Donghai County, under the rule of Haizhou, leads the five counties of Donghai, Qishan, Lianshui, Shuyang and Huairen, and is an important coastal town in the eastern part of Shengtang, known as the "broad sea outpost".

The county seat of Donghai County is located in the county seat of Donghai. The city is small, with less than 30,000 permanent residents.

In this invasion of the Japanese thieves, Donghai County is one of their primary targets.

Taking this place, not only mastering the fortification stronghold of the garrison, but also close to the port wharf behind it, it is very important to attack and retreat and defend.

Therefore, Sugata Sanyou, one of the four leaders of the Japanese bandits, led more than 6,000 down-and-out samurai and pirate ronins under his command to surround Tokai Prefecture and storm the castle garrisoned by only 2,000 soldiers, in an attempt to seize this place in one fell swoop.

To this day, the offensive and defensive battle of Tokai Castle has been going on for three full days. The fierce fighting resulted in heavy casualties among the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the defense line was close to the limit and on the verge of collapse.

The Donghai County Guard, the Donghai County Commander, and a large group of civil officials and scribes also stood on the head of the city at this moment. They held kitchen knives and flat poles in their hands, and although their bodies were trembling slightly, their eyes were unusually determined.

This is the wide sea outpost, and it is the boundary defense line of the Holy Tang! Soldiers fight to the death, and civilian officials can do the same!

The people in the city also understood that those beasts outside the city must not be treated as normal people, and once the thieves rushed in, no one would be spared. Therefore, everyone did not need to be mobilized by the government, the men climbed to the top of the city to fight the thieves, and the women carried soil and stones to help repair the broken city wall.

However, they have no determination to fight to the death, but they lack the ability to resist the enemy.

Recruits, civil officials, and civilians, these improvised defenders, can only cheapen the archers and long-sword ronins of the thieves for nothing.

Looking at the thieves who were regrouping under the city and preparing to attack again, the Donghai County guard felt a chill in his heart: the government soldiers had already suffered casualties, and he and the people alone would definitely not be able to withstand this impact. Pity his wife and daughter are in the city, and they can't escape their doom after all.

Alas, the dagger I left for my daughter before, I don't know if she will use it? Do you dare to use it?

Oh my God, why don't you open your eyes?! Why should we be kind and weak people to face the vicious tigers and wolves alone? Where are our troops ?!

It was not only the county guards who raised desperate questions, but also many people who were facing the threat of death, all crying out in their hearts: Where is the army, where is the army?

The thieves under the city showed an evil grin, and their shiny long knives were raised above their heads again: "Kill them all!" ”

Sugata raised his hand triumphantly, and was about to give the order to charge generally, but suddenly, a loud military horn came from behind him.

Immediately afterwards, countless feather arrows accompanied by the shouting of "Long live my emperor" enveloped the entire team of thieves.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of ronin warriors were directly killed, and countless others were injured. Sugata was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to turn around and meet the opponent who was sweeping from behind.

Luo Yuan, the 10th Army of Zhenjiang, arrived in time before the East China Sea was breached!

Although there were only 2,000 soldiers in the navy, less than half of the strength of the bandits, they were a new force that had just been put into the battlefield, and their morale and physical strength far surpassed the enemy. Besides, many of them are elite veterans drawn from the armies of Zhenjiang, and they are not left behind when they fight the strong and fierce Turks, not to mention the group of obscene dwarfs in front of them?

And their main general, Luo Yuan, is even more exaggerated.

As Xu Youchang commented before, this guy was originally the kind of fierce general who didn't want to die in battle, quite similar to Du Jian's style, and now that thieves are ravaging his hometown and killing his relatives, Luo Yuan was completely enraged and directly started the crazy mode.

Wielding a long-handled broadsword, he rushed to the front of the entire team, and rushed straight into the group of thieves, rushing left and right, killing indiscriminately. The sword skills of the ronin warriors were not weak, but in the face of Luo Yuan, who was like a mad tiger, they could only retreat again and again.

At this moment, the Zhenjiang army completely disrupted the formation of the thieves, and the offensive suddenly became more fierce!

Sugata Yamanyou, who was originally a samurai lord on Wajima, was quite a military talent, and as soon as he saw the opponent's imposing and well-trained appearance, he knew that today was a real hard stubble, and it was by no means comparable to the soft eggs of the previous soldiers. So he hurriedly ordered a thousand soldiers and horses to fight hard to block the opponent's charge, and the rest of the people withdrew to a safe place first, and then made plans after finding out the situation.

The fierce battle lasted less than half an hour, and a thousand thieves were killed by Luo Yuan and them, and those who narrowly escaped death ran back to their leaders.

The Donghai county guard had been watching the battle at the head of the city, but he didn't expect that his legs suddenly became weak and he suddenly collapsed on the ground. I saw that the county guard was full of tears on his face at this time, pointed to the outside of the city, and shouted silently: "Have you seen that flag?" It's the Zhenjiang Army! It was Li Dadu who sent troops to save us! ”

The news spread, and the entire Donghai City suddenly resounded with a huge wave of cheers!

The people who escaped death hugged each other and wept, laughing and shouting, and the voices of "Long live the Zhenjiang Army" and "Long live the Dadu Protector" were everywhere.

The citizens of the Eastern Sea do have reason to be happy and at ease. Although the thieves outside the city have not completely retreated, but now that the world-famous Zhenjiang army is here, will victory be far away?

Even hundreds of thousands of Turkic iron horsemen knelt in front of the horses of the Dadu Guard, and what can a mere Japanese robber be considered a fart?!

The city gate was wide open, and the county guard of Donghai personally led the people to welcome the savior into the city, Luo Yuan stepped forward and said loudly: "We are the tenth army of Zhenjiang, and we are ordered to gallop to the aid of Donghai." Please rest assured, please leave it to us, sir. ”

"Rest assured, 10,000 rest assured!" The county guard laughed happily: "Dare to ask the name of the general? ”

Luo Yuan arched his hand and said: "I am the adjutant general of the Tenth Army, Du Lieutenant Luo Yuan." My lord, we are also from the East China Sea. ”

The official rank of the Shengtang County Guard is usually the sixth rank, and Luo Yuan, as the captain of Shangfu Guoyi, is an official who worships the fifth rank, which is one level higher than the Donghai County Guard. When the county guard heard this, he hurriedly saluted seriously, and choked up: "The lower official sees Lord Duwei!" I didn't expect that you are also a child of the East China Sea, and this time the old folks have been saved. ”

Luo Yuan's eyes were slightly red, and he stepped forward to support the excited county guard: "Don't worry. There is still our army behind, no matter how many thieves there are, we are not afraid! Dadu Hu specially gave us an order, those bandits who plagued the villagers, how many kills, do not accept surrender, must pay with blood! ”

When the county guard heard this, he remembered the suffering suffered by Donghai in the past half a month, and suddenly he couldn't control it anymore, held Luo Yuan's hand, and cried loudly.

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"Yaga! Didn't you say that there was no regular army of St. Don here? Sugata Shanyou scolded angrily: "Isn't the Zhenjiang Army a regular army? ”

Staff Officer Masao Hamano shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Either Bao Yuchun is deceiving us, or something is wrong with Shengtang's internal affairs." In short, the plan to storm the East China Sea needs to be adjusted immediately. ”

Sugata looked right at the flag of the Zhenjiang Army erected on the head of the city in the distance, cursed a few words again, and then asked, "How are you going to adjust?" ”

Masao Hamano said, "If you want to capture this city, you must increase your troops. My lord, I have heard of the Zhenjiang Army, they are the main army in the western part of the Holy Tang Dynasty, they have fought against the army of the Turkic Empire for many years, and they are extremely strong. ”

"Of course I know this," Sugata Shanyou said coldly: "Not only the Turks, but even Bao Yuchun himself is not the opponent of the Zhenjiang Army. Some time ago, Xiao Jing under him was also defeated by the other party, and 60,000 soldiers and horses were completely annihilated. ”

Hamano Masao nodded: "At present, although the Zhenjiang Army is powerful, there are not many troops here, and we still have a great chance." As long as enough manpower is transferred as soon as possible, Donghai City can be defeated in one go! ”

"And then?" Sugata Yama said: "If you fight down, can you hold it?" Li Jiangyao, who angered the Zhenjiang Army, was not a joke. ”

Masao Hamano sneered, "Lord Lord, what's wrong with you? We came back to Shengtang this time, not to conquer the city, but to strengthen our strength. Bao Yuchun and they didn't have a good heart, don't you know it very well? Conquer Donghai County, you can grab money, people, and food. If Li Jiangyao doesn't come, we will always occupy this place, if he comes to attack, then we will immediately return to the ship, flee into the open sea, and then land again when he is gone, the Zhenjiang army can't help us! ”

Sugata Shanyou nodded again and again when he heard this, his eyes were full of greed: "What you said is very reasonable, while there are not many Zhenjiang troops here, defeat them completely first!" ”

With that, he called the soldiers and ordered them to go to Swallowtail Harbor by the sea, where there were still more than a dozen boatloads of samurai ronin, and informed them to rush to Tokai County for reinforcements.

When his men heard this, they immediately mounted their horses and galloped eastward. Sugata turned his head to the right and ordered the thousands of thieves who remained here to eat and rest first, and then attack again in the middle of the night.

In the middle of the night, the spirited thieves reorganized their ranks and divided into three roads to gather around Donghai County. Most of them were former island warriors and had a long experience in combat, so they were very good at this kind of night sneak attack.

The first batch of 700 death squad soldiers, with short knives in their mouths, lightly touched under the city wall, and were preparing to climb with their bare hands, taking the lead in launching a sneak attack.

But at this moment, the originally silent Donghai City suddenly sounded a gong, and countless torches lit up in an instant, and the archers of the Zhenjiang Army who were waiting for the battle directly shot at the heads of the thieves!

In just a dozen breaths, two rounds of arrows poured down, shooting the death squad closest to the city wall on their backs.

Seeing that the operation was exposed, the thieves also launched a ruthless attack, and the death squads shouted "Kulos (kill)" regardless of the casualties! "While frantically climbing up the city wall.

Donghai County is not comparable to the metropolis of the imperial capital and Luoyi, the city walls are relatively low, and once the ronin warriors who are strong in martial arts and are not afraid of death are desperate, they will soon swarm up and fight with the Zhenjiang army at the head of the city.