Chapter 15: Liberating Taizhou City
In the camp of the pirates, Ito Yong, the general of the pirates, was really angry, he picked up a chair on the ground and slammed it, the muscles on his face twitched constantly, and he gritted his teeth and said: Doi Naono, this bastard has not come back yet, and when I return to the Eastern Wa Kingdom, I will definitely go to Lord Minatoko to confiscate the territory of the Doi clan
Taro Kato, the leader of the pirates, sat on a chair, clubbed his arm on his thigh, held a paper fan in his hand, looked at Taizhou City with both eyes, and said with a wicked smile: General, since that bastard from Doi didn't come, I don't want to wait for him, and when we capture Taizhou City, won't we be able to share more gold and silver
General Honda Mano raised his eyebrows and said softly: That's right, with our current troops, we can completely capture Taizhou City, and when we return to Dongwei with gold, silver and jewelry, Doi Naono will definitely regret not coming today
Yi Da Long Zhen stood up violently with a Japanese sword in his hand and said a little proudly: "The general will let me lead two thousand Eastern Japanese warriors to attack Taizhou, and I will capture Taizhou City in less than half a day."
Ito Yuma said with a relieved smile on his face: "Very good, the leader of Date, Amaterasu, will bless you, then I will wait for your good news in the camp."
Taro Kato said with a compliment in his eyes: "The leader of Date is worthy of being a famous samurai in my Eastern Wa Country."
Date Yujin raised his head and sneered and said, "You can wait for my good news forever."
After saying that, Date Ryujin swaggered out of the Haikou camp with a sword in hand
Taro Kato looked at the departing Date Yong and really thought about what are you doing, isn't it just that there are a few people in your Date family who are officials in the Taiko, and it is best to let your Date family suffer heavy losses when attacking the city, and the power of the Date family in the Eastern Wa Kingdom will also be reduced a lot
Ida Ryujin swaggered and walked in all directions to the front of the Haikou formation, drew his sword with his hand, and pointed at Taizhou City with a fierce wave and shouted at thousands of Haikou Kou: Countless gold, silver, jewelry, and beauties in Taizhou City are waiting for you, and Amaterasu will bless the real warriors to attack the city
2,000 pirates shouted frantically, raised their swords, and began to rush towards Taizhou City
On the wall of Taizhou City, an officer and soldier shouted: The adults and the pirates have begun to attack the city
Sun Yuanwu held a sword in his hand and leaned his body behind the city wall, looked at the Haikou who rushed towards the city wall and shouted: "Brothers, our family is in Taizhou City, we must not let the Haikou people step into Taizhou City, and they are shooting these bastards with arrows at me in the city."
Eight hundred archers on the city wall aimed their arrows at the pirates, and they all shot their arrows at the pirates, whoosh-whoosh-arrows, and shot the pirates quickly, only to see the pirates wielding their swords left and right to block and shoot down the arrows, and the pirates who were shot by the arrows endured the pain and broke the arrows with their hands, and looked at the soldiers on the city wall viciously and roared
After a few rounds of shooting, the pirates rushed to the city wall and set up a ladder, the pirates bit the sword in their mouths, grabbed the ladder with both hands and began to climb to the city wall, the defenders on the city wall threw down the rolling wood and thunder stones and smashed them on the head of the pirates, the head of the bleeding pirates fell from the ladder and fell to the ground, the injured pirates lay on the ground and covered the injured place with their hands and screamed
Several of them pushed a wooden ladder, the pirates in front of them bit the knife in their mouths, held the wooden ladder with both hands, and walked directly along the city wall
Seeing this, Sun Yuanwu raised his hand and patted the city wall and said: Quickly send infantry to block them
400 garrison infantry with swords, shields and spears rushed towards the pirates, constantly using spears and swords and shields to compare the pirates, the frightened pirates shrank their bodies to avoid the oncoming knives and guns, and the pirates also used their swords and stabs from time to time to compare the officials and soldiers into a stalemate
The officers and soldiers defending the city shouted loudly with anger on their faces, and pounced on the Haikou head-on, but after being pierced by the Haikou with a knife, he vomited blood in his mouth and hugged the Haikou tightly with both hands, pushing him to the edge of the city wall with all his strength, and fell off the city wall together
Under the city wall, more than 50 pirates carried siege piles and began to hit the city gate-bang-bang, after taking a few steps back, and then quickly stepped forward to continue to hit the city gate, after a crisp sound, the city gate broke, and the pirates began to rush towards the city gate frantically, and the city guards formed a human wall behind the city gate and stabbed the main file of the attack of the pirates with spears
And on the small hillside, the plateau looked back at Li Yang and said: The patriarch is now
Li Yang nodded slightly
Gao Yuan got up from the ground and waved his steel knife and shouted: Archers come forward
More than 150 archers slowly stood in a row with neat steps, half-stride, aiming their bows and arrows with both hands at the sea coars, waiting for an order
General Yuan Kui waved his hand and said loudly: The reservists stepped forward
200 reservists rose from the ground with swords on their backs, stood behind the archers with neat steps, and half tied their horses with stones in their hands, ready to throw them at any time
Li Long held the steel knife in his hand and shouted: The iron armor sword and shield hand are in place
100 ironclad sword and shield bearers came behind the reservists, and half a horse stepped to form a shield wall with their shields and their right hands holding their swords in their right hands
Gao Lin looked around and shouted: The steel gunner is in position
100 steel gunners slung their steel guns on their shoulders and walked behind the shield wall with neat steps
Li Hu clenched the steel knife and glared at Haikou and shouted: The wooden stake hand stepped forward
200 stakemen came with great difficulty holding the three-meter-long stakes in both hands, and the steel gunners put the stakes on the ground and stood in two rows behind them
Li Yang and the others led the special team to the left side of the horizontal formation, and the entire horizontal formation was approaching Haikou step by step
The defenders of Taizhou City were engaged in a fierce battle with the Haikou on the city wall, and a puff of gray smoke not far away attracted the attention of an officer and soldier, and when he looked closely, he saw that it was a ragged team of nearly 1,000 people
With tears in his eyes, the officer pointed to the direction of the team with his hand and said excitedly: Lord Sun, see that reinforcements are coming
When Sun Yuanwu heard this, he hurriedly approached the city wall and said in a panic: How can there be any reinforcements in this Taizhou
And Sun Yuanwu is very curious about this reinforcement, it is said that there should be no reinforcements in this vicinity, look at it carefully, this is a group of ragged nearly a thousand people, judging from their attire, most of them should be farming people, can it be family soldiers, but I have been in charge of Taizhou for many years, but I have never heard of anyone who can have such a scale of arms
Thinking of this, Sun Yuanwu was suddenly shocked in his heart, recalling that when he collected the war tax, the head of the Li family in Alan Village asked me about recruiting family members, could it be him, but the total population of Alan Village was only more than 1,000 people, and it was impossible for a nerd to have such appeal, thinking of this, Sun Yuanwu shook his head casually
Seeing that this team came to the rescue of Taizhou City, Sun Yuanwu didn't have much hope in his heart, in the face of the murderous Haikou and even the officers and soldiers escaped from the battle, not to mention you, you will only give away these hundreds of lives in vain, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart
And in the Haikou camp, Kato Taro shouted in surprise: General, look at the reinforcements from Taizhou
Ito Yuma, who was a little panicked, quickly got up and looked at the hillside with his eyes, looked at the ragged soldiers, and couldn't help laughing and said: I don't think any reinforcements are just hundreds of villagers who came to send them to death
Kato Taro thought to himself that Date Ryuzhen had already led people to attack Taizhou City and won the first credit, but there were hundreds of people in front of him who came to die, so it would be stupid if he didn't take advantage of it
Taro Kato bowed lightly to Ito Yuma and said respectfully: "The general, let me bring 500 Eastern Japanese warriors to kill them."
The corners of Ito's mouth twitched and said: Okay, Kato Chief, this reinforcement will be handed over to you to deal with
Taro Kato led 500 Towa samurai, clenched their swords in both hands, and rushed towards the soldiers with a loud shout in their mouths
When he was about 160 paces away from Haikou, Gao Yuan fiercely shouted with one finger: "Shoot the arrow."
150 archers will have already drawn the bow and arrow swish-swish-swish arrow to shoot at the pirates, the arrows will rush to the front row of the pirates holding up the swords, the pirates in the body of several arrows in the body endure the pain and fiercely swing the swords to cut off the arrows and continue to charge, the pirates who were shot in the eyes by the arrows grabbed the arrows with their hands and screamed on the ground and kept rolling
After two rounds of fire from the archers, the pirates rushed forward with their swords in both hands
Gao Yuan held the steel knife in his hand, turned around and waved his hand and said: Withdraw
The 150 archers began to run behind the shield wall with all their might
Yuan Kui's face tightened and he shouted: Throw stones
200 reservists tried their best to quickly throw the palm-sized stones out, the flying stones hit the pirates, the stones hit the pirates' heads, a stream of blood splashed out, the pirates were killed on the spot, the stones hit the pirates' faces, the flesh was knocked off, the blood was covered with their hands on their faces, and the pirates who were injured by the stones fell to the ground and kept rolling and screaming
Taro Kato's eyes were full of anger and he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Rush up and kill them all for me."
The pirates were angry, their eyes were red, their faces were full of anger, their mouths kept scolding, and they rushed up frantically with their swords raised in their hands
Just when Haikou was 4 meters away from the horizontal formation, Li Hu waved his hand and shouted: The wooden stake is up
When the 200 stakemen heard this, they quickly squatted down on one knee and held the stake with both hands at a 45 angle and raised it to form a wall of thorns
The pierced pirates spit blood in their mouths, grabbed the stake with both hands and screamed miserably, and the pirates behind looked at the tragic situation in front of them and were frightened and sat on the ground in amazement
There was also a hint of fear on the faces of the stakers in the face of the ferocious pirates, and the stakes were cut off with a slash with their swords in both hands, and they slashed towards the shield wall step by step
Li Long shouted loudly: The shield hand stepped forward to meet the enemy
The 100 shield-bearers clenched their shields and began to step forward step by step to meet the enemy, and the pirates quickly stepped forward and kicked on the shields with one flying foot, and their hands continued to swing their swords to slash and stab, and the shields clucked-clucked, and the shield-bearers gritted their teeth and pushed the pirates with all their might
As soon as Gao Lin saw that the shield wall in front of him was about to be unable to support it, he said loudly: The steel spear man is stabbing forward
The 100 steel gunners clenched the steel guns with both hands and stepped forward with all their might, and the pirates had no time to dodge in the face of the steel guns stabbed through the gaps in their shields, and the steel guns quickly and cleanly withdrew the steel guns, and dozens of pirates were stabbed in the chest with a large hole and fell in a pool of blood
The pirates behind frantically rushed up and hit the shield, raised their swords with both hands, and continued to stab the soldiers behind the shields, stabbing several people, and the wounded soldiers covered the wounds with their hands, and the blood flowed on the ground and screamed
The two sides began to engage in a close-range white-knuckle battle, slashing each other with knives, and among the pirates was a very well-dressed pirate leader, who had already killed several of his soldiers with a Japanese sword
Seeing this, Li Yang raised his hand and pointed at the leader of the pirates and said: The special team must kill this leader of the pirates
When Yuan Hong-Da Niu-Erniu-Li Pingping-Jiang Yu and others heard this, they immediately led 50 soldiers to kill the leader of the pirates, and more than 50 pirates brandished their swords and stepped forward to block the way of the special team
The two brothers of Da Niu and Er Niu rushed up with 20 family soldiers to fight with the pirates, one of the pirates waved a knife and slashed at the big cow, only to see the big cow lightly flashed, reached out and hugged the pike tightly, and a trace of a hideous smile leaked on his face, so he put the knife on the neck of the coward, and a stream of blood splashed out, and the big cow held a head in his hand and threw it at the pirates
Erniu looked back at Jiang Yu and the others and said, "This will be handed over to our two brothers, you go and kill the leader of the Haikou."
After speaking, Erniu rushed towards the Haikou with a knife in his hand, jumped and slashed violently, and slashed down to kill a Haikou with a knife, the soldiers fought with the Haikou together, fists and feet were added, and the Haikou was pressed to the ground and kept swinging his fist and biting with his mouth, and a piece of skin and flesh fell off, and the Haikou screamed and covered the wound with his hand, and the blood flowed
Yuan Hong and others with 30 soldiers continued to take advantage of the chaos to kill the leader of the pirates, Yuan Hong held a knife to slash left and right, the pirates had a trace of fear on their faces, and they took a few steps back, Li Pingping roared angrily in his mouth, his hands clenched the hammer, and he swung his whole body violently, and one after another the pirates were killed on the spot after being hit by the hammer
Jiang Yu also successfully killed in front of the leader of the pirates, Kato Taro, who held the sword with both hands and measured his feet to the left and right, constantly moving to change his position, while Jiang Yu casually hugged his shoulders and had a smile of contempt on his face
Seeing this, Taro Kato was angry, and his mouth shouted, and he raised the sword with both hands and stabbed at Jiang Yu quickly, Jiang Yu dodged with a smile on his face, and when he held on to Taro Kato, he quickly pulled out the long sword behind his back and slashed it with all his strength
Taro Kato turned his body and raised his sword in both hands and shouted: Bastard takes his life
Jiang Yu flicked the long sword and gently inserted it into the scabbard, snorted and sneered: You are already a dead person
After hearing this, Taro Kato took a step forward suddenly, and suddenly felt a cold wind seeping into his chest, and when he looked down, a stream of blood splashed out, his eyes widened, and he turned into two halves, and the surrounding pirates were all pale and sweaty, and the noisy battlefield became silent
Li Yang raised his hand and clenched his fist and shouted: Hey, hey, hey, hey
Zong and hundreds of family soldiers had tears in their eyes, smiled and raised their blades high and cheered: Hey, hey, hey, hey
Both sides of the war in Taizhou were drawn to the cheers
A Taizhou defender said excitedly: My lord, look at the support army that has won
Sun Yuanwu shook his hand and said: Good job, the men of Taizhou City, the reinforcements outside the city have won for a while, as long as we fight with all our strength, Haikou don't want to step into Taizhou City
A victory outside the city inspired the fighting spirit of the Taizhou defenders, and their eyes were full of murderous energy, and they approached the pirates step by step with their blades in hand
In the Zhang Mansion in Taizhou City, there was chaos up and down
Zhang Wenxuan said in a panic: Dad, the big thing is not good, the Taizhou guard will lead 4,000 defenders to escape, and the pirates are about to enter Taizhou City, Dad, let's run quickly
When Zhang Da heard this, he raised his hand and slapped the table and said: If we escape now, won't our family property be cheap for nothing?
Zhang Wenxuan blinked and asked with a puzzled expression: What should I do then, Dad
Zhang Da sighed lightly and said: There are more than 100,000 people living in this Taizhou city, Wenxuan, you go outside and incite the people in the city to help the defenders fight against the pirates
Zhang Wenxuan pursed his mouth and nodded, saying, "Good boy, let's go."
Zhang Wenxuan came to the street with a gong and kept knocking-banging-banging and saying: Fathers and villagers in Taizhou, listen to me, now there are more than 3,000 Haikou officers and soldiers outside the city who are desperately fighting against the Haikou on the city wall
We shouldn't hide at home, if the pirates really come in, they won't let us go, instead of sitting back and waiting to be killed, we should go to the city wall now and fight the pirates with the officials and soldiers to protect our families
After hearing Zhang Wenxuan's words, the people in the city walked out of their homes one after another, picked up the flat shoulder, picked up the kitchen knife, and in the blink of an eye, nearly 10,000 ragged people gathered in the city, and Zhang Wenxuan walked in the front with a fake tiger
As soon as they arrived under the city wall, the people waved their poles and rushed up to the city tower, Zhang Wenxuan looked up and saw that it was not Lord Sun, Zhang Wenxuan first came to Sun Yuanwu as soon as he climbed the city tower
Zhang Wenxuan hugged Shi Li with both hands and said: I saw Lord Sun in my late life, and I brought nearly 10,000 people in the city to help Lord Sun
Sun Yuanwu was a little excited when he heard this, raised his hand and patted Zhang Wenxuan on the shoulder, and said with relief: "Okay, when you dare to go, Haikou's mansion will definitely go to the national capital to ask for credit for you."
Zhang Wenxuan said respectfully: Thank you, Lord Sun
The officers and soldiers of the city wall and the people in the city together killed the Haikou of the city wall, although the Haikou is strong and strong, it is difficult to reach four hands with two fists, the officers and soldiers, you have a knife, I have a knife, the people you have a flat burden, I have a flat burden, and the Haikou who climbed the city wall is almost dead
Zhang Wenxuan pointed his finger at the Haikou and shouted: "Beat me hard to the fathers and villagers in Taizhou City, kill these Haikou and let them see that we Taizhou people are not easy to bully."
Sun Yuanwu, who was on the side, shook his head slightly when he saw this, and the defenders in the city began to fight with the people with the pirates in front of the city gate, and forcefully pushed the pirates out with the tactics of the sea of people
And in the camp of the pirates, he heard cheers not far away, and Ito Yong angrily threw the paper fan to the ground and said: Kato, that idiot can't even be beaten by the villagers
Honda Mano raised his hand and pointed to Taizhou and said, "General, it seems that the situation on Ida's side is not very good, what should we do."
Ito Yuma picked up the Japanese sword from the ground, drew the Japanese sword with his right hand and pointed it to the hillside, saying: "Send the order to the whole army to attack the hillside, first destroy the reinforcements and avenge the dead Eastern Japanese samurai, and when they are destroyed, we will go to support Ita Ryujin."
Honda stood up violently and said, "What the Shogun said is very true
The 1,500 pirates in the camp shouted and killed, and began to charge towards the horizontal formation on the hillside with their swords in both hands
Seeing this, Gao Yuan shouted: Look at the whole army of Haikou, if they rush over, I'm afraid that our people will be all finished
Yuan Kui looked at Li Yang and said: What should I do if the patriarch has come to this point
Li Yang looked at the longitudinal people and said: Let the archers step forward and use their bows and arrows to suppress and shoot the pirates, once the pirates get close, everyone immediately retreats, don't entangle with the pirates, the stakemen and steel gunners retreat, once the pirates chase after each other, they immediately step forward to launch a stab, and immediately let go and retreat after piercing the pirates
150 bows and arrows half-tied their horses and walked with both hands, and the arrows were shot out quickly, the arrows slashed through the sky and shot at the bodies of the pirates, and the wounded pirates fell to the ground and screamed, and the pirates rushed up desperately
The archers quickly turned around and ran as hard as they could, and from time to time they shot an arrow, keeping a distance from the pirates and shooting them