The Japanese pirates who had arranged the butterfly array were looking at the Ming army that was rushing down from the mountain with great difficulty.

In their opinion, it was not worth it to maintain the formation of these people even if they were not good; however, the shooters holding Japanese bows and Franc muskets behind them felt very unhappy, because such loose moving formations made their shooting extremely difficult. The shooters tried their best to aim, while missing the dense and rigid charge formations of the Ming army, even if they did not shoot accurately, they could always hit the people on the side. How could they waste ammunition like they are now?

Xu Hong was sent to perform such an important task. Of course, not only because he is Xu Hai's younger brother, but also because his ability to command operations is no less than that of Brother Nai. He did not underestimate the enemy as his subordinates, and he keenly noticed through observations of a distance. The Ming army, which seemed to be scattered, all had the same number of people - eleven, and there seemed to be a connection between the "eleven-person array", just like the "butterfly array" on the ground.

This is by no means a coincidence, but a formation! Xu Hong sneered at the corner of his mouth, "It seems that he wants to imitate him!" He snorted, "If you don't draw a tiger, you will become a dog like a dog!" Then he ordered the archer to stop shooting, and the Butterfly Formation was ready to take over the enemy, and he would teach these delusional imitators a lesson.

The two sides were close to ten feet, and the Japanese pirates had completely stopped shooting and just waited for a close fight. Who knew that a short and powerful javelin suddenly flew out in the Ming army. Before they could react, many Japanese pirates were nailed to the ground, and many were even penetrated from the front and back, becoming candied haws... There was no way, who made Japanese pirates like to fight shirtlessly and not wear armor.

But it doesn't matter. Strong confidence and tough style are their invincible magic weapons... If they are killed by the javelin, they are just ordinary Japanese pirates with swords, and the formation of thirty people is reduced to more than twenty people, which has no effect at all. If the captain holding folding fans is killed, the rest will consciously merge with the neighboring teams and accept the command of other team fans. It will not have any effect.

And they also have their own javelins... They only heard the sound of sob and creepy conch sounds behind the formation, and teams of miscellaneous troops crossed the butterfly array, preparing to launch the first wave of attacks to test the reality of Mingjun.

Although they were some miscellaneous troops, they were also Xu Hai's troops. The arrogant and ferocious ones were more powerful than ordinary Japanese pirates. They saw them screaming and rushing forward with all kinds of weapons, holding swords, guns, sticks, etc.

‘Dongdong, dongdong, dongdong…’ With the low drum sound, the soldiers of the Qi family army stood firm. They were still in a scattered formation, but the forces of each group were the same - in front there were the captains, on both sides of the left and right sides were rattan players holding javelins, and then the players were two wolves and four spearmen on both sides. At the end, the two were short soldiers, each equipped with muskets, and six rockets fired with crossbows... On the one hand, this kind of weapon is relatively expensive, and on the other hand, it is not suitable for water combat, so although it is **, Taihu was not willing to use it when suppressing bandits.

Behind the eleven-person mandarin duck formation, there is another soldier who carry javelins and rockets for everyone, and helps the fighters replenish ammunition at any time. Of course, if the war is in a tight position, it is impossible to confiscate the guys for a long time.

The captain is the core of each Yuanyang formation. He not only commands the team to move the attack brain, but also prevents the team from retreating hostages. If he is killed by the enemy, then eleven people in the entire formation will be executed, so everyone is always protected by the team leader. While protecting him, they also maintain the integrity of the formation.

Seeing that it was about to catch the enemy, the rattan player holding a long shield immediately stepped forward and protected the captain and teammates behind him. The remaining troops followed the cards. At this time, the Japanese pirates had already rushed to a few feet in front of him. Before the people arrived, they had already greeted him with arrows and flying knives.

The rattan player raised his cards to block it, and at the same time threw the javelin in his hand to counterattack. The sharp javelins, with a low whistle, shot down a group of Japanese pirates rushing in front, but more Japanese pirates passed over the bodies of their accomplices who fell to the ground, waved their weapons and continued to run forward. When they entered, they could see the acne on the opponent, the hand-to-hand combat began!

The shield hand that had been thrown was holding the big shield with both hands to provide cover for the wolf soldiers behind him. The wolf soldiers swept the wolf soldiers, nearly two feet long, and swept the Japanese pirates like a sweeping. There is a saying that one inch long and one inch long, not to mention the wolf soldiers like a ground-level iron broom?

The Japanese pirates rushing in front were swept by the wolf pirates full of iron hooks and barbs, hooked them with barbs, pulled them a few times, and immediately their skin was blooming and blood was dripping. They screamed and rolled on the ground, knocking down the accomplices behind them.

In fact, the responsibility of the wolf soldiers is not to kill the enemy, but to prevent the Japanese pirates from approaching their own side and kill the four spearmen left and right!

Seeing that the enemy was swept by a wolf, they were so panicked that the spearmen were cheering up, and four spears were released. Qi Jiguang's gun technique that he used whip military sticks to make a thousand times have finally achieved results. Each shot was stable, accurate, ruthless and fast. At a distance that the Japanese sword could not reach, it made the Japanese pirates feel sober, then twisted and snatched them back and stabbed them again!

After repeated recurrence, blood splashed, and pieces of Japanese pirates fell in front of the formation. Only a very small number of them passed through the short, medium, long three-dimensional defense composed of shields, spears, and wolves, forming a face to face with the spearmen!

In the past, this time meant that the battle was over, because the main weapons of the Ming army were low-cost long spears and waist knives, while the weapons of the Japanese pirates were sharp Japanese pirates... This kind of sword was longer than the Ming army's waist knives, and only shorter than the Ming army's long spears. In the battle, the Ming army's waist knives were "short weapons" against the Japanese pirates. Before your waist knives could reach the other party, your head would have moved, which was useless. If you use a spear, you could stab the other party before the Japanese pirates came. Unfortunately, the long spear was "short weapons were not successful". Once the Japanese pirates dodged by them, you would have to wait **.

So when the Japanese pirates were bullied to the spearmen, they all breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to start the killing!

But the Yuanyang Formation is not afraid of this, because there are two Park Knife players behind the spearman. The two of them wander behind the formation and are responsible for checking and filling in the gaps. No matter how lively the fight is in front of the spearman, they will not participate. They just stare at the spearman. Seeing the Japanese pirates who threaten their buddy's safety, they rush forward and let the spearman concentrate on fighting the enemy.

Such a formation, complementary length and length, and both offense and defense, is designed specifically for fighting Japanese pirates. It is composed of soldiers trained by Qi Jiguang for several years. Once formed, eleven people will cooperate with the exercises all day long, and they will not even be separated from eating and sleeping. They must practice with each other and have an extremely tacit understanding, but it cannot be successful in a year or two.

The low-intensity practical battle of Taihu bandit suppression can be achieved by completing the running-in in killing enemies. It will be more effective than the training period of time for improving combat effectiveness.

Xu Hong stood behind the formation. At first, he saw the two sides fighting over and over, but not long after, he found that the battle was over. Before the battle could be broken through the "hedgehog formation", the people on his side were killed by the javelin, wolves and spears. Although he didn't know the structure and mystery of this formation, at least he knew that with these wastes, he could not even consume the enemy.

The sound of the conch snails sounded, and the Japanese pirates who were killed were as if they were amnesty, leaving five or six hundred corpses and retreated from the wings of the butterfly formation.

The soldiers of the Qi family army wiped the sweat from their foreheads, gasped for a few times, quickly drank some water, and prepared to face the real challenge... Thanks to General Qi for his devilish training, thanks to Prefect Chen for his supply for all costs, which gave them a good body. After the battle just now, they did not feel tired.

This was actually the first time they fought head-on with Japanese pirates. They could win the first round and defeat the other party's chopping melons and vegetables. They played a great role in improving the morale of the soldiers. They were energetic, holding the weapons in their hands tightly, and preparing to face the next wave of challenges.

As soon as the miscellaneous Japanese pirates retreated, Xu Hong drove the main force to the Ming army. The commanders of both sides raised their hands at the same time, and the soldiers held their breath and gathered their strength, waiting for the moment when the order was issued!

Flying fan! The long sword is facing! The mandarin duck formation vs. the butterfly formation!

The folding fan flew, and all the Japanese pirates returned and waved into the air. The quality of the sword was really good. The Japanese pirates slashed so quickly. The Ming army saw a lot of white flowers and did not see the movement clearly. They chopped down in one go. At the same time, the short sword of the other hand also flipped from the hidden direction, making people unable to defend themselves... If they were always cut down.

At this moment, the use of the wolf pirates was prominent. Regardless of the opponent's actions, I just swept the wolf pirates back and forth in my hand, as if I had set up a barrier for my teammates around me. No matter how the Japanese pirates swung their swords, they could not break through. This gave the Ming army soldiers great confidence and stabilized the slightly panicked formation.

The Japanese pirates found that they were like tigers eating the sky. Five were anxious and screamed from the bottom of the mouth, and waved their swords to chop the head of the wolf's sir. However, the wolf's sirs themselves were big bamboos. Even if they were cut off, they could still be blocked and would not lose their effect immediately.

And the spearmen would not allow them to go wild. A iron spear was resolutely stabbed out, and immediately stabbed the Japanese pirates who were not afraid of the fear of the enemy.

The Japanese pirates have never seen such a situation? They all looked at the captain holding folding fans. The captains didn't know what to do, so they had to sway the fan left and right, directing them to avoid it.

The Japanese pirates jumped around and left and right. They were all wearing brightly colored robes. It was really dazzling when they ran. I didn't know where to shoot them.

Qi Jiguang looked at it, frowned slightly, and said "dongdongdongdongdongdong" continuous drum beats.

Hearing the general's order, the mandarin duck formations shrank and moved closer, four groups in back-to-back, each group handed over the back and flanks to the teammates in front of the battle, and he could concentrate on dealing with the frontal enemies.

They were by no means passive resistance. They rely on their stable formations to attack the Japanese pirates with long-range weapons such as javelins, muskets, bows and arrows.

The two sides of the battle did not realize it, but the silence that was watching was already dazzling. Such a dazzling formation, the offense and defense transformation was completed in an instant, and the flaws and opportunities were fleeting, which made his blood burst out, and he didn't even dare to breathe!

As an official who knows both sides well, he is qualified to evaluate the quality of both sides - this Japanese pirate is not fierce in fighting, has strict organization, and his combat effectiveness ranks among the top three he has seen: and the discipline of the Qi family army, cooperation with the individual Wuyi, completely surpasses the scattered Ming army, and I am afraid that even Yu Dayou's personal soldiers are not opponents.

He thought it was a even-match battle, but Shu knew that this kind of scene occurred - the Japanese pirates had no choice but to attack the Ming army with moderate attacks, and watched their companions fall down, but they could not match any of the people in the formation.

If he read it correctly, it seems that from the beginning of the war to the present, the Ming army has not suffered any losses... only a few minor injuries, and they are still insisting on not getting off the front line. This will have to kill one thousand enemies and two thousand of them. If he is defeated, the losses will almost be even greater... He can't help but feel a little trouble. If he reports such a "zero casualties, high kills and injuries" result, he will definitely be questioned by the Ministry of War and the Censor, saying that he has falsely reported the results of the battle.

The prefect of the people began to worry about such things, which meant that the situation seemed to be determined.

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When Xu Hong saw his subordinates fall down one after another, but he never could break through the other party's ghost formation, he fainted with pain. These three thousand people are the old capitals that support his right to speak in the gang, so how could he be so meaninglessly damaged?

With a sharp turn in his mind, he decided to use the "defeat plan" at the bottom of the box and blew the conch "woosh".

The Japanese pirates surrounding the Mandarin duck formation heard the slow sound of conchs and slowly retreated - this time, they did not really retreat, but were luring the other party to pursue. Xu Hong's eyes were very vicious. He saw that the Ming army's weapons were of different weight, and the formation was slightly bulky. If the pursuit distance was long, the formation would definitely be scattered. Perfect defense would no longer exist. At that time, without his instructions, those experienced captains would wave their fans and direct their subordinates to turn around and strike, which would surely break the formation!

His plan was good, and it depends on how Qi Jiguang was right now.

Seeing that the other party began to retreat, the captains were listening to the drum beats intently, wanting to know whether to chase or not.

I didn't let them wait for long, and I remembered the sound of drums with three long and two short lengths.

"Divid! Three talents!" "Divid! Three talents!" "Divid! Three talents!" Almost at the same time, the captain of the voice transformed the drum sound into an order!

At the moment of ordering, the wolf soldiers quickly stepped forward, surpassing all teammates, standing at the front of the team, two long spears were tightly held behind him, and the shields were tied with short swords, who was on the side of the spearmen to protect their flanks. This is one of the changes in the Mandarin Duck Formation, called the "Three Talents", which requires a charge attack or a pursuit when the enemy retreats and defeats. The advantage is that the number of people forming a formation is reduced. After all, it is much easier for five people to maintain a formation than for individuals to maintain a formation! And it is also moderate in offense and defense. When dealing with the enemy troops who retreat and defeats, the advantage is greater.

Under the leadership of the wolf pirates, the Qi family army launched a fierce pursuit! The Japanese pirates ran for a while and waved their long swords to turn around. They wanted to kill the wise king's spirit, but they could not attack or defend against the three talent formations with excellent offense and defense. Only by being caught by the wolf pirates would be pierced by a spear in an instant. Although they were not afraid of the ** and rushed forward with a sword, they had no effect except being pierced all over their bodies.

We have said that the Japanese pirates are fearless. But if they feel hopeless under the premise of hope, the speed of collapse is no less than that of the Ming army.

After trying every attempt, the Japanese pirates could not stop the attack of the Ming army's morale, and the Japanese pirates began to retreat. When Xu Hong saw that the situation was hopeless, he had to retreat immediately if he didn't want to defeat. He had to close his eyes and blew the retreating conch.

The Japanese pirates finally stopped being slower, stepped on their short legs, stepped on the clogs, and retreated with the conch all over the mountains. "Chasing! Chase!" Qi Jiguang made a quick decision and ordered the troops to pursue the entire line.

The Ming army relied on the formation of the three talents and rushed out with the sound of killing the Japanese pirates.

Seeing the battle situation settled, Qi Jiguang finally sat on the ground, gasping for breath. He took off his helmet and white air swelled up. The courseware was so nervous that it was just now.

"Drink some water," Chen Si handed over the kettle and said with a smile.

Qi Jiguang nodded, took the steel kettle, drank it all in one go, wiped his mouth, and said with a relaxed sigh: "It's considered that I'm not ugly."

Chen Si grabbed his arm and said seriously: "The Ming Dynasty must thank you, Brother Yuan Jing." Before this battle, Chen Si was completely desperate to defeat the Japanese pirates head-on. He believed that unless something big happens...such as Xu Haiwang suddenly squats each other, or Japanese hot and fake Japanese rebelled against each other... Otherwise, the Ming army would not be able to defeat the Japanese pirates, at least for a period of time that could be met.

But after this battle, silent regained confidence. He began to believe that the Japanese pirates could be defeated, and they didn’t have to be in the future, right now!
Chapter completed!