Chapter 497: A Soldier
On the hill six or seven miles away, surrounded by everyone, Xu Hai held the handle of the knife in his right hand and looked at the crumbling Shangyu County with satisfaction.
Although they were driven down from the city again and again, there was no doubt that the resistance of the defenders was getting lower and lower, and they were about to lose their breath.
Xu Hai didn't care about the fall of Shangyu County, what he cared about was Liu Xian who was stationed in Yuyao, so he released a lot of small groups of Japanese robbers to the north as scouts, and once Liu Xian came to help, he could immediately put the whole army on it.
At this moment, the sound of drums came, Xu Hai frowned and listened, the drums became louder and louder, he picked up the binoculars and changed directions, and was surprised to see that the defenders on the other side of the Yao River were lining up to leave the camp, and the banners fluttering high towards the Japanese invaders on the opposite side.
The confrontation between the partial army is nothing more than a reminder to the officers and soldiers, don't think about aiding Shangyu County, Xu Hai doesn't think that the other party will take the initiative to provoke.
Regarding the less than 1,000 officers and troops under the command of Qian Yuan and Qi Jimei, Xu Hai decided to confront the partial army after thinking about it repeatedly.
Xu Hai knew very well that this was a hard bone, with strong combat power and high morale, and he even set up camp, looking at that Xu Hai didn't want to fight...... The most important thing is that Xu Hai can eat it in his stomach if he wants to, but he must pay a price.
Xu Hai didn't want the main force to be injured because of this less than 1,000 officers and troops, so that the next big battle would be weak, if Liu Xian could be successfully defeated, would these 1,000 people still be able to turn against the sky?
But in the telescope, I can clearly see that the officers and soldiers in helmets and armor are neatly arranged, slowly but unstopprisingly forward, the spears held high are like dense steel forests, the flat wolf's fangs are flashing with cold light, and the bird's hands are swimming on the wings.
The Japanese on the opposite side are already at a loss, in the prediction, this force of officers and troops will not be pressed with all their strength, not to mention that there are bridges built by fishing boats on the Yao River behind them for the Japanese to increase their troops, and now Shangyu County is about to be breached.
Xu Hai frowned and thought for a moment, turned around and strode down the hill, turned over and galloped towards the direction of Yao Jiang.
"General, this is a toast and a penalty for not eating!" The leader of the pirates beside him shouted, "Why don't you just eat them?" ”
"It's enough to transfer a thousand to the past, Qian Zhancai has a great reputation over the years, but I want to see if this guy has three heads and six arms!"
The messy suggestions sounded in his ears, Xu Hai turned a deaf ear, galloped to the Yao River, and then picked up the binoculars to take a closer look, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, there were already seven or eight hundred officers and soldiers out of the camp...... Why don't you just eat it?
Xu Hai could see it, and Qian Yuan in the camp could naturally see it.
"It seems to be Xu Hai?" Qi Jimei didn't go into battle in person this time, but let Yang Wen take charge, "It's tempted?" ”
Qian Yuan put down the binoculars, shook his head and said, "It's just a little trick, it's better than nothing, let's start." ”
Peng Feng turned around to give the order, and on the hill behind him, a red flag was erected, and then on the peak to the east, another red flag was erected.
Yang Wen's side had already engaged the Japanese Invaders, and the bird guns on the flanks did not stop their guns, provoking more than 100 Japanese Invaders to rush over, but the Bird Crackers immediately gathered in the middle and hid in the array, but the army on the bank of the Yao River was inconvenient to deploy horizontally, and the Japanese Kou were helpless.
Yang Wen led four outposts to fight, one outpost in front, one outpost for the Chinese army, one sentry on the left and right, basically there was no danger of being flanked by the Japanese invaders, the outpost threw short spears, and there were birds to help, the Japanese invaders could not stand and retreated again and again, but the axes that flew and the long arrows that were shot also caused casualties.
"Don't worry, Yang Wen is very smart." Qi Jimei said in a low voice: "It's just pretending to delay time." ”
"I'm afraid that he will see that the Japanese Kou can't stand up, and he will rush and hit ......" Qian Yuan looked at the other side carefully, the main force under Xu Hai's command was moving to this side, in fact, it didn't matter, Qian Yuan just wanted to do his best, or let the casualties be fewer.
At this time, Zheng Ruozeng, who had been observing the other side with a telescope, suddenly said: "No, the Japanese are in chaos." ”
Hu Zongxian grabbed the binoculars and took a closer look, "It's indeed a bit messy, this is ......"
"My lord, reinforcements have arrived!" Shen Mingchen roared: "Look! ”
Everyone followed Shen Mingchen's hand to look at the upper reaches of the Yao River, and just saw that on the Yao River, which was blocked by Shangyu County, five or six ships were docking, and soldiers in iron armor jumped off the boats and rushed ashore with weapons in hand.
"No, not reinforcements." Zheng Ruozeng immediately saw the clue, he turned his head to look at Qian Yuan, this should be the back hand that was buried before.
Qian Yuan nodded slightly, "It's true that it's not reinforcements, but how did Brother Bolu see it?" ”
"Qi Yuanjing was born in the general's family, is familiar with the art of war, and does not lack experience in battle formations, if it is really him who led his troops to help, he will not choose a place so close to Shangyu County to dock the ship, and if it is not good, it will be blocked by the Japanese Kou." Zheng Ruo once explained: "Qi Yuanjing will definitely disembark at least five miles away from Shangyu County and attack with the whole army. ”
The book is shallow after all, Qian Yuan couldn't help but nodded, this is a detail that is easy to be overlooked.
Wang Yin, who had been occupying the telescope, suddenly screamed: "Zhancai, didn't you say that Wu Ding'an entered the city?!" ”
Wang Yin and Wu Chengqi are fellow villagers, they knew each other in their early years, and later they both made friends in the Governor's Palace.
Qian Yuan didn't say anything with a straight face, he persuaded Wu Chengqi to enter the city, but unfortunately this guy looks polite and polite on weekdays, and can also recite poems.
Those who still have binoculars in their hands take a closer look, the ship docked for only a moment, nearly two hundred soldiers have already gathered, and they ran to the city wall of Shangyu County in small steps, and went all the way north along the city wall, and the two people who rushed to the front were very familiar to everyone, one was Wang Yi, the leader of the escort team, and the other was Wu Chengqi, the governor of Songjiang.
It's already windy, and it's just a tailwind...... Wu Chengqi thought so in his heart for no reason, the wind whistling in his ears, the pounding heart in his chest, and the blood that seemed to be pouring into his brain all over his body......
Hasten!
Accelerate again!
A few armor soldiers holding wolf tooth whiks came out of the crowd to disrupt the formation of the Japanese invaders, and the soldiers behind threw the first batch of short spears, Wu Chengqi brandished a double knife and was the first to kill along the gap, and the knife fell in his hand to knock down two Japanese soldiers in a row, and more than 100 people behind them raised their knives to kill.
From the appearance of the ships, to the soldiers ashore to assemble, to Wang Yi and Wu Chengqi using the city wall as a cover to kill all the way, the Japanese had little time to react.
Although Xu Hai released a lot of scouts to the north, and some Japanese robbers discovered these six or seven ships, this group of soldiers with the Qian family's guards as the core had a clear purpose and strong execution, and did not give the Japanese who were besieging the city any chance to assemble.
Nearly two hundred soldiers, all of them wearing helmets and armor, each of them was strong and experienced in battle, and in addition to the Qian family's guards, they were supplemented by warriors selected from the whole army.
Two hundred armor soldiers, even if they are placed on the battlefield where tens of thousands of people are fighting, and put into a certain critical point in time, this is a powerful force that is enough to turn the tables.
Almost instantly, the three hundred Japanese robbers who had gathered together to prepare for the siege were completely defeated, and the crying father and mother fled in all directions, Wang Yi secretly glanced at the banner commanding the direction on the head of the city, and shouted loudly to disperse the Japanese invaders in the northwest direction.
Xu Hai's main force is six or seven miles away, and there are only dozens of horses, so where can they come over in a short time, not to mention that Qi Jimei's deliberate army makes the main force of the Japanese invaders move south, and the only one who maintains the formation and can arrive in time is only two groups, one is the more than 100 real Japanese who are the supervising team, and the other is the hundreds of Japanese who are around Wu Dahu.
It is a matter of course to choose who to choose, and the combat effectiveness of the real Japanese is far stronger than that of ordinary Japanese robbers.
Now it was lively, the deliberately driven pirates and the rushing overseers collided together, a group of people turned on their horses, and those real pirates also tried to make the deserters turn back to the enemy, but the pirates who fled for their lives did not hesitate to raise their knives and fall.
Soon, the supervision team composed of the real widows was scattered, Wang Yi and Wu Chengqi did not stop, and led the armor soldiers through the formation, not caring about the widows who were climbing down the ladder or scattering and fleeing, and the soldiers pointed directly at Wu Dahu who was erecting a big banner.
Xu Hai, who was six or seven miles away, was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he could only shake the horsewhip fiercely, he knew very well that even if the main force rushed over now, it would be too late, could he expect Wu Dahu to be able to stop it?
But where did this reinforcement come from?
Why didn't the scouts detect it?
Indeed, in the ordinary sense, it is difficult for ambushes to avoid the eyes of scouts, but in the southeast, the mountains and rivers give Qian Yuan this opportunity.
On the night when Wang Yi and Wu Chengqi arrived in Shangyu to defeat the besieging Japanese invaders, they led two hundred armor soldiers to the upper reaches of the Yao River and hid in the mountains.
It wasn't until they saw the red flag waving with a telescope that they took a boat from the branch of the Yao River to the south of the Ming River, and then went down the Yao River to the outside of Shangyu County, a distance of nearly ten miles.