Below the city, the battle between the Japanese pirates and the Zhejiang army was fierce and anxious.
Although the Japanese pirates in the front row were caught off guard and were stabbed to pieces by the Zhejiang army's bayonets, the Japanese pirates in the back were fierce and confident. They thought that as long as they got close, victory would belong to them. The Japanese knives they used were long and sharp. The Ming army
Their waist knives are not as long as theirs. As the saying goes, every inch is longer and every inch is dangerous, and a longer weapon has an advantage.
So, the Japanese pirates stepped on the corpses of the Japanese pirates in the front row and continued to pounce on them, intending to chop the Zhejiang army into pieces.
However, the Zhejiang Army's bayonets dealt a serious blow to their self-confidence. The Zhejiang Army's military formation was neat, and the Zhejiang Army's officers and men mechanically stabbed their bayonets together. They saw a forest of bayonets. However, the Zhejiang Army's firecrackers, bayonets, and a
It was like a spear, longer than their Japanese swords. Before they could hit the Zhejiang army, the Zhejiang army's bayonets had already stabbed them.
The Zhejiang Army was like a hedgehog, which made them unable to speak. They were very anxious and screamed ferociously. They used Japanese knives to slash the Zhejiang Army's bayonets. However, the Zhejiang Army's bayonets looked only as thick as a thumb, but they were made of highly refined steel.
, so strong and tight that the Japanese knife did not break the bayonet, but was knocked out of the gap. For a while, the Japanese pirates were stabbed by the Zhejiang army's bayonet one after another, but they could not break into the Zhejiang army's bayonet array.
"Niang Xipi, look at me!" A Japanese pirate with bald hair and a string of beads hanging around his neck cursed fiercely, then grabbed a thin Japanese pirate next to him and lifted it up.
"Damn it, monster monk, why are you lifting me up?! This is no joke, put me down quickly!"
The thin Japanese pirate was so frightened that he danced and screamed like a big turtle.
"Okay, I'll let you down now!" The bald Japanese pirate chuckled, gritted his teeth and shouted loudly. The veins in his hands and arms collapsed, and he threw the thin Japanese pirate in his hand towards the Zhejiang Army's bayonet formation opposite.
The bald Japanese pirate was as strong as an ox, while the thin Japanese pirate was like a huge boulder in his hands, roaring away towards the Zhejiang army's bayonet array.
"Damn it, I won't let you go even if I die..."
The skinny Japanese pirate didn't even finish his last harsh words, and he hit the Zhejiang army's bayonet array like a piece of rotten meat.
The thin Japanese pirate said he weighed about a hundred kilograms. In addition, the bald Japanese pirate threw it with all his strength. The kinetic energy plus the heavy energy hit the Zhejiang Army's bayonet array, causing an impact of at least more than three hundred kilograms.
The three Zhejiang troops who faced the impact were suddenly knocked back.
A gap was created in the tightly sealed Zhejiang army formation. The bald-headed Japanese pirate screamed strangely, and like a tiger descending from the mountain, he rushed into the gap with a long-handled weapon in the shape of a crescent shovel. He rushed left and right, and several nearby people
Before a Zhejiang soldier could turn his bayonet, he was shoveled to the ground by a bald-headed Japanese pirate.
Fortunately, all members of the Zhejiang Army were fully protected by cotton armor. Although they were shoveled to the ground, bleeding from the mouth and nose, and seriously injured, their lives were not in danger.
Only one soldier was unlucky. He was shoveled in the face by a bald Japanese pirate with a crescent shovel and died on the spot.
The bald-headed Japanese pirate was extremely brave, like a ferocious human beast, charging left and right in the Zhejiang army's position, causing heavy casualties to the Zhejiang army. The surrounding Zhejiang army was invincible for a while, and the neat military formation was torn apart.
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The Japanese pirates behind saw the bald-headed Japanese pirates tearing apart the Zhejiang army's formation. Without hesitation, they immediately rushed in with the bald-headed Japanese pirates.
The strong Japanese pirates around him were inspired and wanted to follow suit. They looked around at the Japanese pirates around them, looking for a thin one.
"Damn it, what a shame, there are corpses on the ground, you can't just throw them away, you're just staring at me!"
A few thin Japanese pirates were very frightened, and everyone was in danger. One clever Japanese pirate pointed at the corpse of the Japanese pirate they were stepping on and shouted.
Immediately, several strong Japanese pirates reacted, lowered their heads, picked up the dead bodies on the ground, and threw them hard towards the Zhejiang army's formation.
The Zhejiang Army was caught off guard, and several holes were opened by the Japanese pirates. In an instant, dozens of brave Japanese pirates rushed into the Zhejiang Army's formation.
"Dead, dead!"
The brave Japanese pirates wielded their Japanese swords like flying among the Zhejiang army. The surrounding Zhejiang soldiers could only use bayonets to block and stab, which was not convenient for slashing. As for their moves, they could only use simple stabs to block, which was impossible in one-on-one situations. They were no match for the Japanese pirates. Even if three or five Zhejiang troops were to deal with one Japanese pirate, they would have to pay a high price to defeat them.
In particular, several brave Japanese pirates with high martial arts skills actually knew how to cooperate and cover each other. The Zhejiang Army was unable to do anything for them for a while.
The Japanese pirates also knew how powerful the Zhejiang Army's cotton armor was, and specially targeted areas such as the Zhejiang Army's face, neck, etc. that were not covered by the cotton armor to greet them.
For a time, the Zhejiang army suffered dozens of casualties, and several holes were torn in the military formation. The situation was not good.
"Brothers in the back row who have not joined the battle, shoot at the Japanese pirates who rush into the formation!" Zhu Ping'an ordered in the formation.
Suddenly, there were several gunshots, and the brave Japanese pirates from all directions were killed in the Zhejiang army's formation, and they fell to the ground with a scream.
The bald Japanese pirate who was the first to break into the formation was given special attention, and was hit by more than a dozen bullets, turning him into a bloody sieve.
Being at such a close distance and being targeted by so many muskets, he had no room to display his martial arts no matter how high he was.
"The front row meets the enemy, the back row muskets, go straight to the city gate, and seize the city gate from the Japanese pirates at any cost!"
After the Zhejiang army stabilized the situation, Zhu Pingan adjusted the battle formation in time and directed the Zhejiang army to rush to the city gate.
The Japanese pirates have just given out the signal, and in at most one stick of incense time, the Japanese pirate army will come to support.
If the city gate was not captured from the Japanese pirates before the Japanese pirate army came to support them, the consequences would be disastrous.
Not to mention Suzhou City is in danger, the Zhejiang Army is also in danger.
Because they rushed to warn, the Zhejiang army was not prepared for field battles. The gunpowder and projectiles they carried with them were not enough, and they did not have time to bring sidecars that could be used as temporary positions. They also only brought eight squatting tiger cannons. The remaining Tiger Crouching Cannons were hurriedly wrapped in linoleum and buried in the Zhejiang Army's latrines.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon was too heavy, and the Zhejiang army was fully armored and charged on horseback. Ordinary horses could not bear the weight, let alone run long distances.
The Zhejiang army could only carry a dozen good horses that could bear the load, and they also had to carry heavy artillery shells, so they could only carry eight squatting tiger cannons.
"Don't let them get near the city gate!"
Xu Hai quickly discovered the Zhejiang army's plan, shouted and directed the remaining Japanese pirates to block the Zhejiang army's path.
However, at this time, there were only more than 300 Japanese pirates left, and the Zhejiang army had only reduced its number by dozens, and there were still nearly 2,000 people. The bayonet formation was like a hedgehog, making it difficult for the Japanese pirates to break through.
The sound of the gunshots sounded like a deadly poisonous snake, causing heavy losses to the Japanese pirates. They could not stop the Zhejiang army at all, and Xu Hai gritted his teeth in anger.
If there were enough troops under his command, the Zhejiang Army would be doomed when they just broke through the Zhejiang Army's military formation! Unfortunately, there were insufficient troops, and there were too few Japanese pirates who broke into the Zhejiang Army's military formation. They were annihilated by the Zhejiang Army's superior strength, and a good opportunity was missed!
"The men in the city who are guarding the city gate must come out quickly to support and attack from both front and back. They must not let the Zhejiang army occupy the city gate."
At the critical moment, Xu Hai gritted his teeth and ordered the Japanese pirates guarding the city gate to come out to support and attack the Zhejiang army from front to back.
Damn it!
When the reinforcements arrive and the troops are sufficient, the Zhejiang army will definitely die without a place to die!