While Zhu Pingan was busy directing the armouring of the city walls, the discordant voices below the walls never stopped. Those who did not listen to persuasion and wanted to escape from the city, because Zhu Ping An did not order to open the city gates and satisfy their demands, their cries, curses, and ridicule never stopped, especially when Zhu Ping An focused on strengthening the defence of the western section of the city wall, these discordant voices reached a crescendo, as if they were boiling back to the sky.
“Young and old, everyone can see, don’t look at our governor’s age, but he is very cunning. You see, the county only a total of more than 150 soldiers, just because the small governor in the west city, he left more than 60 soldiers in the west city, the east gate, the south gate, the north gate each gate only left 30 soldiers.”
“As we all know, the first Japanese invaders clearly appeared at the east city gate, but our little magistrate arranged heavy troops at the west city gate, it’s still not a public weapon for private use, what is it, he’s transferring heavy troops to protect himself. He said that he would live with the county, but he has deployed heavy troops to protect himself. I guess when things become impossible, he is going to take these heavy troops to break out and escape from the city. This is both being a whore and wanting to set up a house of cards.”
“When the Japanese break into the city, we won’t be able to run away, but the little magistrate has these soldiers to protect him, so he can run away at any time.”
“Everyone, young and old, everyone open your eyes wide yo, polish your eyes yo, see the true face of this moralistic little governor, don’t be sold out and still help count the silver yo …….”
The discordant voices under the city wall are getting more and more boisterous, it has reached the level of affecting the preparation for battle on the city wall, this can’t be left unattended, Zhu Pingan put down the stone in his hand, patted the dust on his hand, and slowly came to the city wall in front of the stomping ground.
The people under the city wall had been paying attention to Zhu Pingan, especially those who were full of resentment towards Zhu Pingan for not being able to leave the city, they were even staring at Zhu Pingan without blinking. When Zhu Pingan came over, all the people focused their eyes on him.
“Governor Grand Master, you say on your lips that you will live and die with the county, but you end up deploying heavy troops to protect yourself ……”
“That’s right, you have one thing on your lips and another behind your back. When the Japanese invaders break through the city, you have someone to protect you, you can be escorted to escape at any time, and we poor civilians can only let the Japanese invaders slaughter us.”
“Great Master Governor, in order to satisfy your false reputation of living and dying with the county, you want so many of us innocent commoners to follow and accompany you to the grave? Don’t you think you are too selfish? If you really want to keep a good name in the hearts of our common people, while there are still not many Japanese invaders at the west gate, open the gate quickly and let us escape from the city, we will all miss your good name after we leave the city.”
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Zhu Pingan walked to the city wall before speaking, those who wanted to get out of the city but couldn’t already took the lead, at the moment of life and death, they couldn’t care less about superiority and inferiority. You do not let us out of the city to live, we are still afraid of what.
“Fathers and mothers, I Zhu Pingan said to live and die with the county, must live and die with the county, this time the Japanese attacked the city, I Zhu Pingan only two results, either victory, or death, the white paper on the walls of the red seal is still, this point you do not need to doubt the fathers and mothers. At any time, if I, Zhu Ping An, abandon the city and flee, all of you can chop off my head; even if all of you are fearful and don’t chop off my head on the spot, as long as you report to the Taizhou government after the fact, the Taizhou government will definitely chop off my head for the offence of escaping from the city, reneging on the faith, and failing to abide by the military order.”
Zhu Pingan stood on the city wall, looking at the sneering people below, reaching out and pointing at his own head, explaining to the crowd with a serious face.
When the crowd below the city wall that was boiling against the sky heard this, they looked up to the official seal official document posted on the city wall, and couldn’t help but nod their heads, yes, the official document with the county magistrate’s seal was posted, the governor couldn’t back out even if he wanted to.
However
Still not right ah, since you have to live and die with the county, then you selfishly mobilise heavy troops to protect your own do what ah.
After someone thought of this point, they couldn’t wait to question Zhu Pingan, “The governor’s big mouth says good things, then why do you deploy heavy troops to stay in the west city, it’s still not a case of using your power for personal gain, using public weapons for private purposes, and mobilising troops to protect yourself.”
“Folks, the reason why I, Zhu Pingan, have deployed heavy troops to focus on defending the Western City is not out of selfishness to protect myself, but because the Western City will be the focus of the Japanese invasion this time.”Zhu Pingan pointed at his feet and explained.
“West City will become the focus of the Japanese attack? Hahahaha …… Governor Grand Master is really telling lies without a draft ah. Obviously, it was the east city gate where the Japanese invaders appeared, and now there isn’t a single Japanese invader outside the west city gate, yet the Grand Master of the County knows that the Japanese invaders will attack the west city? The Governor really thinks that we common people are stupid and easy to coax.”
“That’s right, Governor. We’re not blind, you can’t fool us. Now that the Japanese have clearly appeared in the East City, how could they possibly focus on attacking the West City, why are you talking nonsense with your eyes wide open.”
“Hahaha, that’s really funny.”
“Let’s all take a look, the governor’s grand master is the governor’s grand master, telling lies with his eyes open without blushing.”
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After Zhu Pingan’s explanation, there was a cacophony of ridicule under the city wall, and everyone questioned Zhu Pingan’s words. You see, the Japanese clearly appeared outside the east city gate, but you focus on defending the west city, this does not make sense.
“The Japanese are using the tactic of attacking the west from the east, using dozens of Japanese to paralyse and deceive our defenders in the east city, and then attacking the west gate by surprise when they finally attack. Therefore, I have focused on defending the western city gate.”
Zhu Pingan explained once again.
“Governor Grand Master is really lying without a draft ah, as soon as you say it, the Japanese invaders are your family’s ah, you say they sound east to west, they sound east to west.”
“That’s right, how do you know that the Japanese are attacking from the east. If the Japanese invaders attacked the east city gate, that little bit of people at the east city gate would not be enough for them to stuff their teeth.”
“Liar ……”
“Seeing is believing, talking is not. The Japanese invaders clearly appeared at the east city gate, a moment to come one, a moment to come one, more and more, the governor big old man even said that the Japanese invaders are sound east to attack the west, really laughable.”
The crowd under the city wall didn’t believe it and sneered.
“If you folks had paid attention before, you would have noticed that most of the villages ravaged by the Japanese invaders were concentrated on the west side of the county town, with only a few villages suffering on the east side, and a large number of villages on the west side, which explains why the Japanese invaders were concentrated on the west side of the county town. If the Japanese attacked the county town, the west gate would be more conducive for them to gather and attack……. In addition, the villages on the east side of the town were far away from the county town, while the villages on the west side of the town were only a few miles away from the county town, and if we are talking about the first to arrive, it should have been the Japanese on the west side of the town who appeared at the west gate first, but it was the Japanese on the east side of the town who appeared at the east gate first.However, it was the east side that appeared at the east gate first, so all of this is just a trick to cover up the fact that the Japanese are attacking the west with their east.”
Zhu Pingan reached out and pointed in the direction of the east side of the city, and then pointed in the direction of the west side of the city, explaining to the crowd with a confident look on his face.
Of course confident, Zhu Pingan silently looked towards the west of the city and silently shouted, “Glorious ancestors.”
West of the city not far from the county seat in the old forest, rolling black qi like an evil python intertwined with the same rolling blood-red evil python qi, murderous, rises up in the sky, the two intertwined circling like a tornado from the old forest west of the city to the county seat west gate swept over the sky, instantly, the black, blood-red qi like rain, drenching, pouring in the county seat crowd people’s people in the head of the white columns of qi, immediately after the old people’s head of the white columns, visible to the naked eye.Immediately after, the white column of qi above the heads of the people, visible to the naked eye to black, blood red transformation ……
The blood red qi represents the blood light disaster, and the black qi represents the death qi.
This was Zhu Pingan’s confidence.
Of course, Zhu Pingan surely could not speak to the common people like this, he could only regress the details from the conclusion and use the details to give the common people the facts and reasoning.
The effect is also more ideal.
Zhu Pingan laid out the facts and reasoning, words, the crowd under the city wall heard, thought about it, it seems to be really so.
Of course, for those who stubbornly wanted to leave the city, no matter how reasonable Zhu Pingan’s words were, they did not believe them. After Zhu Pingan’s words fell out, they buzzed under the city to refute and question Zhu Pingan, but no matter the scale, intensity or impact, it was much smaller than before, and it was no longer enough to affect the general situation of preparing for Japan
