The moonlight was like fog and veil. The army came to the vicinity of Shiwa Village. A gentle slope appeared on the right side of the front. The bushes of short tea trees reflected mottled colors, and the wind blowing was soft and fragrant.

The tea tree extends along the gentle slope to the distance. There is a dense reed on the left side of the road, and the new reeds have just sprouted. Since spring has just entered, there is not much rain, and the reeds are very dry. The breeze blows by, and occasionally the dry reeds that have passed through the winter are brittle and cracked.

"General has an order, speed up!" Someone shouted back and forth on his horse. The military orders spread far away in the quiet night. The army suddenly accelerated its march and wanted to quickly pass through this suitable area of ​​Bufu.

There was a "bang bang" sound in the tea trees on the slope, and an arrow shot down. Then, shouts began. Many Japanese pirates with swords and guns emerged from the tea bushes, roaring and pounceing on the official road.

On the outer wing of the right side are swords and shield soldiers. The sound of gongs sounded, and they were naturally standing on their backs and holding their shields. The "tuk-tuk-tuk" sounded, and there were only a few injured people. However, all the soldiers were extremely calm, and none of them panicked and shouted.

Their calmness affected the officers and soldiers in the team. The commotion that was slightly alarmed was quickly calmed down. Hong Peng gained enough Dantian power. With a loud shout, the soldiers began to quickly spread out the defensive formation, the thunderbolt carriage boards were raised, and the crossbowmen, musketeers, and swordsmen were each in their positions.

While the officers and soldiers on the other side were attacking the enemy on Chashan, Dusi Luo Yi had already ordered: "Shoot the arrow!"

With a command, thousands of starlight flew into the sky and fell to the reeds overwhelmed with the sky. With a "blooming" sound, the dry reeds burned when they encountered fire, and the flames immediately rose into the sky. Countless figures suddenly jumped out of the reeds, screaming in the sky.

Yang Ling stood solemnly on the central army chariot. His nervous palms were already sweating, and he was relieved until now.

During the journey of the army, he ordered the archers to tie oil-soaked cloth strips on the arrows and ordered the generals of various departments to dictate the three armies: When the army arrives at Shiwa Village, they will encounter an enemy attack. The Governor has already made a perfect plan and ordered the soldiers of the three armies to act according to the orders and do not panic.

This is a game. If the prediction is impressed, the sneak attack will be ineffective against the Ming army, which has been mentally and in action. It can also give the soldiers of the army a sense of the commander's complete plan.

Establishing this belief in the army can definitely turn into huge lethality. What these officers and soldiers who fear the enemy and fight lack is trust in the commander and the belief of winning. As long as they establish this belief through this successful counter-ambush, these 20,000 troops can be transformed overnight and become a force that cannot be underestimated.

However, if what you expected was wrong and there was no foreshadowing on both sides of this big fight, it would be a big blow to the morale that had just been boosted. Now it seems that he won the bet.

Yangling thought that if the Japanese pirates were ambushed, they would have ambushed in the tea trees, and if the reed marsh opposite was also arranged. Although there was a danger of falling into a dangerous place, if the plan was well planned, the dangerous place could also be transformed into a raw place.

The army does not have ready-made rockets, and they are usually made with ordinary arrows when war is needed. If the Japanese pirates raid at night and use the ambush on the left to attract the attention of the Ming army, the Ming army would not have time to ignite the reeds in a hurry. The reed marsh is only more than ten feet away from the official road. At this time, the Japanese army would arrive in an instant and enter the Ming army's formation.

In view of this, all the archers of Luo Yi's army were ready to ignite rockets. As long as the Japanese pirates were ambushed out, they would ignite the reeds immediately. It would be best if there were Japanese pirates inside. Even if there was no, the big flames were reflected as bright as daytime. The Japanese pirates had nowhere to hide, so they could only turn a sneak attack into a frontal decisive battle.

The blessings of the good people of the nine generations are really not covered. As the light of thousands of fire fell, a long sun was red in the line. Countless Japanese pirates jumped up in the reeds screaming and smoked. The fire was burning with "Pippi" reeds burst into flames one after another, and the fire was ignited very violently. The soldiers could still feel the scorching heat after more than ten feet of wind.

Liu Dabangcui laughed loudly and shouted loudly: "I have said that the Grandmaster has made a brilliant plan. Do you believe it now? All those who crawled from the sea of ​​fire will be shot to death, and no one will be left behind!"

In fact, it is not necessary for him to say that the soldiers of the entire army have been greatly motivated. Most of the soldiers at that time had never read books. Now they are criticized and blindly worshipped and superstitious about authority. At that time, it was a powerful means for senior generals to control their subordinates. Even Qi Jiguang, who later managed the military well, also engaged in feudal superstitious activities in the army. This is the reason.

Now that the general was looking forward to the situation, the fire rushed up in the night. There were no less than a thousand Japanese pirates in the fire, and they were about to be burned to death without hurting one soldier. The soldiers' trust and support for Yang Ling immediately reached its peak. Seeing that the Japanese people near the reeds ran out with flames, some soldiers rushed forward with swords and guns.

The Japanese who rushed out were covered in fire, and they had no idea where the swords and guns were thrown in their hands. They just slapped their bodies in a mess. The flames burning on their heads were completely gone, and they could not fight back. Before they could resist a few rounds, they were stabbed to the ground by the officers and soldiers.

Although these officers and soldiers were suspected of beating the dog, Yang Ling did not stop him. He now needed to restore the morale of the army. He could make these Jiangnan soldiers who were scared by the name of the Japanese pirates see the embarrassment of the Japanese pirates with their own eyes and kill several Japanese pirates with their own hands. The morale of the entire army will definitely improve.

Yang Ling glanced at the reed marsh with flames. The ashes of the reeds were evaporated by the heat waves and fluttered in the air, like large wasps, and there was still a raging fire below. In a moment, there was no trace of struggling figures. The flames were connected, and there was only a fire that caught my eye.

Yang Ling slowly turned around and stared at the tea tree hillside. Kimura Nakabara, the general under Nomi Masato, led thousands of Japanese pirates, waving their Japanese swords and spears, and rushed down. The Ming army camp was ready, and all the officers and soldiers stood still, motionless.

Kimura Nakabara did not expect that the lord's lord attacked Wujiang City and lured Suzhou defenders to come to help. The trick of ambushing and annihilation was discovered by the Ming general. In amazement, the indescribable tragic phenomenon of more than a thousand brothers in the sea of ​​fire actually aroused his infinite murderous aura.

Even if one or two wise generals in the Ming army saw through the strategy, what would happen? He once led 300 troops to fight with 4,000 garrison officers and soldiers. The Ming army was defeated in one battle. He led 300 warriors to cover up and kill 500 Ming soldiers, but only sixteen of them died. His warriors were invincible. Even though the generals of the Ming army were smart, they led a group of timid soldiers as timid as rats to scatter and reenacted the scene of slaughtering that year?

What's more, the lord had abandoned Wujiang and led a large army to the back of the Ming army. One attacked Suzhou City and the other robbed the artillery from the Ming army's baggage. The two encircled them, and could slaughter the Ming army and avenge the brothers.

The Ming army opened fire, and the muskets were pounding and the bowstrings were noisy. The Japanese pirates who were wielding a five-foot sword to attack the near-facing one after another, but the Japanese pirates who were not afraid of death did not stop for a moment, and still howled fiercely. They knew that as long as they approached the Ming army, as usual, they would slaughter one side. What would they be afraid of a wolf rushing into the ranks of ten thousand sheep?

The Ming army quietly changed its formation, and the soldiers who had just put their shields in front of the fire of muskets and crossbows stood up. Instead of holding up the half-man highland shield, they held the hilt of the long-handled sword wrapped in fine linen.

On the road near the side of Chashan, each soldier who abandoned the shield and held the sword was nearly five feet away. They stood in three rows across the street, forming a long line of lines horizontally. They looked at the Japanese pirates who were rushing towards them calmly, and the blade pulled out the sheath inch by inch, making a creeping sound, but the sound was covered by the Japanese pirates' shouts of killing.

This team was the elite drawn by Yangling from the four armies of the inner factory and the outer army. Some of them were veterans of war who fought with the Tatar cavalry for years and climbed out of the dead countless times, some of them had killed countless Japanese pirates in front of the Qiantang Chao, and were baptized by the frontier war.

This iron army of 3,000 people is not afraid even when facing the Mongolian knights who are scattered all over the world. How could he take these charges without any formation, short stature but holding disproportionate long swords, and take the ridiculous Japanese pirates seriously?

Kimura Nakabara led the pirates to the front. They suddenly discovered that these Han people, who were facing the fire and looked hidden in the dark, seemed to be somewhat different from the soldiers of the garrison they knew:

The figure and clothes of these people are no different from the Ming army who are accustomed to escaping, but the behavior, footsteps, and their upright waists clearly tell their opponents: Don't be insulted!

But, it's too late!

The Japanese pirates were still rushing forward with inertia, and the solemn Ming army's sword hand standing in front suddenly came up with light steps, and shouted loudly, "Kill!" in one go, and the sword fell.

The meat grinder in the inner factory has started......

Another Japanese pirate who arrived at a ditch three miles away from the Ming army's retreat early sent a few smart subordinates to hide in the farmland just past the road to find out the news. As soon as the Ming army's vanguard team passed by, they quietly retreated and ran back to report to the leader of the team, Shizuo Watanabe.

When Shizuki Watanabe heard that the army was indeed deceived, he had led his army to assist Wujiang Castle overnight and couldn't help laughing to the sky. While sending someone to inform Nomi Masato, he led his thousand soldiers to cover up the Ming army's rear team.

When the Ming army marched, the front formation was usually archers, light cavalry, the middle line was the main general and heavy infantry, and the last line was the baggage, food, and military supplies. Most of the roads in Jiangnan were narrow, and although this road was not very wide, the Ming army had to rush to Wujiang to support Wujiang, it would definitely set up the fastest-moving ground-line marching formation.

Watanabe's mission is to attack the enemy's rear formation, disrupt the enemy's position, and assist the accomplices attacked on both wings in the front to eliminate the Ming army. Another important task is to plunder the Ming army's cannons.

Nomi Masato has lofty ambitions. Since he is determined to be the most powerful pirate on the sea, having super powerful artillery is an indispensable condition. To plunder the Ming army artillery, if the surprise attack on Suzhou City is blocked, it can be used to open the city gate, and to transport it to the ship and slightly modified it to become the capital to dominate the sea in the future.

Watanabe Shizuki took advantage of the night to touch the Ming army's rear formation and was about to launch an attack. A fire suddenly lit up at the ambush site several miles away. The blazing flames were clearly visible here. Watanabe Shizuki was surprised, but he didn't care at this time. The troops who rushed over were already discovered by the Ming army. At this time, there was only one battle.

As expected, the Ming army had no combat power like the officers and soldiers of other garrisons, especially these baggage soldiers were even more vulnerable. They were still more than ten feet away. The Ming army threw down their cannons and supplies, and ran wildly, shouting, "The Japanese pirates attack!" while shouting, "The Japanese pirates attack!"

Shizuo Watanabe, who led his troops to rush over, chased after him with a sword in his arms. Finally, he stopped in disappointment and called out loudly: "Skeleton. Escort the cannon immediately and send it to my lord, and leave it here to me!"

The skeleton is named Kuroda Taro, who is Watanabe Shizuki's right-hand assistant. This cruel pirate habit is to collect the heads of beautiful women, remove skin and make decorations with skulls, so his accomplices nicknamed him "Skeleton".

He chased him in the front, and when he heard Watanabe calling him, he rushed back with unsatisfactory feelings. The skeleton pulled a cannon to cover the cloth and immediately shouted: "Captain Watanabe, this cannon is fake!"

"What?" Shizuo Watanabe was shocked and hurried to the cannon cart. He saw that there was a rushing cart under the Bubu. Watanabe hesitated and said, "Check all the cannon carts."

The skeleton had not responded yet. The medicine twists in the hidden area under the rushing car had burned out, and there was a loud bang. The rushing car was blown into pieces by the gunpowder barrel. The huge impact force sent Watanabe and the skeleton, which were rotten in the air.

Watanabe died on the spot. The last image that the skeleton with only half of his body saw in the air was a sharp turn of wheels sweeping towards the rushing crowd. Then, the surrounding baggage trucks exploded one by one...

The Ming army, who pretended to escape, counterattacked, and took the lead in jumping on the horse. It was General Min.

Yang Ling's most trustworthy elite troops remained in the central army. If there were no reliable generals in the back formation, he would be uneasy. So after he became suspicious of the intention of the Japanese pirates, he immediately transferred Min Wenjian, who was leading the army, to the back formation, and strictly instructed him to use geese formation to fight the enemy, prevent the enemy from escaping, and try to kill and damage the Japanese pirates with arrows.

Unexpectedly, Min Wenjian was happy to see the enemy, so he had already left his instructions behind him and led a group of infantry back. The six or seven hundred surviving Japanese pirates were stunned by the sudden situation. Taking advantage of this, Min Wenjian led his personal soldiers to rush into the enemy formation with a fierce look on the burning wooden pieces everywhere.

"Ah... 可!" Amid the strange screams, two Japanese pirates holding heavy swords rushed over, Min Wenjian raised his sword and swung his sword. With a "kneel" sound, two broken blades flew into the air, and a machete weighing forty kilograms passed through the neck of a Japanese pirate without delay, bringing a bloody rain.

Infected by Min Wenjian and his personal soldiers, and urged by the order of the police, the officers and soldiers mustered up the courage to follow behind them and shouted and rushed over.

When the Japanese pirates fought, they did not use the Han people as cannon fodder. Whenever they encountered the most brave real Japanese war, they often charged forward. With one round of fighting, the people were declining. The remaining people rushed up again and were cut open. The Ming army's front was like being destroyed and vulnerable. Today, the real Japanese still charged forward. When the explosives on dozens of logistics vehicles exploded, these people were the first to be hit. An opponent met the King of Hell before he even met.

Seeing this, the remaining Japanese pirates couldn't help but want to retreat. One side of the battlefield became timid, and the other was convenient for them to become more and more brave. The Ming army, which was already a little timid, became more and more brave as they fought. The fields on both sides were full of soldiers fighting each other, but the Ming army had obviously gained the upper hand...

In the East City of Suzhou, a team of officers and soldiers holding torches ran to the city and shouted: "Hurry to open the city gate, we have an emergency military information to report to the Lord."

Someone shouted on the top of the city, "Who are you?"

A man with a hundred households in the city shouted, "Don't be too rude, open the city gate quickly. The army rushing to assist Wujiang City is ambushed by the Japanese. Please ask the Lord to send troops to reinforce, otherwise the situation will be gone!"

"Ah! The reinforcements were ambushed by the Japanese? Wait, I will open the city immediately!" The general at the city head agreed quickly after hearing this, turned around and got off the city head. The person who pretended to be a hundred households of the Ming army was Niutang, one of the four powerful generals under Masatochi Nomi. He was from Jiangnan and was familiar with the terrain of various places. He led Masatochi Nomi's army to avoid the Ming army guards and raid the road and attack Wujiang City.

Seeing the Ming army being trapped, Niu Tang smiled proudly and quietly made a gesture behind her back. An Japanese pirate understood and swung the torch in his hand a few times. Nomi Masatochi, who was ambushing in the distance, immediately ordered all Japanese pirates to prepare, ready to wait for Niu Tang to occupy the city gate, and immediately the drum army entered.

After he seized Wujiang City, he deliberately let some Ming troops escape and acted as if he could not hold on to the whole city. However, Wujiang's wealth was less than one percent of Suzhou, and his real target was in Suzhou. Therefore, it was estimated that the officers and soldiers from the escaped report were about to arrive in Suzhou. He immediately gathered all the troops and abandoned Wujiang City and went straight to Suzhou.

Nomi Masato left three thousand soldiers and horses ambushed in Shiwatang, leading the remaining three thousand people to attack Suzhou City. When the news of Watanabe arrived, he wanted to use the same trick to open the Suzhou City Gate again.

The city gate rumbled open, and Niu Yong rode on the door and showed greed and hot light in his eyes. Some of the city were piled up with mountains of gold, silver, silk sections, and some were charming young girls, and all of this was about to be within reach.

The suspension bridge also squeaked down. Niu Tang took a breath and shouted, "Go into the city!" Then he knocked his legs against the horse's belly, and rushed towards the suspension bridge first. Thirty knights behind him quickly followed closely.

A dark red flashed in the dark city gate, and then a blazing red flame spurted out, and a loud roar burst out, echoing in the city gate, making even more deafening.
Chapter completed!