When Chang Kuo was brought on board, he had completely lost consciousness.
"Three Pure Ones, great masters...how did you get injured like this?"
Seeing Chang Kuo covered in wounds and in doubt about his life or death, Wu Jue, whose face had turned yellow from eating too many oranges on the boat, suddenly turned pale again and said in panic, "Quick, what medicine do we have on the boat? Give it to him!"
Just after he finished speaking, another one was fished out. This one was much better, at least he was conscious.
Ah Dian was injured on his shoulders, back, and arms, but the first thing he did was to rush to Chang Kuo, crying, "Uncle Chang, please don't die!"
He hasn't caught up yet, who will carry Uncle Chang then?
"Don't worry, your Uncle Chang is not dead yet. But he is a very proud person. If you cry like this and he feels that he can't save face if he doesn't die, what should he do?" Wu Jue comforted him.
Ah Dian's crying stopped and she dared not let herself shed even a single tear.
Wu Jue asked someone to stop Adian's bleeding first, and then he quickly walked out of the cabin to see the situation on the sea.
Tang Xing had already commanded the boats to surround and support Chang Suining, Yuan Xiang and others who were going into the water to fight the Japanese soldiers.
They killed the Japanese soldiers who blocked their way along the way, and robbed ships, military uniforms, and weapons. Even though they were extremely careful on the road, they still experienced several life-and-death dangers before they were finally able to return today against the wind.
Tang Xing looked at the two armies fighting fiercely in front of him. Although there was still some distance between them, he could still hear the deafening sound of the brutal fighting.
In the current battle situation, the Japanese army was clearly in the upper hand, while the Sheng army was on the passive defensive.
The warships' horns sounded, rockets flew, limbs and blood flew everywhere, and soldiers kept falling into the sea with screams.
Yoshimi Fu, who was always warlike and bloodthirsty, led a fleet to attack the front. When the two armies were fighting, he held up the head of a Sheng army soldier that he had cut off with his own hands, with a ferocious smile on his face, and shouted loudly in the stiff tone of Sheng language: "Chang Kuo is dead, and those who are willing to surrender to my country of Japan can live!"
It is inevitable that they will break through this place. The land of Dasheng is so vast that a large number of Sheng slaves will be needed in the future to serve their Japanese country!
Following Yoshimi Fu's words, the Japanese troops in all directions were shouting the "fact" that "Tsunehiro is dead".
"How can we, a great and powerful country, surrender to a despicable tribe?"
Vice General Jin tried hard to hold back the tears in his eyes and shouted loudly: "The Japanese are extremely despicable. General Chang, for the sake of the overall situation, to exchange for the prisoners, to calm the army's heart, and to preserve the dignity of Dasheng, knew it was a trick, but he was still not afraid to fight!"
"General Chang's body is still warm. If we flee or surrender, we will be unworthy of being human beings!"
Lieutenant General Jin had obviously believed the Japanese soldiers' words that Chang Kuo was dead. Under such circumstances, he had no choice but to believe it.
The news of Chang Kuo's death spread quickly, and everyone was filled with grief and anger.
"My fellow soldiers, follow me to avenge General Chang!"
"Even if we are torn to pieces today, we will defend this place to the death! Soldiers who survive, please wait for the commander to return!"
Chang Kuo's words before he left, "The commander will be able to rush back within three days," echoed in every soldier's heart.
The morale of Sheng's army was high and no one was willing to surrender for a while.
However, the Japanese army became even more arrogant, and many Japanese soldiers believed the shouts that Chang Kuo was dead. At this point, the mountain weighing on their hearts was completely removed.
In their eyes, Chang Kuo, who came from the Xuan Ce Army and was once the right-hand man of Prince Sheng, was the biggest threat in this battle.
As for the commander whose reputation was greater than his ability, not to mention that she didn't dare to show up at this moment, even if she dared to show up, she was nothing to be afraid of! They would also kill her as a sacrifice! Therefore, in the eyes of many Japanese generals, Chang Kuo was extremely stupid. He knew that agreeing to the competition was tantamount to sending himself to death, but he still had to show up for the so-called integrity and dignity. What if he preserved his dignity and morale? Once he died, the Sheng army would be like a headless fly... Did he really expect his daughter, who was still wet behind the ears, to support the overall situation? Now that Chang Kuo was dead and the great trouble was gone, it was really time for them to attack Dasheng in a big way!
Ji Jianfu announced in public that he would use the heads of Sheng soldiers to record military merit. Every head of Sheng soldiers taken could be exchanged for ten taels of gold and a Dasheng slave after they captured Jiangdu.
If one can kill the general of Sheng’s army, the reward will be increased a hundredfold, and he will also be given houses and good farmland.
From their words, it seemed as if they had already regarded Jiangdu as theirs, and were discussing how to divide it.
When the Japanese soldiers heard about these rewards, their eyes lit up and they shouted unscrupulously.
Ji Jianfu led a team of personal soldiers and boarded a warship of Sheng’s army.
Deputy General Jin led his men to resist with all their might, but they still had to watch helplessly as Ji Jianfu killed the soldier guarding the flag, stepped onto the highest flagpole, swung his sword at the straight flagpole, and sneered wildly: "Chang Kuo is dead, and this useless Chang family flag should also disappear!"
He raised the Japanese sword in his hand high and chopped it down on the flagpole.
However, before the sturdy flagpole fell, he fell from the top of the flagpole.
When Yoshimizu was about to drop his sword, a crossbow arrow flew through the air and suddenly pierced his left shoulder.
The next moment, a black shadow appeared from the side. His figure was as fast as the wind. He stepped on the ship's railing, leaped to the top of the flagpole, raised his hand and grasped the military flag that was about to break and fall.
The figure that suddenly appeared from the side was wearing a black robe, without any armor or helmet, so the young face that was as beautiful as a begonia in the rain appeared more clearly in the sight of the people around him.
“…Coach?!”
Lieutenant General Jin, who was fighting with the Japanese army, was suddenly stunned and even thought he was hallucinating.
It was not until Yoshimi Fu, who had fallen from the flagpole, that he recognized the person who came.
"It turned out to be the commander of the Sheng army..." He gritted his teeth and broke the arrow on his shoulder, shook off the support of his subordinates, picked up the knife, and stood up: "You came just in time, just in time to die with your father!"
"Last time, I let you escape my sword, but this time, you won't be so lucky..."
He spoke in Japanese, looking fiercely and pointing the knife in his hand at the girl on top of the flagpole.
The black-robed girl standing high above him turned her head to look at him, and between her slightly moist brows there was a coldness that he had not seen in their last fight.
Facing those almost arrogant eyes, Ji Jianfu almost instinctively sensed the danger, but everything happened too fast——
The upper half of the flagpole that he had cut in half, along with the military flag, was now held in the girl's hand and erected beside her. The lower half of the bare flagpole was still standing on the flagpole.
At this moment, the lower half of the flagpole was suddenly cut off by the black-robed girl with her leg raised horizontally. Half of the flagpole flew up and was caught by her hand. Then, it suddenly flew towards him with a whistling sound.
The hard flagpole with broken sharp spikes was like a spear, piercing his throat accurately in an instant.
The girl who was competitive in his eyes and was hurt by him before, now didn't even bother to say a word to him.
She just killed him casually without even drawing her sword.
Ji Jianfu opened his mouth, but more blood gushed out of it. The long sword in his hand fell down. He tried to cover his throat, but fell to the ground trembling.
In addition to the fear of being on the verge of death, what loomed over him at this moment was another unknown and unknown fear.
Yoshimi Fu's men retreated in shock as if they had seen a ghost.
Chang Suining raised his hand and forcefully inserted the half flagpole back into the flagpole under his feet.
Her black robe was soaked through, and her ponytail was messy due to being soaked by the water, but none of this detracted from the murderous aura surrounding her.
She stood there at this moment, and in the eyes of countless Sheng soldiers, she was like a savior descending from the sky, or like the belated morning sun finally breaking through the clouds.
"Look...that's the coach!"
"The coach is back!"
"This humble general greets the commander-in-chief!"
The excited cheers spread one by one, from one ship to another farther ship.
On the seven or eight warships near Chang Suining, due to the death of Yoshimi Fu and the sudden joining of Yuan Xiang and others, many Japanese soldiers temporarily chose to retreat and wait and see. During this brief interval, Chang Suining's voice was clearly heard by the surrounding soldiers -
"You have resisted 70,000 Japanese troops for many days with only 30,000 soldiers. This is truly a rare achievement. You are a respectable army!"
"You practice diligently every day without slacking off for a single day. You followed me to kill Xu Zhengye and recapture Jiangdu. Every time you entered a city, the people lined the streets to welcome you. Each of you is a hero in the eyes of the people!"
"Our relatives and common people are all waiting for good news. You are standing here right now, gathering your own strengths and the thoughts of the people. You will become the most elite navy in the entire Dasheng! You will not be inferior to the Xuan Ce navy back then!"
"This battle is not over yet, so you must remember that none of you is weak. The Japanese army is brutal, so we must be more brutal than them! The Japanese army is arrogant, so we must be more arrogant than them!"
"We are all human beings, all made of flesh and blood, but our Dasheng soldiers are much taller and stronger than you little Japanese pirates! Now that we are in our Dasheng waters, how can we allow them to wreak havoc!"
The sea breeze blew up a strand of messy black hair on the girl's cheek. She stood beside the military flag, her posture as straight as a bamboo, her eyebrows and eyes full of determination to kill the enemy: "All soldiers, listen to my order--"
"I will be here!"
The leading deputy general Jin clasped his fists and knelt heavily on one knee.
The rest of the soldiers also responded immediately, and the response was overwhelming.
"The Yellow Sea is vast, it can be the place where we are buried, but we must not let the Japanese pirates trample on it!" The girl's voice was clear and resolute: "I, Chang Suining, swear to you here that although this battle is difficult, we will win! I can't guarantee that everyone can return alive, but I can promise you that after this battle, the living will be rewarded with merit and honors, the dead will be posthumously honored, and their families and descendants will be blessed with protection, and their heroic spirits will be recorded in history books forever!"
As the girl finished speaking, she swung her sword to cut off a strand of her hair to show her vow.
She paused for a moment before saying, "So today, please follow me to guard the country's borders, kill the Japanese pirates, and protect our great territory! And with an unyielding determination, create unprecedented achievements!"
"yes!"
"Kill the Japanese pirates! Protect our territory!"
"kill--!"
The horn was blown again, and the drums resounded through the sky, filled with an intense fighting spirit of ready to die.
Looking from afar at the Sheng army whose morale suddenly soared and the dark shadow standing high on the flagpole, Fujiwara no Maro's eyes darkened.
It turned out that compared to those mechanical military formations, she was the best hidden and most powerful weapon in this battle.
There are two more updates, to make up for the update I took yesterday. It will be at the usual time. I don’t recommend waiting. Come and see it tomorrow morning~
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