"General Wang, is your pursuit of the Japanese pirates going smoothly outside the city?" Prefect Shang asked with a smile on the city wall, his hands tightly clasped on the wall bricks, squinting his eyes and staring at General Wang under the city without blinking.
This question is an identification. Various signs have shown that the Japanese pirates' repeated defeats in the past were feigned, with the purpose of luring the defenders out of the city and setting up an ambush in secret. If General Wang said that the pursuit was going smoothly and there was no ambush by the Japanese pirates, then General Wang would be suspicious and should be prepared for the worst.
"It was going smoothly at the beginning. We beheaded hundreds of Japanese pirates. We didn't expect that the Japanese pirates were so treacherous that they set an ambush in a dense forest. Fortunately, I have always been cautious in employing troops and I am familiar with the art of war. I know the principle of not approaching a forest. When I saw a dense forest ahead, I sent spies to investigate in advance. I discovered the Japanese pirates' conspiracy. I took advantage of their tricks and secretly divided my troops into two places. When the Japanese pirates' ambush troops were all out, my ambush troops attacked the Japanese pirates from the rear, attacking them from both sides."
"Haha, it's all his own fault. In order to lure us out of the city, the Japanese leader didn't tell all the pirates the truth about the fake defeat, but only told some core pirates to make the defeat look realistic. As a result, the pirates were defeated again and again, and their morale had already been low. They were attacked from both sides by us. The pirates, who didn't know the truth, immediately fled out of habit. Their flight caused chaos in the battle formation of the pirates. We took advantage of the situation to kill them and defeated them! It was dangerous at that time, but fortunately God protected us! If someone else led the troops out of the city to chase the pirates, the pirates' evil plan might have succeeded!"
General Wang rode on his horse with his head held high and spoke with a look of pride when he mentioned that he discovered the ambush set by the Japanese pirates in the dense forest.
At the end, he showed a look of remorse, saying that if someone else had led the troops, they might have fallen into the trap of the Japanese pirates.
I didn't expect that he is such a talented actor. His acting skills are worthy of an Oscar.
After hearing General Wang mention that the Japanese pirates had set up an ambush in the dense forest and recounting the whole process of how he defeated the Japanese pirates' ambush, Prefect Shang's doubts were immediately dispelled and his vigilance was lowered a lot.
"Do you know the soldiers who followed General Wang out of the city? If you do, come closer so I can identify them."
Prefect Shang asked the deputy general and the soldiers on the city wall, ordering them to step forward and identify the soldiers who were following General Wang.
The deputy general nodded, and pointed out some people who knew General Wang's personal soldiers and the soldiers who left the city, and put them in the front.
"General Wang, please come ten steps forward and stand still." The deputy general clasped his fists and bowed to General Wang and shouted.
"Forget about ten steps, even a hundred steps is fine, just go faster. This damn weather is so bad that people are almost frozen." General Wang agreed immediately, complained at the end, and drove his horse forward ten steps. His personal soldiers also followed on horseback ten steps, and the horses behind him also followed ten steps forward.
General Wang was at the front, followed closely by his personal soldiers. The surviving infantrymen were at the head of the infantry, and the rest of the infantrymen disguised as Japanese pirates were at the end. Although they were impostors, they were all worthy of the title and looked at the city wall with their heads held high.
They are also fearless. No matter whether they are real Japanese or fake Japanese, they are all East Asians. Except that they are a little shorter, ordinary people really can't tell them apart as long as they don't speak.
As for recognizing people on the city wall, haha, no matter how powerful a person is, it is impossible to know all the people leaving the city, let alone such a long distance. With General Wang and his personal soldiers, and the surviving infantry, it is enough to deal with it.
On the city wall, the deputy general and a group of officers and soldiers stretched their necks to carefully identify the soldiers behind General Wang.
"That's Eryazi. He and I have been playmates since childhood. He is the second child and has had a big buck tooth since childhood, so we all call him Eryazi. We are so familiar with him that we can recognize him just by looking at his figure."
Soon, as soon as he started to identify him, a soldier recognized one of General Wang's personal soldiers behind him.
"Yes, that's Zhang Tiezhi. We often drank together. Whenever we received our pay, we would get together. He had a black birthmark on his forehead, just like Tiezhi, so his father named him Zhang Tiezhi."
"The one who rides the white horse is Li Fatzi. This product likes to deceive people the most. The day before yesterday, because I glanced at him more, I gave me a meal. He just recognized it."
"The one standing at the front is Er Shazi. Don't be fooled by his name, he is a smart guy. He used to be at the back, but this time he is at the front. I'm afraid he made another contribution by following the general out of the city to chase the Japanese pirates."
Then, one after another, other bodyguards were recognized, as well as several infantrymen at the front of the row.
After seeing this scene, the doubts and vigilance of Magistrate Shang, the deputy general and others were dispelled a lot.
"My childhood friend also followed the general out of the city. His full name is Wang Defu, and his nickname is Er Gouzi. How about I call him and see if he's still alive?" A soldier raised his hand and made a request.
"And my good friend Tiedan, I also want to know if he's still alive. He said that if he were gone, he'd let me take care of his wife and children. When I saw his wife for the first time, I decided to make him my brother..."
Many soldiers subsequently made the same request.
"Forget it, forget it. There are about a thousand people outside the city. It's impossible to recognize them all from such a distance. If I ask you to call your acquaintances one by one to recognize them, it will take you until dark to recognize more than a thousand people."
At first, Prefect Shang had this idea, but when he saw so many people raising their hands, he gave up the idea. He had already recognized so many people, almost all of General Wang's personal soldiers had been recognized, and many of the infantrymen at the front had also been recognized. Recognizing so many people was enough, how could he recognize them all one by one? That would delay things too much.
Thinking of this, Prefect Shang waved his hand and rejected the soldiers who wanted to call on acquaintances to identify the person, and the identification process ended there.
General Wang and his companions at the foot of the city heard some people on the city wall suggesting calling on acquaintances to identify the person. They were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat and their hearts were in their throats.
Except for these people, everyone else has reported to the King of Hell, so how could they come out for you to identify
If it was just one or two people, they could still make excuses by saying that they unfortunately died in battle, but there were at least hundreds of people on the city wall who had this suggestion. How could it be such a coincidence that all of them died in battle? And if so many people died in battle, the number would not match.
You know, I brought about a thousand people when I left the city, and I brought about a thousand people when I came back.
Xu Hai at the back was also very nervous, as he had not expected such an accident.
Only when they saw that Prefect Shang stopped the proposal did they breathe a sigh of relief and put their minds at ease.
"General Wang, how much have you gained while chasing the Japanese pirates out of the city this time? Could you please let me see it?" Prefect Shang looked at General Wang with a burning gaze.
"Hahaha, sir, I have fulfilled your mission. I led my men out of the city to chase the Japanese pirates and captured 800 heads. I killed 10 of them myself. In addition, we also captured 838 Japanese captives alive and seized 10 horse-drawn carts of Japanese hats, armor, weapons and swords. As for the food and supplies, there were too many of them. We hid them in the gullies in the forest and covered them with straw. We will take them later."
General Wang seemed to have finally waited for the culture of Governor Shang. He laughed and said, "He showed off well."
After saying this, General Wang waved his hand forward, and the people behind him stepped forward to show their gains to the people on the city wall.
There were as many as 800 human heads hanging around their waists and on both sides of their saddles. Soldiers wielded whips to drive away the Japanese pirate captives who were tied up hand and foot, and they whipped and scolded them at every turn...
"Hahaha, good, good, good, you are worthy of being General Wang! This victory is really inspiring! Quickly open the city gates, invite General Wang and the soldiers who have made great contributions into the city, and hold a celebration banquet!"
At this point, Prefect Shang no longer had any doubts. He laughed loudly, waved his hand, and ordered the city gates to be opened to welcome the meritorious official into the city!
"Thank you, Lord!"
There was a burst of cheers outside the city.
Xu Hai looked up at the city of Suzhou and grinned, hahahahaha… Suzhou was already in his pocket.