The sound of "rumbling" dense footsteps came from the stone bridge, accompanied by a strange cry that was estimated to be a Japanese language. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The brigade that pursued and escaped from the Japanese followed, but they all stopped in front of the bridge on the side of the town, after all, they still knew that they could not defeat the Japanese who had gathered together.

For a moment, the originally noisy and bloody battle situation came to a standstill, and the two sides faced each other on both sides of the bridge.

"Who is it?" The villagers who lit the torches found Li Chengliang and the others hiding under the bridge.

Li Chengliang immediately replied: "Da Ming." ”

Wan Qisong hurriedly added: "We are disciples of the Moge." ”

A middle-aged man who should be the head of the Xiangyong Sect immediately greeted Wan Qisong when he heard this: "It turned out to be the chivalrous man of the Moge Pavilion who helped fight the Kou!"

At this time, the Ming army that cleaned up the Japanese in the town also gradually gathered at the entrance of the town, and the leading colonel general and Li Chengliang simply nodded in greeting, concentrating on discussing the next step with his subordinates.

Li Chengliang sent another disciple to the town to gather the disciples of Moge and the Beggar Gang who had dispersed before the attack, turned his head and whispered to Wan Qisong, "Why don't these widows retreat?"

Wan Qisong shook his head and said: "I don't know, it stands to reason that they have suffered a lot of losses, even if they are all outlaws, they will not be afraid of death." ”

Over there, the general and his subordinates had already agreed on an idea, and the flag order was sent down like a stream. The sword and shield soldiers of the Ming army began to form a phalanx, standing in front, and the spearmen stood behind the sword and shield soldiers, killing and wounding the enemy from a long distance with the spears in their hands.

"Knock! knock!" The marching war drums sounded, and the pouring rain splashed mist on the armor of the Ming army, adding some ethereal feeling.

Li Chengliang was not in the mood to watch these scenes, to be honest, he couldn't believe in the frontal combat ability of the Ming army like Wan Qisong, and what he wanted to ask most was where the men and horses of Master Bai Mosheng and Elder Song had gone, and whether they could come in time to attack the Ming army here in time to ensure that the victory was foolproof.

The shouting sound of fighting interrupted Li Chengliang's thoughts, and the Ming army in the array had once again fought with the Japanese invaders.

Although the scattered encirclement and annihilation of nearly a hundred Japanese pirates were annihilated, what was still left at this moment was obviously the elite of the Japanese robbers, all wielding war knives, sharp blades could easily break through the shields and armor of the sword and shield soldiers, and the flexible steps of the Japanese pirates could easily avoid the stereotypical rushing moves of the Ming army, and the Ming troops in the front row fell in a pool of blood like a receding tide.

The situation of the battle took a turn for the worse, and the townspeople in the town also joined the war group under the support of the head of the sect, but their training and quality were obviously worse. A swarm of bees rushed up, and then retreated faster than the charge, and even caused the Ming army, which was already a little overstretched in the front line defense, to separate the team from the rear row to defend the two wings.

"Cluster!" a sharp sound pierced the sky on a rainy night, and a gorgeous fireworks burst into the sky.

Li Chengliang raised his eyes and followed the sound - in the north of the melee on the other side of the bridge, Bai Mosheng took the lead, followed by dozens of light horsemen galloping with torches, and then followed by the brigade led by Song Chi and others.

"Save!" Wan Qisong said happily.

The arrival of Bai Mosheng and the others obviously changed the situation in the field, not to mention anything else, but the more than 30 light horsemen rushed directly from the rear of the Japanese battle array, and more than a dozen improperly guarded Japanese soldiers were directly trampled to death by the rolling horses' hooves.

The disciples led by Song Chi and Mu Zhan followed closely behind, stabbing obliquely and stabbing in, and immediately killed the Japanese front on their backs, and the formation of the Japanese was in chaos. Although the remnants of the Japanese still fought to the death, constantly brazenly launching counter-charges against the besieging men and horses, the decline of the Ming army had stopped, and the cold shields advancing step by step squeezed the space for the Japanese to gain a foothold inch by inch.

Li Chengliang still had a somewhat solemn face, and said to Wan Qisong: "As you said, these widows should not be afraid of death, because people will always spare their lives. Now my Moge and the beggar gang disciples arrived in time to help in the fight, but the Japanese still did not retreat. ”

Wan Qisong opened his mouth to say something, but before he could say anything, he was drowned out by a rushing shout.

Just south of the melee battle array, about 300 black shadows let out a shocking shout, but because they did not raise torches, it was difficult to distinguish their identities.

Li Chengliang and Wan Qisong glanced at each other and secretly shouted: "Not good!"

Needless to say, the one who can rush to support the melee in the field at this moment will definitely not be the forces of the Ming Dynasty, but the main force that is left among the more than 500 Japanese Kou who were mentioned at the earliest.

The steps of this gang of newly appeared widows were a little heavy, and it was obvious that they had just made a long journey without stopping, and they rushed here without stopping, but when they drew their cold and shining swords, and shouted in their mouths to kill into the Ming army's formation, it was still terrifying.

The situation that had improved was sliding towards the direction of collapse, and Mo Ge and the beggar gang disciples suffered a lot of casualties, and the spearmen in the rear of the Ming army were even more defeated by the close combat Japanese robbers.

"Retreat!" shouted the Ming military academy.

Bai Mosheng and Song Chi also commanded the disciples to make a detour to the north and retreat towards the town.

Li Chengliang and Wan Qisong saw the situation in the field, and immediately took the exhausted disciples around them to cheer up again, crossed the bridge, and responded to the retreating Ming army, Bai Mosheng and others.

The people merged in one place and withdrew to the town.

Bai Mosheng, who met Li Chengliang, couldn't bother to greet him, and hurriedly briefly exchanged the situation after separation. Bai Mosheng did not find any trace of the Japanese for dozens of miles after advancing to the north, knowing that he might miss it, so he led his troops to turn back to the south, and met the disciples sent by Li Chengliang to report the contact, and rushed to the place where the Ming army and the Japanese invaders fought before and did not see Li Chengliang, and then rushed here under the guidance of the disciples left by Li Chengliang, and met the Song Chi people who were converging to the site of the previous battle on the road, so they gathered together and rushed to help. Unexpectedly, he was repelled by the Japanese who came from the rear team.

Bai Mosheng shook his head and sighed: "The number of elite disciples such as us is insufficient, and this battle situation is a drop in the bucket. It is not easy for these Ming troops to fight back and forth with the Japanese for several rounds, and this school general has done his best. ”

"Master, what should we do now? Are we scattered and stationed in this town? Isn't that the fish and meat on the board to be slaughtered? What should the people of this town do?" Li Chengliang was now anxious and hurriedly asked.

Bai Mosheng shook his head and said: "Victory and defeat are common, the people here should have been sent away by the Ming army in order to cooperate with the ambush before, don't worry." Remember, we didn't say that we would drive the pirates into the sea. Look at the meaning of the Ming army general, it should be to withdraw directly to the west, let's wait for the reinforcements invited by your Chu Bo, and then prepare for the follow-up. ”

Li Chengliang replied unwillingly: "Okay." ”

A group of horses and horses fought and withdrew from Renqiao Town, the west of Renqiao Town is a shallow mountain range, but it is easy to disperse and retreat, the Ming army general is also a little lacking in courage at this time, directly ordered the troops to disperse into the mountains and forests, each fled for his life, and he and several relatives fled to the south quickly.

Looking at the widows who were chasing after him, Li Chengliang said hatefully: "This dog official, when he ran for his life, he let his subordinates be used as bait to send him to death, but he escaped. In vain, Master, you are still praising him for coming. If he escapes, the situation we are waiting for will be dangerous, the Ming army will not listen to our dispatch, Master, didn't you say that a group of soldiers who do not form a formation are no different from livestock. How's that good?"

Bai Mosheng obviously didn't expect that the Ming Military Academy, who had just shown a bit of courageous means, would suddenly escape so boldly, and he was also a little hesitant in his heart: "It's difficult, our deployment should not be scattered, and there is more hope for gathering in one prominent place." ”

Li Chengliang was a little silent when he heard this, so he could only step on the muddy road, brave the torrential rain, and climb the mountains with difficulty.

Bai Mosheng and the others were also tired from running around all day, and the horses had given up after they had just sprinted into the enemy formation, after all, they were not specialized cavalry, and their ability to fight immediately was not up to par, and they couldn't prevent the tricks of the Japanese to cut the horse's legs with cold knives.

Seeing that the Japanese robbers behind him were getting closer and closer, Li Chengliang couldn't help but shout in his heart, did he want to die before he left the school?

"One body has fought three thousand miles, and one sword has been a million divisions!"

A clear shout suddenly sounded in the pouring rain!