dmims Chapter 2034: Reinforcements Victory
Chapter 2034: Reinforcements Victory
Chapter 2034: Reinforcements Victory
As soon as County Magistrate Jiang and his men retreated to the inner courtyard, the Japanese pirates swarmed in and rushed into the front yard, violently smashed down a section of the courtyard wall, pushed all four enemy towers in, and pushed them all the way to the front of the inner courtyard. The Japanese pirates climbed up the enemy towers one after another, drew their bows and arrows with a grin, raised their muskets and aimed at County Magistrate Jiang and the more than 40 survivors who were resisting in the inner courtyard.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. Bang, bang, bang.
After a hail of arrows and gunfire, Magistrate Jiang was wounded in the arm, and more than a dozen yamen runners and defeated soldiers around him were lying down.
The Japanese pirates continued to draw their bows and arrows and raise their muskets.
In this situation, County Magistrate Jiang could not help but feel a strong intuition in his heart: My life is over.
"How can I, a county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty, die or fall into the hands of Japanese pirates!" County Magistrate Jiang sighed, drew the long sword from his waist, crossed his neck, exerted force with his hands, and was about to commit suicide.
"Your Excellency, you can't do that! You must not commit suicide until the last moment." His followers rushed forward and tried their best to stop him.
"It's over, it's over."
The rest of the yamen runners and defeated soldiers also collapsed at this moment, with despair on their faces. They could not withstand the salvos of fire from the Japanese pirates.
"Surrender, we surrender! Stop shooting arrows, stop firing!" Some people couldn't bear it anymore and begged.
"It's too late to surrender now!"
"Surrender? Haha, why don't you go down and ask our dead brothers if they agree?!"
The Japanese pirates grinned, refused the man's surrender, drew their bows and arrows again, and raised their muskets.
You have no cards left, no value at all, so why should I give you the chance to surrender!
Seeing the Japanese pirates drawing their longbows and raising their muskets, Magistrate Jiang and the others could not help but close their eyes and wait for death to come. Just as they were waiting for death, they suddenly heard a commotion outside and a shout of killing.
Then, the Japanese pirates on the enemy tower seemed to have seen something horrible, and they quickly turned around, shot arrows and opened fire. Then, they were seen fleeing from the enemy tower in panic like rats under a lampstand.
"Retreat, retreat? The Japanese pirates retreated?"
County Magistrate Jiang was in disbelief. He couldn't believe that the Japanese pirates could kill them all in just a moment, but they actually let them go and retreated?! Am I dead and dreaming?
The remaining yamen runners and fleeing soldiers were all in disbelief. They couldn't believe it. They had almost stepped into the gates of hell, but they actually escaped with their lives? !
Why would the Japanese pirates suddenly let them go? !
Did the Japanese pirates deliberately play tricks on them, like a cat playing with a mouse, pretending to let them go, and then let them think they had escaped, and then suddenly appeared again, cruelly crushing their hopes, and shooting them to death with bows and arrows and muskets? !
Magistrate Jiang, the yamen runners, and the defeated soldiers all looked at the courtyard wall in fear, terrified that the Japanese pirates would suddenly pop up again and say with a fierce smile, "Haha, I fooled you, you thought you got away with your life, right? I fooled you, now prepare to die!"
One second, two seconds, three seconds, there was no movement on the courtyard wall.
There was a noisy sound coming from outside, including shouts, curses, and the sound of muskets, which all reached the ears of County Magistrate Jiang and his men.
"What's going on outside?"
The yamen runners and the defeated soldiers looked at each other, and then looked at Magistrate Jiang.
County Magistrate Jiang also looked confused.
Just when they were at a loss, a head suddenly popped out from the courtyard wall and asked, "Is anyone there?", which scared them so much that some of them even fell to the ground, with water stains appearing uncontrollably in their crotches.
"It's great that there are still people alive." The head said with a look of surprise.
Then, there was the sound of footsteps, followed by a deep voice from outside the courtyard wall, "Jiang Magistrate is here. I, Li Fengshi, am ordered by Governor Tu to lead 3,000 Shandong spearmen to rush to Jiangyin. The rescue was late, which frightened Jiang Magistrate. Jiang Magistrate can rest assured, the Japanese pirates have been defeated by our men."
It turned out that reinforcements had arrived. No wonder the Japanese pirates didn’t bother to deal with us and just turned around and ran away. Reinforcements have arrived!
Everyone was overjoyed.
"General Li, I am here to thank you for leading your troops to come to our rescue and save our lives. I am very grateful."
County Magistrate Jiang hurriedly expressed his gratitude across the courtyard wall.
"Open the door quickly, open the door quickly, I want to thank General Li and all the soldiers in person." After expressing his gratitude, County Magistrate Jiang quickly ordered someone to open the door.
"Doesn't the county lord need to verify his identity? What if he is a Japanese pirate?" the attendant reminded.
"If they really wanted to kill us, why would the pirates go through all this trouble? We would have been killed by a single volley of fire just now. Open the door!"
Magistrate Jiang gave the order without hesitation.
The gate opened, and Li Fengshi, wearing armor and accompanied by a group of sturdy personal soldiers, walked into the backyard of the county government office and saluted County Magistrate Jiang with his fists clasped.
"Thank you, General Li, for saving all of our lives, and also saving the lives of my family members." County Magistrate Jiang bowed to express his gratitude.
"You are too polite, Magistrate Jiang. This is my responsibility." Li Fengshi clasped his fists in return and continued, "Governor Tu repeatedly told me to save Magistrate Jiang. Seeing that Magistrate Jiang is safe, I feel relieved and can report to Governor Tu. Li Xiaoer, you lead 300 elite soldiers to protect Magistrate Jiang, and I will lead the army to chase the Japanese pirates."
Tu Dashan, the governor of Southern Zhili, did indeed repeatedly remind Li Fengshi to do his utmost to rescue County Magistrate Jiang from danger.
The reason for this explanation was that County Magistrate Jiang's father was an old friend of Tu Dashan. How could he not save his old friend's son when he was in trouble?
After Li Fengshi finished making the arrangements, he hurriedly clasped his fists and said goodbye to County Magistrate Jiang, "County Magistrate Jiang, the Japanese pirates have been defeated. This opportunity cannot be missed. I will go after the Japanese pirates, expand the results of the battle, and weaken their strength as much as possible so that they dare not be so presumptuous again!"
"The Japanese pirates are full of tricks. General Li, please don't fall into their trap," said Magistrate Jiang with concern.
"Haha, don't worry, County Magistrate Jiang. After the Japanese pirates broke through your county, they split into two groups. One group scattered in the city to burn, kill and loot, and the other group besieged the county government office defended by County Magistrate Jiang, and relaxed their vigilance. I will lead a large army, with men holding their tongues and horses wrapped in hooves, to attack them unexpectedly. We suddenly attacked from behind the Japanese pirates who were besieging the county government office, catching them off guard and killing dozens of them. The Shandong spearmen under my command are brave and good at fighting. Once the spear formation came out, the Japanese pirates could not resist. We defeated the Japanese pirates in front of the government office and then in the square. We killed dozens of Japanese pirates in the battle and made them flee. The nearly 100 Japanese pirate corpses outside cannot be fake."
Li Fengshi laughed and pointed outside, confidently inviting County Magistrate Jiang to go out and see the corpses of the Japanese pirates.
Magistrate Jiang followed Li Fengshi and others out, and indeed saw nearly a hundred corpses of Japanese pirates outside the yamen.
They were indeed the corpses of Japanese pirates. These pirates had fought with County Magistrate Jiang, and even if they turned into ashes, County Magistrate Jiang could recognize them.
Clothes, hairstyle, cannot be disguised in such a short time.
Thinking back to the scene where the Japanese pirates retreated in panic just before they were about to be wiped out, County Magistrate Jiang couldn't help but exclaimed, "General Li is indeed a great general."