The rise of the poor

Chapter 1976: Lü Bu Possessed, Overlord Reborn

Brave, very brave, he is really brave.

The hesitant crowd watched helplessly as Prefect Zhao, wearing gorgeous armor and holding a jewel-studded sword, rushed towards the Jiaxing city gate step by step without hesitation, with a sense of righteousness and the fear of death.

One meter, two meters, three meters.
Although Magistrate Zhao was panting and staggering, he still rushed towards the city gate with determination.

One step, one step, and another step.
Under the incredulous gazes of the crowd, Prefect Zhao staggered to the city gate and stretched out his hand to push the gate hard.

At this moment, he seemed to be possessed by Lu Bu, the reincarnation of the Overlord. He stretched out his hand and pushed the city gate open!
"what?!"

"What the hell?! No way?! Lord Zhao actually opened the city gate!"

"Fuck, he's really a god!"

The people who were hesitating and hesitating in the back saw that Prefect Zhao pushed the city gate open with his hand. Their eyes almost popped out and their mouths opened as wide as if a copper bell could be stuffed in.

Until Prefect Zhao opened the city gate, no arrows were shot down from the city walls, and no pirates were seen or heard from the city walls or the city gates. Doesn't that mean there are no pirates in the city?!.
The Japanese pirates have retreated! !
Leaving behind an empty city!!!
Everyone reacted belatedly, and then one by one they became like Lu Bu, the reincarnation of the Overlord, and they rushed forward with roars of unmatched bravery, and their speed was so fast.

"The Japanese pirates are here to die!"

"Wash your necks clean, pirates! Your grandfather is coming!"

"Kill, Lord Zhao, wait, don't move, let us go, kill, you Japanese pirates, prepare to die!"

The sky cleared up, the rain stopped, the Japanese pirates abandoned the city, and everyone felt that they were able to do it again.

Now there was no need for the Japanese pirates' personal soldiers of Prefect Zhao to threaten with long swords.

One by one, they shouted and waved their weapons, rushing towards the city gate in a disorderly manner. At this moment, they were extremely brave, as if they were possessed by Lu Bu and Overlord was reborn.

When Zhu Ping'an heard the news, he was having breakfast and was so shocked that he almost dropped his breakfast bowl.

"Oh my god, is Magistrate Zhao so brave?!" Zhu Ping'an exclaimed in disbelief, as if he heard the sun rising in the west.

Prefect Zhao could actually rush towards the city gate without hesitation and fear of death? ! What the hell, how is it possible!

Zhu Ping'an didn't believe that Zhao Chong could be so brave.

This is not something a normal person could do. Even tough guys like Lu Bu and Xiang Yu wouldn't dare to charge the city alone.

How dare Zhao Chong? !
"But was there a hidden army that assisted Prefect Zhao in taking over Jiaxing City?" Zhu Ping'an asked.

"No." The Zhejiang Army scout who reported the news shook his head vigorously.

"What? No?" Zhu Ping'an was even more unbelievable.

"Your Excellency, there really aren't any. We've been keeping an eye on it. Apart from the 3,000 men led by Prefect Zhao, there are no other troops." The scout repeated once again.

"Ah?!" Zhu Ping'an even suspected that he had heard it wrong. The Yan Party did not dispatch troops to assist Zhao Chong in retaking Jiaxing.

Here comes the problem!
How did Zhao Chong take over Jiaxing City? !

"You have been watching all this time. How did Prefect Zhao take over Jiaxing City?" Zhu Ping'an had a lot of questions in his head.

"My lord, about half an hour before Prefect Zhao led his troops to attack the city, the Japanese pirates all quietly retreated from the north gate. If you hadn't asked us to keep a close eye on Jiaxing City, we would not have noticed that the Japanese pirates had retreated. When Prefect Zhao led his troops to attack the city, there was not even a single Japanese pirate in the city. Prefect Zhao and his men got a great bargain and recaptured Jiaxing City without any effort." The scout reported back.

"Huh?! About half an hour before Zhao Chong attacked the city, all the Japanese pirates quietly retreated from the north gate?!"

"Zhao Zhifu got a great bargain. There were no Japanese pirates in the city when he attacked it. He was able to recapture Jiaxing City without any effort?!"

This is basically a case of one foot in front of the other. As soon as the Japanese pirates leave, Governor Zhao will attack the city.
Zhu Ping'an touched his chin and frowned. This was too much of a coincidence. No, something was wrong.

At the beginning, I thought that the reason why Prefect Zhao dared to lead 3,000 mobs to recapture Jiaxing was that Prefect Zhao had other ceremonial guards. I guessed that the Yan Party had mobilized an elite army from other places to assist Prefect Zhao in recapture Jiaxing City.

However, he never expected that his guess was wrong. The Yan Party did not transfer elite troops from other places to assist Prefect Zhao in recapture Jiaxing City.

Why did Prefect Zhao dare to lead 3,000 people to recapture Jiaxing City?

He couldn't have foreseen that the Japanese pirates would retreat from Jiaxing City before dawn this morning, right? !

etc.
Zhu Ping'an suddenly shuddered. This was it. The reason why Prefect Zhao dared to lead 3,000 mobs of people to recapture Jiaxing City which was guarded by tens of thousands of Japanese pirates was because he knew that the Japanese pirates would withdraw from Jiaxing City this morning!
Now that the Japanese pirates have withdrawn, who can't lead the troops to recapture Jiaxing City as if Lu Bu is possessed and Overlord is reborn?

I can do it, so I’ll do it too.

But the question is, how did Governor Zhao know that the Japanese pirates would withdraw from Jiaxing City before dawn this morning? !
Could it be that he has the ability to predict the future and make predictions? !

Bullshit!

Zhu Ping'an denied this immediately.

Could it be that Governor Zhao had a spy among the Japanese pirates, who knew that the pirates would withdraw from Jiaxing before dawn this morning and told Governor Zhao?
Not right either!
If this is the case, the status of this insider must be very high among the Japanese pirates, at least he must be in the core leadership of the Japanese pirates. Otherwise, he would not have been able to know such confidential information. The core leadership of the Japanese pirates is only Xu Hai, Ma Ye and a few of their right-hand men.

From the time when the Japanese pirates captured Jiaxing and Prefect Zhao fled in a hurry to today, only half a month has passed.

In such a short time, could Governor Zhao bribe the core leaders of the Japanese pirates to become their accomplices?
Even if Prefect Zhao bribed Xu Hai and Ma Ye's right-hand men to be his accomplices, it has only been less than half a month. Can Prefect Zhao trust them? Can Prefect Zhao believe the intelligence they pass on?
impossible!
It's impossible. Just based on their words, they dared to lead 3,000 mobs to recapture Jiaxing.

Zhao Chong would never take this risk with his head!
No normal person would do that!

How did Prefect Zhao know for sure that the Japanese pirates would withdraw from Jiaxing City before dawn this morning? !

suddenly
Zhu Pingan recalled a popular rumor that had been circulating recently. It was said that on the day Jiaxing fell, Prefect Zhao did not fight to the bitter end as the official story said, and only lowered himself down the city wall to seek reinforcements when he felt that the situation was hopeless. Instead, as soon as the Japanese pirates entered Jiaxing, Prefect Zhao wanted to lower himself down the city wall and flee. However, he was afraid of heights when he was lowering the rope, and was afraid that he would fall to his death at the foot of the city wall. He was unable to lower himself down the rope, and was captured by the Japanese pirates while hesitating.
(End of this chapter)