Matsuura Jigoro took advantage of the darkness and ordered ninjas who were good at climbing to climb up the city wall, kill the guarding soldiers, opened the city gate, and entered the city.
Yaozhou County is just an ordinary county, its geographical location is not important, and there is no war in peacetime. The city defense army's biggest role is to arrest theft, capture bandits, and maintain public order, with only one hundred and fifty people.
This was originally supposed to be a one-sided massacre, but it happened that a defensive division with a total of 300 people passed through Yaozhou County and was temporarily stationed at the school ground in Yaozhou County.
With their assistance, the defenders of Yaozhou County temporarily stabilized their position.
Despite this, after half an hour of fighting, there were still heavy casualties!
The original Yaozhou County defense army had suffered nearly a hundred casualties, and the militia to which Yaozhou belonged also lost hundreds of soldiers.
Of the 300 men who were in the partial division, there were also more than 80 casualties.
"Captain Chen, what's the plan?!"
Although the Yaozhou County Magistrate had heard about Japanese pirates' plundering deeds, this was the first time he saw such a large-scale Japanese pirates!
"Lord Magistrate, these Japanese pirates are not ordinary bandits. They are all good at swordsmanship and ruthless and decisive. They should be rogue warriors among Japanese pirates. This group of people has extraordinary origins. We cannot fight head-on."
The Yaozhou County Magistrate was nearly fifty years old and was a county magistrate elected by a general election. It was really difficult to deal with this situation, so he simply handed over the command to Chen Xiaowei.
"Captain Chen, I'm a civil servant who really doesn't know what to do?! I'm completely relying on you!"
Captain Chen was not polite and took over the command immediately.
"It is unwise to fight head-on with this group of Japanese pirates now. I suggest that our people retreat slowly and rely on the streets and other favorable locations to delay the pace of the Japanese pirates' attack. I immediately sent a message to my family, General Yu, via Lingfengge.
His troops are nearby and should be able to support him soon!"
"That's right! Don't fight forcefully, delaying time is the best way!"
The county magistrate of Yaozhou was frightened out of his wits. When he heard that reinforcements were coming, he immediately agreed to the plan.
How had he, a civil servant, ever seen such a formation?!
"Lord County Magistrate, how are the people in the city doing?!"
The Japanese pirates attacked the city. Different from ordinary wars, these people had no moral bottom line. They would burn, kill and loot at the least, and destroy the town and massacre the city at the worst.
When they entered the city gate, the people living at the city gate had no time to escape and were slaughtered by the Japanese pirates!
Therefore, after the war started, the county magistrate ordered the county captain to lead troops to resist, and he himself began to move and resettle the people.
However, because it was a night attack, the people had already rested. In this case, waking up the people, and the transfer and resettlement were chaotic and the progress was slow.
"There are Japanese pirates in all four gates. We have been trapped in the urn and cannot send the people out of the city. I have no choice but to temporarily place the people in the school grounds in the east of the city. The main direction of the Japanese pirates' attack is the north gate. Now the people can only evacuate.
Most of the time, Colonel Chen, you must buy some more time for me!!"
"Okay! Lord County Magistrate, you can rest assured and continue to move to appease the people and organize the people to strengthen. This place is left to us!"
On the other side, as the battlefield progressed, the Japanese pirates also discovered a problem, "Your Highness, these Zhou troops have stopped confronting us and have begun to retreat gradually!"
Matsuura Ergoro smiled disdainfully, "What do you mean, Zhou's army is invincible in the world, with just this little fighting strength?! Kill them to death and don't let them get away. In addition, order the warriors guarding the other three gates not to let anyone escape."
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The battle continued. Although they relied on terrain and bows and arrows, they still suffered heavy losses and were retreating steadily.
This group of Japanese warriors were the most elite in the Matsuura clan, and their individual combat capabilities were still higher than those of the ordinary field armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In addition, the narrow terrain and small groups of troops were more suitable for their performance.
Zhou Jun has suffered heavy losses, and even the county government has given up at this moment!
The county magistrate led the people to move collectively to the vicinity of the original city defense military academy.
The originally empty school grounds were now bustling and crowded with people.
All the old people and children are protected on the inside, then the women are in the middle, and on the outside are the young men who can fight.
The young man holds a variety of weapons in his hands, if hoes, poles, and kitchen knives can also be called weapons.
The county magistrate also passed through the most panic moment, holding a sword and going back and forth to appease the people and organize the people to strengthen.
Although I am just a judge, even though I am just filling a vacancy, even though I don’t understand military matters!
But I am also a seventh-grade county magistrate conferred by the imperial court and a dignified Zhou Dynasty!
How can we shrink back and be afraid when faced with a mere three-island Japanese slaves?
Encouraged by the county magistrate's organization, more than 300 people took up arms and joined the resistance against the invaders.
On the other side, Matsuura Ergoro had already captured the Yaozhou County Government Office.
"Go and open the treasury and load all the silver and grain into the truck!"
After capturing Yaozhou County, we must not return empty-handed. The most important food and treasury must be taken away.
As for the items in other shops in the city, just wait until you finish killing the people in Yaozhou County and then search them slowly!
Matsuura Ergoro sat on the county magistrate's chair and looked at the Yaozhou County Government. He sighed in his heart that although it was only a county government, it was still very impressive. He didn't know that there were county offices, government offices, and state offices in the Zhou Dynasty.
What does it look like?!
What did the Daming Palace look like in the Great Zhou Dynasty?!
Matsuura Jigoro began to yearn for him! But he was also a decisive and ruthless person. After ten breaths, he chopped the county magistrate's chair into pieces with a single blow.
What is there to envy about the position of a mere county magistrate? What he wants is to inherit the position of Lord of the Matsuura Domain and become the largest daimyo in Japan until he becomes the king!
"Let me continue the attack! Today in Yaozhou, no chickens or dogs will be left behind!"
After a hard fight, Captain Chen's 300 men were reduced to less than 100!
The characteristics of street fighting were too unfavorable for them! Even with such huge casualties, they only killed more than fifty Japanese pirates!
The battle loss ratio was more than one to four! This is definitely a shame in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But there was no way. In order to delay the Japanese pirates' advance and gain more time, Captain Chen could only use this method!
But the last moment has come! Captain Chen's brothers are already wounded, their robes and armor are covered in blood! They have also run out of arrows, and they may not be able to withstand the next round of Japanese pirates' charge!
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! Captain Chen looked at the rising red sun and smiled bitterly. He had been fighting from night to sunrise. Why hadn’t his reinforcements arrived yet? It couldn’t be the spirit. The wind pigeon is lost!
"Zhou Jun on the opposite side, don't resist stubbornly! The reinforcements you are waiting for will not come! The Lingfeng Pigeon you asked for help has been defeated!"
Among the Japanese pirates, a man dressed as a Zhou man shouted that this was Matsuura Takanobu, the army staff officer sent by Matsuura Ergoro, and he was also the earliest batch of Zhou traitors.
As he spoke, Zhou Zhai raised a pole with a rope tied to it, a spirit-wind pigeon that had been killed by a kunai.
It looks like it is the homing pigeon that Captain Chen sent out yesterday to ask for help!!
This operation by the Japanese pirates made the remnant army, which was already low in morale, even more demoralized.
But even so, the Zhou army had no idea of surrendering. If they were facing Da Qian, many people would surrender under such circumstances. After all, it was an empire that could confront Da Qian head-on.
Not every army has the courage to fight bloody battles to the end.
However, Japan is just a small vassal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty, just a Japanese slave?! If you surrender to such people, not only you, but also your ancestors, and future generations will be humiliated by you.
The remnants of the Zhou army did not speak, but clenched the swords and spears in their hands.
"Brothers! Fight with me!"
"kill!!"
"kill!!!"
The original cry of killing suddenly became loud!
A large group of people came like a tide from the south gate!
The remnants of the army who were about to charge desperately were also stunned. Why did the reinforcements suddenly arrive?
In the south, the rising sun shines brightly, and the general flag with the character "Yu" and the military flag with the character "Zhou" are flying in the sky under the rising sun.
Lieutenant Chen was also stunned. It turned out that everything in the Jianghu storybook was true. Life-saving reinforcements would only appear when the situation was most dangerous!
Matsuura Ergoro on the other side was also dumbfounded. He had clearly stopped all the carrier pigeons released by Colonel Chen, so why were there reinforcements here?!
Let alone Matsuura Jigoro, even Colonel Chen found it strange.
When he saw the Spiritual Wind Pigeon just now, Captain Chen had given up hope for reinforcements! Now it seems that this group of Japanese pirates intercepted Lonely!
A general arrived on Pegasus, holding a long iron stick in his hand! One end was thick and the other was thin.
Just as he was about to approach the Japanese pirates, the general suddenly flew up from his horse and struck the sky with a stick, hitting one of the brave Japanese pirates.
The force of a stick was like a monkey splitting a mountain. The Japanese pirates were locked by the force of the stick and had no way to hide. They had no choice but to raise their swords to parry.
But how can it be easily resisted by a stick that takes advantage of the force of falling?
The sword and stick collided, and in just a moment, the head was smashed to pieces with a stick, and the man was killed by the sword.
"Your Highness, he is a master of Yuan Hua Realm!"
Next to Jigoro Matsuura, a warrior with two samurai swords had a solemn look on his face.
"Your Excellency Miyamoto, are you his opponent!?"
This person is not a retainer of the Matsuura family, but a master recruited by Jigoro Matsuura himself. He is Miyamoto Tadanobu, the nephew of the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. He is famous in Japan for his double-sword style swordsmanship and his martial arts alone. In terms of theory, it is still above Tadayake Matsuura and Kitajiro Echizen.
Faced with Matsuura Jigoro's question, Miyamoto Tadanobu shook his head, "I don't know! But you can give it a try!"
After saying this, Miyamoto Tadanobu flew forward!
"Zheng!"
A straight sword was unsheathed and slashed straight at the general who was showing off his power.
The sound of breaking through the sky caused the general who was sweeping away the Japanese pirates to fight back with his stick.
"Keng!"
The swords and sticks collided, and Miyamoto Tadanobu flew out with the force of the counter-shock and landed in front of the general.
"Dare I ask your name?"
The general danced a stick flower and said, "I am the general of the Four Ming Dynasty, Yu Longyou! Who are you? Why did you lead the army to invade my country!?"
"Miyamoto Tadanobu, I will teach you your brilliant move!"
Yu Longyou came forward with a stick, "Watch the beating!"
The two men immediately fought to the same place.
Soon, reinforcements led by Yu Longyou also arrived. The vanguard force was three hundred cavalry. However, the streets were not suitable for cavalry deployment, and all the troops dismounted one after another.
Although the first batch of cavalry arrived, the situation was still unfavorable to the Zhou army. The three hundred men and horses defended with shields and only used bows and crossbows to kill the Japanese pirates, but did not step forward to actively attack.
The Japanese pirates lacked iron ore and traveled lightly, so they only carried a small number of lightweight Tengdun.
After the rattan shield is densely braided and soaked in tung oil, it is difficult for ordinary arrows to penetrate it.
Although the battle once again reached a stalemate, the situation was developing in the Zhou army's favor.
Yu Longyou's infantry are also on their way, so the longer the delay is, the better.
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On the official road, a figure flashed away and suddenly appeared dozens of feet away.
Yang Qingyuan's lightness at the moment was so fast that even a BMW could not come close to it.
When approaching Yaozhou County, Yang Qingyuan could already hear the cries of killing in the city.
Yang Qingyuan was shocked. Could it be that he was too late? When he thought of this, his movement speed doubled!
"who!"
The person responsible for guarding the north gate of Yaozhou County is a Tongmai realm warrior. He leads twenty Japanese warriors to guard here!
The intuition of a Tongmai realm warrior made him feel a breeze blowing, as if there was someone there, but
After he said "Shi", he found that his throat had been torn apart by sword energy, and cold wind was constantly pouring in. Then his vision went dark and he fell heavily to the ground.
Soon, twenty of his warriors were afraid that he would be alone on the road to hell, so they all went down to accompany him!
In five breaths, Yang Qingyuan slaughtered all twenty Japanese warriors.
If Yang Qingyuan's Qinggong in the Yuanhua Realm is rare in the world, then Yang Qingyuan's Qinggong in the Dongxuan Realm is definitely the best in the world. These Japanese warriors didn't even see who did it before they died?
After killing the person, there was no trace of blood on Yang Qingyuan's green shirt.
Entering Yaozhou County, Yang Qingyuan saw the corpses on the ground. In addition to Japanese warriors and Zhou officers and soldiers, there were more corpses of ordinary people, including men, women, old and young!
"snort!"
Yang Qingyuan snorted coldly, and his heart was filled with anger! He drew a straight knife from the ground with his true energy, and moved forward in a flash.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wherever you go, any remaining Japanese warriors don’t ask too many questions, just go up and kill them with a sword.
When he arrived at the gate of Yaozhou County Government, Yang Qingyuan saw a group of Japanese pirates carrying money from the Yaozhou County government treasury.
The figure changed, and Yang Qingyuan came to the side of everyone, killing seven people with three swords.
The remaining thirteen people were stunned for a moment before reacting.
"Baga! What kind of job do you do?!"
Yang Qingyuan: "..."
It was a serious scene originally, but this sentence ruined the atmosphere very much.
"You talk too much!"
With a wave of the straight knife in his hand, the head of the Japanese pirate who spoke had already fallen to the ground.
"superior!"
Although the martial arts displayed by Yang Qingyuan are terrifying, the Japanese warriors, especially the Japanese pirates at the bottom, are still very stubborn!
It was just a fearless struggle. Everywhere I saw, people fell to the ground.
But this time Yang Qingyuan did not finish the killing! Instead, he left three alive.
"Who are you?!"
The Japanese warrior, who was arrogant and domineering just now, is now fighting with two sides and trembling all over. The young man in front of him is so terrifying. He killed seventeen people in an instant. Even if he killed seventeen chickens, he shouldn't.
It's so easy.
Although they were scared in their hearts, the spirit of bushido still inspired them.
One of them suppressed the fear in his heart, overcame the fear caused by Yang Qingyuan, and shouted loudly, "Don't even think about getting a word out of my mouth! We..."
Before he could finish the second half of the sentence, he clutched his throat and fell down. Although he tried his best to stop the blood from spurting out from his throat, it was all in vain.
"I'll ask again, I hope you can give me the answer I want!"
"We, Japan, are the land of the rising sun, we are noble! We will not surrender!"
Yang Qingyuan nodded, "That's a good answer!" Although his tone was not very good, he still got the answer.
"What is the name of your feudal lord?!"
The man smiled disdainfully, "I'll scare you if I tell you the name of our feudal lord. He is the biggest daimyo in Japan, and so is Matsuura Takanobu! If you dare to go against him, you will not end well!"
"How many of you are here!?"
"No matter how powerful your martial arts is, can you still kill all 700 of us?! Lord Tadanobu Miyamoto is a disciple of the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi and a master of the Yuanhua Realm. You should wait to die!"
This promise is the same as what Echizen Kitajiro gave before!
Although this person's tone was a bit harsh, he still had a strong desire to survive! He wasn't lying.
Then Yang Qingyuan asked a few more questions and got the answers he wanted!
"Last question, have you massacred civilians in Yaozhou County?"
The samurai hesitated for a moment, "Although I believe in Bushido, I also believe in the mercy of Buddha! I get dizzy easily when I see blood, so I don't bother to kill people easily!"
Yang Qingyuan looked at the blood stains on the Japanese sword in his palm.
"Zheng", the sword light flashed, and the sword sealed the throat.
"Full of nonsense!"
Then Yang Qingyuan pointed his straight knife at the last warrior and said, "Have you ever killed the people in Yaozhou County? Answer truthfully!"
The last person's legs weakened and he knelt on the ground!
"Killed! Killed! I didn't lie!"
He shouted and knelt down to beg for mercy, but when he stood up, the sword flashed again and a head was thrown away.
"Since your hands are stained with the blood of the people of my great Zhou Dynasty, how can I tolerate you?!"
He killed twenty people in a row, but Yang Qingyuan's straight knife still didn't get a drop of blood on it.
After cleaning up the Japanese pirates here, Yang Qingyuan headed in the direction of the shouting.
There were few corpses of Zhou people along this road. It seemed that they were people from Yaozhou County Government who had moved the people in advance.
Yang Qingyuan flew to the center of the battle. At this moment, Yu Longyou and Miyamoto Tadanobu were fighting in full swing.
Yu Longyou's stick technique was in line with everyone's style. It was a combination of right and wrong and strong and powerful. It made Miyamoto Tadanobu dodge repeatedly. When Yu Longyou was about to use up his moves, he could only counterattack with his sword, but even so, he was still suppressed by Yu Longyou.
In such a battle situation, Miyamoto Tadanobu could no longer hide his clumsiness, so he took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation with another shorter sword on his waist. Miyamoto Musashi's unique skill - the second-class sword.
After losing to Li Taibai in the battle of the East China Sea, Miyamoto Musashi devoted himself to the study of swordsmanship. Although his swordsmanship became increasingly sophisticated, Miyamoto Musashi felt a deep sense of powerlessness every time he thought of Li Taibai's swordsmanship during the duel that day!
That bohemian man's swordsmanship was so magical, so ethereal, like a banished immortal coming to earth. No matter how Miyamoto Musashi deduced the swordsmanship, it was difficult to decipher Li Taibai's sword moves.
It wasn't until Miyamoto Musashi saw a left-handed samurai that he was inspired.
One Miyamoto Musashi can't beat Li Taibai, but what about the two?! A straight sword can't defeat Li Taibai's swordsmanship, so what about adding a small sword?!
With this idea, Ertian Yiyi was born!
Miyamoto Musashi began to study two-handed sword techniques, one yin and one yang, one long and one short.
After several years, we finally have the current results!
Tadanobu Miyamoto used both swords, and Yu Longyou instantly felt the pressure increase!
There was a huge difference between Ertian's first-class swordsmanship and the one-handed swordsmanship just now. The changes in rigidity and softness between the long straight sword and the short sword, coupled with Miyamoto Tadanobu's close combat style, made it difficult for Yu Longyou to adapt in a short period of time.
He was so suppressed by Miyamoto Tadanobu that he could only defend himself with a long iron stick.
The street fighting between the Japanese pirates and the Zhou army also stopped, and they began to focus on watching the duel between the two masters on the battlefield.
