The rise of the poor

Chapter 1799
The first ray of sunshine in the morning sprinkled the earth, and Suzhou City, which spent the night without incident, became lively again. Before dawn, various stores and hawkers began to open for business, and ordinary people came out early Enjoy life now.

The officers and soldiers of Suzhou City, who had been worried all night and worried about Japanese pirates attacking the city, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The hot breakfast was also prepared by people in the city, and it was sent to the city wall in baskets, big pots and wooden barrels. The Suzhou government was not short of money, and it was very convenient to provide breakfast for the city guards when the Japanese invaded the border. rich.

Each person has a large bowl of hot chicken soup. There are several pieces of chicken and tofu, dried mushrooms, fungus and other soup dishes rolled in the golden chicken soup. Shredded, sprinkled with a layer of chopped green onion and coriander, it immediately makes people salivate and appetite.

"Well, it's really fragrant. I was worried all day and night yesterday, so I have to make up for it and pay homage to my five internal organs temple."

"It must be, hey, hey, we are so lucky, there is a chicken leg in our bowl of chicken soup."

"Mother, there is still a chicken butt in my bowl, but hey, I like this one, what is the scientific name for it, yes, Qilixiang, it is Qilixiang, as the saying goes, it is better to give up the golden mountain than the chicken tip .”

A group of officers and soldiers sat on the ground together in threes and fives, put the food on the ground, wiped their chopsticks on their bodies, and couldn't wait to grab a piece of chicken and stuffed it into their mouths, gagging happily.

However, before they chewed the first bite of meat into their stomachs, they heard an exclamation.

"The Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates are moving, the army is dispatched..."

Hearing this exclamation, the officers and soldiers who were sitting on the ground eating breakfast were shocked. Several of them almost choked to death on the meat in their mouths.

"Where, where?"

A group of officers and soldiers put down their chopsticks in a panic, drank the chicken soup without hesitation, and hurriedly got up and looked around.

"It's over there, where they were stationed yesterday. Look, the Japanese army has all been dispatched. Look, they have divided their troops."

The officers and soldiers on duty stretched out their hands tremblingly, pointing to a place more than ten miles ahead, and shouted in panic.

Sure enough, following the direction of the officers and soldiers' fingers, you can see the direction of the Japanese pirate camp in the distance. The Japanese pirate army is as dense and mighty as ants. It can be seen with the naked eye that it has already squirmed, and the soldiers and horses are divided into four groups.

The soldiers and horses along the way accounted for as much as half, and the front of the soldiers went straight forward, advancing towards the Zhe Army's position.

The men and horses along the way accounted for one-third of the remaining soldiers and horses. The troops bypassed the Zhe army's position, made a semicircle to the east, and headed for the east gate of Suzhou City.

Like the soldiers and horses of the previous route, the people and horses of the whole group also made a half circle to the east and headed for the north gate of Suzhou City.

There was another route of soldiers and horses, and the front of the soldiers went around the Zhe army's position, made a semicircle to the west, and headed for the northwest gate.

The Zhejiang army guarded the south gate and radiated to the north gate. Japanese pirates avoided these two gates and divided their forces to attack other gates.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the Japanese soldiers are divided into three groups and are coming towards the east gate, north gate and northwest gate."

The city wall was in a mess for a while, a kind of officers and soldiers panicked and didn't even eat breakfast, and the group of dragons shouted like they had no leader.

"What to shout, what to panic, what to be afraid of, when the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover them with soil. Raising soldiers for a thousand days will use them for a while. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in our city, and hundreds of thousands of people in the city. Tens of thousands of strong men can be recruited at any time to help defend the city. "

Shang Wei, the magistrate of Suzhou, heard the news that the Japanese pirates were splitting up to attack the east gate, north gate, and northwest gate, so he came trotting all the way.

Seeing Shang Weiwei leading the officials to hold the line, and a crowd of panicked and yelling soldiers stopped.

"Look at the panicked looks of each of you. I don't know, but I thought the Japanese pirates had already broken into the city?!"

"Yesterday, there were only [-] soldiers and horses from the Zhejiang Army outside the city. With a low wall as high as one person, how about facing [-] to [-] vicious Japanese pirates? You have also seen that the Zhejiang Army has achieved a brilliant victory! !!"

"We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and we can recruit tens of thousands of strong men from the city to defend the city at any time. The city wall under our feet is tens of meters high, and there is a moat several meters deep. As for the Japanese pirates, they were defeated by the Zhejiang army in the battle yesterday. Annihilate seven or eight thousand, why are you panicking?!"

"The Japanese pirates are here, just hit him! We can do what two thousand Zhejiang troops can do!"

Su Zhifu sternly reprimanded the soldiers in the city and ordered them to return to their posts and prepare for battle.

"General Wang, General Zhao, and General Liu, you are all veterans in the battlefield. Quickly lead your own soldiers to the east gate, north gate and northwest gate to sit in town. You must guard the city gates for me. If you make a mistake, the hundreds of thousands of people in the city will rely on you. I will take care of you in the middle, and if you need anything, just ask, and I will definitely satisfy you."

Su Zhifu ordered the three generals to guard a city gate respectively.

"Please rest assured, my lord, I have been through the battlefield for a long time, and this tasseled helmet was shot out with a knife and a gun. It is guarded in the city, and it is safe to keep." General Wang, General Zhao and General Liu assured, patted their chests.

"Good! The three generals are so confident, I feel relieved." The prefect Su praised them after hearing the words.

Soon, the three generals led their soldiers and horses to the three city gates.

"Hurry up and burn the golden juice!"

"Rolling stones, rolling logs are ready, move them to the bottom of the wall, wait for the Japanese pirates to come, throw him, smash the dog to death!"

"The city defense crossbows are winched."

"All the feathers and arrows are brought in."

"The Great General's cannon is loaded first, and ready to be ignited. The Zhejiang Army's firearms are powerful, and they are no match for the Great General's cannon!"

Under the command of Shangzhi Mansion and a group of officials and generals, the defenders on the city wall hurriedly made preparations.

As the Japanese pirates got closer, all the officials and soldiers in the city became nervous.

Of course, in addition to being nervous, many people still have some expectations. There are only [-] Zhejiang troops under the city, and we can win a brilliant victory yesterday. can do it!

The Zhejiang army only trained for a few months, and even the [-] recruits they recruited from Yiwu only trained for two months.

We have been soldiers for several years. The Zhejiang Army can do it, and I can do it too!

When the defenders on the city wall were tensely defending the city and preparing for war, Zhu Ping'an stood on the sentry fort at the head of the Fengqiao bridge outside the city, watching the troops bypassing the Zhe army's position and attacking the east gate of Suzhou and the north of Suzhou in three groups. The Japanese pirates at the North and Northwest Gates frowned.

What the hell are the pirates doing? !
Why did you blatantly divide your troops to attack the city so early in the morning? !
If you want to divide the troops to attack the city, wouldn't it be more successful than the blatant division of troops now that they quietly hid their whereabouts last night, divided the troops in ambush outside the east gate, north gate, and northwest gate, and launched an attack suddenly? !
(End of this chapter)