The hour has reached the sixth hour, the sky is clear, Jingnan County outside the north gate of the city is crowded with people, brocade flags hunting in the wind and fluttering.
One hundred carriages, more than six hundred green and strong men. Wagons are fender, carrying grain, antlers, war drums and other war supplies, there are five wagons installed on the city crossbow, called the chariot is not too much; more than six hundred young strong, each is a strong man, wearing cloth armour, carrying bows and arrows, holding swords, lances and other blades, it looks very powerful. So a hundred chariots, more than six hundred heavily armed young strong, gathered together, at first glance, there is also a hint of the meaning of strong soldiers and horses.
Of course, one could not look closely.
If you look carefully, you will find that, outside the north gate of this more than one hundred carriages, pulling the car only fifty horses, the remaining pulling the car are oxen, donkeys to make up the number; in addition, it seems to be fully armed young strong, in fact, cloth armour is not complete, standing in formation is also scattered, talking to each other, walking around randomly, there is not much discipline.
However, Zhu Pingan was still satisfied with this. The purpose of this expedition to Taiping was to grab the credit, not to fight or exterminate the Japanese invaders. So more than a hundred wagons and more than six hundred youths were already enough.
Zhu Pingan toured round the ranks, nodded with satisfaction, and arched his hand to thank and encourage the crowd.
“Brother Mu, I’ll leave the Jingnan County town to you.”Before Zhu Pingan departed, he said to Liu Mu, “After we leave, close the four city gates, and no one is allowed to open the gates unless I arrive in person, or without the county seal.”
“Obey the order. Please rest assured, Your Excellency, with these two hundred youths you left behind, I, Liu Mu, will make sure that Jingnan County is safe and sound.”Liu Mu clasped his hands and said confidently.
“Good, I am relieved to leave Jingnan to you.”Zhu Pingan nodded, reassured by Liu Mu.
“Big Dagger, Big Gun, you must protect the Duke ……” Liu Mu repeatedly instructed Liu Big Dagger and Liu Big Gun that they should.
“Don’t worry, if Gongzi is missing a hair, we will all twist our heads off for you to kick as a ball.”
Liu Dazhu and the few of them banged their chests.
While Zhu Pingan and the others were preparing their troops at the Jingnan North Gate, more than two miles away from the Jingnan West Gate, there was also a group of people travelling towards Jingnan, and this group of people had about sixty people. The leader of the group was Li Da, who had abandoned the city and fled, as well as Zhang County Minister and Yao Master.
In fact, at that time, the first to abandon the city to flee, is not the canonical historian Li Da alone, there are also Zhang county minister and Yao chief book. It was only because Li Da was more high-profile, and Zhang and Yao were in disguise, that the people only recognised Li Da, and did not notice Zhang and Yao.
Along with them, there were also some officials and big families who fled the city.
However, not long after they left the city, they were blocked by the Japanese pirates who were waiting for them outside. Zhang county minister, Yao bookkeeper, and Li dianshi were so heartless as to treat the people who fled with them as abandoned, and made the guards of the courtyard to push them to the front as a shield to block the Japanese pirates, so that they managed to escape with their lives.
However, even so, they had lost quite a few men. In the beginning, they had dragged their families and had more than two hundred people, but now there were only about sixty people left.
“Damn, I didn’t think that Zhu Pingan, this little brat, would be lucky enough to defend Jingnan County! If I had known, I wouldn’t have run away! It’s all because of Zhu Pingan, this bastard grandson, who has caused me so much grief!”
As soon as Li Da, the historian, thought that his family’s wealth had been robbed by the Japanese during his flight, and even his favourite concubine had been robbed by the Japanese, he could not help but curse and blame it all on Zhu Pingan.
If Zhu Pingan didn’t defend the city of Jingnan County, and the city was killed and robbed by the Japanese, how good it would be, then all his losses would not be worth anything, and his action of abandoning the city and fleeing would be a wise and heroic move! However, the special brew, Zhu Pingan this ** cub how will Jingnan defended down it! The people who stayed in Jingnan were unharmed, but the one who fled lost half of his family’s property, lost his concubine, and became the laughing stock of the whole county! All this is the blame of Zhu Pingan this bastard grandson, keep down why!
“When a few hundred Japanese pirates, will be Jingnan attacked in one fell swoop, this time there are more than three thousand murderous Japanese pirates, who would have thought that he actually guarded it ……” Yao master also can not help but sigh a sigh.
Although has inquired into the details of Zhu Pingan guarding the city after, what gold juice, mobilise the people ah, but he still can not figure out, Zhu Pingan how to guard down it, the Japanese invaders captured so many counties, those counties are not not used in a similar means, but still was overrun, perhaps can only be used to walk the sh*t luck to explain it.
“Hmph, I did not expect Zhu Pingan this little brat look simple and honest, but actually so ruthless, even forced the people of the whole county to go on the walls to defend the city …… He also walked the sh*t luck, who can think that the Japanese chief attacked and attacked, how to suddenly turn around and turn to attack the Taiping to go …….Hmph, if I stayed in the county, I could have defended Jingnan just as well.”
Zhang County Minister was indignant, thinking that Zhu Pingan’s defending Jingnan is nothing great, if he were to do the same, he can also defend Jingnan County, and even do much better than Zhu Pingan.
If it were him, he would have been able to defend Jingnan County as well, and even do a better job than Zhu Pingan. He had forgotten that Zhang Changru was the one who abandoned the city when he heard about the Japanese invasion!
Upon hearing this, Master Yao glanced at County Minister Zhang, the corners of his mouth tugged slightly downwards, but did not say anything.
“That’s right, how can he, Zhu Pingan, be compared to brother-in-law! It’s just that he has too much sh*t luck. When we agreed to abandon the city and flee, didn’t we also want to take advantage of the Japanese to get him killed, who would have thought that he would be able to defend Jingnan.”
Li Dianshi followed up on County Minister Zhang’s words and said angrily.
“Shhh! Are you drinking too much horse piss again! What did Hun say about how we abandoned the city and fled to try to get him, Zhu Pingan, killed by the hands of the Japanese! Also, how did we abandon the city and run away, we went out of the city to get help! Don’t talk nonsense!”County Minister Zhang glared hard at Li Dianshi.
“Oh, oh, yes, yes, it’s me who is muddled.”
Li Dianshi shrunk his neck and said resentfully, and even pretended to smack himself in the mouth when he finished.
“Lord Zhang, Lord Yao, Lord Li ……”
Just at this moment, a family man’s appearance, in a hurry, came running from the direction of Jingnan County.
“But has something changed in the city?”Seeing this, County Minister Zhang asked in a loud voice.
“Governor Zhu Pingan is at the north gate preparing his troops for departure, he has conscripted six hundred young strong men, as well as all of the magistrates and soldiers of the county government office, saying that he is going to go north and gallop to Tai Ping County to attack the Japanese invaders that have occupied the county and restore Tai Ping. I contacted Li Wenshu, the household room of the county government office, and he also confirmed it, the governor Zhu Pingan also sent out a document to draft all the officials of the county government office, Li Wenshu heard the news and found an excuse to run home, no one is willing to send themselves to their deaths, and the county government office is all running empty!”
The housekeeper loudly reported back.
Crap!
Rushing to support Taiping! Attack the Japanese! Restore Taiping!
After Zhu Pingan got lucky once, he doesn’t know how much he weighs anymore and wants to take the initiative to attack the Japanese invaders!
Even the guards’ regular army was wiped out by this group of Japanese, and you drafted a few hundred mudbloods, and you want to restore Taiping?
You really don’t know how to write the word “death”!
You’ve also drafted all the officials from the magistrate’s office!
No way!
If I go back, I’ll be drafted by Zhu Ping An! If you’re going to die, don’t drag me into it!
Zhang and the others looked at each other, and tacitly turned their horses around to follow the direction they came from.
It won’t be too late to come back when the Japanese have completely retreated!
