From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 826

July 16, early morning.

There is no sunshine today, the weather is gloomy, but it is even hotter, and everyone is holding a suffocating breath.

The 40,000 Zhejiang garrison troops have all arrived. After a night of rest, everyone's condition has been restored, not to mention that Zhou Yuan also made them fat meat porridge in the morning.

From Ninghai County to Xiangshan County, a decisive battle with 6,000 island bandits, the strength gap is huge, and the victory should be in hand.

But before this, several major battles were fought with more soldiers and more generals, but they were still defeated by the island bandits, so that many soldiers still had no confidence this time.

It was not until they heard that the leader of this time was the King Zhongwu himself that they ignited their blood.

All the way forward, Zhou Yuan looked at the desolate scenery beside the official road and was silent for a while.

Li He said: "Since September last year, the island bandits have invaded on a large scale, and the people have been massacred many times. Everyone is busy escaping, so spring plowing is naturally delayed."

"Otherwise, there should be dense crops on both sides of this official road."

Zhou Yuan did not speak, but looked forward with a gloomy face.

Li He continued: "These island bandits are very resourceful. They know that the people have nothing to eat, so they distribute porridge everywhere, but only give it to young and strong people, so that young and strong people can do their hard labor for a full meal."

"Help them carry the looted materials, and they can free up soldiers to continue invading."

"These hard laborers often end up in a miserable way, because when they are not needed, the island bandits will kill people for fun, and even set up gambling games."

Zhou Yuan frowned and said: "Gambling games are very popular. What do you do? " Of course, Qiankun turned upside down, the sun and the moon were stacked, and the time and space were flowing. Zhou Yuan remembered the cold text on the historical book. The suppression of the words Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said slowly: "Stop the army, send wine, oath." Zhou Yuan went ahead and walked to the halfway point, overlooking the countless soldiers below.

They were not elite.

Although they had been trained by Li He, the time was too short and they had not been tempered by blood and fire, so they were still far from the Fifth Army Camp.

But they were disciplined enough, especially when facing an idol like Zhou Yuan, their backs were straight.

Zhou Yuan used all his internal strength and picked up the wine bowl in his hand.

He said loudly: "Swearing to drink is often a means to stimulate bloodiness and courage, and is often used before going to war."

"On the battlefield, it is taboo to touch alcohol."

"You all know why I want you to drink at this moment!"

Everyone was silent, the dark clouds sank, and the sky and the earth seemed to have become a narrow cage.

The wind began to blow, blowing Zhou Yuan's long hair.

He looked at everyone and said word by word: "Because of hatred! Because of anger! Because there is blood in my heart that is about to burst out!"

"It is a small country next to the island pirates, a despicable country, the king is extremely cruel, the people eat raw meat and drink blood, do not know etiquette, do not understand morality, and stole the civilization of our Chinese 1 Xia thousands of years ago to gain civilization."

"You have no sense of justice, repay kindness with hatred, come here by boat, slaughter the people of our Great Jin, plunder our Great Jin's supplies, and act like beasts, which is outrageous. Who among the people of our Great Jin would not be angry when hearing this?"

"The armor you wear, the food you eat, The food and military pay are all the hard-earned money of the people of Zhejiang who have worked hard to grow crops. "

"Now the people are being slaughtered. If you don't kill all the island bandits, how can you face your elders and fellow villagers, and how can you live up to the earnest expectations of your parents and wives!"

"I, Zhou Yuan, am raising my glass and drinking strong liquor with you at this moment. I want to lead by example and lead everyone to kill all the island bandits one by one, and avenge the people who have suffered along the coast!"

He drank the strong liquor in one gulp and shouted: "Blood debts must be paid with blood!"

Forty thousand soldiers drank strong liquor together and shouted in unison.

"Blood debts must be paid with blood!"

"Blood debts must be paid with blood!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Let's go! Follow me! Kill them until blood flows like a river!"

He rode on his horse and rushed forward first.

Forty thousand soldiers followed closely behind.

Xiangshan County has been occupied by the island bandits. They are guarding the city gate, holding long swords, shields and muskets, ready for battle.

According to them, HanThe army is weak and not to be feared.

However, this time, they are facing the iron stream that has already gone red-eyed!

"Kill!"

The roaring voice came like a tsunami, and the momentum alone made the island pirates change color.

But they still raised their swords and rushed forward.

"Kill hundreds of them! They will collapse!"

This is their previous experience.

And Li He said coldly: "Don't be impulsive! Follow the original plan! Form a formation!"

"Stand up soldiers! Rattan soldiers! Hold your swords forward!"

"Wolf-whip soldiers cover on the left and right! Long spear soldiers stand by! Palladium-plated soldiers are the last! Everything is fought according to the captain's flag!"

"Formation changes, don't stick to it!"

After several months of silence and several months of training, they have completely understood the more than ten kinds of mandarin duck formations given by Zhou Yuan. At this moment, the speed of forming the formation is jaw-dropping.

The island bandits fought as they did before, charging with swords, but before they got close, they were hit by the wolf-whip in the face, blocking their sight for a moment, and slashed randomly, but were blocked by the soldiers with shields and rattan shields.

The long spear soldiers on the side directly stabbed them and stabbed them through on the spot.

In a panic, the island bandits screamed and rushed from the side, but the four long spear soldiers on both sides, holding long spears that were a foot long, directly pierced their intestines.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the island bandits retreated quickly, and the musketeers came to the front and started shooting.

Everyone hurriedly changed their formation, but it was too late, and a large number of them were immediately shot down.

Zhou Yuan said angrily: "They are the only ones who have firearms, right! Put up the Portuguese cannon for me and blow up their musketeers!"

This time, the Zhejiang garrison carried eight Portuguese cannons. Due to the difficulty of carrying and slow transportation speed, they have not participated in the war. Now is the time.

The eight-barreled Portuguese guns made a loud noise, and the shells fell into the enemy's formation, causing huge casualties. Countless island bandits screamed and died, and the musketeers died or escaped.

Taking this opportunity, Li He shouted: "Archers! Clean the ground for me! Shoot three rounds first!"

The archers went ahead and shot dense arrows. The six thousand island bandits were completely panicked.

How come the Han army of Dajin is so organized this time? What kind of formation is that? Why can't they attack it!

Seeing that the soldiers could not hold on any longer, the island pirate officer could not help but shout: "Don't panic, use your shields to block them, they can't get through."

Li He sneered: "Change the offensive formation! Charge!"

Zhou Yuan rode on his horse and said directly: "Brothers, follow me! Revenge!"

He carried a big knife and rushed directly into the island pirate formation. Facing the island pirates who were besieging him, he poured out all his internal strength, and fell down with one knife, like a god of war.

He had been waiting for this moment for too long. Zhou Yuan could not hold back his strength at all. When his horse fell, he jumped down and chopped all the way into the crowd, cutting a bloody path.

Seeing that the marshal was so fierce, many soldiers were also full of fighting spirit and roared.

It is easy to dodge a spear, but it is difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark.

A musketeer quietly raised his hand and aimed at Zhou Yuan's back.

The next moment, a white light flashed, and the musketeer's head flew up.

Li Yu'an kept her eyes and ears open, and she was on guard against any angle that might shoot Zhou Yuan.

"No! Run! Retreat!"

The island pirate officer yelled, and the 6,000 troops began to retreat frantically to the dock in panic.

There were their turtle ships there, which at least ensured that the officers could evacuate.

Zhou Yuan kept slashing forward, but was blocked by the dense island pirates, and watched their officers keep getting on board.

Li He yelled: "General! The most important culprits are running away!"

Zhou Yuan did not answer, but just killed people coldly.

At this moment, two huge battleships appeared in the bay in the distance, and a thunderous roar sounded, and 80 cannons fired at the island pirates' turtle ships.

Until then, Zhou Yuan shouted: "Don't even think about escaping! All of you will die here!"

The artillery fire was dense, and several turtle ships could not withstand the sudden attack at all. They were smashed into pieces before they could even fire their guns.

Some people fell into the sea, and some were simply killed by artillery shells.

But it didn't matter. The 40,000-strong army had already come and forced the island pirates into a dead end.

Right here on the dock!

Right here where they had escaped many times!

This was their way out.

This is now their dead end!

Zhou Yuan's knife had been cut to a point of bending, and he picked up the weapon on the ground and rushed forward again.

"Blood debt must be paid with blood! No one will be spared!"

His cold voice resounded through the world.