Li Yanzhi led 800 veterans of the Praetorian Guard to follow Zheng Zhilong across the sea to rescue Ben Port, and the more than 4,000 recruits were led by General Tong Gaoyi. In addition to Tong Gaoyi, Li Yanzhi also left 200 veterans as training instructors.

Under normal circumstances, it only takes two or three months for this recruit to complete basic formation training, and another two or three months to train in the use of firearms, and in half a year, it will be able to form a certain combat effectiveness.

However, from the time they were recruited into the camp to the present, it has only been about ten days in total, and in such a short time, these recruits have only been able to distinguish between the left and right, and they can barely form a neat queue, and they are just familiar with each other, and they have not even carried out basic queue training.

At this time, pirates attacked.

According to Tong Gaoyi's thoughts, such recruits are no different from ordinary people, and naturally they can't be dragged out to fight. However, Liu Mao, the inspector of the imperial history, arrived at the new barracks and ordered Tong Gaoyi to assemble the troops, distribute weapons, and send troops to suppress the bandits.

"Lord Liu, it's only been about ten days of training, and they can't even use weapons, so they can't pull them out to fight at all!" Tong Gaoyi smiled bitterly.

Liu Mao said with a serious face: "Can't? Do you watch pirates wreak havoc outside the city? Watching hundreds of people being robbed and humiliated by pirates? Since Your Majesty has sent the Praetorian Guards to Fujian, he hopes that the Praetorian Guards can protect the southeast sea frontier! If the general avoided fighting today, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the Praetorian Guard? ”

"But......" Tong Gaoyi knew that what Liu Mao said was reasonable, but just such a bunch of recruits who didn't know anything, wouldn't they be sent to death if they were pulled out?

"General, don't think too much about pirates, they're just a rabble," Liu Mao saw Tong Gaoyi's hesitation and said with relief, "On the sea, the general's group of recruits are naturally not their opponents, but on land, they are not much of a big deal." ”

Tong Gaoyi glanced at Liu Mao silently, and said in his heart, you are a civil official who knows how to fight. Can the people who have never held a knife or gun compare with the pirates who are used to killing people and robbing, at least they are far less courageous.

But Liu Mao is a patrol of the imperial history, and he is a person sent by the emperor, and now that Li Yanzhi is not there, he has to listen to him. If you really avoid a fight and let the pirates loot away, you won't be able to talk to Li Yanzhi, and you won't be able to explain to Your Majesty!

It's a big deal that I will take two hundred veterans with me, and two hundred veterans should be able to fight the pirates! As for these recruits, they should be pulled out to increase their knowledge, Tong Gaoyi thought to himself.

So Tong Gaoyi pulled the recruits out, wearing brand-new uniforms, holding swords, guns and all kinds of weapons, but there were no muskets and artillery, because the recruits had not had time to train in weapons. Of course, the two hundred veterans who served as instructors each carried a torch on their backs.

More than 4,000 people lined up, and they looked majestic and imposing. But Tong Gaoyi knew in his heart that it was just a matter of lust and inwardness, and he was afraid that if he had a little contact with the pirates, these recruits would be defeated.

In fact, let alone contact with pirates, if you go faster, the queue will immediately disperse. There was no way, Tong Gaoyi could only take this group of recruits to the beach slowly, keeping a relatively neat queue as much as possible.

And when they saw more than a thousand pirates approaching from afar, many recruits immediately panicked, and many of them turned pale and involuntarily stopped. In the hearts of the coastal people, pirates are ruthless, and it is very timid to let them fight with pirates.

Tong Gaoyi had no choice but to order the team to stop, rearrange the queue, and then gather the two hundred veteran instructors together. If you fight for a while, you can only rely on these two hundred veterans.

As a result, this strange confrontation was formed on the battlefield.

Tong Gaoyi feared that continuing to move forward would cause the ranks of recruits to scatter or even collapse, and wanted to wait for the pirates to attack. And Li Kuiqi and his pirates are afraid of the overwhelming number of officers and soldiers, where do they dare to take the initiative to attack?

The two sides confronted each other for half an hour, and most of the robbed pirates were recalled, taking all kinds of looted things, shouting and retreating towards the seaside pirate ship.

Looking at the immobile officers and soldiers in the distance, Li Kuiqi was very puzzled, and didn't understand why these officers and soldiers didn't attack him. I wanted to attack the officers and soldiers for a try, but after thinking about it, I forgot it. As a pirate, he is still afraid of the official army.

Fortunately, most of the brothers have withdrawn, and they have robbed a lot depending on the situation, so forget it, it's a big deal to go to other places to grab it!

So Li Kuiqi also planned to retreat.

"General Tong, give the order to attack, we can't wait any longer!"

Seeing that the pirates were about to flee, Liu Mao, the patrol of the imperial history, was very anxious: "Now the pirates are going to flee, morale is low, the general will lead the troops to rush, at least some pirates can be left, it is better than working in vain."

Tong Gaoyi nodded, knowing that what Liu Mao said made sense. The big guy worked hard to pull it out, but he didn't even kill a pirate, and it was a joke when it was passed out. Although the pirates were forced to retreat by themselves, outsiders still thought that the Praetorian Guards did not dare to fight, and the pirates retreated only when they were full.

And Liu Mao dared to go to war with the army as a civil official, and he was born as a martial artist, if he didn't dare to fight, it would be a joke!

"Lord Liu, you will take the recruits with you." Tong Gaoyi said to Liu Mao, "Veteran, attack with me!" ”

The two hundred veterans had already loaded their ammunition and quickly pressed towards the pirates with Tong Gaoyi, while the more than four thousand recruits remained in place and waited.

"What's going on?" Seeing that the officers and troops were divided into two groups, most of them stayed where they were, and a small group was coming towards him, Li Kuiqi, who was about to retreat, was very surprised.

"Owner, there must be infighting between the officials and the army, most of the officers and soldiers dare not fight, or let's do them, just take advantage of these officers and soldiers to make a name for themselves!" An old pirate under his command excitedly suggested.

"yes, them!" The other pirates shouted as well.

The guards in the southeast have long been rotten, and their combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the common people, which is clear to all pirates, and they have long lost their fear of the officers and soldiers.

At the beginning, I was just afraid that the number of officers and soldiers was several times that of my side, but now there are only 200 people attacking, which is still a fart! As long as these two hundred "heroic" officers and troops are defeated, the more than 4,000 officers and troops will inevitably be frightened and defeated, and this battle is not difficult to fight!

"Fight, destroy them! Ichiro Asada, you take your people as pioneers! Li Kuiqi shook his fist fiercely and greeted him with a thousand men.

"Yes!" Following Li Kuiqi's words, more than two dozen Japanese samurai with narrow swords walked out of the queue, shouting wildly in their mouths, and rushed towards the officers and soldiers in the distance.

In the team of Li Kuiqi's pirates, there is a group of Japanese wandering samurai, who are strong in battle, but whenever they fight, they are used as the vanguard to charge and break the formation.