Before dawn is dark, darkness is fearful, fear is devastating ……..
Yingtian city people have a deep feeling of this, the pre-dawn black is not the general black, hand can not see five fingers, not to mention the soldiers and horses outside the city 100 metres away, can not see what flag they played, can not distinguish whether it is a friend or foe. Due to the daytime just experienced the Japanese siege, Yingtian up and down are like birds of a feather, see unknown friends and foes of the army straight to the city gate, how can not be alarmed.
“I’m afraid this isn’t the Japanese invaders finding reinforcements and turning back to attack our Yingtian again, right?!”
“What?You’re saying that the soldiers outside the city are reinforcements from the Japanese?!In the afternoon, the Japanese only had about fifty people, and they almost knocked down the city gates, this reinforcements are afraid that they are not more than eight hundred, my dear mother, how can we do this ah ……””
People on the city’s head were divided, the more they said, the more scared they were …….
Looking at the city soldiers and horses are getting closer and closer, the general on the city’s head are nervous legs and stomach trembling, his side of the hand pressure helmet, one side of the colour of a weak inner avenue, “who is coming?Quickly stop, if you don’t stop, you will release arrows.”
At some point, Minister of War Shi Pengfei had already taken three steps back without a trace, cowering and obscenely retreating behind the general and the others, using their bodies as human shields.
He had good reason to suspect that this troop under the city was a Japanese pirate who had gathered reinforcements and gone and returned.
Hu Zongxian had led more than a thousand elite Beijing camp veterans, all of whom had been killed by the Japanese, and the Zhejian army was only 800 or so people, or a militia group that had only been established for less than two months, how could they have fought off the Japanese?!What a joke!That is simply the Japanese pirates intentionally, intentionally to show me weakness, in order to suddenly kill a horseback at this time!
What’s more, the urgent report from the pigeons at Moling Pass just now has further confirmed his suspicions.
The reason why Yingtianfu’s Luo magistrate and Xu commanders have a strong pass and 1,000 elite soldiers still abandoned the pass and fled, must be they detected the Japanese gathered seven or eight hundred reinforcements, knowing that it is not the Japanese opponent, had to abandon the pass and fled.
To sum up, Shi Pengfei concluded that the soldiers and horses outside the city must be the Japanese gathered reinforcements and killed a horseback.
During the daytime when the Japanese invaders attacked the city, the swarthy ferocity of more than fifty Japanese invaders already made his heart tremble, and now that the Japanese invaders have grown twenty times bigger, with a troop strength of more than eight hundred, how can he have the guts to face the Japanese invaders directly.
The death of a friend of the road, do not die of poverty.
So, he obscenely shrank behind the general and others.
Looking at the soldiers and horses outside the city is getting closer and closer, he felt that this position is still not safe, in case the Japanese invaders are very strong, that feather arrow may be one through two ah, so another step back, a step, another step, when he retreated the fourth step, his foot stepped on a foot, Shi Pengfei twisted his head was about to curse which is not a long-eyed, only to open his mouth to see Zhang Jing’s expressionless face.
The original Zhang Jing heard the noise and panic outside the sound is getting bigger and bigger, realised that the situation outside is significant, in order to prevent the unforeseen, he and Duke He, Duke Wei and other officials also rushed to the town.
“Ahem, Lord Shangshu, I ……I was about to report to you that there are soldiers and horses of unknown enemy or friend outside approaching the city gates.”
Shi Pengfei coughed awkwardly and found a pretext to cheekily explain to Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing glanced at him, his eyes causing Shi Pengfei’s forehead to break out in a cold sweat, he knew that Zhang Jing had seen through it and could not help but lower his head in anxiety.
“Unknown enemy or friend’s troops?How many troops and horses?”
Zhang Jing’s voice came from above his head, causing Shi Pengfei to breathe a sigh of relief, it was good that Lord Zhang did not reveal it on the spot.
“About eight hundred, my humble servant can almost conclude that the ten thousand under the city are reinforcements gathered by the Japanese.”
Shi Pengfei reported back with his words.
“What?!The Japanese have gathered more than eight hundred reinforcements?!”Duke He sniffed Ji, his face instantly turned brilliant white with fear, and he spoke out in panic.
Duke Wei’s legs and stomach cramped, unwilling to accept this news, and said in a loud voice: “The Japanese eight hundred reinforcements?!Didn’t Magistrate Luo and Commander Xu of Moling Pass both abandon the pass and flee?Shouldn’t the Japanese run towards Linling Pass?Why did they turn around and kill them in response to Tiancheng?!”
Hearing that the Japanese had gathered 800 reinforcements, a group of officials were suddenly on edge.
“The Japanese have gathered reinforcements?!What about the Zhejiang army led by my virtuous nephew?!Aren’t the Zhejiang troops camped under the city?This troop appeared under the city, how come I don’t see my nephew’s Zhejian army moving?Xian nephew is not in danger, right?!”
Marquis Linhuai, while panicking, suddenly thought that the Zhejian army led by Zhu Pingan was still underneath the city, and couldn’t help but be alarmed.
“Zhejiang army?Heh, it is estimated to get the news below early early ran out of shadow, the tent early in the first half of the night on the empty.”
Shi Pengfei disdainfully skimmed his mouth, spared no effort to disparage Zhu Pingan and the Zhejun army, intending to salvage respect for himself through comparison.
Although I took a few steps back, he, Zhu Pingan, but he had long ago led the Zhejian army to run out of shadow.
“Xian nephew led the Zhejian army to run away?”Linhuai Hou could not help but be stunned, “What Lord Shi said is true?”
“Of course, I can still slander him not, in the first half of the night, the Zhejian army’s tent was blown down by the wind two, not only is there no one inside the tent, there is no movement, in the past for so long, there is no other Zhejian army to re-establish their tents. From this we can see that the Zhejun army has long been in the first half of the night ran out of shadow. If you don’t believe me, ask the guards at the top of the city, it was they who told me about the tent falling down.”
Shi Pengfei extremely denigrating sneer, then pointed to the soldiers and civilians on the city head, swore.
“The Zhejiang military camp was empty in the middle of the night?”Zhang Jing couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment at his words, clearly surprised.
“Zhu Pingan ran away long ago.”Shi Pengfei nodded vigorously, then attentively spoke to
Zhang Jing, Eunuch He, and the others, “Lord Shangshu, Eunuch He, Lord Guo, the Japanese are making a comeback, and the swords have no eyes, you are tied to the people of Yingtian’s entire city, so as a precaution, it’s better to take shelter in the back.”
Eunuch He was a bit moved, but Zhang Jing was indeed completely unconcerned, faintly swept Shi Pengfei a glance, and said expressionlessly, “It is precisely because I am a member of the people of Yingtian that I can’t hide at the back, I’d like to see how many heads the Japanese have grown, daring to come and offend Yingtian again, deceiving me as no one is alive in Yingtian!”
After saying this, Zhang Jing took the lead and headed towards the city wall, Eunuch He gave a helpless sigh and had to follow.
With Zhang Jing and Eunuch He gone, Duke of Wei, Marquis of Linhuai and other officials had to follow.
Yu Dayou also led his elite troops, and when he saw Zhang Jing and the others personally approaching the battlements, he was busy asking people to bring their shields to protect them.
At this time, the general at the city gate shouted again, “Who is under the city?Quickly stop your steps, if you move forward again, you will shoot arrows!”
Zhang Jing and the others all stared down at the city.
This time, there was a response from below the city.
“This general, we are the Zhejiang army, I am Commander Zhu Pingan of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Tidings and Pressure Inspection Department!Please also ask the general to open the city gates, I have important military information for Zhang Shangshu, Duke He, and Duke Wei.”
Zhu Pingan stood a stone’s throw away, tilted his head and spoke back aloud.
“Zhejiang Army!Surprisingly, it’s the Zhejiang Army, we were startled, we thought it was the Japanese pirates. “The crowd of soldiers and civilians at the city’s head could not help but let out a sigh of relief. “
