Li Mao's equestrian skills can only be said to be average, and the archery skills on the horse are even more sparse and ordinary, and the three hits in ten shots are already considered a fluke, as for the stabbing kung fu on the horse, it is not as good as the flat ground battle, so after detouring to the flank of the old three, Li Mao immediately abandoned the horse and fought on foot, relying on the flexibility of his body and sharp knife skills, all the way through the hurdles, getting rid of the encirclement, and coming to Zhang Shuye's side, at the right time.

Seeing that no one could get close to Li Mao's body, the teeth of hatred were crushed, if it weren't for the injuries on his body, he would definitely pick up the knife and see Li Mao with the real chapter, but now, the general trend has gone, the divided town navy pro-army has been reinforced, and a cavalry squad with the flag of the Qing Navy in the distance is rushing to kill, and his pirate soldiers who have crushed him have no power to fight back.

"Yu Hualong, who was raised by a son of a bitch, **** your mother can't die well." The third spat on the ground fiercely, and while the town navy had not yet recovered from the chaos, he hurriedly beckoned the remaining brothers to retreat into Donghai City.

Uncle Zhang endured the severe pain and said to the cronies who came over: "You listen to the command of Admiral Li of the Navy and attack the city. ”

The pirates are being defeated, the East China Sea City is crumbling, there is no doubt that the time to attack the city at this moment, there is no grade general in the pro-army team, and it is not impossible for Li Mao to temporarily serve as the main general, at the critical moment, Li Mao does not have time to care whether he is a general, he took Zhang Shuye's troop transfer talisman card, and said to a cadre colonel of the town navy: "Send a team to intercept outside the north city to prevent the thieves from escaping into Xiaoqi Mountain, and send a team to ambush outside the east gate, waiting for the thieves to leave the city, and follow them." The rest of the soldiers went into the city with me. ”

The officers and men of the town navy couldn't figure out who Li Mao was, but they knew that he was a high-ranking official, and it was he who saved Zhang Shuye, and now Zhang Shuye gave him full power.

Zhang Shuye's pro-army was still well-trained in the end, taking advantage of the enemy's rout, storming to the bottom of the city, and climbing the city wall with a human ladder, the city wall of Donghai City was only two people high, and a few archers at the head of the city were suppressed behind the female wall by the crossbowmen of the town navy, and they did not dare to show their heads at all. The third finch returned to the city with an injury, panicked, and suffered this defeat, and had no intention of defending the city at all.

Li Mao saw the reality and forced the troops to set up a ladder to attack the city, Qingmo saw that there was an opportunity, and ordered the sergeants to dismount and fight. There is a moat dug outside the city of Donghai, but because of many years of disrepair, it has been nearly silted up, the mud at the bottom of the river is deeper than the water, and the town naval brigade is paved with reed firewood, and the passage is unimpeded. He crossed the moat and rushed to the city wall, jumped on the shoulders of the town navy sergeant, and climbed the city wall in a hurry.

Qingmo felt that he had once again been robbed of the limelight by the Hu boy, and suddenly had a sense of crisis in his heart, scolded, and shouted at a few good soldiers who usually played to grab a human ladder under the city wall, but the human ladder had not yet been built, and the Moqi Shentong who had entered the city in advance had already joined the town's naval comrades to kill the pirates guarding the gate, opened the city gate, and the drawbridge was leveled, and the two armies of Zhenhai and Qinghai swarmed in. Qingmo rushed up to the city tower, pushed away a few town navy non-commissioned officers who were knotting ropes, climbed up the pole, and hung a Qing Navy military flag he carried with him on the flagpole.

The military flag was originally inserted in the grain cart for public use, the flag was very small, but at this moment it seemed to be as majestic as a mountain, the military flag system of the Tang Dynasty was the same, but the military horn was different, the ants gathered under the city Qinghai and Zhenhai The two armies saw this battle flag, and their morale was suddenly boosted, and the military horses poured into the city like a tide, and even the town navy sergeants who had left the battlefield also turned back at this moment, clamoring to rush to the city.

Li Mao stood on the bank of the moat and looked at the military flag, and then at the soldiers who poured into the city like a tide, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.

The weight of the military flag is nothing more than this, and the essence of the army is nothing more than this, and Li Mao has gained a lot in this battle.

The people of Donghai City have long been complaining under the scourge of the third bird, and the officials and soldiers have broken the city, and they have risked losing their heads, pouring out of their homes and walking on the streets, or delivering food and water, or treating the wounded, or leading the way, or assisting in the capture of the remnants of the pirates, and they are busy in full swing.

Zhang Shuye only ordered Li Mao to lead the army to attack the city, but did not give him the right to save the degree, Li Mao knew the severity, and after the city was broken, he would return the talisman to Zhang Shuye. Only supervise the people of the headquarters to do what they can.

As soon as the east gate was broken, the third bird had no intention of fighting, and ordered his subordinates to pack up and go out of the city through the east and north gates, while he himself coerced the people to flee out of the south gate.

Ambush in the north of the city of the town navy intercepted a cage fled with a pirate, after a scuffle, the pirates abandoned the cage and fled eastward, the generals were reluctant to cages, no longer chasing, privately called the cage to see, all of them were some gold and jade, it must be the things of the people plundered by the three gangs. Thinking that these were ownerless things, everyone was moved, and after swearing not to spread the word, they first divided two-thirds, and then took the remaining stupid and difficult to collect guys as trophies and took them back to the city to ask for rewards.

The army that was lying in ambush outside the east gate was not so lucky, they intercepted a group of outlaw pirates, did not catch anything at all, and killed and wounded seven or eight men in the melee. Annoyed, they slaughtered a nearby village, beheaded fourteen heads, and prepared to take them back to the city to ask for merit, but on the way they passed by a river ridge, but they saw fifty or sixty men and women lurking in the ditch, and all of them were furious, surrounded on all sides, rushed over and slashed them, and put forward more than forty heads, and all the young ones were thrown into the river.

The pirates in the city were quickly wiped out, Li Mao looked at the dilapidated Donghai City and the excited children scurrying on the street, and said to Qingmo: "The overall situation has been decided, we should also go back to the camp to hand over." Qingmo cut off three heads in this battle, and he was also stabbed four or five times, the first time the young man killed someone, when he cut off the first head, he was still uneasy, but when he cut off the second head, he had become like a warrior, at this moment he was tired and excited, and when he heard Li Mao say that he wanted to leave, he stopped and said: "Don't, I finally broke the city, and the brothers didn't get any benefits." ”

Li Mao said: "Can you feel at ease with those ill-gotten gains?" Qingmo said: "Then you can finally pay for your military merits." This request is not too much, Li Mao has no right to stop, he ordered to collect his subordinates, and on the other hand sent Qingmo to the town navy to pay for military merits, in this battle, the Qing navy killed six people and injured seventeen people. Li Mao's soldiers temporarily gathered into the Chenghuang Temple in the west of the city, treated the wounded, collected the corpses, and waited for Qingmo to return from paying for his military exploits.

There are three monks in the temple of the city god, two old and two young, when the third of the bird occupies the city of the East China Sea, he often comes to the temple to make incense, and there are alms from time to time, this monk does not hate pirates, but hates the blood of the officials and soldiers to pollute his temple door. Li Mao didn't say a word, and the soldiers dragged the old monk to the backyard and gave him a beating. When the monk saw Li Mao again, he became much more amiable.

After experiencing this desperate fight, and suddenly being idle, Li Mao only felt that his hands and feet were shaking, and he couldn't even remember how many people he had killed in this battle. Killing, something that I couldn't think of before, now not only did it, but also killed so many at once, psychologically, instead of the slightest guilt, there was a trace of excitement. Soldiers, killing the enemy on the battlefield is duty, there is no legal constraint, and it should not be condemned by conscience, although it is so, but after calming down, thinking about the souls who died tragically under his knife, Li Mao was still a little frightened.

Is that one by one a life turned into his own military exploits, this is the case.

Li Mao got up from the ground, lost the blood knife, and came to the front of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, Mo Qi Shentong brought a basin of water, this Hu boy was very careful, Li Mao washed his hands, knelt in front of the Buddha statue, put his hands together, was silent for a long time, and kowtowed to the Buddha three times.

He got up and walked around the temple, his sword behind him. The front hall of this city god temple is full of incense, pilgrims are endless, but the back hall is full of green trees, deep and quiet, in the same temple, but it is completely two worlds.

Li Mao saw a newly painted door, stretched out his hand to push it, and the presiding monk who was peeping from a distance rushed over, opened his arms to stop it, and said with a smile: "The general must not enter, you can't enter here." Li Mao smiled and said: "Your monk hid wine and meat or a woman in it, why can't you enter?" The monk's face flushed, and he chanted Amitabha. Mo Qi shouted: "Isn't the monk afraid that he hasn't beaten enough? ”

The monk shrank his neck, dodged it meaningfully, and saw that Mo Qi's magic power had no intention of making a move, so he had the courage to say to Li Mao: "Don't dare to hide the general, the little monk lives in the backyard of Qin Sima's daughter, Qin Sima repeatedly told the little monk to take care of him before leaving the city, if the power of his family is lost, the bald head of the little monk will not be guaranteed." ”

Li Mao saw that he brought out Qin Wen to suppress himself, and he was disdainful in his heart, and when he saw that this monk was speaking rudely, he didn't want to be like him, so he said: "Since it is entrusted by Qin Sima, you should be more attentive, if something goes wrong, I want your head." ”

After speaking, he left the stunned monk and walked away, the monk couldn't understand why Li Mao had such a big temper, and Li Mao himself couldn't figure out why he was so angry when he heard the words of the Qin family.