Yaozhou County.
The fierce battle has begun!
Matsuura Jigoro took advantage of the darkness and ordered ninjas who were good at climbing to climb the city wall, kill the guarding soldiers, opened the city gate, and entered the city.
Yaozhou County is just an ordinary county, its geographical location is not important, and there is no war in peacetime. The city defense army's biggest role is to arrest theft, capture bandits, and maintain public order, with a number of only 150 people.
This was originally supposed to be a one-sided massacre, but it happened that a defensive division with a total of 300 people passed through Yaozhou County and was temporarily stationed at the school ground in Yaozhou County.
With their assistance, the defenders of Yaozhou County temporarily stabilized their position.
Despite this, after half an hour of fighting, there were still heavy casualties!
The original Yaozhou County defense army had suffered nearly a hundred casualties, and the militia to which Yaozhou belonged also lost hundreds of soldiers.
Among the 300 people who were in the partial division, there were also more than 80 casualties.
"Captain Chen, what's the plan?!"
Although the Yaozhou County Magistrate had heard about Japanese pirates' plundering deeds, this was the first time he saw such a large-scale Japanese pirates!
"Lord Magistrate, these Japanese pirates are not ordinary bandits. They are all good at swordsmanship and ruthless and decisive. They should be rogue warriors among Japanese pirates. This group of people has extraordinary origins. We cannot fight head-on."
The Yaozhou County Magistrate was nearly fifty years old and was a county magistrate elected by a general election. It was really difficult to deal with this situation, so he simply handed over the command to Chen Xiaowei.
"Colonel Chen, I'm a civil servant who really doesn't know what to do?! I'm completely relying on you!"
Colonel Chen was not polite and took over the command immediately.
"It is unwise to fight head-on with this group of Japanese pirates now. I suggest that our people retreat slowly and rely on the streets and other locations to delay the Japanese pirates' attack. I immediately sent a message to my family, General Yu, via Lingfengge. His troops are nearby and should be able to support him soon!"
"That's right! Don't fight forcefully, delaying time is the best way!"
The county magistrate of Yaozhou was frightened and immediately agreed to the plan as soon as he heard that there were reinforcements.
How had he, a civil servant, ever seen such a formation? !
"Lord County Magistrate, how are the people in the city doing?!"
Japanese pirates attacked the city. Different from ordinary wars, these people have no moral bottom line. They will burn, kill and loot at least, and destroy towns and massacre cities at worst.
When they broke into the city gate, the people living at the city gate had no time to escape and were slaughtered by the Japanese pirates!
Therefore, after the war broke out, the county magistrate ordered the county captain to lead troops to resist, and he himself began to relocate and resettle the people.
But because it was a night attack, the people had already rested. In this case, the people were awakened, and the transfer and resettlement was in chaos and the progress was slow.
"There are Japanese pirates in all four gates. We have been trapped in the urn and cannot send the people out of the city. I have no choice but to temporarily place the people in the school grounds in the east of the city. The main direction of the Japanese pirates' attack is the north gate. Now the people only evacuate. Most of the time, Colonel Chen, you must buy some more time for me!!"
"Okay! Lord County Magistrate, you can rest assured and continue to move to appease the people and organize the people to strengthen their strength. Leave this place to us!"
On the other side, as the battlefield progressed, the Japanese pirates also discovered a problem, "Your Highness, these Zhou troops no longer confront us head-on and have begun to gradually retreat!"
Matsuura Ergoro smiled disdainfully, "What do you mean by saying that Zhou's army is invincible with just this little fighting strength?! Kill them to death and don't let them get away. In addition, I ordered the warriors guarding the other three gates not to let anyone escape." !!”
The battle continued. Although they relied on terrain and bows and arrows, they still suffered heavy losses and were retreating steadily.
This group of Japanese warriors were the most elite in the Matsuura clan, and their individual combat power was still higher than that of Dazhou's ordinary field army. In addition, the narrow terrain and small groups of troops were more suitable for their performance.
Zhou Jun has suffered heavy losses, and even the county government has given up at this moment!
The county magistrate led the people to move collectively to the vicinity of the original city defense military academy.
The originally empty school grounds were now bustling and crowded with people.
All the old people and children are protected in the innermost part, then the women in the middle, and the young and capable warriors in the outermost part.
The young man holds a variety of weapons in his hands, if hoes, poles, and kitchen knives can also be called weapons.
The county magistrate also passed through the most panic moment, holding a sword and going back and forth to appease the people and organize the people.
Although I am just a judge, even though I am just filling a vacancy, even though I don’t understand military matters!
But I am also a seventh-grade county magistrate conferred by the imperial court and a dignified Zhou Dynasty!
How can we shrink back and be afraid when faced with just three islands of Japanese slaves?
Inspired by the county magistrate's organization, more than 300 people took up arms and joined the road to resist the invaders.
On the other side, Matsuura Ergoro had already captured Yaozhou County Government.
"Go and open the treasury and load all the silver and grain into the truck!"
After capturing Yaozhou County, we must not return empty-handed. The most important food and treasury must be taken away.
As for the things in other shops in the city, just wait until you kill the people in Yaozhou County and then search slowly!
Matsuura Ergoro sat on the county magistrate's chair and looked at the Yaozhou County Government. He sighed in his heart. Although it was just a county government, it was still very impressive. He didn't know that the county offices, government offices, and state offices in Dazhou were all different. What does it look like? !
What did the Daming Palace look like in the Great Zhou Dynasty? !
Matsuura Ergoro began to yearn for it! However, he was also a decisive and ruthless person. After ten breaths, he chopped the county magistrate's chair into pieces with one blow.
What is there to envy about the position of a mere county magistrate? What he wants is to inherit the position of Lord of the Matsuura Domain and become the largest daimyo in Japan until he becomes the king!
"Continue the attack! Today in Yaozhou, no chickens or dogs will be spared!"
After a hard fight, Captain Chen's 300 men were reduced to less than 100!
The characteristics of street fighting are too unfavorable for them! Even with such huge casualties, they only killed more than fifty Japanese pirates!
The battle loss ratio is more than one to four! This is absolutely a shame in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But there was no way. In order to delay the Japanese pirates' advance and gain more time, Captain Chen could only use this method!
But now it's the final moment! Colonel Chen’s brothers were all wounded and their robes and armor were covered in blood! The arrows have been used up, and they may not be able to withstand the next round of Japanese pirates' charge!
Colonel Chen looked at the rising red sun and smiled bitterly. He had been fighting from night to sunrise. Why hadn't his reinforcements arrived yet? Could it be that Lingfeng Ge was lost?
"Zhou Jun on the opposite side, don't resist stubbornly! The reinforcements you are waiting for will not come! The Lingfeng Pigeon you asked for help has been defeated!"
Among the Japanese pirates, a man dressed as a Zhou man shouted that this was Matsuura Takanobu, the army staff officer sent by Matsuura Ergoro, and he was also the earliest batch of Zhou traitors.
As he spoke, Zhou Zhai raised a pole with a rope tied to it that was a spirit-wind pigeon that had been killed by a kunai.
It seems to be the homing pigeon that Captain Chen sent out yesterday to ask for help! !
This operation by the Japanese pirates made the remnant army, which was already low in morale, even more demoralized.
But even so, the Zhou army had no idea of surrendering. If they were facing Da Qian, many people would surrender under such circumstances. After all, it was an empire that could confront Da Qian head-on.
Not every army has the courage to fight bloody battles to the end.
However, Japan is just a small vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, just a Japanese slave? ! If you surrender to such a person, not only you, but also your ancestors and descendants will be shamed by you.
The remnants of the Zhou army did not speak, but clenched the swords and spears in their hands.
"Brothers! Fight with me!"
"kill!!"
"kill!!!"
The original cry of killing suddenly became loud!
A large group of people came like a tide from the south gate!
The remnant army who was about to charge desperately was also stunned. Why did the reinforcements suddenly arrive?
In the south, the rising sun shines brightly, and the general flag with the character "Yu" and the military flag with the character "Zhou" are flying in the sky under the rising sun.
Lieutenant Chen was also stunned. It turned out that everything in the Jianghu storybook was true. Life-saving reinforcements would only appear when the situation was most dangerous!
Matsuura Ergoro on the side was also dumbfounded. He had clearly stopped all the carrier pigeons released by Captain Chen, so why were there reinforcements here? !
Not to mention Matsuura Ergoro, even Colonel Chen found it strange.
When he saw the Spiritual Wind Pigeon just now, Colonel Chen gave up hope for reinforcements! Now it seems that this group of Japanese pirates intercepted a lonely person!
A general arrived on Pegasus, holding a long iron stick in his hand! One end is thick and the other is thin.
Just as he was about to approach the Japanese pirates, the general suddenly flew up from his horse and struck the sky with a stick, hitting one of the brave Japanese pirates.
The force of the stick was like a monkey splitting a mountain. The Japanese pirates were locked by the force of the stick and had no way to hide. They had no choice but to raise their swords to parry.
But how can it be easily resisted by a stick that takes advantage of the force of falling.
The sword and stick met, and in just a moment, the head was smashed to pieces with a stick, and the man died after the knife broke.
"Your Highness, he is a master of Yuan Hua Realm!"
Next to Matsuura Ergoro, a warrior with two samurai swords looked solemn.
"Your Excellency Miyamoto, are you his opponent!?"
This person is not a retainer of the Matsuura family, but a master recruited by Jigoro Matsuura himself. He is Miyamoto Tadanobu, the nephew of the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. He is famous in Japan for his double-sword style swordsmanship. He is famous for his martial arts alone. In theory, it is still above Tadayake Matsuura and Kitajiro Echizen.
Faced with Matsuura Jigoro's question, Miyamoto Tadanobu shook his head, "I don't know! But you can give it a try!"
After saying this, Miyamoto Tadanobu flew forward!
"Zheng!" Gu Gun
A straight sword was unsheathed and slashed straight at the general who was showing off his power.
The sound of breaking through the sky caused the general who was sweeping away the Japanese pirates to fight back with his stick.
"Keng!"
The swords and sticks met, and Miyamoto Tadanobu flew backwards with the force of the counter-shock, landing in front of the general.
"Dare I ask your name?"
The general danced a stick flower and said, "I am the general of the Four Ming Dynasties, Yu Longyou! Who are you? Why did you lead the troops to invade our Zhou Dynasty!?"
"Miyamoto Tadanobu, I will teach you your brilliant move!"
Yu Longyou stepped forward with a stick, "Watch the beating!"
The two men immediately fought together.
Soon, reinforcements led by Yu Longyou also arrived. The vanguard force was three hundred cavalry. However, the streets were not suitable for cavalry deployment, and all the troops dismounted one after another.
Although the first batch of cavalry arrived, the situation was still unfavorable to the Zhou army. The three hundred men and horses defended with shields and only used bows and crossbows to kill the Japanese pirates, but did not step forward to actively attack.
The Japanese pirates lacked iron ore and traveled lightly, so they only carried a small number of lightweight Tengdun.
After the rattan shield is densely braided and soaked in tung oil, it is difficult for ordinary arrows to penetrate it.
Although the battle once again reached a stalemate, the situation was developing in the Zhou army's favor.
Yu Longyou's infantry are also on their way, so the longer the delay is, the better.
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On the official road, a figure flashed away and suddenly appeared dozens of feet away.
Yang Qingyuan's lightness at the moment is not even comparable to that of a BMW.
When approaching Yaozhou County, Yang Qingyuan could already hear the sounds of killing in the city.
Yang Qingyuan was shocked. Could it be that he was too late? As soon as I thought of this, my body movements became twice as fast!
"who!"
The person responsible for guarding the north gate of Yaozhou County is a Tongmai realm warrior. He leads twenty Japanese warriors to guard here!
The Tongmai realm warrior's intuition made him feel a breeze blowing, as if there was someone there, but
After he said the word "Shi", he found that his throat had been torn apart by the sword energy, and cold wind was constantly pouring in. Then his vision went dark and he fell heavily to the ground.
Soon, the twenty warriors under him were afraid that he would be alone on the road to hell, so they also went down to accompany him!
In five breaths, Yang Qingyuan slaughtered all twenty Japanese warriors.
If Yang Qingyuan's Qinggong at the Yuanhua Realm is rare in the world, then Yang Qingyuan's Qinggong at the Dongxuan Realm is definitely the best in the world. These Japanese warriors didn't see clearly who did it before they died?
After killing the person, there was no trace of blood on Yang Qingyuan's green shirt.
Entering Yaozhou County, Yang Qingyuan saw the corpses on the ground. In addition to Japanese warriors and Zhou officers and soldiers, there were more corpses of ordinary people, including men, women, old and young!
"snort!"
Yang Qingyuan snorted coldly, his heart filled with anger! Zhenyuan Yiyin took a straight knife from the ground, and moved forward in a flash.
Wherever they passed, any remaining Japanese warriors would go up and kill them with one sword without asking any questions.
When he arrived at the gate of Yaozhou County Government, Yang Qingyuan saw a group of Japanese pirates carrying money from the Yaozhou County government treasury.
The figure changed, and Yang Qingyuan came to the side of everyone, killing seven people with three swords.
The remaining thirteen people were stunned for a moment before reacting.
"Baga! What kind of job do you do?!"
Yang Qingyuan: "..."
It was originally a serious scene, but this sentence ruined the atmosphere very much.
"You talk too much!"
With a wave of the straight knife in his hand, the head of the Japanese pirate who spoke had already fallen to the ground.
"superior!"
Although the martial arts displayed by Yang Qingyuan are terrifying, the Japanese warriors, especially the Japanese pirates at the bottom, are still very stubborn!
It was just a fearless struggle, and wherever I saw it, people's heads fell to the ground.
But this time Yang Qingyuan didn't finish the killing! Instead, three were left alive.
"Who are you?!"
The Japanese warrior, who was arrogant and domineering just now, is now fighting with two sides and trembling all over. The young man in front of him is so terrifying. He killed seventeen people in an instant. Even if he killed seventeen chickens, he shouldn't. It's so easy.
Although they were afraid, the spirit of bushido still inspired them.
One of them suppressed the fear in his heart, overcame the fear caused by Yang Qingyuan, and shouted loudly, "Don't even try to get a word out of my mouth! We..."
Before he could finish the second half of the sentence, he clutched his throat and fell down. Although he tried his best to stop the blood from spurting out from his throat, it was all in vain.
"I'll ask again, I hope you can give me the answer I want!"
"We, Japan, are the land of the rising sun, we are noble! We will not surrender!"
Yang Qingyuan nodded, "That's a good answer!" Although his tone was not very good, he still got the answer.
"What is the name of your feudal lord?!"
The man smiled disdainfully, "I'll scare you if I tell you the name of our feudal lord. He is the biggest daimyo in Japan, and so is Matsuura Takanobu! If you dare to go against him, you will not end well!"
"How many of you are here!?"
"No matter how powerful your martial arts is, can you still kill all 700 of us?! Lord Tadanobu Miyamoto is a disciple of the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, a master of the Yuanhua Realm. Just wait for death!"
This promise is the same as what Echizen Kitajiro gave before!
Although this person's tone is a bit harsh, he is still very strong in survival! No lies.
Then Yang Qingyuan asked a few more questions and got the answers he wanted!
"Last question, have you massacred civilians in Yaozhou County?"
The samurai hesitated for a moment, "Although I believe in bushido, I also believe in the mercy of Buddha! I get dizzy easily when I see blood, so I don't bother to kill people easily!"
Yang Qingyuan looked at the blood on the Japanese sword in his palm.
"Zheng", the sword light flashed, and the sword sealed the throat.
"It's full of nonsense!"
Then Yang Qingyuan pointed his straight knife at the last warrior and said, "Have you ever killed the people in Yaozhou County? Answer truthfully!"
The last person's legs weakened and he knelt on the ground!
"Killed! Killed! I didn't lie!"
He shouted and kowtowed for mercy, but when he stood up, the sword flashed again and a head was thrown away.
"Since your hands are stained with the blood of the people of my great Zhou Dynasty, how can I tolerate you?!"
He killed twenty people in a row, but there was still not a drop of blood on Yang Qingyuan's straight knife.
After cleaning up the Japanese pirates here, Yang Qingyuan headed in the direction of the shouting.
There were few corpses of Zhou people along the way. It seemed that people from Yaozhou County Government had moved the people in advance.
Yang Qingyuan flew to the center of the battle. At this moment, Yu Longyou and Miyamoto Tadanobu were fighting in full swing.
Yu Longyou's stick technique was in line with everyone's style. It was a combination of right and wrong and strong and powerful. It made Miyamoto Tadanobu dodge repeatedly. When Yu Longyou was about to use up his moves, he could only counterattack with his knife, but even so, he was still suppressed by Yu Longyou.
In such a battle situation, Miyamoto Tadanobu could no longer hide his clumsiness, and another shorter sword on his waist came out with Miyamoto Musashi's unique skill - the second-class sword.
After losing to Li Taibai in the battle of the East China Sea, Miyamoto Musashi devoted himself to the study of swordsmanship. Although his swordsmanship became increasingly sophisticated, Miyamoto Musashi felt a deep sense of powerlessness every time he thought of Li Taibai's swordsmanship during the duel that day!
That bohemian man's swordsmanship was so magical, so ethereal, like a banished immortal coming to earth. No matter how Miyamoto Musashi deduced the swordsmanship, it was difficult to decipher Li Taibai's sword moves.
It wasn't until Miyamoto Musashi saw a left-handed samurai that he was inspired.
One Miyamoto Musashi can't beat Li Taibai, but what about the two? ! A straight sword can't defeat Li Taibai's swordsmanship, so what about adding a small sword? !
With this idea, Ertian Yiyi was born!
Miyamoto Musashi began to study two-handed sword techniques, one yin and one yang, one long and one short.
After several years, we finally have the current results!
Miyamoto Tadanobu used both swords, and Yu Longyou instantly felt the pressure increase!
There was a huge difference between Ertian's first-class swordsmanship and the one-handed swordsmanship just now. The changes in rigidity and softness of the long straight sword and the short sword, coupled with Miyamoto Tadanobu's close combat style, made it difficult for Yu Longyou to adapt in a short time.
He was so suppressed by Miyamoto Tadanobu that he could only defend himself with a long iron stick.
The street fighting between the Japanese pirates and the Zhou army also stopped, and they began to focus on watching the duel between the two masters on the battlefield.
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