Chapter Seventy-Six: The Counterattack of the Would-be Invaders
It's ridiculous to say, Chen Changsheng always thought that Li Yingyuan had hidden everything in the iron box he bought from the auction, and tried to pry open the iron box several times to steal things, but he failed because he couldn't do it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
He wouldn't have thought that with Li Yingyuan's finesse, how could he put the pill in that iron box for him to steal, let alone put the things in his dormitory, so that people could catch them with a casual inspection.
The pills that Li Yingyuan secretly exchanged never left the medical department from the beginning, but let Li Yingyuan find this inaccessible utility room and hide it.
"The days in Dinghai have come to an end, and there is no point in staying any longer. Li Yingyuan muttered to himself, but he was determined to take advantage of the current opportunity to leave Dinghai.
Li Yingyuan was reluctant to leave Dinghai with Xie Xun at the beginning, first, because he was afraid that his goal would be too big and cause the English to vigorously search for him, and second, because there were still many books that he had not memorized, and he hoped to take advantage of the current opportunity to memorize a few more.
Now, after reading the book, Ping Yingce should also be successfully taken by Xie Xun to Song Guerrilla, and he should plan how to leave Dinghai.
Li Yingyuan read books desperately during this time, and there was a feeling that his mind was gradually opening up, and he also had a thorough grasp of the minds of the English people, knowing that although the other party attached great importance to him on the surface, he was actually extremely cold-blooded, and would never let a person like him who knew a lot about the situation of the English people return to the Ming Continent and bring all kinds of useful information to the people on land.
Therefore, if he wants to leave Dinghai, he can only take advantage of the time when the English and Fusang people are fighting.
Although there is still a war going on, and there are some dangers, it is much better than escaping in a boat under the noses of the English after everything has settled.
Li Yingyuan locked the wooden box as it was, put it back in its original place, and made it exactly the same as the original before leaving the utility room, and casually took the apprentices out of the medical department to report to Guo Huaiyi.
At this time, the Japanese who ran to Dinghai knew that they had lost, and some wanted to find a boat to run out, some wanted to find those big Fusang families who wanted to hide, and some had the audacity to burn and rob them blatantly.
The English soldiers and the Ming soldiers who were attached to them left the county government and went out into the streets, but they immediately shot and killed anyone who was suspected of being a pirate.
At first, they only carried out Andrew's orders to kill pirates, but later they gradually changed their taste, and those English soldiers saw that the pirates robbed things looked beautiful and valuable, so they gradually focused on robbing the pirates' belongings, and then they simply tore their faces and entered the house and robbed themselves.
Originally, the formation could be maintained, but later more and more soldiers left the team, and when they saw gold and silver shops and jewelry stores on the side of the road, they went in and grabbed things directly.
Later, the more lax the discipline became, and the robbery was no longer limited to the store, and when they saw a large family with a grand façade, they also rushed in with a group of people to rob.
Among them, the discipline of the queen rangers led by John Senko is the most corrupt, these mercenaries only know money, and when they encounter the opportunity to rob legally, how can they not rob the reason.
When Li Yingyuan followed the main force out of the city gate and outside the city wall, there were less than 300 people left in the original team of seven or eight hundred people, and the rest went to various places to grab things. Li Yingyuan frowned, wanted to say something and held back, there was really no room for himself to speak at this time.
However, after a few circles outside the city and eliminating all the pirates in sight, things get more and more out of control. When the soldiers saw that the officers did not stop them very much, they became more and more arrogant, and they all began to openly disperse, dividing into dozens of squads according to their distant relatives and looting on a large scale.
This behavior is clearly problematic. The English army thought that it had won a decisive victory, and all that remained was to catch the turtle in the urn and wipe out the pirates who were still on the island.
But he forgot that purely in terms of the number of troops, he actually did not have much advantage, and the number of those Japanese robbers was still in the thousands, and they were supported by many local Fusang households.
If the English are ready to stand in line and advance gradually, they will slack off and divide into small teams, but they will also give the opponent a chance to counterattack.
Li Yingyuan originally followed Guo Huaiyi and the main force of the British army, but he didn't expect that there were fewer and fewer people walking, and even Guo Huaiyi and the officers who took the lead didn't know where to go.
Originally, Li Yingyuan didn't pay much attention to this, thinking that the fewer people there were, the greater the chance of running by himself, and he was still a little secretly happy in his heart.
It was also at this time that the first wave of counterattack by the Fuso pirates arrived, and dozens of Japanese pirates rushed forward with swords and rushed towards the English army.
Fortunately, this English army is still a better disciplined one, otherwise Li Yingyuan would not have followed in a daze, released a burst of guns, and attacked with bayonets, and beat the enemy away, but he also lost five or six people.
"What's the matter, where have all our people gone, how can these pirates have the courage to counterattack us?" Li Yingyuan's face changed, and he asked with a pant.
"I don't know. Are we too far ahead, too deep into the pirate group?" the officer at the head was still only a sergeant, and he was also puzzled.
"I have a bad feeling that we're in big trouble. Li Yingyuan finally understood that the situation was wrong, and said: "Give me a gun, let's withdraw it one after another, and meet with the big army." ”
The sergeant frowned, picked up a gun left by a dead English soldier from the ground and gave it to him, and Li Yingyuan stepped forward again, untied the cloth bag that the soldier was carrying, and carried it himself.
Naturally, the cloth bag contained lead bullet and gunpowder, which are standard equipment for the English Red Shrimp Soldiers, and will not be mentioned here.
It's just that they only thought about retreating at this time, but it was a little late to reassemble with the large army, the biggest problem was that there was no big army anymore, and the seven or eight hundred soldiers who set out from the county government had already been divided into dozens of squads, each team had a maximum of dozens of people, and at least five or six people, and they could no longer unite into a large army.
Major Andrew was intoxicated by the easy victory, and it was a big mistake to let his soldiers go out to exterminate pirates, and to overestimate the virtues of his own soldiers.
Dinghai was originally wealthy, and these soldiers were confused by all kinds of looted property, and they had long put military discipline or something behind them, and they wanted to get rich wholeheartedly.
It was also at this time that the counterattack of the pirates began to come. At first, it may just be that some pirates who were chased reflexively attacked the English soldiers, and after finding that the English soldiers were far less than expected, they gradually became more emboldened, and even took the initiative to attack the small number of English troops.
The English soldiers were caught off guard, and several squads were wiped out in a daze, and the pirates were given guns and ammunition.
At first, they did not dare to resist because of the strength of the English, but as some soldiers became more and more excessive, they wanted to burn down the house and kill people because they had not enough property.
Many of these rebellions were immediately suppressed, but some large families succeeded in counterattacking and went out, leading people with weapons to the streets, and when they saw English people, they cut and killed indiscriminately.
Before Major Andrew realized it, the situation in the entire Dinghai became out of control, forming a situation in which the big families of the entire Dinghai and the Fuso pirates fought against the English army together, and in the case that the English did not immediately and effectively organize, they became bigger and more fierce, and in a short time, hundreds of English soldiers and dependent Ming soldiers fell in a pool of blood.
Li Yingyuan didn't realize this in the bureau, thinking that only his own army was in danger, so he relied on his familiarity with the terrain and led those English soldiers around.
However, the situation is too chaotic, and a pirate may jump out of a random alley or even behind a tree and attack him.
These pirates also fell into madness at this time, and their eyes were red, knowing that they were going to be slashed and killed indiscriminately when they were pointed at gunpoint, as if they were crazy.
The sun was setting, and before I knew it, at night, there were fewer and fewer people around Li Yingyuan, and soon there were only two people left.
The others either died or encountered a large group of enemies, separated from each other.
People say that disaster does not go alone, and before they have gone far, they encounter more than a dozen Japanese robbers who appear naked and appear not far away, and rush over without saying a word after discovering them.
These pirates were all red-eyed, and they were not afraid of their shooting at all, but they just ran with a roar, while Li Yingyuan and the two soldiers immediately made a decision and immediately ran back.
Drilling alleys, bushes, and even dog holes, I don't know how long I ran, Li Yingyuan turned around and saw that there was no one behind him, not only the enemy was thrown away by him, but also the friendly troops.
Li Yingyuan suddenly felt ridiculous, it was true that he wanted to find a chance to escape alone, but it was not this way.
It wasn't until he met John Senko and was chased after him that he realized how wrong he was in choosing to run away today.