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Chapter 76
It was dark outside the city and there was no movement. Suddenly, a little fire lighted up in the mountains, dancing like fireflies, and suddenly spread like a plague. The fires spread all over the mountains and fields, converging into streams, winding towards the city gate.

"So many people?" Lu Jian gasped.Gu Zhen was also surprised, thinking that the number of Japanese pirates has always been less than one thousand, so it seems that there are more than ten thousand people.Looking around in the blink of an eye, Shen and Hu were talking with each other, their expressions were very solemn, and Gu Zhen couldn't help but feel happy: "The fox trap set by the cripple, but a hungry lion came, no, haha, an elephant is it. Okay, Cripple Shen, let's see if you catch it or if it eats you."

The fire flowed down from the ground, mixed with roaring and roaring, like the ups and downs of pines at first, and gradually the landslide and sea cracked.The Ming army at the top of the city was hit by the roar, and the two sides were fighting, and their foothold was unstable.

As the fire got closer, the faces of the Japanese pirates in front could be discerned. Some wore heavy armor and horned helmets;Thousands of people's long swords shone coldly, and the cold air shot up to the sky.

Shen and Hu stopped talking to each other and looked at each other with a determined look on their faces.For a while, the city opened as before, and the Japanese army swarmed in. At this moment, a stern voice was heard: "There is an ambush, retreat quickly..." The voice was high and shrill, and when Lu Jian raised his eyes, he saw a person standing in the outer gate, With disheveled hair and staring blood red eyes, he was howling like a wolf.

"Huan Zhongque!" Lu Jian blurted out.Suddenly, Shen Zhouxu pointed his feather fan, and a rain of arrows flew out. Huan Zhongque was covered upright, with dozens of arrows in his body, shaped like a hedgehog, and fell heavily in front of the Japanese bandits.

The incident was hasty, the Japanese pirates in the lead looked at the pile of flesh and blood, and were stunned. Before they could retreat, the Japanese army behind them had rushed up.

According to Shen Zhouxu's plan, first eliminate the Japanese pirates in the city, and then set up traps in the outer city and inner city, falsely open the city gate, and lure Wang Zhi into encirclement and annihilation.Unexpectedly, Huan Zhongque was not afraid of death, so he broke the ambush.Shen Zhouxu had no choice but to mobilize ahead of time, the feather fan pointed again, and the guns fired together. More than a hundred Japanese pirates were the first to bear the brunt, screaming miserably, and bleeding all over the ground.

Lu Jian was startled when he saw it, and suddenly heard Gu Zhen sneer and said, "Cripple Shen is an amateur at war." Lu Jianqi said, "How do you say it?"

Gu Zhen said: "The Japanese people in front heard Huan Zhongque's cry and witnessed his death, so they created chaos. If they let themselves go, they will surely push back and disrupt the position of our army. This is called using strength to fight, because The enemy defeated the enemy. However, Shen Zizitu was quick, and a round of artillery beat these Japanese pirates to death or wounded them, eliminating the serious trouble for Wang Zhi. If I were Hu Zongxian, I would first assign him a "poor command" and beat him to [-] troops Stick." He was showing off his resourcefulness, his eyebrows were beaming, as if he was really holding down Shen Zhouxu, and he hit the army stick to vent his anger.

Suddenly, I heard the loud sound of gongs in the Japanese formation, and the soldiers retreated after Mingjin.Most of this Japanese army are real Japanese from Japan, including fishermen from Osumi and Bungo Islands, and Satsuma Ronin.The Japanese are naive and brave, and respect authority. They only need to be ordered by the commander to fight or retreat.There are few Chinese "fake Japanese", such as Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, who either command the armed forces or serve as guides, and the danger is better than the real Japanese.

When the gong sounded, a few rows of Japanese soldiers rushed up with shields and resisted the artillery stones at the top of the city. The rest of the Japanese army calmly retreated outside the city.

Lu Jianzheng felt it was a pity, when he suddenly saw Shen Zhouxu pointing his feather fan again, and a Kongming lantern was placed on the top of the city, floating slowly into the air.For a while, the Japanese army ignited a small fire behind the formation, as if a gust of wind swept in.At first, the Japanese army fell in ambush, but they were able to retreat, but now they were attacked by the enemy, and there was a commotion immediately.

Lu Jian was surprised and said, "There are also officers and soldiers behind the pirates?" Gu Zhen said, "That's Yu Dayou." Lu Jian came to his senses: "Yes, Xu Hai also said that Yu Dayou has left the city."

Gu Zhen said: "He led the troops out of the city and headed for Shenzhuang. The Japanese pirates thought he was in the trap, so they naturally attacked the city without worry. Unexpectedly, Yu Dayou went halfway, killed a carbine, and turned to ambush behind the Japanese army. The Japanese invaded the city. He attacked Japanese pirates. Hmph, Shen Cripple's serial scheme is very poisonous." Lu Jian said displeasedly: "Gu Zhen, who are you speaking for? If you don't know, I still think you are Japanese pirates!"

"I don't help anyone." Gu Zhen said coldly, "I only help myself." Lu Jian didn't feel silent, thinking that Gu Zhen was so smart, why couldn't he solve this knot in his heart? The biological mother hated her so much that she couldn't hate her forever.But it was easy for him to think about it, but he didn't know that the smarter people in this world are, the more preoccupied they are, even if Gu Zhen is free and easy, he can't avoid it.

All of a sudden, the sound of conch shells sounded, and it became more and more desolate. It echoed over the city. With the thunder of "dong dong dong" war drums, the Japanese army swept away their decline and rushed into the city again.They rushed to the city gate and divided into three teams following the sound of the drum: one team of five thousand formed a dense formation to block Yu Dayou in front of the gate; the other team of three thousand guarded the Ming army in the inner city; Go straight to Waiguo.

In an instant, the two sides advanced and retreated offensively and defensively, like a dog's teeth.The arrows and stones of the Ming army outside Guo fell down, and the Japanese army was killed and wounded.

Gu Zhen praised suddenly: "Old thief Wang has some skills!" Lu Jian asked, "What kind of skills?" Gu Zhen pointed his hand: "Look, what will happen if the Japanese invaders capture Wai Guo?"

Lu Jian stared at it, and lost his voice: "Not good." Gu Zhen said, "Why not?" Lu Jian said, "Wai Guo fell, and the Japanese were able to keep Yu Dayou out of the city. Wouldn't this attack from front to back be broken?"

"Good insight!" Gu Zhen looked at Lu Jian, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, "If Wai Guo falls and the Ming army loses all its advantages, Wang can attack if he advances straight, and he can defend when he retreats. The old thief is worthy of being the devil king of chaos, who can see the chance of victory and defeat, the place of life and death in the chaos. In today's battle, whoever wins the foreign country will be the winner!"

Speaking of this, the stone steps leading to the outer country are already flowing like rivers of blood.The siege Japanese army lined up to attack, with horns and iron helmets on, ghost masks, and five-foot long knives danced, and the upper and lower sides were white; the Japanese soldiers in the back row were clothed and bald. Let the officers and soldiers under the city approach; in the middle are two teams of bird musketeers, one for filling medicine and the other for shooting.Although the officers and soldiers occupied a favorable area, they still could not resist such an offensive. They saw the Japanese army advancing step by step, approaching the city tower.

Lu Jian's throat became dry when he saw it, and he said repeatedly: "Shen Zhouxu claims to be a fortune teller, why didn't he count it?"

"So what does he count?" Gu Zhen sneered, "There are no less than ten thousand officers and soldiers above the city, and about 5000 officers and soldiers below the city, and if you count Yu Dayou's [-] troops outside the city, there are more than [-] officers and soldiers, and one Japanese pirate. There are more than ten thousand. According to the number of people, with three enemies and one, they are invincible. It is a pity that Shen Zhouxu has a last resort in his plan."

Lu Jiandao: "What's the difficulty?" Gu Zhen said: "If Yu Dayou guarded the outer country, the Japanese army would never want to conquer it; but Shen Laizi's plan is to show weakness and lure the enemy. He dare not enter the city; if he leaves the city, there will be no one guarding the outer gate. Although Shen Laizi makes up for his shortage with troops, thousands of troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. It seems that no one can guard the outer gate except Yu Dayou..."

Hearing a cry suddenly, it was like the sky collapsed and the earth collapsed.The two followed the prestige, and the Japanese pirates at the city gate opened a gap, and Hulala jumped out.The knight was tall and tall, covered in heavy armor, his gray beard was covered with blood, and the edge of the big knife in his hand was completely missing, and the blood flowed continuously.

"Old General Yu!" There were cheers from above and below the city, and the momentum of Wai Guo's officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and they forced the Japanese attacking army back about Zhang Xu.

Suddenly there was a mournful neigh, the white horse Yu Dayou was sitting on suddenly stumbled, Yu Dayou stopped the knife, stopped his figure, and looked down, the horse was bleeding from head to toe, its snow-white fur was dyed red, and its big eyes dimmed.

"Snow Yulong!" Yu Dayou shouted, expressing deep grief and indignation.This beloved horse has been with him from birth to death, has gone through hundreds of battles, and is both a mount and a close friend.Just now when he saw the situation was not good, he acted decisively and led his elites to rush into the city, intending to defend the outer gate, but when he broke through the siege, his followers died in battle, the white horse suffered more than ten wounds, it lasted until entering the city, and finally collapsed.

Yu Dayou restrained his grief, raised his eyes and saw that the Japanese army had reached halfway through the city, and immediately threw down the sword, and with a dragon cry, he drew out his sword.

"Yu Dayou?" A strange cry sounded from the Japanese army, "Where is Yu Dayou?" A black shadow rushed over the lightning, swept across the crowd, and landed in front of Yu Dayou, shouting sharply, "You are Yu Dayou?"

Yu Dayou is a master of swordsmanship and heroic. Back then in Lingnan, he killed Su Qingsnake with one sword, smashed the old thief Kang, conquered the 72nd Cave, and then guarded the southeast. There are countless souls behind the sword. sword".Hearing the words at this moment, he raised his thick eyebrows, nodded and said, "Here Yu is, who is here?" The man laughed sharply, and said stiffly: "I am Xin Wulang, the owner of Dongying Dasumi Island, and I am here to learn."

Yu Dayou paid close attention to the battle, and said impatiently: "Use your sword first!" Xin Wulang was taken aback, jumped up, and said angrily, "Who wants you to let me go!" Yu Dayou raised his thick eyebrows and said, "Okay."

As soon as the voice fell, the light of the sword and the shadow of the sword split into the sky like a long lightning, and disappeared in one hand.

There was silence in the arena, and the soldiers on both sides were deprived of their souls by these two lights and shadows.

"Thump, thump, thump," Yu Dayou went straight to Wai Guo without touching the ground.Xin Wulang's eyes were straightened, the long knife pointed at the ground, there was a crackling sound in his throat, and a stream of blood went around the skirt of his clothes and dripped down to his feet.

Xin Wulang died with one move, and the three Japanese armies lost their spirit.Yu Dayou raised his supernatural power and pierced through the Japanese formation. The light of the sword in his palm flickered, bright like a rainbow, dark like autumn water, long knives fell around his body, red spears were skewed, arrows rushed in like a tide, and hedgehogs gathered on the iron armor , densely packed, too numerous to count.

At that time, the clouds were long, the wind was more urgent, the moon was sinking in the west, the east was not yet bright, and the dark night was like lead and iron, low on the city.The gongs and drums between the heaven and the earth are noisy, and there is a strand of conch sandwiched in the noise, sobbing and sobbing, like weeping and complaining.

The officers and soldiers could not fight for a long time, and they retreated after only a while. Only Yu Dayou went to Waiguo, and when he was about to climb up, he suddenly felt the wind blowing in front of him, and he stabbed him with a spear.But he felt something strange, he swung his sword and picked it out, who would have thought that the force of this spear was so strong that it was extremely powerful.

Yu Dayou failed to deflect the spear with his sword, he was startled inwardly, he dodged it, he took a closer look, he was less than five feet tall, with splayed eyebrows, nose bridge, and the spear in his hand looked like rotten silver.

"You are also a Japanese?" Yu Dayou said, brushing three swords in his hand, stabbing three people, the Japanese pirates around him were terrified, shouted, they all retreated, forming a circle, surrounding Yu Dayou firmly.

The dwarf looked at Yu Dayou's killing, he neither attacked nor retreated, but said slowly: "I'm not a Japanese! Old general, please retreat, if you go any further, you may offend me."

Yu Dayou said: "Is your surname high?" The dwarf said: "If a down-and-out person mentions his name, he will insult his ancestors." Yu Dayou frowned and said, "If you know how to be ashamed, why do you want to help the tyrant?" When the dwarf was silent for a while, he sighed: " There is no way out, one day is a bandit, and a lifetime is a bandit." Yu Dayou raised his thick eyebrows and shouted: "If that's the case, let's shoot!"

The dwarf's eyes sparkled, and his tone was still unhurried: "The old general's swordsmanship, half comes from Wudang Taiji Sword, and half comes from the Zhenjian Dao of the 'Eight Swords of Heaven'. It’s as fast as lightning, as slow as spinning silk, just like riding a dragon, soft like following the clouds. But even so, it can’t beat this mere long spear.”

Yu Dayou saw that he had seen people before, and he was more like a master when he shot just now. It is really puzzling for such a person to invest in Japanese pirates.Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard someone shout: "Fan Laosan, Wang Lao asked you to kill someone, are you like a mother-in-law?"

Yu Dayou was moved when he heard the words: "Your surname is Fan. Could it be that you are a descendant of the 'Phantom Gun' Fan family?" The dwarf's expression became more and more sad, his eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice: "General, hurry up."

Yu Dayou was startled, and suddenly heard the loud voice laughing: "That's right, he is the 'Phantom Boy' Fan Yuqian." Yu Dayou looked back, and behind him was a fat man, seven feet tall, but five feet in waist, carrying a pair of Huge copper hammer.Next to the fat man was a handsome man with a face like a powder, with strange eyes, a gold chain wrapped around his left arm, and a golden scythe attached to it.

Seeing it from a distance, Gu Zhen gasped and said, "It's them?" Lu Jianqi said, "Do you recognize them?"

"I don't know it, but I've heard of it." Gu Zhen instructed the three of them, "The man in red clothes is called 'Golden Hook Sickle', the fat man is called 'Bronze Melon Hammer', and the dwarf is called 'Steel Gun'. The name is vulgar, but they are giant bandits in the north, and they are invincible. Wang Zhi invited these three evil stars, and Yu Dayou may be in trouble..." At this point, there was a soft sound of roof tiles, Gu Zhen glanced around, and there was nothing around him , Lu Jian disappeared.

Gu Zhen was very annoyed, and cursed at the idiot in his heart, but after a few words, after thinking about it, if Lu Jian didn't go, he wouldn't be like him.Thinking about it, he sighed, looking at the battlefield below the city, thinking about the outcome, he only felt that no matter who wins this battle, it will be a tragic victory, which is of great benefit to him.It's just that if Wang Zhi wins, the consequences are unpredictable. If he withdraws while winning, it's fine; but with such casualties, he can't get gold and jewelry. There was a bad breath in my heart.

The more Gu Zhen thought about it, the more startled he became. He thought that if Shen Zhouxu lost, it would certainly hurt the people; but if Wang Zhi was defeated, Shen Zhouxu would have taken a huge advantage;

Just as he was thinking about it, Gu Zhen suddenly felt something, and when he looked back, a person came to the top of the building at some point, wearing black clothes and covering his face, standing quietly behind the roof ridge.

The roof of Qiaolou forms a Chinese character for "person", bounded by the ridge of the roof. Gu Zhen is on the left, half sitting and half lying down; the masked man is on the right, half squatting and half standing.Therefore, Gu Zhen saw the person above the chest and abdomen. The masked man did not expect that there was someone on the roof, and the other had other things in mind, so he did not see Gu Zhen.

Knowing this, Gu Zhen held his breath and concentrated, suppressed his heartbeat, fearing that his heartbeat would be too fast, and someone would hear it.

After a while, the man bowed down, unloaded a blunderbuss from his back, and aimed at the distance.Gu Zhen looked along the barrel of the gun, and was startled, the muzzle was pointing at Shen Zhouxu.

The masked man stared at it for a while, then poured gunpowder into the muzzle and built it up with a stick. His hands were steady, his eyes were focused, and he stared at the muzzle, as if forgetting himself.

Gu Zhen didn't dare to vent his anger, thinking that the situation of the army was dangerous, and Yu Dayou was trapped again. Shen Zhou was falsely called a staff member, but in fact he was the commander in chief. If he died and no one commanded him, the army would collapse.Thinking of this, I felt mixed emotions in my heart, and suddenly I saw that the masked man had finished making the medicine, and then poured lead pellets into it, and then tamped it down with a stick.

Gu Zhen's throat was dry for a while, and he swallowed involuntarily, as if a voice in his heart shouted loudly: "The revenge of taking your mother is irreconcilable. This person avenged you, and it's too late for you to be grateful to him! Hmph, who are you worried about?" Are you lame? You are either crazy or stupid! As for those common people, it’s none of your business whether they live or die? People bully you, who has ever pitied you? You were imprisoned in the prison island, drinking bitter water, eating stinky food, and the sky was dark, who ever paid attention to you? Most people in the world are selfish and hateful, and it’s no big deal to die a few more..."

Thinking of this, Gu Zhen felt a little relieved, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that the masked man had taken out the matchlock and settled down calmly.Gu Zhen's heart tightened, and he suddenly thought again: "Even if I am willing to save the crippled man, I will pay for my own life. It doesn't matter if I die, I have been wronged all over, even if I die, I will bear a great reputation... ..." Thinking of this, he raised his eyes and saw a ray of sunlight in the sky, struggling, twisting, penetrating, and eroding in the ink-like clouds, gradually brightening like a sword blade, piercing the dark night sky.Gu Zhen felt hot for a while, and his whole body was sweating profusely. In a blink of an eye, the masked man had already lit the matchlock, squatted down, and the long gun barrel was black and shiny.

Gu Zhen's temples throbbed wildly, and the blood seemed to rush to the top of his head. He thought to himself, "I'm really stupid and crazy. What's the point of thinking about this kind of thing? Just one moment, the cripple is finished, and I will have my revenge." .As for those common people, what does it have to do with me? They are neither my father nor my mother, bah, what do you think about that stinky woman? She is probably still dreaming... If she was dreaming, what would she dream of? Are you dreaming of me..." Thinking of this, Gu Zhen felt disturbed, looked up, and saw a little red light on the match rope sinking rapidly.His mind suddenly became hot, and he cried out in his heart: "Your grandma's!" He grabbed a tile, shouted "Look at the trick", and threw it at the masked man.

(End of this chapter)