Things turned out just as Zhu Ping'an had expected. After the reinforcements arrived, the Japanese pirates began to make intensive preparations for the siege. Ladders were carried to the front and battering rams were also brought in. The Japanese pirate leaders, both big and small, ran back and forth, reorganizing the troops, selecting the pirates who would be the first to climb the city and distributing armor to them. Archers were also gathered together.
The siege is about to begin.
The posture of more than 20,000 Japanese pirates was very frightening, like a dark cloud pressing down on the city. Except for the Zhejiang army, the rest of the defenders on the city wall, including Prefect Shang and others, were all scared to death and their breathing was almost suffocated.
Just now, a few hundred Japanese pirates attacked the city, which frightened them, not to mention that there were more than 20,000 Japanese pirates outside the city.
After experiencing today's battle, they finally understood that the previous Japanese pirates' attacks on the city were just for fun. When the Japanese pirates attacked the city just now, in order to hit their morale, they also revealed in person that the Japanese pirates who had attacked the city before were not real pirates, but civilians captured by the Japanese pirates, who deliberately came to die. The purpose was to show weakness to the enemy, let their self-confidence swell, and lure them out of the city to chase the Japanese pirates.
As a result, the fool General Wang really fell into the trap and went out of the city to chase the Japanese pirates. He was captured by the Japanese pirates. In order to save his life, he surrendered to the Japanese pirates and helped them to open the city gate and lead them into the city...
Thinking about it now makes my scalp shudder. The Japanese pirates’ conspiracy was almost successful.
Fortunately, Lord Zhu and the Zhejiang Army came down from the sky and saved the city of Suzhou, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Oh, speaking of General Wang.
At this moment, General Wang is still at the foot of the city. Speaking of which, this guy is also a tough guy. He was hit by several musket bullets and fell to the ground at the beginning. He was trampled countless times when the Zhejiang army and the Japanese pirates were fighting for the gate. But he is still alive until now, and even has the strength to shout for help. It is true that he is a scourge that lives for a thousand years.
"Master Shang, please save me. I was coerced. I was forced. I am loyal to Yu Hu."
General Wang was lying on the ground, bleeding from his mouth and nose. He stretched out his hand toward the city wall, calling for help.
"Wang, you sold out your lord for glory and surrendered to the Japanese pirates. You are unworthy of being a minister. You led the Japanese to defraud the city and disregarded the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city. You are unworthy of being a son. For these two serious crimes, you deserve death a thousand times. You still have the nerve to cry for help. I wish I could chop you into pieces, you dog traitor who has no regard for the lord and the people!"
When Prefect Shang heard that General Wang still had the nerve to cry for help from inside the city, he could not help but become furious and started scolding him.
"I was dismissed..." General Wang shamelessly argued.
"You could choose to be loyal to His Majesty. If so, after your death, my concubines and children would also be able to enjoy wealth and glory. At least after entering the city, you would have had the opportunity to warn the people in the city. Unfortunately, you chose to betray your master for glory. You will enjoy a good death, but you will be infamous forever!"
Prefect Shang sneered at his sophistry.
Seeing that it was useless to ask for help from inside the city, General Wang immediately changed direction and shouted for help to Hou Kou who was preparing to attack the city.
"King Xu, my good men, I am your man. I led you and helped you to capture the city. And you all heard that after I entered the city, I did not inform anyone inside. I am loyal to your army. Please save my life. The defense of Suzhou City is all in my mind. If you need me to attack the city, I will serve you at your whim..."
In order to save his life, General Wang flattered the Japanese pirates to the utmost and completely abandoned all his moral principles.
"Even if it's like buying a horse's bones with a huge sum of money, you must save me. Otherwise, how can a Ming general dare to serve your army in the future?"
General Wang shouted again.
After hearing this, Xu Hai agreed with it and nodded. Yes, the man named Wang is still useful and cannot die.
"Go, carry him back and let the local doctor take a look at him. Stop the bleeding if necessary and treat the wound if necessary."
Xu Hai ordered his men to carry General Wang back.
"This is extremely shameless. Come here, get your strong bows and crossbows. Zihou, you also send your sharpshooters to aim at Wang. He is dishonorable, so we should help him be decent, so that he won't do more things that will bring shame to our ancestors."
Prefect Shang gave the order angrily.
It was not a pity that this kind of dog traitor should be killed. Zhu Ping'an naturally agreed with this and immediately arranged for people to aim their guns.
Suddenly, thousands of arrows were fired, and not only General Wang was killed, but even the two Japanese pirates who were carrying him were also killed by the arrows.
"Baka!"
The Japanese pirates were furious when they saw this and were very excited.
"My men are very excited. Now is a good time to attack the city. Give the order to attack." Ma Ye and Chen Dong looked at Xu Hai.
"Attack the city!"
Xu Hai nodded without hesitation. Although he knew that this siege was doomed to fail, the arrow had to be shot, and the failure of the siege was not all bad. At least the blame for the failure of the Suzhou attack could be shared by Ma Ye and Chen Dong. It was better to let them share the blame with him than to bear it alone.
So, the Japanese pirate army began to attack the city under the command of Xu Hai and others.
The Japanese pirates rushed towards the city wall with ladders in large numbers, hundreds of strong and sturdy Japanese pirates carried battering rams and rushed towards the city gate, and thousands of Japanese archers shot arrows from the top of the city walls to cover the Japanese pirates with ladders and battering rams in their siege.
"What are you guys still standing there for? Shoot arrows. Shoot at the Japanese pirates attacking the city."
"Assholes, why are you hiding? If you don't have bows and arrows, just bring rocks and throw them at the pirates."
"Why haven't the reinforcements from the other city gates arrived yet? Deputy General, quickly send someone to check the other city gates. Take my order and tell them to send troops to support you as soon as possible. If they don't, I will hold them accountable!"
After the Japanese pirates began to attack the city, there was a panic on the city wall. Prefect Shang was frantically commanding the defenders on the city to attack the Japanese pirates. His command was a bit chaotic. He gave whatever he thought of without any method. Zhu Ping'an shook his head when seeing this.
In response to the loopholes in the command of Shang Zhifu, Zhu Ping'an made up for it and commanded the Zhejiang army to focus on attacking the concentrated archers of the Japanese pirates.
Concentrate firepower, fire thousands of guns at once, and suppress the Japanese pirates' archers.
The Japanese pirates' archers caused many casualties to the defenders on the city walls, making them hesitant. At the same time, they also provided cover for the Japanese pirates to climb the city walls with ladders and ramming the city gates with battering rams.
They are the biggest threat to the siege, and they must be eliminated as soon as possible. Otherwise, the defenders on the city will not be able to attack the pirates freely.
The Zhejiang army was in a dominant position and had the protection of the city walls, so they had a huge advantage over the Japanese pirate archers under the city.
Bang Bang Bang
With bursts of gunfire sound in the smoke-filled air, the Japanese pirate archers under the city fell one after another, suffering serious casualties. In a short while, nearly 30% of the archers were lost, while the casualties caused to the Zhejiang army by the Japanese pirate archers were almost zero.
As the Zhejiang Army's muskets unleashed their power, the Japanese pirate archers suffered heavy casualties and were beaten so badly that they could hardly raise their heads.
The pressure on the defenders in the city was suddenly reduced, and casualties were greatly reduced.