Chapter 503: One Report and One Report
Before dawn, the fog that had been going on for days finally stopped, and the light from the morning sun that leaped from the horizon easily dispelled the hazy fog.
On the hill southwest of Ufeng Town, a puff of black smoke suddenly rose, and the column of smoke was straight to the sky, which attracted people's attention.
Xu Hai, who was scolding his subordinates to speed up, turned his head to look at the reminder of his subordinates, and couldn't help frowning, he took the risk of setting up an ambush last night and routed the pursuers in one fell swoop...... The news should have been sent back last night.
In such an era of cold weapons, the Japanese were not afraid of night battles, but the officers and soldiers did not want to fight at night...... The well-trained army under the command of Qi Jiguang and Qian Yuan is the most reluctant to fight at night, and darkness and chaos will loosen the formation and greatly weaken their advantage.
After repelling the pursuers in the middle of the night last night, Xu Hai sent his men to Lihai, and he gathered the remnants of the army to garrison Uranfeng Town, and did not close his eyes for a while until dawn.
Therefore, in the face of the rising pillar of smoke, Xu Hai made a judgment that would not be wrong under normal circumstances, and there were officers and soldiers scouts snooping left and right, and saw that the Usurur Town Wokou was preparing to leave the sea and light wolf smoke as a warning.
"This revenge will be avenged in the future!" Xu Hai gritted his teeth and rushed out of the town, this battle destroyed most of his previous four or five years of hard work, and made him lose face.
Since the thirty-third year of Jiajing, Xu Hai has repeatedly invaded the southeast coast, almost every battle must be won, Lu Bo, Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan, Ren Huan are all defeated under him, even if Wang Jiangjing fought in the first battle, Zhang Jing mobilized tens of thousands of horses to encircle and suppress, Xu Hai finally escaped.
This is also where Qian Yuan was angry, when Xu Hai fled from the army into the sea, there were only more than a thousand people around him, but just half a year later, the power was huge enough to start a war with Wang Zhi...... Qian Yuan is already struggling with the draft, how can he sue Hu Zongxian, he can't control it, and he can't kill you Liu Xian?
When he landed on the shore, the mighty army of four or five thousand was only a thousand Japanese when he was evacuated, Xu Hai's face was gloomy, his heart was depressed, but he was not desperate, there were more than 1,000 people, and there was a chance to make a comeback...... As long as Wang Zhi does not fall into the well.
Xu Hai was not worried about the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, although there were many mountains nearby, it was difficult to explore, but he sent people to climb the heights and look into the distance, and the officers and troops in the south did not chase after them.
More than 1,000 Japanese robbers stretched very long, the front of the Japanese robbers rushed forward, and most of the back of the widows came back in the middle of the night in the dark, unable to lift their feet, and couldn't run if they wanted to.
Xu Haizheng was thinking in his heart about his plan to return to the lair this time, and the long line was going around a valley, and if he walked straight north two or three miles out of the valley, he could see the sails on the sea in the distance.
That's when the big change came up.
"Bang, bang!"
First there was the crackling sound of birds, then the shouts of killing that spread through the valley, and then the rumbling of large rocks and trees from the mountains, cutting off the pirates.
At the mouth of the valley, a big flag suddenly rose, with a treasure knife on his waist and hips, and Yu Dayou, who was holding a bow and arrow, shouted loudly, and hundreds of armor soldiers poured out densely behind him, bows and arrows, short spears, and stones falling from the mountain, completely defeating the Japanese who were running in the front.
Xu Hai's face was blue and white for a while, although he was illiterate, he also knew that the word "Yu" was on the big flag.
One report after another, in the thirty-third year of Jiajing, Xu Hai was a fledgling ambush and defeated Yu Dayou, and now it is the latter's turn to set up an ambush.
It is very difficult to climb the mountain, not to mention the steepness of the mountain, and there are officers and soldiers on it who keep investing in stones and large trees.
Going back and finding another way?
Xu Hai is very clear about the nearby terrain, and he can't go around the Lihai place, so he can only choose the road to climb the mountain and go north to the sea, but there is no way for the ships to dock at all, even if they take it in a small boat, how many people can escape?
This is also the reason why Yu Dayou chose to set up an ambush here.
can only desperately move forward and fight a bloody way...... Xu Hai pulled out his long knife and rushed forward with a roar, and the hundreds of widows behind him also knew that this was the moment of life and death, and they raised their knives and shouted to rush into battle.
Yu Dayou sneered, set up a bow and released arrows, and shot the three Japanese robbers at the front with three arrows in a row, and the soldiers next to him had already pushed the wooden fence built yesterday in front of the formation, and four or five steps in front of him dug a trench that was not deep, but could not be stepped through in one step.
This adventure ashore, Yu Dayou carefully selected 500 warriors, with the Yu family, the Li family, the Liu family and other clans as the backbone, when Pinghu was ambushed by Xu Hai, the scene of the soldiers about to collapse at the touch of a touch made him unforgettable.
The soldiers carried the big shield against the wooden fence, and the spears behind them kept piercing out of the gaps, because of a seemingly inconspicuous trench, the Japanese could not take advantage of the momentum to rush all the way to the front of the officers and soldiers, they had to slow down and walk two steps in the trench, and then climb up, and this trench was high and low on one side, waiting for the Japanese to climb up...... This is already within the range of the spear behind the wooden fence.
As long as the soldiers in the rear formation have the strength, they will throw arrows from time to time, as long as they shoot out, there is basically no miss, dozens of birds quietly poke out from the wings, and every crackling sound is immediately heard the wailing sound of the widows.
Yu Dayou stood under the banner with a calm face, commanding loudly from time to time, the heralds shuttled left and right, more than a thousand Japanese robbers were already in chaos, some were climbing up, some were fleeing backwards, as long as they could withstand the hundreds of Japanese robbers in front of them...... A big win is expected!
Xu Hai, who was dressed in iron armor, had a blue face, a knife in his right hand, and a half-spear that had been cut off in his left hand, and walked a few steps in the trench.
The long knife in his right hand cut the neck of the shield hand from the side, and the tip of the remnant gun in his left hand poked into the eyes of another soldier.
Without looking back stupidly to say hello, Xu Hai rolled on the ground, not caring about his back and shoulders being cut or stabbed, the remnant gun in his left hand came out of his hand and stabbed a soldier in the face, and then pulled the soldier with his left hand to block the side, and the long knife in his right hand first blocked and then chopped, and was slashing at the neck of the soldier who was trying to sneak attack.
With the gap, dozens of Japanese robbers swarmed in, seeing the chaos in the formation, but suddenly a group of armorers in iron armor rushed forward, and the middle-aged man in the red coat was the leader, holding a long knife and slashing straight at Xu Hai.
It's Yu Dayou, the chief military officer of Zhejiang!
Xu Hai, who had seen Yu Dayou in an ambush in Pinghu, was shocked, and Yu Dayou's martial arts were well-known in the southeast a few years ago.
Xu Hai let go of the soldier with the bleeding face with his left hand, and parried upwards with the knife in both hands, with a dull sound, Xu Haihu's mouth was numb and could not advance an inch, and the middle-aged man on the opposite side closed the knife and changed his moves, and the long knife stabbed Xu Hai's chest like a long sword.
Xu Hai barely dodged sideways, and was kicked a few steps away, and he didn't even want the treasure knife he bought with a lot of money, and even crawled backwards.
Seeing this, the nearby soldiers shouted in unison, and their morale was greatly boosted, and the soldiers, regardless of life and death, stabbed straight with spears and slashed down with swords, driving dozens of Japanese robbers out of the formation.
More than a dozen crackling shots sounded on the flank, and the Japanese who had been fighting to the death finally could not bear such heavy losses and retreated.
"Whoosh!"
A long arrow pierced through the battlefield full of blood, but unfortunately Xu Hai was very slippery, and the long arrow was nailed to the shoulder of the widow on his side.
Yu Dayou threw away the longbow in disappointment, took the long knife handed by the guard, and shouted loudly: "Reinforcements are coming, and all the Japanese will be wiped out in this battle!" ”
Yu Dayou has a reputation for planning and then fighting, and this time he is not willing to take risks to grab merit, the scouts sent to do two things.
First, Xu Hai fled to Lihai, the scouts would light the wolf smoke to report the news, and Yu Dayou, who had already prepared, would lead the army to rush to the valley to set up an ambush.
Second, Zhou Jihui went south to find the main force of the official army, and went north to encircle Xu Hai as soon as possible.
At this time, suddenly there was an excited shout from the back, "My lord, reinforcements have arrived!" ”
Yu Dayou looked back in surprise, how could the officers and soldiers who were pursuing north come out from behind?
A quarter of an hour later, Yu Dayou was relieved, and he and Wu Baipeng, the governor of Zhejiang, shook each other's hands, "But Brother Xi is here, and there is no way for the widows to live!" ”
Wu Baipeng, who was still panting, said: "This big victory, Qi Yuanjing is the first merit, this time he is the first to annihilate the Japanese Kou, and Yu Zhifu is the first to be the first contribution." ”