Rise From the Humble

"Sir, are you going to the city? This is great. Can you take us with you?"

When the people crowded in front of the city gate heard Zhu Pingan's words, they all couldn't help but become excited.

"Great, great, the commander is coming to the city. We are saved and we can follow him into the city."

"Make way, make way, make way quickly."

The common people became excited, cheering like a drowning man encountering a piece of driftwood.

Zhu Pingan shook his head and was about to speak. When the people saw Zhu Pingan shaking his head, the smiles and excitement on their faces withered. However, regardless of the disappointment, they all rushed to cry and beg:

"Sir, if that's not possible, you might as well bring my baby in. My baby is only two years old and she hasn't seen this colorful world yet. I and my mother-in-law won't go in. I just ask you to bring my baby in."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu My lord, please bring my wife in. I have disliked this woman for a long time. I can divorce her now and let her warm your bed and serve you tea. That's it. That's it." , don’t sell her to those dirty places.”

"Sir, please bring my mother in. I am an unfilial son. I have always lived a simple life and have never been able to show my filial piety to my mother. However, my life was given to me by my mother. I cannot let my mother follow me here. I am waiting to die. Please bring my mother into the city. All the money I have will be given to you."

The common people knelt on the ground and kowtowed, held up their milk babies, took out their money bags, and begged in various ways.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, please get up quickly. I'm not here to enter the city, but to take you to the city." Zhu Pingan quickly stepped forward to help the old man beside him and said loudly to the kneeling people.

"Ah? What? You are here not to enter the city, but to send us into the city?"

"Come take us into town?!"

"Really or not? You won't go into the city?! Send us into the city?!"

After hearing Zhu Pingan's words, all the people opened their mouths in surprise, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

This is unreasonable!

No Sister Li!

The Japanese pirates are coming. Everyone wants to hide in Suzhou City, where the city is high and the pond is deep. You don’t want to go in? ! At this critical moment, you are not here to enter the city, but to send us into the city? !

real or fake? !

Are you so noble? !

People looked at Zhu Pingan suspiciously.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way, let him pass! You don't care whether he is real or fake. If it is real, then we have met a good official who truly makes decisions for the people. If it is fake, then we will not If you suffer a loss, when they enter the city, we will follow them in."

a man yelled.

"My enemy, my enemy, that's the reason. Let's quickly get out of the way for him."

People thought it made sense, and quickly opened a path for Zhu Ping'an, leading directly to the city gate.

"Fathers and fellow citizens, please be patient." Zhu Pingan bowed his hands to the common people and walked quickly towards the city gate.

"Prefect Su is in the city. I'm here, Zhu Ping'an. I have something to see you." Zhu Ping'an came to the city gate and raised his head and shouted.

"Master Zhu, I'm on the city." Shang Wei, the prefect of Suzhou, stuck his head out from the top of the city.

"Master Zhu, the Japanese pirates are coming. Your Zhejiang army is not on guard at Fengqiao Camp. What are you doing here? Master Zhu, are you going to the city?" The head of the Ministry of War in Suzhou Mansion then stuck his head out and asked. .

Everyone in the city looked at Zhu Pingan

"Prefect Shang, gentlemen, I am not here to enter the city. Our Zhejiang Army will not enter the city. I am here for the tens of thousands of people below the city."

Zhu Ping'an shook his head vigorously, stretched out his hand and pointed at the people below the city with his right hand, and replied seriously.

"Ah? You're not going into the city? Are you here for the people below?"

Suzhou Magistrate Shang Wei and a group of officials and soldiers were stunned. Everyone opened their mouths in disbelief. They never expected that Zhu Pingan was not going into the city but for the people below the city.

"Master Zhu, are you here for the people below the city? What do you mean by this?" Magistrate Shang asked quickly.

"Please also ask the magistrate Shang to open the city gate and let the people outside the city enter." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and said.

"No, no, absolutely no!"

"If the Zhejiang army under Master Zhu enters the city, it is still reasonable. But letting the common people enter the city is absolutely unacceptable!"

"There are so many people outside the city who cannot enter the city for a while. If the Japanese pirates come and take the opportunity to seize the door, who can bear the responsibility? There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. Mr. Zhu, we have to fight for their Life is responsible.”

Before Suzhou Magistrate Wei Wei could speak, a group of subordinate officials around him couldn't wait to object loudly.

Magistrate Shang looked at Zhu Ping'an with a troubled expression. Although he did not speak, his meaning was self-evident from his expression.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Shang and all of you, our Zhejiang army will be waiting in formation outside the city. If the Japanese pirates come, they will first step on the corpses of our Zhejiang army. We will fight to the death to stop the Japanese pirates and leave a gap for the city gate." Plenty of time.”

"In order to let the people into the city as soon as possible, I also ask Master Shang to open one gate each in the east, south and north to allow the people to enter the city. Our Zhejiang army assigned four hundred soldiers to each city gate to stand in line three hundred meters in front of the city gate, swearing to the death. Stop Japanese pirates."

"We, the Zhejiang Army, are closely monitoring the whereabouts of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates are still half an hour away. This time is enough for the people to enter the city."

"With our Zhejiang army blocking the attack outside the city, we will not give the Japanese pirates a chance to seize the door. It will not be too late to close the door when the time comes."

Zhu Pingan raised his hands towards the city and said loudly.

After hearing Zhu Ping'an's words, Magistrate Shang was obviously moved, but a group of officials nearby held objections.

"With so few soldiers in Zhejiang, can they stop the Japanese pirates?"

"The Japanese pirates are here. They ran away on horseback. Didn't they sell us? Please, for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people in the city, don't open the door."

A group of subordinate officials objected one after another.

"Sir Shang, gentlemen, we all rely on the common people for food, clothing, and salary, how can we ignore the life and death of the common people?! The Japanese pirates are still twenty miles away, and there is still time to open the door and let the common people into the city. We, the Zhejiang Army, are lined up outside the city. We must fight to the death to stop the Japanese pirates, and we will not let a single Japanese pirate cross the formation before the gate is closed."

"I am willing to guarantee it with my head! All responsibilities will be borne by me, Zhu Ping'an!"

Zhu Pingan pointed at the head on his neck and shouted outside the city, the veins on his neck bulging.

"Okay! Mr. Zhu has taken this responsibility, and I, Shang Wei, am not an eggless person! My head will be your guarantee!"

"Open the city gates! Open the east, south and north city gates! Invite the people into the city!"

After hearing this, Shang Wei hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, slapped the city wall hard, and ordered loudly despite the objections of his subordinates!