Chapter Forty-Five: The Wako Are Coming
Everyone was looking forward to the Japanese not coming, the old Sun Chengen summoned Lu Bin three times and twice to ask, and Hu Xianling went to the small Buddha hall every other meal to bow and plead.
Only Qian Yuan and Zheng Ruozeng didn't see it that way, and no one wanted to see the Japanese invaders, but judging from the confessions of Boss Jin's gang of bandits, it was a foregone conclusion that the Japanese would attack Jiading.
If you're coming, come early.
It is not that the preparations for Jiading to defend the city are perfect enough, but because the deeds of the Japanese have not been revealed, Qian Yuan and Zheng Ruozeng's hearts have to be carried all the time.
Therefore, when the news of the appearance of the Japanese outside Jiading City came, Qian Zheng and the others breathed a long sigh of relief.
The chaotic sound of gongs and drums sounded on the street, accompanied by sharp screams from time to time, and most of Jiading City was in chaos.
"The Wokou are coming!"
"The Wokou are coming!"
The atmosphere of fear hung over the city, and not only that, but several black smoke rose from the city, and the roars and curses mixed together made it even more chaotic.
Qian Yuan looked left and right and saw a few men smashing open the door of a large family with sticks and rushing in, there was no doubt that a group of ruffians and hooligans who took advantage of the fire to rob were just a bunch of ruffians.
Turning his head to look at Hu County's order who was trembling with his legs, Qian Yuan glanced at the angry Gui Youguang again, and Zheng Ruozeng on the side couldn't help but roar: "If you don't do it again, you won't need the Japanese to attack the city!" ”
Zheng Ruo used to command Lu Bin, but although he had only known each other for a few days, Qian Yuan's words and deeds and his actions to find out the thief convinced the arrogant Lu Bin.
"Lu sent people to the west, Yang Wen and Wu Zhutou to the east, let's start."
Qian Yuan had already arranged this, and the biggest difference between modern people and Ming Dynasty people in their actions was that the former often had a strong sense of planning and had predetermined countermeasures for possible changes.
However, Qian Yuan didn't expect that the deterrent power of the word "would" be so great, and it would already be like this before the siege of the city.
On the wall of the West City Gate, Qian Yuan took out his binoculars and took a closer look, after all, the Japanese were not an army, they didn't display a flag at all, and the queue was also chaotic...... Well, the Ming army is actually not much better.
However, compared with the Ming army that Qian Yuan saw, the Japanese were obviously more murderous, and what they were holding in their hands was not a firewood knife or a simple spear, but a standard weapon.
"There are about two hundred people, I don't know if there are any ...... on the other side of the East City Gate," Lu Bin quickly made a judgment.
After hesitating for a while, Lu Bin whispered to Qian Yuan: "I received a reply from my father before a stick of incense. ”
"Let you stick to Jiading." Qian Yuan replied expressionlessly.
"How do you know?"
"Guess." Qian Yuan snorted, "As long as this group of wouldn't go north from Jiaxing Mansion, General Lu Shen will not lead the army to help, otherwise what will Jiaxing Mansion do?" ”
"Do you think Yu Dayou will come to help?"
"Difficult." The binoculars in Qian Yuan's hand hadn't been put down yet, "But after all, the Japanese are not an army, and it is estimated that the food and grass may not be enough for a few days, and the siege will soon disperse." ”
Gui Youguang on the side immediately looked ugly, he was not stupid, of course he understood this sentence, if the Japanese invaders could not capture Jiading City, they would turn to loot the countryside and villages.
Although Gui Youguang is a native of Kunshan, in fact, Taicang Prefecture was not established until the Hongzhi period, and it has always belonged to Kunshan before, so for him, Taicang Jiading is the countryside.
Qian Yuan put down the binoculars and looked left and right, Hu Xianling was already a little unstable, if it weren't for Zheng Ruozeng who had resisted it from behind, this guy would have collapsed to the ground.
"General Lu is in charge of the specific command." Qian Yuan deliberately said loudly: "Don't lose the face of General Lu." ”
Lu Bin, who was in charge for the first time, was flushed with excitement, but fortunately, among the soldiers he brought, there were also old people who had followed Lu Bo for many years, and they were very proficient in military affairs, and arranged them in an orderly manner, so that the Ming army could be divided into two groups and mixed formations of government servants and township warriors to focus on protecting the city gate.
After looking at it for a while, Qian Yuan, who was a little relieved, raised his binoculars again and looked at it carefully, confirming that there were no obvious features of the Japanese ronin.
What Qian Yuan is most worried about is encountering those Japanese ronins who are holding long knives and jumping like flying, and when they encounter these goods who are not afraid of death with a single brain, Jiading City really can't stand it.
Also, the gang of Japanese who introduced the Japanese in large quantities had to wait until Xu Hai, at this time, most of the Japanese were scattered maritime merchants, mostly coerced some fishermen and gangsters, and their combat power was not very strong, but the Ming army from these guards along the coast was too waste.
A servant hurriedly climbed the city wall, and after glancing at the pale Hu County Order, he simply reported directly to Lu Bin, "There are also Japanese robbers outside the gate of the East City, but there are only a few dozen of them. ”
"We should break them individually, concentrate our forces to destroy the Japanese outside the east city gate first, and then ......" Shen Xingping stammered: "There are only one or two hundred Japanese soldiers, and there are at least five or six hundred soldiers in the city. ”
While watching Lu Bin arranging defense, Qian Yuan said casually: "Bring a set of armor, and then take a spear." ”
"What for?" Sun Kehong hurriedly said: "Brother Yuan, don't be impulsive. ”
"I'm not impulsive, this is for Brother Shen." Qian Yuannunu mouthed, "If it weren't for Brother Shen to say it, everyone wouldn't know it." ”
"Don't be cowardly, I remember that you Shen Xingping is from Jiading, don't be too ashamed in front of your father and fellow villagers."
"Brother Shen, it's time to make a contribution!"
Shen Xingping gritted his teeth and glared at Qian Yuan, he had heard that Songjiang Qian's mouth was too smelly and poisonous, it was really worthy of his reputation!
Qian Yuan didn't plan to meddle in the specific defense work of Jiading City, this aspect was not what he was good at, and there was Zheng Ruozeng, today he learned that this Zheng Ruo had traveled outside the city after failing in the seventeenth year of Jiajing, and he had a very good relationship with Zeng Milling, the trilateral general system at that time, and had a lot of insights into guarding the city.
Glancing at Shen Xingping, Qian Yuan was ready to stab him a few more words, last night he went to see Gui Youguang to try to reconcile, this guy stirred up trouble in it, and finally Gui Youguang swept Qian Yuan out of the house.
But at this time, Yang Wen and Lu put the soldiers around them to climb the city wall, and several soldiers behind them carried a string of heads that had been chopped off, blood dripping to the ground, and a bloody road loomed on the bluestone slab.
"Do you have a brain, just chop it down and throw it away, and take it to receive credit?" Qian Yuan sighed, pointed left and right, and said, "See?" All scared. ”
The pro-soldier grinned, and his mouth full of yellow and black teeth made Qian Yuan unbearable, which was really unappetizing.
Yang Wen pursed his lips, "I killed eight or nine, arrested more than a dozen, and the city has been pacified." ”
Qian Yuan nodded casually, turned his head and looked outside the city again, whether it was the Ming army or the Japanese in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of speed of the whole team was really flattering, and their feet were sore, and they were still in a mess and couldn't figure out a clue.
Qian Yuan was a little speechless, with this virtue, he could still defeat hundreds of Ming troops, and now the guards are so wasteful!
Qian Yuan, a serious guard soldier, really hadn't seen much, and what he encountered several times was either a wolf soldier, or a personal soldier of the governor's yamen, or an elite soldier led by the famous general Lu Bo for many years.
The plan was discussed by Zheng Ruozeng, Lu Bin and Qian Yuan a long time ago, and they defended the city gate and city wall, and a large number of stones, wood, and blades were ready, so they didn't believe that the would-be robbers outside could fly in.
But at this moment, Gui Youguang hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Lu, do you want to try to attack once......
"What!?"
Before Lu Bin could react, Qian Yuan had already turned his head and glared at Gui Youguang fiercely, "Mr. Zhenchuan, what do you want to do!?" ”