The fleeting time is like an arrow, and time flies by.
The first ray of rising sun greeted the east city.
Hearing the sounds of chickens and dogs in the city, Hailing seemed to wake up.
Throughout the night, explosions, shouts of death, and crashes were heard.
The people in the city didn't sleep at all. They knelt in front of the gods at home and prayed all night, or hid in their rooms and listened quietly to every sound outside.
They had all heard people say how ferocious the Japanese pirates were, not counting burning, killing, and looting. These Japanese pirates killed people on sight and raped their wives and daughters. They were simply a bunch of beasts.
The Qianhu Office in Hailing City was broken up by Japanese pirates in Tongzhou a few days ago. Even big shots like Mr. Qianhu moved their heads when they heard about it.
Thinking of this, who can still sleep?
Hailing City is a city without soldiers and courage. If the Japanese pirates come, who can defend it?
Rely on those three squads of government officials who exploit the people?
Or do you want to take advantage of Na Ka's army?
Come on, if these people really encounter Japanese pirates, they may not even fight them, but turn around and run away faster than a rabbit.
Just like that, everyone was trembling in fear and anxiety, preparing to face the next second when the Japanese pirates broke into the city.
But in the second half of the night, the shouts of killing gradually subsided, and the explosions of firearms also disappeared.
Even the footsteps that had been patrolling the streets were no longer heard.
A question mark appeared in the hearts of everyone in the city!
Could it be that the Japanese pirates were beaten away just by relying on those guys from the county government to make up the numbers?
impossible. Absolutely impossible!
But soon, they heard the Lijia chiefs beating gongs and their men pulling carts past each house.
While beating the gong, they shouted: "The Japanese pirates were beaten away by our Hailing people! This is the corpse of the Japanese pirates. Everyone, come out and take a look!"
When everyone heard this, their faces were full of disbelief.
What? The Japanese pirates were beaten away by those people?
How can it be?
When they rushed out of their home, they saw corpses piled on the cart behind them.
Those corpses either had their intestines and stomachs rotten, or their orifices were bleeding, or their wounds were smashed and their flesh and blood were blurred.
When the eldest girl and the younger daughter-in-law saw this scene, they were so frightened that they quickly retracted into the arms of their mother or husband and did not dare to look.
Even a seven-foot-tall man felt nauseated and dizzy when he saw this scene.
Some of them boldly asked: "Chief Wang Jia, this was killed by those idiots from the county government? Have they become gods? When did they become so powerful?"
Chief Wang Jia had just heard from the county clerk that he knew what happened last night.
He also deliberately wanted to show off and stopped the car with a wave of his hand.
"Them? Those soft guys can't get hard on a woman, how can we expect them?"
"Huh? Who else could it be if they weren't them?"
"Yes, could it be that Wang Qianhu's soul returned to Hailing and led his Yin soldiers to kill these Japanese pirates?"
"Hey, you said it, it's really possible!"
Wang Jia rolled his eyes at those people and said, "You guys know nothing about these bullshit Yin soldiers. They are a group training that we, Mr. Xu Ge of Hailing, specially asked the Second Master of the Xu family and Mr. Xu to form in order to protect the people!"
"Mr. Xu Ge? The second master of the Xu family? Mr. Xu? Which Mr. Xu?",
Wang Jia raised his eyebrows, gave a thumbs up and said: "Who else could it be, Mr. Xu? Of course it is Mr. Xu He, Mr. Xie Yuang!"
"Ah, it's Mr. Jie Yuangong! No wonder, he is a star in the sky, he came down to earth, a little Japanese pirate, he can't just roll it into a round shape and flatten it!"
"Haha! We have Master Xu in Hailing, so we can really sit back and relax."
"When did Mr. Xu organize the team training? I haven't seen him recruiting troops in the city?"
Wang Jiazhang said: "Hey, you can't guess, can you? Yesterday Mr. Xu and his generals led five thousand regiments to train elite soldiers. They stood at the top of the city. When the Japanese pirates came, they just pointed and all the elite soldiers came out. The Japanese pirates were caught off guard and suffered countless casualties. Leave the body behind and run away!”
"Oh, so powerful?"
"Five thousand elite soldiers? I've never heard of a regiment training with five thousand people?"
Someone asked out of curiosity: "Chief Wang Jia, how come you didn't see these five thousand people yesterday? Did you make a false report?"
"What do you know?" Wang Jia Chang was anxious, "Yesterday, Mr. Xu had already made a plan to ambush his men and horses on both sides of the north city. Just waiting for the sound of a cannon, the ambush outside the city immediately came to cover them up. The Japanese pirates were caught off guard. He was killed by an ambush and was thrown into disgrace! But...what a pity..."
"What's a pity?"
"It's a pity that those Japanese pirates have short legs and can run fast. When they see an ambush, they are so scared that they pee and disappear in the blink of an eye..."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Although what Wang Jia Zhang said was full of flaws, the people were not disappointed at this time. As long as it was what they liked to hear, everyone would laugh endlessly for the rest of their lives!
There are also those who are ignorant: "Commander Jia, do you think these five thousand elite soldiers will be able to ambush all the troops and finally kill this cart of Japanese pirates?"
Wang Jia Chang rolled his eyes: "The county asked me to pick out a few Japanese pirate corpses that can be seen by everyone. What's more, there are other Jia Chang in the city. They also have to drag the corpses to you guys. Take a look?"
"There's more!"
"Killed so many Japanese pirates!"
"Mr. Xu is really amazing. He knows astronomy from above and geography from below. He is also good at writing and leading soldiers. He will definitely be the prime minister in the future!"
Someone in the crowd asked again: "Captain Jia, I heard some movement in Dongcheng last night. Is Mr. Xu leading the regiment to defend there too?"
Wang Jiachang laughed loudly: "That is guarded by the archers of the county government, the village warriors and the government officials."
"Hey, these people still dare to fight against the Japanese pirates? Tsk, tsk, I can't tell, they are promising!"
"Hahahaha!" The crowd laughed kindly.
Someone asked: "How many Japanese pirates did they kill?"
Wang Jiachang had been waiting for this sentence for a long time: "Shit, no one was killed, the noise was quite big!"
"Hahahaha! That's okay. At least these people have gone to the city and are considered promising!"
"That's right, you can't compare these people with our Mr. Jieyuan!"
Wang Jiachang continued [preaching] again.
A group of common people were left behind and sighed: "Fortunately, we have Mr. Xu. Last time, Mr. Xu survived countless people, but this time he saved us again!"
"I know where Mr. Xu lives. Let's bring something to thank Mr. Xu?"
"That's a good idea!"
"Walk!"
"Wait for me, I'll go home and pack some duck eggs before I go!"
"Yes, I still have some vegetables at home!"
"My family has..."
…
Although it was bright day, in order to prevent the Japanese pirates from returning, the four doors of Hailing were still closed.
After arranging the troops on duty, Qin Lie, Zhou Bi, Xiao Er and others all persuaded Xu He to go back and rest for a while.
Xu He guessed that the Japanese pirates knew that Hailing was on guard and would not come again. Moreover, the city gate was closed and there were still people stationed there, so he nodded and said, "You guys should also take turns to rest. I'll go back and take a shower first!"
But when he came to Zhuangyuan Street under Ding Ze's escort, he found that people had already gathered in front of his house.
Ding Ze said: "Master, what should we do?"
Xu He smiled and shook his head: "Let's go in through the back door!"
