Chapter 184: The Battle of Shaocheng

General Qi waved his big hand and said in a deep voice: "Explore again." ”

The moon had risen, the forest was misty, insects chirping, fireflies were flying, and an owl had landed on the treetops, staring silently at the army in ambush in the grass with its glowing round eyes.

There is still no news at sea.

It's the middle of the night, and the night dew has come down.

At this moment, a sentry ran up the hill out of breath.

"Report......" he exclaimed, breathlessly.

General Qi said, "Give him a bowl of water." ”

The sentry took it, drank a bowl of water with his neck tilted, panted a little evenly, pressed his chest, and then said: "I found that there is a situation on the sea, the fog is big, I can't see clearly, there are more than 50 large and small ships." ”

General Qi said: "You go back immediately and find out again." ”

At the time of the meal, I got another report: "The Japanese have entered Hangzhou Bay." ”

I got another piece of information: "The Japanese have entered the Qiantang River." ”

The Japanese were getting closer and closer, and the soldiers were gearing up and trying to get up, but General Qi was very strict with the army, and there was still no noise on the whole mountain.

"It is reported that the Japanese have come ashore from Guzhu. ”

"It is reported that the Japanese have reached the ground of Sanjiang. ”

Another sentry came running and reported: "The number of pirates is about 3,000. ”

General Qi clenched his fists and said in his heart: "Okay, just swallow all these 3,000 people." ”

"Report, the Japanese Kou Striker went straight to East Lake. ”

General Qi invited Zhang Jinhua and said: "Zhang Daxia, you quickly enter the city of Shaoxing, inform the prefect that the Japanese have come, let him defend the city with all his might, and if the city is broken, take other people's heads to report." ”

"Yes. Zhang Jinhua ran down the mountain like a puff of white smoke.

By this time, the moon had already set in the west, and in half an hour, the sky would be bright. The warriors lay in ambush in the grass, motionless, but their wheezing grew heavier and heavier.

"It is reported that the Japanese striker has arrived outside the city of Shaoxing. ”

"According to the report, the number of pirates is nearly 1,000. ”

General Qi couldn't help but be nervous: "Strange, why are there only a thousand people?"

It was these 1,000 Japanese robbers who attacked Shaoxing City, and the shouts were heard on the mountain. After a while, the people of the village outside the city helped the old and the young, pulled the cattle and pigs, fled towards the mountain, ran near, and saw that the mountain was not too tall to hide, and then turned and fled into the bigger and farther mountain.

The sun has risen in the east, and the scenery below the mountain is clear. The battle is not over, the offensive and defensive are still fierce.

A sentry ran up the hill: "Except for the besieging pirates, the rest of the pirates are scattered and hidden. ”

General Qi couldn't help but say, "Okay." ”

Five thousand warriors lay in ambush on the hillside, and could see the battle inside and outside the city, but they remained motionless.

Since the prefect of Shaocheng killed a wild dove, of course, he was rewarded by the imperial court and promoted to an official position, but he has not left yet, and he still stays in the city and serves as the prefect. But he was also afraid of the revenge of the Japanese invaders, so he trained his soldiers with his heart, and when the Japanese took revenge, he could defend the city with his heart.

Now the Japanese are attacking the city, and the prefect personally went to the city to direct the battle, and has been guarding it for two hours, and the prefect has not left the city. When the soldiers saw the prefect coming forward in person, they were encouraged and fought bravely one by one.

The prefect shouted: "The city is in the people, and the city is ruined." ”

The soldiers defending the city shouted loudly: "The city is in the people, the city is ruined, and the people are dead......

The prefect knew that the oath he shouted was not a lie, because the city was broken, and the Japanese would not let him go, and the general of the Qiping people would not let him go. But it had been almost a morning of fighting, and General Qi's rescue force had not yet arrived. Outside the city, more than 1,000 Japanese robbers are all superb in martial arts, and the offensive is fierce, and Shaoxing, a small lonely city, will not hold on for a long time.

The prefect was anxious, asked his subordinates to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote two urgent letters, one to General Qi's military camp and one to Hangzhou.

Although the letter was delivered, it was a long way away, and it was not possible to count on the arrival of help for a while. The prefect still tried his best to encourage the soldiers to hold on, and also mobilized the people of the city to go to the head of the city to help defend the city.

But the strength of Shaoxing to defend the city was limited after all, and the Japanese broke a water gate and swarmed in. The prefect was busy directing his soldiers to attack the Japanese who entered the gate. The battle was fierce, and this water gate was not guaranteed. The prefect made a risky move, transferred all the soldiers defending the city from other places, and with a tenfold advantage over the enemy, they slaughtered indiscriminately, and finally drove the Japanese out of the water gate.

The prefect breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Luck!"

He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to quickly repair the water gate and rearrange the soldiers defending the city.

The warriors of the mountains continued to lie in ambush.

At this time, it was nearly noon. The battle in Shaoxing City was fierce, and the city was almost lost several times. The people outside the city fled to the ground, and the army that rescued them did not see anyone.

The Japanese gradually gathered outside the city of Shaoxing from all directions, and it was estimated that there were nearly 3,000 people. The prefect stood at the head of the city, looking at the powerful Japanese and the foggy clouds, his heart was broken, and he regretted from time to time that he should not have killed a wild dove, although he regretted it in his heart, but it was useless, and defending the city was the only way to live.

But they were outnumbered, and there were only a few hundred soldiers in the middle of the city, where was the opponent of the 3,000 murderous Japanese robbers? The prefect had to take risks again and again, and he transferred the soldiers of the whole city to which gate the Japanese attacked, and the rest of the city gates were only guarded by the people with sticks.

General Qi saw that all the Japanese had arrived outside the city of Shaoxing, so he invited Leng Yuhu and said: "When you go to the city, you are so ...... to the prefect."

"Yes. Leng Yuhu ran down the hill and flew away like a puff of white smoke.

Leng Yuhu ran to the outside of Shaoxing City in a roundabout way, and saw that the Japanese were like swarms gathering ants, and the siege was very urgent, and Shaocheng was in danger. Leng Yuhu circled the city for half a circle, looked at a gap, and flew up to the city, and a common man stood there with a nail rake, stunned with fright. Leng Yuhu didn't care about this, and ran straight towards the location of the prefect in the east.

It was a blink of an eye, and the people rubbed their eyes, not believing what was happening in front of them. Another man came up to him and asked:

"What are you doing in a daze? If you don't defend the city, if the Japanese invade and come in, it won't end up for you. ”

The people said, "I saw a god flying in." ”

"Oh, no, the pirates have come in, what can we do? Hurry up and report it. The people were so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks.

The city of Shaoxing is about to break, and the prefect standing at the head of the city is as anxious as ants on a hot pot, turning around. At this time, he saw a man running towards him like a puff of smoke, and the soldiers on the road had no time to stop him, and the prefect was in astonishment, and the man ran to the front and said to him:

"My lord, I was sent by General Qi. ”

The pale-faced prefect jumped out of the cavity with a big red heart, and then fell to the ground, and when he looked at each other again, he couldn't help but say happily:

"Isn't this the hero who sent a wild dove with a ingot?"

The prefect pointed with his finger: "You, aren't you Zhao Daxia?"

"It's down there. ”

The prefect asked, "You were sent by General Qi?"

"Exactly, General Qi confessed......" leaned closer to the prefect's ear and whispered.

When the prefect heard this, he smiled.