Outside the city, the battle between the Japanese pirates and the Zhejiang army was fierce and intense.
Although the Japanese pirates in the front row were caught off guard and were stabbed to death by the Zhejiang Army's bayonets, the Japanese pirates in the back were brave and confident, thinking that as long as they could get close to the enemy, victory would belong to them. The Japanese swords they used were long and sharp, and the Ming Army's waist swords were not as long as theirs. As the saying goes, "an inch longer, an inch more dangerous", a longer weapon has an advantage.
So the Japanese pirates stepped on the corpses of the pirates in the front row and continued to rush forward, trying to chop the Zhejiang army into pieces.
However, the Zhejiang Army's bayonets dealt a serious blow to their confidence. The Zhejiang Army's formation was neat, and the soldiers mechanically stabbed with bayonets. What they saw was a forest of bayonets. However, the Zhejiang Army's muskets and bayonets were like a spear, which was longer than their Japanese swords. Before they could cut the Zhejiang Army, the Zhejiang Army's bayonets had already stabbed them.
The Zhejiang army was like a hedgehog, making it impossible for them to attack. The Japanese pirates were extremely anxious and angry, and they screamed fiercely, using their Japanese swords to chop at the Zhejiang army's bayonets. However, the Zhejiang army's bayonets looked only as thick as thumbs, but they were made of fine steel and were very strong. The Japanese swords did not break the bayonets, but instead knocked gaps in them. For a while, the Japanese pirates were stabbed to pieces by the Zhejiang army's bayonets, but were unable to break into the Zhejiang army's bayonet formation.
"Damn it, look at me!" A Japanese pirate with a bald head and a string of prayer beads around his neck cursed fiercely, then grabbed a thin Japanese pirate next to him and lifted him up.
"Fuck, you evil monk, why are you lifting me up?! This is not a joke, put me down now!"
The skinny Japanese pirate was so scared that he danced and screamed like a giant turtle.
"Okay, I'll let you down right now!" The bald Japanese pirate grinned, gritted his teeth and shouted, his arms full of veins bulging, and he threw the skinny Japanese pirate in his hand towards the bayonet formation of the Zhejiang army opposite.
The bald Japanese pirate was as strong as an ox. The skinny Japanese pirate was like a huge rock in his hand, and he rushed towards the bayonet formation of the Zhejiang army.
"Fuck, I won't let you go even if I die..."
The skinny Japanese pirate didn't even have time to finish his last words before he fell onto the Zhejiang Army's bayonet formation like a piece of rotten meat.
The skinny Japanese pirate weighed at least 100 pounds, and the bald Japanese pirate threw it with all his strength. The kinetic energy plus the weight energy hit the Zhejiang Army's bayonet formation at once, causing an impact force of at least 300 pounds.
The three Zhejiang troops who faced the attack were knocked down at once.
A gap was smashed in the tightly-fitting Zhejiang army formation. The bald Japanese pirate let out a strange cry and rushed into the gap like a tiger descending from the mountain with a long-handled weapon in the shape of a crescent shovel. He charged left and right, and before several Zhejiang soldiers nearby could turn their bayonets, they were knocked to the ground by the bald Japanese pirate with a shovel.
Fortunately, all members of the Zhejiang Army were wearing cotton armor with strong protection. Although they were knocked to the ground, bleeding from the mouth and nose and seriously injured, their lives were not in danger.
Only one soldier was unlucky. He was hit in the face by the bald Japanese pirate's crescent-shaped shovel and died on the spot.
The bald Japanese pirate was extremely brave, like a humanoid beast. He charged left and right in the Zhejiang army's position, causing heavy casualties to the Zhejiang army. The surrounding Zhejiang army was unable to resist for a while, and a gap was torn in the neat army formation.
When the Japanese pirates behind saw the bald pirate tear open the Zhejiang army's formation, they immediately followed the bald pirate and rushed in without hesitation.
The strong Japanese pirates around were inspired and wanted to follow suit. They looked around at the pirates around them, trying to find a thin one.
"Fuck you, you idiot! There's a body on the ground. You can't just throw it away. Why are you staring at me?"
Several skinny Japanese pirates were terrified, and everyone was worried about their safety. A clever Japanese pirate pointed at the corpses of the Japanese pirates they were stepping on and shouted.
Suddenly, several strong Japanese pirates reacted, bent down to pick up the dead body on the ground, and threw it hard towards the Zhejiang army formation.
The Zhejiang army was caught off guard and was left with several gaps by the Japanese pirates' attack. In an instant, dozens of brave Japanese pirates rushed into the Zhejiang army's formation.
"Dead!"
The brave Japanese pirates wielded Japanese swords and wielded them like flying in the Zhejiang army. The surrounding Zhejiang soldiers could only block and stab with bayonets, which was inconvenient for slashing. As for their moves, they could only stab and block simply. In a one-on-one battle, they were no match for the Japanese pirates. It would take three or five Zhejiang soldiers a lot of effort to defeat one Japanese pirate.
In particular, there were a few brave Japanese pirates with superb martial arts who knew how to cooperate and cover each other. The Zhejiang army was unable to do anything to them for a while.
The Japanese pirates also knew the power of the Zhejiang Army's cotton armor, so they specifically targeted the faces, necks and other parts of the Zhejiang Army that were not covered by the armor.
In a short period of time, the Zhejiang army suffered dozens of casualties, and the army formation was torn into several pieces. The situation was not good.
"Brothers in the back row who are not engaged in the battle, fire at those Japanese pirates who are advancing into the formation!" Zhu Ping'an gave the order in the formation.
Suddenly, a few gunshots were heard, and the brave Japanese pirates who were killing all around in the Zhejiang army's formation screamed and fell to the ground.
The bald Japanese pirate who broke into the formation first was the one who received special attention. He was hit by more than a dozen bullets and became a bloody sieve.
At such a close distance, being targeted by so many muskets, he had no room to display his martial arts skills no matter how high his skills were.
"Engage the enemy in the front row, fire the guns in the back row, and head straight for the city gate. Seize the city gate from the Japanese pirates at any cost!"
After the Zhejiang Army stabilized the situation, Zhu Ping'an adjusted the battle formation in time and commanded the Zhejiang Army to rush towards the city gate.
The Japanese pirates have just sent out a signal. In at most an incense stick of time, the Japanese pirate army will come to support us.
If the city gate was not seized from the Japanese pirates before their army arrived to support us, the consequences would be disastrous.
Not only is Suzhou City in danger, the Zhejiang Army is also in danger.
As they rushed to give the warning, the Zhejiang Army was not prepared for a field battle. They did not carry enough gunpowder and projectiles, and did not have time to bring the side carriages that could be used as temporary positions. They only brought eight tiger squatting cannons, and the rest were hastily wrapped in tarpaulin and buried in the Zhejiang Army's toilets.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon was too heavy, and the Zhejiang Army was fully armed with cotton armor and charged on horseback. Ordinary horses could not bear the weight, let alone gallop long distances.
The Zhejiang Army only had a dozen or so good horses that could bear the weight, and since they had to carry heavy shells, they could only bring eight tiger squat cannons.
"Don't let them get near the city gate!"
Xu Hai soon discovered the Zhejiang Army's intention, shouted loudly, and commanded the remaining Japanese pirates to block the Zhejiang Army's way.
However, at this time, there were only more than 300 Japanese pirates left, while the Zhejiang Army had only lost dozens of people, and there were still nearly 2,000 people. The bayonet formation was like a hedgehog, making it difficult for the Japanese pirates to break through. In addition, the sound of gunfire from the Zhejiang Army from time to time was like a deadly poisonous snake, causing heavy losses to the Japanese pirates. They could not stop the Zhejiang Army at all, and Xu Hai gritted his teeth in anger.
If he had enough troops, the Zhejiang Army would have been finished when he broke through the Zhejiang Army's formation! Unfortunately, he had insufficient troops, and the number of Japanese pirates who broke into the Zhejiang Army's formation was too small. They were annihilated by the Zhejiang Army's superiority in manpower, and missed the opportunity!
"The men guarding the city gates, come out quickly to support us, attack from both sides, and never let the Zhejiang army occupy the city gates."
At the critical moment, Xu Hai gritted his teeth and ordered the Japanese pirates guarding the city gates to come out to support and attack the Zhejiang army from both sides.
Damn it!
When the reinforcements arrive and we have sufficient manpower, the Zhejiang army will be killed without a burial place!