Chapter 424: Old Lair, Black Wind Island

Xiang Yan's heart could be described as upset, he couldn't have imagined that these pirates would not fight Su Kang and Xie Cang.

Directly abandon the two county towns that were entrenched, gather all the pirates, and storm him along the way.

The intentions of the pirates, and the pirates have been fighting for so many years, Xiang Yan doesn't know.

In addition to the fact that Xiang Yan's soldiers and horses are weak, the most important thing is that as long as he breaks through the fourth county city, he can directly approach Yuezhou City next.

The defense of Yuezhou City is the first city in Yuezhou, but this first city must also have soldiers in order to play the greatest effect.

Today, all the troops in Yuezhou have been mobilized, and there are less than 2,000 troops left in the city of Yuezhou.

It is difficult to even fully defend Yuezhou City, let alone use Yuezhou City to counterattack.

And coincidentally, this road of soldiers and horses led by Xiang Yan is on the road that must pass through the fourth county town, and if you want to break through, Xiang Yan can't get around this way.

It can only be said that Xiang Yan made thousands of calculations, but he didn't expect that this group of pirates would be so bold and also engage in penetration, so unfortunately they were bumped into by him.

Xiang Yan wanted to retreat with his soldiers, but he was bitten by nearly 20,000 pirates.

Xiang Yan, who is forced to do this, has to play with his life, and then like before, to preserve his vitality to watch the play, I am afraid that his life will have to be explained here.

Xiang Yan gave a death order to his soldiers, no matter how much casualties he paid, he had to enter the fourth county city.

The battle that broke out between the two sides was the most intense, and it can be said that they were fighting while running.

During this period, Xiang Yan took the lead and once came to the frontier army to boost the morale of his soldiers.

Under Xiang Yan's example, this kind of encouragement still has a good effect.

After nearly half an hour of fierce fighting, after paying about 5,000 casualties, Xiang Yan and other soldiers finally entered the fourth county town.

Entering the fourth county city does not mean that the danger is lifted, if you want to attack Yuezhou City, the fourth county city is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

Therefore, the pirates who were stubborn did not choose to retreat at all because Xiang Yan entered the fourth county city.

Instead, with a more frantic attack, he attacked the fourth county city in an all-round way.

No wonder they are so crazy, everything is to break the game, it can be said that they are ready to fly, and they have to send it, if they choose to retreat at this time.

At most, they can ensure temporary safety, but when Su Kang and Xie Cang's reinforcements arrive, at that time, they will really be in a dilemma.

As long as you go all out, break through the fourth county town, and then quickly take Yuezhou City.

At that time, they can rely on the Yuezhou city wall to defend, even if they face the onslaught of nearly 40,000 Yuezhou soldiers, they will not be afraid.

The most important thing is that once they take Yuezhou City, it will definitely shake Yuezhou, and even Dongzhou.

When the time comes, the pirate pirates who attacked Dongzhou don't have to think about it, they won't let go of this good opportunity, and they will quickly go south for reinforcements.

When the reinforcements of the pirates in Dongzhou resisted, the forces of the two sides were basically equal, and finally a center blossomed, comprehensively defeated the Yuezhou soldiers, and finally took Yuezhou in one move.

Therefore, the war has reached such a critical point that not only can they not retreat, but they also have to attack with all their might.

The pirates' siege this time was unprecedented, and the siege weapons in their hands were no weaker than the Yuezhou soldiers, and it seemed that they had brought their old bottoms.

Under the continuous onslaught of the pirates, the walls of the fourth county city continued to crack at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even several places were thrown by catapults, making a few small gaps.

If it weren't for the fact that the forces on both sides were about the same, if there were 10,000 more pirates on their side, they would have been able to follow the gap and break through to the fourth county town.

Xiang Yan, who was sitting on the city wall, had a solemn face, and under his command, countless Yuezhou soldiers behind him were quickly mobilized and supplemented to various posts.

At present, it seems that the fourth county city is still under his control, but Xiang Yan understands it very well.

If he continued to attack like this, regardless of casualties, with the strength of more than 10,000 people in his hands, he would not be able to resist such a crazy pirate.

Xiang Yan was very anxious, but he didn't have any

What can I do, if I want to retreat, I can't retreat, I can only hold on to resist, and I hope that Su Kang, Xie Cang and their reinforcements can come quickly.

If it's too late, not only will he die here, but the entire Yuezhou will be finished.

And Su Kang and Xie Cang were taking their soldiers non-stop and frantically heading towards the fourth county town.

Only this time their support was not as smooth as before, and in the third county town, they suffered stubborn resistance.

In the third county town, at least 5,000 pirates gathered, these people rely on the defense of the third county town, and they will not retreat.

These 5,000 pirates were the last part of the force that invaded the pirates of Yuezhou.

They did not assemble with the large army, but also divided their troops, and deliberately arrived in the third county town ahead of schedule.

Because all the Yuezhou soldiers were mobilized, except for the rear of Yuezhou City, it was temporarily safe, and the first, second, third, and fourth county towns on the front line had long been attacked by pirates.

There weren't many soldiers left in the county, and this sortie, the 5,000 pirates who were divided into troops, were raided at night.

Under these circumstances, the group of pirates basically took the third county town without much cost.

Occupying the third county town, they have been lurking silently, and no news has come out.

It wasn't until Su Kang and Xie Cang's reinforcements that they didn't hesitate and immediately stopped them, because of the concealment, at first, this group of pirates also caught Su Kang and Xie Cang off guard.

Fortunately, both of them had experienced the war, so they quickly adjusted and immediately sent troops to besiege the third county town.

There's no way, if you want to go to the fourth county town, the third county town can't be bypassed.

This siege, the same death order was given, and the siege was carried out with all their might, and the same was true for the opposing pirates.

In a short period of time, the two sides actually reached a stalemate, and in order to break this stalemate, Xie Cang took the forward Split Mountain Army and forcibly attacked the city head-on.

The casualties on both sides increased at a rate that was visible to the naked eye, but even at this time, the pirates who were holding on to the third county town were really on fire.

During this period, he took the initiative to open the city gate, and at least more than 2,000 pirates charged.

The battle between the two sides has once again fallen into anxiety, and judging from the current situation, with the increase in pirate casualties in the third county, it is a matter of time before this nail is taken.

But sooner or later it is not something that can be done in a short time, so these two battlefields are holding on hard and holding on, to see who can be the first to break through the opponent's defense.

The entire Yuezhou, because these two battlefields were once hot, can be said to have attracted the attention of everyone in Yuezhou.

At this time, in the woods about forty or fifty miles away from the first county town, more precisely, in a waterway behind the forest.

At least 20 civilian ships were heading down the river, and judging by the direction in which they were going, they were leaving Yuezhou and heading towards the coast of Yuezhou.

These twenty civilian ships looked like caravans going to sea, but no one could have imagined that among these twenty civilian ships, there were 2,000 guards including Su Qi'an.

They went all the way down the river, and their whereabouts were very hidden, and even if someone found out, they only thought that they were some caravans going to sea.

No one will pay attention to them, after all, the current war in Yuezhou is called a lively one, and everyone's eyes are focused on the two battlefields that broke out.

As for this caravan going to sea, what is there to pay attention to.

Even if war breaks out in Yuezhou, there will always be some caravans that venture out to sea, after all, they rely on the sea for food.

It was impossible to stop shipping because of the outbreak of war, so some bold caravans took advantage of the war, and both sides were too busy to take care of themselves and quietly went to sea.

Su Qi'an took advantage of this to let Xiao Si and other craftsmen submit to him, and under his arrangement, quietly got out the private shipyard that burned down before and the civilian ships that were manufactured.

The shipyard can be burned, but Su Qi'an will not be stupid enough to destroy the civilian ships that are made, these ships will be of great use to him.

When Su Qi'an set his eyes on these well-made civilian ships, a risky plan was born in his heart.

First of all, the general point of Yuezhou

With a wave of identity, the soldiers were divided into three ways to directly exterminate the pirates and forcibly force the pirates to fight.

Even if the pirates change their operations later, with Su Kang and Xie Cang's men and horses, it will be a matter of time before they meet Xiang Yan, but if they want to encircle and exterminate this group of pirates, they will definitely pay a lot of casualties.

But these are all necessary, Su Qi'an is not thinking about casualties, but how to calm the war.

Therefore, when both sides were entangled and no one could get out, Su Qi'an took two thousand guard troops, took a civilian boat, went all the way down the river, and went directly to the sea.

Attack the pirates' lair, the Isle of Black Wind.

Once Black Wind Island is taken, even if the pirates take Yuezhou City, it will be useless.

Black Wind Island is the base camp of the pirates, and it is also the back road for them to invade Yuezhou.

Because they are pirates, they can be said to be like fish in water in the water, and once the siege momentum is not good, they will take advantage of the chaos and quickly slip into the nearby waterways.

And because Yuezhou is a state of waterways, there are countless waterways in the territory, which gives the pirates a great chance to escape.

With the help of waterways, he evaded layers of pursuit, and finally returned to his old nest Black Wind Island safely.

As long as you give time to recuperate, you will surely make a comeback in the future.

The importance of Black Wind Island, Su Kang and Xiang Yan are well aware of it, and they have sent heavy troops more than once before to encircle and suppress Black Wind Island, but in the end, they all returned defeated.

It's not that they're weak, it's mainly their fanfare, which doesn't exactly give Black Wind Island enough time to arm.

With the blessing of more than 70,000 pirates and more than 10,000 pirates, 30,000 or 40,000 Yuezhou soldiers left the mainland land and went to the sea to exterminate the pirates.

And if you want to sneak attack, there is no good opportunity, so you can only tolerate the growth of Black Wind Island.

And this time, Su Qi'an issued an order openly, asking all the soldiers in Yuezhou to fight to the death with the pirates who invaded Yuezhou, forcibly forcing them to send troops, and even deliberately exposed the flaw that there were no soldiers in Yuezhou City.

In order to let the pirates who were sticking to the first and second counties fall into his trap and go all out to occupy Yuezhou City, they just ignored their big rear, Black Wind Island.