The moonlight is like a mist like a veil, the army came to the vicinity of Shiwa Village, and there was an undulating gentle slope on the right side in front, and the bushes of dwarf tea trees were painted to reflect the mottled color, and the wind blowing was soft and soft, with some fragrance.

The tea trees stretch along the gentle slope into the distance, and on the left side of the road is a dense field of reeds, new reeds that have just budded. Since it has just entered spring, there is not much rain, and the reeds are very dry, and the breeze blows, and occasionally the dry reeds that have had a winter are brittle and broken.

"The general has an order, speed up!" Horses shouted back and forth, and orders were heard far away in the silence of the night, and the army suddenly quickened its march to pass through the suitable area of ambush as quickly as possible.

There was a gong sound in the tea bushes on the slope, a burst of arrows shot down, followed by a shout, and many Japanese with knives and guns appeared in the tea bushes, screaming and rushing towards the official road.

On the right flank were sword and shield soldiers, and when the gong sounded, they naturally raised their shields, and there was a sound of "tuk tuk", and there were few wounded, but all the soldiers were extremely calm, and none of them panicked and shouted.

Their composure affected the officers and soldiers in the team, and the slightly startled scratching quickly subsided, Hong Peng was more powerful than the dantian, and with a loud shout, the soldiers began to quickly set up a defensive formation, and the all-victory carriage and thunderbolt carriage were erected, and the crossbowmen, firecrackers, and swordsmen were in their respective positions.

And the officers and soldiers on the other side, at the same time as there was an enemy sneak attack on the tea mountain, Du Si Luo Yi had already shouted: "Release the arrows!" ”

Under an order, 10,000 points of starlight flew into the sky, overwhelmingly falling to the reeds, "Peng" sounded, the dry reeds were ignited when they met the fire, and the flames immediately rose into the air, and countless figures suddenly jumped up in the reeds, screaming miserably.

Yang Ling stood solemnly on the Chinese army's chariot, his nervous palms were already sweating, and his heart did not let go until this moment.

On the way of the army, he had ordered the archers to tie strips of cloth soaked in oil to the arrows, and ordered the generals of all departments to tell the three armies: When the army arrived at Shiwa Village, it would be attacked by the enemy, and the governor had a perfect plan to order the officers and men of the three armies to act according to the order, and not to panic.

This is a game, if it is expected, the sneak attack will have no effect on the Ming army, which has already been prepared mentally and in action. And it can give the officers and men of the whole army a feeling that the commander has no last resort.

Establishing this kind of belief in the military can definitely turn it into a tremendous lethal force. What these officers and men who were afraid of the enemy and fearful of war lacked was the trust in the commander-in-chief and the belief in victory, and as long as this belief was established in them through this successful anti-ambush, the 20,000-strong army could be reborn overnight and become a force to be reckoned with.

However, if the expectation is wrong, there is no foreshadowing on both sides of this big move, then it is really suspected that the grass and trees are all soldiers, and it must be a big blow to the morale that has just been inspired, and now it seems that he won the bet.

Yang Ling expected that if there was an ambush among the Japanese robbers, there would be ambushes in the tea bushes, and if the reeds on the opposite side were also ambushed, although there was a danger of falling into danger, but if the planning was good, this dangerous place could also be turned into a living place.

The army did not have ready-made rockets, and they were usually made from ordinary arrows when needed for war. If the Japanese raid at night and attract the attention of the Ming army with the ambush on the left side of the tea mountain, the Ming army will not have time to ignite the reeds in a hurry, and the reeds will only be more than ten zhang away from the official road, and then the ambushed Japanese army will be in an instant and enter the Ming army.

In view of this, Yang Lingcai and all the archers of Luo Yi's department prepared the rockets, as long as the Japanese ambush soldiers came out, they immediately ignited the reeds, and it was best to have the Japanese in it, even if there were no them, the big flame sky was as bright as day, and the Japanese ambushes had nothing to hide, so they could only turn the sneak attack into a frontal decisive battle.

The blessing of the good people of the ninth world is really not covered, as the ten thousand points of fire fell, a long sun was red across the line, countless widows jumped up in the reeds, the fire was full of smoke, and the reeds of "Bibi peeling" burned each other, and the fire that ignited quickly was extremely violent, and the soldiers who were separated by more than ten zhang of the wind could still feel the hot air.

Liu Dabang laughed, opened his voice and shouted: "I said a long time ago that the handsome man is clever, now you believe it, right?" Those who crawled from the sea of fire were all shot to death, and not a single one was left! ”

In fact, there is no need to say that the morale of the officers and men of the whole army has been greatly boosted, and most of the soldiers at that time had never read a book, and now the blind worship and superstitious authority psychology that are mostly criticized by people are precisely the powerful means for senior generals to control their subordinates at that time, and even Qi Jiguang, who later managed the army well, also engaged in feudal superstitious activities in the army, which is the reason.

Now seeing that the governor is like a god, the fire is rushing into the night, there are no less than a thousand Japanese people in the fire, and they are all burned to death without hurting a single soldier, the soldiers' trust and support for Yang Ling immediately reached its peak, seeing that some of the Japanese people near the edge of the reeds ran out with a roar of flames, and immediately some soldiers rushed forward with knives and guns.

These Japanese people who rushed out were all in flames, and the swords and guns in their hands had long since disappeared, and they only slapped the flames burning on their bodies and heads in embarrassment, and the majesty of the past was completely gone.

Although these officers and soldiers were suspected of beating water dogs, Yang Ling did not stop it, what he needed now was to restore the morale of the army, so that these Jiangnan soldiers who were frightened when they heard the name of the Japanese invaders could see the embarrassment of the Japanese with their own eyes and kill several Japanese with their own hands, and the morale of the whole army would definitely be improved.

Yang Ling glanced at the firelight of the reeds, the ashes of the reeds were steamed by the heat wave and fluttered in the air, like a large wasp, there was still a raging fire below, and the struggling figures could not be seen for a moment, the flames were all in one piece, and only a piece of fire came into view.

Yang Ling slowly turned around and looked at the hillside of the tea tree. Kimura Nakahara, the general under Nomi Masatomo, led thousands of Japanese soldiers who had rushed down wielding Japanese swords and red pole spears, and the Ming army camp was in full array, and all the officers and soldiers stood in place, motionless.

Kimura Nakahara did not expect that the lord would attack Wujiang City by surprise, lure the defenders of Suzhou to come to help, and then ambush halfway and annihilate in one fell swoop The clever plan was actually seen through by the Ming generals, and under the surprise, the indescribable tragedy of more than a thousand brothers who were caught in the sea of fire aroused his infinite murderous aura.

Even if the Ming army had one or two wise generals who saw through the strategy, what could they do? He once led 300 troops to fight a decisive battle with 4,000 officers and soldiers of the guard, the Ming army was defeated in a battle, he led 300 warriors to cover up from behind, chased and killed 500 Ming troops, and only 16 people died. His warriors are invincible, and the generals of the Ming army have brains, leading a group of timid soldiers who are as timid as rats, and they are not rushing to disperse, repeating the scene of slaughter in the past?

What's more, the lord has abandoned Wujiang and led the army to go around the back of the Ming army, one sneak attack on Suzhou City, one robbed the artillery in the Ming army's baggage, and surrounded the two together, which can slaughter the Ming army and avenge the brothers.

The Ming army opened fire, the fire was thumping, the bowstring was noisy, and the five-foot long knife was waved to attack the approaching Japanese invaders, but the fierce Japanese did not stop for a moment, still fiercely howling and pounced, they knew that as long as they approached the Ming army, according to the custom, they were one-sided slaughter. What is there to fear from a wolf that rushes into a team of 10,000 sheep?

The Ming army quietly changed formation, and the soldiers who had just lowered their shields before the fire and crossbow were fired stood up, and instead of raising their half-human-high shields, they clenched the hilts of the long-handled Pu knives entwined with fine linen.

On the road near the side of the tea mountain, the soldiers who abandoned their shields and held their swords were each separated by nearly five feet on the left and right, and they stood in three rows and lined up horizontally, calmly looking at the rushing Japanese robbers, the blades of which were drawn inch by inch, making a penetrating grinding sound, but the sound was all muffled by the shouts of the Japanese invaders.

This team is the elite drawn by Yang Ling from the four armies of the inner factory and the outer factory, some of them are veterans of a hundred battles who have fought with the Tatar iron cavalry for many years and crawled out of the pile of dead people countless times, and some are cutting-edge soldiers who have stabbed countless Japanese robbers before the Qiantang tide and have been baptized by the border war.

How could this iron army of 3,000 men, even if they were not afraid in the face of the Mongol knights who dominated the world, take these ridiculous Japanese robbers who charged without formation, were short in stature, and held disproportionately long knives?

Kimura Nakahara led the pirates to rush in front of them, and they suddenly found that these Han people, with their backs to the fire and their faces hidden in the darkness, seemed to be a little different from the officers and soldiers they knew well:

The figure and clothing of these people are no different from the Ming army who are accustomed to fleeing, but the mannerisms and steps of these people, their upright waists, and the kind of confidence and calmness they show clearly tell their opponents: So, don't be insulted!

But, it's too late!

The Japanese were still rushing forward with their usual surnames, and the Ming swordsmen standing solemnly in front of them suddenly met them with brisk steps, and shouted "Kill!" ", the words fell, the knife fell.

The meat grinder in the inner plant has been started.

Another group of Japanese who rushed to the Ming army's back road three miles away from a ditch to ambush only sent a few clever men to hide in the crop field just above the knee on the side of the road to listen to the news.

Watanabe Jingzhou heard that the army was really deceived, and he had led the army to aid Wujiang City overnight, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh. On the one hand, he sent someone to inform Nami Masachi, and on the other hand, he led his own 1,000 soldiers to cover up the rear of the Ming army.

The Ming army marched, the front line is usually archers, light cavalry, the middle road is the main general and heavy infantry, the rear is the baggage, grain and grass, military supplies, and the Jiangnan road is mostly narrow, although the road is not very wide, the Ming army wants to gallop to the aid of Wujiang, it must be placed in the fastest linear marching formation.

Watanabe's mission was to attack the enemy's rear formation, disrupt the enemy's position, and assist his accomplices in the front flanks to eliminate this Ming army. Another important task was to plunder the artillery of the Ming army.

Naomi Zhengzhi has lofty ambitions, since he is determined to be the most powerful pirate on the sea, having super artillery is an indispensable condition, plundering the artillery of the Ming army, if the surprise attack on Suzhou City is blocked, it can be used to blast open the city gate, and the second can be transported to the ship, slightly modified, and become the capital to dominate the sea in the future.

Watanabe Jingzhou took advantage of the night to touch the rear of the Ming army, and was about to attack, a fire suddenly ignited at the ambush site a few miles away, and the fire was clearly visible here, Watanabe Jingzhou was surprised inexplicably, but at this time he couldn't take care of it, and the troops who pounced on the past had been discovered by the Ming army, and there was only one battle at this time.

The Ming army really had no combat power like the officers and soldiers of the other guards, especially these baggage soldiers were even more vulnerable, and they were separated by more than ten zhang, so the Ming army threw down the cannons and baggage, and ran wildly, shouting and shouting, "Sneak attack of the Japanese invaders!" ”。

Watanabe Shizushu, who led the troops to rush over, chased after him with a sword, and finally stopped stupidly, and called out loudly: "Skeleton, immediately escort the cannon to the lord, and leave it to me here!" ”

The skeleton's name is Kuroda Taro, Watanabe's right-hand man, and this murderous pirate has a habit of collecting the heads of beautiful women, rotting the flesh and making ornaments from the skulls, hence the nickname "The Skeleton" from his accomplices.

He chased after the front, and when he heard Watanabe calling him, he rushed back unsatisfied. The skeleton ripped open the cannon, and immediately shouted, "Chief Watanabe, this cannon is fake!" ”

"What?" Watanabe Shizushu was taken aback, and hurried to the side of the gun truck, only to see that it was clearly a rushing car under the tarpaulin, and Watanabe hesitated: "Check all the gun trucks."

Before the skeleton could respond, the medicine twist in the hidden place under the rushing car had burned out, and with a loud bang, the rushing car was blown apart by the powder keg, and the huge impact sent the disemboweled Watanabe and the skeleton into the air.

Watanabe was killed instantly, and the last image of the skeleton that remained half of his body was seen in mid-air was a sharp turn of the wheel sweeping towards the rushing people. Immediately, the surrounding baggage trucks exploded one after another, pretending to flee the Ming army counterattacked, and the first person jumped on the horse, it was General Min.

Yang Ling's most trustworthy 3,000 elite soldiers all stayed in the Chinese army, and if there were no reliable generals in the rear, he could not rest assured after all, so after being suspicious of the intentions of the Japanese invaders, he immediately transferred Min Wenjian, who was leading the driving army, to the rear formation, and strictly instructed him to use a goose-shaped formation to face the enemy, prevent the enemy from escaping, and try to kill and injure the Japanese with arrows.

Unexpectedly, Min Wenjian was overjoyed when he saw the enemy, and he had already put his instructions behind him, and led a group of foot soldiers to kill him first. The six or seven hundred surviving Japanese robbers were stunned by this sudden situation, and taking advantage of this, Min Wenjian led his own soldiers to rush into the enemy formation fiercely on the wood chips burning everywhere.

"Bah!" In the strange scream, two Japanese robbers with heavy swords swooped over, Min Wenjian raised his knife and slashed it, with a "clang" sound, two severed blades flew into the air, and a forty-pound machete swept past the neck of a Japanese robber without delay, bringing up a rain of blood.

Infected by Min Wenjian and his own soldiers, and urged by the order to sit down, the officers and soldiers mustered up the courage to rush over behind them shouting.

The Japanese did not take the Han people as cannon fodder in the war, and the most courageous real Japanese often charged forward, and the morale of the people was weakened by a drum, and the rest rushed up again, and the Ming army front that was cut off was like a devastating and weak attack. Today, the true widows are still charging ahead, and as soon as the explosives on dozens of baggage trucks explode, these people bear the brunt of the attack, and an opponent meets the king of Hades before they can meet it.

Seeing this situation, the remaining Japanese invaders could not help but have a sense of retreat, one side of the battlefield had cowardice, and the other side would be more and more courageous, and the Ming army, which was originally a little timid, was more and more courageous, and the crops on both sides were full of soldiers who were wrestling and fighting together, but the Ming army had obviously occupied the upper hand in the east city of Suzhou, and a team of officers and soldiers with torches rode to the city and shouted: "Quickly open the city gate, we have an urgent military situation to report to your lordship."

At the top of the city there was a shout, "Who are you?" ”

The people who looked like hundreds of households under the city shouted: "Don't be verbose, open the city gate quickly, our army rushing to help Wujiang City has been ambushed by the Japanese people, hurry up and ask the adults to send reinforcements, otherwise the general trend will go!" ”

"Ahh Reinforcements ambushed by the Japanese? Wait, I'll open the city right away! The city guard hurriedly agreed, turned around and went down the city. Pretending to be one of the hundred households of the Ming army is one of the four fierce generals under Nami Zhengzhi, Mingren Niutang, he is a Jiangnan clan, familiar with the terrain of various places, it is he who led Nami Zhengzhi's army to avoid the Ming army guards, and raided Wujiang City.

Seeing the plan of the Ming army, Niu Tang smiled proudly, and quietly gestured to his back, a Japanese robber understood, and the torch in his hand 'inadvertently' waved a few times, and Nami Masachi, who was ambushed in the distance, immediately ordered all the Japanese to prepare and prepare for Niu Tang to occupy the city gate, and immediately drum the army to kill.

After he seized Wujiang City, he intended to let some Ming troops escape, and made a posture of looting the whole city and holding on, but Wujiang's wealth was less than one percent of Suzhou, and his real target was in Suzhou, so it was estimated that the officers and soldiers who escaped and reported the news were about to arrive in Suzhou, and he immediately gathered the whole army and abandoned Wujiang City and went straight to Suzhou.

Nami Masachi left 3,000 soldiers and horses to ambush in Shiwatang, and led the rest of the more than 3,000 people to attack Suzhou City.

The city gate rumbled open, and the eyes of the cow riding on the gate showed a greedy, fiery light, and there were mountains of gold and silver, silk and silk in the city, and there were thousands of charming young girls, and all this was about to be at your fingertips.

The drawbridge also creaked down, and Niu Tang took a breath and shouted, "Enter the city!" Then he slammed his legs on the horse's belly, and galloped to the drawbridge, followed by thirty knights.

A line of dark red flashed in the dark city gate cave, and then a blazing red fire erupted, and at the same time a loud roar erupted, echoing in the city gate cave, which was even more deafening.

More than 100 iron nails and lead pellets erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, and in an instant, the thirty horsemen who were rushing towards them were bombarded into a sieve, and before they could even scream miserably, they fell down like wheat.

(To be continued)