The wind and rain gradually subsided and the sea gradually calmed down. The Japanese pirate ship was very familiar with the nearby area. Without the wind and rain, it quickly found its target. When the ship docked, the second leader couldn't wait to jump over: "Lao San, how are you?"
"Second brother, you are finally here. You don't know, I almost died." The third leader was still frightened and his face was a little pale.
Listening, the second leader ordered to the person beside him: "Is the doctor here? Quickly treat my third brother's injury."
"Here we come." Another doctor came forward to check.
"Third brother, how is the situation now? Where have the officers and soldiers gone?" The second leader asked anxiously.
"Second brother, now I only have eight ships left, and the rest are all gone." The three leaders sighed: "As for the officers and soldiers, if they follow us in a battle, they must also suffer heavy losses. They were like this before, and fled after defeat."
The second leader felt that something was wrong. This man was Francis. He was less than thirty years old. He was thin, with thin eyebrows and pink eyes. He had always been the wise man among the three brothers. He said: "The third brother, in front of my brother , don’t fool me, tell me the situation in detail.”
"It doesn't matter if you lose a few people, but it won't matter if you break something big."
The third leader, Fang Tong, patted his legs in embarrassment and told the people around him to step back. He explained in detail. The more he listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. He stood up a few steps and stopped on the deck. His face suddenly turned pale: "Quick, come here, give me something." I’ll contact the island.”
Jiyi Hall
Fang Zhi was walking back and forth when news came. He hurried up and asked the first time: "How is third brother?"
Francis replied with some anxiety: "Brother, we have received the third brother."
"Brother, let's talk about this later. How many people are there on the island now? I suspect that the army may have already rushed towards the island!"
"What?" Fang Zhi was shocked and was about to speak.
"Chief, it's not good, we found that the army has arrived ten miles away from the island." A man rushed in and shouted.
"What? Set up defenses, set up defenses quickly, brother, come back quickly." Fang Zhi immediately ordered, and then said to the Taoist: "Can the magic circle you set up last time still be used?"
"Last time, all the people were able to use the magic circle. Now there are less than 20% of the Taoist priests left. Even if it is activated again, it will not be as powerful." The Taoist priest also changed his face. Now, apart from the common people, there are only 300 people left on the island. If not, the situation becomes critical.
"No, it's too late. The enemy has landed." Another little boss rushed in and knelt on the ground to report.
"Concentrate on the stronghold, and we will defend by the stronghold." Fang Zhi ordered through gritted teeth. If this small number of people were dispersed to the island in half an hour, they would not all be dead. Now we can only defend according to the mountain.
Then he said to the Taoist priest: "It's too late to activate the formation. I remember there are traps and gunpowder. If you see the enemy coming, just blow it up!"
The Taoist was a little unwilling. These were used on Pei Ziyun, and now they are wasted on Xiaobing. But now there is no way to do it, so he can only sigh: "Okay!"
At this time, the rain gradually subsided. Pei Ziyun stood on the boat and looked at the island, smiling to the left and right: "It's a beautiful island."
Something clicked in my heart. This island seemed to be over a hundred square kilometers, much larger than Shao Island. It was difficult for people to live on Shao Island, which was more than ten square kilometers, but this island was self-sufficient.
I saw that most of the soldiers on the ship had finished eating the military meal - the Daxu military system, dry food, rice, and bacon.
Rice is boiled and exposed to the sun. After repeated operations, some dry rice can be obtained, which can be eaten after soaking until soft. Needless to say, the bacon is not good in taste. However, if you add salt and water, then you will say: "Cai Qian" Hu, kill him!"
"Yes!" Cai Yuanzhen said in response.
The horn sounded, a ship docked, the gangplank was set up, footsteps continued to descend, and a report came in a moment: "The enemy did not resist, and retreated to the mountain stronghold."
"dash forward."
Sporadic killing sounds were heard in the distance. Pei Ziyun and Chen Jin took several steps to climb up to a high position. When they saw a fight in a residential area, they smiled and said, "The thieves haven't given up yet."
Only then did he smile, and there were several "boom boom" sounds like sudden thunder, which seemed to be several muffled thunders in a row, and then a very bright fire came. From a distance, it looked like someone's house was on fire. Chen Jin asked: "What's going on? What's going on?"
Pei Ziyun was very sensitive to this and couldn't help but be startled: "Ask what happened?"
After a while, a team came back to report: "Sir Pei, these thieves filled some key points with gunpowder on the road, causing several collapses and more than a dozen injuries."
He didn't take it seriously. During the march of the army, a dozen deaths would be nothing. However, Pei Ziyun panicked and couldn't see his face clearly in the dark. He pondered for a while and said, "Let's go and take a look."
It is said that the island is only a dozen miles wide, and they arrived quickly. There were only a dozen soldiers beside Pei Ziyun, all wearing helmets and armors and cloaks, and there was a murderous look in their behavior.
When he got to this place, Pei Ziyun took a deep breath as soon as he took a look. He saw a big pit in the ground and some exploding corpses around it.
"How much gunpowder is buried here?" Chen Jin couldn't help but said in surprise. The gunpowder is not very powerful, so it is very rare to explode like this.
Pei Ziyun touched it and sensed it, his face turned pale, and he thought to himself: "There are traces of Taoism. This is not aimed at the soldiers, but at me."
"If I rush forward and am not careful, no matter how high my martial arts skills are, I'm afraid it will all be blown to pieces."
"However, this is basically ineffective against the third and fourth levels of Taoist Yin Shen. The third and fourth levels are psychic. You can see everything from the perspective of Yin Shen. Ghosts, gods and various qi machines can be seen."
"Unless it's covered up by Taoism, the buried gunpowder will have its own murderous aura, which can be detected as soon as you get close!"
"Even if this is the case, it is still a great terror. It is better to have soldiers. It doesn't matter how many people die. This is something that a Taoist cannot reach."
If one fights alone in martial arts, even the best masters in the world can't help but surround him. This is not the case in this dynasty. In the previous dynasty, there were martial arts masters who killed officials. Several provincial inspections were jointly conducted, and tens of thousands of public servants were jointly pursued. This man had no chance to breathe at all. As a result, He wandered around several provinces, restless day and night, no matter how good his martial arts skills were, he could not withstand such hardship, and he died in the hands of a county patrol officer (it was clear that this case was involved).
Why, the imperial court is rich in the world and can mobilize tens of thousands of people. No matter how strong the Taoist or warrior is, as long as he falls into the law, no matter how clever and powerful he is, even if he wins a thousand times, he will be doomed once.
Even if the imperial court fails a thousand times, as long as it wins once, it is a real victory. This is the biggest difference between the imperial court and the martial arts.
At this time, he saw a gunpowder pit that was terrifying to him, but just drizzle to the army. Didn't it just kill a dozen people
The more emotion and introspection I felt in my heart, but I didn’t have time to think too much at this time. I had already reported earlier: “The enemy is surrounded, in the mountain stronghold!”
He hurried up immediately.
I saw officers and soldiers forming formations one by one at the stronghold, and there were noisy noises everywhere on the stronghold. Bandits were jumping up and down on the walls. Pei Ziyun watched coldly and made careful calculations.
At this time, Cai Yuanzhen stepped forward, his face a little serious, but also a little relaxed, and pointed: "The bandits didn't seem to expect that they would be attacked. The stronghold was not well built."
"There are no rolling stones or gold soup. There are only a few bows and arrows, but not many."
Pei Ziyun nodded, the sea is prone to moisture, and bowstrings will loosen when they get wet. Except for the officers and soldiers who take special care, there are basically no bows and arrows.
"It's just that I saw that there seemed to be two groups of people inside." Cai Yuanzhen pointed to the east wall and said, "Look, sir, this group of people seems to be organized and not like ordinary Japanese pirates."
"The group to the west is Japanese pirates, but they also look very fierce."
"Or the Marquis of Jibei and the real Japanese pirates." Pei Ziyun thought to himself, and only asked: "Can it be captured?"
"There are not many people in these two groups. It looks like they only have a hundred people in total. They can be attacked by force." Cai Yuanzhen responded immediately.
"Then persuade them to surrender first. If they don't listen, capture them immediately."
"yes!"
After a moment, a loud voice came forward, stopped a hundred steps away from the stronghold, and shouted: "Listen to the stronghold, I am the captain of the imperial team, and I have been ordered by Master Pei and Cai Qianhu to inform you that if you Surrender immediately and you will avoid death. If you dare to resist, no chickens or dogs will be spared!"
At this moment, an arrow fell. Although it missed, it made his attitude clear. Pei Ziyun sneered: "If you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears. Kill in and leave no chickens or dogs behind!"
"Yes!" Cai Yuanzhen responded and waved his hand.
Immediately, there were swordsmen and shieldmen in front of them, holding up their shields, and even carrying wooden planks and several long ladders up. The archers followed closely behind, and when they got closer, they heard the sound of bowstrings, and the bowstrings fell, but they all landed on the wooden planks. and shield, and then came his own command: "Shoot!"
Before the enemy's arrows were finished, there was another sound of bowstrings, and the arrows fell towards the wall like a rain. Some of them were shot at the wall, and some of them were thrown directly.
In fact, the threat of projectile is even greater, that is, it is shot from high and falls into the village, causing screams immediately.
Some of the thieves were hit by arrows before they could stop them. They rolled on the ground and struggled desperately. Blood flowed out and stained the wall red.
"Throw them all!" Seeing that the people on his side were already close to the wall, Cai Yuanzhen immediately ordered. It would be easy to hit his own people with a direct shot, but all the projectiles would fall into the village, which could kill the enemies who caught up.
A shower of arrows flew over, and even Pei Ziyun only heard bursts of "tuk-tuk" sounds and continuous screams inside. Seeing the archers opening a safe zone, the soldiers climbed up.
I couldn’t help but ask: “Where did you get these wooden planks and long ladder?”
"Planks are found on every ship, as spares for repairing cabins. The long ladder is a kind of springboard." Cai Yuanzhen looked back and explained, and then immediately commanded: "Charge up, rush up."
However, at this time, a group of people rushed forward. They were well-trained and even wore armor. Their long swords were directed at them, and they immediately killed the people who rushed forward and fell down.
In the field of vision, I saw these fifty or sixty people who were skilled in combat and cunning. Small groups of three or five took turns to cover each other. For a moment, more people rushed to the wall. For a moment, there was a killing sound of "boom", and both sides were shocked. They fought one after another, with blood raining down on each other.
Inspired by this, the thieves also shouted and rushed forward. They were mixed together like a torrent, and the killing was extremely brutal. In the blink of an eye, a dark red field of vision appeared in front of them.
(End of chapter)