Since he didn't know when the Li Jingshan brothers would appear, Hou Yao could only let some troops sneak into the city in batches to garrison them.
Strictly guarding several key positions, this part of the army consists of about two thousand people.
The other three people camped in a woods two miles outside the city.
We just need to wait for a signal from the city to receive timely support.
Since it was an extraordinary period, Hou Yao almost made Yu Xiuer follow him every step of the way these two days.
I was afraid that Li Jingshan would send a master to kill him.
Three days passed by in a flash, it was already the 18th, and Ouchi Yoshitsune would be officially executed today.
There were more than forty Japanese pirates executed together with Ouchi Yoshitsune. In fact, half of them were already corpses.
But in order to make it look more refreshing and shocking, I still have to pull it out and chop it again.
The execution ground was located five hundred meters outside the south gate in the south of the city. The terrain here was wide and flat, making it suitable for people to watch.
Before dawn, Zhou Tiesheng led all the government officials to escort all the Japanese pirates who were to be executed to the execution ground.
As the chief executioner, Hou Yao rushed to the execution ground at Mao hour. The reason he came so early was to give Li Jingshan enough time to start.
I saw Yu Xiuer standing on his left, Chen Junnan on his right, and Wei Daxing behind him.
The main thing is that he is foolproof. Even if a grandmaster comes to assassinate him now, he will probably have to go back with tears in his eyes.
Seeing that the execution time was getting closer and closer, Li Jingshan remained silent.
Hou Yao also wondered in his heart, could he really not have the strength to save people?
The time for beheading is at three quarters of noon. The ancients believed that the sun was the strongest at this time and the shadows on the ground were the shortest.
That is the time of day when the Yang Qi is at its strongest.
The living are yang, the dead are yin, and killing someone is a "yin thing."
Especially those who have committed serious sins will often "haunt" after being killed.
Therefore, we choose this time when the "yang energy is strong" to disperse the prisoners' "grievances" to prevent them from turning into evil ghosts and entangling people in the underworld.
The scorching sun can dissipate the "yin spirits". In addition to preventing them from continuing to do evil after death, it can also completely "disappear" these prisoners.
Not only that, they can no longer be reincarnated, but it also means they are sentenced to "no reincarnation for eternity."
Seeing that Li Jingshan did not take action and the time had come, Hou Yao could only order the execution.
He immediately took out the token and threw it out: "Execution"
The three executioners on the execution platform raised their swords high and cut off the heads of the three devils with a "pop" sound. The blood of one of them even sprayed three meters high.
Then the next group was replaced, also three people.
"puff"
Three more heads fell to the ground.
Li Jingshan was anxious in his eyes and wanted to save people, but Li Jingfeng's signal was never sent.
The two had agreed before that Li Jingfeng would lead people to attack the Chen family's barn.
After he succeeded, he sent a signal, and he started to rescue people, and then fought to Hong Kong Island and took the boat back to Japan.
The time between the two sides must be matched, otherwise, especially Li Jingfeng's side, once they are blocked by Nanhaiwei, there will be no hope for their great cause.
Therefore, both sides are led by Li Jingfeng, and only after ensuring that his side succeeds will the two sides take action.
Otherwise, it would be meaningless just to have Ouchi Gizon in hand.
Having killed two-thirds of the Japanese pirates, Hou Yao was completely disappointed. It seemed that Li Jingshan really didn't know how to do it.
After seeing so many heads turning, he felt a little uncomfortable and was about to get up and leave.
At this moment, someone suddenly set off a huge firework a few miles away.
Hou Yao felt strange in his heart. Wasn't this the signal he had agreed with Li Kangsheng to march in? But he clearly didn't release it. Who did?
Li Jingshan looked surprised. He immediately stood up, pointed at Hou Yao and cursed angrily:
"Hou Yao, you dog official, today will be your death anniversary next year. The blood of our great Japanese warriors cannot be shed in vain."
As soon as he finished speaking, many Japanese soldiers holding steel swords suddenly rushed out from the onlookers and rushed towards the chief beheading officer.
Zhou Tiesheng had already led dozens of government officials to shrink the defensive circle and surround Hou Yao.
"Bago Yalu, kill them."
The Japanese soldiers who rushed out shouted slogans and rushed out.
Hou Yao laughed loudly:
"Sagara Kageyama, you bitch has finally revealed your true colors. Today, I will get rid of this cancer for the sake of this people."
After saying that, I glanced at the Japanese soldiers who rushed out. The number was a bit small. I thought there would be at least a few thousand people, but in fact there were only a few hundred people.
There were only two hundred people attacking him at the execution ground. There was also a commotion in the direction of the city gate. It looked like there should be several hundred people.
The old soldiers guarding the city were being chased by the Japanese army and were jumping up and down.
"Why do you only have so many people? Li Jingshan seems to think highly of you."
After saying that, Hou Yao also took out a sky cannon from his arms, ignited it with a fire stick, and then burst into brilliant fireworks in the sky.
When Li Jingshan saw Hou Yao also sending a signal, he said:
"Did you send this signal to Li Kangsheng?"
"Of course, since I know that your gang of Japanese pirates have been lurking in Bao'an County for thirty years, how could I not be prepared at all?
I thought you would have at least an army of Shanggan people secretly, but I didn’t expect it to be so small. I think highly of you."
"Hahaha, Hou Yao, do you think Li Kangsheng can save you? They have been hiding in the woods on the other side of the Dasha River for two days, right?
Hey hey hey, as long as he dares to cross the river, I will annihilate them all. Hum, after Li Kangsheng is eliminated, I will see who can save you."
Hou Yao thought that Li Jingfeng had not yet appeared, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart.
…
Li Kangsheng personally led more than three hundred soldiers from Ganhu City in Pengcheng to lurk in a forest on the other side of the Dasha River for two days.
In the past two days, everyone has been keeping their armor on, ready to go at any time, and everyone has been holding back their resentment for a long time.
It wasn't until Hou Yao's signal appeared in the sky that Li Kangsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Li Jingshan hadn't taken action,
Taking the big guy with me would have been a waste of two days of hardship.
"Set off."
Following the order, the army began to cross the river.
The current of the Dasha River is not very fast, and you can cross the river with just ordinary wood cutting.
Enough wood cutting across the river has been prepared long ago, and it only takes three round trips to transport all the people to the other side of the river.
The first batch to cross the river were Zhu Liangao's 300 scale armored troops and 100 ordinary elites, and they reached the other side safely.
Then a second group of ordinary soldiers were transported across the river.
At this time, I suddenly heard countless sounds of Baqiyalu coming from the reed field on the river bank.
Then I saw many Japanese soldiers rushing out holding Japanese swords.
Zhu Liang'ao smiled contemptuously and immediately ordered to shrink the formation. With these Japanese soldiers without even armor, there was no way they could be the opponent of the scale armor army.
However, the armor of the scale armor army is made of iron, but the people are not made of iron.
There are a lot of people on the other side. With so many people, it is difficult to annihilate them all with just 300 people.
What's more, their current task is to protect their own troops ashore.
Just when Zhu Liangao ordered to shrink the formation, the Japanese army suddenly stopped attacking.
Zhu Liang'ao was confused, and for a moment he didn't understand what these Japanese soldiers were trying to do.
At this moment, several gunshots were suddenly heard.
‘Boom boom boom boom’.
Four cannonballs flew side by side towards the scale army.
Zhu Liang'ao's eyes were about to burst and he suddenly shouted:
"Disperse quickly..."
But it's too late.
"ah--."
Waves of miserable howls came from the mouths of the scale-armored soldiers. But before they had time to catch their breath, the second round of shelling started again.
‘Boom boom boom boom’.
The power of the artillery shells was beyond human power, and the formation was so dense. In just two rounds of shelling, nearly half of the scale army was injured.
Before the battle, nearly half of the troops had been lost. Such a heavy loss made Zhu Liang'ao want to die.
At this moment, the Japanese army attacked again. Zhu Liang'ao could only command the scale armor army that was still capable of fighting to resist.
It's just that the disparity in numbers between the two sides was too great, and they couldn't resist in the end.
Then a worse situation occurred. Due to the unstable formation of the newly landed ordinary troops, they were beaten to collapse by the Japanese army in just one charge.
They began to flee in all directions, and even attacked the scale armor army's formation, which caused great chaos in the scale armor army's formation.
At this moment, the cry of "Bageya Road" also sounded from the other side of the river.
Li Kangsheng had been fighting for a lifetime, and this time he was really panicked.
I never expected that Li Jingshan, who was like a rat, could train an elite army.
There were more than 600 people around him at this time, and the number of Japanese soldiers who came to kill did not exceed 800. Logically speaking, they should be able to fight equally.
But I never expected that the impact of the shelling just now would be so great, and it actually greatly reduced the morale of my side.
Under the fierce attack of these Japanese troops, they were somewhat unable to withstand.
In order to boost his morale, Li Kangsheng had no choice but to draw his sword and go into battle himself. He was not weak in skills and once he got out of the battle, he was like a tiger out of the fence.
The arrogance of the Japanese army was immediately suppressed.
Under Li Kangsheng's brave fighting, the morale of the Pengcheng army soared, and the situation was finally restored bit by bit.
However, just when everyone thought that the scale of victory was going to tilt in their favor,
‘Bah, bah, bah’
Three gunshots suddenly rang out in the military formation.
Li Kangsheng had quick eyesight and quick hands, and his sword blocked one bullet, but the other two shots were not so lucky.
One of the shots hit him between the eyebrows.
Li Kangsheng was filled with dissatisfaction and never imagined that his life would end in this way.
Past events flashed through his mind like lightning. He never married because of two regrets.
The first one was that his childhood sweetheart committed suicide after learning that he had changed his heart.
The second thing is that he has never been able to win back the princess's heart. Even though he had a chance to win back, it was all the scholar's fault.
If the scholar named Hou hadn't appeared, the princess would have been with him in the end...
There is no if in this world. With full of regrets, Li Kangsheng's burly body fell.
The Pengcheng army finally collapsed, and the morale of the Japanese army was greatly boosted.
"Bageya Road, kill them all."
The Japanese commander appeared and launched a final fierce attack.
The ordinary troops in Pengcheng scrambled to flee, and blood flowed into rivers for a while.
Zhu Liang'ao knew that there was no possibility of escaping, not to mention that the scale armor army was not very mobile and could not escape at all.
Even if Li Kangsheng died in battle, according to the military regulations of Daxia, all the generals who died in battle and his own soldiers would be killed.
The Scale Armor Army was composed of Li Kangsheng's personal troops, and his death destined the entire Scale Armor Army to be annihilated.
Zhu Liang'ao's eyes were red and he shouted:
"Everyone, I'm going to die as a cadre. We are mortal and not alive. Let's try our best to kill the thieves to get rid of the evil spirit. Kill——."