The flames, which were more than two feet high, formed an insurmountable barrier on the beach, making it difficult for the soldiers of Songmen Guard to move forward, and were forced to retreat into the sea.
In the dense forest, those Japanese pirates who occupied favorable terrain began to gather towards the top of the mountain.
From halfway up the mountain, there are piles of large and small rocks.
Next to each pile of stones stood six or seven Japanese pirates with Japanese swords at their waists.
Some have already held the stones in their arms, looking as if they were ready to throw them down at any time.
On the top of the hill is a platform more than ten feet in size.
A large bed made of logs, covered with soft, dry leaves.
The man lying on it had his upper body naked, and his huge belly made it impossible for Ping to see his head when he looked over.
He was clean shaven, except for a thumb-sized tuft of black hair just below his nose.
The messy hair was tied high and tied with a red silk thread, looking like a big broom on the top of the head.
"Captain, there are a lot of people coming from the other side this time. How about we retreat from the back mountain." A short and thin young man came over in a hurry.
From time to time, he looked back at the burning fortifications at the bottom of the mountain, with an anxious expression on his face.
"There are so many people? Just let go of the pile of sand from the guard. What's the use of adding more? Burn some to death with fire, crush some to death with stones, and let the Ming soldiers who surrendered beat them to death with firecrackers, and the rest...
We Ryukyu warriors will go up and chop off their heads. If they dare to come to the island where my seventh battalion is stationed to cause trouble, they want to annihilate the entire army."
He grabbed the fried hairtail on the side with his broomstick and stuffed it into his mouth. He rubbed his belly a few times with his oily hands and said disdainfully.
"Captain, it's not just the Haimen guards who are here this time, but also people from the Ming East Factory." The thin young man was still a little worried and continued.
"What's wrong with Dongchang? Isn't Dongchang a human being anymore? It's not the same as always coming and going. Go and watch, and don't disturb me enjoying the coolness of this summer." The broom head waved his hand.
"Captain, the Colonel in Purple Clothes of Dongchang is here in person this time." The thin young man wanted to continue, but was suddenly stunned on the spot.
The broom head sat up with a "whoosh" and waved his fist to break a log under him: "What's wrong with the purple-clothed captain? He can call the wind and rain in the Ming Dynasty, but in the eyes of our Seventh Battalion of the Ryukyu Kingdom, he can only
Just lie down on the ground and kowtow. Don’t let other people’s ambitions destroy your own prestige. Get out.”
"Yes." The thin young man held the slender Japanese sword at his waist, bowed and slowly retreated.
On the sea, Tang Xing, the commander of the Songmen Guards standing on the bow of the patrol ship, also looked anxious.
Originally, he took advantage of the daylight and used his absolute superiority in numbers to annihilate the Japanese pirates on the island in one fell swoop, which also made him famous in the court.
Being scolded by Xiao Chen as an incompetent person, although Tang Xing did not dare to refute, he was not convinced at all.
I was isolated, and most of my orders were not implemented.
If you were given a guard station where you could absolutely obey orders, and your own military ability, annihilating the Japanese pirates would not be a piece of cake.
But now facing the blazing flames on the beach, Tang Xing didn't know what to do for a while.
All the ambitions have also become a bit sluggish.
Seeing that the sun is heading west, if it gets dark, today's attack will be in vain.
He could only bend his body slightly and look at Xiao Chen beside him: "Master Ziyi, the fire is so big, what should we do?"
"Inside the fortifications, the Japanese pirates must have placed a large amount of tree branch fuel, which will not be extinguished for a while. But these fortifications, I just saw, are less than two feet wide. Order the soldiers to wet their clothes with seawater and give them
I rushed through the fire." Xiao Chen said with a gloomy face.
"Wet your clothes and rush over. This is really a good idea." Tang Xing felt happy and hurriedly issued the order.
After receiving the order, the soldiers retreated into the sea and hurriedly splashed sea water on each other.
A few soldiers lay completely in the sea water, even their hair was wet.
He stood up, wiped the sea water from his face with his hand, and waited for the order to charge.
Seeing all the soldiers wet their clothes, Tang Xing couldn't wait to give the order to charge.
The black crowd rushed into the sea of fire with their heads set.
A moment later, he rushed out from the other side of the sea of fire.
The sound of killing shook the sky, and he waved the knife in his hand and rushed towards the dense forest.
Xiao Chen didn't hesitate, jumped into the sea, soaked his clothes, and passed through the sea of fire.
After entering the dense forest, the terrain turned into a gently ascending mountainous area.
Breaking through the sea of fire made the soldiers confident. They swung the swords in their hands faster and rushed into the dense forest like flying.
"Crash."
A loud sound like a landslide came, waves of dust rolled up in the dense forest, and stones the size of sieves fell from the sky.
These stones circled in the air and hit everyone on the ground. The ground suddenly became a mess. Some stones hit tree trunks, leaving a dark hole.
Everyone on the ground looked around with blank faces, looking at all this, not knowing where these stones came from.
"Ah." A scream suddenly sounded on the ground. The soldier at the front twitched violently and fell into a pool of blood.
His eyes were wide open, and the eyeballs were bulging out as if they were about to fall out. One hand grabbed his chest, and the other hand firmly grasped a tree trunk next to him.
"What's going on? What happened?" the conductor Tang Xing asked with a frown.
This sudden change left everyone confused.
At this moment, a big tree in the distance suddenly broke from its roots, and then the entire tree broke instantly. With a bang, the trunk fell to the ground, and the soil on the trunk flew up.
"Ah." A scream sounded from the ground again.
The shield in the hands of the soldier who was pinned under the big tree had been broken at the waist and was covering the soldier's body.
On top of the shield is the huge tree trunk hugged by two or three people.
The soldier's body had been almost crushed, leaving only a layer of skin connecting his lower limbs.
Even so, the soldier still waved his right hand, which he could move, and shouted loudly: "Get back, everyone, get back."
Before he finished speaking, a stream of blood poured out of his mouth, and his head tilted motionless.
"Everyone, retreat to the open area." Xiao Chen shouted, and at the same time he stood up from the ground and punched the boulder that was about to hit a soldier.
"Boom."
The boulders were shattered and turned into dust that filled the jungle.
The soldier who was lucky enough to escape turned pale and had to bow to Xiao Chen to thank him.
"Stand back, stop inking." Xiao Chen yelled and threw himself at another boulder that was hitting the soldiers.
The situation at this time was exactly the same as that of the ambush in the Qinling Valley, except that there were no gunpowder arrows that could explode at any time.
Even so, Duan Tianming's eyes were wide open with anger.
At first, I ran away like a turtle, and I felt aggrieved no matter what I thought about it afterwards.
Now, Xiao Chen once again rushed to save people regardless of danger, how could he continue to hide behind?
With a loud roar, he jumped up and slashed at a crumbling tree with the knife in his hand.
"Crash."
The moment the knife hit the big tree, Duan Tianming used his strength again and stirred hard.
The entire tree trunk instantly turned into a large amount of sawdust, exuding a unique light fragrance of fresh wood, floating in the jungle.
With Xiao Chen and Duan Tianming charging forward, the captains of the Dongchang Shenji Corps also rushed past the soldiers who were retreating rapidly.
Waving the knife in his hand, he looked for rocks that he could break, and then he went towards them.
Breaking a huge boulder again, he accidentally turned around and found that the captains of the Shenji Corps had rushed in. Xiao Chen felt warm in his heart, and said with a bit of reproach: "Why are you rushing in blindly? Find the shields left by the soldiers and protect them.
It’s better to rush on your own.”
In this kind of flying rocks mixed with stones the size of millstones, I can't guarantee that I will be unscathed. Who gave these less powerful captains the courage to rush in?
You should save people, but if it means risking your own life, why can't you weigh the importance of such an uneconomical thing?
Although he was thinking this, Xiao Chen felt relieved again when he saw a large number of Songmen guards exiting the dense forest safely under the protection of the captains.
Tang Xing, the commander of the Songmen Guards in the distance, was also directing the soldiers to retreat while paying attention to Xiao Chen's movements.
Watching the captain of Dongchang pick up the shield on the ground, rush into the dense forest without hesitation, and use the sword in his hand to continue to cover the retreat of the soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
