As the sun sets in the west, the sunset glows half the sky red, like red ink coloring everything in the world. The city of Suzhou is covered with purple-red glow, and the corpses of the Japanese pirates piled up under the city are also covered with purple-red glow... ...
If there was a painter present, he would surely be inspired and paint a masterpiece called "The Twilight of the Japanese Pirates".
The Japanese pirates did not retreat. Instead, they set up camp about a mile outside the city and began to prepare dinner.
The camp was in a mess.
The people in the city also began to prepare for dinner. After repelling the Japanese pirates, the merchants in the city spontaneously provided food and drink to reward the defenders.
Li Shu and her maids Hua'er and Qin'er also came, carrying food boxes with a fragrant smell, and waited for Zhu Ping'an at the foot of the city.
After Zhu Pingan got the news, he walked down the city wall quickly with Liu Dadao. Seeing the pregnant Li Shu, Zhu Pingan couldn't help feeling guilty. He stepped forward and held Li Shu's hand, saying softly, "Why did you come all the way here? Just wait at home. I will go home as soon as we defeat the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates are no longer able to attack the city. If nothing unexpected happens, they will retreat tonight or tomorrow."
"There's someone here." Li Shu snorted, her pretty face flushed, but she didn't struggle and let Zhu Ping'an hold her hand.
Zhu Ping'an is from the modern era. Holding hands in public is nothing to him, but it would be a bit too much in ancient times.
Of course, it’s not too extreme. It’s almost the same as seeing people kissing in public on the street in modern times.
The evil woman Ruonan who followed beside them was fed a handful of dog food. She couldn't help but roll her eyes and cursed them as a pair of bastards in her heart.
"It's because your kids miss you and keep kicking my stomach, so I had to bring them here." Li Shu said with a smile.
"These two little bastards dared to bully my wife. When they come out, I will punish them and let them know that a good son is born under the stick."
Zhu Pingan said deliberately.
"Hateful." Li Shu's pretty face flushed red, like a lotus emerging from water, and she glared at Zhu Ping'an.
"Okay, you guys go home. The Japanese pirates haven't retreated yet, I have to go back to the city to keep an eye on it. I'll go home after they retreat."
Since the Japanese pirates had not left yet, Zhu Ping'an could not stay in the city for long. He hugged Li Shu and let them go back.
Li Shu came out of Zhu Ping'an's arms, checked Zhu Ping'an up and down carefully, and was relieved to confirm that Zhu Ping'an was not injured. However, she still repeatedly reminded Zhu Ping'an to protect himself and not to show off.
"We'll wait for you to come back."
Li Shu waved goodbye to Zhu Ping'an reluctantly. She also knew that this was an extraordinary period and the Japanese pirates were still outside the city.
She was already very satisfied and relieved that Zhu Ping'an could come down to the city to talk to her.
She was exquisite and exquisite. The fact that Zhu Ping'an could come down to the city to talk to her must have meant that the battle was already won. Otherwise, if the battle was dangerous, Zhu Ping'an would not and could not come down to the city to see her.
Combined with the news that was spreading like wildfire in the city about our army's great victory and the defeat of the Japanese pirates, she was completely relieved.
"Liu Dadao, you must protect Brother Zhu. If Brother Zhu gets hurt, I won't forgive you."
Before leaving, Li Shu gave Liu Dadao some stern instructions.
"Don't worry, Madam. If the young master loses even a hair, I will cut off his head and let you kick it like a ball."
Liu Dadao patted his chest and made assurances repeatedly.
"Son-in-law, you must listen to the young lady and protect yourself well. Don't show off. When you really need to show off, let Brother Dadao and the others do it..." The little maid Baozi did not forget to remind her before leaving.
"One of them is worth a hundred of you and is more useful than you..." the seductive woman Ruonan also added lightly.
Liu Dadao...
Zhu Ping'an waved goodbye to Li Shu and the others, turned around and climbed up the city wall. Liu Dadao followed closely behind them carrying two six-layer food boxes.
Li Shu and her group left reluctantly, looking back every few steps.
"Hey, Ruonan, why don't you go see your father." On the way back, the chubby little maid Huaer suddenly remembered that the father of the evil girl Ruonan was also under the command of her brother-in-law.
"I saw it. My father waved to me from the city. My father's martial arts are a hundred times better than Zhu Ping'an. Zhu Ping'an is fine, so my father will be fine too." The demon woman Ruonan withdrew her gaze from Zhu Ping'an and said calmly.
Zhu Ping'an returned to the city wall, opened the food box he was carrying, took out two plates of food and gave them to Shang Zhifu and other officials as snacks. He kept one plate of braised prawns that he smelled like Li Shu made herself for himself, and gave the rest to the Zhejiang army soldiers to share.
While they were having their meal, they heard footsteps and heard soldiers chattering about the arrival of reinforcements from other city gates.
Zhu Ping'an and others looked up and saw several reinforcements jogging over from the south and north directions of the city wall.
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but pull the corner of his mouth speechlessly, revealing a look of disdain. The flowers are cold now, and you guys are here just now.
"You son of a bitch! Just figure out for yourself how long it has been since I sent out the military order for help, and you are still so late!"
Seeing that the reinforcements were late in arriving, Prefect Shang seemed to have a manic disorder. He threw the soup bowl in his hand to the ground, breaking it into pieces, and cursed the deputy general who led the reinforcements from the South Gate who arrived first!
"Where were you when the Japanese pirates disguised themselves and entered the city, and attacked the city walls from inside? Where were you when the Japanese pirate army attacked the city walls from outside? The Japanese pirates were repelled and stopped, but you are late?!"
"What's the point of you coming here now?! Are you here to collect my body?! If I really waited for you, I would have been dead long ago!"
"They say that you can raise an army for a thousand days but only deploy it for a moment. Ask yourselves, what's the point of me raising you?"
... ...
Prefect Shang kept cursing for nearly ten minutes before he stopped, took a sip of water due to a dry mouth.
"Ahem, sir, please calm down, we..." The deputy general of Nanmen had just said one sentence when he was interrupted by the scolding of Prefect Shang.
"Calm down, calm down. How can I calm down? Tell me how I can calm down! It's been at least an hour and a half since I sent out my military order! The battle was over before your reinforcements arrived!"
Prefect Shang couldn't help but start cursing again.
"Ahem, sir, please calm down. We have our own difficulties. There are also Japanese pirates attacking the south gate..."
Deputy General Nanmen explained.
"Bullshit! I know how many soldiers the Japanese pirates have. The Japanese pirate army is already outside the city! Why would they attack your south gate?!"
When Prefect Shang heard his explanation, he couldn't help but curse angrily.
"It's true..." Deputy General Nanmen explained.
"How many?" asked Prefect Shang.
"Many Japanese pirates..." Deputy General Nanmen lacked confidence.
"How much is a lot?" asked Prefect Shang.
"Thousands of Japanese pirates..." The deputy general of Nanmen grunted for a long time.
"Thousands?!" Prefect Shang stared.
"There are always hundreds of Japanese pirates..." said the deputy general of Nanmen weakly.
Hearing this, Prefect Shang almost fell over in anger, "Okay, okay, very good."