"Well, it seems..." Ma Fengsun also had a happy look on his face. If the city had been prepared, they could have fired thousands of arrows at this time and defeated them. "Yang Lu smuggled armor and often acted for personal gain and perverting the law. He must also know that according to Emperor Zhu Ming's tyranny, there is no reason for him to be spared."
"He is going to die, and he is going to die even if he has a great plan. Although Yang Lu is stupid, he still understands the principle of clarifying the pros and cons and fighting for his life. So, are we really going to break the city this time?"
Looking up at the moonlight, it was already the fourth watch as agreed with Yang Lu. I saw the tall and majestic Pancheng Water Gate in front of me making bursts of creaking sounds, and then the thick gate slowly opened in front of Zhang and Ma, like a glutton with its huge mouth open, swallowing the food inside. The darkness where the details could not be seen was completely revealed in front of the fleet outside the city.
At the city gate, two torches suddenly appeared, one on the left and the other in a circle. It was the secret code agreed with Yang Lu. Zhang Ren was overjoyed and was about to call his subordinates to speed up the boat. Ma Fengsun's eyes lit up, but he still stopped Zhang Li who wanted to get up and shout: "Second Young Master, don't worry, didn't I just say that? Let me leave I’ll go explore the road first.”
"...Uncle Ma, let's go." Zhang Li felt a little bored, but still agreed. In fact, the possibility of an ambush in the city at this time is already very low. If there was really an ambush, wouldn't it be safe to shoot them with chaotic rockets just now when they were approaching the city and before the city gate was opened?
After opening the city gate, just rely on those Suzhou guards. If they can't withstand the offensive, even if they just pretend to open the city gate to set up an ambush, it might turn into a fake show and the city will really be conquered...
Just as I was thinking about it, someone came from behind to report: "Second Young Master, the Oida family's ship has accelerated. It seems that they want to surpass us and get to the city gate first."
Zhang Li's face turned dark. How could he not guess the intentions of the Japanese in Oijingda? He just wanted to get into the city first, burn, kill, and loot before them, and get more gold and silver...
"...That's it, let's make way for these Japanese people." Zhang Li said. Allowing these Japanese to massacre and plunder the city when the city was destroyed was one of the bargaining chips for him to invite them to help. "Uncle Ma, after bringing people into the city, let these Japanese people cause turmoil and attract the attention of the Ming army. All we need to do is keep an eye on that kid Zhu Su..."
"I understand." Ma Fengsun nodded. Although he couldn't bear to let the Japanese loot the city that King Cheng had worked so hard to manage, the city was now a property of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, he also wanted to capture Zhu Su's son and humiliate him, so as to comfort the soul of His Royal Highness Zhang Ren.
Moreover, the prince of Ming Dynasty and the son of Zhu Chongba. This kind of bargaining chip will allow them to exchange for more benefits in their future dealings with Ming Dynasty...
With Ma Fengsun's caution and caution, he couldn't help but be dazzled by joy when he saw that the towering and difficult-to-attack Panmen city gate was really easily opened. Just now, he was still worried about fraud, but at this moment, he had already thought about what to do after capturing Zhu Su...
The Zhang family's ships moved to the left, while the Japanese ships under Oijida pushed forward. The river entering the city, which was originally quite spacious for one ship to move forward, became a little difficult to maneuver after two ships entered the city side by side. Fortunately, nothing unusual happened after entering the city, and the fleet sailed smoothly into the Panmen Water Gate.
Seeing that the port for ships entering the city from Shuimen was close at hand, Ma Fengsun turned around and ordered the soldiers to get their weapons ready to go ashore. As long as they could get ashore, they could notify Zhang Li outside the city to enter the city with confidence.
There was a sudden "boom", and the boat shook violently under his feet. Ma Fengsun was unable to stand steadily, and he fell heavily and hit the wood pulp on the bow of the boat. After he got up, he ignored the big swollen horn on his forehead and hurriedly asked the soldier at the helm: "What's going on? What happened?"
"For some reason, the ship can't reach the shore!" came the voice of the soldier at the helm. "Maybe it collided with a Japanese ship!"
Ma Fengsun cursed secretly as he watched the Oida family shut down the ship next to them, who were also restricted from entering. But he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. There was a sudden sound just now, and he thought he was being ambushed...
Come to think of it, what kind of ambush could there be under the water? I also think too much.
"Get out of the way quickly and let the Japanese dock first." Ma Fengsun ordered. I thought, it doesn’t matter if we let these brave Japanese explore the way first.
"Yes...yes..." the soldier at the helm responded repeatedly. He tried hard to push the rudder, but found that for some reason, the rudder had become as heavy as a thousand kilograms. Even though he used all his strength, he could not move at all.
"……what happened?"
"Mr. Ma, I don't know why, this ship... this ship actually..."
"It's like being stranded!"
Ma Fengsun was startled. He looked around and noticed strange anomalies around him. It was obviously only a little away from the port in front of us, but after all this time, the entire ship was still motionless.
Not only that, even the Japanese ships next to them and the ships behind them were inexplicably unable to move.
It was as if, at this moment, they were all stranded on the river leading into the city.
The landing port in front of me seemed to be within reach if I stretched out my hand. However, it is like a chasm across the sky.
"Quick, get into the water and take a look!" Ma Fengsun quickly ordered the sailors on the boat.
Naturally, there were water ghosts on the boat who were proficient in water properties. After hearing Ma Fengsun's order, they plopped into the water. After a while, his head emerged from the water: "Mr. Ma, what's wrong, the bottom of the water here is actually densely covered with pre-set fishing nets!"
"Fishing net?" Ma Fengsun's heart suddenly stopped for a moment after hearing this. While he was frightened, he suddenly felt that some pungent and strange smell was entering his nose.
"What is this?" He vaguely realized that the smell came from the water surface. He picked up a handful of river water and looked at it carefully under the firelight. He saw that under the firelight, the river water turned a little black.
"Could this be..."
Suddenly, an extremely rapid sound of banging was heard in the ears, and countless torches suddenly appeared on the wall of Wengcheng, which was still dark.
"Haha, thief, I, the King Zhu Xiang, have been waiting for you here for a long time!"
"Why don't you put down your sword and kneel down to surrender? I can still leave you waiting for a whole corpse..."
I saw two young men wearing prince python costumes appearing on the wall of Wengcheng. One of the princes, who was tall and excited, was shouting at them. Beside him, a general wearing military commander's robes stood with a flattering face. If it wasn't Suzhou Guard Commander Yang Lu, who could he be?
"Fell into a trap!" Ma Fengsun immediately understood something. Before he had time to wonder who these two princes were, and why they were not the King of Wu Zhu Su whom he had met before, he subconsciously gave a loud order: "Everyone, abandon the boat and swim!"
"Swim ashore with your sword!"
"Huh, delusion!" Next to the prince, another younger prince shook his sleeves. He was different from the clamoring prince. His tone was decisive and he said without any hesitation: "Everyone! Fire rockets!"
On the city, the soldiers who had already prepared their fire arrows on their bowstrings heard this and all loosened their fingers on the bowstrings. In an instant, the fire arrows all over the sky were like meteors falling from the sky. The moment they touched the lake, they spread from dots along the lake surface to form a surface...
In an instant, a veritable sea of fire spread out!
(End of chapter)
