In the darkness, only the urgent sound of drums echoed atop the Jingjiang County city wall.
One by one, the Anti-Japanese Army gripped a chaotic assortment of weapons, from previously captured Japanese Swords, to Broadswords provided by the scholars, and even hoes and rakes.
Everyone instinctively clenched their weapons, as Zhou Chang said coldly from the wall: "Do not harbor any illusions; if the pirates climb up, everyone in the city will die. We are here to supervise; those who flee will die."
Outside the South City Gate, on the muddy flats, countless rangers wielding Japanese Swords drove hundreds of Ning Dynasty civilians, shaved with moon-shaped heads, forward carrying bamboo ladders at the forefront.
A translator shouted from the back of the crowd: "Charge! Once you reach the top of the city walls, you will be saved, or else you will all die!"
The Ning Dynasty civilians were driven to the foot of the wall, set up ladders, and began climbing the rammed earth city walls.
