At this time, Du Gu himself rushed into the ranks of the enemy, and the battle began within a few feet of his horse, and an infantryman raised his spear and poked it into his chest, and he separated it with a horizontal sword, blocking it, and the infantry jumped backwards, intending to do it again, but did not want to fall to the ground, Du Gu kicked the horse's belly, and the war horse stepped forward and trampled it under the horse, and the horse's hooves trampled on the bones of the man and the screams were mixed together, Du Gu had never heard such a pleasant sound. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A spear flew towards Dugu from the left, and was quickly blocked by the soldiers on the side with their shields. Du Gu rode his horse after him, and the man cunningly raised the shield above his head, and Du Gu slashed several times in succession, although the shield sawdust flew everywhere, but it did not hurt any hair. Just when Du Gu was angry, the man suddenly screamed, it turned out that his own soldier stabbed him in the back, Du Gu made up for it, and cut it right on the shoulder blade, cutting off half of his neck, although the result was the man's life, but the shock made his arm sore. At this time, Du Gu found that the enemy next to him had been killed or surrendered, he looked up to look for the enemy's Chinese flag, only to find that the beach was not far ahead, the road was behind him, and it turned out that he had unknowingly rushed through the ranks of the enemy.

Du Gu picked up the horn tied around his neck, and was about to call his subordinates to turn around and charge again, when he saw a war horse running by, the rider lying limply on the horse's neck, a spear piercing through the vest and piercing through the chest, obviously hopeless. An enemy soldier ran over to grab the reins of the horse, but Doog lowered his horn and drove over. The other party turned to meet him with a spear, he looked burly and wore a leather armor, but the helmet had no idea where it had been thrown, and blood was flowing from the wound on his head, staining the right half of his face red, which looked quite scary. Dugu circled to his opponent's right and slashed with his sword, but was blocked by his opponent with a spear. Dugu rode around him on his warhorse, and he also twirled with it, making sure that his left eye, which was not obscured by blood, would always keep up with Dugu, and the spear and steel knife intersected, constantly making screeching noises and sparks. Du Gu soon gained the upper hand, he was condescending on his horse, and his strength was greater, and the man's steps became staggering, and one could not be stopped, and he was slashed in the neck, and fell to the ground screaming.

As a result, the opponent, Du Gu was also a little tired, he took a few breaths, took out the horn to his mouth, and blew it a few times, the thick sound of the horn echoed over the battlefield, the ground was full of corpses and dying people, the cart full of baggage rose wisps of black smoke, and the crows circled in the sky and pecked on the ground. He saw that the defenders on the rampart, inspired by his own cavalry, had repelled the enemy's Japanese soldiers, and the remnants of the defeated rear army instinctively fled to his own central army, but instead made the side crowded, and the enemy generals tried in vain to regain control of the army, and from time to time solid shells fell, splashing a rain of blood in the crowd. Du Gu knew in his heart that victory was not far from him.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Zheng Cai's own soldiers, wielding leather whips, tried to drive away the rout that poured in like a tidal wave, and these poor people, who had been frightened by the enemy's cavalry, threw down carts, weapons, armor, shoes, and everything else they could, not only to break up their own formation, but to make matters worse, they also brought panic to the already unstable Chinese army.

"Your Highness, these guys must be driven off the road immediately, otherwise it will not work like this!" Goto Goro was a thin man in his early forties, and his left crotch was wrapped in a white cloth and soaked in blood, which he had suffered while supervising the war. At this time, his expression was as usual, as if the wound was not on his body.

"Yes, yes! Tell the order to get those guys off the road! In a panic, Zheng Cai seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and repeated Goto's order: "What should I do next?" ”

"Your Highness, it's time to retire!" Goto Goro pointed to the way he came: "That's the only way to survive!" ”

"Retirement? There shouldn't be many enemy cavalry, right? At most, there are two or three hundred riders, and we have more than two thousand! Zheng Cai almost couldn't believe his ears, and shouted to Goto Goro: "Goro, aren't you afraid?" ”

Hearing Zheng Cai's questioning, Goto's face showed a hint of red, and it disappeared immediately, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness! Keicho didn't die under Osaka Castle for 20 years, and it was already a lifelong shame, and today he was questioned by His Royal Highness like this, and he should have been seppuku here immediately to Mingzhi. However, as a samurai, there are a few words that should be made clear in advance: "Zuo Chuan" says: One blow, then decline, three and exhaustion. Our troops failed one after another in attacking the enemy's ramparts, and the enemy's cavalry appeared in the back, defeating our rear and burning the baggage. Although there are many soldiers, they have fluctuating hearts and have a desire for self-preservation, and cannot be used to attack and defend a strong enemy; If you want to encircle but have no food, on the left is the quagmire coast, on the right is the lofty mountains, the flat land is long and narrow, and the enemy army first occupies the place of Gaoyang, which is a dangerous place in the art of war, if you cannot win, you must leave as soon as possible. As a samurai, he has been nurtured by Lord Nikolai (Zheng Zhilong's Christian name) and His Royal Highness for many years, and the only thing he can repay is to tell the truth! ”

Hearing Goto's words, Zheng Cai's face was slightly red, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness Goto, please forgive me for my nonsense, what if the enemy soldiers cut off our retreat?" The terrain here is narrow, and I'm afraid it's hard to take advantage of our large number of people! ”

"Huh!" Goto Goro's wrinkled face, like an orange peel, showed a smile: "Your Highness, it would be good if the enemy dared to do this!" ”

"Okay, what do you say?"

"Your Highness, the battle between the two armies is not about the number of people, if there is a certain heart of death, even if there are fewer people, you can win more with less. Now it seems that the number of enemy soldiers is not large, but the terrain here is narrow, and the morale of the soldiers is fluctuating. If they cut off the way back, they will put our army to death. The art of war cloud 'put to death and then come to life'. When the soldiers see that there is no other way out, they will definitely fight to the death, and how can we not win when we are outnumbered? ”

"What Goto Hall said is very true, pass the order and withdraw immediately!" Zheng Cai was completely impressed by Goto's analysis, and couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he had brought this Goto Goro this time, and if he could go back alive this time, he would definitely ask him for more benefits in the art of war.

It took him a while to regroup his cavalry, and there were about one hundred or seventy or eighty horsemen. He was preparing to attack again when several familiar conch trumpets came from the direction of the enemy's central army. He looked up, only to see that the familiar "horse spoon" banner was erected again, only this time it was pointing not in the direction of the barrier, but towards his side.

"The thieves are about to break out?" Du Gu sneered, he had already roughly guessed that the team of Japanese soldiers should be Zheng Cai's elite Xuanfeng, and suddenly using it on his side at this time could only be a possibility to withdraw the troops.

"My lord, go up and kill those thieves without leaving a piece of armor!" The pro-soldier on the side said: "Looking at their rampant appearance, I don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick!" ”

"Humph! Get out of the way, let them go! Let's go and rendezvous with the artillery team! “

"Get out of the way? Why are they so cheap! ”

"Haven't you heard of Wai Shi Bique?" Du Gu sneered: "Our four-legged ones are still afraid that their two-legged ones will run away?" Why bother fighting with them here, let them run, let's follow behind and defeat the team, wouldn't it be effortless. Later, they will light up the wolf smoke and let Silva's ship kill it, and if their ship is damaged, will they be able to fly back? ”

As Du Gu expected, Zheng Cai used the Goto team as a striker and turned around to break through. For those who blocked the way, the Goto team opened a killing spree, screaming and wailing shook the heavens and the earth, and the panicked defeated soldiers fled to the grass on both sides, cursing loudly while fleeing: "Zheng Cai, you are not a human ******, let the Japanese soldiers kill their own villagers!" ”

"If Lao Tzu can go back alive this time, he must tell you clearly in front of the first official!"

Seeing the wide flat ground in front of him, Zheng Cai excitedly said to Goto Goro: "As His Highness Goto expected, the thieves have made way out, so let's hurry back to the boat and make plans!" ”

Goto's face became more and more serious, he observed the situation around him for a while, and suddenly bowed to Zheng Cai and said, "Your Highness, I have a reluctant request, please agree?" ”

"Oh?" Zheng Cai was stunned when he heard this: "Your Highness Goto, please speak, as long as I Zheng Cai can do it, I will definitely agree!" ”

"Please allow Your Highness to lead your own team!"

"Your Highness?" Zheng Cai was not a fool either, he immediately understood the reason why Goto Goro asked him so solemnly to serve as the palace army: "Goto Palace, will the enemy soldiers pursue?" ”

"Hmm!" Goto's thin face was already full of smiles at this time: "I was only halfway down there, if I were the general of the enemy army, I would not have fortified here, but I would have led the cavalry to follow behind our army, harassing and pursuing." At present, our army is invincible, the soldiers are tired, and once they are out of danger, and the enemy cavalry is following behind, it is easy for the teams to rush to flee first, and then it will be out of control. ”

"So, what should I do?" At this time, Zheng Cai was already six gods and no master, and his high spirits before leaving the school had already been thrown into Java, and he grabbed Goto Goro's arm and asked.

"I will lead my team to break off, the enemy's cavalry should not be much, there should be no head-on conflict, as long as our army itself is not chaotic, they will have nothing to do with us." Goto's voice was not loud, but it contained a special charm, which made Zheng Cai gradually calm down: "Your Highness, it's better to slow down the march, even if you can't go back tonight, don't be afraid, don't go quickly!" ”

"Slow down?"

"Yes, Your Highness. For a general, you must understand the heart of a soldier. Our army returned in vain this time, and the enemy's cavalry pursued behind them, and the soldiers' mood was panicked. If you go fast, there will be strong and weak, and the wounded and the old and weak will inevitably be left behind, and these people who have been left behind will cry out loudly and plead with their fellow robes. In this way, even those who are still in the ranks are afraid of being left behind by the brigade, and will only instinctively speed up their pace, and in the end the brigade will go faster and faster, leaving more and more people behind, and the soldiers will only think about how not to be left behind. And the enemy is cavalry, no matter how fast the soldier goes, he can't get rid of the enemy's pursuit, he will only consume precious physical strength in vain, and finally when the enemy really attacks, those who have strength rush to flee first, and those who don't have strength are waiting to die, I'm afraid that those who can escape on the ship alive will not be one in ten! ”

When Zheng Cai heard this, he couldn't help but become more and more flustered, and hurriedly asked, "Then, what should I do?" ”

"Your Excellency can take in the wounded of each team and escort them by their own soldiers, so that the soldiers of each team will naturally rest assured!"

"Okay, okay, if you come, you will follow Gotoden's method to contain the wounded of each team!" Zheng Cai was overjoyed when he heard this, and he also heard the beauty of Goto Goro's strategy, people are very strange animals, and many times they are not afraid of dying together, but they are afraid of being left alone to die. As long as the soldiers saw the general and the wounded together, they naturally did not worry that they would be left alone, and naturally they would not run faster and faster, and finally collapse the whole army. Seeing that the morale of each team had improved a lot after the wounded were contained, Zheng Cai felt more and more that Goto Goro was a rare talent, and it was better to stay by his side than to die in battle, and it would be more advantageous to consult from time to time in the future. So he said in a rather affectionate tone: "Goto Palace, leave the affairs of the palace to others, and you will stay by my side in the future?" ”

"I appreciate the kindness of my lord!" Goto's face showed a knowing smile: "It's just that the army is retreating, and the palace army must be a strong army, otherwise if the enemy army pursues and kills it, it will be a complete defeat." Goto stopped when he said this, and the implication was very clear-among the armies under your command was only him Goto's team, and there was no one else.

"Then can you let someone else take you in command of the Goto team?"

"Huh!" Goto Goro laughed: "Who else is more qualified to lead the Goto team at this time besides me?" Besides, as a samurai, how can he put his subordinates in danger and escape alone? Your Highness, don't say more, dying on the battlefield as a samurai is just a duty, so what is there to be afraid of? ”

"Gotoden!" In the face of Goto Goro's heroic act, the corners of Zheng Cai's eyes were a little red, he knew in his heart that the other party was well aware of the danger of bearing His Royal Highness, he thought about it and asked, "Do you still have any unfulfilled wishes?" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Goto Goro nodded: "There are two more children below, the girl is thirteen years old this year, and the boy is only nine years old, so I will trouble you!" (To be continued.) )