Objectively speaking, the combat power of the pirates is still very strong, especially those ronins who have been professional samurai, and they have a ruthless air when fighting in close combat.

This kind of significant advantage, in dealing with the inexperienced new conscription soldiers, completely formed a crushing situation, often a ronin can fight against two or three Saint Tang troops at the same time, and can easily win.

However, this is not so easy to use against the Zhenjiang army.

In terms of toughness, there is no veteran of Zhenjiang who can survive until now who has not crawled out of the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses;

In terms of ferocity, in the eyes of the Western Xinjiang countries and Turkic warriors, they are a group of crazy beasts.

You thieves want to fight for your life with the Zhenjiang army? They don't want to die at all!

It is no exaggeration to say that at the moment when the war drums beat, everyone in Zhenjiang is a death squad!

The main general Luo Yuan once again possessed the demon god, and the big knife in his hand flew up and down the head of the East China Sea City, invincible. His combat power, Mo said, is firmly at the top of the navy, and even if he is placed in the fierce Zhenjiang Army troops, he can completely rank in the top ten.

This terrifying existence suddenly became a nightmare for thieves.

Seeing that the vanguard of the castle was about to be wiped out, Sugata Yamanyou, who was in the rear, was also anxious, and he ordered again and again, urging the soldiers to charge frantically, and never give the defenders any respite.

More than 4,000 thieves, armed with rudimentary wooden shields, poured into the city. More and more people climbed to the top of the city and engaged in a melee with the Zhenjiang army.

Although Luo Yuan and the others were very heroic, the other party was outnumbered after all, and they were all murderous outlaws, so after a fierce fight, the casualties of the Zhenjiang army were also very large, and even a few sections of the city wall were almost lost.

At this time, Luo Yuan's chest and left arm were not lightly injured, and excessive bleeding caused him to be dizzy and pale. However, this tough guy did not have the slightest fear, constantly brandished his long knife, and shouted: "Brothers! Kill the thief! Kill! Don't disgrace the Zhenjiang military flag! ”

With the encouragement of the commander, the Zhenjiang Navy once again rose to the top and roared the battle horn to pounce on the enemy who had ascended the city.

At this time, the offensive and defensive sides fight with willpower, and see which side is more tenacious and courageous!

And the result is also obvious, how can the spiritual will of a bandit who is only bent on plundering and lewd pleasure be qualified to be compared with a soldier who defends the land and protects the people?

As the strength and blood of both sides were exhausted little by little, the thieves were the first to be defeated. Before, it attacked like a tide, but now it is like a tide and retreats.

If it weren't for the fact that the casualties were too great and the troops in his hands were already insufficient, Luo Yuan would have been eager to immediately launch a pursuit and completely kill the group of beasts.

At dawn, the siege was over, and the thieves left more than 1,000 corpses behind and collected their troops. The people of Donghai City also rushed to the top of the city to help treat the wounded and repair the city walls.

Looking at the tragic battlefield, the county guard couldn't help but secretly sigh: Fortunately, the Zhenjiang army arrived in time, except for them, who can stop those terrible thieves? I don't know what the adults in the imperial capital think? It's bad that the main army didn't let the main army participate in the battle, but told the people to die on their own!

He stepped forward to support Luo Yuan, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and said with concern: "My lord, go down and rest, the injury is too serious." ”

Luo Yuan opened his eyes, saw that it was the Donghai County Guard, and shook his head with a smile: "It's okay, I'll squint a little for a while." ”

The county guard was a little distressed, and choked up: "I can't fight like this anymore." Or, let's try to transfer? ”

Luo Yuan knew the meaning of his words, sat up straight, and said solemnly: "There are thieves outside, our soldiers can withdraw, but the common people can't run away at all." Without the protection of the city walls, the situation would only get worse. ”

"But......" The county guard hesitated for a moment and pointed outside the city: "Look, the reinforcements of the thieves have arrived, and it is estimated that there are at least two or three thousand people, and the lower officials are worried about ......."

Luo Yuan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, before I entered the city yesterday, I had already sent someone to report to the main general of the Tenth Army, and the reinforcements should arrive soon." ”

The county keeper couldn't help but be surprised and delighted when he heard this. Unexpectedly, the fierce captain of the Zhenjiang Army in front of him was still a coarse and fine person, and he actually predicted the idea of the thief and made arrangements in advance.

Things turned out to be as Luo Yuan said, not long after the reinforcements from Sugata Mountain hurried from Yanwei Port, Nie Xianzeng, the commander of the Tenth Army of Zhenjiang, also arrived at Donghai County with a main force of 6,000.

Listening to the cheers coming from the city, and then looking at the elite soldiers who had been replaced at the top of the city, the thieves suddenly became a little dazed.

Sugata Sanyou, the leader of the Japanese thieves, also fell into deep hesitation: Is it necessary to fight again? Hit a stone with an egg?

Staff Officer Masao Hamano persuaded with a calm face: "My lord, the fighter plane has been missed, so I can only retreat first." ”

Sugata Yama looked at Tokai County unwillingly in his heart, and muttered, "This time I'm going to be flattened by that guy on the island again." ”

The "small island" he said in his mouth refers to another bandit leader, Kojima Takayoshi, who was commanding more than 3,000 soldiers and horses to attack Langya County at this time. Although Sugata Yasanyoshi and Kojima Takayoshi are both pirates and have reached a compromise and cooperation with Bao Yuchun, there have been various contradictions between the two of them for a long time, and there are often frictions and conflicts.

This time, they accepted Bao Yuchun's proposal and came to raid the eastern coast of Shengtang, saying that they wanted to take care of each other and join forces, but in fact, after landing, it was still you who did yours and I did mine. Sugata chose the East China Sea, while Takayoshi Kojima set his sights on Langya.

Hearing the leader's complaint, Masao Hamano shook his head helplessly: "Maybe it's luck." Kojima-kun's luck was better than ours, and he didn't run into the Zhenjiang army. My lord, I heard that Lianshui County in the southeast is also good, why don't we go there? There's something to be gained. ”

Sugata Shanyou thought about it and said depressedly: "Okay, let go of here for the time being, and turn to the southeast!" ”

However, he planned to let Donghai County go, but Nie Xianzeng didn't plan to let him go.

After the troops rested for half an hour, the gate of Donghai County suddenly opened, and the infantry of the 6,000 naval army crossed the city and set up a position on the plain.

"Brothers, it's true that we are a naval army, but ......" Nie Xianzeng stood at the front of the team and shouted loudly: "On our military flag, the name of the Zhenjiang Xiongshi is written!" Most of the capital guards swept the world, and the land war was invincible, can we disgrace him? ”

"Can't!" Thousands of voices roared at the same time.

"Okay, pass on my military order and form a formation!"

At the sound of an order, the navy army immediately formed six phalanxes, in three directions, left, center, and right, and pressed towards the thieves.

Seeing this, Sugata Yamayou, who was about to lead his troops to transfer the target of the attack, was immediately aroused to be ferocious, and ordered his subordinates not to leave first, and also formed six camps to prepare for the battle.

In his opinion, although the Zhenjiang army is powerful, it is only powerful in two places, one is cavalry, and the other is city fortifications. At this time, the people on the opposite side were all light infantry, which may not be as remarkable as the rumors.

Moreover, he didn't want to be ridiculed by his old rival Takayoshi Kojima, so he was determined to fight a battle in a dignified manner, so that the Saint Tang people would know that he was not easy to mess with.

The battle formations on both sides are getting closer and closer. The ronin samurai wielded a long knife in his hand, and kept roaring and shouting, looking fierce. On the other hand, the sailors of the Zhenjiang Army held up short-handled bayonets and narrow-bladed short knives suitable for water combat, and did not say a word, showing strict military discipline.

This movement and stillness formed a huge contrast, which made the situation on the battlefield more and more tense.

"Shoot the arrows! Charge! ”

Sugata gave a loud shout, and the robber archers pulled their bowstrings one after another, releasing arrows diagonally upward, and at the same time, the ronins in the front three camps launched a foot charge.

Nie Xianzeng was very calm, and while letting the troops stop and stabilize their positions, he ordered to raise a shield for protection.

Hearing the order, the sailors of the six phalanxes raised their shields one after another to protect themselves and their comrades beside them.

The arrows fell from the sky and clanged on the shields, not causing much damage to the Zhenjiang army, but with the help of bows and arrows, nearly 3,000 thieves had quickly rushed to the front.

"Crossbowman, fight back!"

With Nie Xianzeng's order, the crossbowmen hiding in the phalanx immediately appeared and launched intensive shots at the rushing ronin.

Unlike the parabola of the thief's bow and arrow, the naval archers were armed with more powerful and powerful crossbows, and they chose to shoot horizontally, giving the charging ronin a hard blow.

In just one round of arrow rain, more than 200 thieves were directly knocked down, and countless people were injured by arrows. Nie Xianzeng seized the opportunity and took advantage of the situation to order the sailors to launch a countercharge.

The soldiers of the navy shouted the offensive battle call of the Zhenjiang army, and approached the enemy in a neat formation. All of a sudden, the two sides collided together and fought to the death.

Sugata Yama rode on his horse, closely watching the changes on the battlefield. So far, the two sides are still evenly matched and inseparable. Like last night's siege battle, the Zhenjiang army showed a completely different will to fight from the government soldiers, and in the face of the crazy onslaught of the ronin samurai, they did not mess up at all, and always responded calmly at their own pace.

"They are indeed a well-trained army," Sugata said in a deep voice, "but the attack power does not seem to be as strong as the legend says." ”

Masao Hamano, who was standing on the side, pointed to the distance: "My lord, look there, their flag." ”

Sugata Yama followed the direction of his finger, carefully identified it, and suddenly said in surprise: "Water army? They are actually sailors in light armor? ”

"Yesterday I felt that there was a problem, the other party's weapons and equipment are not the traditional army configuration," Hamano Masao said: "It is only now that I understand that there are sailors in the Zhenjiang army, and they are so strong in land warfare." ”

Knowing that it was not the main force of the Zhenjiang Army that fought against him, but the naval division that mainly fought on the surface, Sugata Yamayou was immediately discouraged, if this was known by Kojima Takayoshi, he would have no face.

Sugata Shan was unwilling in his right heart, pulled out the katana at his waist, and shouted angrily: "Since you are just a sailor, what are you procrastinating?" Rush up and kill them! ”

Who knows, as soon as his words fell, a deafening shout of killing suddenly came from behind him!