si-mexico Chapter 810 Arriving at Ningde, Qianguo
Chapter 810 Arriving at Ningde, Qianguo
The next morning, the army prepared dry food, mounted their horses, and headed south out of the city.
However, their way out of the city was blocked by the people.
I saw countless people blocking both sides of the street, carrying baskets and holding food.
"General, you are fighting the Japanese pirates to save us, so please accept these foods."
"Only when you're full can you have the strength to fight the Japanese pirates. This is the old hen I raised at home. Let's stew it and eat it."
"The journey is long, please be careful. I hope you will accept this small token of my gratitude!"
"You are all good people, unlike those officers and soldiers before. Good people should be rewarded."
"Eat, and then go on your way after you're full."
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The second king in the center of the army was also surprised when he saw this scene.
The Southern King waved his hand impatiently and said,
"You're good at talking, go and persuade them to move aside immediately so as not to delay our fight against the Japanese pirates."
Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"Brother Nan Wang is extremely brave and can lead the charge and break our siege."
King Nan raised his eyebrows and said,
"Are you mocking me as a reckless man who only knows how to rush around recklessly?"
"Isn't it?"
Seeing that King Nan was about to draw his sword, Shen Changgong laughed loudly and then rode his horse forward.
When he arrived in front of the people, Shen Changgong said loudly,
"People, please make way for us and stop blocking the road. We are in a hurry to fight the Japanese pirates."
"General, please take the things before you leave."
"Auntie, we have military discipline. No soldier is allowed to take anything from the people, not even a needle or thread.
Regardless of whether it was stolen or given by you, if anyone dares to lay hands on the people, I will kill them without mercy!"
Then, Shen Changgong pointed at the Yan army soldier in front of the aunt and said,
"Auntie, if you give him something, you are harming him. If he dares to accept your things, his head will be moved immediately.
Are you sending things to everyone because you want them to be wiped out here?
We would rather die in the war against the Japanese pirates than die in violation of military discipline.
Get out of the way! If you delay for another quarter of an hour, many more people will die in the south. The people there are still waiting for us to rescue them."
Upon hearing this, everyone made way.
Shen Changgong immediately rode forward and led his army out of the city quickly to the south.
Hai Rui stood on the lookout tower in the city, watching the scene that had just happened, and nodded involuntarily.
"This is the wise and enlightened court, this is the royal teacher of the court."
"Everyone, come here! I'm Hai Rui. The imperial court has appointed me as the prefect of Wenzhou..."
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Shen Changgong and Ma Ling led their troops south.
Not far from Wenzhou, there are endless mountains.
Fortunately, there is an official road built by the Qian and Chu countries between Wenzhou and Ningde. Although it is a bit rugged, it is much easier to travel than the mountain road.
They galloped on the official road between the mountains.
All the way into the northern Fujian region and into the territory of Qian State.
Fujian has always been known as a place that is not fought over by military strategists. There is not even a defensive force at the border between the two countries. After all, it is two thousand miles away from the main battlefield, and no one has paid attention to the remote southeastern region.
After two and a half days, they finally got out of the mountains and saw Ningde City, not far from the sea.
At this time, Ningde City is much stronger than Wenzhou.
On the top of Ningde City, the flag of Qian Kingdom was fluttering. Two thousand soldiers and more than a thousand civilians filled the top of the city.
They took up their weapons and attacked the Japanese pirates below.
The Japanese pirates here are much stronger than those in the north. They have weapons, some of them even have armor, as well as ladders, grappling hooks and other siege tools.
They are constantly climbing up and fighting a bloody battle with the soldiers and civilians on the city walls.
County Magistrate Xiao Muzhi stood on the top of the city wall and gave orders loudly.
"Hurry, hurry, the Japanese pirates are coming up from the north wall. Push them back, push them back!"
"Master Xiao, this won't work. The Japanese pirates are too powerful. They can beat several of us in a short time."
"The pirates are also human beings. It's impossible for all of them to be so powerful. Charge forward and kill them. Your wives and children are behind you. The city must not be lost!"
There are many people with excellent martial arts skills among the Japanese pirates, but not all of them are masters. There are only tens of thousands of warriors in the entire Japanese country. How could they all come out to become pirates?
Among them were many thieves, fugitives, pirates, deserters and other people who could not make a living in the local area. They followed these ronin with high martial arts skills to plunder other countries.
Usually, a ronin with martial arts skills serves as the captain, and the others assist him.
These people have different levels of martial arts skills, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they are evil, cruel, and have no bottom line.
They fought desperately. Those below the city shot arrows upwards, while others risked their lives to climb the ladders.
Below are the masters who are fearless of death.
Above them are the security forces whose combat effectiveness is even worse than that of the local army, and some able-bodied civilians.
Although there are more than 3,000 people each, the difference is obvious.
Moreover, the Japanese pirates could choose to attack and launch surprise attacks from any direction at any time, so the county magistrate had to send people to monitor the city walls on all four sides, which made the defense even weaker.
Perhaps, it won’t be long before this city will be captured.
County Magistrate Xiao Muzhi roared, wishing he could take up the knife and fight himself.
In some places, when too many people were killed, they became frightened and wanted to flee. The county magistrate personally rushed over, pushed the people forward, dispatched soldiers to help them, and loudly encouraged them to fight to the death.
However, even so, after a morning of bloody fighting, there were still two or three places where the Japanese pirates climbed up.
Those Japanese pirates were extremely ferocious and killed anyone they saw. The defenders were no match for them.
Xiao Muzhi sighed to the sky. It was too late to ask the court for help at this time. It was said that the court was about to go to war with the Yan State in the north. By then, there would be no troops to support this side.
"Heaven wants to destroy me, God wants to destroy me!"
Xiao Muzhi gritted his teeth, roared, and rushed forward with a knife in hand.
Even if I die, I want to die in a blazing manner.
Suddenly, someone from the north shouted,
"Master Xiao, Master Xiao, it's reinforcements, our reinforcements are coming!"
"It's still cavalry. So many cavalry, so impressive!"
Hearing that reinforcements were coming, everyone was excited.
Xiao Muzhi also looked and saw the dark torrent of steel rushing towards them.
He was overjoyed at first, but when he saw the flags of the armies clearly, he felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
"It's the Yan people, it's the Yan people who are attacking us. Those aren't the imperial army, they're the Yan army from the north!"
Hearing this, the soldiers were stunned for a moment.
There are Japanese pirates in front and Yan army behind. How can we fight?
Is death really inevitable?
Everyone felt as if they had lost their parents, and some people couldn't help crying.
However, someone else shouted,
"The Yan people are killing the Japanese pirates. The Yan people are here to fight the Japanese pirates!"