Late Tang

On the bastion, Li Jing saw the cunning Fengzhang and finally lost his caution, and was deceived by the arrangement on the shore, and finally drove the building ship, fighting ship, sea falcon and the armed merchant ships carrying troops into the dock together , the corners of his mouth finally turned up slightly, revealing a long-awaited smile.No matter how cunning the prey is, it cannot escape the trap of the hunter in the end.

Immediately gave orders loudly, and the standard-bearer issued an order, and all the hidden generals fired their cannons, large and small, to counterattack across the board.Heavy crossbows, winch crossbows, fuyuan crossbows, etc. also all started to attack.Hundreds of God's Fire Canisters were thrown at the same time, and the roaring God's Fire Canisters almost covered the sky above the entire pier.

However, this trump card hidden by Li Jing did not rush towards the approaching Daxie soldiers, but directly aimed at the building ships, fighting ships and merchant ships that were unloading troops.The firing of the fire pot was too sudden, Feng Zhang was totally unprepared.Countless fire pots slammed down like hailstones, and landed on the shore of the pier, on the building boats, on the fighting ships, and even on the merchant ships, at sea.Every falling clay pot sputtered away quickly, bursting out orange-red flames one after another.

When the clay pot is broken, it is immediately splashed, and the divine fire inside will immediately attach to any target and start to burn.When it was touched by soldiers, the soldiers threw their hands on it, but even when they wore leather gloves and iron gloves, they all burned up, and even the more they slapped, the more fire they got all over their bodies. Finally, they screamed and rolled in fear, and the thumping was still useless until the end. Turned into a pile of black charred corpses.

Splashed onto the shield, the deck of the ship, the mast, and the canvas, clusters of flames rose up, and it suddenly became an endless hell.

Cui Zhang, who was urging the soldiers to disembark quickly on the ship Anlan, suddenly heard countless whistling sounds, and when he looked up, he happened to see the tragic scene in the world.He was completely stunned, and finally remembered what Feng Xun said about Feng Ming being defeated by Li Jing's so-called divine fire in Tieshan Port.At that time, he didn't believe that there was such a thing, and thought that at most it was just slightly more powerful kerosene than ordinary kerosene.I never thought that this thing would be so powerful.

Bang, a black pottery roared, and slammed on the mast of An Lan, shaking the whole ship.Then the liquid splashed out of the shattered clay pot immediately burned, and countless large and small orange flowers immediately rose from the huge white sail.

"Cut off the mast, hurry up!" Feng Zhang finally realized that he had just seen the power of this kind of will-o'-the-wisp, and he absolutely did not want the whole ship to burn in the end.A group of servants immediately came forward with their battle axes and began to slash fiercely. In a short while, before the will-o'-the-wisp spread to the entire ship, they finally chopped down the mast and pushed it into the sea.

"Withdraw, Ming Jin withdraws troops, retreat immediately!" Feng Zhang's face was pale.

The sound of Mingjin sounded, and the boats docked began to paddle and retreat, and the pier was in chaos.

"Uncle, we can't retreat. More than half of our people have landed on the island. If we retreat now, they won't be able to come back." Feng Xun shouted, with an anxious expression on his face.

Feng Zhang kicked him away, and said bitterly: "Look around here, this place has become a ghost land, hell, purgatory, Li Jing's will-o'-the-wisp is too weird and powerful, at this moment, more than a dozen ships have been bombarded and caught fire , and you look at the sea, those ships sank, but the fire did not go out, they are still floating in the sea, and more and more, drifting with the waves. As soon as it hits a ship, it immediately ignites that ship If we stay any longer, we will have to finish playing here today."

"But, uncle, what about the brothers who went ashore?"

"A strong man cuts his wrists and protects his whole body. Dalang, there is no mercy on the battlefield, and there is no room for hesitation when advancing or retreating. Withdraw!"

The sea at Phoenix Mountain Wharf is already dotted with orange-red flames that fluctuate with the waves, and there are more and more of them, like duckweed on the sea, but they are constantly devouring one ship after another.

The order to withdraw troops from Mingjin sounded, and the top mast of Fengzhang's Anlan was broken, and even the commander's flag was turned into ashes, and the other warships were in extreme panic.

Only half of the soldiers landed on the largest building ships and fighting ships, but at this time they retreated regardless.Many soldiers were still landing on the bridge, and when the warship withdrew, they immediately fell into the sea along with the bridge.

The black crows in the sky are still flying, and the warships are slow to escape, paddling desperately.Many warships even collided in chaos and sank in the port.

Standing on the bastion, Li Jing saw that Feng Zhang was so decisive and immediately retreated without the slightest hesitation, he couldn't help being a little disappointed.This round of attack almost threw out more than half of the Shenhuo inventory in Shamen Town.Fortunately, he had already estimated that Feng Zhang might have such a reaction, so he prepared all the stocks for three waves of attacks when planning.

"Send an order to stop throwing divine fire, all archers shoot, destroy the will of all soldiers who go ashore, and force them to surrender."

Although Feng Zhang fled quickly, the results of this battle were also very rich. In just a short while, out of the 5000 people that Feng Zhang came this time, at least 6000 people have landed ashore.Li Jing had been suppressing the attack before, so the casualties of these people were not too great, and the forwards had already attacked in front of the first wooden fence.

Feng Zhang escaped, but these people had nowhere to escape. In front of them was the Bastion, Arrow Tower, and Haogou, surrounded by soldiers, and behind them was the sea that was still burning with flames.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

The horns sounded, the drums rumbled, and the morale was excited and inspiring.

Nine bastions, thirty arrow towers, hundreds of various heavy crossbows, countless chariots, and strong bows and crossbows from the battle barracks covered the Phoenix Mountain Wharf like a rain of boats.Although Li Jing said that he wanted to force them to land, if he didn't show some thunder force, these people would not surrender honestly.

A storm of metal swept across the pier, tearing apart one soldier after another.Under such a violent blow, even raising the shield would be useless, no matter how hard the shield was, it would not be able to block the thick crossbow spear like a boat with arms.Often, a single shot would directly shatter the shield and penetrate the soldiers behind, with more force, piercing two or three people in a row, stringing them up like skewers.

"Surrender to avoid death, abandon weapons and avoid killing!"

Shouts sounded from all directions, and finally gathered into a loud and tidy storm.

Under such power and influence, many great Xie soldiers saw that the fleet had withdrawn, leaving them alone, with no way to go to the sky, no way to go to the earth, finally collapsed, and began to throw down their knives and guns. Land, abandon weapons and surrender.

There was a clang, and after the first knife was dropped, the sound began to sweep across the entire pier like an infection.Soldiers kept throwing down their weapons on the spot. The highest-ranking officer on the pier was Meng Yang, the lieutenant general of Heishan Fort. Can't get up.This time when they attacked Salmon Island, Meng Yang volunteered and led all the brothers in Montenegro to play forward, and rushed to Salmon Island first.

At this time, most of the soldiers had collapsed and abandoned their weapons and surrendered, but the remaining [-] soldiers of Montenegro Fort tightly formed a square formation, with shields in front and spears in the back, and they were determined not to surrender.Not only did they not surrender, Meng Yang also ordered that if they saw those who abandoned their weapons and surrendered, they would immediately beheaded as deserters.

Seeing the collapse of the enemy army, there is still a small army that refuses to surrender, and under their pressure, many soldiers who have discarded their weapons have regained their courage, picked up their weapons, and joined their formation .As if snowballing, wherever Meng Yang and his phalanx moved, the soldiers there were drawn into the formation by them, and the formation grew bigger and bigger.

Li Jing sneered coldly, he was really overbearing.

"Send the order, the battle barracks will attack and crush them."

The flag was waved, Lin Wei put on his helmet and put on his armor, and shouted, "The five soldiers in the left wing of the Zhanbing Battalion obey the order, and the whole army goes out!"

More than a thousand soldiers from the Ten Regiments of the Five Capitals passed through the numerous fences and ditches, advancing step by step, and finally reached the pier, where they faced Meng Yang's phalanx with a thousand soldiers at a distance of a hundred steps.

On the bastion, Zhang Hong, who was watching the battle, said a little puzzled, "General, wouldn't it be easier to deal with these people directly with a bow and crossbow, why bother to fight them head-on. In this way, there will inevitably be casualties Ah." Zhang Hong was worried about the casualties, and even more worried about the huge and extremely high casualty compensation money and food that he would have to pay.

Li Jing looked at the battlefield and said: "In war, it is not only about men and horses and equipment, but also about strategy. Similarly, although an army can rely on strategy, it can win more with less, and attack the strong with the weak. But there is one thing that the army The most indispensable thing in the army is courage. The courage to face the enemy upright, not daring to fight the enemy when and where, under what circumstances, no matter how unfavorable the situation is, if an army still dares to show its sword, then this army The army is qualified." From the beginning to the present, the Shamen Town Army has fought several battles. It can be said that the battle against bandits in Wangli Village began, and the battle against pirates, the battle of Cat Island, the battle of Iron Mountain The battle, until the battle of Wuhu Island, to today's battle.Although they suffered a lot of casualties, they have always been invincible and won every attack.

But all along, except for the battle against the Cyclops, only a small part of the other battles participated, not the real whole army participating in the battle.And most of the fights were sneak attacks and ambushes.Although this kind of battle was won, the Salmonella town army could not help being a little proud, but they had never fought a real tough bloody battle, and they still lacked the courage to meet the brave and win in a narrow way.

In the current battle, as Zhang Hong said, there is no need for such a confrontation at all, and the Daxie soldiers can be forced to land directly with crossbowmen.But Li Jing ordered the soldiers to attack in order to let these soldiers fight a real duel, instead of just fighting some smooth battles such as sneak attacks and ambushes.Only after a frontal and hard battle can the soldiers of Salmonella Town truly be called soldiers.

But today's battle can't be called a tough battle, and Li Jing is absolutely reluctant to risk his own soldiers easily.In the current situation, the more than a thousand enemy troops who are still resisting are completely surrounded by Shamen Town, and are covered by countless crossbow arrows and cannons.This situation is as if the opponent is a ferocious beast, but it is wrapped in the Colosseum, which is specially used for people to experience.Once a dangerous situation occurs, it can be stopped immediately.

"In this battle, we must show the courage of the Salmonella town army. We must also let all the soldiers and people in the Salmon town know that we have a brave and brave army. Fighting this battle will not only improve the morale of our soldiers in the Salmon town. Courage can also boost the morale and confidence of other soldiers and people in my Shamen town."

"I hope it's all worth it, but it's a bit too cruel." Zhang Hong also understood Li Jing's idea of ​​using these great soldiers to train the army's courage and courage. Although he understood, he felt that this training method was very cruel.

Li Jing smiled lightly, but did not answer.Cruel?In his opinion, this battle was not cruel, and the battalion below was simply a trial under heavy protection.If it was on a real battlefield, how could there be such protection? Once on the real battlefield, the situation they faced would be much more cruel than the current one.Li Jing just didn't want to see a group of soldiers who had never actually fought in battle, so he insisted on letting them go down to fight a battle. This was their trial and it was also for other soldiers to watch.

"Bring the drumsticks, I'm going to set up drums to cheer for the soldiers!" Li Jing shouted loudly, and several soldiers set up a cowhide war drum and handed over two drumsticks.

Li Jing took off the armor on his body, only wearing the battle robe, and slammed the big drum.The sound of drums resounded across the battlefield, and many soldiers turned their heads and saw that it was their own general Li Jing who was beating the drums, and they couldn't help shouting in unison.

Lin Wei stood in front of the formation, looked back at Li Jing on the bastion, turned his head and pointed his sword at the opposite formation, and shouted: "General Li Jing personally beat the drums to help the formation, and the comrades and elders in Shamen Town are behind. Watch the battle. In this battle, we must show our prestige, our demeanor, and our banner in the left wing of the barracks. This battle will advance and never retreat. We must win!"

"We must win!" More than 1000 loud voices roared out in unison.

"Attack!" Lin Wei pointed his long sword, the battle horn sounded, and the left chamber advanced neatly to the sound of rumbling war drums.

Five capitals and ten teams, each team is a small formation.This formation is completely arranged according to the art of war of Li Weigong, the famous marshal of the Tang Dynasty. For each team, the leader of the team ranks first, and the second row behind him is followed by the flag bearer, followed by the deputy flag bearer, and the left and right flags are on both sides. It is the three soldiers in the team who stand together as a group.Until the end, the team deputy retreated to the last place to stand in line.

According to the military system of Shamen Town, only officers who have reached the top level of the capital are the commanders in the formation.From the corps leader to the team leader to the head of the team, everyone must stand at the forefront of the team.In the same team, the flag bearer holds the team flag tightly and stands behind the team leader. The deputy flag bearer and two flag guards closely follow the flag bearer and the team leader. They are the team leader and the eyes of the team. The courage of the team.Wherever they go, the whole team has to follow.Wherever the battle flag arrives, we will go through fire and water, but we can't quit.

Each of the corporal leaders and gang leaders in the team holds a flag gun, and a small red triangular flag hangs under the blade of the one-foot-long flag gun. During the battle, the red triangular gun flag is the guide of Ben Wu.

(To be continued)