Xiao Yi skillfully loaded the gun, pulled the trigger, and a shot rang out, the bullet piercing a pirate's neck.
Xiao Yi immediately sprinted forward, every muscle in his body working in perfect coordination, unleashing all his strength like a cheetah in the forest.
He was all too familiar with this scenario.
Back then, when I followed Li Bao on his expedition to Japan, the mountains and lakes there were even more dangerous than they are now.
He loaded the gun as he ran, his movements fluid and seamless, as if it had become muscle memory.
Every time he loaded his gun, he killed someone.
Gunfire erupted all around as the Song army's battle lines surged forward.
boom……
With a loud bang, dirt was blasted everywhere, and a small crater was blasted into the grass in front.
Two naval personnel were also blown away.
The power of the fifth-generation Thunderclap Bomb should not be underestimated; it instantly turned the two marines into a bloody mess.
Then, a continuous rumbling sound was heard.
People kept falling into the puddles.
In a direct confrontation, pirates would certainly be no match for the navy.
But pirates kept pouring in, like a collapsing flood, and they were aggressive.
Meanwhile, more than 10,000 rebels are rushing towards the west coast.
The rebels excitedly shouted to Faris, "Hang the head of the Song army commander on the city wall of Guangzhou and you'll get a huge reward!"
The surrounding rebels roared in celebration.
Some of them carried battle axes, some held maces, and others carried muskets and long knives.
These are all Song army weapons, stained with blood. It's hard to say whether the blood is from the Guangzhou garrison or the rebels.
Faris felt a great sense of accomplishment; when he was an officer in the Seljuk army, he had at most a thousand men under his command.
Now, he commands an army of 10,000 men, with another 50,000 waiting in Guangzhou.
He was the commander-in-chief of the rebels.
"Those Han people always boast about how powerful the Song army is, but I think they're nothing special. Today, we'll kill all those Song dogs, and then go back and sleep with Han women!"
Faris sneered, his face full of arrogance.
The cheers of the rebels rose and fell like a tidal wave, pushing towards the Song army.
Unbeknownst to them, a powerful navy had already landed on the south bank and was rapidly advancing towards them.
Shortly after the rebels landed on the west coast, Cai Rixin's troops intercepted them.
There was no sneak attack, no pincer movement, and no luring.
Twelve thousand five hundred naval personnel were divided into twenty-five command battalions and dispersed towards the rebels.
It spread out like seawater spreading ashore.
However, each command battalion is very densely packed, forming an independent and powerful combat group.
The Song army's use of firearms was twice as fast as the rebel army's.
When the first gunshot rang out in the woods, a flock of birds were startled and took flight.
Next came a dense barrage of gunfire.
Rebel soldiers continued to fall and die in the jungle.
The command battalion immediately dispersed into five divisions, each with 100 men, and advanced in different directions.
The rebels were caught off guard by the sudden barrage of bullets, and by the time they came to their senses, the Song army had already launched a second attack.
Faris's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise, "What was that sound!"
He panicked and looked around, seeing countless figures appearing in the jungle ahead, moving very fast.
Like startled birds, the rebels hastily opened fire, but the bullets struck the trees, sending up splinters of wood, yet failed to reach their attackers.
After the third round of bullets, the rebels who were moving forward began to panic.
The rebels, whose formation was already scattered, suddenly became extremely wary and paranoid.
Meanwhile, the first, third, and fifth battalions of the Song army had already charged forward, bayonets protruding from their muskets.
Someone rushed forward and plunged a knife into the neck of a rebel. The sharp blade tore the rebel's neck open in an instant, and blood gushed out.
The rebel's eyes widened, and he tried to cover his wound with his hand, but his body was already falling down uncontrollably.
The Song army charged into the rebel army like tigers and wolves.
Some simply carried their muskets on their backs, drew their long, sharp sabers, and could cut a rebel in half with a single stroke.
Screams and fear spread rapidly like a plague.
The rebels, who had undergone only a few months of training, were no match for the same number of regular naval forces.
Cai Rixin looked around and saw that on the open ground ahead, there were already white blades and red hilts.
Faced with an equal number of rebels, the Song army surprisingly adopted an encirclement and annihilation formation!
The deep blue navy formed a large arc, which deepened until it formed a circle, completely surrounding the rebels.
The panicked Faris had no idea what was happening or why so many Song soldiers had suddenly appeared.
Not long ago, he also said that the Song army's fighting strength was nothing special.
Now, he saw it with his own eyes, and the combat power of those navies was simply indescribable.
They kill people like they kill chickens and ducks.
Someone swung an axe and could chop off two people's heads. Finally, the axe struck a third person's head, cracking the skull open.
Others brandished sabers, their sharp blades slicing through flesh and cleanly severing bones. Before the person could even scream, half their head was chopped off.
A skilled person gripped the mace and smashed it down, denting a rebel's head. The rebel froze and fell straight to the ground.
Faris turned pale with fright.
The fighting strength of this Song army exceeded his expectations.
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