After Maori Kogoro escaped from death, he had not had time to be glad, so he took a few deep breaths and began to make the next combat arrangements.

Looking at the huge black smoke rising near the north city wall, he knew that the city wall must have been destroyed and the enemy would definitely attack along the city wall. Now they have lost the protection of the city wall, and it will definitely be more difficult to deal with these fierce enemies [       Fast Update].

He actually wanted to retreat and directly join the troops in the north to form a mountain city to enhance his defense capabilities, but this method will definitely not work.

There are several small cities between the two big cities, especially Baiqiya City, which is stuck at a critical junction. It was captured by the enemy yesterday, and there were a large number. According to the reports of the soldiers who fled back, there were at least six or seven hundred people.

Now he has only a thousand troops on hand. Even if he can bypass several other small cities, it is a fantasy to try to capture Baiqiu City again under the pursuit of the enemy and then arrive at Chengshan City.

At this moment, he had already killed Liu Xiang and Guo Huaiyi countless times. If he hadn't believed their words and persuaded the head of the family to agree to send troops, he would not have ended up at this point now.

Even if he cursed, things still had to be done. He hurriedly mobilized his army and quickly occupied the city walls on both sides of the east and west, and at the same time dispersed the team into the surrounding houses, taking advantage of the preemptive advantage to fight street battles with the enemy.

Maori Kogoro's arrangement was indeed good, because Zhang Donghe's plan was to control the city wall first, then catch turtles in the jar, and defeat all the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop.

This time, Zhang Donghe concentrated all his troops at the north gate, intending to attract the enemy's troops. Then, when blasting, he could not only destroy the city wall, but also kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent.

Maori Kogoro's arrangement was very good, but the gap in strength caused this plan to not work at all. The Japanese soldiers could not stop the attack of the Tsengce Army.

The city wall was not large and the troops could not be deployed. Zhang Donghe discussed with Xu Erlu, used snipers to capture the city wall, and used spearmen to cover it, and quickly advanced to several other city walls.

This method was quickly implemented. The soldiers climbed up the north wall along the two gaps and then advanced towards the east and west walls.

Both teams have the same configuration. The first row is soldiers holding long shields to provide cover for the team behind. The next two rows are spearmen, and the next one is 10 snipers.

In this way, the entire team continued to advance, and the snipers shot and killed the enemies accurately from behind. Although the Japanese pirates' iron cannons had a much less range than the Tiense gun, the loading time was longer than that of the bird gun, and they needed two people to operate, so they were in a mess and could not compete with the Tiense gun at all.

The Japanese pirates' infantry also tried to approach the Tiance Army's offensive team and defeated them through close combat. However, after they tried this, this path simply did not work.

The Tiance Spear is an improved version of the flintlock rifle, which is much easier to operate than the flint gun. Before the Japanese pirate attack team approached, the snipers could shoot three rounds. Even if they checked the head again, they could eliminate more than a dozen Japanese pirates.

Moreover, the two rows of spearmen were not covered. They were well-trained and cooperated with tacit understanding. The two rows of spears worked together to stab through, and the movements were neat and uniform, and the Japanese pirates' shield player was directly overturned.

Then he took it back neatly and stabbed it out together, and he could destroy six or seven Japanese pirates in one go.

Moreover, during this process, the snipers did not stop and kept shooting. Soon, the group of forty or fifty Japanese pirates were wiped out.

Although the Japanese army on the top of the city was resisting tenaciously, with the precise attack of the snipers, such resistance was useless. The city wall was so wide that there was no place to hide. As for rushing up, the rows of spears were not something they could fight against.

Next, the main force of the attack is still the sniper, while the shield player and spear player are mainly responsible for providing cover to prevent the enemy from approaching.

In this way, the sniper and the spearmen cooperated tacitly and kept pushing forward, quickly attacking the east and west city towers, and continued to advance.

Kogoro Mouri was almost desperate at this moment. He did not expect that the retreat speed on the city wall was faster than the retreat speed on the ground.

He knew that the enemy's offensive this time was stronger and the enemy's combat effectiveness was very strong, but he did not expect that he would underestimate the enemy's power.

I originally thought that even if I couldn't withstand the strong city wall as a protection, I could last at least one or two days. Who would have thought that the city wall would be blown up by the enemy within less than half an hour of war? How could I fight this battle?

"General, the enemy is so powerful that we can't resist it!"

"Yes, General, what should we do now?"

Kogoro Mouri was quite calm, but the other generals did not have such good concentration. They were so frightened that they asked him to make an idea, otherwise they might all die here.

His scalp was numb and his mind was blank at this moment. He didn't know what to do next, but if he didn't come up with a solution quickly, their situation would only become more and more dangerous.

I originally planned to delay the enemy's attack through street fighting and at the same time offset the enemy's sharpshooter's advantage. The city's vision was not wide, and the enemy's sharpshooter could not see them, so naturally there was no way to attack them.

As a result, the enemy's sharpshooter did not enter the city at all, but wanted to directly capture the city wall and attack the city on the city wall. It was simply easy.

If the enemy really achieves his goal, then the soldiers and horses around the city wall will become the enemy's living targets. How could they beat them with those equally brave infantry soldiers?

"General, the pirate ship is back! The pirate ship is back, it seems like it has won a battle!" Suddenly, a subordinate rushed over excitedly, and reported this news to him.

Kogoro Maori asked loudly, "Are you sure you're not mistaken, is it Guo Huaiyi and his fleet?"

"General, my subordinates have a good eye and can see clearly on the city wall. They are indeed the fleet of pirates. They have captured two large ships with their flags hanging on them. They must have just returned from victory!" The subordinate said affirmatively, with an excited look on his face.

Hearing this, Kogoro Maori suddenly became confident. Since Guo Huaiyi and the others were back and were still returning, this matter would be easy to deal with.

These Ming troops were indeed very strong, and there were even more powerful sharpshooters, but they used muskets after all, and they were not worth mentioning in front of cannons. In terms of range and power, cannons were far better than muskets.

Immediately, a strategy appeared in Kogoro Mouri's mind.

Originally, he just planned to retreat safely and take a pirate warship to retreat to Changzhou, but in that case, the head of the family would definitely blame him, and he himself was not willing to accept it, and other retainers would look down on him.

Since these pirate ships are here, why not use the firepower of these pirate ships to launch a round of attacks on these enemies?

He did what he said, and he first sent someone to contact Guo Huaiyi, told him his plan, and asked him to cooperate with his plan, and then began to concentrate the remaining troops and retreat to the south gate in an orderly manner. Then he turned to the southeast to join the pirate fleet.

However, the process of gathering the troops was not smooth. Apart from the advancement of snipers and spearmen on the city wall, the infantry on the ground were not idle, and they also transported all the Flang aircraft in. Once the enemy resisted violently, they directly hit a row of cannons.

Moreover, as a group of troops that need to fight close to the enemy, infantry were all wearing armor, and the Japanese pirates naturally did not have such heroic spirit. In addition to warriors and other appreciated football, more than 70% of them were left without armor.

Even if they fought hand-to-hand combat, they still couldn't get any advantage. The soldiers of the Tiance Army began to become unfamiliar with the enemy's combat methods and suffered some losses. However, if they figured out the enemy's combat methods, they would completely suppress them.

Because the Japanese pirates were too dispersed, they could not support each other, and the number of people was at a disadvantage, many people were trapped in the house and could not even come up with it.

The original street fighting tactics became an obstacle to the retreat of the Japanese army.

Kogoro Maori also regretted it. If he had known that Guo Huaiyi and the others had come back, he would have retreated directly, so that he would have suffered less losses.

Then I brought some artillery to the ashore and then shot it back, which made me unable to retreat now.

"Bang!"

A gunshot came from somewhere, and then a guard beside him fell down, twitched a few times, and there was no movement anymore.

He didn't even see the enemy's figure, which means that the enemy's sharpshooter was already very close to them. He just took it and it was obvious that he was aiming at him. If he hadn't been a little bit off, he would have fallen.

"retreat!"

“Retreat all!”

He shouted loudly, too lazy to care whether other subordinates could withdraw smoothly. At present, there are only more than 500 people around him, and at least 300 people are resisting everywhere in the city, but now they are no longer in charge.

Hearing his shouting, the rest of the Japanese army had no psychological burden. Saya started running and rushed towards the south city gate. In fact, he went out from the east gate to the beach closer, but now the east gate has been taken down by the enemy, and they have no choice.

All the Japanese pirates, including Kogoro Mouri, were running wildly, for fear that they would be caught up with the enemy if they ran slowly.

However, one or two gunshots came from behind from time to time. Kogoro Mouri could hear that these projectiles were not far from him, and the enemy's sharpshooter still did not give up killing him. Fortunately, he is in the crowd now and is running quickly, and he is always safe and sound.

But he is fine, it doesn't mean that others are fine. The crowd is so dense that he hits others even if he doesn't hit him. Almost every time the gunshots, a subordinate will fall to the ground and sometimes trip up to others.

As they ran, some people even threw away the weapons in their hands. The caliber and range of the iron cannon were much larger than that of ordinary muskets, but the weight was also larger. It was quite a hindrance to run away in their hands. Anyway, it was better to throw them away if they were escaping.

If you follow the example, if you do this, you will naturally follow it. Soon after, there were few people in the entire team who had weapons.

Finally, after a rush, they successfully rushed out of the south gate. At this time, the enemy had just occupied the east and west walls. The south gate was still under their control. The city gate was opened early and they passed smoothly.

Looking southeast, I saw those pirate ships, but just like what my subordinates reported just now. There were two unseen sailing ships in the pirate fleet, and they were also wearing pirate flags. They must have been captured enemy ships.

When they saw the pirate ship, they saw hope. The remaining Japanese pirates ran a little faster. They urgently hoped to arrive at the port and then board the pirate's warship. Even if they were safe.

When the Japanese pirates ran out most of the mile, Zhang Donghe's infantry also chased out from the south gate, but at this time they stopped running, instead walking, following the pirates slowly, and also dispersed their formation.

Kogoro Mouri did not take the enemy's strange behavior seriously. As long as they arrived at the port, they would be safe and he would have a chance to turn the tables.

This time he brought five thousand troops. The one in Jinghai City was not the main force, with only 1,600 or 700 people in total. The large army was all on Chengshanwei. Even if he lost a thousand people, with nearly 3,000 troops in his hands, he might not be able to create glory again.

But what he didn't know was that the Japanese pirates in Chengshanwei were not much better than them at this moment, and Kong Youde had wiped out or captured more than a thousand Japanese troops a few days ago. Their losses were not only in front of him, but far more than he knew.

However, Kogoro Maori knew nothing about these things and rushed towards the port with anticipation. Their distance from the pirate ship was getting closer and closer.

At this time, he found that these pirate ships were turning sideways, and the artillery was pushed out, ready to go. Depending on the situation, Guo Huaiyi had made corresponding preparations to launch artillery attacks on the enemies pursuing them.

Soon, they approached more than twenty meters from the port, and only forty meters away from the warship. It can be said that they were completely safe.

However, at this time, he found something was wrong, because the muzzles of these cannons were too low, and they must be raised to attack the enemy behind them, but now the muzzles are almost flat and even a little downward.

"Boom boom boom..."

As waves of white smoke rose, all the artillery on the warships launched an attack together.

The sudden sound of artillery surprised him, and at the same time he was a little confused. The Ming army behind him was still far away. Will the artillery bombardment be effective?

However, after a moment, his questions were answered.

As the cannon passed, only the sound of dense projectiles falling to the ground, and the sound of projectiles hitting into the body and colliding with the armor. Then screams came and his subordinates fell down in pieces.

Looking around, there were almost 300 people standing in the team of about 500 people, and at least 200 people fell under these shells.

For a moment, Kogoro Mouri was stunned. He thought he had read it wrong and thought he had hallucinated.

"Boom boom boom..."

In a moment, the second round of artillery bombardment arrived as scheduled. The team that was originally only about 300 people was left, and nearly a hundred people were missing. Moreover, many soldiers who were originally moaning on the ground were silent at this moment.

"Why?"

"Why is this happening?"

"Why attack us?"

Seeing the corpses everywhere in front of him, Kogoro Mouri roared, feeling unwilling to accept it. (To be continued)
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