The sound of firecrackers was heard, and the wall suddenly became chaotic.
The first reaction of the temporarily arranged minzhuang and archers was to squat down with their heads in their hands. Everyone was shaking like chaff.
"Don't be chaotic, don't be afraid!" Zhang Jingxian stood on the city wall and shouted loudly.
With the experience of bandits harassing the city last time, he is now much calmer than these ordinary people.
Chen Hua also reacted at this time and shouted quickly: "Don't mess around, it's just a blunderbuss, it can't hit you far!"
Only then did everyone realize, yes, the fire cannon can be fired after a hundred steps. When you hear the sound, the person who fired the fire cannon is still far away.
Thinking of this, although everyone was still scared, they were finally not as scared as they were just now.
But just as everyone calmed down and poked their heads outside the wall, suddenly, firelight flashed in the darkness in the distance, and in an instant, the sound of gunpowder explosion sounded again.
Everyone quickly shrank their heads, but the next second, hysterical cries rang out from the city wall: "Uncle, uncle, please save my uncle, he was hit on the head by a cannon!"
Upon hearing this, Xu He quickly bent down and rushed over, only to see a young man hit in the face by a projectile, with blood pouring out from the wound.
He screamed on the ground in pain, and his open mouth was filled with blood and broken teeth.
"It's not a gun!" Xu He was startled.
When the enemy just fired, he also looked outside the city. When the fire started, it was at least 200 steps away from the city wall, which was definitely not the range that Wei's current firearms could reach.
"It's Fo Langjiren's firearm!" Chen Hua thought of what the Japanese pirate Wanbo said and exclaimed.
"Be careful, don't show too much of your head!" Chen Hua shouted again.
Now, everyone was even more frightened. They didn't dare to look out again, but they all shrank back.
Zhang Jingxian was so angry that he almost jumped up: "County Magistrate Chen, get off here!"
Chen Hua also knew that what he said carelessly affected the morale of the army, and he walked down the city wall with a face full of shame.
Zhang Jingxian then ordered his soldiers: "The Japanese pirates will come up soon. Quickly, bring our firearms up."
Xu He did not dare to delay in Dongcheng. He walked quickly to Zhang Jingxian and cupped his hands: "Master Bingxian, I am going to Beicheng!"
Zhang Jingxian looked at him deeply and said: "Be careful, these Japanese pirates are not simple!"
Xu He nodded and quickly ran towards Beicheng.
When they first arrived in the North City, they saw Qin Lie, Zhou Bi and others looking towards the East City in panic. The soldiers were also extremely frightened, but they were much stronger than the local warriors and archers who had never been trained. At least no one had left their posts without permission. , holding the knives in their hands one by one, squatting under the wall and listening carefully to the movements outside the city.
Qin Lie had already made arrangements for this. Every twenty steps, there would be soldiers observing the movement outside the city. Most of the people squatted down and kept silent. No noise was allowed. Anyone who moved or talked would be hacked to death!
Xu He felt slightly relieved when he saw that his place was in order.
He turned to the waiter and said: "Xiao Er, take Daozi, Shisan and the others to go there in person and capture the rogue Pi Konghou'er and others. If there is any resistance, we will kill them without mercy!"
The waiter grimaced, crossed his hands and said, "Yes!"
As soon as he left, Zhou Bi said: "Master, what are you talking about?"
Xu He told what the waiter discovered.
"This group of people came to Beicheng sneakily. Originally I didn't want to touch them, but now the Japanese pirates have launched their attack. No matter what the purpose of these people is, we must eliminate the hidden danger!"
Zhou Bi nodded and said, "Master, you have thought carefully!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a lot of noise in the east city.
Suddenly, fire exploded on the city wall, and Xu He was startled.
Looking at the size of the fire, it looked like something was being launched outside the city. Along with the fire, there was an explosion.
Seeing this, Qin Lie said: "The Japanese pirates are coming. This is a blunderbuss to attack thieves. I saw the officers and soldiers using it on Taihu Lake."
"To attack thieves with a blunderbuss?"
Qin Lie explained: "This thing is made of iron. The tube is three feet long and has a handle of two feet. After firing, it can hit a thief more than three hundred steps away, but after two hundred steps, it basically won't do any harm to people. The optimal distance is about a hundred steps.”
A hundred steps later, Xu He nodded.
One hundred steps from the city wall can be said to be very close.
Just now he was on the east city, and the fire he saw was about 200 steps away, and the Japanese pirates were indeed coming.
At this time, in the East City, explosions and shouts of curses could be heard from afar, making everyone in the North City feel uneasy.
Xu He called a soldier to go to Dongcheng to check the situation.
Soon after the man left, Zhuer walked onto the city with a ferocious look on his face.
Seeing his appearance, Xu He quickly asked: "How is it?"
Zhu'er seemed to be still immersed in some horrific scene, breathing heavily, and after a while he said: "We killed them all! The bodies of a family were found in a house, as well as fire in clay pots. Oil!"
"As expected!" Xu He punched the city wall, "These people are spies of the Japanese pirates!"
Zhou Bi said: "Sir, it seems that what Wan Bo said is true. The east city is a feint attack, and we are the point chosen by the thieves to break the city! The Japanese pirates are too cunning, and they are not worried about letting Wan Bo and others sneak into the city. We’re looking for some people with local accents to come into the city!”
Xu He heard this and said to Qin Lie: "Get ready quickly, the Japanese pirates will attack at any time!"
Qin Lie clasped his fists, fearing to cause commotion in other parts of the city wall, so he called Daozi and others to station themselves at various sections of the city wall.
When the waiter heard this, he suppressed the fear after the murder and left in a hurry.
Qin Lie held on to the wall on the tower and glanced at the dark outside of the city before retracting his head. He took off the bow from behind, then pulled out an arrow with a cloth-headed arrow, dipped it in kerosene on the side, and lit it. An arrow was shot outside the city.
When the bright rocket drew an arc in the night sky and gradually fell, a scene appeared that made Xu He's pupils dilate.
I saw a dozen snake-like teams standing at the foot of the city. When they saw the rocket, the people in those teams looked up.
"Japanese pirates..." I didn't know who it was, and exclaimed in surprise.
Everyone saw this scene that they will never forget!
Qin Lie cursed: "Here we come!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and drums sounded on the city wall.
In the dark night outside the city, a chaotic roar suddenly erupted, like the howling of wild beasts in the forest at night.
Soon, there was a "bang" explosion, and the wall where Xu He was staying was hit by the Japanese pirate's firearm projectile. In an instant, stone chips flew into the air.
Ding Ze, who had just settled down at home and came to the city wall, saw this and pressed Xu He's head with one hand: "Young master, it's dangerous, retreat inside the city tower!"
Xu He pushed him away and cursed: "What are you afraid of? I've already died once!"
Ding Ze looked at Xu He confused, not sure what he meant by dying once.
But Xu He's actions shocked everyone present.
Mr. Xu, even if we are not afraid of a normally [high and mighty] master, we are still afraid of him.
Qin Lie was inspired and took out the knife from his waist and shouted: "Damn it, brothers, don't be a coward. Let's show it to the young masters and officials today. It's all group training. Let's compete with the guards." Those weaklings are much stronger!"
