Chapter 197 Open the City Gates and Welcome the King of Jin

Lin Fengxiang didn't even have time to put on his armor. He grabbed the ring-handled sword and helmet on the table, put them on his head, and ordered loudly:

"Come here, pass on my order to close all the gates of Jiaozhou City, all the soldiers in the city who are preparing for the Japanese invasion, all the young and strong people in the city, and open the armory to give weapons to the people who come to the city to help!"

"If the Japanese pirates break through the city, no one in this huge Jiaozhou city, young or old, will survive!"

"Yes, General!"

The messenger immediately bowed his hands to accept the order. Before he left, Jiaozhou garrison Lin Fengxiang said again: "Send someone to Jinan Prefecture immediately..."

The words came to his lips, but were swallowed back by Lin Fengxiang.

His original intention was to immediately send an urgent 800-mile troop to Jinan Prefecture to report military intelligence and request Jinan Prefecture to send reinforcements.

But on second thought, Jinan Prefecture had been breached by the Longcheng rebels led by the traitor Chen Huaian a month ago, so how could they send any reinforcements to Jiaozhou City?

Lin Fengxiang's expression froze, and he choked up and said, "Forget it, there will be no reinforcements!"

"Pass the order down, tell the soldiers in Jiaozhou City that it is time to sacrifice their lives for the country and be loyal to the country. If they die, they must die on the city wall!"

"I have received the order!"

This time, the messenger finally received all the military orders of the garrison general Lin Fengxiang, and hurriedly rode away from the garrison.

It was not until then that Lin Fengxiang's personal soldiers brought his armor over and took the initiative to put on the armor for the general.

Lin Fengxiang's warhorse was also led to the door of the garrison, snorting suddenly and raising its front hooves.

After putting on his armor, Lin Fengxiang got on his horse, tightly grasped the ring-handled sword tied at his waist, and finally looked back at the plaque of Jiaozhou Garrison, then resolutely rode away and headed straight for the Jiaozhou city wall.

With the order of Jiaozhou Garrison Lin Fengxiang, the whole Jiaozhou city was suddenly in a state of panic, and countless young and strong men in the city rushed to the top of the city with their wives, children and parents seeing them off with tears in their eyes.

At this moment, their identities were no longer whose sons, husbands, or fathers;

but the brave Han warriors in Jiaozhou City who bravely fought against the Japanese pirates!

It was the hour of You.

On the ancient Jiaozhou city wall, the Jiaozhou garrison Lin Fengxiang, wearing armor and carrying a sword, personally sat on the top of the city wall. Every battlement on the city wall was guarded by soldiers wearing cloth armor and cotton armor, holding swords, guns and crossbows;

Then, there were young and strong men in the city who came to the city to help in the battle in plain clothes. A few of them held official weapons in their hands, while most of them only had hoes, sickles, nine-toothed rakes and other handy farm tools.

From their resolute and fearless expressions, it is not difficult to see that this is not the first time they have come to the city to help in the battle;

I think that after the 200,000 Japanese soldiers destroyed Tumubao, these coastal cities with empty troops must have been harassed and invaded by Japanese pirates.

"Report--"

"Report to the general, the enemy, a large number of enemies are heading towards Jiaozhou City!"

Suddenly, a loud report from the Japanese scouts came from the city wall.

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers and civilians guarding the city on the wall felt nervous, and they all looked out of the city.

The guard Lin Fengxiang's eyes were naturally attracted by the dark figures that appeared in his field of vision.

Hiss——

At a glance, Lin Fengxiang couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. There were too many "pirates" in his and the soldiers and civilians on the wall!

Surprisingly, there were cavalry!

This group of pirates is not ordinary!

Lin Fengxiang drew out his ring-headed sword, stared at the Japanese pirate army that was constantly approaching Jiaozhou City, and shouted: "Prepare Japanese soldiers, prepare for war!"

"Prepare for war!"

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

Woo——

Soon, inside and outside the walls of the ancient Jiaozhou City, there were thick and heavy drum beats and sad horn sounds.

Facing the "pirate" army approaching, a solemn atmosphere permeated inside and outside the city wall. The oppressive pre-war atmosphere began to make the soldiers and civilians guarding the city on the city wall look solemn and uneasy.

Facing a large number of well-equipped "pirates", today's battle in Jiaozhou is likely to be dangerous!

Dengdengdeng!

Dengdengdeng!

At this moment, the "pirate" cavalry that appeared outside Jiaozhou City began to urge the war horses under their crotch to sprint faster. The iron hooves of the war horses hit the ground, and the sound and vibration made were like dull thunder.

When more than a thousand steps away from Jiaozhou City, this team of "pirate" cavalry suddenly raised the flag.

Accompanied by bursts of swish, one by one, the scarlet flags with a large "Jin" character on them, four-clawed yellow dragon flags, fluttered in the wind on the galloping horses.

"General, they, they don't seem to be pirates!"

"The flag they are flying is, the flag of the King of Jin of the Great Xin Dynasty!"

On the city wall, there were sharp-eyed and literate soldiers guarding the city. After seeing the flags flown by the cavalry outside the city, they immediately exclaimed and reported to Lin Fengxiang, the garrison commander of Jiaozhou.

Standing on the tower, Lin Fengxiang naturally recognized the flag of the King of Jin flown by the cavalry outside the city.

For a moment, Lin Fengxiang felt that his brain was not enough.

Didn't the Dragon City rebels of the King of Jin Chen Huaian just fight to Jinan Prefecture?

I haven't heard of the Dragon City rebels. When did they have a navy army?

Then what about the navy troops landing from Qin Port and flying the flag of the King of Jin?

At this time, Lin Fengxiang could basically confirm that the naval force that appeared outside Jiaozhou City was definitely not a Japanese pirate disguised as a pirate.

It is absolutely impossible for those uncivilized savage rogues on the Japanese islands to have such sophisticated equipment.

As the cavalry continued to approach Jiaozhou City, Lin Fengxiang could already recognize the armor worn by the cavalry. They were all Mingguang armors that only generals above the Qianzong in the New Dynasty army were qualified to wear.

This cavalry, even the ordinary soldiers are all equipped with golden light armor, which is simply unbelievable.

Could it be that this cavalry is the legendary Jin Wuwei, the imperial guard of Jin King Chen Huaian?

Lin Fengxiang was thinking wildly, and even a thin layer of sweat began to appear on his forehead. After he roughly guessed the identity of the person, he hurriedly ordered loudly:

"The order goes down. Without the order of this general, no one is allowed to launch an attack without permission. Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished without mercy!"

"The general will get the order!"

Here, Jiaozhou guard Lin Fengxiang had just finished speaking.

Outside the city, a group of cavalry wearing golden armor, led by Xiao Po, the commander of the Jinwu Guards, arrived at a place 200 steps away from the foot of Jiaozhou City.

After reining in his horses, Xiao Po immediately shouted to the Jiaozhou city wall at the top of his lungs: "Who is on duty on the city wall?"

"This general is Xiao Po, the commander of the Jinwu Guard under King Jin. I have come here to call the door on King Jin's order. Why don't you open the city gate quickly and kneel down to welcome His Highness King Jin?"