Although the Zhejiang Army's trench trap caused the Japanese pirates to lose hundreds of people, except for the candied haws-glut Japanese pirates at the bottom of the ditch, the other Japanese pirates were very excited. They had experienced battles for a long time and knew that this was the Zhejiang Army's last struggle. After this
trenches, the Zhejiang Army was left to their own devices!
Besides, it's just a trench three meters wide and two meters deep, so it's not that difficult to deal with.
The Japanese pirates had captured many county towns, and the trenches in front of any county town were wider and deeper than this, and some had more than one trench. To them, the trenches in front of the Zhejiang army's formation were not worth mentioning.
"The ditch is only about two meters deep. You guys jump in carefully, cut off the spearheads, clear an open space, throw in a few shields, place them diagonally at the bottom of the ditch, and let's jump over on the shields."
An experienced captain in the Japanese pirate vanguard shouted, ordered three Japanese pirates, and asked them to carefully avoid the spearheads and jump in, cut off a piece of spearheads, clear a two-meter-wide path, and then asked them to put their shields on
Throw it into the ditch and simply build a slope for the Japanese pirates to step on and jump out of the ditch.
The nearby Japanese pirates also followed suit, and soon built about a dozen shields in the ditch to pass through the slopes.
Of course, the Zhejiang Army would not just watch the Japanese pirates deal with the trenches calmly. During the period, they fired two rounds of firecrackers, which took many Japanese lives. Especially the Japanese pirates who were clearing spearheads and shields in the trenches were even more severely injured.
After careful care, the Japanese pirates lost two groups of people, and then they set up a shield slope at the bottom of the ditch.
In addition, taking this opportunity, the Zhejiang army, who had fired the firecrackers, also took the opportunity to load all the firecrackers and spare gun tubes with ammunition.
"Brothers, kill, charge, charge forward, and chop up all these turtles who only know how to use fire and gunfire!"
The Japanese pirates who had built their shields shouted ferociously and jumped up on the slope of the shield they had built.
A dozen shield slopes formed a channel for Japanese pirates to attack.
Originally, the Zhejiang Army's formation was next to the Grand Canal, and the field in front of the formation was not wide enough for the Japanese pirates' troops to spread out. Now they can only attack through these dozen shield slopes, which makes it even harder to spread out. More than two thousand Japanese pirates
The forward stretched for fifty or sixty meters in front of the Zhejiang army's formation, like a ferocious python.
Seeing the trenches, the last line of defense of the Zhejiang Army, with more than a dozen bloody roads paved by shields, the Japanese reinforcements were all excited. Like sharks that smelled blood, they charged up and rushed forward crazily.
In just a few breaths, we successfully joined the vanguard of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirate team stretched for 130 to 40 meters.
About a hundred meters in front of the Zhejiang Army's formation, there used to be a temporary wharf, which was slightly wider. Many Japanese pirates gathered here, and nearly half of their troops were concentrated here.
Viewed from a high place or from a distance, the six or seven thousand Japanese pirates charging into the formation looked like a giant python that had just swallowed something huge and was being stretched. One hundred meters in front of the Zhejiang army's formation was where it was being stretched.
Big belly.
"Baga! Baga! Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way, let me rush forward!"
Hojo Dosan, who came from behind, also came with his retainers and bodyguards. He arrived at the tail of the giant python, waved his Japanese sword, yelled and unreasonably rushed out of the way, and rushed forward with murderous intent.
go.
All the Japanese pirates knew that the Japanese chieftain had a bad temper and quickly gave way to him. Hojo Dosan led his retainers and bodyguards and rushed forward suddenly.
Although the Zhejiang Army's firearms are sharp, the number of Japanese pirates is limited after all, and the number of Japanese pirates is too large. Although they can only attack the Zhejiang Army's position through a dozen shield slopes, they are constantly flowing. Although many Japanese pirates fell, many Japanese pirates succeeded.
They suddenly rushed to the front of the Zhejiang army's formation, brandishing their swords and stabbing and slashing at the Zhejiang army behind the wall.
"Hahahaha, the big deal has been decided, the Zhejiang Army is finished!"
Xu Hai and other Japanese chieftains who were behind the formation saw this, looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing proudly.
The entire Japanese pirate army was filled with the joy of victory.
Compared to the joy of the Japanese pirates' victory, a depressing and heavy air filled the air above Suzhou City in the distance.
At this time, the sky was already half-dark, and the visibility was much better than at the beginning of the battle. They could vaguely see the fierce fighting at Maple Bridge Camp on the high city wall.
At this moment, they also saw that the second wave of Japanese pirates attacking Fengqiao Camp had already rushed to the Zhejiang Army's formation, and the third wave of supporting Japanese pirates had also successfully joined forces with the second wave of Japanese pirates. There were enough Japanese pirates attacking Fengqiao Camp.
It stretches for more than a hundred meters, and there are so many Japanese pirates that they are like ants, and they are hard to count.
Not to mention, the Japanese pirate army pressing behind them was also slowly moving towards the Zhejiang Army's camp.
In addition, it was faintly visible that among the Japanese pirate army, there were groups of murderous Japanese pirates, breaking away from the Japanese pirate army and rushing towards the Zhejiang Army's position. "
The densely packed Japanese pirates were like roaring chariots, mercilessly rolling towards the Zhejiang Army's position, while the Zhejiang Army's position was like a mantis that stretched out its arms to block the car without overestimating its capabilities. The outcome was doomed.
"Alas, the Zhejiang Army is finished..."
"I thought they could resist for a while longer, but I didn't expect it to be over so soon...".
When the vast number of Japanese pirates rushed towards the Zhejiang Army's formation, the people on the city wall began to sigh.
"The Zhejiang Army only has a total of 2,000 people. They were able to repel a wave of Japanese pirates. This wave of Japanese pirates was too many. They started with 4,000 or 5,000 people and were reinforced with another 4,000 or 5,000 people. Their ability to resist until now has far exceeded expectations.
Already."
When I heard someone complaining that the Zhejiang Army was finished so quickly, someone immediately spoke up for the Zhejiang Army, which aroused a lot of resonance.
"Oh, it's strange, it's strange. Look, the Zhejiang Army's position was immediately breached by the Japanese pirates. Why don't Master Zhu and the others run away on horseback? If they don't run away, it will be too late..."
Someone on the city wall noticed that there was not even a single person running on horseback in the Zhejiang Army's position, and they couldn't help but express surprise.
"That's right, not a single one of the Zhejiang army ran away. Didn't they have a thousand horses? Keep the green hills and don't worry about running out of firewood. Take a step back to open up the sky. Mr. Zhu won't be confused and want to live and die with the position.
Bar?"
Others also noticed this and kept shaking their heads.
"Well, when Mr. Zhu opened the city gate for the people before, he said that they would fight to the death against the Japanese pirates. If the Japanese pirates came, they would first step on the corpses of their Zhejiang soldiers. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhu was not just talking, but serious.
, actually vowed to stop the Japanese pirates to the death..."
Someone murmured.
"What do you mean you can't think about it?! A real man, do something and don't do something! This is what I, the official of the Ming Dynasty, look like! We must do the same, if Suzhou City is there, we are here, if Suzhou City is not, our corpses must be there too!
"Suzhou Magistrate Shang Wei couldn't bear it any longer and scolded him with an angry expression.
"Yes Yes……"
All the officials were educated on the surface, but they didn't think so in their hearts. They couldn't bear to think about the wonderful life.
"Pity……"
I don’t know who started it, but soon there was a sigh from the city wall, even Shang Wei was no exception.
Seeing the Japanese pirates swarming like ants towards the Zhejiang Army's position, everyone observed a moment of silence as if they were attending a memorial service.
If nothing else happens, a lot of paper money will be sprinkled outside the city tonight to comfort the souls of Zhu Ping'an and the Zhejiang Army...
"Kill, charge!"
"Yinzi woman, right in front!"
"Kill, die, die..."
The numerous Japanese pirates shouted ferociously to kill, and rushed towards the Zhejiang army one after another, eager to start a killing spree.
"The big deal is done, the Zhejiang Army is finished, get ready for breakfast!"
Xu Hai and other Japanese chiefs sat at the rear, looking at the Japanese pirates marching forward bravely, with smiles on their faces as bright as flowers.
At this moment, a big change occurred!
"Boom!"
A violent and earth-shaking loud noise suddenly sounded, like thunder from the sky, with the force of a mountain avalanche and the earth shaking. A huge black fire pit exploded about a hundred meters in front of the Zhejiang army's formation, setting off seven
An eight-meter-high mushroom cloud mixed with earth, rocks, and gunpowder smoke.
In an instant, the ground shook like an earth dragon turning over, and the city of Suzhou in the distance seemed to be shaking.