Chapter 84: The End of the Road (Part I)

Just when the Haikou attacked Taizhou City with all their might, it seemed that it was falling, suddenly a neat footsteps sounded, "Bo-Bo", feeling that the ground under his feet was shaking slightly, and the Haikou took a closer look in the direction from which the footsteps came, and there was an army on the northern slope of the mountain, which was lined up in a neat horizontal formation, and did not immediately attack the Haikou, but formed a deterrent to the Haikou

And in the camp of the pirates, the leaders of the pirates immediately held a military meeting to discuss how to deal with the sudden reinforcements, and Ito Yuzhen, the leader of the pirates, sat on the chair in the formation: Didn't you say that the Taizhou Mansion was empty, how could there be so many reinforcements

Honda Mano: Judging from the size of the army on the mountain, there must be about 14,000-5,000 people, if the enemy launches an offensive at this time, then we will be attacked by the enemy on both sides, and the big leader should not withdraw the siege troops first, and wait until this reinforcement is eliminated to attack Taizhou City

Ito Yongzhen thought for a moment: No-continue to storm Taizhou City with all his might, first draw 2,000 warriors from the siege force and 5,000 warriors guarding the main formation to drag the enemy's reinforcements, I don't know which leader is willing to lead the troops into battle

A young coward stood up from his chair, wearing a forehead guard and wearing a standard samurai armor on his head: "Great Chief, our Japanese samurai, all of us are highly skilled in martial arts, give me 5,000 warriors to defeat the enemy's reinforcements."

Ito Yuma: Teng Chengichiro, you deserve to be an excellent samurai, then you will lead the troops to destroy the group of enemy troops on the mountain, and the gods of heaven will bless you with victory

Teng Chengyilang looked full of confidence: Thank you big leader, it won't be long before the people of Zhejiang will see the power of our great warriors

Ito Yuma: Teng Chengichiro, then I will wait for your victory and triumph to celebrate your achievements

A good-looking Haikou leader also stood up: "Big leader, I am willing to help Teng Cheng as the vanguard

Ito Yuma: Okay, Ken Sanada has appointed you to be a pioneer, and when you can make new contributions, I will ask the lord for credit for you

Kenshin Sanada: Chief Xie Dai

Teng Chengichiro and Sanada Kenshin led 7,000 Dongwai pirates to set up a horizontal formation in the north of Taizhou City, wanting to drag the reinforcements on the hillside to gain enough time to attack Taizhou City, the Haikou horizontal formation was divided into 14 small formations, each small formation had 500 pirates, and the 6 small formations in the front row were all Haikou Ashigaru pikemen - the back 5 small formations were Haikou Taidao soldiers - in the middle of the last row were 500 Japanese archers and 500 Japanese samurai on the left and right sides, and the Haikou horizontal formation was in a fighting posture and was pressing towards the reinforcements on the hillside step by step

When the pirates came to a halt about 300 paces from us, 500 Japanese archers came to the front from the back of the formation and stood in two rows

Gao Guoxing, the governor of the left capital, is also a member of the long-term battle formation who has led the troops all year round, but when he saw Haikou's move, he also figured out their specific intentions, to say that Haikou wants to use bows and arrows to suppress us, then this distance is too far, it can't hit Ben, because the general bow and arrow range is about 150 steps, even with the help of the wind, it is between 180-200 steps at most, and the power of the arrow will gradually decrease with the increase of distance

I saw that the Japanese soldiers would wave forward vigorously with their military equipment and shout: Hana TA

The Japanese archers took an arrow from the ground and drew the bow with a "whoosh" and shot at us, at first we all thought that the Japanese arrows would not be able to shoot us, but as the arrows got closer and closer to us, they reached the top of our heads

Li Yang shouted in surprise: I'm Cao-hurry up the shield

Gao Yuan shouted at the top of his voice: Raise the shield

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately raised their shields above their heads to protect themselves, and several of them pulled people without shields to dodge under the shields to dodge the arrows, and the arrows were shot on the shields, and more than 30 people were wounded in this round of shooting because they could not hide under the shields in time, but the casualties of the guards were more serious than ours, and there were 70-80 people

Then there was a second "Hanata" of Japanese archers, and this time they raised their bows a little higher, and the arrows swept through the sky and went straight to the townsfolk behind us, and the arrows crackled down like rain

Yuan Kui hurriedly turned around and waved his hand at Xiang Yong: Hide behind the big tree

When the villagers heard this, they hurriedly retreated behind the big tree, and a few people stood in a vertical row, and this round of shooting shot at our side, with more than 60 casualties and more than 50 guards, and most of the arrows were shot at the trees

Gao Yuan: If you go on like this, you will have to injure 2-3,000 people before the battle starts

Yuan Kui: But the range of our bows and arrows is only about 150 paces, so even if we press the troops down now, the Japanese archers will still be the same

Li Long: Young Master, why don't we just bring someone to rush up and fight with them

I was going to wait for the military order of Gao Guoxing, the governor of the left capital, after all, now this team has temporarily joined the guards, but Gao Guoxing has not given an order for a long time, if he does not take any measures, then the little money he has worked hard to accumulate will be lost: Gao Lin, you bring all the crossbowmen and press it

Gao Yuan: But the range of the crossbow is only 250 steps

Li Yang: The brothers of the Plateau-Yuankui Trap Camp and the Fire Trap Camp pressed up and took the 50 steps of damage for the crossbowmen

Yuan Kui pulled out the steel knife hanging on his waist, "It's only like this-brothers, let's go, brothers in the fire trap camp"

Gao Yuan shouted at the top of his voice: The shield wall is fighting

The 600 shieldmen of the Trap Hill Camp and the Fire Trap Battalion immediately fought in two rows and marched forward, followed closely by 200 crossbowmen who cowered behind their shields to protect themselves

The leader of the Haikou archers looked at it and waved his military equipment and shouted: Hana TA

I saw a burst of dark arrow rain across the air and shot towards the 600 shield soldiers, Yuan Kui shouted in the crowd "Raise the shield", the shield soldiers immediately raised their shields after hearing this, and formed a fan-shaped shield wall, "Gurgle-Gurgle", the arrows passed through the gaps between the shields, and shot more than 10 soldiers, carried 3 waves of arrow rain, paid nearly 40 casualties, and finally reached the position of 250 steps

500 pirate archers and 200 iron crossbowmen aimed their arrows at each other at the same time, this is a duel of numbers and strength, almost at the same time, the crossbow arrows on both sides are shot together, although the pirates have an advantage in numbers, but the accuracy of the arrows is indeed not as high as the crossbow arrows, only the first round of shooting against the sea archers was shot and killed nearly 100 people, and the iron crossbowmen only suffered more than 20 casualties, most of them can fight again

Although the power of the crossbow is great, but the shooting speed is not as fast as the bow and arrow, the sea archer shoots two waves of arrows, the iron crossbow can complete a shot, due to the fierce battle, the salvo of both sides gradually becomes a random rapid fire, whether it is the sea crossbow or we all understand a common truth, kill one more enemy, the other party's lethality will be weakened

After several rounds of fierce firing between the two sides, 500 pirate archers were routed, and the crossbowmen also paid a heavy price and suffered nearly 100 casualties

Li Long heard it: Young Master Weijun wants to use the lives of his brothers to consume the Haikou Emperor, and when we fight with the Haikou to break the net, they will come out to pick up the ready-made merits

Erniu: Why didn't they co-authored our brothers to send them to death

Li Yang glanced at the guards, and then pulled the steel knife out of the scabbard: "Old and young masters in the north, if we want to survive, we must kill them, and let the trap camp and the fire trap camp attack the Haikou, and the whole army will advance 100 steps

A horn sounded, "Woo-woo" Gao Yuan looked back at the hillside and saw a flag waving back and forth, which was the consciousness of launching an attack: the attack of the mountain camp

Yuan Kui waved his steel knife: The fire trap camp attacked

The soldiers of the two battalions held shields and steel knives in their hands and marched neatly to attack Haikou, and then more than 10,000 villagers on the hillside marched 100 steps and then stopped, Teng Chengyilang looked up the hillside and saw that the army that came to the aid of Taizhou City did not launch a full-scale attack, but sent a small force of troops to attack us, and the well-equipped troops on the hillside should be the main force of reinforcements, since the enemy sent a small army to attack, then we also sent a small army to fight

Teng Chengyi Lang ordered two Haikou ashigaru teams to attack them towards the plateau, "Oh! Rush-kill-drink" The two armies all launched an attack with full strength, and when they first clashed, the Haikou Ashigaru took advantage of the distance of the spear attack, and the trapping battalion led by the plateau alone wounded more than 30 brothers

But the inferior situation was quickly reversed by the brothers who were trapped in the mountain camp, and the spear that fought at close range was not as sensitive as the steel knife, and the lethality was greatly reduced, but the brothers who used the steel knife and shield became more and more brave the more they fought, and they knew how to avoid the spear and cut off the handle of the gun at will, so that the Haikou became a lamb to the slaughter, seeing that the two ashigaru teams were about to be defeated, Teng Chengichiro sent a ashigaru team and the Taidao team out to fight

Gao Guoxing's national capital guards still did not attack, and they saw that Haikou only sent a small force to engage the trapping camp and the fire trap camp instead of a full-scale attack, Li Yang immediately understood Gao Guoxing's combat intentions, as long as we did not launch a full-scale attack on Haikou, we would not be able to figure out our real combat intentions, and we would have some scruples in the use of tactics to deal with the guards, and Taizhou guard Yuan Bin saw that reinforcements were fighting with Haikou outside the city on the city wall, and led the soldiers and officials defending the city to resist the attack of Haikou to the death

Yuan Kui saw that the soldiers of the two battalions had launched a new attack in the chaotic battle, and the soldiers of the two battalions had become messy as they patronized the enemy, and once the reinforcements of the Haikou arrived, they would break the soldiers one by one, so he immediately ordered the soldiers of the two battalions to shrink the battle line and gather the brothers

100 iron crossbowmen stood in the back row, aimed the crossbows at the oncoming pirates from the gaps, "whoosh-whoosh" crossbow arrows shot out quickly, and shot the pirates who rushed in front on the spot, and then the soldiers of the two battalions formed a circle to protect the crossbowmen in the middle, and the crossbowmen surrounded the circle formation, and the iron crossbowmen continued to shoot outward in the formation

Seeing the tragic death of one after another proud Japanese warriors outside the circle formation, Teng Chengyilang was furious and sent 3 more troops to eat the trap mountain camp and the fire trap camp in one bite, Li Yang asked Li Long to immediately lead the Lin Ran battalion to support the plateau from the left flank, and they formed a flank attack on the sea bandits, and ordered 300 archers to fire arrows at the sea bandits to slow down the enemy's attack

We fought with the Haikou for an hour, but Gao Guoxing's side still did not have the consciousness of attacking, the current situation is that the Haikou 3,500 people are fighting with a total of 1,500 people in the Trap Mountain Camp-Fire Trap Camp and Lin Ran Camp, this battle is difficult to distinguish, it is difficult to distinguish who wins and who loses, and our side is relying on strong bows and crossbows to equalize the numerical inferiority

I don't know what Gao Guoxing is waiting for, but I can't watch my brothers desperately fight with the pirates in front and hide in the back, and as a military advisor, the head of the mountain mountain suggested: It is only a matter of time before the 3rd battalion is eaten by the pirates if the Dongjiazao fights like this, it is better to send cavalry to outflank from the left and right flanks to reduce the frontal pressure of the 3rd battalion

Li Yang: Well, I'll lead 200 cavalry to attack from the left, and you lead 300 cavalry to attack from the right

The two cavalry teams formed a diamond shape and launched a surprise attack on the pirate from the left and right flanks on the periphery: "Oh! The cavalry brandished a steel knife and galloped across the cold light, and everywhere the cold light went, flesh and blood flew and stumps were splashed everywhere, and only one wave of assault killed more than 400 pirates on the other side, and in the face of the cavalry's assault, the pirates were beaten into chaos for a while, and the four-character banner of the wind forest volcano was immediately fluttering on the entire battlefield, "Oh! Instantly the morale was greatly boosted, and the combat effectiveness exploded, Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui seized this opportunity to lead the brothers to a full-scale counterattack, and the more than 10,000 villagers who were in reserve on the hillside while the morale was high also threw themselves into the battle

Seeing that the vanguard was at a disadvantage, it would not take long to be defeated, Teng Chengyilang finally couldn't bear to lead the remaining Haikou to rush towards us, at this time, Gao Guoxing, the governor of the left capital, led 2,000 guards to launch a general attack on the Haikou led by Teng Chengyilang, from the beginning he planned to divide the Haikou in two and beat them so that they could not be connected from end to end

After Xiang Yong entered the battle, he quickly defeated the vanguard of the Haikou, at this time the siege force of the Haikou had already captured several city walls, and several of us quickly got together to discuss a countermeasure, Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui led the trapping camp and the fire trap camp and half of the Xiangyong to support Taizhou City, and I and Li Long-Da Niu and others led the rest of the people to support the Zuodu Governor Gao Guoxing led the guards

In the melee, I and Teng Chengyilang fought a face, without saying a word, they fought for more than 20 rounds, his knife skills are very exquisite, specializing in key points and life, these more than 20 rounds, I am mostly on defense, in the hand, my left arm was slashed by him, blood dripped to the ground through the clothes, he held the knife in both hands and kept slashing at me, helplessly, I could only swing the knife to resist the attack

He held the sword high, jumped up, slashed at me with all his strength, I quickly set up the steel knife for defense, only to hear a crisp sound of "bang", the steel knife in my hand was actually cut off by him, and then the knife was cut on my shoulder bone, I immediately reached out and grabbed the knife on the shoulder bone, stuck it on the shoulder bone, so that Teng Chengyilang could not take the knife back in time

I saw the right time to put the broken knife on his neck and slashed hard, blood flowed down the wound, he immediately covered his neck with his left hand, I immediately let go of my hand, he stumbled and slashed at me with the knife, I took advantage of his body to be stunned, I went up and kicked him to the ground

Teng Chengyilang fell to the ground, covered his neck with both hands, his feet kept twitching, but it didn't take long for him to be motionless, I raised the steel knife to endure the pain and shouted loudly: "Ah! The soldiers in the battle were attracted by the roar, and when they saw the corpse of a pirate leader lying on the ground, they shouted "Oh! ”

When Kenshin Sanada saw Teng Chengichiro being stabbed by me, "Ah! "He grabbed the cross gun with both hands and rushed towards me, it was a thrust, I quickly dodged the sharp cross gun from the side into the armor, and then he pulled the cross gun out and pulled the armor off my body, he rotated his body and kept swinging the cross gun at me, slashing at me, I set up the steel knife to resist the attack, he pushed down the cross gun and pulled it back hard, my left shoulder was cut by the cross gun and a nearly long cut of the steel knife was also knocked off by him

Sanada Kenshin kicked me to the ground with a roundabout kick, and then used a cross gun to rub me quickly, I quickly rolled on the ground to avoid the attack, I saw the right time to grab a handful of sand from the ground and raised it in his face, he quickly raised his arm in front of him to block the sand, and then he put his arm down, and I threw a handful of sand at him, it turned out that if a handful of sand could not blind his eyes, then use two, he quickly rubbed his eyes with his hand, "phew" and spit out the sand in his mouth, I went up and kicked him to the ground

Sanada Kenshin's face was angry, and he looked at him viciously, grabbed the cross gun and got up from the ground, I saw this posture, turned around and killed the duck, and ran away, he chased me with the cross gun in his back, and in the process of escaping, I kept looking back at him and shouting in his mouth, "Jiang Yu save me-Jiang Yu save me"

Jiang Yu rushed over immediately after hearing my voice, he stood in front of me with a long sword and stopped Sanada Kenshin, I held his arm with my hand and panted: Jiang Yu, this kid, he is too powerful, I can't beat him

Jiang Yu looked at me coldly: He exudes a strong murderous aura He should be a master, you quickly find a place to hide, and he will leave it to me

Sanada Kenshin also saw that Jiang Yu was a master, only to see him clenching the cross gun with both hands and rushing towards Jiang Yu with a quick step, and the two fought for more than 30 rounds without distinguishing between high and low, this is the first time I have seen someone who can fight Jiang Yu for so many rounds

There was a low horn sound on the hillside, "woo-woo", three flags moved slowly in the woods, take a closer look, these flags were written Su-Quan-Zhao, isn't this Brother Su and Brother Quan, great, Lord Sun brought other reinforcements to support us

I hurriedly waved my hand to the hillside and shouted: Brother Su-Brother Quan

When Brother Su saw that I was waving at him in the chaotic battle, he glanced at the battlefield form again and immediately asked Lord Sun for his life: Your Excellency, the last general, will bring people to support Taizhou City

Sun Yuanwu nodded: Well, go ahead

Brother Su rode a war horse and waved the long knife: Brothers, kill me

Brother Su-Brother Quan, and Brother Zhao rushed to the front, leading the second wave of reinforcements, with a total of more than 1,500 people, to attack Haikou from the hillside