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Chapter 78
The sound of the gong was the order to retreat. The Japanese pirates fought bloody battles and finally boarded the outer gate. They were suddenly recalled.

Unexpectedly, just halfway back, the drums sounded again, three light and one heavy, but it was the order to attack.The Japanese people were puzzled, and rushed to the top of the city again, but they only rushed halfway, and the gong sounded again. .Just listening to "dong dong dong" and "dang dang dang", one after another, thousands of Japanese people ran up and down like headless chickens, running dizzy and panting, and could not help but shout and curse.

Strange in Lu Jian's heart, he couldn't help but stop and look around. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he saw a Japanese pirate carrying a gong in his hand and a war drum on his waist, drilling eastward and westward. But the ears were dishonest, they broke out from the helmet, and swayed wildly from side to side.

This "Japanese bandit" is Xue Er, he is good at listening to the rhythm, he never forgets by ear, he hears the orders of the Japanese army, and remembers them in his heart.

There is a saying in the art of war: "Golden drums and banners are one's eyes and ears." Gold is copper gongs, and drums are war drums. The ancients used soldiers, beating drums to advance, and beating gold to retreat.He also said: "There are many fires and drums in night battles." During night battles, the banners cannot be seen. Drums and gongs are like the eyes and ears of the army.

The Japanese also found the spies and surrounded them one after another.Xue Er's martial arts were mediocre, and the "Sorrowful Wooden Fish" was destroyed by Lu Jian again. Seeing the enemy approaching, he immediately lost his position and ran towards the inner city, calling "Ning'er save me, Ning'er save me..." and ran After a few steps, he suddenly tripped over the corpse, and the three Japanese snatched it up and chopped it down viciously with their knives.

When the knife was in mid-air, a ray of white light suddenly came, caught the blade and pulled it, the steel knife stuck to the tip of Gu Zhen's nose and chopped the ground, splashing sparks.

Gu Zhen broke out in a cold sweat, and forced a smile, "Cripple Shen, if you cut off your head, why cut off your grandfather's nose? The sage said, the nose is the root of heaven and earth, the gate of the mysterious female, that is very important and cannot be tampered with." .”

Shen Zhouxu took Tianluo away, and said with a smile: "Good boy, are you not afraid of death?" Gu Zhen said: "I am afraid but not afraid." Shen Zhouxu said: "How to say?" Gu Zhen said: "I die alone, I am lonely on the Yellow Springs Road, so I am naturally a little scared; if there is Governor Hu Da and all the generals in Nanjing, and everyone drinks Mengpo soup together, and crosses the Naihe Bridge, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Hu Zongxian's face darkened, and he was about to explode, but Shen Zhouxu stopped his eyes, thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "Let him go."

Gu Zhen got up and dusted off the dust, looked at Shen Zhouxu, smiled and said nothing.Shen Zhouxu's eyes flickered, as if he was in a state of unrest.Suddenly there was a gust of wind, and there was an extra person in the city, but it was Yan Weigui who carried Yu Dayou back.

Hu Zongxian took a step forward, grabbed Yu Dayou's arm, and said in a voiceless voice: "Old general..." Yu Dayou woke up from a coma, managed to open his eyes, and smiled bitterly: "This subordinate is negligent, damn...damn..." He couldn't breathe, Suddenly passed out again.

Hu Zongxian stood up with a sad expression, looked at Shen Zhouxu and said: "Mr. Shen, the only thing that matters is to give up the outer city and defend the inner city."

Shen Zhouxu raised his brows together, pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Gu Zhen, Shen promises, if you have a plan to defeat the enemy, I will let you leave Nanjing unscathed."

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Is this true?" Shen Zhouxu said: "There is no joke in the army."

"Deal." Gu Zhen stretched out his hand, and the two struck each other three times in a row.Gu Zhencai smiled and said: "My strategy is easy: I recommend someone to command the officers and soldiers on your behalf." Shen Zhouxu said: "Who?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "You know that person, he is currently in the Nanjing Prison. "

Shen Zhouxu and Hu Zongxian looked at each other, Hu Zongxian frowned, and said hesitantly: "You mean Qi Jiguang?" Gu Zhen said with a smile: "My lord has a fortune, it is General Qi." Hu Zongxian said angrily: "Nonsense, he is a prisoner. Can you lead troops?"

"So what about prisoners?" Gu Zhen smiled, "Guan Zhong is a prisoner, and Qi dominates; Li Jing is a prisoner, and the Turks are tied; Make meritorious service, and it will not be too late to kill me."

Hu Zongxian wanted to scold him, but Shen Zhouxu shook his feather fan and said casually: "You kid, are you sure that Qi Jiguang can defeat the enemy?" Gu Zhen grinned: "I'm betting on my life, do you dare to bet on me?" ?”

Shen Zhouxu smiled slightly, and gave Hu Zongxian a wink, Hu Zongxian hesitated for a while, and shouted to the soldiers: "Go to the prison in Nanjing quickly, and bring Qi Jiguang to see me."

Seeing that Xue Er was in critical condition, Lu Jian moved more than [-] zhang away, unable to rescue him, he hurriedly threw a scythe and hooked a red spear.The sickle and spear intersect, and the flying sickle and red spear join together, and suddenly they become a weapon.With Lu Jianqian's extraordinary strength, the Japanese pirate's chest felt hot, Zhu Qiang suddenly changed hands.

Lu Jian turned his wrist again, stretched out the vermilion spear on the sickle end, put on another vermilion spear, and snatched it lightly and skillfully.The Zhu spears are about two feet long, and they are nearly four feet long when they are connected together. You Long also seems to be fighting forward, and he puts on another Zhu spear.With repeated actions like this, Lu Jian grabbed nine red spears in one breath, formed a twenty-foot-long "weapon", zigzagged around the crowd, and arrived at Xue Er's side. A Japanese long knife.

The man was about to slash down with the knife, but suddenly his hand was empty, and the long knife left his hand. This shock was not trivial, and he woke up too soon, a black shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and there were two more ding dings, and the long knives of the two companions were also taken away. go.

The three of them stayed on the spot empty-handed, staring at the red spears and long knives in front of them hooked to each other, swinging back and forth like dragons and snakes.This situation was strange and inexplicable, and the three of them had never seen it before in their lives.

Frightened, Xue Er used his hands and feet together, crawled and fled, and the three of them stretched out their hands to catch him.Lu Jian had already arrived, dismantled the long "weapon", and grabbed one of the red spears. He had never learned spear skills, but as soon as he got the spear, he knew how to use it, so he stabbed out with a whoosh, or shot forward. Or later, through the belts of three Japanese pirates.The three of them were short and fat, and they were strung together by the red spear, like three sweet potatoes hanging on an iron stick, each of them twisted their waists and hips, and let out a loud cry.

Lu Jian took a step forward, seeing Xue Er laying motionless on the ground, he couldn't help but startled and said, "Are you dead?" He patted him on the shoulder, and suddenly Xue Er screamed, "Master, please forgive me..." Shrinking their hands and feet, they curled up into a pile.

Lu Jian couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "Open your eyes, who am I?" Xue Er heard it familiarly, squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but grab Lu Jian, overjoyed.

Lu Jian asked curiously, "You came here by yourself?" Xue Er said with a bitter face, "Master asked you to come." Want him to go back.Thinking of this, he sighed sadly: "Follow me!" Xue Er said: "Where are you going?" Lu Jian said: "Go back!"

Xue Er was stunned at the sound, and suddenly heard two swishing sounds, two long knives struck, Lu Jian blocked the scythe, the scythe seemed to have suction, grabbed the knife, formed a cross, and flew around.

Xue Er asked in surprise, "You can do tricks?" Lu Jian smiled, and suddenly saw Xue Er's face turned pale, and his eyes were fixed on a certain place.

Lu Jian followed his gaze, and suddenly saw Ning Ning wielding a long sword surrounded by a group of Japanese.Seeing that she was a beautiful woman, the group of Japanese laughed obscenely.

Suddenly, the two Japanese yelled, dropped their knives and guns, and covered their faces.The Japanese were startled and rushed forward with strange screams.Ning Ning wounded several people in a row with the "Sword in the Eye", but the sword in her hand was not very good.

Lu Jian's blood surged with anger, he couldn't help opening his mouth and howling, he lifted Xue Er with his left hand, grabbed the scythe with his right hand, ignored Xianbi's warning, and jumped over the heads of the bandits with his strength.

Seeing this, the Japanese army raised their swords and guns simultaneously.Lu Jian was in mid-air, changing from "Shou Zhe Xiang" to "Monkey King". He swung the scythe vigorously, drawing a half-arc, and there was a loud clang. The sickle was taken away, and dozens of weapons were like a flock of birds, scrambling to the sky.

Ning Ning was stunned, Lu Jian had already snatched it, and the giant scythe swept around, causing blood to splatter.Xue Er rushed in front of Ning Ning and said happily, "Ning'er, you are so loyal. I asked you to save me, and you came here."

Ning Ning leaned her sword on the ground, her chest heaved slightly, Xue Er saw her pale face, and asked in surprise: "Are you injured?" He looked around her left and right.

Ning Ning glanced at Lu Jian and shook her head slightly.Only then Xue Er breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly became anxious, grabbed Lu Jian and said, "Quick... send her back quickly." Lu Jian hesitated for a while, looked back, and felt his heart skip a beat. In just this time, the Japanese army attacked again Outside the outer gate, the Japanese army under the city retreated to the foot of the city like a tide, wanting to lean against the outer gate and form a formation.

If the formation is successful, and thousands of people gather in one place, even if Lu Jian has supernatural powers, he will never want to get close to Wai Guo.In a hurry, he turned his gaze, and suddenly saw that wooden platform had been burning for a long time, and it was shaped like a pillar of fire reaching the sky.Usually, if there is no emergency, Lu Jian is more than gentle and kind, but not flexible enough. Whenever there is an emergency, he often shows extraordinary wisdom and courage.When he saw the wooden platform, his heart moved slightly, he shouted "Follow me", swung his scythe, and rushed straight to the wooden platform.

The sound of horseshoes came from a distance, Gu Zhen looked around, and saw that the soldier came to the city side by side with a big man in civilian clothes.The man looked downcast, but his back was straight and majestic.Seeing this, Gu Zhen nodded secretly: "Lu Jian is right, this Qi Jiguang is a bit interesting!"

When they went up the building, Qi Jiguang glanced at the crowd and was about to salute. Hu Zongxian took his hand and came to the stack and said: "The customary etiquette will be avoided. Can you see if there is a way to deal with it?"

Qi Jiguang fixed his eyes on the city, and exclaimed: "The foreign country is in danger, and the big thing is not good..." Hu Zongxian snorted softly, and said coldly: "This is common sense, I ask you how to deal with it..." Qi Jiguang was silent for a while, cupped his hands and said : "Forgive me from Duxian, according to the young general, the art of war is common sense. If you use troops against common sense, you will undoubtedly lose."

Hu Zongxian stopped looking at him, glanced at Shen Zhouxu, suddenly looked up at the sky, and said coldly: "Mr. Shen, you are always very accurate in seeing people, I'm afraid you are wrong this time." without speaking.

Qi Jiguang felt something strange, and looked at Shen Zhouxu again, he was actually a crippled scholar whom he had seen in the suburbs, it was really strange that this person appeared here.But compared to the battles outside the city, these are all trivial matters, he thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "Young general is not talented, I would like to lead an elite army to take back the Outer Kingdom with all my might."

Hu Zongxian sneered and said, "Desperately recapturing it? It sounds nice to say that it's easy for you to die, but what should you do if you lose?" Qi Jiguang was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart: "Yes, I don't regret dying, but if I accidentally lose, wouldn't it be bad? The overall situation?" Thinking about it, he showed a wry smile.Seeing this, Gu Zhen groaned inwardly, and turned over a dozen thoughts, but none of them worked. Suddenly, Hu Zongxian flicked his sleeve and shouted: "Put General Qi back to the prison, and then he will be dealt with..."

Just as the soldiers were about to step forward, they suddenly heard a "click" sound from the bottom of the city. Everyone turned their eyes and saw that one of the four pillars of the wooden platform was broken, and it was crumbling.A Ming army sentry officer stood under the stage, the golden light flashed in his hand again, and with a click sound, another pillar of the wooden platform broke.

Before everyone could understand it, the wooden platform fell to the outer gate as if being pushed vigorously, and the hundred burning logs fell like a thunderbolt from the sky.The Japanese screamed and jumped wildly, desperately dodged, and made way invisibly.

The sentinel let out a long whistle, and led a couple of men and women along the gap towards Wai Guo.He raised his arms high, and the iron chain in his palm danced a scythe like a windmill. The burning logs fell from the wooden platform, and they were all hooked. As if there was infinite suction on the scythe, the roots of the scythe were connected to form a ten-foot-long knot. Grow a "Fire Dragon" and use the sentinel as the axis to sweep around.

The sentinel whistled continuously, and the "Fire Dragon" suddenly shot out like an off-string arrow, sweeping away the Japanese soldiers on the stone steps of Guo Guo at home and abroad.The sentinel took advantage of the situation to catch up with the stone steps and rushed all the way to the top of the city.

Qi Jiguang blurted out: "Who is this man? It's amazing!" Hu Zongxian was also secretly amazed. He couldn't think of anyone in the army who had such ability. Only Shen and Gu could clearly recognize him. Gu Zhen smiled and said: "General Qi You don’t even recognize your sworn brothers?” Qi Jiguang took a closer look and called out, “Ah, is it really Brother Lu Jian?”

Hu Zongxian was also very surprised, and asked: "Is this person Qi Cang's sworn brother?" Qi Jiguang was surprised and happy, and clapped his hands: "No mistake!" The perception of the time has changed, thinking that the brothers are so good, and the big brother should be even better.While pondering, I suddenly heard Qi Jiguang say: "With my brother Lu Jian, we will be able to defend the Outer Kingdom. The bandit army has no danger to defend. They can only fight me decisively on flat ground. In this way, the strong can control the weak and defeat his army." formation."

Hu Zongxian became interested and asked: "What do you mean by 'using the long to control the short'?" Qi Jiguang gestured with both hands: "The bandit army's sword is five feet long, which is longer than our army's sword; the red spear is two feet long, which is longer than our army's spear; The shooting range of the blunderbuss is a hundred paces, which is longer than that of our army's blunderbuss."

Everyone nodded.Qi Jiguang said again: "As the saying goes: 'One inch is long, one inch is strong'. Using long to control short is the way for military strategists to gain power. The current strategy is to turn the enemy's strength into the enemy's short." Hu Zongxian slightly He frowned and murmured.

Qi Jiguang said again: "The flag at the top of the city, the flagpole exceeds two feet, just to restrain the opponent's red gun..." Hu Zongxian shouted in response: "I will send you an order to remove the flagpole at the top of the city, choose [-] soldiers, and wait in line."

Qi Jiguang said again: "Although the enemy's bird guns have a long range, they are not as good as the Frangji artillery. There are ten Frangji artillery in the city. It is better to carry the cannons to the bottom of the city and pull them with a carriage to form a artillery formation..." Hu Zongxian issued another general order, ordering the officers and soldiers to carry the artillery to the city and load it into a carriage.

"As for the five-foot long sword, it is easier to deal with." Qi Jiguang continued, "Although our army's spears are shorter than the enemy's spears, they are longer than the Japanese swords; It is shorter, but longer than the Japanese sword. According to the young general, the spear array should be used as the blade, and the bird guns should be shot afterward, so that the distance and the distance are equal, and the bandit army's long sword can be broken with one blow."

"This idea is very good." Shen Zhouxu clapped his palms and smiled, "In this way, the enemy army has three formations, and our army also has three formations. Our army is generally stronger than the enemy army, and it is absolutely unreasonable to use the strength to control the weakness. However, although there is a sure-to-win situation, it still needs a good general to control it, General Qi Can, do you have a good candidate?"

Qi Jiguang was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and sighed.Shen Zhouxu said: "Why is General Qi sighing?" Qi Jiguang was feeling annoyed, and blurted out when he heard the words: "Sigh, I can't kill the enemy for the country because of my sinful body."

Hu and Shen looked at each other and smiled, Hu Zongxian suddenly said: "Qi Jiguang listen to the order." Qi Jiguang was stunned, and bowed to the ground.Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice: "I order you to command the three armies and face the enemy Wang Zhi. If you can defeat the enemy, you will be spared the crime of defeat."

Qi Jiguang listened to the order, only suspected that he was in a dream, his throat was blocked, and he almost burst into tears.But he was resolute, suppressed the waves in his chest, took a long breath, and said slowly: "Please forgive the young general for being rude, I treat the body of a crime, commanding the three armies, how can I convince the people? Please don't hesitate to give me the power to kill the general!" right!"

Shen Zhouxu couldn't help laughing: "My good guy, not only did you not show modesty when taking on this important task, but you still have to make progress?" Qi Jiguang said: "Sir, what you said is wrong. For the country and the people, why should you be humble?"

"Why do you need to be humble for the country and the people?" Hu Zongxian smiled slightly, and took off a long sword from his waist. I kill in front of the battle, there is no need for forgiveness."

Qi Jiguang bowed three times, took Shang Fang's sword, stood up straight, and strode down the wall.

(End of this chapter)