"Commander, the enemy has passed the Tate River!"

On the tenth day, the calm was broken.

The scouts brought bad news.

Looking from the top of Nanyuan City, Lu Li could see billowing black smoke rising in the distance without any magical powers. He only needed to use his naked eyes to see?

That was the Japanese setting fire to the mountain.

At this moment, the city was crowded with people who had fled from the surrounding areas. They heard that Ming troops were stationed in the city and that the city walls were very high and strong, comparable to mountains.

All I can say is that my knowledge is too short.

Anyone with a bit of military knowledge knows that the Japanese pirates are determined to capture Nanyuan City. Only by running in the opposite direction can they have any hope of survival.

However, Li Chao's military envoy Li Funan did not let them go. The men were incorporated into the army, and the women were responsible for cooking and taking care of any wounded soldiers who might appear later.

As for the child, he was escorted away by a small group of soldiers. After all, he was the new blood of the Li Dynasty in the future. It would be a pity if he died on the battlefield.

However, among this group of children and guards, only one soldier who came back to report the incident escaped, and the rest all died at the hands of the Japanese.

The retreat was cut off by Kato Kiyomasa who was outflanking from the right. He came with his army in a mighty manner and formed an encirclement with the left army.

Likewise, it confirmed Lu Li’s guess:

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the old monkey is here.

As if to show off their military prowess, the Japanese bandits put up an extremely impressive formation and drew out three fronts.

The first line of defense was led by Utaka Hideie himself, and it started from Fangchuan Yuzenyuan, crossed the Great Wall Bridge, and surrounded the west gate of Nanyuan.

The second line of defense was composed of the navy led by Mr. Kurushima and Yoshiaki Kato, which cut off the river from the lacquer field, along the Koshigawa River, from Kuri Field to Ogosen, and connected with the Ximen Front.

The third line of defense was composed of Kato Kiyomasa, who hurriedly rushed to the rescue, and divided his troops to block the east, south, and north gates.

Based on the far-reaching technique and the information from the scouts, Lu Li deduced that the Japanese's main formation was between Xiangxiao Mountain and Qilin Mountain.

Both mountains were equipped with walled cities. When they first entered Nanyuan, the group of Li Dynasty officials advised them to move in and not to confront the Japanese head-on, but to use the mountains to fight guerrillas with them.

However, at that time, Lu Li was full of confidence and did not want to be so embarrassed, so he flatly rejected the request.

Now, all the Li Dynasty militiamen stationed in the two cities have been killed, and the Japanese pirates have set up camps and raised flags outside the almost burned-down city.

The horn company camp, just the erected arrays are endless, layer upon layer, to describe it in the words of a scout:

Forming formations one after another, returning to each other in succession, the moon haloes a hundred times.

The reason why the scout was able to come back alive to convey the military information was entirely because the Japanese wanted him alive.

This was obviously a deliberate show of force, as it defeated the defenders in the city and knew that they did not dare to leave the city.

To put it bluntly, Lu Li really didn't dare to leave the city.

If the two thousand cavalry were still there, plus the thousand cavalry from Duke's side who came from all over the state to support him, and he saw that the Japanese pirates were so arrogant, he would definitely lead the army himself and charge out of the city for a few battles.

However, the troops under his command are seriously insufficient.

One thousand Ming troops plus three thousand Li Dynasty militiamen, that's four thousand people, four thousand to fifty thousand, which is not proportional at all, and everyone knows how much combat effectiveness those militiamen have.

Originally, Tang Chuan comforted himself that he could control the number of troops no less than Lu Li.

Now, he has completely given up.

Although Lu Li's personal soldiers had sneaked in to improve the command structure, and monks from the Zen monastery had given their faith blessings, and they had shown a certain degree of confidence and military appearance some time ago, as the Japanese laid out their battle array, facts proved that what

It's called a paper tiger.

If the Ming army had not been mixed in and became the backbone of the grassroots, I am afraid that many militiamen would be discussing whether they could use their credit for secretly opening the city in exchange for leniency from the Japanese.

It is ridiculous to say that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who crossed the Yalu River and came to support the Li Dynasty out of righteousness risked their lives, but as the owners of the land here, they acted timid and weak-minded.

Of course, Lu Li would not be beaten to death with a stick. At least the soldier Li Funan was a tough guy, and so were the local monsters.

At this moment.

He is arranging the task of defending the city.

He led 300 cavalry to guard the east gate, Commander Qian Qinchuan led 700 cavalry to guard the south gate, and the demons guarded the west gate. The Li Chao militiamen were weak in combat effectiveness, so they were asked to guard the north gate.

In addition, the most stringent military orders were issued:

Give clear orders and improve military discipline.

Those who create chaos before fighting and spread rumors will die!

But even so, Lu Li was still worried about the North Gate. He could only hope that Tang Chuan had some skills and that the local monk soldiers responsible for appeasing the soldiers could play a more useful role.

The day after the Japanese completely deployed their battle array was also the twelfth day after Konishi and Shimazu died.

The five Japanese swaggered to the east gate, which was guarded by Lu Li himself, and stood on the stone bridge of the moat, raising their necks and planning to call Lu Li, the guard, to come out and talk.

Judging from the armor he wore and his aura, he was undoubtedly a low-level samurai. He probably felt that the two countries were at war and he was not going to kill him, so his tone was full of arrogance.

what to do?

Take them as a sacrifice to the flag.

There is definitely no way to deal with these island animals that are despised by the world.

Therefore, while they were shouting, Lu Li asked his soldiers for two three-eyed muskets. He had become very skilled at playing these guns before entering this world.

The match rope was set alight.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Lu Li had a fire gun in his left hand and a fire gun in his right hand. The so-called recoil was completely non-existent in the face of his terrifying arm strength.

Amidst six roars, five Japanese pirates fell to the ground. The last one was shot twice in the head, and his head was shattered into pieces.

Seeing this, the Japanese who were watching from a distance were immediately enraged. A large number of warriors came shouting and came to a place nearly fifty miles away from the city, shooting with iron cannons and shouting curses.

There was no need for a translator, as Lu Li scolded these beasts very dirty words.

In addition, these guys dare to test the situation without the support of military commanders. I am afraid that they are determined to die and are willing to become cannon fodder.

"I remember there were thunderbolts in the arsenal."

Lu Li looked to his side.

"That's right." A member of the household took out two round objects from his bag, "My lord, please take a look."

Zhentian Lei is a new type of weapon independently developed by the Li Dynasty, but this is what their own people say. In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, the word "independence" needs a question mark, because it is similar to the Ming Dynasty's Thunderbolt Bomb.

It is a weapon that is wrapped with iron sheets to carry flames and sharp hard objects, connected to leads, and fired through a large bowl mouth gun. It is a bit like the mortar that was widely used during World War II.

However, as an actor who personally participated in World War II, Lu Li concluded that mortars in the advanced world would never have such little power.

Because Mr. Lu then used experiments to prove it.

I saw him pick up a large-mouth gun, test-fire it first, and directly blast out a pit with a depth of ten meters dozens of miles away. The attack range is comparable to that of a small missile.

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