Chapter 1149： Taiping

Chapter 1149 Soldiers at Peace

Outside the west gate, Zhang Xiancheng, Master Yao and Li Dianshi turned around and ran away without looking back.

Outside the north gate, Zhu Pingan squinted his eyes and looked at the position of the sun. Feeling that the time was almost up, he got on his horse, rode to the front of the team, waved forward vigorously, and shouted "Let's go".

Horses neighing and cattle buzzing, the army set out and marched towards Taiping County.

This time, more than 100 horse-drawn carriages were recruited, and more than 600 young and strong people had an average of six people in a car, and everyone had a car. It was different with a car. The marching speed of the crowd was much faster than walking, and it didn't take long to arrive in Taiping County.

After entering Taiping County, Zhu Pingan cautiously dispatched fifteen scouts, in groups of five, to investigate in the first two miles. The terrain in this area is flat, so it is relatively easy to detect, even young and strong people without training can do it.

After entering Taiping County, I didn’t meet any Japanese pirates. Perhaps the Japanese pirates were about to break out of camp and go to Taizhou Prefecture at noon.

"Fifty carriages are in front in an arc, and fifty carriages are lined up in the rear. Everyone walks forward at home."

Marching to about ten miles away from Taiping County, Zhu Pingan dismounted, raised his arms, and gave orders to everyone.

This arrangement is to prevent the Japanese pirates from attacking. If the Japanese pirates attack, the own side can also quickly shrink the carriage to form a semi-circular defensive car formation, with the carriage as a barrier, and everyone defends in the chariot formation.

All the young men had not been trained, Zhu Pingan gave a simple order, and it took more than ten minutes for the young men to set up their formation.

"The distance between everyone should be increased. Raise the flags and beat the drums. Don't stop in the middle. Change people when you get tired." Zhu Pingan walked around the crowd and ordered them loudly.

According to Zhu Ping'an's order, all the young and strong stood scattered. From a distance, the team seemed to be inflated, and it more than doubled in size. Those who didn't know the details thought there were more than a thousand horses.

The more than one hundred flags that were hurriedly made before departure were also raised by the crowd. Among them, there are three general flags, the flags are six feet long, rectangular in shape, with vermilion borders on a blue background, and a five-clawed dragon painted on them. "Representing Jingnan County, Lanshanwei and Qianniuwei are the names of the two guards in the south. The rest of the flags are soldier flags, which are eight feet long and triangular in shape.

After more than a hundred flags were raised, the pennants fluttered and fluttered with the wind, making the momentum even more massive, as if the team had doubled in size.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom"

More than sixty cowhide drums were placed on the carriage, and more than sixty strong men held the drumsticks and shook their arms and beat the earth shakingly. The dust on the ground was scattered in all directions, and the sound of the drums could be heard in a three-mile radius.

The earth-shattering drumbeat doubled the momentum of the team again.

"Da Gang, you lead someone to cut some thick branches and tie them with ropes behind the fifty carriages behind the hall."

Zhu Ping'an said to Liu Dagang.

"As ordered."

Liu Dagang responded and led the people away. There was a forest nearby. Liu Dagang and the others quickly cut down a lot of branches and tied them to the carriage behind the palace.

As a result, as soon as the carriage left, the branches behind it were dragged and swung from side to side, causing dust to fly up.

"go ahead!"

After everything was ready, Zhu Pingan ordered to move on.

The team marched towards Taiping County with banners waving, drums beating, and dust flying!

This formation is like a thousand troops.

When Zhu Ping'an and his party were still three miles away from the county seat, the Japanese pirates guarding the city wall of Taiping County faintly heard the sound of drums, stood up suspiciously, stretched their necks and looked into the distance. During tea time, I saw a huge army coming towards the county from a distance.

The pennant of this army was unfurled, the team was huge, and the dust aroused when the army marched was flying all over the sky.

There must be at least five or six thousand people.

"It is reported that a large army has been killed outside the city, flying the three banners of 'Jingnan', 'Lanshanwei' and 'Qianniuwei', and there are hundreds of pennants. There are five or six thousand people."

The expression of the Japanese pirates changed greatly when they saw it, and they threw away the bowl in their hands, and reported to the leader of the city, Honda Heihachi.

"What? Five or six thousand people?"

Honda Heihachi, who was kneeling and eating in the lobby of the Taiping County Government Office, couldn't help but change his face when he heard the report from his subordinates.

Although the army of the Ming Dynasty was weak, it was not easy to deal with five or six thousand people.

Soon, he stood up, and Honda Heihachi vaguely heard the sound of drums coming from outside the city.

"Baga! I want to see who is going to die?!"

Honda Heihachi heard the sound of the drum, kicked the table flying, pulled out his waist knife, and walked out murderously.

At the same time, the Japanese pirates who buried pots and cooked food in the city also heard the sound of war drums, and inquired about the news in surprise. Soon, the news that tens of thousands of troops were killed outside the city spread among the Japanese pirates.

It seems that the meal is about to be cooked, and the leader has an order. After the meal, he will break out of the camp and go to Taizhou Prefecture to join the large troops. At this juncture, an army unexpectedly came to kill him! Immediately, the hearts of the Japanese pirates fluttered.

"All of you, follow me to the city wall, I want to see which one is blind to die!"

Honda Heihachi walked out of the county office with a waist knife in hand, pointed at the Japanese pirates outside with the tip of the knife, and walked towards the city wall.

Soon Honda Heihachi led the Japanese pirates to the city wall, stood on the city wall and looked out, and the army outside the city came into their eyes.

The army outside the city stopped at a distance of more than a mile. In front of it was a row of chariots, in a semicircle shape. There might have been more than a hundred of them. .

The big banner in the center of this army has the word "Jingnan" written on it, and the two big banners next to it have the words "Lanshanwei" and "Qianniuwei". This "Jingnan" should be the reinforcements of Jingnan County. "Guard" and "Qianniuwei" are two guards in Jinhua Mansion close to Jingnan County. The guard in Jinhua Mansion sent troops across the border? !

Honda Heihachi stood on the city wall, looking at this mixed army from afar. Based on the flags and the size of the team, he roughly estimated that this army did not have three to five thousand people, but there were still one or two thousand people.

Not only that, Honda Heihachi also noticed that in the woods hundreds of meters behind this army, the shadows of the trees were shaking and the dust was flying, and he thought to himself that there might be a large army hidden in the woods.

This cunning Ming army, if I lead an army to attack, the ambushes in the woods will take the opportunity to kill me, and I will be caught off guard. figure.

Little did they know that in the woods, more than a dozen young and strong were running happily pulling branches.

(end of this chapter)