Fang Yuan's gaze looked at the black pressure behind him, the ace division that had already been fully armed and fighting, and the two thousand well-equipped special combat teams wearing explosion-proof protective gear.

Because each pair of this explosion-proof protective gear was three hundred and thirty taels of silver, Fang Yuan only purchased a total of nine thousand pairs of explosion-proof protective gear. After all these years of consumption, wear and tear, scrapped, there are still about seven thousand sets left.

A good horse with a good saddle, these 7,000 sets of explosion-proof protective gear, Fang Yuan set up a special combat army of 5,000 people. The so-called special warfare army is to select the elite of the elite in the Xuanjia army, who are proficient in infantry combat and horse warfare, equipped with the best quality firearms and sabers, and the amount of training is twice that of other Xuanjia sergeants, and the salary is eight taels of silver per month. In addition to the power of firearms, it has been built in full accordance with the standards of modern armies.

This special operations army is Fang Yuan's lifeblood, this time he went to Guangdong and Taiwan, only brought 2,000 people, and since the war, Fang Yuan has been reluctant not to be sent to the battlefield.

Now that this sharp knife can finally be unsheathed, Fang Yuan immediately ordered the two thousand special combat troops who had been recuperating for half a day to open the city and attack!

The city gate opened, and two thousand wolf-like special operations army sergeants lined up to leave the city, and the sound of their combat boots stepping on the ground was uniform, showing that they were well-trained on weekdays and had strict military discipline.

As soon as the special operations sergeant left the city, he immediately moved from behind the Xuanjia Army formation to the flank and began to attack from the flanks of the warring sides.

After two days of fierce fighting in Tamsui City, another day of rapid marching to Jicoop City, and then holding out for more than half a day of fierce fighting, Zheng Jun was already very tired, and it was already the end of the crossbow.

The sudden attack of the special operations army was like the last straw that crushed the camel, destroying Zheng Jun's military spirit and fighting spirit, and directly tore a big hole in Zheng Jun's flank formation.

The flanks of the Zheng army immediately collapsed and retreated. The rout on the flank immediately triggered a chain reaction of turmoil throughout the army, and the Chinese army was also unstable, and some sergeants began to retreat.

Seeing that the army's heart had been shaken, and if the battle continued, it would inevitably be the end of the entire army, so he immediately ordered the Chinese army and the rear army to retreat.

The retreat order was given, and if the second army in the middle and rear of the Zheng army encountered an amnesty, he wished that his father and mother had two legs less, so he would flee directly by pulling out his legs. The 3,000 guards who were fighting fiercely in the front army saw that the middle army and the rear army had all fled, and immediately understood that they were being used as cannon fodder for the rear of the palace.

The most elite guard of the Zheng army, Hu Ben, also learned Wan Li, and turned around and fled 'at the right time'. Feng Ting and Najib, who were struggling to support, didn't know what had happened to the Zheng army, only to see that the dominant Zheng army's guard Huben suddenly turned around and fled for his life, and immediately grabbed the fleeting fighter plane, turned the defense into an attack, and began to pursue the fleeing Zheng army.

Wan Li and Pan Di fled to the stream, there was a river in front of them, and there were chasing soldiers to kill them, it was already a dilemma, if they hesitated any longer, 20,000 or 30,000 Zheng troops would definitely not survive.

Pan Di reported his mortal heart in this battle, and immediately asked Wanli for battle, leading 3,000 barbarian mercenaries to cover the only remaining 6,000 Zheng troops, 4,000 mercenaries, and 3,000 guards Huben to cross the river.

On the branches of the moon, fortunately, the moonlight was bright, and the red-eyed two sides continued to fight at night by the river.

Pandi's 3,000 mercenaries were not adapted to fighting on the plains, nor did they have any fortifications, so they could only form a backwater array by the river to meet the enemy.

The superior Xuanjia army began to besiege the Zheng army behind the palace in three ways, while the 2,000 special combat troops directly crossed the river and continued to pursue the fleeing Zheng army.

The special combat army chased and killed for 20 miles, killing corpses all over the place, and the Zheng army discarded countless swords and armor in the rout.

Two hours later, when the special operations army returned to the river, it was already the fourth watch.

The fierce battle by the river continued, and after a few hours of fighting with the three thousand barbarian mercenaries of Pandi, the encirclement of the Xuanjia army became smaller and smaller, and the number of mercenaries surrendering and dying in battle increased dramatically.

One hundred, five hundred, one thousand......

After killing for another half an hour, the mercenaries who were still fighting with Pandi fought from 3,000 to less than 100 people left, and protected Pandi in the middle. The Xuanjia army led by Feng Ting did not continue to press, but ordered the firecrackers to form a three-stage strike formation and step by step into the firing range.

Pan Di, who personally led the charge to lead, was already covered in blood, and after a few hours of fierce fighting, he was already exhausted, dizzy, and almost unstable on his feet.

"Crackle!"

The sound of the Xuanjia Army's firecrackers rang out, and seventy or eighty of the hundred people fell in an instant, and only about twenty people were alive.

Pan Di looked ahead, three sides had been completely sealed, and after looking behind him, two thousand special operations troops with more terrifying combat power were waiting on the other side of the river.

He knew that this time it was difficult to fly, and the time limit had come, so he took a few deep breaths, and his trembling hands barely raised the blood-stained sword, "Today is a mortal situation, you are the warriors of the Pan King, worship the ancestor of the Queen of Pan, go to your death!" ”

Pan Di led more than 20 soldiers of the Pan clan to kneel on the ground in unison, praying to the heavens in She dialect, "King Pan blesses, eternal life!" ”

The so-called Panwang is the ancestor Pangu recognized by the She people.

Pan Di led the clan soldiers to read the dying prayer, and the Xuanjia sergeant led by Feng Ting was only curious, but just looked at it silently, and did not shoot and kill him.

After Pan Di finished praying, he held on to the last bit of energy, and shouted loudly at the only remaining clan soldiers, "Kill!" ”

The suicide charge before death was almost no threat, and the soldiers of all the clans had not yet rushed ten steps, and in a burst of crackling gunfire, they all fell to the ground and died, and Pan Di was killed on the spot by more than ten shots.

On the one hand, Feng Ting ordered Najib to garrison on the riverbank to avoid being attacked by the Zheng army again, and on the other hand, he ordered the Xuanjia sergeant to clean up the corpses on the battlefield, count the results of the battle, and then send someone to Fang Yuan in Jicoop City to deliver good news.

In the early morning of the next day, Fang Yuan, who was waiting in the chicken coop city, finally waited for the good news from Feng Ting.

In this battle, the Xuanjia army killed a total of 9,000 people and wounded 5,000 people, which can be said to be a heavy loss. The Zheng army killed 10,000 people in the battle and surrendered 1,000 people, and the attrition losses were lower than those of the Xuanjia army.

Fang Yuan read this military report, and his heart was extremely angry, this was an out-and-out defeat for the Xuanjia Army. There were only about 30,000 Xuanjia sergeants who landed, so half of them were killed or wounded, how could this battle continue?

He held back his anger and ordered Hu Qi to invite the aborigines of all ethnic groups to the square in the city, held up the military newspaper, and shouted, "The Zheng army that attacked has fled in a hurry, and our army has won a great victory!" The two clans of Ami and Paiwan dare to confront the Governor, and after the Governor defeats the Zheng clan, he will definitely conquer the two clans. If the tribes are willing to send troops to attack the Ami and Paiwan tribes together with the Governor, they can jointly divide the territory of the Ami and Paiwan tribes after the war. ”

Fang Yuan deliberately concealed the battle loss ratio between the two sides, and said that the defeat was a victory, just to convince the aborigines of the various tribes on the island that the combat power of the Xuanjia Army was stronger than that of the Zheng Army, and it was a matter of effort to exterminate the Zheng Clan, Ami, and Paiwan clans.

The losses of the Xuanjia Army this time are really not small, and the targets of this southern expedition are also more than the Ami and Paiwan tribes, and the troops are overstretched, so they can only borrow troops from the aborigines of the island to carve up the territory of the Ami and Paiwan tribes.

The seventy or eighty tribes led by the Atayal tribe who survived by hiding in Chicken Coop City were in danger, and the righteous act of arranging for the clans to retreat into Chicken Coop City was to be grateful to Dade. In addition, Fang Yuan's conditions were very attractive, especially for the Atayal clan.

The Atayal clan is the second largest clan on the island, if Fang Yuan's power is used to defeat the first-ranked Ami clan, the third-ranked Paiwan clan, and then divide the territory of the second clan, the Atayal clan is the well-deserved boss of the island.

The benefits are very attractive, coupled with the combat power shown by the Xuanjia Army in this battle, the patriarch of the Atayal clan, Yaji, is greatly relieved, and following the Xuanjia Army to the south is a safe deal, and a fool will give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Yaji thought for a while, then Chong Fang Yuan half-knelt on the ground, and said respectfully, "The Atayal clan is willing to submit to Governor Fang, lead the clan south, attack the Zheng clan, and crusade against Ami and Paiwan." ”

He said this in Atayal language, and the twenty clans of the Atayal language family in Taipei could all understand it, and they all knelt on the ground and swore to Fang Yuan, "Our clan is also willing to send troops south!" "Kill Ami, Paiwan, and grab the territory!"

Although Fang Yuan couldn't understand what they were saying, he could see from their humble attitude that these clans in Taipei were willing to send troops together to attack the clans in Tainan.

The battle of Taipei and Tainan kicked off, but before the southern expedition, Fang Yuan still had one more thing, that is, to completely annihilate the Zheng army that fled to Tamsui City, so that he could go south without worries.