roccoschili Chapter 2033 At stake
Chapter 2033 At stake
Chapter 2033 At stake
The enemy tower stood outside the wall, about five meters high, and Japanese pirates' longbowmen and musketeers climbed up one by one.
Everyone inside the county government wall asked Magistrate Jiang in despair what to do.
You ask me what to do, but who the hell can I ask?! Facing the desperate crowd, County Magistrate Jiang was also on the verge of despair.
"Hold on, reinforcements will be here soon! Once the reinforcements arrive, we will be saved." This was all Magistrate Jiang could say to everyone.
Reinforcements?
Where are the reinforcements?
The pie that Magistrate Jiang ordered was so big that everyone choked and rolled their eyes. However, before they could further question Magistrate Jiang, the Japanese pirates' feather arrows and lead bullets from muskets flew towards them like hail.
"what"
"Ugh, my legs, my legs, they hurt, it hurts so much."
"Er Gou, Er Gou, why the hell did you fall down? I promised your mother that I would bring you home in glory."
Suddenly, a series of screams and cries of grief were heard in the courtyard of the county government office.
The Japanese pirates had four enemy towers, shooting down from four angles. Everyone had only one shield, so it was impossible to take care of everything. If they took care of one, they would lose the other, and if they took care of the other, they would lose the one. Not to mention that the Japanese pirates also had more than twenty muskets. No matter you were holding up a shield or a door panel, one musket shot would make a hole in the shield and the door panel, and the people behind you would naturally be unable to avoid it.
With just this one wave of shooting, twenty or thirty yamen runners and defeated soldiers in the county government compound fell to the ground screaming in agony.
County Magistrate Jiang was lucky to avoid this round of shooting, and the Japanese pirates did not immediately discover him hiding behind three shields.
However, he had no time to be thankful, because he knew well that their people could not withstand several rounds of shooting from the Japanese pirates.
"County Master, County Master, what should we do? If we get another few rounds, we'll all be dead!"
"County Master! County Master! We can't stand it anymore!"
"Otherwise, just surrender!"
While the Japanese pirates were replacing their arrows and loading gunpowder, the survivors in the county government compound cried out to Magistrate Jiang for help, and some even considered surrendering.
"Surrender is a dead end. We just killed a lot of Japanese pirates. Do you think they will let us go if we surrender?! During the Warring States Period, Bai Qi killed 300,000 Zhao soldiers. This is a lesson for us!"
"Anyone who talks about surrendering again will be killed by everyone!"
When County Magistrate Jiang heard someone talking about surrender, he flew into a rage, shouted loudly, and issued death threats.
"But what should we do? We have lost more than 30 brothers in this round. We can't withstand a few rounds of shooting from the Japanese pirates!"
Everyone said anxiously.
County Magistrate Jiang had a look of disappointment on his face. His mouth twitched but he said nothing. He didn't know what to do.
The crowd did not get an answer, but they got another round of shooting from the Japanese pirates. First, there were feather arrows, clanging, and more than ten people fell down in the county government compound with screams. Then the Japanese pirates loaded their muskets and fired again. After this round of musket fire, another dozen people fell down in the county government compound with screams.
"escape."
Some defeated soldiers in the county government compound could not bear it anymore. They dropped their shields and ran to the backyard in panic.
If one person escapes, there will be a second and a third.
Magistrate Jiang was well aware of this, so he waved his hand to his cronies and shouted, "Anyone who deserts the battlefield will be killed without mercy!"
Upon receiving the order from Magistrate Jiang, County Magistrate Jiang's confidant immediately raised the spear in his hand, pointed it at the escapee's back, tilted his hand back, and flicked his wrist confidently.
"Whoosh!"
A feather arrow flew over and hit the confidant in the middle of his eyebrows. The metal arrowhead dripped with blood and emerged from the back of his head.
The spear in the confidant's hand fell to the ground with a clang, and then the confidant's body also fell heavily to the ground.
The escapee had no idea that he had saved his life, and he fled through the small door into the backyard in a panic. When he entered the backyard, he tripped over the threshold and disappeared from everyone's sight, crawling and tumbling.
The feather arrow fired by the Japanese pirates was a signal, and soon another round of shooting by the Japanese pirates began, first with feather arrows and then with muskets.
After this round of shooting, another twenty or thirty people were lying in the county government compound.
In this round of shooting, County Magistrate Jiang himself was injured. The Japanese pirates seemed to realize that this man with three shields must be an important person, so they paid special attention to him. At least five or six feather arrows were shot at him. Fortunately, the three shields blocked him tightly and all three feather arrows were blocked.
However, before Magistrate Jiang could rejoice, the Japanese pirates' muskets arrived.
Several muskets were aimed at Magistrate Jiang's position at the same time, and the sound of muskets was heard.
The three shields in front of County Magistrate Jiang were all hit by the Japanese pirates. One of the top-ranking officers was hit on the head by the bullet that pierced through the shield and died on the spot. The other two also suffered varying degrees of injuries.
One man's shield was fine, but he was hit in the thigh. Another man's shield was pierced, and the lead bullet that pierced the shield grazed his ear.
County Magistrate Jiang also had his face cut by flying fragments of the shield, with blood flowing to his chin.
The Japanese pirates began to load gunpowder again, pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver, and began to draw their bows and draw arrows.
Not to mention the yamen runners and the fleeing soldiers, even Magistrate Jiang was in despair. He didn't know whether others could survive the next round of shooting from the Japanese pirates, but Magistrate Jiang knew that he himself could not survive the next round of shooting from the Japanese pirates.
His identity must have been exposed, as he had been the focus of attention of the Japanese pirates in the last round of shooting.
Only one of the three life-saving shields was left intact. Of the three people protecting him, one was dead, one was injured, and only one was intact.
If the Japanese pirates come again, he, as the county magistrate, will definitely not be able to survive.
"Retreat, retreat to the inner courtyard!"
Magistrate Jiang was afraid of death, so when he saw that the Japanese pirates were about to start the next round of shooting, he shouted loudly.
In fact, retreating to the backyard is a dead end, it just means living a little longer.
Retreating to the backyard actually means giving up the front yard. Once they retreat to the backyard, the Japanese pirates will occupy the front yard.
The wall of the backyard was only two meters high, not as high as that of the front yard at all, and the Japanese pirates could climb over it with their bare hands.
Not to mention, the Japanese pirates still have four enemy radio stations.
The Japanese pirates didn't have to spend any effort at all to capture the backyard.
However, every second they could live counted, so as soon as Magistrate Jiang gave the order, they took the lead in retreating to the backyard. All the yamen runners and defeated soldiers agreed and followed Magistrate Jiang to run to the backyard, regretting that their parents had not given them another leg.
"They ran away. The old magistrate took his men and ran to Houyuan!"
The Japanese pirates on the enemy tower shouted loudly, drew their bows and shot arrows, and opened fire with their muskets, knocking down the yamen runners and fleeing soldiers who fell behind one after another, killing them on the ground in a frenzy of slaughter.
When County Magistrate Jiang retreated to the backyard and closed the small door, he counted the number of people and found that there were less than fifty people who followed.