The Oita family was hit by an arrow and died. Zhang Li's flagship tried to hide among the chaotic ships to avoid the cold arrow. Perhaps because the rudder was turned too quickly, the flagship ran aground on the river.
Seeing that Chang Mao was already attacking with his ship, Zhang Li had no choice but to take his people to another ship to escape. The flag with the word "Zhang" on the flagship representing Zhang Li's location was cut off by Chang Mao with a knife.
As for the other Japanese pirate leader's flagship: the "Hachiman Daimyojin" flag on the Oida clan's own vehicle, which represented his position as governor, had long been captured by another Taicang Guard warship. Above water battles, the most important thing is the "flag", which is to follow the flag and protect the coach's battle flag.
However, the flags representing the two bandit leaders were all captured by the Ming army, and the bandit army was completely turned into headless flies. All the ships lost their fighting spirit and began to flee in all directions. At this time, on the river, the entrance to the sea was blocked by the Taicang Guard warships, with Suzhou Jiancheng behind it. The only way to survive was to abandon the ship and rush to both sides of the river...
So, countless thieves pulled up the full sail and drove the ship towards the shore. At this time, there is no need to worry about whether the ship will run aground on the shoal. Escaping life is the first priority.
There were even bandits, or their boats were held up by Taicang Guards, or they simply chose to jump into the cold river water, swim ashore and escape because the boats were too slow and their targets were too big.
However, when the first group of thieves who were about to land on the north bank of the river looked happy, thinking that they had finally found a way out...
"Suzhou Guard Qianhu Cao Yuan! I've been waiting here for a long time!"
Thousands of Ming troops suddenly emerged from the grass beside the beach. It was Cao Yuan who had previously invited himself out of the city to attack the camp. Cao Yuan's men were the only soldiers in the Suzhou Guard who dared to fight. They also gained Zhu Su's trust because they had experienced the bloody battle on Pishi Street.
After all, there are more than 10,000 thieves. Even if there are more than 10,000 pigs tied up and ready to be slaughtered, it will take some time to hack them to death one by one, not to mention that these people are still running around. Therefore, many thieves escaped ashore. Now these people have become trapped beasts. They know that they will die if they don't break through this group of Ming troops. The braver Japanese pirates immediately pulled out their Japanese swords, screamed and shouted in Japanese, and launched an attack on Cao Yuan's troops. A desperate charge.
"Mandarin duck formation!"
Cao Yuan, on the other hand, took his time and shouted to his soldiers to set up the increasingly sophisticated mandarin duck formation. It was rare that His Highness the Fifth allowed him to take on the task of defending the city, but he only fought a few unsuccessful battles to defend the city in the east of the city. He had long been holding back a fire in his heart: he could finally fight a tough battle, and he must let His Highness know what he is capable of. …
"According to the order of the Emperor... we must leave no one behind!"
Seeing the Ming army holding strange-looking wolves, the charging Japanese pirates were overjoyed: These Ming soldiers actually used bamboo as weapons and formed such a loose formation. It must be just a militia that cannot even afford weapons and can only be used to make up numbers.
It's just a militia, isn't it going to collapse at the first touch?
But they did not expect that these "militiamen" on the other side were not just "militiamen" with low combat effectiveness, but they were the "fathers" of the Japanese pirates...
As soon as the two sides came into contact, even Cao Yuan's soldiers did not expect that Langzhen and Yuanyang Formation would be so handy against these Japanese armed with sharp Japanese swords.
Yes, it is "handy".
Langzhen is tough and multi-branched. Against the Japanese swords that were supposed to be the most feared by the Ming army, these unassuming "bamboo" actually played a huge role that no one expected: a casual stab from the wolfzhan can often stop or even block the Japanese swords. Hooking the Japanese knives that were originally indestructible; but even if the Japanese pirates tried their best to chop with all their strength, they could not completely split the complex-shaped wolf sword, and thus rushed in front of the soldiers in the mandarin duck formation.
The Japanese swords could not show off their ferocity, nor could they get close to the Ming army. Although the shouting Japanese were astonishing, they could only throw themselves down one after another like moths to a flame, before the wolves and spears thrust by the Ming soldiers. under.
"Hiss..." Seeing that his soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought, and surprisingly there were almost no casualties, Cao Yuan almost stared at him: Even if these thieves were originally soldiers of the defeated army, but with such a battle loss ratio, Isn’t it too unbelievable?
This mandarin duck formation of His Highness the Fifth Prince...how does it look like it was specially drilled to deal with these Japanese pirates?
Cao Yuan's more than a thousand soldiers on the north bank used a mandarin duck formation to completely stop the thieves who were trying to get ashore. The thieves who chose to land on the south bank were even more desperate: because what stood in front of them was a whole cavalry army with bright armor and sophisticated weapons!
Don't forget that Panmen is a city gate with "double gates on land and water" running side by side. Although the water gate was closed, a group of cavalry galloped out from the land gate and followed the thief fleet on the north bank.
At this time, the fleet's way forward was blocked by Taicang Guards, and when the thieves had no choice but to land ashore and flee, the cavalry who had been quietly following the thieves finally showed his fangs:
First, with the help of telescopes, the location of the thief's leader was found. Zhu Su's servant dog quietly climbed up the boulder on the shore, and successfully sniped one of the enemy's thief leaders, Oita Uji Nao, with a big bow from a high position.
Then all the cavalry troops galloped out to hunt down the scattered rebels who had landed ashore!
There is a widely circulated slang in the army: If you resist a cavalry with foot, you will definitely die. What we are talking about is the difference between cavalry and infantry. This cavalry is composed of Zhu Xi's Qin Wangwei and Zhu Su's Wu Wangwei. The King of Qin's bodyguard was a cavalry army that had fought many battles, and it was no match for the Mongols who had grown up on horseback, let alone these stragglers who had fled ashore!
The war horses galloped back and forth on the shore, like a constantly rotating winch, strangling the thieves who came ashore. This formation is the "Che Xuan" created by Han general Huo Qubing, which is most suitable for cavalry strangulation. Between the rushes, the road to the shore was completely blocked.
There were constant thieves being picked on long spears by the galloping cavalry, making piercing screams. Zhu Su's general order was to leave no one alive. There really was no one alive who could successfully highlight the range of the Chexuanqi formation. There were even thieves on the river who were frightened by this cavalry and would rather float in the river than dare to go ashore, or they turned around and wanted to swim to a farther bank. However, as a result, they were either shot by arrows and died, or they were killed in the water. It was completely exhausted and then sank into the river.
"The entrance to the sea in front is blocked by the Taicang Guard, the south bank is ambushed by the Suzhou Guard, and the north bank is guarded by our brothers' Wang Guard. Even after the navy in the city has cleared the battlefield, they will open the water gate and go out of the city to participate in the siege..."
"With such an encirclement, it is difficult to fly even with wings. These people will be killed by you, Old Five, this time." Zhu Di was riding on his horse, looking at the battlefield in front of him that looked like Shura purgatory. Some are eager to try. Surrounded from all sides, the more than 10,000 thieves had almost no ability to resist, and their bodies were buried at the bottom of the river one by one with hatred.
"Lao Wu, why don't we leave some thieves in front, and you and my brothers will go up with the guards to practice their skills and see blood, how about that?"
"...Fourth brother, a gentleman does not build dangerous walls. Now that victory is certain, wouldn't we be fools if we went forward to confront them head-on? If we are in desperate situation, we need to boost the morale of the generals who will take the lead."
"If anything goes wrong, Pingbai gave them a chance to turn defeat into victory... Just be calm and watch from here." Zhu Su flatly refused. He had no interest in killing people with his own hands.
"Fourth brother, the fifth child has always been weak and sick, and his parents love the fifth child the most. If they knew that you encouraged him to fight, I don't know how they would teach you a lesson." Zhu Xi also laughed at Zhu Di and said. "But look at the eldest brother of the Chang family on the river. He was really killing with ease... Look, his big flag almost killed the thieves' fleet."
Zhu Su looked along what Zhu Ping was pointing, and saw that the big banner with "Zheng Guogong Chang" was really about to kill the enemy ship, and the Taicang Guard ships behind him followed closely, tearing apart the enemy's sinking warship. The river was covered with large pieces of broken wood and broken boats, as well as fire and blood.
"I heard that Uncle Chang was known as 'Chang Shiwan', and he was known as Uncle Xu in the military. His bravery was well-known throughout the world. Brother Chang Mao really has the spirit of being a father!" Zhu Su also praised sincerely.
But before he finished speaking, Zhu Su was extremely horrified to find that Chang Mao's majestic gold-embroidered banner suddenly fell down in front of his eyes!
(End of chapter)
