Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 379 General Riding the Waves

Nearly three thousand Japanese pirates have gathered under Rugao City, and countless torches are like a blanket of light, surrounding the county town.

The Han among the pirates shouted loudly: "Listen to the defenders on the city, as long as Kaicheng surrenders, we and other heroes on the sea will only seek wealth and not life!

If you resist to the end, no chickens or dogs will be left behind after the city is broken! Give you a stick of incense and time to think about it. "

There was a sudden commotion in the city, and the morale of the soldiers was shaken.

A tall and thin young man wearing a patchwork uniform was standing at the top of the city with a sword in hand. It was Yang Ling, the magistrate of Rugao County. He heard him shout sternly: "This is a tactic of the traitor!

You have been in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time. Don’t you know the beastly nature of Japanese pirates? Surrendering in Kaicheng is tantamount to committing suicide!

You are responsible for defending the city, but you are greedy for life and afraid of death. Are you worthy of the people of the city? Today, under me, the city is still there and people are there, but the city is broken and people are dead! But anyone who wants to retreat will be killed! "

"Yes! The city is alive and people are there, but when the city is destroyed, people will die!" Seeing the murderous look of the county magistrate, the defenders, government officials, and civilians in the city suddenly agreed.

"Don't worry, everyone. I have received a message from the Yangzhou government office. The imperial army will arrive in an instant. The Japanese pirates will definitely die without a burial place!"

The Governor's Mansion has issued an order to reward the first level of beheading with a reward of ten taels of silver. Why don't you all fight bravely to kill the thief! "Yang Ling said loudly, not caring much, and first tried to quench his thirst by looking at the plum blossoms.

Everyone cheered in unison and their morale was boosted.

Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the army's morale had stabilized. Next to him, a young woman dressed up in high boots, tall and fit, wearing a red scarf and holding a whistle stick, was guarding him. It was his first wife Li Xiu.

"Ms. sir, I'll send you down to have a rest. The Japanese pirates will attack the city later. Their swords and guns have no eyes and they will hurt you carefully. I'll just stay on guard in the city." Li Xiu said softly with a worried look on his face.

Yang Ling shook his head and said: "The soldiers will be courageous. Only when I am here will the soldiers be brave. If I leave first, the morale of the army will collapse."

"But..." Li Xiu said anxiously, knowing that her husband was a scholar, so there was no way he could fight in battle.

Yang Ling waved his hand to interrupt her, pulled her to the side, and whispered: "I am loyal to the emperor because of my salary. If the city is destroyed, I should die for the country, but you don't have to die with me.

You have martial arts skills, so don't worry about me after breaking the city, just escape with your life. understand? "

He knew that Li Xiu was born in an Orion family, had practiced martial arts since childhood, and had a strong physique. He could not easily get close to three or five big men, so he should not be in trouble if he escaped for his life at night.

"I don't! We, husband and wife, are one body. We must live together and die together! How can I live alone?" Li Xiu said decisively with tears in her eyes.

Yang Ling tried to persuade her again and again, but Li Xiu just refused to obey.

"You!" Yang Ling was anxious and angry when he saw his wife was disobedient. He raised his hand and wanted to hit her.

Li Xiu raised his head and looked at him without saying a word.

Under the moonlight, seeing his wife's stubborn and determined face, Yang Ling's heart softened, he put down his hand, sighed, and said: "Okay, then we will live in the same quilt and die in the same hole!"

"Okay!" Li Xiu nodded and smiled.

Yang Ling took a deep breath and shouted: "Xu Qianhu, Lieutenant Tong, the defense of the city will be left to you!"

"Don't worry, sir!" The two of them responded in unison.

Although there are thousands of households in the city, there are actually only 500 guard sergeants, plus some patrol officers and soldiers, and there are no more than a thousand people.

"Wudutou, Chedutou! Take three squads of government officials to patrol the city and suppress the local area. Anyone who acts recklessly, disturbs the people's sentiments, or fails to obey the government orders will be killed!"

"Yes!" Both leaders followed the order and left.

"Qiu County Magistrate, Master Bao, and Master Liu, step up the mobilization of the people in the city and go to the city to help defend! Tell the people that the Japanese pirates are cruel and cruel. Instead of waiting to be killed and allowed to be humiliated, it is better to fight to the death!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that the county magistrate was calm and well-organized in times of crisis, everyone felt much more at ease and their confidence increased greatly.

Seeing that the strategy of attacking the heart was ineffective, the Japanese pirates under the city discussed in low voices for a while.

General Treading waved his hand and shouted: "Attack the city!"

"Attack the city!" Three thousand Japanese pirates swarmed forward and put dozens of crude bamboo ladders up the two-foot-high city wall of Rugao County.

The brutal siege began.

The Japanese pirates were quite experienced. After the ladders were set up, there were five or six Japanese pirates holding them under each ladder, so that the defenders on the city could not easily push them down.

At the same time, the short and nimble Japanese pirate, with a long knife in his mouth and a fierce look in his eyes, used his hands and feet on the ladder to jump to the top of the city after a few ups and downs.

The bows and arrows of the defenders on the city were weak and inaccurate. Although rolling rocks and trees were thrown down with all their strength, killing and injuring many people, they could not stop the Japanese pirates' offensive.

In an instant, Japanese pirates set foot on the city.

"Kill me!" Yang Ling shouted and ordered his soldiers to kill the enemy.

The two sergeants beside him raised their guns and went to attack the Japanese pirates.

The Japanese pirate was very cunning. He rolled on the ground to avoid advancing, and only defended rather than attacked, fighting with the two men.

At this time, two more Japanese pirates rushed up from the side and attacked the two soldiers.

The soldiers were attacked from the front and back, and they tried their best to kill one person, but were killed by the Japanese pirates.

When the two remaining Japanese pirates saw Yang Ling wearing official uniform, they laughed ferociously and rushed towards him.

Yang Ling protected his wife behind him, shouted angrily, raised his sword and slashed at one of them.

The Japanese pirate saw that his moves were completely unorganized, he laughed strangely, gently pushed away his long sword, and slashed his neck with his backhand.

Another Japanese pirate fought with another soldier who came over.

The Japanese pirates saw that they were going to chop off Yang Ling's head to make a first-class achievement.

Suddenly, Yang Ling stretched out a stick head from his armpit. With a slight tremble like a poisonous dragon, the blade of his blade flicked away. Then he stabbed out quickly and hit the Japanese pirate's throat hard.

There was a sound of broken cartilage, and the Japanese pirate looked disbelieving. He opened his mouth, but couldn't make any sound. He held his throat, took two steps back, and fell down the city wall.

"My lord, get out of here!" Li Xiu scolded lightly and stepped out to block Yang Ling.

Another Japanese pirate had already chopped down the soldiers who came to the rescue. When he saw that his companion was killed by a woman, he shouted angrily and rushed over with a sword.

Li Xiu was a little panicked when he killed someone for the first time, but when he saw the Japanese pirates coming to kill him, he calmed down and raised the head of his stick, like a poisonous snake spitting a message, covering the upper body of the Japanese pirates and blocking him at the periphery. The stick was long and the sword was short, so the Japanese pirates could not advance or retreat. They wanted to use the knife to cut off the whistle stick, but could not find a chance, so they screamed in anger.

After three or five rounds, Li Xiu saw the right opportunity, flipped the stick head, and hit the Japanese pirate hard on the wrist.

With a clang, the long knife fell to the ground.

The Japanese pirate was so frightened that he ignored the severe pain in his wrist. He rolled on the ground and wanted to pick up the knife.

Li Xiu had already stepped forward, stepped on the knife, swung the whistle stick, drew a semicircle in the air, and hit the Japanese pirate's door.

Snapped! The Japanese pirates’ skulls were broken and their brains burst out!

"Xiu'er! Good kill!" Yang Ling shouted excitedly, "Be careful behind you!"

Two more Japanese pirates climbed up and slashed at Li Xiu with their swords.
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But he said that the general Ruan Yanghui was rushing to Rugao with three thousand people.

The wheeled barges used by the officers and soldiers were very fast, much faster than the rowing boats. As soon as we arrived at Rugao Pier, we saw torches like clouds under the city and Japanese pirates like rain. There were shouts of killing on the city, and people fell down from the city from time to time.

The Japanese pirates are attacking the city!

"Just in time!" Ruan Yanghui breathed a sigh of relief and shouted: "The whole army attacks, kill me!"

War drums rumbling on dozens of warships suppressed the cries of killing from above and below the city like muffled thunder.

"The imperial army has arrived! Soldiers, kill!" Yang Ling was overjoyed and shouted!

"The imperial army has arrived!" All the soldiers on the city cheered in unison, and their morale soared. For a while, they were evenly matched with the brave Japanese pirates.

The two Japanese pirates who were fighting with Li Xiu glanced out of the corner of their eyes and saw countless Han troops swarming on the dock. They suddenly panicked. Li Xiu seized the opportunity and struck one man's head with a horizontal blow.

The other person had lost his fighting spirit and barely resisted the two attacks but was kicked out of the city.

Seeing the arrival of the Han reinforcements, General Treadbo frowned slightly and said, "Kurokawa-kun and Fushan-kun, please step up the attack on the city. Since I broke up, the Central Plains people have always been weak, so there is no need to panic."

"Hi!" The two pirate leaders nodded heavily. They knew that this fellow jounin was not only smart, but also superb in sword and ninjutsu, so they recommended him as the leader.

General Treadbo looked at the swarming officers and soldiers with a look of disdain on his face, shouted loudly, and rushed back with his men.

But I saw that he was agile, jumping left and right, and the long knife in his hand curled up with bright sword lights. He always avoided the stabbing tip of the knife and spear in the gap that could not be released, and at the same time slit the throats of each officer and soldier.

Ruan Yanghui saw that he was so brave that he didn't dare to fight, so he hurriedly ordered: "Let me shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"

The soldiers in the rear line were busy drawing bows and shooting arrows, but they were neglected in training and could not draw hard bows. They were all using soft bows that were useless. The arrows they shot were light and weak, with no lethality.

The Japanese pirates had known for a long time that the army was weak, so they rushed forward with a strange smile, and instantly tore a big hole in the army's formation.

"Don't retreat, hold on!" Ruan Yanghui yelled helplessly. He led his bodyguards to supervise the battle and chopped down several soldiers who tried to escape before he could stop his decline.

"There are few Japanese pirates! Surround them and kill them! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed!"

Ruan Yanghui also took the risk and went into battle himself with a gun. If he was defeated by these hundreds of Japanese pirates, Jia Cong would definitely not be able to escape a blow.

General Treadbo, outnumbered and outnumbered, shouted as if walking on flat ground: "Encircle us from left to right, and the front troops will attack!"

Several close men agreed, and immediately separated into two groups of troops, detouring left and right, actually trying to encircle them.

Ruan Yanghui shouted loudly and used all his strength to command 3,000 men, which could barely hold up against General Tabo's 500 or 600 men. For a while, both the upper and lower walls were engaged in a bitter battle.

About half an hour later, the Japanese pirates attacking the city were heard cheering in unison, "The city is broken!"

The remaining Japanese pirates scrambled and swarmed into the city. This was the first county town they had robbed.

At this time, the reinforcements brought by Ruan Yanghui were completely at a disadvantage. Instead, they were surrounded by a small number of generals and a large number. They were pressed to the ground and rubbed. There were hundreds of corpses of officers and soldiers lying on the ground.

At the same time, in the darkness further away, dozens of wheeled boats were approaching quickly.

Jia Congzhuo stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the situation under Rugao City. He saw that one-third of the three thousand officers and soldiers were lost so quickly, while the opponent only had four or five hundred people, and the city gate was broken. He felt anxious and angry. He shouted: "Hurry to the shore! Follow me to kill the enemy!"

"Yes!" everyone said in unison.

General Treading the Waves led a team of troops, cutting through butter like a red-hot knife, and went straight to the Chinese army.

Ruan Yanghui gritted his teeth and faced him, raised his gun to the chest and stabbed him. Unexpectedly, the opponent's sword skills were mysterious and he didn't know how to twist it. His big gun flew out of his hand. He couldn't help but feel horrified in his heart. Could this Japanese pirate be a goblin?

In fact, Ruan Yanghui may not be such a pustule. He also has a martial arts background. He can become a general and has some skills in his hands.

However, he had not fought hard for many years, and he was getting older, so he only had one or two points left in ten kung fu. General Treading Wave was a fierce Japanese man, so he knocked away his weapon with one move.

In a hurry, Ruan Yanghui drew out his sword with his backhand and faced it. He shouted loudly and, regardless of life and death, he slashed at General Treading's head. The sword was fierce and somewhat powerful.

General Treading the Waves looked like a ghost. He flashed past the blade in front of his body and kicked Ruan Yanghui in the stomach.

Ruan Yanghui felt as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer, and the armor on his body seemed to be unable to provide any protection. The severe pain hit him, and he couldn't help but bend down and huddle up.

Seeing the blade approaching again, several of the guards around me wanted to come up to rescue them, but were blocked by other Japanese pirates, secretly saying that my life was at risk.

Suddenly, the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard, coming from far away and approaching like a strong wind.

Ruan Yanghui was overjoyed. The Japanese pirates did not have horses, let alone such BMWs.

But when I saw a horse, rushing from the darkness behind, like cutting through the waves, it instantly killed through the Japanese pirates' encirclement, leaving a pile of corpses on the ground, and rushed straight at the wave-riding general!

White horse! Silver gun!

"Sir...help!"

Ruan Yanghui used all his strength and let out a roar, which frightened General Treading and struck him with his sword.

A point of spear point bloomed in front of his eyes. General Treading the Waves was startled. He knew that he had met a master and did not care about killing people. He immediately put away the sword and came back. The light in his eyes burst out. He shouted, and the sword light was swung out like a sword, and he slashed straightly. On the tip of the gun.

clang! The gun shadows in the sky disappeared!

General Treadbo could not withstand the impact of the war horse carried on his gun. He took seven or eight steps back, and there was an obvious gap on the blade of the sword.

Jia Cong secretly nodded, there is something about this Japanese pirate that can actually block my attack with one knife.

(End of this chapter)