The battle was raging on the city wall. The Japanese pirates were fearless and attacked the city wall desperately. The stone steps leading to the city wall were covered with corpses. Blood flowed down from the stone steps like a stream and formed a river of blood under the city.
Most of these corpses and tears of blood belonged to the defenders on the city wall, and only a small part belonged to the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates, who did not have the advantage of terrain, only lost less than a hundred people, but they killed many of the defenders on the city walls, with corpses strewn all over the steps.
The defenders on the city wall were frightened by the Japanese pirates. Prefect Ren Shang increased the reward twice, but it did not have much effect. The defenders on the city wall were forced to retreat step by step by the Japanese pirates, and the city wall was on the verge of collapse.
Without external force, the city would be lost.
According to the fierce attack of the Japanese pirates, the defenders could only hold out for a short while before the city fell.
"Damn it! There is no sign of reinforcements yet. How can we hold on? Is God trying to destroy Suzhou?!"
The gray-haired and bearded prefect Shang looked around in despair, but saw no sign of reinforcements, and could not help but let out a long sigh of despair.
"Forget it, forget it. I am responsible for this disaster. Zihou warned me repeatedly, but I didn't take it seriously enough. I didn't control my subordinates strictly, which led to today's disaster. I can't face Zihou, let alone His Majesty. I feel ashamed of His Majesty's grace. If Suzhou falls, I will die with the city."
Prefect Shang drew his sword in despair, muttering to himself, and prepared to commit suicide to apologize after the city fell.
Just when Magistrate Shang was in despair and full of determination to die, he suddenly heard cheers from the soldiers around him.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements, it's the Zhejiang Army, the Zhejiang Army is coming..." The soldiers on the city wall jumped for joy.
Prefect Shang looked down excitedly and saw hundreds of Zhejiang soldiers armed with muskets rushing out of the city gate.
There were strange weapons on the Zhejiang Army's muskets, which were steel bars as thick as a thumb, with a sharp edge at the front that flashed with cold light.
There were both real and fake Japanese pirates on the stone steps. The fake Japanese could understand the defenders' joyful shouts, while the real Japanese could not understand Chinese. However, from the excited look of the defenders, they guessed that the reinforcements of the Ming army had arrived. They turned their heads hurriedly to look back, and saw that hundreds of Zhejiang troops had blocked their retreat and were rushing up the stone steps.
"Dead!"
The Japanese pirates were attacked from both sides and became more ferocious. They even divided half of their forces to rush towards Liu Dadao and his men.
They just killed the defenders like killing chickens, and they felt a sense of accomplishment, pride and superiority. The thousands of defenders on the city walls were chopped down like vegetables and melons. There were only a few hundred government troops under the city, which were not enough to fill their teeth.
They believed that a single charge would decide the battle.
So, half of the Japanese pirates shouted confidently, holding knives in both hands, and rushed towards Liu Dadao and other Zhejiang troops.
"First wave, aim, ready!"
When Liu Dadao saw the Japanese pirates rushing down, he calmly commanded his soldiers to divide into three waves at the foot of the stone steps, one wave with three rows, and three waves with nine rows.
Because the stone steps are relatively narrow, only eight soldiers can stand side by side on one level of steps. If they open fire on the steps, the firepower will be relatively insufficient.
At this time, the Japanese pirates took the initiative to rush down, which helped their side a lot. If they deployed soldiers under the stone steps, they could have multiple rows of soldiers in one row, and the firepower would be much more sufficient.
Liu Dadao waited until the Japanese pirates were about to rush to him, and the sweat hairs on their faces could be clearly seen, then he shouted, "Fire!" and directed the first wave of soldiers to fire at the Japanese pirates.
When the first wave of soldiers heard Liu Dadao's order, they immediately pulled the trigger.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The Zhejiang Army's signature dense and orderly sound of musketry rang out, and the Japanese pirates, who were about to stretch their arms in front of the Zhejiang Army, suddenly fell like wheat, one after another in large groups. All the Japanese pirates on the more than ten stone steps in front of the Zhejiang Army were cleared out.
Nearly half of the Japanese pirates who rushed down fell under this wave of musket fire.
The bodies of the Japanese pirates rolled down the stairs and landed at the feet of the Zhejiang army, with blood flowing down.
It was so efficient and violent. In just a blink of an eye, as soon as the muskets fired, half of the Japanese pirates who rushed down fell to the ground.
In this era, this is the unparalleled violent aesthetics.
The surviving Japanese pirates who rushed down from above were so shocked by this scene that their hearts stopped and they could hardly breathe.
What the hell, what just happened? Why did all the comrades in front of me fall to the ground in an instant? !
This scene reminded them of the horror that took place in front of the Fengqiao camp a few days ago, dominated by the Zhejiang Army's muskets.
For a moment, I stood there in a daze.
The Japanese pirates were stunned, but the Zhejiang army was not. The first wave of soldiers ignored the corpses of the Japanese pirates rolling at their feet and retreated skillfully and smoothly. The second wave of Zhejiang soldiers quickly stepped forward, raised their guns, aimed, and fired, all in one go.
There was no need for Liu Dadao to give orders at all. They had practiced this process tens of thousands of times, and it had already become a memory ingrained in their bones.
The Japanese pirates who were standing in a daze on the stone steps suddenly became sitting ducks.
Bang Bang Bang
After the Zhejiang army's neat and dense musket fire sounded again, there were less than ten Japanese pirates still standing on the stone steps in front of them.
Half of the souls of these Japanese pirates have already flown away.
Facts have proved that although the Japanese pirates were brave, they were still afraid of death. The reason why they seemed fearless before was because the Zhejiang Army, which was against them, could not bring the fear of death to them, which made them appear fearless.
When the god of death stood in front of them and greeted them, they were also terrified and their souls flew away.
Seeing that there were less than ten Japanese pirates left, Liu Dadao didn't want to waste his muskets on them. He saved them for the Japanese pirates above. He waved his hand and ordered, "The third wave of soldiers, follow me and kill them with bayonets! The first and second waves of soldiers, quickly reload the gunpowder!"
After Liu Dadao finished speaking, he led the way and rushed towards the Japanese pirates with his sword in hand. The third wave of Zhejiang troops followed Liu Dadao and rushed forward with bayonets in hand.
Seeing Liu Dadao rushing towards them, the Japanese pirates in the front finally came back to their senses from the violent aesthetics of the muskets, and shouted ferociously, swinging their swords at Liu Dadao.
Liu Dadao slightly turned his head to avoid the Japanese sword, and with a straight sword, he stabbed the Japanese pirate in the throat.
The Japanese pirate opened his eyes wide in disbelief, unable to believe that he was no match for this Ming man. You know, when he attacked the city just now, he killed at least five Ming defenders with his own hands...
There was no point in trying to believe it, this was the fact, the world in his eyes was turned upside down, and he fell heavily like a dead dog.
The Zhejiang Army followed behind with eight men in a row, marching in neat steps, and followed Liu Dadao and rushed up, stabbing the remaining Japanese pirates hard... ...
Several Japanese pirates were scattered and fighting on their own. How could they be a match for the Zhejiang Army? They were soon like the Japanese pirate in front of them, falling like dead dogs.