Chapter 257: Get out!

The southern city wall was relatively short, but the Japanese pirates came across the sea without a large amount of siege equipment. The first round of attacks was temporarily retreated under the fierce counterattack of the Ming army.

Liang Xinghua didn't care about eating rice, so he hurriedly inspected the four cities. Seeing that the Japanese pirates were concentrated in the East City, he transferred all the main forces in the city to the East City to defend. The other three cities were on guard. Once a police officer immediately sent a message with bells and drums, he could transport troops over.

As the sky was dawn, Liang Xinghua found that Japanese pirates rushed into the residence near the city wall and brutally massacred the people. In addition to commanding soldiers to shoot arrows and shoot as much as possible, he tried his best to kill and hinder the Japanese pirates. However, the Japanese pirates were strong and there was no reason to go out of the city to rescue them. Liang Xinghua could only watch the people being killed and humiliated. Then he discovered that Japanese pirates had the intention of connecting with the houses close to the city wall and setting up escalators to the city. He immediately summoned the officers and soldiers to fire rockets, and took the initiative to burn the houses, and the flames soared into the sky.

The Japanese have always had guerrilla attacks and rarely attacked the city and pass actively. However, despite the defeat of the attacks, this Japanese army refused to retreat. In the afternoon, the Japanese used the wood of demolished houses to make a large number of siege ladders, and several Lv chariots to launch an attack again.

Liang Xinghua was commanding a counterattack at the top of the city. Suddenly, he heard a warning from Nancheng. Liang Xinghua hurriedly handed over the defense of Dongcheng to Deputy General He Wen. He led five hundred troops to Nancheng and climbed the walls of Nancheng. He saw five or six hundred Japanese pirates shouting outside the moat under the city. A mile away was a lush forest, and there seemed to be countless ambush troops in the forest.

Mao Wenjun, the deputy general of the city guarding, said nervously: "Mr. The Japanese seem to be cutting wood in the forest. I think they are less than 2,000 people, and I am afraid that there will be insufficient officers and soldiers in the city guarding, so I urgently notify the master."

Liang Xinghua observed carefully for a while and sneered: "This must be the Japanese's suspicious plan. The bluffing force made me divide the troops and reduce my defense in Dongcheng. Don't panic. Even if you are safe to defend the city, there is no large number of enemy troops to attack the city, and there is no need to ring the bell to warn. The war in Dongcheng is in critical condition. I am worried and have to rush back immediately."

Mao Wenjun was timid and hesitated: "There is a trait of military tactics. If the real one is weak, it is weak. If the Japanese are very cunning, what should we do if we don't attack for a long time? "

Mao Wenjun said this and Liang Xinghua also hesitated. He gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Persevere, wait until Suzhou reinforcements arrive. I will leave you another 300 people. Be careful at all times."

Liang Xinghua left three hundred officers and soldiers to Nancheng. When he rushed back to Dongcheng, the new round of attacks of the Japanese pirates was over. A dead body was left under the city wall. The city gate was hit by the Japanese pirates who risked their lives to attack and had already cracked the gap and was about to fall. The general defending the city was commanding the civil and the young and strong laborers who were temporarily recruited to block the stones and soil under the city gate. The push-pressing poles were to reinforce them.

Liang Xinghua climbed up the city wall and looked out with the mouth of the pheasant wall. He couldn't help but complain. The Japanese pirates outside the city temporarily retreated, and the Japanese pirates in the back team disappeared. They were no longer sure where they were going. The Japanese pirates used a plan to reduce troops. It seemed that there were less than two thousand Japanese pirates outside the East City. It was hard to predict where the main Japanese forces moved. At this time, there was another warning from the North City. Liang Xinghua did not dare to be careless and immediately led his army to support.

In this way, if there are warnings in the four cities, the defenders in the city will be exhausted. By dusk, the defenders are already trapped and horses are exhausted. If this continues, the defenders may not be able to support the dawn. The defenders and the people in the city are worried and look forward to Suzhou reinforcements, and their mood is becoming more and more anxious.

The moon gradually rose, and the moon in the south of the Yangtze River was like a gentle woman, and the thin clouds were like a shameless gauze. The moon was as bright as water. It shone on the earth. Under the walls of the four cities, among the grass and in the ditches, frogs and insects were quiet. It was not affected by the torches of the North City and the East City as bright as day, and the hissing and killing the sky and the earth.

At this time, in order to concentrate troops to attack the shorter Dongcheng, the Japanese had already withdrawn the suspicious soldiers in the Xicheng. Several figures rushed to the city under the moonlight. The defenders in the city did not dare to be careless for a moment. They immediately picked up the bow and arrow and shouted loudly: "Stop! People from the city all have their names and names!"

A trembling voice shouted upwards: "He...fuck, what are you calling? Be careful to attract the Japanese ghosts."

When the general guarding the city heard the news, he rushed up the city wall from the city tower and asked anxiously: "Who is the person under the city?"

A local Wujiang County shouted in an accent: "Sir, we have transmitted the military information to Suzhou, and the Governor has sent a large army to aid."

Another man cursed: "Shut up and let Mr. Liu talk to Lord Li."

The general guarding the city was called Li Bin. When he heard the people under the city call out his surname and mentioned Liu Bazhong, he couldn't help but say: "Liu Qian? Have you passed the letter?"

Someone under the city replied: "Yes, Lord Li, open the city quickly, I have a secret letter from the Governor to present the guardian."

Li Bin was familiar with Liu Qiang. When he heard that it was indeed his accent, he was looking forward to reinforcements in the city, so he was eager to think more about it. What's more, there were 700 defenders on the city and only eight people under the city. He hurriedly ordered: "Open the city gate quickly and let General Liu come in."

When he heard that the governor's army was about to arrive, the guards rushed down the city wall happily, moved the thick logs of the door, slowly opened the city gate, and whispered: "Come in quickly."

A figure was as fast as a monkey, and it jumped to the sound of the wind. The sharp blade slashed down like lightning. A skull rolled on the ground, and the man was full of blood and his face was squirting.

The man was extremely fierce. He reached out to wipe his face, wiped away the blood that covered his eyes, twisted his body and broke into the city, and the five-foot-long sword danced, with white lights everywhere within a radius. The officers and soldiers who were caught off guard screamed and fell to the ground one after another. The remaining officers and soldiers shouted, turned around and fled.

Outside the city gate, several Japanese pirates rushed into the city gate with two-meter-long spear, opened the city gate. Taking advantage of the night, the Japanese pirates who had quietly covered the grass nearby rushed up and shouted and rushed into the city.

Liu Qian stood on the side of the road, looking at the Japanese pirates rushing into the city, and said to the Japanese pirates beside him with trembling fear: "Brother Fang, our fellow villagers, you said that as long as you open the city gate, you will spare my life. I... can I leave?"

The Japanese pirate holding a knife smiled and said, "Of course, I say I will spare your life, so I will naturally not go back on my word."

Liu Qian felt relieved after hearing this, and his personal life was preserved. Selfishness and greed made the only shame in his heart disappear. He immediately said to the Japanese pirate with gratitude: "Thank you, Brother Fang, that little brother will leave. I will meet again. Please give me a drink to thank you."

Before he finished speaking, a sharp sword tip came out from his chest, Liu Qian's eyes raised, and he stared at the blurred smiling face in front of him in shock. The Japanese pirate surnamed Fang smiled and said, "I said I would spare you, but if I didn't say others would spare you. You can drink this wine by yourself on the way to the underworld." After that, he laughed wildly and rushed into the city with a knife.

Liu Qian's face was full of pain and regret. Crying and firelights had already been heard in the city, and all of this had become so far away for him. The body collapsed softly on the side of the road, and the bright moonlight as bright as a veil gently covered his ugly and sinful corpse, and was bleak.

Wujiang City is lost...

When the moon is under the west wing, the house is half open against the wind. The flowers are moving on the wall, and it is suspected that it is a jade man.

Following the gravel path. Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun were sitting opposite Yang Ling under the shade of flowers. The moonlight was bright, and the light-hearted jade man was dressed in plain green clothes. The posture of siping and tasting was extremely seductive, especially the redness on his pretty face after drinking. Even under the moon, it was not less attractive and beautiful.

Yang Ling sighed lightly, put down his ivory chopsticks and stroked his knees, "I haven't felt so relaxed and in a long time. Alas, just imagine the roughness of the Northwest Army and the toughness of the Northeast Army. Even the Southwest Army is in the poor mountains and rivers, they are all arrogant and ferocious. No matter which of the troops is placed in Jiangnan, they are all tigers and wolves. How can the little Japanese pirates get into trouble? I thought about it and never thought that the Jiangnan Army was like a group of sheep, mourning for their misfortune and angering them not to fight! This is the case."

"Sorry for his misfortune, and angry at his failure to fight?" Cheng Qiyun's eyes were full of strange ideas and said happily: "My lord's words are so sharp that they are extremely insightful. This sentence is so exquisite!"

Yang Ling was startled. He always thought... this was an idiom. It turned out that Dai Louer had never heard of this word.

Cheng Qiyun said: "This is indeed a true portrayal of the defeated soldiers. However, the Jiangnan soldiers were originally in the wealthy places in Jiangnan, and they were tempered by hard land. In addition, the military farms were mostly swallowed by generals. The hereditary official army's desertion increased day by day, morale was sluggish, and the military was decayed. Every time they encountered war, everyone thought about how to escape. Even if such soldiers were enemies of thousands of people, how could they talk about combat power?

Now we can only dispatch troops first. Then, with serious military discipline and clear military achievements in the war, we will drive the officers and soldiers of the Jiangnan Guard. The bodies of these sheep are tigers and wolves, and the weak are only their center. As long as they recover their morale and courage, they will be a powerful army."

Yang Ling nodded thoughtfully and pondered: "It's too late to sharpen the guns in the face of battle. Now it's too late to reorganize the army. Now I should first purify the military discipline and strengthen the military combat effectiveness. When the war is over, we have to find the reasons from the root. Military households and soldiers are unwilling to join the army and force them to join the army. It is not a long-term solution to suppress them by relying solely on military discipline. The border army's method of recruiting soldiers is very good. I should report to the Emperor Ming to gradually abolish military households and implement the recruitment system.

Nowadays, craftsmen have changed to using silver instead of service. The craftsmen make their own way of living, and their income increases, and they are all happy. At the same time, the industry and commerce have been activated, and the court has increased taxes and reduced the burden of raising people. The benefits are very obvious. Although the rigid military household system has increased in military expenditure, once the sea is opened, the movement of personnel is imperative, and the court's tax will also increase significantly, so there should be no difficulties."

He said, while gently tapping his knees and calculating. Seeing this, Cheng Qiyun pursed her lips and smiled: "Sir, I have finally had time to relax for a while and are considering official affairs. These things must be implemented gradually after the war is calmed down. If you are anxious, you will not be able to achieve it. It is useless to think too much now. Please relax. When the reinforcements arrive, we will first solve the bandits in Jiangnan."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "Yes, I want to have a headache, okay, let's only talk about the wind and moon tonight, regardless of military affairs."

Cheng Qiyun smiled slightly and held the cup and said, "Hold the cup and advised the moon in the sky, wishing the full moon. Hold the cup and advised the flower branches to grow, and don't leave the slope. Hold the cup and the moon is drunk in front of the flowers, don't ask about the prosperity and drought. How many people know about this joy? When will they not drink wine and flowers?"

Yang Ling laughed and said, "What a pair of wine and flowers, uh..."

Although the moonlight is hazy, the lonely man and the beautiful woman are ambiguous, and it is easy to relax after drinking. Yang Ling dares not say frivolous words after all, but there is a bunch of dry firewood that is caught in the fire. How could Yang Ling not know in his heart?

He smiled and said, "Come on, let's drink together." He gently touched the jade cup, two glasses of sake entered his stomach, Yang Ling took up a piece of vegetables, and took advantage of the fragrance left on his cheeks and teeth and tasted it slowly.

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "When drinking, the season is best for spring outskirts, flowers, clear autumn, fresh green, snow, new moon, and cool in the evening; the location is best for flowers, under the moon, bamboo forest, high pavilion, pleasure boat, secluded hall, Qudong, and Heting; this character is elegant, heroic, honest, confidant, old friend, jade man, Keer. The adults have worked so hard these days. If you feel it is good, just relax tonight."

Yang Ling clapped his high-high and said, "Is there any knowledge about drinking? In the spring, when flowers are in front of the flowers and under the moon, I know my husband and I have everything in line. I should drink more. You have been too tired these days, and I have a shallow alcohol tolerance. If you like it, just drink more."

Cheng Qiyun heard that he knew his wife and felt happy. She couldn't help but smile at him, and then held the cup and lipped.

The evening breeze blew, and a few strands of black hair gently slapped on her cheeks like jade. She lowered her lips and drank wine, and her earlobes, which were as gentle as jade, showed her face, and the scenery was endless.

Yang Ling's eyes were blurred for a moment. He had just raised his cup. Footsteps in the distance started to sound, and Wu Hanchao's voice came quickly: "Sir, Wujiang City has been lost, and thousands of Japanese pirates have entered the city, burning, killing, looting and strengthening the city defense. Lord Bai and Lord Min are all waiting in the front hall. Please see you immediately!"

Yang Ling was shocked and looked at the Japanese pirates in the six provinces. There were very few places to advance and retreat together. On the one hand, there were many Japanese pirate factions, and on the other hand, there were several large Japanese pirate forces who were divided into forces for supply reasons. There were only three or two cases of gathering thousands of people to attack the city. How dare these Japanese pirates attack the feet of Suzhou, which are crowded with heavy troops?

Yang Ling immediately stood up and rushed to the front hall. Wu Hanchao bowed to Cheng Qiyun and followed him.

Cheng Qiyun sat for a while. He held a pot and filled a cup. He raised his cup to the moon and said slowly: "The sword energy shot into the clouds and sky. The sound of drums shook the original celestial body. The yellow dust blocked the road, and the horses rushed to chase the soldiers. From then on, the bows went away, and the arrows gathered like rain. The circumference was 100 miles, and the beheaded level 5,000!"

Yang Ling was really angry. The governor of the bandit suppression of six provinces was stationed in Suzhou, and the Japanese pirates gathered thousands of people to use troops near Suzhou City. This was provocation and contempt. If the Japanese pirates were allowed to burn, kill, loot and spread their strength, the reputation of the Governor's Office would plummet, and the morale of the six provinces, which were originally sluggish, would be even more sluggish, and even the capital would no longer tolerate such war situations.

Yang Ling had a blue face and ordered Bai Chongzan to lead 15,000 people to defend the city, and led 23,000 troops to assist Wujiang City. At the same time, he sent a message to order the officers and soldiers of the nearby garrison to encircle Wujiang City.

Seeing that the Governor-General Military Commissioner was furious, Bai Chongzan and others were silent. No one dared to object anymore, so they immediately responded to the order. When Cheng Qiyun heard that Yang Ling was leading the army to rescue him, she was shocked and hurried to the front hall, Yang Ling's army had already left the city.

Yang Ling knew that Wujiang City had fallen. If the Japanese pirates seized the city and defended it, the 20,000 troops might not have been able to attack the city. Therefore, he led eight blue-bombing cannons with his team to attack the city. The army was so powerful that it took more than ten miles to walk out of the night. Yang Ling's excitement gradually calmed down. He rode on the horse and pondered for a moment, suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse and shouted: "Stop moving forward!"

The horn was blowing, three long and one short, and the messengers from all over the place responded. The army stood there. Min Wenjian rode his horse from the outpost with a big sword and said anxiously: "Sir, why don't you leave?"

Yang Ling looked at him coldly and asked, "Mr. Min, can the Japanese pirates occupy the city and defend it?"

Min Wenjian was stunned and said, "Yes, if the Japanese robbed a large amount of property and had no time to transport it to sea, they would usually occupy a small city along the coast to intercept our army, cover their accomplices to send the property away and then break out of the sea. When they were chased in the inland, they would also raid and occupy a city to breathe, but usually they would cross the city before our army sieges and continue to escape."

Yang Ling smiled coldly and said, "Wujiang City is not a small town in Linhai. It's okay for them to rob, so why do they act in a stubborn position? They suddenly attacked, but they fled before we were shocked, and now there are no soldiers to stop it. Thousands of Japanese pirates can come and go calmly, so why retreat into the city and allow us to calmly arrange troops to siege?"

Min Wenjian said in a daze: "What do you mean by sir?"

Yang Ling's eyes turned, gritted his teeth and sneered: "Xiang Zhuang dances his sword, aiming to Pei Gong! This group of Japanese people have a lot of appetite. What they want to take is Suzhou City, and Wujiang is just a cover."

Min Wenjian suddenly realized and said in surprise: "So it is... the one who lured the tiger away from the mountain? Damn, should we rush back to Suzhou immediately?"

Yang Ling shook his head and thought to the sky for a while, "There are still 15,000 troops in Suzhou City. Even if the Japanese are transferred to us and kill us into the city, they will still be entangled with the defenders in the city. At that time, our army will return to the aid, and the Japanese will be packed with dumplings. They tried their best to take Wujiang, and they must set up an ambush to eat us first, and then..."

When Yang Ling said this, his heart suddenly moved and said suddenly: "They acted like defending the city to attract me to approach, and for the sake of..." He suddenly turned his head and said to the central army: "Quickly send orders to the rear formation baggage troops to introduce eight artillery into the central army. Disguise the siege ladder and chariots as cannons, and place explosive barrels in the middle, go quickly!"

The central army received the order and rushed to the back. Yang Ling called the gang general Hong Peng and asked, "You are a local. I'll ask you, what are the dangerous places to be used for ambushing the troops when you go to Wujiang?"

Hong Peng thought for a while and said, "The road to Wujiang is smooth. Only when passing by Shiwazhai, there is a mud sieve on the left side of the road, about a radius of reeds with a radius of several acres, and a gentle slope on the right. There are many low tea trees planted. If you want to hide people, this place is the only place that is suitable for ambushing thousands of people along the way."

Yang Ling dismounted and asked carefully about the terrain. Hong Peng asked someone to draw a torch on the ground to describe in detail. Yang Ling stood up and looked at the map and pondered for a while, and ordered: "Call the generals, I will deploy military orders here!"

Wu Hanchao stood behind Yang Ling holding the Shangfang sword wrapped in Huang Ling. The guards on both sides held torches in their hands. The firelight reflected Yang Ling's solemn face. Yang Ling called the generals one by one, pointed to the figures on the ground, and explained to them the tasks they were going to perform.

After Yang Ling finished everything, he slowly stood up, looked around, and whispered: "Generals, our soldiers in Jiangnan are so bad, don't I say, you know too!"

"Is it because of the strength of others? It's not as good as human martial arts? That's right, those desperate people do this every day, but tigers can't hold on to the wolves, my uncles! We have 23,000 people, can't we fight one of four?"

Yang Ling suddenly roared, and pointed to Wujiang and shouted: "Who is in trouble ahead? It is hard work to provide you with food and clothing, and your parents who are wearing and wearing food and clothing! They are being massacred by Japanese pirates and humiliated! As the saying goes, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, and raise pigs to eat meat before the New Year. Are the wastes raised to fertilize the land?"

Such a unique pre-war mobilization opened the eyes of the generals, and their shameless faces were purple.

Yang Ling pulled out the Shangfang sword from Wu Hanchao's hand with his backhand. The sword light was fierce and pierced the sky. Although he had worked hard these days, he continued to practice martial arts with Wu Hanchao every day, and his sword technique seemed to be similar. The sword flower shook and the sound was like a dragon roar.

Yang Ling paused word by word, and said murderously: "In this battle, you can win and not lose! When the war comes, you will be in charge of your troops. The sergeant will retreat and kill the sergeant! Those who sergeant will not retreat but the soldiers will retreat. All the soldiers will retreat. The sergeant will retreat, kill the sergeant! And so on, if the entire army retreats, I am sorry to the general, I will use your head on your neck to sacrifice to the Shangfang sword in my hand! Have you heard it?"

The generals were so scared that their faces were pale and they could not speak in fear. Yang Ling shouted again: "Did you hear it?"

The generals then swallowed their saliva and bowed together, "I will obey the order!"

Yang Ling's voice was raised and he said sternly: "You will tell the entire army the order to kill me! Let me tell all the soldiers that the Japanese pirates are not a group of tigers, but a group of wild dogs! You are timid, he is more fierce than a wolf, you beat it up and hurt. Next time, if you bow and pick up bricks, it will run away with its tail between its legs!"

Min Wenjian beat up the sword and shouted: "I'm fed up with these cowardly soldiers and generals. Whether officials or soldiers, they touch their crotch. If there is no missing that slut, they will thrust up and be a man, and follow the commander to fight wild dogs!"

Luo Yi Luodusi and the Japanese pirates fought against each other for several formations, and they retreated. Because the Governor's Office was located in Suzhou, he was transferred to his troops in order to strengthen his protective power. These humiliating words were heard in his ears, just like they were said to him, and each sentence was like needles, and he immediately shouted: "Yes, we will take a step back at the end of today, and there will be no place to die!"

The blood of the generals was aroused, and they were ready to go.
Chapter completed!