"Can anyone tell me what's going on." Liu Jian was ashamed and angry, gritted his teeth and asked.

"General, it looks like those ninjas did it just now." The Fire Dragon King sighed secretly, walked to Liu Jian's side and said, "Let's be careless, it's easy to win naval battles, forget that these Dongying people are better at land warfare." ”

"It took a thousand to kill more than two hundred ninjas, Gu Fangbo, what are you eating?" The anger in Liu Jian's heart did not dissipate at all, and he looked at Gu Fangbo and said unhappily.

Gu Fangbo's face was bitter, "General, these Dongying dwarf winter melons are too evil, and the brothers can't guard against it." ”

Liu Jian also saw today's situation, so he didn't criticize Gu Fangbo, but just looked at the corpse in front of him and pondered.

"General Liu, the brothers have suffered such heavy losses, should we temporarily withdraw our troops or continue the attack?" The land battle of the water division is the next policy, and seeing the loss of so many water division soldiers, the Fire Dragon King has a retreat in his heart.

"No, we can't take a step back no matter what, even if our 20,000 people are exhausted, we must also take root in the Osumi Peninsula, otherwise it will be even more difficult to kill them back, these brothers have also died in vain, and the most important thing is that the pressure on the general will not be less at all." Liu Jian denied.

"Well, in that case, my brothers will take the lead. We have been water bandits for so long, and we are more suitable for the means on the rivers and lakes. Listening to Liu Jian's words, the Fire Dragon King nodded and proposed.

"In that case, it's hard Dragon King." Liu Jian knew the ability of the Fire Dragon King's subordinates, and said with great joy at the moment.

"Lin Qing, order five hundred good hands, and explore the way ahead." The Fire Dragon King nodded and ordered at Lin Qing.

Lin Qing licked his lips excitedly, beckoning good people to take the lead in the dense forest in front of him.

It didn't take long for the dense fighting sound to sound in the jungle, and with the experience of fighting with the Dongying ninja just now, Lin Qing and the five hundred of them were a lot more careful. These people are good hands, they don't suffer at all against the ninjas, and they slowly but effectively clear the ninjas in the jungle.

Hearing the sound of the fight getting farther and farther away, Liu Jian was overjoyed, he knew that Lin Qing and the others had succeeded, and they were driving the ninja out of the dense forest.

"The whole army presses up." He was unwilling to let go of such an opportunity, and led the remaining army of more than 6,000 to follow after Lin Qing.

Along the way, they saw more than 300 corpses of Dongying ninjas, and they were killed by Lin Qing and them before they could even remove their disguises. Lin Qing's subordinates also suffered heavy losses, and they also lost more than 200 corpses, and in the end, it was the first time they fought with ninjas, and Lin Qing and they were not used to it. Seeing this situation, the Fire Dragon King hurriedly added three hundred good hands to Lin Qing.

After a day and a night of running, it suddenly became clear that the 6,000 army led by Liu Jian finally walked out of the dense forest. Before he could take his brothers to take a breath and repair and repair, Lin Qing rushed back to report that the large army of the Dongying people pressed up, and there were more than 15,000 people, just five miles ahead.

What Liu Jian didn't know was that fifteen thousand people were not many in his opinion, but for Dongying, which had a narrow land and a sparse population, it could be called a large army. Standing at the front were five thousand soldiers in ordinary clothes, holding spears made of bamboo. They were the handymen and peasant soldiers in the Ping clan's territory, that is, the ordinary young and strong, with the lowest status and the lowest combat effectiveness. Behind these men were more than 3,000 regular light infantrymen, unarmoured, but uniformly dressed and armed, and using one-zhang long bamboo spears. They were called Ashigaru in Toei, and they were the lowliest samurai. Behind Ashigaru are two thousand ronin, mostly dressed in black samurai uniforms, holding Toei swords one by one, staring haughtily

The 6,000 people brought over by Liu Jian. Then there were the two thousand armored samurai, who were the core of the fighting power, and finally the three thousand archers with longbows.

The formation of the Dongying people is very neat, but it is a little funny, the height of the Dongying people is generally not high, but more than three feet tall, in front of the tall and powerful sailor soldiers, it is like a group of half-grown children. Amazingly, the bows and arrows used by their archers were unusually long, a foot and a half taller than the Dongying soldiers, and twice as long as the bows used by the Han Chinese. Generally speaking, the longer the bow, the farther the strength and range, which made Liu Jian very jealous.

This kind of bow is a unique Japanese bow of the Dongying people, and the length of the bow is more than six and a half feet, and the upper arc of the bow accounts for two-thirds of the total length of the bow. and the structure of the bow with a long upper and lower length, to a certain extent, it is difficult for the user to balance when holding the bow. In order to use the bow accurately, it is necessary to have a high level of skill, and the hand holding the bow must grasp the amplitude of the bow vibration when firing the arrow, predict the reaction force caused by the difference in the length of the upper and lower arcs of the bow, and use this reaction force to estimate the direction of the arrow and the amount of force to be applied. As long as this reaction force is properly utilized, the trajectory of the arrow can be changed in many different ways, such as controlling the range and the parabola of the arrow.

But Liu Jian thought wrongly, and the range of the bow is not far away, because Dongying does not have compound bow technology, most of the materials they make bows and arrows are bamboo and wood, such bows and arrows have a very limited range, only more than 70 zhang, and the effective range is only a little more than 20 zhang, only half of the Han compound bow, because Dongying lacks iron, most of the armor is made of bamboo and wood, and such bows and arrows are enough. But it is in this half range that the power is no less than that of a compound bow. Moreover, bows and arrows are very popular in Dongying, and they are an indispensable part of national celebrations, just like kendo, which is divided into many schools, and over time, a large number of archers with superb archery skills have been trained for Dongying country.

The commander of this Toei infantry was none other than Hirata Ohno, who had just come ashore, and he was not discouraged when he lost the naval battle, believing that the invincible Taira infantry could destroy everything. He didn't feel sorry for the four or five hundred ninjas lost in the dense forest, the status of ninjas was not as good as that of samurai, and he never looked down on those assassins in the shadows as a samurai. If he didn't really need to, he would never let his precious daughter learn the number.

What's more, those samurai also caused thousands of losses to the Han people, which already made him very satisfied.

"General Liu, do you want to attack now?" Seeing that the Dongying people were so well prepared, the Fire Dragon King asked.

"We don't take the initiative to attack, and when they take the initiative to attack, let's take the opportunity to rest." Liu Jian glanced at the slightly tired soldiers, and said, "Let the archers be ready, the archers of the Dongying people will not be simple." ”

"Yes." The Fire Dragon King agreed, and hurriedly gave the order.

The four thousand archers of the sailor division were immediately prepared, and unlike the infantry, the main long-range weapon of the sailor division was bows and arrows, and the proportion of archers was naturally higher. There were 4,000 archers in the 15,000 naval divisions, which the infantry could not have imagined. And because of the strong winds and waves at sea, these archers used stronger bows and arrows, and they used heavy arrows.

"Those who kill soldiers will be rewarded, those who kill generals and officials will be rewarded with ten times, and those who kill the master will be rewarded with thousands of times, kill!" There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, Hirata Ohno obviously understood this truth, and he pointed to Liu Jian's banner in a hoarse voice.

"Those who kill soldiers will be rewarded consistently, those who kill generals and officials will be rewarded with ten times, and those who kill the master will be rewarded with a thousand times!" Those Dongying soldiers became heavy as soon as they breathed, and repeated this sentence in unison,

Slowly kill Liu Jian.

The Dongying people are very short, but the murderous aura erupts from them, giving people a sense of madness and savagery.

"Ahh Rushing into the range of the sailor's archers, the handymen and slaves suddenly howled, and the sailor rushed over.

"Shoot!" Although he didn't know why the archers of the Dongying people didn't provide long-range support, Liu Jian didn't have time to think about it, and ordered loudly.

As his command flag was waved down, four thousand heavy arrows rose into the air. The effective range of such a heavy arrow is more than 30 zhang shorter than that of ordinary feather arrows, and only 60 zhang, but it is extremely powerful, and it can easily break through ordinary iron armor even if it is 100 zhang away. The feathered arrows flew up into the air like a honeycomb, drew a rounded arc at the highest point, and flew down again.

......There was a dense muffled sound, and those Dongying miscellaneous soldiers were immediately turned on their backs by the shooters, and they immediately lost four or five hundred people.

It's just that these Dongying people are indeed brave, and the blood of their companions seems to make them even more crazy, and they suddenly speed up with a strange scream.

At the same time, the troops behind the miscellaneous soldiers also moved and launched a full charge.

"The whole army is ready, and the archers are ready to shoot!" Seeing such a situation, Liu Jian's face did not change in the slightest, although he was born as a sailor, he was also true to foot combat.

As soon as the archer was about to shoot, a burst of intense golden light suddenly erupted in the queue of the Dongying people, shooting directly into the archer's eyes, the archer's eyes were in severe pain, and he subconsciously turned his head, and the bow and arrow in his hand did not shoot out.

Liu Jian, the commander, was not spared, and suddenly, he raised his arm to block his eyes.

It turned out that the ronins behind Ashigaru took out a polished copper fan from their arms, and kept swaggering at the sailor troops against the sun, which seriously affected the sight of the sailor soldiers. Taking advantage of this effort, the Dongying soldiers rushed forward more than a dozen zhang.

"Not good!" Liu Jian quickly understood what was going on, and shouted in his heart, "Dragon King, let's quickly disperse and go around to the two wings of the Dongying people." ”

"Yes!" The dragon king also covered his eyes and agreed, and quickly led his men to the left.

The original neat formation of the sailors was quickly divided into two halves, because the soldiers' eyes were stimulated by the strong light, and they couldn't see the road clearly, and the formation was inevitably chaotic.

Just avoiding the stimulation of the bright light, a wave of feathered arrows suddenly appeared in the sky, and it was the bow and arrow of the Dongying people who shot it.

"Arrow proof!" The Fire Dragon King and Liu Jian roared.

Before the sailor soldiers could react, the feathered arrows of the Dongying people fell on their heads. Those feathered arrows were accurate and ruthless, and they immediately knocked over three or four hundred sailor soldiers, and the Fire Dragon King was surprised to see the iron helmet of a sailor soldier being easily shot through.

"Kill it!" The Fire Dragon King knew that his side was at a disadvantage at this time, with the copper fans of those ronins, if the two sides still distanced themselves, the sailor soldiers would only be slaughtered.

At the same time, Liu Jian also gave the same order, and the soldiers of the 6,000 sailors roared, and under the leadership of officers at all levels, they rushed back.

The two pointed points collided with each other, and as soon as the battle began, the soldiers of the Sailor Division immediately felt trouble. Because of the limited space of the warship, the sailors used short weapons, and the spears of the Shangdongying miscellaneous soldiers were immediately at a disadvantage. Don't look at the Dongying people who are short, but their strength is not small, and the bamboo spear stabbed quickly and ruthlessly, which immediately caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers of the water division.