The drums suddenly became so rapid that they were barely audible, and the trumpets sounded again, but this time on the offensive side. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 A burly man in the front row of info waved his weapon and roared loudly, and the voices of hundreds of people immediately echoed, they waved the weapons in their hands and rushed towards the barrier, due to the rush of time, the trench in front of the barrier was not wide enough, and there were no bamboo sticks and sharp stakes inserted in it, many people simply jumped over it, their fierce and light actions caused a burst of cheers from their companions, but inevitably caused confusion in the formation.

The defenders on the ramparts were much more silent than the noisy attackers, and they stood side by side with their long shields, their twelve-foot spears sticking out of the gaps in their shields, like a giant steel hedgehog. Many people who had just jumped over the trench were stabbed by spears, and fell into the trench with a scream, and the dying people clung to their spears as if it could save their lives, and the defenders could not even withdraw their weapons, so they had to replace them, and the people under the barrier also tried their best to use their weapons to fight back at the enemy above, but most of their counterattacks were blocked by shields and armor, and it was difficult for them to avoid the blows of the condescending enemy in the lower position, and the corpses in front of the barrier piled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zheng Cai watched his own forwards continue to fall in front of the barrier, but the enemy's defense line showed no signs of loosening, and he couldn't help but regret his rash attack, he knew very well that it was extremely difficult to retreat in front of the enemy in such a narrow terrain, don't look at the strength at hand is several times that of the enemy, once the rear guard is broken down during the retreat, it is also very common for thousands of people to be beaten by hundreds of people. And now the only thing to do is to take down the barrier regardless of the loss, at this time I can't hesitate, the army that fights in an unfavorable situation is like a raw egg, no one knows if the eggshell will break in the next second, and the egg white inside will flow out.

"Blow the conch and let the Goto team go!" Zheng Cai gritted her teeth and made a choice.

"So fast!" The adjutant general on the side was taken aback, the Goto team in Zheng Cai's mouth was an infantry team composed of Japanese exiled samurai, because its leader was called Goto Goro, so others called it the Goto team. Since Tokugawa Ieyasu conquered Osaka Castle in the 20th year of Keicho (1615) and eliminated Toyotomi Iemoto and Yanmu, Japan entered the Tokugawa shogunate period, and a large number of samurai had to wander overseas and live as mercenaries, many of whom joined the command of Zheng Zhilong, who had close ties with Japan. Because these Japanese samurai had rich military experience, and they were in a foreign land with no way out, and they were cut off when they advanced, they quickly won a reputation for being brave and good at fighting under Zheng Zhilong. This time, Zheng Cai came to the big man, and he specially brought more than 300 people, ready to be used as a hole card at a critical time, but he didn't expect that he didn't even touch the hair of Dayuan Port, so he showed this hole card.

"Order!" Zheng Cai's roar blocked the lieutenant's words back into his throat at once, and he immediately did what Zheng Cai said, so as not to become a pocket for anger.

"Can we begin?" On the high ground, Lin Heshui's expression was a little anxious, this was not the first time he stood on the battlefield, on the night of the night attack on Dayuan Port, he stood on the foredeck of the "Queen Mary" and witnessed the whole passage, but it is one thing to stand on the deck and watch the shelling, standing on the battlefield and watching the soldiers push and slash each other under the command of the banner for a while, in his opinion, the enemy army with a huge numerical advantage, the barrier may be breached at any time.

"It's not time yet!" Compared with his colleagues, Du Gu was much calmer, and he even had time to explain to Lin Heshui with a smile: "Mr. Lin, don't worry, the thief is still strong now, we have to wait!" ”

"Will they take the barrier?"

"Mr. Lin, don't panic, don't look at the number of thieves, but there is no rule in the fight, but it just relies on the crowd to rush up, it looks scary but useless!"

While the two were talking, there were suddenly several sounds on the battlefield, some of which were like trumpets but were a little different from the ordinary brass trumpets and horn horns. ”

"Oh no!" Lin Heshui's face changed greatly: "This is the sound of the conch horn, could it be that the Japanese are coming?" ”

"Wolver? Isn't this Zheng Zhilong's subordinate? Where did the Japanese come from? Du Gu was confused by Lin Heshui, Lin Heshui hurriedly explained, it turned out that since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Japanese invaders appeared on the southeast coast, and they were accustomed to using conch as the command to advance and retreat, and southern Fujian was the hardest hit area by the Japanese invaders.

The sound of the conch seemed to be a signal, and the forwards who were still desperately attacking retreated like a tidal wave, and a strange-looking flag was raised behind it, not with words or patterns of fierce beasts such as dragons and tigers, as is usually the case, but with a horse spoon. Just as Du Gu was puzzled, the banner suddenly pointed forward, and he saw a group of sergeants dressed in rather strange armor rushing towards the barrier in anger. Many jumped over the trenches and climbed up like apes, while those behind them took cover with long cards and fired birds, javelins, and a strange-looking bow that was a man tall and shot longer and heavier than the light arrows commonly used by the Ming army. The defenders on the barrier were originally a little tired after a period of hard fighting, and there were also some gaps in the shield wall. Seeing this, several of the bravest Japanese soldiers immediately rushed to the barrier, brandished their swords, and slashed left and right.

"Good, good, good!" Zheng Cai saw that the gap was opened, and there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, blow the trumpet, press it!" ”

On the barrier, the flesh was already flying, and the defenders had come to their senses, shielding themselves with shields while using spears to stab the enemies who rushed to the barrier. Unexpectedly, the few Japanese soldiers who rushed up seemed to be crazy, just swung their knives and slashed, but they didn't parry and dodge, and were immediately pierced by seven or eight spears, but he just clung to the spears and didn't let go, and the guards pulled back for a while. The Japanese soldiers behind took advantage of this opportunity to rush forward. Swords, spears, and shields collided with each other, and from time to time arrows and lead bullets fell, taking away lives without discrimination. Blood and entrails flowed out, making the rammed earth and stones on the ramparts slippery, and people kept falling, whether they were killed or their feet slipped, and the result was the same.

"Prepare to open fire and hit their Chinese army, it's that handsome flag!" Du Gu's face was not as confident as just now, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers was somewhat unexpected to him, if the barrier was taken by the enemy, the situation would be completely different. In ancient warfare, the most important thing for the enemy enemy with strong cavalry is to seize the high ground or other dangerous terrain, because the cavalry is known as the "clutch soldier", mobility, flexibility and impact power are far from being comparable to the infantry, the only way for the infantry to resist the cavalry is to maintain a tight formation, and the side with strong cavalry will generally try to go around the flank and rear of the enemy infantry, defeat it, and then pursue it. And if the infantry occupies a high place, on the one hand, they can use the terrain to protect their flanks and rear; In addition, occupying a high position can quickly determine the enemy's movements, and then use the banner to command his subordinates to change formation to resist the enemy's detours and flanks. Although Zheng Cai had a large number of people, he had no cavalry, and as long as the barrier was controlled in his own hands, Du Gu was very confident that he would defeat it with more than 200 cavalry.

"General, this is a bit far away!" Commanding the two cannons was a mixed race of Spanish and Filipino natives, with dark skin, jet-black hair, and only the angular contours of his face proving his paternal lineage, and he gave a thumbs up, closed one eye, and after a moment opened it, closed the other, and expertly calculated: "You have to get at least three hundred steps closer to hit!" ”

Du Gu observed the terrain, and he found that there was a shallow ditch going down from the right side of the hillside, and the enemy's view on the flat ground from that side was obscured by the plants on the edge of the ditch. ”

"Yes, General!" The half-breed answered, ran back to the cannon and gave the order, and the gunners quickly put the gun mount on their pack horses and maneuvered in the direction of Dugu's fingers. Du Gu saw that the two three-pounder cannons gradually disappeared along the edge of the ditch, and he turned back to his soldiers and said, "Give the order, everyone get on their horses, and listen to my orders!" ”

For Zheng Cai, the enemy on the barrier was surprisingly tenacious, and he knew very well that if he had changed places, he would have been defeated long ago. Could it be that this is really the standard camp of the Ming Zhejiang Command Division? His heart couldn't help but shake for a while, and then Zheng Cai calmed down again, there was no turning back when he came to this point, anyway, in this outer land, killing was in vain.

Just thinking about it, Zheng Cai suddenly heard a sound, and before he could react to what was going on, he saw that about seven or eight zhang away from his right hand, a soldier's head was missing, and the red blood and white brains splashed on the person next to him.

"Damn, it's a cannon!" Zheng Cai's reaction was very clever, he quickly jumped off the horse, the higher he stood at this time, the more dangerous it was, he pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Quick, quickly find out the location of the cannon!" ”

The second shell gave Zheng Cai the answer, and he saw a thick white smoke rising from a bush about six hundred paces away, and almost at the same time, a group of infantry on the left who were sitting on the ground and waiting for the battle burst out with a cloud of blood, and a solid shell took away a head, four arms, and two thighs, and broke half of a small tree, before lying contentedly in a hole in the earth. Zheng Cai couldn't care about the wail, pointing? The direction from which the white smoke rose shouted: "The cannon is there, send three hundred men and take the cannon over!" ”

"The back team, the back team is on fire!"

Zheng Cai's order was interrupted by a shout from the rear, and he turned to look in the direction of the rear team, only to see the crowd surging towards him like a tidal wave, and several puffs of smoke were rising, which were vehicles loaded with baggage. There was a panic in his heart, and he shouted loudly: "Send someone over quickly, and behead those who disturb the morale of the army!" ”

More than a dozen pro-soldiers held tokens to push away the crowd and ran to the rear team, shouting: "Get up, get up, Lord Zheng's military order, cut those who disturb the morale of the army!" But before anyone could reply, a new shout came: "Cavalry, it's the enemy's cavalry!" The cavalry is coming from behind! ”

"Cavalry, is it really the Ming King's Division?" Zheng Cai really panicked this time, he knew very well that there would definitely be no horses on the island of Taiwan, let alone cavalry; It was impossible for other maritime merchants, after all, horses were very delicate and sensitive animals, and it was not easy to bring them here. Of course, whether it is really the Ming Dynasty is a matter of concern in the future, and the trouble to be solved now is how to control the Chinese army, so as not to be scattered by the rear team that drove over.

"Don't scatter, stay in formation, rush!" Du Gu lined up his cavalry in a wedge, circled half a circle to the end of the enemy army, and rushed towards Zheng Cai's rear. Like most of the armies of the time, the rear detachment was composed of the old and weak, and their main task was to protect the baggage soldiers and contain those who fell behind. When the poor fellows saw the murderous cavalry rushing towards them, half of them stood there stunned, while the other half ran away. Du Gu shouted loudly as he shot an arrow at the officer who was driving the limp soldier from the ground, and the arrow nailed his palm to the side of the chariot, and before Du Gu could shoot a second arrow, the soldier behind him threw the short spear in his hand and nailed it to the wall of the car next to him. The dying screams of the officers woke the stunned men, who threw down their weapons in a panic and jumped into the bushes on both sides of the road, hoping to escape for their lives.

Under the onslaught of the cavalry, the rear team was in disarray, and the cavalry threw torches at the vehicles full of supplies, and the flames suddenly rose. As the formation of the cavalry gradually dispersed, Dugu saw a small leader rush at one of the horsemen with a spear and shout, only to have the cavalryman skilfully take an axe from his waist and throw it at him. The spinning axe struck him in the chest, the blade slicing through the blade, leather, muscles, and lungs, killing him instantly. The cavalryman slashed half of the fleeing enemy's neck from behind with a sword, and the body fell limp and fell into the grass beside it, blood splattered on the green blades of grass and turned a disgusting black. (To be continued.) )