Retreated?
The Japanese have actually retreated?
Won?
We actually won?
The Ming army on the verge of collapse looked like they had won the lottery, first in disbelief, then in ecstasy.
Although unbelievable, although unbelievable, but the fact is so, after a fierce battle, the fierce and ferocious mess of the Japanese were beaten away by them, cowering back in the courtyard!
Think about it, we were outnumbered and the Japanese were outnumbered, so it was only natural that they would be outnumbered and outnumbered, so it was only natural that they would be outnumbered and outnumbered! This is the advantage of being outnumbered!
As a result, the collapsed morale of the Ming army once again gathered and rose!
“Take advantage of the victory and pursue! Don’t let the Japanese close the door! Chase them into the courtyard and destroy them!””Everyone will be rewarded ten taels of silver for destroying the Japanese!”
Governor Liu and Minister Xu wasted no time in directing the Ming army to pursue the “fleeing” Japanese and promised heavy rewards!
There will be a brave man under the heavy reward!
“Kill!”
“Kill the Japanese and collect the reward!”
Spurred on by the command of Governor Liu and Xu Qianhu and the heavy reward, the Ming army launched an attack on the courtyard!
As the Japanese retreated into the courtyard, the gate had not yet had time to close, and the distance between the Ming troops at the forefront of the pursuit and the Japanese was only a few metres, so with such a short distance, by the time the last Japanese retreated into the courtyard, the Japanese would not have had time to close the gate ……
Seeing this scene, Liu Zhifu and Xu Qiandu couldn’t help but see excitement rising in their eyes again, and the corners of their mouths pulled out a slight smile. Although the start was not good, and the raw cruelty of the Japanese invaders was beyond imagination, the ending was still within expectations; although the losses were a bit bigger, and the credit was discounted a bit, the credit was still credit.
Sure enough, the last Japanese pirate retreated into the courtyard, the Japanese pirates didn’t even have time to close the gate, and the Ming army was less than three metres away from the gate!
One sprint and they could enter the courtyard!
Seeing this scene, Governor Liu and Xu Qiandu’s gazes became even more excited, and the curves of their mouths became even larger ……
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Several muskets rang out and bows and arrows pierced the air as the first Ming troops were about to rush into the courtyard occupied by the Japanese.
“Ah!””Ah!””Ah!”
After the gunshots and feathered arrows rang out, the Ming troops who rushed at the forefront immediately let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground dead after being hit by gunshots and arrows!
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The gunfire continued, the feathered arrows continued!
Guns without a false shot! Arrows without a false shot! Every bullet and every feathered arrow of the Japanese hit a Ming soldier accurately.
The dozens of Ming troops at the front looked like they had been mowed down, thump thump thump, one by one, they fell to the ground, and in an instant, dozens of Ming corpses lay down at the entrance of the courtyard occupied by the Japanese pirates! Blood flowed in front of the door!
With these dozens of living examples in front, the Ming army behind them immediately moved in a neat and tidy manner, stopping, turning around, running back, faster than they came, at this moment, they wished that their parents had given them one more foot so that they could run faster!
The smiles on the faces of Governor Liu and Qianhu Xu had long since withered! The excitement in their eyes had also long since turned into shock!
The Japanese are too vicious! Not to mention that the Ming troops ran back, some of them wanted to continue running and leave the battlefield as deserters!
“Xu Qiandu! Quickly! Kill the deserters! So that the situation doesn’t get out of hand!”Liu Zhifu shouted in a hurry.
Xu Qianhu reacted instantly under Governor Liu’s reminder, with a push of his warhorse, he carried his lance to catch up with the nearest deserter, and pierced through his body with a single shot, and then bent his bow to shoot at the fastest deserter, and fired an arrow, er, it was off, and with a slight reddening of his face, Xu Qianhu drew another feathered arrow and shot it out, and fortunately the deserter wasn’t too far away, and this time the shot was on target! The deserter was knocked to the ground by an arrow!
“All of you stop! Which one of you dares to flee, this is what you’ll get!”
Xu Qiandu held his horse’s reins and straddled the spot, raising his blood-soaked lance and shouting at the Ming troops who were running back with a grunt!
With two unlucky eggs as examples, the fleeing Ming troops finally stopped in their tracks under the threat of Xu Qiandu.
“The Japanese have only a hundred or so men, we still have more than a thousand! The Japanese have travelled a long way and have no food supplies, while we can get men, horses, food and grass supplies at any time, we can’t kill them in a field battle, but we can trap them in a siege!”Governor Liu shouted, “What are you running for, hold on, the final victory must belong to us!”
“Hold on, archers move forward, shield bearers cover, surround the courtyard!”Chancellor Xu followed suit and ordered.
No need for a field battle! Just encircling and besieging the courtyard, that was fine! When the Ming army heard that there was no need for a field battle, just surround the courtyard, they were relieved and surrounded the courtyard in layers under the command of Zhifu Liu and Qianhu Xu.
Then, after Liu Zhifu and Xu Qiandu conferred for a while, they sent ten people each, ordering them to go back and call for reinforcements, and at the same time, ordering the reinforcements to bring more bows and arrows.
“Oh yes, Chitou Xu, don’t you still have two artillery pieces in your guardhouse, have someone pull them over and shell the Japanese!”
Governor Liu thought of the artillery in the guardhouse and quickly said to Chitou Xu.
If the artillery is brought over and aimed at the courtyard occupied by the Japanese invaders, a few cannons will surely kill many Japanese invaders, causing the morale of the Japanese invaders to drop drastically, and the morale of our army to rise greatly, and after the artillery bombardment, the remaining Japanese invaders will not be enough to worry about.
“Cough cough, Governor Liu, the artillery is heavy, the road is far, and it has to pass through several rivers, so it is difficult to carry it, I’m afraid that by the time the artillery is transported here, it will be late at night.”Xu Qiandu coughed and said.
“Late night is fine! It will be evening when the reinforcements arrive, and I had planned to attack the Japanese with rockets late at night as well! When your artillery arrives, let off two cannons first, then the rockets, and you’ll be able to build a success!”
Governor Liu stroked his beard and said.
“Ahem, Zhifu Liu, to tell you the truth, the two artillery guns of my guardhouse that are decades old, have long been out of repair and can’t be used anymore.”Xu Qiandu coughed and said frankly with a slightly reddened face.
In fact, Xu Qiandu hasn’t told the truth, the two guns in their guardhouse is not in disrepair, on the contrary, they maintain in fact can, but these two guns have long been out of their guardhouse, has long been Xu Qiandu privately to sell at a high price, just reported a disrepair abandoned only.
As for who to sell, to be honest, Xu Qiandu he does not know, he is not concerned, he is just concerned about the price is high and low, concerned about the silver to get their hands on it. As long as the silver is in place, who cares who the buyer is.
“Erm, well then, let’s wait for reinforcements to arrive and attack the Japanese pirates in the courtyard with rockets late at night.”Governor Liu said with some regret.
“Governor Liu’s good idea! The Japanese pirates are occupying a wooden building, wait until late at night, when the Japanese pirates relax their vigilance, shoot them with rockets, even if you can’t kill them, you can burn them to death!”Xu Qiandu nodded and praised Zhifu Liu.
“The Japanese pirates are nothing more than pipsqueaks! It is not appropriate to take them by force, only by wisdom.”Zhifu Liu smiled faintly.
Thus, Zhifu Liu and Qianhu Xu waited with confidence for the reinforcements to arrive and for the night to come!
