Chapter 259
With a cannon, the Japanese pirates who tried to sneak into the city were swept away by dense bombs. They followed the city shouting and killing Zhentian. The Ming army, who had already been ready to go out in full swing, quickly deployed a dense attack on the open field outside the city gate, completely abandoning the fish scale formation on the back line.
The city gate behind closed with a "bang", and then the iron chain creaked and the suspension bridge slowly rose.
Bai Chongzan was in the formation and shouted sternly: "After the order of the imperial envoy to govern the military affairs of six provinces to suppress the Japanese, Yang Ling, the governor of the Japanese invasion, to wipe out all the Japanese pirates in front! The Japanese pirates are not clean, the city gates are not open, and life and death are all in this battle. Lord Yang will lead the army back to the rescue in a moment, and the soldiers will rush for me!"
Bai Chongzan brought out eight thousand people, and 7,000 troops were left in the city to defend the city. Even if the entire army was destroyed, it would be enough to support Yangling's return to help. However, if the army stood firm and waited for Yangling to rush back and sent troops, although it could reduce casualties and use the city walls and cannons to kill and kill more Japanese pirates, Yangling could not encircle with the defenders in the city as soon as possible when he returned to the army, so the Japanese pirates would have the opportunity to break through and escape.
Moreover, Yang Ling made the battle in the back city, which made Bai Chongzan take the lead in sending troops. The more important purpose was to arouse the entire army's determination not to fear war. At that time, the army had neither weapons that could absolutely penetrate plate armor nor armor that could absolutely resist muskets; there was neither cannons that could definitely break through the city nor anti-aircraft fortress that could completely resist artillery fire.
It can be said that the main reason for the confrontation between the two armies is morale, and it is the intensity of daily training between the two sides and the command and leadership of the generals. The Ming army was defeated repeatedly, and even caused thousands of soldiers to be driven away by hundreds of Japanese pirates. It was not that the gap between weapons and force was too big, but that the army had no fighting spirit at all.
Yang Ling has neither time nor enough military expenditure to support him in recruiting soldiers to replace this already corrupt army, so he can only use ruthless moves, hoping that they can show their phoenix nirvana.
If a structure cannot be broken from the inside and cannot be replaced by another model, then you can only rely on external forces to prompt it to change.
The Japanese pirates in front began to emerge from the darkness. There was no retreat behind the Ming army and there were Japanese soldiers in front. After a brief panic, they finally realized that there was no choice but to let them escape. If they wanted to live, they could only fight the Japanese pirates in front of them.
Yang Ling's military order has long been passed back. The military law in charge of the soldiers restrained each other, and no one dared to reveal his intention to escape to the two wings first, and the law enforcement team has quietly deployed it to the two wings.
The fish scale formation is suitable for intensive attacks. The biggest disadvantage is that it only takes a small number of surprise troops to raid from behind to destroy the formation. However, the Ming army is now a solid city wall behind, so there is no need to worry about the rear defense at all.
Moreover, the dense formations of weapons, both length and distance, can protect each other. They have a stable effect on the morale of the army. After a brief commotion, the fish scale formation finally stabilized and faced the Japanese pirates under the supervision of the generals. At first, hesitated, and marched at a small pace, as the Japanese pirates got closer and closer. The Ming army, who had no way to retreat, finally turned red and roared and sweared.
When fear reaches its extreme, it will produce the desire and courage of crazy destruction. Yangling's psychology finally has its place to use, and the extremely fearful Ming army finally broke out. Their shouting sounds were sharp, full of fear and despair, but their behavior and movements became even more crazy than the bravest soldiers: Kill! Only by killing these people in front of me can I survive!
"Woo~" A faint cry was heard, and the archers arranged in the central army had enough force to shoot out the first row of arrows, flying over the head of the Ming army who was rushing forward in a crazy manner. "Puff, puff..." A series of dull and light sounds were the sound of arrows shooting into the body.
The Ming army had light arrows, but most of the Japanese pirates had no armor. Although the arrows were not fatal, the injured Japanese pirates staggered and fell to the ground one by one. In such a messy impact formation, falling means death. The Japanese pirates who could not stop their pace quickly stepped on them.
"Bang bang bang" The musket soldiers stopped after firing one shot, flashing into the gaps of "fish scales" to avoid hindering the army from rushing forward. At the same time, a large number of short-bar javelins were thrown out by the soldiers with the help of running.
The Japanese pirates who rushed forward were like rain and beat the broken lotus. Nomi Masato felt distressed. These were his most confidant soldiers. He never expected that the Ming army was not trapped and had the courage to rush out of the city to find him for a battle. Now there was only one battle. He firmly believed that once the close forces were connected, the soldiers in his place were definitely not something the Ming army could resist. The courage that the Ming army mustered off in the battle against the city would disappear due to the cruel killing.
The weapons intersected, and the sound was as dense as a sudden rain. The two sides finally covered each other and killed each other, and blood was flying for a while...
Yang Ling was one moment later than expected.
There were a thousand Japanese pirates ambushing on Chashan, and their individual combat power was far less than his three thousand Jingwei. Moreover, when the sneak attack was ineffective and the number of enemies was small, the entire battle was completely a performance of the Ming army's massacre skills in the fires in the reed marsh.
The 20,000 Ming troops clearly saw their comrades waving the Pu Dao in a flawless manner. Each group of three people, you advance and I retreat, fighting alternately. One by one, the fierce and brave Japanese pirates were turned into blood-splashed corpses by the steel knives in their hands.
He witnessed the scene of Japanese pirates being slaughtered and stabbed with his own eyes. The Japanese pirates were also flesh and blood, and the recognition that they could be beaten by the brave Ming army made them start from shock and excitement until they were eager to try.
Yang Ling, who had been observing the movement of his own army, suddenly had an idea in his mind when he saw this situation. When Min Wenjianxing rushed over and told him that only more than 200 Japanese pirates attacked in the back, he fled in all directions. The rest of the soldiers were killed and 600 and captured more than 200 wounded soldiers alive, he immediately ordered the guards to retreat, and sent 20,000 highly morale troops to the battlefield to train their courage with less than 300 Japanese pirates remaining.
More than 300 Japanese pirates who were full of courage were driven away and ran around Cha Mountain, but the Cha Mountain was simply a gentle slope. How could they be hidden or guarded? The 20,000 Ming soldiers were in the best state of physical strength and morale, but they were so tired that their calves were cramped. How could they fight this battle?
A battle that was called the "most shameless" in the history of Japanese invasion began. Seventy or eighty beat one, and many Japanese pirates were beaten to death. Even so, more than twenty Japanese pirates who were dying and were scratched by tea trees were dragged down from the hillside by the Ming army.
Yang Ling ordered General Luo Shen to take over the confiscated Japanese pirates, and at the same time escorted the cannons and slowly moved back to Suzhou City.
Nomi Masato's most elite soldiers were indeed extremely powerful. As soon as the Ming army, which lacked training, had the orderly formations that were originally intact, were destroyed and disappeared. If it weren't for the lack of retreat, the army was crowded and could not break through the sea of swords and swords to the two wings, and rushed out of the surveillance range of the law enforcement team to escape, it would inevitably have some soldiers to escape. As long as some soldiers fled, it would be like a flood that had broken the mouth. The scene of the entire army's retreat would be repeated.
More than 10,000 soldiers were crowded on the narrow battlefield, with people in front and behind them, and they could only swing their swords, constantly swing their swords, harvest their lives with chopping and killing them. When nearly a thousand Japanese pirates were killed or injured, nearly three thousand were injured in the Ming army.
But Bai Chongzan could not afford to consume it. Even if he eliminated all the Ming army that had fought hard, his own people would be left. God knows how many defenders there are in the city? Since the strategy of seizing the city has been discovered, it is difficult for Shiwa Village to perform its role. What if the Ming army rushes to return to the aid?
Nomi Masatochi wanted to order the army to retreat, but the battle in the back was shocking, and Yang Ling's army was back.
Yang Ling used the same method as the Japanese pirates and the Ming army to fight, put the most elite soldiers at the front to charge, which was quite effective in taking the lead. Three thousand Jingwei waved the bloody long-handled sword and rushed into the chaotic battlefield fiercely, and walked straight over like a lawn mower, followed by the Suzhou defenders who were picking up cheapness.
Nomi Masato sighed, and the sound of chungsten sounded in the chaos army, conveying their unique communication content. This adventure was completely defeated. In this battle, Nomi Masato slipped from the four major pirates in Japan into the second-rate team, hoping to make a comeback. I don’t know how many twists and turns it takes.
While the Ming army had not yet surrounded the siege, the Japanese pirates gathered together and fled to the southwest in a panic. In this moment, they piled up more than a hundred bodies. Reinforcements arrived, and the Japanese pirates were defeated. The morale of Bai Chongzan's troops was greatly boosted. They joined forces and followed the Japanese pirates to chase southwest.
Lujiaku, Zhangjiaqiao, Shiqutou..., Japanese pirates ran wildly, crossing villages and towns, and did not dare to stop for a moment. The Ming army behind them chased closely. With the different physiques of the soldiers, the entire Ming army lined up into a long snake formation, chasing behind them in a mighty manner. However, no matter whether they chased slowly or quickly, all the Ming army felt proud.
In the past, when fighting with Japanese pirates, they had experienced the feeling of being out of breath, but what was that feeling? They had to worry about the Japanese pirates catching up and taking the lead. But now, the Japanese pirates who were constantly single on the road were quickly killed by them like crushing ants. This battle was so proud.
Nomi Masato riding a mule, he led his deserters to rush through the woods of the front mud. He had just run out of half a mile. When the moonlight suddenly saw three armies coming towards him, he saw that the long fire dragon team had at least five thousand people. Nomi Masato was shocked and hurriedly strangled the mule, his face looked like earth, saying, "Can the Ming army be the rebirth of Zhuge Wuhou? There are ambushes here?"
The army ahead stopped moving forward, and someone shouted loudly: "Who are you?"
Koshiro Guimao waved his Japanese sword and shouted strangely: "Lord, I will take people to stop them. Go east quickly and return to the island quickly. As long as you are there, we will still have hope!"
As he said that, he greeted him and led more than 200 dead soldiers to rush forward.
Yu Wenming, a bandit under Masato Nomi, said anxiously: "Lord, there is a lake to the east, only Liujiatan and Yaowanshe have small boats to cross. There are only seven people in each case, so there is no time for the entire army to cross."
When Nomi Masatoshi heard this, his heart sank.
At this time, Guimao Koshiro waved his Japanese sword and rushed towards the middle army. A man ran out of the front army and shouted: "Stop, don't move forward, report your name and name!"
Koshiro Guimao refused to answer, rushed forward and slashed. The person on the other side reacted very quickly and jumped away. He immediately raised his gun to greet him. The two subordinates of Guimao stepped forward and attacked him, shouting loudly in Japanese words, and three swords "swipe" like a strong wind.
The man was in a hurry. Seeing that he was already covered by three long swords, he shouted loudly and said a language that the Japanese could not understand. In this moment, Guimao Koshiro had already killed him with one knife in the waist.
As the man roared, a delicate girl suddenly came from the opposite side. Even the Japanese pirates learned Chinese language and could not understand the words. As soon as the girl's voice fell, three teams of people suddenly became in a mess and rushed up for the battlefield.
From afar, Masato Nomi rode on a mule. He was overjoyed when he saw the Ming army's formation. He laughed and said, "God helps me! This Ming army has no tactics and must be weak in combat. Storm over quickly and disrupt their formation. With their chaotic army, we can stop the pursuers. We have hope of escaping!"
The Japanese pirates were overjoyed when they heard this and immediately waved their weapons and rushed forward. Nomi Masato also pulled out the Japanese sword and slapped the mule's buttocks. They rushed over under the crowd of thieves.
However, the more than 200 Japanese pirates who had just come into contact with this Ming army had a completely different feeling. From a distance, the Ming army that rushed up seemed to be a group of mobs, but they were so close that they felt like they were in a hurry and could not resist.
When they rushed closer, they realized that this seemed to be a team of civilians and soldiers without military uniforms at all. Each of these "civils and soldiers" were in a team of seven. One of them was holding a long hook and sickle gun. The other was holding an eight-foot-long tung oil stick, the other two were holding short crossbows, but the three behind were all holding bright short swords.
Japanese people like to fight together, especially when they waved their swords, they were brave enough to shout before they were stimulating. Unexpectedly, these "minzhuang" also like to call for war. Guishiro raised the Japanese sword in his hand and had not yet reached the enemy's front, the man holding a long hook and sickle spear had already made a strange cry, and he raised his gun and rushed him from nearly two feet away. The three people standing on par with him immediately cooperated in unison. The shouts were like thunder.
Kei Shiro was yelled smartly. He avoided the spear and just rushed to the vicinity. The big man raised the stick had already slashed it with a stick. He sneered, and turned the sword like a sharp sword, and was about to slash it against the man's stick. Suddenly, the waist became numb and a short arrow had already stabbed in.
These short crossbows must have poor workmanship, with extremely small crossbow power, and the crossbow arrows are also made of hardwood, which are light and difficult to far, and are not shot deep into the human body. Gui Shiro Koshiro was about to cut off the head of the man with one knife and then remove the arrows in his waist. A numb feeling had spread from his waist, and his arms were weak.
The flexible wooden stick soaked in oil twitched hard on his radius, with a broken forearm and a long sword landed on the ground. The "Minzhuang" holding a hook and sickle spear had led the four partners standing side by side to another Japanese pirate. Behind, three "Minzhuang" holding a knife hugged over happily. Guishiro noticed that one of them was still carrying a sack. What should he do when he was fighting?
He had no chance to figure it out anymore. Two fiercely "Minzhuang" rushed over and raised their swords without saying a word. The sharp blade cut off his neck and blood gushed out. The third "Minzhuang" quickly picked up his head and threw it into a sack. Then the "head-beheaded trio" followed behind the four people, shouting and cheering.
These "people-strong" are like plum blossoms, each with seven people, one attacking and one guarding, and two sneak attacks. The three people behind are responsible for collecting heads and cheering. The cooperation between the groups is extremely tacit. If there are casualties in each group, the latter group will immediately receive soldiers responsible for the same task. The entire battlefield situation seems chaotic, but it is so detailed that every battle scene is in line and orderly, and it is definitely a mess even in the dark.
Nomi Masato rode on the mule and realized something was wrong. The Ming army was by no means a mob he imagined. There was no way. Now he had to flee west and flee to Taihu Lake, where there were many mountains, islands, and waterways were complicated. Perhaps there was another chance to find another way to live.
Nomi Masato immediately turned his head and ordered his subordinates to inform the entire army to gather and escape to Taihu Lake. As soon as the horn sounded, he suddenly felt a numbness on his right neck. Nomi Masato reached out and touched it strangely. His fingers touched a short piece of fine and hard objects, and his fingers were still decorated with soft feathers. The injured area was completely unconscious.
He looked right in horror. Under the torch, a beautiful girl wearing a blue narrow-sleeved, large-collared dress with a white belt tied around her slender waist, her hair tied to the right, a small comb, and a silver collar on her neck, was taking a blow tube from her mouth and inserting it back to her waist.
Seeing him looking at him, the girl raised her dark and beautiful eyebrows provocatively, her eyes were as clear as water, her pure and beautiful as a child, her slender waist and neck, and her pure and charming body was really indescribable.
Nomi Masato was furious. He pulled out the arrow from his neck and threw it to the ground, and raised the sword at the girl. He might not have spoken, but his numb body had fallen from the mule. He was shocked and hurried forward to support him. Someone was already shouting and rushing towards the girl with a knife.
The girl stood under the torch with her hands behind her back, but she was not afraid of seeing a long knife attack. She stood on the left and right with six or seven strong men wearing blue and black twinkle cloth buckles, blue and black fat pants, leggings, straw sandals, and black cloth squids, and everyone held a hook and sickle or a long-handled sword in their hands.
Standing on the ground, she held the torch on the left and right, there were two girls wearing blue turbans and green right-sided slanted tops. They were wearing wide black trousers, with flower straps on the trousers legs and aprons on the waist. They were wearing swords around their waists, and stood there with their chests and necks straight. They were extremely graceful and healthy.
Seeing the Japanese pirates rushing, the girl waved her hand, and six or seven strong men raised their weapons and shouted to greet them. The Japanese pirates were already in a melee. Although they knew that the lord was in danger, the Japanese pirates who were seen nearby tried desperately to rush over, but the "minister-superior" in groups of seven people followed like shadows. If you were not careful, you would either be hooked by a gun or knocked down by a stick, or you would be able to get out of the hidden arrows shot from the left and right.
The girl in blue shirt saw six or seven subordinates entangled with Japanese pirates, pulled out a knife from her waist. She rushed over with a delicate shout, and followed more than ten girls in blue shirts, each holding long swords, with agility and courage.
The addition of this new force made the battle situation fall to their side. The Japanese pirates who were knocked down by hook, sickle or cold arrow immediately came forward and beheaded in an excited manner. The girl in blue shirt became more and more murderous and led her female deputies to cover her up and killed her.
Nomi Masato, who was shot off the horse by her, rode on a mule. She had guessed that it should be a leader of the Japanese pirates. However, she did not realize that this person was the leader of the Japanese pirate team, so she rushed past him and ignored it.
The guards had been killed. The toxins quickly walked all over his body. Nomi Masato watched helplessly as a group of beautiful tigresses who were even more terrible than men rushed over him, but could not move.
His neck was also stiff and unable to turn. As his eyes moved, he saw three honest faces appearing in front of him with a smile. One of them was carrying a heavy big pocket, the other was holding a torch, and the third... was tying the bright steel knife towards his neck...
Although Nomi Masato was dismissed from his post, the well-trained Japanese pirates did not panic because of losing their leader. Deputy Chief Akimoto immediately took the responsibility of the leader and directed the Japanese pirates to flee west while fighting.
The vanguard of the Ming army was chasing arrived. This was a light cavalry, composed entirely of Yang Ling's personal army. Wu Hanchao took the lead and rushed forward. Seeing the melee situation in front of him, he couldn't help but be shocked and strangled the reins of the horse and waved his hand to stop the entire army from advancing.
Wu Hanchao knew exactly that Yang Ling did not arrange an ambush here. Where did this army come from? Through the clothing reflected by their torches, Wu Hanchao woke up a little: their clothing was clearly the "Blue-clothed Zhuang tribe" in Guangxi, and this must have been the wolf soldiers recruited by the court.
Wu Hanchao was overjoyed when such a surprising army blocked the Japanese pirates' way. However, in such a melee situation, in the night, the two sides had no communication in advance. If they led their troops into the air, it would be more conducive to the Japanese pirates' escape in the chaos. Wu Hanchao urgently ordered the chased knights to stand by on the spot, monitor the situation on the battlefield, and then turned over and dismounted. Relying on their mastery and bravery, they rushed into the battlefield.
Wu Hanchao held a long sword in his hand, spread his small kung fu and wandered freely in the battle formation. He raised his sword from time to time to assassinate the Japanese pirates in the battle, pulled the Zhuang warrior and asked, "Where is your leader?"
The Zhuang soldiers naturally recognized the costumes of officers and soldiers, and saw that he helped him kill the Japanese pirates, so they were naturally their own people. However, most of them did not understand Chinese and could only smile friendlyly at him, but were confused about his questions.
Wu Hanchao stamped his feet and had to continue searching. He met a Zhuang people who could speak Chinese, but now he could not find his own leader.
He was wandering in the battle formation and suddenly found a group of "Lan Zhuang" female soldiers in front of him, wielding their swords to fight with the Japanese pirates. These Japanese pirates surrounded the group of female soldiers, and the periphery was surrounded by Zhuang people. Although the female soldiers surrounded the center were all brave, they were no longer able to support their strength. I am afraid that before the Zhuang soldiers on the periphery eliminated the group of Japanese pirates, they would be wiped out.
Wu Hanchao was anxious and flew over quickly, shouted and jumped over the heads of the blue bracelets, falling into the battle circle as if falling from the sky. A girl in blue shirt had just killed a Japanese pirate, but her knees fell forward because she was exhausted.
Wu Hanchao hurriedly reached out and pulled it with a long sword in his right hand. A Japanese pirate in front slashed halfway through the sword. The sword in Wu Hanchao's hand was like a dragon out of water, piercing straight into his throat.
Wu Hanchao waved his sword to repel two Japanese pirates and asked anxiously: "Miss, do you understand Chinese? Who is your leader? Where is he?"
Chapter completed!