Chapter 84 84 Battle

In a wilderness not far from the village, the Ming army, which had just set up its formation and began to advance slowly, encountered a Japanese bandit.

For such a confrontation, the Ming army was well prepared, and there was no farce of Ming soldiers turning around and running away. After all, there were generals' personal soldiers behind them. Anyone who turned around at this time would definitely be beheaded.

Facing the Ming army pressed by Wuyangyang, the Japanese pirate team inevitably had some commotion, but the dwarf Japanese pirate in front quickly stabilized after a series of Japanese words came out.

After confirming that there were really many Ming troops, the Japanese pirate leader turned around and gave orders, and some people turned around and ran quickly to the town.

Amidst the sound of the horn, the Ming army's slowly advancing military formation slowly stopped, and the two sides began to confront each other.

"It's similar to the news about Tan Ma. There are only a few hundred people. We should be able to capture it."

Wei Meng rode his horse and stood beside Wu Zhankui, whispering to his uncle.

"As long as we can withstand the attack of the Japanese pirates, we will win."

After Wu Zhankui saw the whole picture of the Japanese pirates in front of him, he nodded, with a relaxed smile on his face.

I heard yesterday that Guanhaiwei and Dinghaiwei were besieged by thousands of Japanese pirates before they retreated miserably and lost the county seat of Dinghai.

There were only a few hundred people in front of them, and facing nearly 5,000 Ming troops, not only Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng thought so, but most of the generals had actually begun to become optimistic.

"They actually still had armored Japanese pirates. They were defeated unjustly in Dinghai."

The dozens of dwarf Japanese pirates at the front of the Japanese pirate queue were too obvious, and their equipment was also very obvious. They were all wearing black armor. Wu Zhankui was very jealous when he saw them.

Just kidding, I can only get so much armor from the Youjun Qianhu Station. Others can only get cotton armor and jackets. Although the defense is not so good, it still doesn't feel as strong as iron armor when wearing it.

As the conch horn sounded in the distance, the Japanese pirates, who were absolutely inferior in numbers, actually took action before the Ming army, which was outnumbered.

Dozens of short Japanese pirates, led by hundreds of Japanese pirates, rushed towards the Ming army's central army regardless of their speed. However, the speed was not very fast. When they were about 200 steps away, some Japanese pirates opened their arms. Longbow began to sell bows and arrows to the Ming army.

In this regard, the Ming army seemed a little unprepared. No one expected that the Japanese pirates would take the initiative to attack.

A few scattered bows and arrows were shot into the formation. Although some people were injured and wailing, the damage was limited, but it was definitely a blow to the already low morale of the Ming army.

As the drums behind the military formation sounded rhythmically, the Ming army's military formation also began to slowly start. Hundreds of archers in the back row began to draw their bows and arrows. Following the order of a small flag in front of the team, the bows and arrows shot through. It shoots out from the sky towards the Japanese pirates.

"It's so far away, so shoot it."

Seeing that the Japanese pirates were still far away from the army, the archers on the Anqing Guard side had already started firing arrows, and Wei Meng couldn't help but curse.

Indeed, the arrows fired from the Ming army's formation were the real rain of arrows. Hundreds of black arrows flew over the heads of the front row of Ming soldiers towards the Japanese pirates charging in the distance. Most of the arrows failed to hit the Japanese pirates. In the team, he fell to the ground only a dozen steps away from the Japanese pirates.

"Anqingwei is a little confused."

Wu Zhankui turned his head and said to Wei Meng, but when he turned his head inadvertently, what he saw was his two soldiers from a hundred families. Many of them seemed to be trembling at this moment.

As the Japanese pirates charged and killed, the distance between the two armies became closer and closer, almost a hundred steps away. The Japanese pirates' shouts of killing gradually reached their ears clearly, and they were all Japanese words that they could not understand.

"Sir Qianhu, the flag message behind us tells us to move closer to the Chinese army."

At this moment, the soldier behind Wu Zhankui whispered to him.

After hearing this, Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng both looked back at the center, where the flags were waving and orders were being issued.

Although the official position was for a thousand households, Wu Zhankui at this time was actually a hundred households, with only 200 people under his command.

With the military order, as the outermost unit, according to the formation of the Central and Front Army Qianhu Station, the two wings of the Ming Army began to slowly close forward, hoping to form a pocket formation to surround the charging Japanese pirates.

As for the hundred or so unmoved Japanese pirates who were still far away, naturally no one cared.

Such a small number of troops will not have a great impact on the war.

When necessary, as long as one or two hundred households from each side of the left and right armies are sent to take care of them, this group of Japanese pirates can be defeated.

Everything is developing in the direction favorable to the Ming army. If the Chinese army can withstand the Japanese pirates' attack, a perfect pocket array can complete the encirclement of the main force of the Japanese pirates and then annihilate them.

As the Japanese pirates rushed into the distance of a hundred steps from the Ming army, the archers of the Chinese army's Anqing Guard and Luzhou Guard began to fire arrows desperately, shooting at the charging Japanese pirates. From time to time, a series of firecrackers sounded, and the Ming army's ranks emanated from time to time. White smoke burst out, and the current Japanese pirates also quickened their pace. Many of them had already taken out their long cards to block the Ming army's arrows.

At this time, the group of dwarfs who had been running at the front had gradually retreated into the formation. The Japanese pirates appeared in the front row, all of them holding long cards in their hands, but they could still see those exaggeratedly long spears and shots fired at Mingming from time to time. Army arrows.

After entering the shooting range, the archers of the Ming army began to have success. From time to time, some people in the Japanese pirate group were hit by arrows and fell down, but no one paid attention to them. Instead, they still rushed over, shouting fanatically in Japanese words that the Ming army could not understand. Dozens of Japanese pirate corpses were left behind.

Closer, closer.

The archers who had been shooting arrows before had generally fired more than a dozen or twenty arrows. Their arms were sore and they had no strength left. They retreated one after another. The firearmsmen did the same thing. After firing their firearms, they had no time to reload them and retreated one after another.

The tight military formation was slightly disturbed as they retreated, but it soon returned to normal.

At this time, the Ming army on both wings had also approached the central army. The gap between the guards was being narrowed. The two-wing encirclement tactics were basically successful. As long as the Ming army on both wings continued to close the pocket formation.

When the Japanese pirates rushed to a distance of more than ten steps from the Ming army, the short Japanese pirates hiding behind the shields finally appeared in the front row of the Japanese pirate team again. At this time, there was no long-range weapon attack, so they could rush to the front of the formation without worry.

"Speed ​​up and surround them."

At this time, the distance that Wu Zhankui's troops at the edge had to move was the farthest among all the teams. Only the guards at the edge of Chuzhou Guard were similar to them.

Seeing that they were about to surround the Japanese pirates and that they would make a great contribution, Wu Zhankui could not help but urge his soldiers to speed up their pace.

At this time, the central army of the Ming army also had their first direct confrontation with the Japanese pirates, but the result was a little beyond their expectations.

Before, these guards from Nanzhili and Jiujiang Guards only knew that the Japanese pirates charged fiercely and fought desperately, but no one told them what weapons the Japanese pirates used.

At this moment, the first Japanese pirates encountered by Anqing Guards and Luzhou Guards were stabbing with those ridiculously long spears. The spears in the hands of the Ming army spearmen were not as long as those of the elders, so they were naturally at a great disadvantage. Even with the shieldmen, the formation was in chaos.