After Hood ordered the gunboats to conduct artillery fire preparations for nearly half an hour, he ordered his two thousand elite troops to land. At the same time, gunboats were ordered to follow the landing troops and be ready to support at any time. Horatio, who was watching the battle from the rear, saw Hood approaching step by step cautiously, looking unhurried and unhurried, and felt depressed and annoyed. He originally expected that Hood would be careless and underestimate the enemy and land a large army to fight as soon as they came up. At that time Nine times out of ten, he will be defeated by a strong counterattack from the enemy. In that case, it will be his turn to laugh at him! However, Hu De was neither impatient nor impatient, and acted step by step. I am afraid that after many days of exhaustion, the Yanyun Army would not be able to withstand his fierce attack!
Two thousand elite troops sailed across the wreckage-strewn beach in flat-bottomed boats and landed. Until this moment, the Ming army still had not appeared. Nelson and others stared from afar with wide eyes, wanting to see how the Ming army, which Horatio said was so terrifying, would fight.
Two thousand elites successfully landed and were immediately divided into two teams, one in front of the other, covering each other and advancing towards the island.
At this moment, figures shook in the distance, and two to three hundred people appeared. Nelson and others immediately became energetic and quickly stared intently. It's hard to see clearly from too far away, but you can vaguely see the enemy wearing all black armor and holding sharp weapons. He looks very tough.
When two thousand English elites saw the enemy finally appearing, they couldn't help but get excited and immediately rushed forward with shouts. The Ming army also shouted and came forward. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided and a fierce melee broke out. Soon the Ming army was defeated and they broke away from the battle and fled towards the island.
Horatio couldn't help but look very pale when he saw that the Ming army could not withstand the attack of Hu De's army and fled. When Hu De saw such a scene, he burst into laughter and said loudly: "I thought the Ming people were so powerful, but they turned out to be so vulnerable!" Of course he knew that the Ming army would be so vulnerable. Because the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and secondly, and more importantly, they had already exhausted themselves in the many days of fierce battles with Horatio, and there was not much combat power left. Hood knew these circumstances and still spoke like this, just to deliberately increase his prestige in front of his subordinates and destroy Horatio's ambition. The officers and soldiers nearby couldn't help laughing after hearing what Hu De said.
Hood ordered his soldiers to shout loudly for the landing troops. For a moment, the shouts echoed between the sea and the sky. Although it felt a bit chaotic, it did greatly increase the momentum of the landing troops.
The landing troops pursued the fleeing Ming army all the way into the only forest on the island. In an instant, traces of the Ming Army were lost. The general leading the team was very anxious, worried that the Ming army had escaped, and immediately ordered his troops to search separately. Two thousand men and horses spread out in the forest, searching in all directions. If the two thousand men and horses were standing on the flat ground, they would feel like a very large number. However, if they were scattered in the forest, they would be like a drop of ink dropped into a basin of water, disappearing without a trace in an instant; Soon they lost sight of each other, and the forest was deserted. Apart from the chirping of unknown insects and birds from time to time, there was only the sound of tide coming from the distant sea from time to time.
A burly captain led his soldiers to search in a dry ravine. There were tall trees on both sides with dense branches and leaves. Although it was sunny outside, it was dark here. Everyone searched for a long time without seeing even half of the enemy troops, and they couldn't help but become anxious. One soldier couldn't help shouting: "Where are you cowards hiding? Come out quickly! If we find you, we must kill you!" Cut off your heads!" Another soldier said with a smile: "If you talk like this, they will be even more afraid to come out!"
The crowd burst into laughter, and the soldier who had spoken before shouted again: "If you come out and surrender on your own, we will spare your lives!..." Whoosh! A sharp sound broke through the air suddenly. Almost at the same time, a sharp arrow pierced the neck of the noisy soldier, and the sound suddenly stopped. Everyone was shocked, and before they could react, they heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air all around them. People walking in the ditch were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and screams were heard. When everything calmed down, the twenty or so English soldiers were all confused.
At the same time, dozens of English soldiers on the other side were searching and advancing on a relatively flat terrain in the forest, stepping on the soft ground formed by thick fallen leaves. Suddenly, dead branches and leaves surged up around him, and dozens of black shadows suddenly emerged from the ground. The English soldiers were startled, and before they had time to react, the black figures wielded swords and guns and slashed at them. In an instant, dozens of English soldiers fell into a pool of blood. The Ming soldiers quickly disappeared into the forest.
The leading general heard screams and screams nearby, his heart tightened, and he hurried over with more than a hundred sergeants under his command. However, when they rushed to the scene, they only saw corpses on the ground, all of which belonged to their own soldiers, and there was not even a trace of the enemy. Everyone was very angry and yelled and cursed. Suddenly, there were screams and exclamations again, and everyone hurried over. But when they arrived at the scene, they only saw the bodies of their own soldiers and no enemy. Such situations kept happening, and everyone's anger gradually subsided, but the fear became more and more intense. One soldier finally couldn't help shouting in fear: "They are not people, they are ghosts!"
The general felt that something was wrong and quickly ordered each team to withdraw from the woods and return to the seaside. At this time, all the soldiers were already frightened, and many of them had already evacuated without waiting for the order to retreat.
The English army fled out of the woods in a hurry. The general was shocked to find that of the two thousand people who had entered the forest before, only five or six hundred were left! The fear in his heart swallowed up his heart like a demon. He no longer dared to obey orders and fled towards the shore in a hurry!
At this moment, the war drums on one side rumbled loudly, and the fleeing English army was shocked. Immediately, a very terrifying Ming Dynasty general led many sturdy Yanyun soldiers to charge towards him. Some of the English troops turned around and ran away, while others subconsciously fought. Wang Gu led dozens of his warriors into the middle of the enemy army, slashing and killing fiercely. For a moment, only blood and flesh flew everywhere. The British soldiers fell into a pool of blood, and the miserable screams were heard! Seeing that they could no longer resist, the English troops turned around and fled for their lives. Wang Gu led his soldiers to pursue them all the way to the shore! The Englishmen on the ship couldn't help but be horrified when they saw that their troops were being driven out like chickens and sheep by the other side!
Seeing this scene, Horatio couldn't help but feel excited and frightened at the same time.
Hood came to his senses and hurriedly ordered the gunboats to bombard the enemy. As waves of huge roars sounded, smoke and dust billowed on the island. After the smoke and dust dissipated, the traces of the Ming Army disappeared without a trace. All the people in England couldn't help but feel that those Ming people were really like ghosts!
The defeated troops fled back one after another. Hood had been holding back his anger and had nowhere to vent. Seeing that the leading general did not come back, he angrily shouted to an officer of the routed troops: "Where is Charlie?" The officer said with a look of fear on his face: " He, he was beheaded by that enemy warrior!" Hood was shocked and was speechless for a long time.
Nelson ordered a halt to the attack and summoned the generals to the flagship for discussion.
The atmosphere in the flagship cabin was depressing, with everyone frowning and looking solemn. Hood saw Horatio looking at him with a sneer, feeling extremely embarrassed.
Nelson said: "We underestimated the enemy before. They are much more powerful than we expected! More powerful than any opponent we have encountered in the past!" Everyone nodded and started talking quietly.
Nelson raised his chin and said with infinite arrogance: "However, no matter how powerful the opponent is, he will definitely be defeated in our hands! Our British Navy is invincible and invincible! A powerful enemy cannot stop us, and will only end up fighting for us. It’s just to add glory!” The generals couldn’t help but feel their morale rise and howled one after another.
Hood said loudly: "Generalissimo, I will attack Conlun Island again! This time I must completely destroy the enemy and occupy Conlun Island!"
Horatio sneered: "I'm afraid that if the generalissimo gives you another chance, the result will be the same!" Hood was furious, glared at Horatio, and shouted: "Horatio, you have been fighting for so many days and you have lost. After all these days, I have only lost one battle, so what right do you have to laugh at me!" Horatio sneered and said, "Why don't you let others talk about your defeat? You only lost one battle, isn't it glorious?" Hood was so angry that he wanted to go up and beat someone. Several generals nearby quickly grabbed Hood. Hood couldn't do anything, so he yelled. Horatio, how could he be afraid of him, kept sarcastic, and other generals kept trying to persuade both sides. The scene was as chaotic as a wet market. .
"That's enough!" Nelson suddenly shouted sharply.
The generals felt a chill in their hearts and became quiet.
Nelson glared at Hood and Horatio, and then said angrily: "We must find a way to defeat the enemy, instead of fighting among ourselves here! Don't you two feel ashamed?" The two of them couldn't help but feel ashamed.
Nelson thought: "According to Horatio's report and today's battle, the enemy is not only very powerful, but also very cunning. They deliberately acted irresistible before, probably to lure our people into an ambush in the forest. Circle them. They have actually laid a trap in the forest a long time ago." The generals nodded, feeling that what the Generalissimo said was very reasonable.
Nelson thought: "With our military strength, it is not a problem to eliminate the enemies on the island, but I am afraid it will cost a lot. The best way now is to make it impossible for them to hide on the island."
Early the next morning, the lookout soldiers responsible for watching the movements of the English army discovered that the enemy fleet was making moves. Many warships left the formation and approached the island to surround it. The lookout soldiers felt that the enemy was about to attack, and immediately reported the situation to Wang Gu who was resting. After Wang Gu received the report, he immediately ran to a higher place and saw hundreds of enemy warships surrounding the island. But to say that the enemy wanted to attack, it didn't seem like it, because although those warships surrounded the island, their number was limited, and they were all ballistae ships, and there were no flat-bottomed warships suitable for landing.
At this time, horns sounded one after another on the sea. There seems to be movement on the enemy's warship. Immediately, countless fireballs were seen flying from the warship and flying straight towards the island. Wang Gu's expression changed when he saw this scene.
Fireballs flew from all directions, raindrops falling on the island's forests, grass, and buildings. Conlun Island has a dry climate and lush vegetation, and countless fires started to rise on the island in an instant. In a short time, the fire had spread in all directions, and the forest began to burn fiercely, as if a huge flaming tent had been raised. The grass was burning, and it looked like a sea of fire, and the buildings on the island were like a sea of fire. One after another, it turned into a huge roaring pillar of fire.
The Ming army was unable to put out the fire at all, so they had to retreat to areas with sparse vegetation and no flames. However, the flames spread rapidly, and even areas with sparse vegetation seemed to be soon engulfed in flames. Wang Gu had no choice but to lead everyone to withdraw from the central area and retreat towards the port. Several hundred people hurriedly retreated to the port on the shore.
However, this would play into Nelson's hands. When he saw that all the Ming troops had retreated to the shore, he immediately ordered gunboats to bombard them.
In an instant, a huge roar resounded across the sea and sky, and the roaring shells raised smoke and dust all over the port. The unshielded Ming army was completely under the bombardment of the opponent's artillery fire, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and heavy casualties! Wang Gu urgently ordered everyone to disperse and hide, and everyone used rocks, buildings, etc. as cover to hide. The English gunboats continued to bombard the port, and only after sweeping the port several times did they stop bombarding. At this time, the flames had almost completely engulfed Kunlun Island, leaving only the port area without flames. In the empty port, apart from the corpses everywhere, there was not a single human figure, and it was not known whether all Yan Yunjun were dead.
Nelson did not wait for the fire to die out, and ordered Hood and Horatio to lead four thousand landing troops to attack the port.
More than a hundred flat-bottomed warships immediately left the huge ship array and rushed towards the port. After a while, the flat-bottomed boat rushed to the beach. Four thousand elites jumped on the shore and divided into two teams. Hood led his two thousand elites on the left, and Horatio led his two thousand elites on the right. They rushed forward together and rushed towards the port. .
When the wave of English soldiers entered the port, a hail of arrows suddenly flew towards them. The English soldiers rushing in front did not expect that the enemy was still alive. Dozens of them were shot down by surprise. They were all shocked! Immediately, more than a hundred enemies covered in blood and tatters rushed out from the front, and everyone couldn't help but become nervous!
Hood raised his ax and shouted sternly: "Kill!" The English soldiers felt the blood rush to their foreheads, couldn't help shouting, and swarmed forward.
The Ming army crashed into the middle of the English army, and everyone was like a mad tiger, fighting desperately. The long knife cut open the enemy's armor and body, blood surged, the long spear pierced the enemy's chest, and the screams filled the ears. Although the English army was dozens of times more powerful than Yan Yun's army, it seemed that they could not gain the slightest advantage. The English soldiers were frightened in their hearts, but they were also furious, howling and fighting desperately. One after another, the soldiers on both sides rushed forward. The blood of the soldiers on both sides was flying all over the sky, and the soldiers on both sides fell in a pool of blood.
Although the Ming army is brave and invincible, the English army is not a coward, and there are simply too many of them. At first, the Ming Army seemed to have a slight upper hand, but soon, the battle situation became increasingly unfavorable to the Ming Army! Every soldier of the Ming Army was surrounded by dozens or even dozens of English warriors. Even though they were seriously injured, they still fought hard. Even with swords and guns, they would pierce the enemy's chest with their spears. They roared like tigers and dragons, and were as crazy as crazy. During the fierce battle, they were exhausted and fell into a pool of blood one after another! The warriors of the Ming Dynasty tried their best and sacrificed their lives, but their manpower was limited after all. This time they were obviously unable to create another miracle!
Nelson was shocked when he saw such a crazy battle. He didn't understand why the Ming army still had such fighting power when it was in such a desperate situation. ! They are not afraid of death, they all seem to want to die in the war! ?
I don’t know how long has passed, it seems to be very long, and it seems to be very short. All the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have been killed, and only Wang Gu remains. Wang Gu was like a mad tiger fighting crazily among the enemy troops. Blood and flesh flew everywhere where the sword passed, and no one could stop him!
Wang Gu saw an enemy who looked like a general standing behind the crowd and kept shouting for orders, and immediately swung his sword towards him to kill him. The light of the sword flashed, and the blood of the corpse flew away. Wang Gu kept moving forward on the blood of the corpse, but the heavy crowd could not stop him alone!
In a short time, Wang Gu killed the enemy group and rushed in front of Hood. Hood raised his eyebrows, mustered up his courage, and faced him with his axe. Wang Gu swung his sword, and Hu De swung his axe. There was a loud bang! Hood's strength was beyond imagination, but Wang Gu was already exhausted at this time. How could he block the opponent's huge force? When the weapons of the two sides collided, Wang Gu's sword was immediately deflected! Hood was overjoyed, laughed loudly, and immediately swung his ax to take advantage of the situation and attack.
I saw Hood's big ax striking straight at Wang Gu, but Wang Gu didn't dodge! It seems that Wang Gu was too exhausted to dodge.
puff! Hood's battle ax slammed into Wang Gu's left shoulder, and Wang Gu groaned. Hood grinned ferociously at Wang Gu, but saw a look of madness in the other man's eyes, and couldn't help but be startled. At this moment, a cold light suddenly rose in front of his eyes, and the opponent's sword stabbed directly at his chest! Hood was shocked, and hurriedly let go of the big ax to dodge, but he couldn't dodge. He only heard a loud bang, and the big knife hit Hood's chest hard. Hood screamed and fell backwards. land! The surrounding English soldiers were so horrified that they forgot to attack for a moment.
Wang Gu frowned, retracted his sword, slammed it on the ground, and then stopped moving.
The English soldiers saw him standing there with a broadsword, blown by the sea breeze and illuminated by the light of the fire, like a black rock. Everyone was frightened and did not dare to step forward.
Horatio shouted: "Fire the arrow! Shoot him to death!" The crossbowmen reacted and hurriedly bent their bows and arrows and fired arrows at Wang Gu, who was standing there as solid as a rock. The rain of arrows whizzed away, instantly turning him into a hedgehog, but to everyone's horror, he still didn't fall down after being hit by so many arrows! ?
The two sides held a stalemate for another moment, and Horatio commanded his troops to slowly approach. When I got closer, I found him standing there with his head lowered, seemingly making no sound at all, and I couldn't help but feel that he was dead. But despite thinking this, no one dared to step forward. Finally, a warrior walked towards Wang Gu cautiously. When he was only two steps away from him, he yelled and stabbed him with a spear! With a bang, the spear pierced his chest smoothly. The warrior's eyes widened in surprise. He probably didn't expect it to pierce his chest so easily! The warrior retracted his hands and retracted his spear, while Wang Gu fell backward.
When the English soldiers saw this, they couldn't help bursting into cheers.
Horatio ran to Wang Gu's body and saw that Wang Gu was covered in shocking scars and was no longer breathing. Horatio felt no joy of victory at all in his heart, only a kind of fear, a fear of facing an invincible enemy! Such a huge army of our own faced a small island with only a thousand enemy troops. It actually fought for so long and suffered such heavy losses before it was finally defeated. What would be the result if we encountered the main force of the Ming Army in the future? Horatio didn't dare to think any further!
Hood came over with the support of his own soldiers, took one look at Wang Gu's body, and cursed with fear on his face: "These Orientals are simply crazy!"
Horatio nodded with deep sympathy, looked up at Hood, and smiled mockingly: "I thought you were dead!"
Hood did not retort this time, with a look of lingering fear on his face. He opened the robe on his chest, revealing the plate armor that was deeply dented by the sword. He said fearfully: "It was really dangerous just now! If I hadn't fought before If you add this plate armor to yourself, you will definitely be dead now!”
An officer rushed to Horatio's side and said excitedly: "General, we have captured a prisoner!" Horatio was overjoyed and said: "Immediately take him to the marshal for interrogation!"
Soon after, Horatio personally escorted a bruised and tied prisoner to the flagship to see the generalissimo. Horatio ordered the prisoner to kneel down in Chinese, but the prisoner glanced at Horatio contemptuously and cursed: "You stupid barbarian, kill me if you dare!"
Horatio was furious and yelled: "Your army has been wiped out and you have become our prisoner. Why are you so arrogant?"
But the prisoner laughed loudly and said contemptuously: "You have such a huge force to attack a small island guarded by only a thousand soldiers. After fighting for so long and suffering such heavy losses, you still dare to brag in front of grandpa! He! Damn, what the hell!" Then he glanced at everyone present proudly and said: "You stupid barbarians, if you want to survive, you'd better tie yourself up and go to Bianliang to plead guilty to our Majesty! Otherwise we will The elite of the Ming Dynasty will come to take revenge one day, and then all the jade and stone will be destroyed, and no chicken or dog will be left. It will be too late for you to regret it!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
