Chapter 396: Defeat
But the spears in the hands of the soldiers had already been thrown.
In an instant, as if the sky was dark, the sky was full of dense short spears buzzing and flying, the Ge family brothers were good at throwing spears, and when they were engaged in hand-to-hand combat of thirty to fifty paces at close range, they would kill the enemy with spears, and their power would be huge, and they would be sudden, and they would achieve unexpected results.
If it is in a high place, you can see that the soldiers of the government army threw hundreds of short spears almost instantly, because Ge Cunzhong and others taught well, the short spears of the soldiers of the government army can be thrown thirty steps away, along the line of the middle of the stalemate, at least three hundred short spears were thrown out at the first time, and the rest of the soldiers in the back row still pulled out the remaining spears from behind and continued to throw them forward.
Yan Qi's army was hit seriously in an instant.
These iron-helmeted, iron-clad pirates, much more neat than the miscellaneous fish, were carefully selected bravery, eager to kill and disregard death.
But they watched their partners around them being shot with short spears, some people were cut in the abdomen, and the internal organs and intestines flowed out together, and instantly there was a strong stench and bloody gas, this kind of scene was a hundred times more terrifying than the hell in people's fantasies, even the pirates who killed countless people could not bear this disgust and fear, and were even more afraid of the threat of throwing spears, and many people couldn't help but bend down to dodge.
How do you dodge this close-range throwing spear?
More short spears were thrown, and the power of the spear thrown at close range was greater than that of a flat shot, and even if the armor was worn, the spearhead could still easily break through the armor's defenses and penetrate deep into the muscles of the person, and it was easy to seriously injure the person.
Stab a person in the neck, and the person dies instantly.
hit the front door, and the person died before he could even scream.
The chest, belly, and spear man were all badly wounded and howled, and soon died.
The bloody atmosphere on the battlefield was even stronger, Yan Qi had already been in close contact with the soldiers of the government army, he danced the scimitar and waved the shield, but he also knew that the heavy iron spear was not something that the shield could block at all, he could only call his subordinates behind him, and contact and entangle with the front line of the Wei people as much as possible, if he took a few steps back, he might be pierced by the spear.
The pirates had already suffered heavy casualties, and more than 300 armor soldiers rushed forward, and were immediately beaten down by the spears, and the attack of the government army was still fierce, like the sea at high tide, wave after wave, constantly swooping forward.
The bravery and martial prowess of the pirates were finally overwhelmed, and a large number of pirates were killed under such an attack, and many more began to retreat.
Yan Qi fought with several government troops, and he was very confident at first, but after fighting for a while, he realized that although there were only three people on the other side, the cooperation was quite tacit.
One person held a shield to resist Yan Qi's attack, and two held a shield, one left and one right kept attacking.
The person in the middle, who is two heads taller than Yan Qi, is wearing iron armor, constantly dripping blood down, and the beard on his lips and chin is extremely dense, in fact, the government army does not advocate soldiers to grow beards, and generally shaves short, this is Lu Wenluo, he did not shave during his return to his hometown, and he prepared for war after going to the island, and he had no time to take care of this matter, at this time Yan Qi's attack was like a storm, but Lu Wenluo was not flustered, his horizontal knife cut seven or eight holes, and it was no longer usable, Lu Wenluo simply threw away the horizontal knife, holding a shield in both hands, and half-squatting his body, Slash with your shield against the pirate's scimitar.
One of the two partners behind him was Zhou Huaiyong, and the other Lu Wenluo didn't recognize it, but the two of them had the same tacit understanding as he cooperated, and the three of them not only blocked Yan Qi's attack, but also bit the bandit leader, so that Yan Qi would not have a chance to escape.
A group of pirates came up to try to help, but were stopped by another government army.
The pirate's middle formation was shattered, or rather, the chaotic array gathered in the middle was completely crossed, and in front of the soldiers who were fighting in array, these pirates who were more brave than the Qizhou bandits, more ferocious than the thieves in the western part of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the mountain bandits in Jinghu were not the opponents of the dignified array.
Holding a bow and arrow, it is not a warrior, but a column, an order prohibitions, and killing to serve the country, this is the real warrior, and only then does it have the virtue of a warrior.
This is the belief of Xu Zixian, the Marquis of Nan'an, and also instilled in his subordinates, the soldiers of the government army attacked the enemy with a sharp formation, killing the enemy so far, the forward dead and wounded do not know what happened, and one person was killed, then the back row quickly made up for it, continued to attack, no one hesitated, and no one turned back to review. Under the impact and blows of such a military formation, under the rain of arrows and spears, even though the officers and men of the government army were not thick in armor and their weapons were not fine, they advanced step by step, and the enemy in front of them was defeated.
At this point in the battle, the situation on the battlefield has been quite obvious, the large array of the government army has basically remained intact, the array of the large triangle has been advancing, has been pushed to the west, many pirates have been pushed back to the beach, some pirates panicked and began to hide in some buildings at the dock.
The Chinese army kept shooting arrows, throwing spears, long and short matching, and the pirates killed were scattered.
There were a lot of corpses on the ground, and there were dead and wounded on both sides, but every time a government soldier died, under the strict cooperation, at least more than ten people on the opposite side were killed, because the impact was too fast, the killing was too heavy, and the corpses on the ground gradually piled up, and the people died, the blood flowed endlessly, and the originally dry ground became muddy.
Many of the soldiers had to pause, dragging away the corpses that were blocking the large array behind them and throwing them aside, and some pirates were seriously injured but not dead, and they didn't care about mending their knives at this time, so they only threw them aside with the corpses, allowing them to groan and struggle.
There were pirates crying behind the battle, and one of the chief's subordinates was almost dead, even if there were ships, it was useless, he pounded the ground, and cried: "How good it is to be happy in the South Seas, there is no disadvantage in grabbing any place, and it is the most labor-saving to rob merchant ships, but when you come to this Wei people's territory, the casualties are so heavy, why did you come!" ”
These pirates, when they are strong, take pleasure in killing, but when they are killed, their cowardice makes them completely unable to restrain themselves.
Ge Cunzhong and the others all heard the crying, and they all said unconsciously: "This generation is said to be a strong enemy, it is really shameful, today to fight with these evil species, it is really dirty to dirty the weapons in their hands, after this battle, you have to go to Nan'an Creek to wash up." ”
Although there were a large number of pirates running on both sides, stirring up dust in the sky, the government army was ignoring it, only the archers on the left wing kept shooting arrows to disrupt the enemy formation, and the main force was still moving forward, striving to completely penetrate the pirates head-on.
Qin Dongyang has determined that the infantry formation can break the enemy, but he is also worried about the thick left flank of the enemy, he watched the situation on the left flank, and estimated that there are more than 10,000 pirates on the left flank, although the array is chaotic, but it is extremely thick, the number of bandits in this part alone is more than twice that of the government army, so it cannot be said that the enemy has been completely defeated.
The center is now unstoppable, and it can't hit the enemy sideways, so it can only pierce the pirate in the center and turn from behind its left flank to strike again. As for the pirate right wing, there are not many of them, the array is scattered, and there should be no general to preside over it, and the military spirit is already frustrated, so you can leave them alone for the time being.
The plan has been decided, Qin Dongyang called the herald Tangma, and said to him: "Go to Shangfu Junhou, our army can penetrate the enemy's middle formation within a moment, and then smash its left flank with it, and at that time, please lead the cavalry to hit the flank and back of the left flank, at that time, like an iron mallet hitting a crockpot, you can break the enemy with one blow." ”
Tang Ma listened carefully, repeated Qin Dongyang's words, and after making sure that it was correct, he quickly got on the horse and left.
Seeing Chuanqi leaving, Qin Dongyang's mind was a little calm, it was not easy for the big array to be dispatched in front of the formation, and during this period, the pirates on the left wing and the right wing would work together to turn around.
However, Qin Dongyang did not want the prince to take risks, and the sooner the cavalry battalion entered the battle, the greater the difficulties.
As long as the infantry formation is turned, the power of the pirate formation is certainly not the opponent of the government army, and it can easily break the enemy at that time.
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Yan Qi fought and retreated, and he was not far from the sea behind him.
At the most critical moment, some henchmen finally rushed up and temporarily blocked the attacks of those government troops, but the Wei people's offensive was too fierce, and the Chinese army had already crossed.
Many pirates are already swimming to the sea, hoping to swim directly to the big ships.
But before the war, Yan Qi ordered the ships to withdraw in order to stabilize the morale of the army, and even the small boats were withdrawn, the ships were still several miles away from the sea, how could they swim back for a while, even if the pirates with high water nature, after the hard battle, were still wearing robes, I am afraid that most of them would drown in the sea.
More people ran to the left and right, and there were crowds of people running around, many of whom had discarded their weapons and ran around with their bare hands.
There were many people around Yan Qi, and at this time, more than three hundred subordinates holding Tianfang swords and swords were nowhere to be found. At the beginning of the battle, Man Yiyi could take these 300 people with many bandits, invite the Wei army, and interrupt the momentum of its attack. Who knows that the other party is like a raging wave, his side is like a child piling up an earthen dam, trying to stop such a wave, as soon as he took over, more than 300 people were hit across by a spear, dozens of people died on the spot, and the rest of the armor soldiers were also submerged, in front of the strict and fierce government army array, personal martial arts were useless, most of the pirates began to flee, only those who were strong and self-conscious, or a few people in a group, or dozens of people gathered together, and were still struggling to resist.
There were more than 20 silver-armored soldiers gathered around Yan Qi, and dozens of desperate escapes, seeing the group of thieves gathered by Yan Qi again, everyone moved the corpses and piled them up, and gradually piled them into a semicircular long base, they threw some short knives, daggers, short swords, and short axes, wounding many government soldiers who were not wearing heavy armor, slightly curbing the momentum of the opponent's attack, and also taking a little breather.
At this point, it has been less than half an hour since the start of the war, and the opposite side has advanced more than two miles, and has gradually reached the seaside, and the sound of the sea hitting the shore can be clearly heard around, and the water vapor can be felt, but for Yan Qi and the others, at this time, there is no other thought except to resist.
While confronting the government army, Yan Qi has also been paying attention to the left side of his side, where there are more than 10,000 groups of thieves, of which about 2,000 are elite soldiers trained by Liu Dan, and more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in the army of 10,000 people are also quite conspicuous, there are a large number of pikemen and sword soldiers, and the queue is not chaotic in the crowd, at least the basic array is maintained.
At this time, Yan Qi had already regretted it greatly!
Liu Dan once advised him to train the guards and horses around him when he had nothing to do, at least to the scale of a few thousand people, but Yan Qi felt that it was too expensive to keep a few thousand people around him every day, and he was not Kang Tianqi, Kang Tianqi mastered the route of the Japanese State, which was originally a profitable route, and some Japanese people asked him to garrison a country, he could collect taxes and grain, and the pressure of raising soldiers was very small, plus the collection of maritime taxes on the waterway of the Great Wei of the Japanese State, the income was at least several times more than that of Yan Qi.
Yan Qi and Liu Dan are very short-sighted, the two of them have been mainly looting maritime merchants recently, and now the number of maritime merchants on the Luzon Siam route has been reduced by more than half, and the rest are also walking along the coast, trembling, for fear of being robbed and killed by a group of robbers.
For this reason, the thieves of Yan and Liu Erbu have already looted along the coasts of various countries, otherwise they would not be able to survive themselves, and the originally prosperous and wealthy trade routes were destroyed by these two themselves, and they would have no ability to raise soldiers.
I thought that raising more than 300 elites would be enough to determine the overall situation, and if the countries of Luzon competed with the bandits, these soldiers and horses would be enough, but unfortunately what I encountered today was the Nan'an Army, but it was far from being able to compete with it, and the difference was too far, and it was really too late to regret it.
Yan Qi and the others were also quite tired.
They wore dozens of pounds of heavy armor, retreated first on the battlefield, kept waving shields and weapons, resisting the attack of the government army, so fighting and retreating, sweating like oars, the robes on their bodies were already soaked, there were some injured people, blood and sweat mixed with the hem of the robe flowed down, and soon spilled at the feet, a large pool of blood.
Including Yan Qi, everyone had a dry mouth, and their lips seemed to be about to smoke, and they all brought water with them when they rowed a small boat ashore in the morning, but the water had already been drunk, and many people put empty water bladders on their lips, which was nothing more than pouring out a few droplets, which was useless.
The government army has reached the shore, and the soldiers are tired.
Behind them, there were more than 100 officers and soldiers of the government, either seriously wounded or killed.
Some doctors in short white robes haunted the battlefield, they were constantly rummaging through the pile of corpses, as long as it was someone on their own side, they would carry down the slightest breath to see if they could be treated, even if the bows and arrows in front of them were raining down and the swords intersected, they could not stop these doctors from carrying the footsteps of the wounded soldiers.
At this time, the government army was also a little tired, many of the dead or wounded were team leaders, sentry officers, and military attachés at the head level.
Jin Baoyi was slashed by a pirate, the knife wound was cut from the left eye to the right jaw, and the whole face seemed to be scratched, fortunately the flesh was not deep, just a flesh wound, but it looked extremely terrifying.
He, Lin Cunxin, Li Fuxiang and others moved to the right respectively, gradually increasing the strength of the right flank, the archers were also slowly transferred from the left to the right, and the Ge brothers led some spearmen to stay on the left side, and the main force was still struggling forward, but the forward line was a little weak, and it failed to crush the last resistance of the pirates in front for a while.
The pirates on the left and the right side of the government army are gathering more and more, and they have extended their troops to the back of the government army's formation.
At this time, Qin Dongyang personally rushed forward, and the spirit of the soldiers of the government army was revived, and their vigor was restored, and they returned to a state of chasing and fighting pirates.
Yan Qi gritted his teeth and fought hard, hoping that Liu Dan could save him, and the enemy in front of him became the man in front of him, who was very tall, had long body hair, and was like a humanoid orangutan.
And all around, the pirates who relied on the surrounding buildings, or formed a circle to resist the enemy, relying on martial arts and fierce instincts to fight, quickly stepped down in the last round of violent attacks, and there were no more pirates around Yan Qi who fought at the end. Except for him and a dozen or so people around him, everyone was on the run. They fled to the left and right, to the sea, to the docks, and when they came ashore in the morning, the pirates were full of ambition and confidence, full of bloodlust and lust for plunder, and now their spirit and strength were down.
Yan Qi is also fighting and retreating, in his more than ten years of pirate career, he has also had the experience of bloody battles, he is not a stranger to everything in front of him, but there has never been a war that makes him feel so hard and hopeless. From the moment the government army attacked, it seemed like a mountain oppression, and all resistance was crushed, and it was meaningless.