Rise From the Humble

"Cut down trees and build ladders. Ten siege ladders must be completed within half an hour. I want Jingnan to bleed into a river!"

The raid failed, and the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro became furious. He held a Japanese sword and urged the Japanese pirates to build a siege ladder.

"Hi!"

The Japanese pirates responded enthusiastically, using axes, machetes, and Japanese knives, speeding up the logging, and rushing to build siege ladders.

Seeing the Japanese pirates outside the city busy building siege ladders, the people in the city became more and more desperate. Some cried in despair, while others knelt on the ground in despair and kowtowed, praying to the gods from all over the world to save them. …

There are only so many defenders left in the city, and there are no guard posts within a thirty-mile radius of Jingnan County, so reinforcements are unlikely to arrive in a short time.

With more than thirty people, there is no chance of winning against three thousand Japanese pirates!

How to defend this city?

Don't worry, we are dead! The people cried in despair, and the whole Jingnan was enveloped in crying.

"Your Majesty, can this city still be defended?"

Amidst the desperate cries of the people, the government officials and soldiers on the city wall also fell into despair.

"able!"

Zhu Pingan replied loudly.

Must be able to defend!

Either defend the city or die. This seems to be a multiple-choice question, but in fact there is only one option to defend the city!

We must create conditions even if we cannot defend them! Must be able to defend! Must keep! Moreover, it can only succeed, not fail!

"The county magistrate...it's not that the humble position hurts morale, but...it's just that we only have a few thirty brothers now, and there are still two to three thousand Japanese pirates outside. We are outnumbered, and how can we defend two or three of us?" Thousands of Japanese pirates attacking the city?"

A soldier with an injured arm sighed after hearing Zhu Pingan's words and said dejectedly.

"Who said there are only a few thirty of us brothers defending the city?" Zhu Pingan shook his head and said meaningfully.

"Isn't it? One, two, three, four... thirty-nine people, that's right." The soldier asked doubtfully.

The soldier stretched out his hand and counted them. There were thirty-nine people on the wall. Even if the people from the other three city gates are transferred, it will only increase the number of more than thirty people. Moreover, the people from the other city gates cannot be transferred at all. If there is no one to guard the city gates, wouldn't the Japanese pirates easily attack from the other city gates? The county seat.

"It's not more than 30 brothers, but more than 30,000 brothers. We have more than 30,000 brothers guarding the city. It's not that we are outnumbered, but that we are outnumbered!" Zhu Pingan said softly.

"More than 30,000 brothers? We are outnumbered?" Hearing this, the soldiers opened their mouths in surprise, and their eyes were full of disbelief.

County Lord...are you stupid? ! Why are you telling lies with your eyes open? There are only so many people on the city wall. I have counted them several times. It is impossible to count wrongly. How could there be more than 30,000 brothers? We are clearly outnumbered, so why are we outnumbered? !

"County Honor..."

The soldier opened his mouth and was about to defend himself, but when he looked up, he saw that Zhu Pingan turned around and walked slowly towards the inner battlements of the city wall.

"Fellow fellows!"

Zhu Pingan walked slowly to the battlements on the inside of the city wall, pressed his hands on the city wall, and shouted loudly to the desperate and crying people under the city wall.

When the people in despair below the city heard the voice of the magistrate, they couldn't help temporarily stopping their desperate tears and prayers and looked up.

"Fellows and fellow villagers, you all have seen it. Three thousand Japanese pirates attacked the city. Our government officials and soldiers were very good. They were very brave and fought the enemy bravely. No one backed down. They did it and defended the first wave of the Japanese pirates' attack. The Japanese pirates left more than a hundred corpses. However, we also suffered heavy casualties. Thirty-two people were killed and 29 wounded. Currently, there are only 39 people left who can fight again, and there are still Japanese pirates outside the city. More than three thousand. Now, the Japanese pirates outside the city are cutting down trees and building siege ladders. When the siege ladder is built, the Japanese pirates will attack the city again. Now is a critical moment for Jingnan's life and death."

Zhu Pingan pressed his hand on the city wall and spoke loudly to everyone, without concealing the current life-and-death crisis.

"Ugh. There are more than thirty defenders and more than three thousand Japanese pirates. How can we defend this city? Oh God, Tathagata Buddha, and the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanshiyin Bodhisattva. Please save us. I beg you."

"Oh, you're dead!"

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuseful, with such a small number of people, we can’t defend this city. We might as well find a rope to figure it out ourselves.”

"How can such a small number of people defend Jingnan? If we want to defend Jingnan, we need the help of gods and Buddhas all over the sky."

Hearing Zhu Ping'an's confession about the life-and-death crisis, the people below the city became even more desperate. They prayed to gods and Buddhas, cried to heaven and earth, and blamed everyone.

"With more than thirty defenders and more than three thousand Japanese pirates, how can we defend this city?" Zhu Ping'an looked at everyone and twitched his lips, "I heard someone praying to God and praying to Buddha, saying that Jingnan will be defended unless the gods and Buddhas in the sky help. That’s all.”

"Yes, with such a small garrison and so many Japanese pirates, unless the gods help, how can we defend the city."

"Unless there is a miracle, he is dead."

"Mr. Magistrate, let's raise the altar to burn incense and pray to the gods. Maybe there will be gods willing to help."

"Hey, miracles are illusory and illusory. You can't just ask for them and you will get them."

The city was in chaos. Someone suggested praying to gods and worshiping Buddha. It was like grabbing the last straw when drowning.

"Pray to God and worship Buddha?" Zhu Ping'an twitched his lips, "There once was a devout Buddhist. Once again he encountered difficulties, so he went to the temple to pray to the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, and asked the Bodhisattva to help him resolve his difficulties. When he walked in In the temple, when he was kneeling to pray to Guanyin Bodhisattva, he found a person on the futon next to him praying to Guanyin Bodhisattva. He found that this person looked very similar to Guanyin Bodhisattva, as if the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva was alive, so he asked curiously, 'Are you Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva?' Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva replied, 'Yes.' The Buddhist asked in confusion, 'Since you are Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, why do you worship yourself?' Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva replied, 'Because I have also met When things get tough, I know it’s better to ask God than to ask myself!'"

“It is better to ask God than to ask yourself!”

Zhu Ping'an's words were like a thunderbolt, which exploded above everyone's heads, making everyone instantly excited.

"Fellows and fellows, it is better to ask for God than to ask for yourself, and to ask for others than to ask for yourself! This is the time of life and death for Jingnan County! The ones who can save Jingnan now are the fellows and fellows themselves. The ones who can save the fellows are also the fellows and fellows themselves. . Although there are more than 3,000 Japanese pirates, there are 30,000 in our Jingnan County. Stand up! Fellow villagers! Stand up! Let’s defend the city together! We have 30,000, but the Japanese pirates only have 3,000. With 30,000 against 3,000, we occupy the right time and place. How can there be no reason why people and people cannot defend the city! As long as we defend, we will be able to defend!" Zhu Pingan was impassioned and shouted at the top of his lungs, "But if, if we don't defend the city, the Japanese pirates will kill them with Japanese knives. We! Killed our parents, wives and children! But they still pointed at our bones and said: 'Look, these are cowards without eggs!'"

"Defend the city!"

"Defend the city!"

"Master Magistrate, we are not cowards, we must defend the city!"

"If you don't defend the city, you will definitely die! Defending the city can also give you a way to survive and fight against the Japanese pirates!"

Zhu Ping'an's words were like a match thrown into a barrel of explosives, and the city seemed to explode instantly! Please fight!