When Tong Gaoyi was fighting with the veterans of the Praetorian Guard and the pirates, in the rear, Liu Mao, the Fujian Governor, was mobilizing thousands of rookie recruits before the war, trying to take them to the battlefield for reinforcements.

"You are all Praetorian Guards, the Emperor's pro-army! On the other side is nothing more than a bunch of pirates, a bunch of rabble! Liu Mao roared angrily.

Many recruits looked at him stunned, that was a pirate, a fierce pirate, who wasn't afraid? Besides, the emperor is pro-army, everyone has never even seen the emperor's face.

And more soldiers couldn't hear what Liu Mao was talking about at all, the sound on the battlefield was noisy, most of them couldn't hear clearly, they only saw the official's mouth open and close, they didn't know what they were talking about, but looking at the expression, the official seemed to be very angry.

Looking at the expressions of the recruits, Liu Mao knew that he had talked about chickens and ducks, and with such a group of recruits to fight with pirates, I was afraid that he would collapse in an instant. We have to find another way.

After thinking for a while, Liu Mao said in a deep voice: "This official tells you that if anyone refuses to come forward later, this month's salary will be gone, and they will all be expelled from the Praetorian Guard!" ”

The recruits who heard his words were immediately shocked, and the recruits who didn't hear them hurriedly asked the people next to them, and soon all the recruits knew that if they didn't listen to orders, they would be expelled from the Praetorian Guard.

Many of the recruits' eyes suddenly turned red.

They are all poor coastal people, who are recruited as soldiers because they can't get by, so that the Praetorian Guard's generous salaries and silver will be fired, and if they are fired, where will they go to beg for a living?

"If anyone doesn't dare to fight the pirates and escape, even if the official dies in battle, the court will definitely pursue you, everyone will be robbed and killed, wives and daughters will be demoted to the sect department, and parents and brothers will be exiled for three thousand miles!" Liu Mao continued to threaten, causing many recruits to turn pale.

"They are human beings, and you are also two shoulders and a head, they have swords in their hands, and you are not burning sticks in your hands, what are you afraid of!" roared, Liu Mao couldn't care about Sven anymore, and tried his best to shout in easy-to-understand words.

Finally, his morale was boosted, and the recruits hesitated and twisted and rushed towards the pirates. In order to dispel the fear in their hearts, many recruits roared, and they looked amazing.

Li Kuiqi suddenly regretted that he should gather all his pirates and officers to fight. Judging from what was observed, except for the two hundred officers and soldiers who were fighting against them, the rest of the officers and soldiers were a rabble without any intention of fighting.

At this time, as long as hundreds of men are sent to block it, they can block it, and then surround and kill these 200 elite officers and soldiers with absolute superiority, and they will be able to win a complete victory.

Now, however, most of the robbed pirates were retreating back to the warships, and 1,000 of his men were being slaughtered by 200 officers and soldiers, and Li Kuiqi could not draw any manpower.

"The officers and soldiers of the brigade are here."

"No, run away!"

More and more pirates found out that the main force of the official army was killed, they did not have Li Kuiqi's judgment at all, and they couldn't see the difference between the main force of the official army and the two hundred officers and soldiers in front of them, these two hundred officers and soldiers were so powerful, if those thousands of officers and soldiers were killed again, how could the big guys survive?

Most of the pirates no longer had the will to fight, and they shouted and screamed, ignoring Li Kuiqi's obstruction, and ran away. Even those pirates who were fighting with the veterans of the Praetorian Guard, who couldn't care about fighting anymore at the moment, abandoned the opponents in front of them, and fled one after another, but they sold their backs to the veterans of the Praetorian Guard, and they were stabbed to death from behind one by one screaming.

"Hahaha......" Tong Gaoyi laughed, chased a few steps, and stabbed an escaped pirate to the ground with a spear, and more veterans of the Praetorian Guard passed him and rushed towards the fleeing pirate!

Almost instantly, more than a thousand pirates collapsed, and all that remained was pursuit.

Seeing that the pirates had fled, the recruits were emboldened, shouting and chasing after them.

Seeing that the victory was decided, Tong Gaoyi did not chase anymore, and greeted Liu Mao with a smile.

"If the patrol is under the command of the lord, the reinforcements will be timely, and the pirates will be killed and fled." Tong Gaoyi said with a smile.

Liu Mao also smiled: "If there is no bloody battle between the general and the pirates, I am afraid that the situation in this battle is not good." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, both knowing that the victory was a little hanging.

If the pirates had fought with all their might, if it hadn't been for Liu Mao to muster up the morale of the recruits, the outcome would have been unknown.

Fortunately, I finally won!

When most of the main force of the Fuzhou official army left, thousands of pirates were defeated with thousands of recruits and the people of Fuzhou were protected, and the prestige of the Praetorian Guard was bound to spread widely in Fujian. No one could take this opportunity to attack Li Yanzhi and the Praetorian Guard.

More importantly, the more than 4,000 recruits experienced a rare battle, which helped to dispel their fears and help them quickly form an army and form combat effectiveness.

After this battle, the Praetorian Guard at least gained a firm foothold in Fuzhou, and the next thing is up to Li Yanzhi. If Li Yanzhi can take 800 veterans to repel the red-haired ghost and keep Zheng Zhilong's power, the Royal Maritime Trade Company can be regarded as standing, and he can only wait for the southeast monsoon to rise, and then he can go north to Japan for maritime trade.

An hour later, the battle was over, and the pirates left behind two or three hundred corpses, all of whom retreated to the sea and sailed away. Many pirates abandoned all kinds of looted items in order to escape, and the roads and beaches were littered everywhere.

Tong Gaoyi ordered his subordinates to start cleaning up the battlefield, judging from the pirate corpses left on the battlefield, at least four or five hundred pirates were eliminated, and after statistics, the Praetorian Guard itself was less than a hundred.

The veterans of the Praetorian Guard died more than 20 and were wounded more than 50, which can be described as heavy casualties, but they blocked more than 1,000 pirates head-on, shot more than 20 Japanese samurai, stabbed more than 100 pirates to death on the spot, and withstood the siege of more than 1,000 pirates.

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On a three-masted ship, Li Kuiqi was scolding. At this time, he was sitting topless on a stool, and his wounds were bandaged by the ship's doctor.

Li Kuiqi did not directly participate in the battle, but when he was escaping, in order to break the back, he was chased by a recruit and poked a shot in the back, but fortunately did not pierce into the inner abdomen, but only through the skin, otherwise he might not be able to escape back to the ship.

Li Kuiqi does not hate the officers and soldiers, after all, people are officials and they are thieves, and it is natural for officers and soldiers to catch thieves.

Li Kuiqi scolded Xu Xinsu.

Thousands of officers and troops are in Fuzhou, Xu Xinsu, a bastard, didn't even tell himself, he actually said that the officials and troops poured out of Fuzhou and the army was empty!

If he had known that there were so many thousands of officers and soldiers, why would he be so embarrassed? Why lose four or five hundred of his men in vain?

The thousands of officers and soldiers are weak, and they are fighting head-on, so what are they afraid of?

Xu Xinsu of the dog day, if I let me see you, I have to cramp and skin you!

Li Kuiqi scolded angrily.