My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 288 The Battle of Belori
Zhou Xi had only 3000 troops under his command. After these days of fierce fighting, more than 200 people were killed or injured, and more than 1000 of them were guarding the defense line of the port, resisting Ariel's [-] troops.

Another 1000 people were patrolling the city of Belori to prevent accidents in the city. In the end, there were three to 400 people, all of whom had just been rotated from the front line.

Moreover, these hundreds of people are also the reserve army in Zhou Xi's hands, and they must not be used lightly unless it is at the last moment.

Therefore, in the face of the crisis of the port defense line, Zhou Xi could only follow Li Gui's suggestion, and transferred 300 people from the city to join the defense line.

With the addition of these 300 people, the line of defense finally stabilized. The line of defense they chose was located between two highlands. The terrain was relatively narrow, and the enemy's superiority in numbers could not be brought into play. That's why Zhou Xi and the others were able to hold on for such a long time.

"Fire arrows!"

With the last wave of bows and arrows, the attacking enemy army dropped corpses all over the ground and was finally repelled.

Looking at the retreating enemy army, Zhou Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't dare to relax, and ordered his men to defend again, because the opponent might come back at any time.

Today Ale Gunner's army launched six attacks, all of which were repulsed by Zhou Xi and the others, but Daming also suffered a lot of casualties. If 300 people had not been transferred from the city, I am afraid that this line of defense would not be able to defend today. Living.

"Brother, our bows and arrows are depleting a bit fast. If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to last for a few days."

At this moment, Li Gui found Zhou Xi and said anxiously.

When Zheng He left, he left them a large amount of military supplies, but some of them were stored in the port. As the port was occupied by the enemy, that batch of supplies has been lost, and now even bows and arrows are somewhat insufficient.

"Take out the firearms at the bottom of our press box, I won't believe it, these Tianzhu natives can block the firearms!"

Zhou Xi gritted his teeth and immediately decided.

Daming's firearms were sharp, but they were restricted at sea, mainly because the gunpowder was prone to moisture, so Zheng He and the others did not bring many firearms when they went to sea, and Zhou Xi only had a small amount of firearms.

"Isn't it too early to use firearms?"

Li Gui asked hesitantly.

After all, firearms are their sharpest weapons. They were originally used to turn the tide of the battle. If they are used now, what will happen in the future?
"The situation is very critical now. Ariel and his gang are determined to consume our troops with crowd tactics. As long as we relax a little, their army will enter the city, and we will be completely finished by then."

Zhou Xi said decisively.

In fact, compared to the defense line of the port, what he is most worried about is the nobles in the city. They have launched a rebellion before, and now as long as they show their shame, the nobles in the city will definitely revolt again. There is no escape.

Li Gui also thought of the above situation, nodded heavily immediately, and immediately led people to the camp, and distributed firearms to the soldiers. There were a total of [-] firearms, and there were also throwing firearms such as thunderbolts, and even one It's a small cannon, but it's not very powerful, it can only increase its momentum.

The musketeers were assigned to the defense line of the port. It was already dark at this time. After Ariel's army was beaten back, he did not launch an attack again. This made Zhou Xi heave a sigh of relief, and finally made it through today.

But even so, Zhou Xi still didn't dare to relax his vigilance. After personally commanding people to change defenses, he also stood on the defense line. He was worried that the enemy would attack at night, so he guarded himself during this time.

It was very quiet in the first half of the night, and the enemy on the opposite side seemed to be exhausted during the day and unable to launch an attack at night, which made Zhou Xi feel relieved a little, and changed another group of soldiers so that they could have a rest.

After all, their troops were too few, and facing the enemy's successive attacks, the soldiers were exhausted. If they didn't rest well at night, they might not have the energy to fight the enemy again the next day.

After finally staying up until the early hours of the morning, Zhou Xi also felt that his eyelids were as heavy as a thousand catties, so he leaned on an old tree behind the defense line and took a nap with a knife in his hand.

However, at this moment, he suddenly heard a fierce shout of killing, which made him jump up all of a sudden.

"Commander, the situation is wrong, the shouts of killing seem to be coming from the city!"

At this time, some soldiers were also awakened, and then they shouted in horror.

At this time, Zhou Xi also discovered that there was no movement of the enemy troops on the port opposite the defense line. Instead, in the city of Belori behind, there was a lot of shouting and killing, and even flames appeared in the city.

"Oops, the nobles in the city are making trouble again!"

Zhou Xi yelled, and immediately wanted to send troops into the city to quell the chaos.

But I didn't expect that at this moment, a torch suddenly lit up in the port opposite the defense line, and then an enemy rushed towards the defense line.

Apparently, Ale Gunner, who was on the opposite side, also noticed the movement in the city, so he also hurriedly dispatched troops to attack the defense line, preparing to cooperate internally and externally to completely wipe out Zhou Xi's army.

"Meet the enemy!"

Faced with this situation, Zhou Xi had no choice but to roar, and then drew out his waist knife to direct his men to prepare for defense. As for the rebellion in the city, he could no longer take care of it. The most important thing now was to repel Ale Gunnar's army.

Ale Gunnar's army came quickly, and Zhou Xi, as the commander, personally went into battle to kill the enemy, and the morale of his soldiers was also boosted for a while.

The musketeers that Li Gui organized yesterday also played a huge role at this time. The three-stage shot invented by the Mu family in Yunnan made the muskets shoot continuously, firing out row after row of bullets, even if the accuracy of the muskets was not enough, But it still caused huge casualties to the enemy.

In the face of Zhou Xi's sudden counterattack, Ale Gunner's army suffered huge casualties, but still made no progress in front of the defense line.

But Zhou Xi's crisis has not been resolved. The rebellion in the city is huge, and yesterday the garrison in the city was transferred to 300 people.

In the end, they retreated steadily and had already given up most of the city. Now they are only huddled in the west of the city, back to back with Zhou Xi and the others.

"Brother, the rear can no longer be defended, let's retreat to the barracks!"

At this time Li Gui came from behind, wiped the sweat off his face and said.

After repelling Ariel's army just now, Li Gui immediately led the musketeers into the city to help the brothers defending the city to stop the rebels. They can't last long either.

"Return to the barracks?"

Zhou Xi also showed a tangled expression when he heard the words. Their barracks are behind them, and they are relatively strong. If they retreat to the barracks, they can hold on for a while, but it also means that they will become a lone army, and sooner or later they will die.

(End of this chapter)