see that? I shot an arrow and the Japanese pirates were so frightened that the fire starter in their hands fell on the cart, igniting the shells in advance and killing all the Japanese pirates. This is the legendary frightened bird! You thought I missed the target, but you don't know that I deliberately missed the target just for this!"
"Hahahaha, everything is as I expected!"
General Wang was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing, pointing at the explosion below the city and boasting about himself.
"The general shoots brilliantly!"
"The general is awesome!"
A group of officers and soldiers flattered the emperor. Flattery didn't cost any money anyway, so the facts were not important.
Just as everyone was praising General Wang, someone suddenly shouted excitedly, "The Japanese pirates have run away, the Japanese pirates have run away."
Sure enough, everyone saw many Japanese pirates under the city starting to run away.
It turned out that the place where the Japanese pirates' artillery cart exploded just now was exactly where the Japanese pirates attacking the city were concentrated. A series of false explosions killed and injured at least dozens of Japanese pirates, completely destroying the courage of the Japanese pirates.
This series of blunders was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely destroying the morale of the Japanese pirates, whose morale was already shaky. Many deserters appeared at once, and the news spread like a plague. Many Japanese pirates began to rush back, running for their lives.
"This is God's will. God bless Suzhou. This is a warning to us! If you attack the city again, you will be punished by God. Run away."
"Run quickly, or you will be punished by God..."
The officers and soldiers on the city wall heard the Japanese pirates' cries below the city and saw that their morale collapsed and they began to retreat.
This time the Japanese pirates' retreat was more serious than the previous two times. Perhaps it was because the artillery carts blew up the Japanese pirates too badly, and the casualties were too heavy. As many as seventy or eighty people were killed or injured, and broken limbs and debris were everywhere.
The original intention was to blow up the city gate, but they ended up blowing up their own people, and the explosion was so devastating that it seriously undermined the morale of the Japanese pirates.
This resulted in the Japanese pirates' defeat being different from the previous two times. This time, they were defeated across the board and completely.
The Japanese pirates outside the city were in chaos. The generals didn't care about the soldiers, and the soldiers didn't care about the generals. They all rushed back in a mess to escape.
It was chaos, complete chaos, the entire area outside the city was in turmoil.
The Japanese pirates were in chaos, with no organization at all. Even the vegetable market was not so chaotic. Not only that, the Japanese pirates pushed and shoved each other, pulled and trampled on each other in order to escape. Many of them were pushed to the ground while fleeing, and then stepped on by ten thousand feet. They were dying, with only incoming air but no outgoing air.
The Japanese pirates ran away, we won, and looking at the chaos below the city, the defenders on the city couldn't help but cheer.
Looking at the Japanese pirates who were defeated and in chaos on all fronts, General Wang's eyes finally became firm and he made up his mind!
"Bring me the ancestral sword!"
"Bring me a thousand-mile BMW!"
"Call up a thousand elite soldiers! Follow me out of the city and chase after the Japanese pirates!"
General Wang raised his hand and gave a loud order.
"What? The general is going to go out of the city to chase the Japanese pirates?!"
After hearing General Wang's order, the deputy general couldn't help but open his mouth wide and hurried forward to confirm again!
"That's right! I will mobilize my elite troops and go out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates!" General Wang nodded firmly.
"General, you can't do that. Have you forgotten the advice of Lord Fu Zun? Lord Fu Zun told us to be careful of the Japanese pirates pretending to be defeated and not to go out of the city to pursue them. Please think twice!" The deputy general clasped his fists and stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Of course I have remembered the Lord's instructions, but now is the time to seize the opportunity! The Japanese pirates were defeated on all fronts and in chaos. The generals don't care about the soldiers, and the soldiers don't care about the generals. There is no organization at all, and they trample on everything. This is a good opportunity given by God to destroy the Japanese! If we lose it, there will be no chance for us again!"
General Wang waved his hand, pointed at the Japanese pirates who were completely defeated and in chaos outside the city, and preached to his adjutant.
"But General, if we go out of the city to pursue the Japanese pirates, how are we going to explain to Lord Fu..." the deputy general advised again.
"There is no but. The battlefield situation changes rapidly. The responsible generals must be good at grasping the battlefield situation and decisively deploy troops! When a general is on the battlefield, he may not obey the orders of the king, let alone the Lord of the Palace?!"
General Wang shook his head vigorously and retorted to the deputy general.
"General, are the Japanese pirates pretending to be defeated?" The deputy general raised another concern.
Upon hearing the deputy general's words, General Wang couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Hahaha, feigning defeat?! Do you think it's possible?! The Japanese pirates were attacking the city with all their might. Did you see the cannonball cart they pushed just now?! If it weren't for my excellent shooting, I would have scared the Japanese pirates so much that they dropped their tinderbox and ignited the cannonballs on the cart in advance. What do you think would have happened if the cannonball cart was pushed to the city gate?!"
Upon hearing this, the deputy general shuddered. If the cannonball cart was pushed under the city gate and ignited, the consequences would be disastrous. The city gate would probably, possibly, or even be destroyed. Once the city gate was destroyed...
"I'm telling you, once that cart is pushed to the city gate, the city gate will most likely be blown up, and the Japanese pirates will be able to attack the city! Do you think the Japanese pirates would do this if they were faking a defeat?!"
General Wang patted his deputy general on the shoulder and asked with a sneer.
The deputy general concluded his speech and felt that the general's words made sense.