"Hold on!"

The head of the Zhang family encouraged his sons:

"The Xu family will definitely not see their fleet fall into the hands of the Japanese Invaders, so they will definitely come to the rescue."

"I estimate that in five days at most, maybe three days, we will be able to see their strikers!"

"At this time, don't say who to give to the widows, otherwise thousands of soldiers of the Xu family will come to ask our family for the crime!"

In the end, this reason persuaded the leaders of the Zhang family.

The widows got the goods, turned around and got on the boat and left, how could the old Zhang family face the Xu family? Can you still move the dock fort to the ship?

At that time, they will have to face the Xu family army alone that can destroy the bandits in Fulai Mountain, and even defeat the Tartars, and is in a state of rage.

"The children get it."

The children and nephews of the Zhang family lowered their heads and replied sullenly.

"The child still feels that he can't get this breath ......."

Someone muttered quietly:

"Our family has killed so many people, and the Xu family will not give us any compensation......."

"Ugh......." The head of the Zhang family also shook his head helplessly: "Our family occupies this Rizhao Port, so we can't just eat meat and not suffer losses." ”

"Sir! Master! ”

A strong man with a face covered in smoke and dust and blood stains on his clothes trotted to the head of the Zhang family and reported loudly: "Reinforcements are coming!" The widow gathered a few hundred soldiers and went north! ”

"Oh?"

The leaders of the Zhang family were shocked, and they ran to the top of the earthen wall and looked north.

Sure enough, there were many fewer widows scattered outside the earthen wall, and standing on a high place, you could still see a large army leaving quickly north.

If it weren't for the arrival of reinforcements, the Japanese would not have been able to send such a fresh force out of the main battlefield.

However, at this time, who is the person who comes to help?

"Is it the Ding family, the Wang family, and the Bao family?" A voice full of doubts rang out.

"Those cowards, they're coming early!" The eldest son of the head of the family retorted disdainfully: "They have been hiding 5 miles away, it has been a long time, how can they suddenly rush over at this time?" ”

"That's someone from the Xu family who has arrived?"

"His house is far away, how can he arrive at this time?"

According to the Zhang family's own estimates, if the Xu family received the news, they immediately threw away their farm work and began to assemble, and then rushed here to join the Wubao soldiers of the Wang, Ding, and Bao families, and go to the battlefield after a day's rest, it should take about 7 to 10 days.

Now, it's only been five days.

"It's not those three, it's not the Xu family, who will it be?" Someone hurriedly said: "Could it be that the imperial court sent someone?" ”

"Go, go, P court, the court hasn't crossed the river for 10 years, how can you come to this Rizhao?"

"Stop arguing, they're coming." The head of the Zhang family pointed to the end of the northern line of sight, where a row of small black dots faintly appeared.

The Wokos, who were heading north, suddenly let out a penetrating howl, apparently having seen what they were looking like.

As in previous battles, Xu Shiyang followed the attacking team.

Only this time, the sword and shield soldiers had been eliminated in the phalanx, and in order to cooperate with his comrades around him, he did not carry the tiger tooth broadsword that was in the way, but held a spear like the other militiamen.

As the commander-in-chief and the spiritual pillar of the new army, Xu Shiyang wore the pure red banner on his spear, and he also wore the silver iron armor, which stood out among the militia surrounded only by chain mail and leather armor (nursery rhymes captured from Tartars).

After a winter of rigorous training, now the new army no longer needs to listen to Xu Shiyang's command to take 5 steps and form a whole team, but he still has a bamboo whistle in his mouth.

The ranks of 100 men formed a dense formation, with musketeers in front and pikemen behind, and according to the whistle, they advanced at a rapid pace of about 70 paces per minute (comparable to Frederick's pace).

Behind the new army of 101 people was the chaotic Wubao coalition army, and because Xu Shiyang was eager to fight, they had not even had time to assemble all of them, and there were only about 7 or 800 people at present.

At the end of the troops, there were 23 cavalrymen, and Xu Shiyang gave his war horse to Xu Shiliu and put him in charge of the command of the cavalry troops.

In fact, unlike those who think that their brother is fighting for the family property, Xu Shiyang actually likes this younger brother, this child can ride a horse (although his riding skills are far worse than a real cavalryman), he has read books, he has farmed, and he has killed people, except for lack of experience, there are almost no obvious shortcomings.

And now Luan Tingyu and Sun Li beside him are both experienced warriors, and assisting him in commanding the cavalry can make this second-stage child learn a lot.

After a few more similar scenes, he has accumulated enough experience, and this kid is definitely a master in this era.

Therefore, Xu Shiyang, who is extremely lacking in helpers around him, doesn't mind cultivating him well, after all, he is his own brother, and when both of them have great prospects, there is no need to quarrel about the property in the second room of the Xu family.

On the opposite side of the four coalition forces, about 800 or so Japanese were howling and gathering together, heading towards this direction.

At the forefront are one hundred and ten ronins armed with Japanese swords, who are the core and pillar of the Japanese army, and are equivalent in nature to the personal soldiers and family members of grassroots officers or generals.

The pirates who followed the ronin were more chaotic, and in terms of equipment, there were various weapons such as long-handled sickles, grappling hooks, bamboo spears, Han-style waist knives, and Fuso-style spears.

The only unifying feature was that there was no armor, and many people did not even have a decent coat, so they casually tied a crotch cloth and shouted loudly to follow the procession.

Most of them responded to the call of the so-called "Grand Commander" to come to Rizhao to earn a vote, so the speed of assembly was not fast, and until now, when the distance between the two armies was only about 1 mile, there were still small groups of Japanese pirates hurriedly merging into the ranks.

The number of enemies is constantly increasing, but the more people there are, the more chaotic their formation becomes, except for the more than 100 ronins at the head of the line, the others are huddled together with a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, which is in stark contrast to the new army with a well-organized array.

On the flank of the new army, Xie Zhen and Xie Bao shouted, and each led 4 scouts to quickly cross the main formation, all of them with bows in their hands, and the task was to shake the opponent's military formation before the main force engaged.

The scouts formed a skirmish, approaching about 70 paces, and then Peng Pengpeng skillfully threw light arrows at the pirates.

A winter of hunting had greatly improved the archery skills of these sturdy warriors, and the Tartars' well-made horned bows easily threw sharp arrows over a distance of 70 paces and smashed them viciously on the heads of the would-be warriors.

A scream instantly rang out in the enemy formation, and the pirates, who had no protection at all, were shot and jumped.

A few of the Would-be Woko quickly ran out of their array and fought back with their long, narrow bows, but the Scout had at least one set of chain mail, and the Woko's thin bamboo bow was completely ineffective in dealing them damage.