Chapter 87 Shelling!

Ye Mingsheng was extremely surprised and did not hesitate at all. He waved his hand and left a gap of about seven or eight meters in the army formation with only more than a hundred people left, revealing several tiger squat cannons.

Almost at the same time, dozens of cannons in the hands of the Japanese pirates and several tiger-crouching cannons in the musketeers' hands roared at the same time.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After a rapid burst of cannon fire and gunfire, the soldiers standing at the front of both sides were all in trouble. The soldiers on Ye Mingsheng's side, who were wearing cotton armor, were better off, with only more than a dozen people lying down.

As for the Japanese pirates, they suffered a lot because only a small number of them wore armor and most of them only used iron sheets to protect their vital parts.

The scattershot fired by the tiger squat cannon, at such a close distance, was like cutting wheat, directly knocking down dozens of Japanese pirates in the team...

The most serious thing was that those who were hit by shotgun shells would not die immediately, but they had lost their fighting ability. They covered their wounds, rolled on the ground, and howled like ghosts. This tragic scene, which was like hell on earth, was a considerable blow to the morale of the Japanese pirates.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng finally showed a satisfied smile on his face. However, he was not happy for long before Ye Tie came over and said in a low voice: "Master, the remaining tiger squat cannons are all scrapped!"

When Ye Mingsheng heard this, the smile on his face froze, but he was mentally prepared and nodded slightly.

Although he felt a little sad that the Tiger Crouching Cannon was gone, Ye Mingsheng was still very relieved when he saw the wailing and devastating scene in the Japanese pirate group in front of him.

As the saying goes, "As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood." Ye Mingsheng believes that as long as he survives this life-and-death crisis, he will have both manpower and equipment!

The only thing Ye Mingsheng felt sorry for was that the Japanese pirates were in great chaos, which was a good opportunity to take advantage of and kill them. However, more than half of his men had been killed, leaving only a hundred or so people. Although the Japanese pirates on the opposite side had been killed and wounded many times, at a glance, their number of troops was more than 300.
Therefore, if they chased after the enemy at this time, if they failed to defeat the enemy immediately, they would most likely be entangled by the enemy's superior forces, which would lead to a melee situation that Ye Mingsheng least wanted to see. At that time, without the coordination of the army formation, it would be too dangerous...

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons carefully in his heart, for the sake of his own safety and the safety of more than one hundred soldiers under his command, Ye Mingsheng gave up the idea of ​​pursuit with great regret.

Ye Mingsheng began to have great confidence in Chen Yannian's ability. He believed that if he sent two powerful generals, Wang Xian and Lin Huaiwu, plus 500 imperial guards, to Chen Yannian, Chen Yannian would be able to defeat the invading bandits.

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng firmly believed that as long as he could hold on in the military camp, it would not take long before Chen Yannian would lead his troops back to provide support!

With this belief, Ye Mingsheng was about to order his soldiers to shrink the army formation and make it more compact to deal with the next round of attack by the Japanese pirates. He was surprised to find that the Japanese pirates not far away began to slowly retreat. Although they retreated very slowly, Ye Mingsheng could clearly observe that the Japanese pirates were indeed retreating...
This discovery immediately surprised and delighted Ye Mingsheng. Although this group of Japanese pirates were well-equipped and had poor coordination in military formations, Ye Mingsheng had to admit that they were still very strong in fighting will and resilience.

If this group of Japanese pirates called the "Red Tide Army" had been replaced by Gongdu bandits, or Gongdu's army, they would have given up after seeing that they could not take the city after a long siege, and their morale would have collapsed, and they would have been defeated. However, this group of people not only persisted until now, but also killed and injured half of their own people.

This was the heaviest casualties the organized army had suffered since Ye Mingsheng took command. Although the enemy had outnumbered troops, it was enough to show how fierce the Red Tide Army was.

"Master, should we chase them out?" Ye Dong, who was guarding Ye Mingsheng, was eager to try and whispered to Ye Mingsheng:
Ye Mingsheng shook his head. Just when he was about to say "Don't chase after a desperate enemy" to reject Ye Dong's suggestion, Ye Tie, who had been concentrating on observing the situation of the Japanese pirates, seemed to have discovered something. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he pointed his finger at the slowly retreating Japanese pirates and reminded Ye Mingsheng:

"Master, the Japanese pirate leader seems to be carried back by them. It looks like he was shot just now..."

Hearing Ye Tie's reminder, Ye Mingsheng was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes followed the direction of Ye Tie's finger and looked towards the Japanese pirate camp.

However, it is a bit regrettable that at this time, the Japanese pirates had retreated quite far away. Ye Mingsheng could only vaguely see that someone was being surrounded and retreating in the Japanese pirate team, but Ye Mingsheng really couldn't see clearly who it was.

Although he couldn't see clearly, it didn't prevent Ye Mingsheng from making some guesses.
Logically speaking, after being attacked by the Tiger Crouching Cannon and losing dozens of lives again, it is indeed possible that the Japanese pirates retreated because they could no longer hold on and were defeated.

However, judging from the opponent's slow retreat speed and the formation that appears to be disorganized at first glance but is actually quite organized, the possibility of defeat is not great.

So if they were not defeated and fled, then why did this group of pirates retreat? Ye Mingsheng frowned and thought to himself with some doubt:

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"Damn Zhou people, why don't you come out?"

Just as Ye Mingsheng was thinking hard, Nakamura Daiji, who was in the center of the Red Tide Army, looked at the Great Zhou army camp, which was still motionless, with an angry look on his face, cursing in a low voice. Although he spoke clearly and had no problems with his brain at this time, his right leg was covered in blood, his calf was broken, and three toes were missing from his foot.

Nakamura Daiji, who was born as a lower-ranking samurai, always led the way in battle, fought bravely, and charged to the forefront, setting an example for his soldiers. This habit helped Nakamura Daiji establish many merits and promoted him to his current position...

But just now, this habit that Nakamura Daiji had always been proud of almost cost him his life.

(End of this chapter)