In the pouring rain, when the natives frantically rushed out of the depths of the rainforest and roared to attack the Tang army, the Tang army, which had been advancing with high morale, instantly fell into an extremely dangerous situation.

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At this moment, the whole army was drenched like chickens in soup, and the remaining 298 firecrackers, each of whom had the mouth of each firecracker, was like a drainage pipe, flowing outward, and there was no combat effectiveness.

At this critical moment, Chen Yiti, the commander of the Tang Army, shouted and issued an urgent order.

"it! Listening to our military order, all the Flying Harrier cavalry immediately retreated, withdrew to Zamboanga's main camp for help, and the whole army formed a circular tortoiseshell battle formation to line up to resist the enemy! ”

"Order!"

Chen Yiti gave an order, and a hundred flying harrier cavalry, braving the heavy rain, hurriedly pulled out their horses and retreated, galloping westward, while the enemy soldiers had not yet attacked.

In this slightly flat place, the Tang army formed an almost circular tortoiseshell formation in a very short time.

All the shield soldiers lined up in the outermost line, the large shield was inserted diagonally on the ground, and the shield soldiers were half-crouched on the ground, shouldering against the shield, forming a circular outer circle guard.

Then, on each of the large shields, a spearman was ready to shoot a stab.

The 4-meter stainless steel spear that shone with cold light rested lightly on top of the big shield, like a poisonous snake ready to attack.

The 298 musketeers, who had completely lost the battle, were surrounded by the remaining spearmen in the inner layer for protection.

The main general, Chen Yiti, and his twenty-man guard were crowded in the middle.

The Tang army's harsh training and rich experience in warfare had a good effect here, and they quickly formed a formation, and finally formed a well-defended tortoiseshell formation before the natives rushed over.

"Bang!"

There was a muffled sound in the torrential rain, and the Maguindanu natives collided fiercely with the Tang Army's ring-shaped large shield tortoiseshell formation.

At this moment, about dozens of natives who couldn't hold their feet couldn't see the spikes on the shield on the opposite side because they couldn't see clearly in the torrential rain, and hit the spikes fiercely, and then convulsed and died, like frogs that have been strung together.

A 4-meter steel spear with a handle stabbed out of the head of a large shield like a flying poisonous dragon, and stabbed the head, neck, or chest of these unprepared Maguindanu natives.

These Tang Army spearmen pierced extremely hard and accurately, stabbing out with one shot, often piercing each other.

Under the blow, a large number of natives immediately came to the end of their lives.

Their corpses, along the entire array of large shields, were also stacked into a terrifying ring of corpses.

The natives attacked for a while, and in addition to dropping more than 400 corpses, they only killed more than 20 Tang army spear and shield soldiers, and the Tang army's tortoiseshell array seemed to have taken root, and it could not be affected at all.

Chen Yiti, the commander of the Tang Army, who was closely guarded in the center, wiped a handful of rain on his face, and a smug smile appeared on his face.

Hmph, you barbarian natives, have tasted the power of my Tang Army's battle array.

If you have the ability, you will continue to attack and see how many troops you have to fill in front of our army's tortoiseshell formation.

However, Chen Yiti's smile quickly froze.

He saw that the natives could not attack for a long time, left hundreds of corpses, and began to retreat to a position where the spearmen could not attack, and outside the tortoiseshell formation of the Tang army, they reformed a larger ring and surrounded the Tang army.

Chen Yiti was shocked, these natives no longer continued to fight with themselves, but they only surrounded them like this, but why?

In his hesitation, he suddenly noticed that in the distance there were a large number of natives running towards them, and on their backs and hands were carrying large bundles of shuttle darts.

Chen Yiti's face instantly turned pale.

"The natives who entered the dog are going to throw shuttle darts, everyone pay attention to defense!"

Chen Zilong hissed and roared.

Hearing the shouts of the main general Chen Yiti, Tang Jun suddenly became extremely nervous, and many people showed extreme fear on their faces.

Everyone knows that the enemy soldiers threw pikes like this, which can be said to have accurately hit the weak underbelly of the Tang army.

The shield soldiers at the very edge, there is nothing to defend with shields, and the spearmen in the middle, because everyone wears fine iron cuirass, the defense is also okay, and the worst is afraid of the 298 musketeers, who are almost not armored, and under the condition that the musket becomes a burning stick, it can be said that they are the target of slaughter.

At this time, a continuous shout like a beast sounded outside, and hundreds of pikes, with a sharp whistling sound, passed through the heavy rain curtain, crossed the outermost row of large shields, and threw them fiercely towards the center of the Tang army.

Although the spearmen outside kept pulling out the shuttle darts with their spears, there were still at least 20 firecrackers or spearmen who were hit by the shuttles, and the continuous screams suddenly and quickly sounded from the Tang army's formation.

These shuttle darts were coated with huge poison, even if the one who was hit by the vital point, but it was difficult to live, and those Tang soldiers who were shot by the shuttle dart soon turned black and died of convulsions.

Soon, another round of pike darts was thrown, and more than twenty Tang soldiers screamed and died.

Seeing that his subordinates were viciously attacked by these ugly people with shuttle darts but could not fight back, Chen Yiti, the commander of the Tang Army, gritted his teeth with hatred.

"Dog-inned barbarians, grandpa will one day kill all of you ugly people, regardless of men, women and children!"

A personal guard leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Sentry Commander Chen, now that our army is being beaten passively like this, it will cause great damage to morale. ”

Hearing the words of the pro-soldier, Chen Yiti's heart moved, but he shook his head slowly.

He knew that this tortoiseshell array was most important about not moving like a mountain, quietly guarding against the enemy, if it moved, then the power would be greatly reduced, and it was very likely to be knocked away by the enemy soldiers rushing from all sides.

"You don't have to worry, these ugly pike darts are also limited, and when they finish shooting the pike darts, we won't be too late to break through."

Chen Yiti said in a deep voice.

It's just that when there are so many natives and they are so tightly surrounded, is it really so easy for them to break through?

Chen Yiti's mood was very heavy.

After three full rounds of throwing, when the musketeers and spearmen in the Tang army suffered nearly 100 casualties, the natives who were tightly besieging them stopped projecting.

In Chen Yiti's eyes, a cold light flashed awe-inspiringly.

He waved his sword and shouted: "Brothers, while the enemy army goes to move the shuttle dart again, our army will immediately break through!" Passing on my order, the whole army rushed through the natives in the west with all their might, and then divided the troops into two parts, the front part was rushed forward by all the spearmen, all the way back to Zamboanga's main camp, and the rear part was guarded by all the shield soldiers and the generals to block the natives! ”

Hearing Chen Yi's order, all Tang Jun's faces couldn't help but show a very shocked and sentimental look.

There are so many enemy troops that it is impossible to retreat with the whole army, and the only way to survive is to block the enemy in a division.

It's just that the main general Chen Yiti was willing to use himself as a bait to personally block the enemy army, or the entire Tang army was shocked.

The guards next to him persuaded with tears: "Sentinel Chen, you and the spearmen can break through together, just leave us here to stop the enemy." ”

Chen Yiti shook his head with a wry smile: "I, the Tang Army, have always been in danger when the main general needs to rush forward to relieve his difficulties. I'd rather die than do it. ”

The next battle began to proceed in the way Chen Yiti expected.

The Tang army first concentrated all its strength and fiercely attacked the indigenous defenders directly west, and finally broke through the encirclement of the indigenous people at the cost of dozens of Tang soldiers' lives and killed more than a hundred natives at the same time.

Subsequently, all the Tang army spearmen, with the only remaining 100 or so musketeers, fled westward with all their might.

As for the shield soldiers, Chen Yi and all the guards were surrounded in the middle, forming an impenetrable tortoiseshell array, and they also slowly moved westward.

Seeing that the Tang army was divided into two parts after breaking through its own encirclement, all the natives did not react for a while.

It's just that when they saw that these Tang troops behind them formed a huge turtle shell with their shields and moved west as well, they instantly understood.

The natives rushed forward with a howl, and after carefully avoiding the spikes in their shields, they stabbed their knives and guns into the gaps created by the movement.

In the Tang army's array, another scream continued to rise, and there were shield soldiers screaming and falling, but as soon as he fell, new shield soldiers came over to fill the gap again.

Of course, these shield soldiers are not completely passive and defensive, they often seize the opportunity to slam the heavy shield in their hands into the natives who are stabbing at the bees, and stab these weakly defended fellows to death with the two rows of sharp and terrible spikes on the shield.

And Chen Yiti and the guards also seized the opportunity to cut down many indigenous soldiers who had no time to dodge from the cracks in the exposed vendors.

When he saw that the spearmen and musketeers in the distance had disappeared into the rain curtain and could never be seen again, Chen Yiti loudly issued a military order, ordering the whole army to form a formation to resist in place and never move again.

The Tang army in the rear moved all the way, leaving behind a string of corpses of shield soldiers, and by this time the battle had less than four hundred shield soldiers.

And the natives who besieged themselves paid almost twice as many miles of corpses.

The torrential rain was still pouring wildly, surrounding the tortoiseshell formation of the Tang Army, the corpses were in disarray, blood was flowing everywhere, and the entire battlefield was very bloody and terrifying.

The natives were also tired from the attack, and when they saw that the Tang army had stopped again, they retreated a few steps away from the Tang army, and then continued to surround the Tang army, which had become much smaller.

At this time, Chen Yiti, the commander of the Tang Army, who had been slashed and panting, slowly showed a look of relief on his face.

So far, I have been able to kill more than 1,000 natives with these twenty guards, plus these less than 400 hundred shield soldiers, and the results are impressive.

And in their own army, such as flying harriers, spearmen, and musketers, as long as they survived, they have all escaped, and the entire army, even if their own small army is surrounded and annihilated, has recovered many losses.

"Brothers! I mentioned that a homeless family from Henan was saved by Master Li when the whole family was dying of starvation, so he was able to save his life. Later, I started as a spearman, followed Master Li all the way to fight all the way, and now I am a sentry commander, and it is a great fate to be able to live and fight with all my brothers. Today, I am waiting here, doing my duty as a Tang army, working together to kill the enemy, and let's be loyal to Lord Li together! If there is an afterlife, I hope that I can still be brothers with you, eat meat and drink wine with you, and kill the enemy and serve the country together! ”

Chen Yiti waved his sword and shouted, with a miserable smile on his face, but tears were rolling in his eyes.

'Kill!' "Kill!" "Kill the Tartars, get fame!" "Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!" …… When the natives brought in a large number of shuttle darts, an indescribable sadness flashed on Chen Yiti's face, but no, this sad expression was quickly covered by a hideous expression. "Brothers, follow me and fight these indigenous ugly creatures! Come on! "Rush!" The tortoiseshell array of the Tang army dispersed in an instant, and Chen Yiti took the lead, slashing and killing the natives who had not yet reacted. His men also shouted, slashing and stabbing at the natives. The rest of the shield soldiers directly used their shields as weapons and went straight at the natives, killing them with the spikes on their shields. For a time, the Tang army and a group of natives fought and killed, and the scene turned out to be a stalemate. It's just that as time went by, there were fewer and fewer soldiers in the Tang Army, and the encirclement of the natives became smaller and smaller. After slashing and killing nearly twenty natives, Chen Yiti, who was almost exhausted of strength, was unable to stop and was cut off by a vicious native, cutting off his right wrist with a knife. His right hand, still clutching the bladed waist knife, fell to the ground. At the same time, several spears stabbed at him fiercely, the spears that pierced his body were bounced up by the thick steel cuirass, and a sinister spear pierced his throat. Chen Yiti subconsciously used his remaining left hand to hold the handle of the spear, and then fell down softly, not moving again. "Whistle Chief!" All the Tang troops let out a cry of grief, and everyone became more and more ferocious, fighting desperately with the natives around them. It's just that as time went by, there were fewer and fewer soldiers of the Don Army who resisted. Nearly an hour later, the last of the Tang shields was killed by the natives who surrounded them on all sides. The natives cheered loudly, and then drew their swords one after another, cutting off the heads of the Tang soldiers who died in battle, and stripped all their clothes and money clean. At this point, the battle is finally over. In this battle, Chen Yimen, the commander of the Tang army, mentioned that all the guards were killed, and all the shield soldiers, as well as dozens of spearmen and more than 100 musketeers, were all killed in this battle, and the Tang army lost a total of nearly 700 troops. Compared with the losses of the Tang army, the Maguindanu natives killed by the Tang army were as many as more than 2,000 people, nearly three times that of the Tang army, so although this battle was won by the natives, it could also be described as an extremely difficult victory. Under the conditions of their own favorable time, place and people, the number of soldiers who died was still three times that of these Tang troops, and the strong combat effectiveness of the Tang army and the unyielding fighting spirit of the Tang army left a deep impression on these natives and made them feel deep fear from their hearts. They could subconsciously feel that these Tang troops were most likely to be more terrible and cruel opponents than the Dutch and Spaniards. And this battle, which ended with the defeat of the Don army, has a special name to describe it in later history books. "The Lost Crusade."