The news of another Japanese invasion inevitably threw the county town of Jingnan into a state of panic, especially among the people newly naturalised in Jingnan after the flood. The local people of Jingnan had the experience of the last victory against the Japanese, and they were relatively confident in Zhu Pingan and the imperial Japanese; the newly naturalised people of Jingnan did not have this experience, and they were not confident enough to fear the Japanese like a tiger, and their trepidation grew as savagely as the weeds in a barren field.
“The Japanese invaders will be coming over soon, these Japanese invaders are like ghosts, with green faces and fangs, killing people and doing no harm, and I have heard that they like to use human hearts and livers to make wine.”
“This time the Japanese invaders are more than the last time ah?!”
“This time the Japanese invaders were sent by Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi is the uncrowned king of the sea, the Japanese invaders he sent are also more powerful than last time, right?!”
The speed of the spread of trepidation was far beyond that of confidence, and in not much time, the trepidation spread rapidly in Jingnan like a plague, and many of the local people of Jingnan began to be terrified as well.
Just as the trepidation was spreading rapidly, a surprised shout was suddenly heard coming from the people, “Look, the Prefect, the Prefect has come.”
Hearing this cry of surprise, people looked in the direction of the city’s main road.
Zhu Pingan was very recognisable, dressed in the governor’s official uniform and official hat, unique.
Immediately, more surprised cries of “The county magistrate is here” rang out.
The four words, “The Prefectural Governor is here,” were like a panacea, and the plague of fear dissipated by half in an instant.
“Hehe, why is the county honourable carrying a roll on his back, this ……County Honour shouldn’t be trying to run away, right?!”
One of the people who had been naturalised after the flood suddenly noticed that Zhu Pingan was carrying a tucked away roll behind his back in a fleeing manner, and his face instantly went white, thinking that Zhu Pingan was trying to run away.
However, as soon as his words fell, a burst of laughter resounded around him.
“Hahaha, you naive bastard, if you don’t understand, don’t talk nonsense, what running away ah, is our county zun such a person? County Zun is trying to make a home on the city walls, vowing to live and die with the county.”
“That’s right, last time when the Japanese invaders came over, the county zun also carried such a bed of rolls, directly on the city wall, from the moment the county zun went on the city wall, until he fought off the Japanese invaders, the county zun ate, lived, and slept on the wall, and never went down the wall by half a step, and the county zun also posted notices, as long as the Japanese invaders didn’t retreat for one day, he didn’t come down to the city wall for one day, and if he went down the wall by half a step, anyone could cut off his head.anyone can cut off his head.”
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People who had experienced the last battle against the Japanese defending the city laughed at a few newly naturalised people from abroad.
“What? The Prefectural Governor is actually living and dying with the county?!”
“The county honourable father actually has this kind of courage?!”
A few foreign naturalised people sniffed, one by one, their jaws dropped in shock and they couldn’t believe their ears. In their opinion, the officials put their own safety in the highest position, what city ah people ah, in front of their own safety is nothing ah.
We are now the county magistrate can really do to vow to die with the county to live and die together?
To this, they are doubtful.
However, the reality dispelled their doubts, Zhu Pingan really went straight up to the city wall, spread out the rolls, and really like last time posted a notice with the seal of the county governor: the Japanese one day does not retreat, the official one day does not come down to the city wall, if you go down to the wall of the half a step, please behead my head.
Zhu Pingan’s words and actions gave the crowd a shot in the arm, the governor is not afraid of death, I’m afraid of a ball!
“Folks, as you have heard and seen, the Japanese invaders have come to invade my Jingnan again, there are more than 300 Yawatan ships and about 5,000 to 6,000 Japanese invaders, my Jingnan has come to the time of life and death again ……”Zhu Pingan stood on the city wall and picked up a special amplified loudspeaker and shouted to the common people, not hiding the number of Japanese invaders, but telling the truth.
Because, Zhu Pingan knew that it could not be hidden, Zhang Erniu and the others had already told the people about the number of Hachiman ships before reporting to him, and based on the number of Hachiman ships, it was easy to deduce the number of Japanese invaders. Since this was the case, it would be better to tell the truth and be honest.
When the people heard the number of Japanese invaders, they couldn’t help but feel some panic growing in their hearts. Last time, the Japanese invaders had only come with 3,000 or so people, but this time, they had come with more than 5,000 people.
Zhu Pingan scanned the crowd’s expression, the crowd’s concern was expected, then pulled the corner of his mouth, revealing a smile, Da Sheng said to the crowd with a smile, “Of course, this is a time of life and death, but also a day to get rich, the last time more than 3,000 Japanese invaders attacked the city, we got sixty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty-two taels of bounty, and each of the people who took part in the defence of the city got an average of nearly twenty taels of bounty. This time, there are 5,000 to 6,000 Japanese invaders, nearly double the number of the last time, so doesn’t it mean that the reward silver will also be doubled. Heh heh heh, would you guys say that this is not the day to get rich?!”
“Hahaha, it’s really a day to get rich ……”
“Hahahaha, which is a Japanese pirate ah, this is clearly a mountain of gold and silver coming over ah.”
“Last time the reward silver, my mother gave me a daughter-in-law, this time I want to think of a big house ……”
“Do not defend the city death road, defend the city wealth road, fools know how to choose ah.”
The people present heard the words, could not help but laughed, especially the last time to receive the bounty of silver of the young and strong people laughed even more excited, more than that, they also present themselves to describe the bounty of silver that they received in a colourful way, suddenly let the people around the envious and jealous of no one.
Zhu Pingan timely and issued the “heavy reward order”, promised and last time the same, brave to defend the city, reward silver ten taels; defend the city wounded, additional reward silver ten taels; defend the city killed in action, additional pension fifty taels. After this battle, all those who wish to serve in the county government office and work as an officer will be given priority.
So all of a sudden, people’s attention shifted from the fear of the Japanese invaders to the silver reward, motivation was mobilised, and the terrified atmosphere over Jingnan dissipated most of it again.
“In addition, this time the Japanese invasion is different from the last time, the last time the Japanese attacked the city, that is to want to break the city captive; this time is different, this time Wang Zhi sent under his banner the reason why the Japanese invasion of the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is to retaliate, the purpose is to create momentum, want to expand the influence of the deterrence of the imperial court up and down, forcing the imperial court to agree to his request to open a port for business, so the Japanese will not be in the Jingnan withAs long as we hold the first wave of the Japanese attack on the city, the Japanese will find that we are hardcore, they will retreat and change to the next target …….The difficulty of defending the city this time is more than several times easier than the last time ……”
Zhu Pingan went on to say, further reducing the trepidation in people’s minds and increasing their confidence.
The people were highly encouraged.
“Fathers and mothers, extinguish the torches, put down the flags, all hold your voices, no clamour! Archers and crossbows, all move to the side of the city gate for me, when the Japanese come, we will surprise them and give them a hard lesson, so that they can see how powerful Jingnan is. ……”
After the crowd’s emotions were stabilised and their motivation was mobilised, Zhu Pingan ordered the crowd.
