Starting boy Ma Kongqun

Chapter 61 Battle of Flower Street, Bai Dao Qun Ying

When the aftermath of the Battle of Xinhe subsided, Qi Jiguang, who was in the capital city of Taizhou, faced a war that was about to begin.

He had previously led [-] "Qi Family Army" soldiers to Ninghai, and found that the Japanese pirates who had made a huge noise were only a thousand in number. He immediately guessed that he had fallen into the enemy's plan to divert the tigers away from the mountains.

Although he had doubts, he still sent a thousand "Qi Family Army" to station in Ninghai City, and the remaining three thousand people set up the "Mandarin Duck Formation" that had been practiced for a long time to attack the more than a thousand Japanese pirates.

The experience of this battle was really lackluster. It only took half an hour to end with the complete victory of the "Qi Jiajun". In this battle, [-] enemies were wiped out, and the rest were either captured or escaped. No one of our own was killed, and only one wolf swordsman slightly injured himself due to improper operation.

After the war, Qi Jiguang was thinking hard about where the Japanese pirates would target their attack, but the scouts who had been sent out came back to report that they had discovered a group of more than a thousand Japanese pirates, and they were suspected of heading towards Xinhe.

At that time, he was really frightened. For fear that his wife and the family members of the lieutenant generals who were settled in Xinhe would be in danger, he hurriedly mobilized [-] troops to rush to the rescue.

However, he also eliminated various doubts and determined that the main direction of the Japanese pirates' attack was Taizhou, the capital city. He immediately led the remaining [-] "Qi Family Army" to march [-] miles overnight, and finally arrived in Taizhou in the early morning. According to the report from the scouts just now, the Japanese pirates numbering eight to nine thousand are no more than four or five miles away from here.

Standing at the city gate of Taizhou, Qi Jiguang looked at the exhausted soldiers around him, raised his head and ordered to the defenders on the city: "Bring out the army rations and start cooking here!"

Under the astonished and inexplicable gazes of everyone above and below the city, he suddenly let out a long laugh, raised a Zhu Er tasseled spear with a blade as sharp as snow in his hand, pointed it far ahead, and said in a loud voice: "I'll be waiting in front of the flower street." Stop the enemy army and destroy this imperial food!"

The [-] "Qi Family Army" clearly felt the heroism and confidence in their general's laughter. The fatigue and hunger on their bodies were instantly wiped away, and they echoed in unison: "Destroy this imperial food!"

At this moment, Qi Jiguang might as well command his troops to station in Huajie first, and then he handed over his hands to the four people around him and said: "The battle will start later. If there are masters among the Japanese pirates, we will have to rely on you."

Beside Qi Jiguang, there was a group of people not wearing military uniforms, led by four young men in their twenties.

One is a monk with a kind face and a nine-ringed tin staff;

One is a Taoist with handsome appearance and an ancient sword with pine pattern slung across his back;

One is a serious and resolute warrior with a sword crossed behind his back;

One is a handsome young man with a three-foot long sword hanging from his waist.

This monk is one of two laymen, but he is the most famous rising star in the Baidao martial arts world today - Monk Dabei, a disciple of Master Xinhu, the abbot of Shaolin, Mu Taoren, a disciple of Taoist Master Xuanzhen, the leader of Wudang, and Du Guyi, a disciple of Taoist Hu, the leader of Emei. He, Ding Mianfeng, the second son of the Ding family, one of the three great aristocratic families.

To be fair, there is a reason why the White Way is called the Righteous Way.

Of course, there are many unscrupulous people and villains in the White Way, but overall, since they have assumed the reputation of the righteous way of martial arts and enjoyed the benefits of the righteous way of martial arts, whether active or passive, they must also assume the obligations that must be fulfilled by the righteous way of martial arts.

Just like in recent years, when the imperial court began to focus on suppressing the raging Japanese pirates along the southeastern coast, these famous sects sent their core disciples to join the army to fight, gaining reputation and goodwill in the world and in front of the imperial court, and laying a solid foundation for becoming the mainstay of their respective sects in the future. Foundation.

Even if some of the seeds of hope for the sect inevitably die, they must bite the bullet and endure the pain and continue to send people. Otherwise, both the perception of the court and the reputation of the world will be greatly affected, and the decline of the sect may be imminent. It started here.

Of course, the ability of Shaolin, Wudang, Emei and Ding families to place their disciples in Qi Jiguang's army, who has already shown the qualifications of a famous general, is also a reflection of his status in the world.

Seeing Qi Jiguang like this at this moment, the four of them put their hands together, bowed their heads, or clasped their fists, and returned the salute to him.

Mu Taoist said seriously: "General Qi's words are serious. Since we are part of the martial arts community in the Central Plains, it is our duty to jointly resist foreign humiliation!"

The other three people also nodded in agreement. After Qi Jiguang thanked him again, he and the four others followed the army and came to Flower Street together.

On the opposite side of Fang Ding's footing, there were already people shouting and horses neighing, and the Japanese pirates, who could not see the end at a glance, were coming like a flood.

"Perform the Five Elements Formation to face the enemy!"

Qi Jiguang knew the terrain near Taizhou well and knew that the narrow Huajie was not conducive to the power of the "Yuanyang Formation", so he instead used the "Five Elements Formation" which was divided into two parts.

This formation is most suitable for fighting in mountains or streets, with a team of five people. The wolf spearmen and the sword and shield men were in the front, forming a line of defense with long and short weapons; the two spearmen were in the center to provide support; and the boring and palladium men were behind to hold down the formation to prevent the enemy from making a roundabout attack.

Once the formation was in place, when the Japanese pirates attacked with their long swords, the wolf's hand passed forward the one-foot-five-six-foot-long wolf's sword, and the crotched bamboo branches and the iron spikes hidden in it slashed him first. His face was full of flowers, and his clothes were hung up so that he couldn't move.

Then two spearmen came forward and used both guns to poke two transparent holes in his body.

There are also Japanese pirates who can rely on their body skills and quick movements to break through the defenses of the wolf soldiers and bully them to the front. Here, there are sword and shield soldiers coming forward, using large and thick rattan wooden shields to keep the enemy out of the formation.

Then the wolf soldiers retreated, and the spearmen rushed forward, attacking and assassinating the enemy from the left and right sides of the sword and shield soldiers.

Also because of the narrow terrain of Huajie, the Japanese pirates had a strength advantage several times that of the Ming army, but they could not use it at all. Most of them crowded into groups at the back, and only a small number of them could contact and fight with the Ming army in the front.

And because they were untrained and could only fight on their own, the Ming army always relied on formations to defeat the many and the few on local battlefields.

Seeing them coming forward to die one after another like lighting a lamp to boil oil, the beating was extremely depressing and miserable. A young Japanese man in the back who was dressed in gorgeous clothes had a pale face. He looked at the people around him with different appearances, but they all showed vigor. The ferocious Japanese said: "The combat power and morale of these Japanese warriors pretending to be Akito are very problematic. If the losses continue, they are likely to collapse and retreat, which will overwhelm our camp. Therefore, everyone needs to dispatch their own real soldiers." The masters of the army defeated the Ming army in one fell swoop. Only in this way can we advance into Taizhou and take advantage of the wealth of its women."

This young man is the name of the imperial guards who have just escaped from the Japanese country. These Japanese are the leaders of the various Japanese pirates who jointly invaded Taizhou this time.

They also saw that the battle situation ahead was unfavorable, and they did not care about preserving their strength at that time, so they all nodded in agreement with Konoe's suggestion.

As for the masters, they themselves are the masters who rely on their tyrannical strength to become the leaders of a party. At this time, they also need to personally lead their elite confidants to fight for their lives.

This is not the case for Konoe's name.

He bowed to an old Japanese man next to him who had gray beard and hair but was still energetic and said: "Teacher Yagyu, please lead ten warriors to break the formation."

The old man's name was Yagyu Soji. He was from the Yagyu Hero Sect, a major martial arts sect in Japan, and he was also Konoe's famous swordsmanship teacher.

He nodded and drew his sword and stepped out. He turned around and told Konoe Yingmei to a man wearing a bamboo hat that covered most of his face. He said: "Kunihiko Hattori, please protect Yingmei!"

Hattori Kunihiko did not respond, but bowed slightly to indicate.

Yagyu Sect only brought ten warriors, and gathered together with the masters from other families, and a total of more than a hundred people rushed to the fierce battle.

Qi Jiguang looked at the overall situation and saw that this group of Japanese pirates had extraordinary skills and momentum. He hurriedly turned around and said, "The Japanese masters are coming. Please stop them!"

At that time, Monk Dabei, Taoist Mu, Dugu Yihe, and Ding Mianfeng all responded in agreement and led more than a hundred disciples of their sect who came with them to greet him.

(Let’s put this chapter in the public chapter. Sixty chapters can be rounded up to a round number, although it is still very small.)
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