Volume 5: The Gathering of Storms Chapter 294: Heading for the Tiger Mountain (Part 2)
Just as Xu Zun and others were about to rush to the entrance of the navy dock, the enemy suddenly came up to them with a spiked iron shield.
The attack encountered resistance and the situation suddenly became critical.
"Oh!"
Huo Anu continued to roar and used his iron umbrella to hold up the shield, but he could not move forward even a single step and was even pushed back by the shield.
Seeing the crossbows shooting from all directions, Ani quickly came up with a plan and shouted to Huo Anu: "Sister Anu, lend me your knees!"
Huo Anu didn't understand at first, but when he saw Ani's signal, he immediately bent his right leg and stepped into a lunge.
Ani kicked Huo Anu's knee, jumped over the shield, and swung her sword to kill into the enemy camp.
Ani's Qingling sword was extremely sharp and pierced the two people before it hit the ground.
After landing, he chopped fiercely, knocking down several shield-carrying pirates and other enemies behind him.
There were sudden cries of pain from the crowd. Ani was extremely cruel. She did not harm the enemies' lives, but instead used her sword to cut their fingers, ankles, eyes, etc.
This tactic is not only brutal but also very effective, it can make the enemy lose their combat capability in the shortest time possible.
But the green Qingling sword appeared and disappeared mysteriously, like a dancing snake, and created an opening in just a moment.
“Wow!”
Huo Anu took the opportunity to push his iron umbrella , and the shields were finally pushed away. Several people continued to rush towards the dock in the hail of bullets and arrows...
As a result, what made Xu Zun even more delighted was that as shouts and screams came from the other side of the pier, he saw a team rushing towards him along the beach.
The entire beach was filled with flames, and Xu Zun recognized at a glance that the team was composed of his own guards.
The first to be hit were Dai Long, Hou Zhen, Ashuzi and Li Xing, followed by the skilled internal guards assigned to him by Cai Kun.
Each of these people has special skills. With a raise of their sleeves, they can shoot crossbow arrows and kill the enemy directly.
They charged forward like a tiger entering a pack of wolves, cutting a bloody path through the dark crowd of pirates and rushing to the gate of the navy dock.
"Sir! Sir Xu," Dai Long, who was at the front, shouted excitedly when he saw Xu Zun, "You are really here!"
The two forces joined together and engaged in a fierce battle with the pirates at the dock entrance.
"Dai Long!" Xu Zun ordered loudly, "I suspect the enemy is coming for our warship. Go in quickly and make sure the warship is safe!"
"yes!"
The guards received the order and immediately rushed towards the navy dock.
Huo Anu wanted to rush to the front, but she let out a cry of pain, her body suddenly froze, and she quickly leaned the iron umbrella on the ground.
Xu Zun then remembered that Huo Anu was already injured, and the previous charges would surely trigger the old injuries.
Sure enough, Huo Anu showed a painful expression on her face, but this strong girl still forced herself to stand up and followed the guards to rush towards the navy dock.
The situation with Annie is not optimistic either. Her left arm had suffered a penetrating wound before, and now such a desperate fighting style is bound to involve the old injury.
In this short period of time, Annie, who was wearing Xu Zun's coat, was covered in blood and looked extremely tragic.
Puff…Puff…
At this moment, only Zhao Yu was able to handle the situation with ease. He immediately swung his sword to knock down two pirates, and on the other side, protected Xu Zun as he entered the naval dock.
After entering the dock, Xu Zun became more certain of his previous thoughts, but saw that the entire dock had been occupied by pirates.
Three warships were docked side by side in the harbor, preparing to set sail the day after tomorrow.
At this moment, the pirates not only attacked the warships from the dock of the port, but also rushed in from the water on sampans, throwing out anchor hooks and ropes, and climbed onto the three warships like ants eating away at the food!
Whoosh…
The whistle arrows rose into the air again, apparently fired by the guards on the warship.
These soldiers were originally stationed at the dock, and no one could have imagined that such a once-in-a-century event would occur. They were all caught off guard and finally forced to retreat to the deck of the warship.
And precisely because there was no mental preparation, the naval port, which should have been guarded by hundreds of soldiers, was only guarded by a hundred people.
Now most of them had been killed, and as more and more pirates climbed onto the deck, it seemed that the entire army was about to be wiped out.
Upon seeing this, Xu Zun immediately ordered everyone to board the boat for rescue.
However, the gangway leading to the ship had been retracted and the passage to the ship had been closed, making it impossible to climb onto the deck, which was more than ten meters high.
"Hey!" Zhao Yu shouted anxiously to the deck, "Hurry up and lower the gangway, we are here to rescue you! Quick! Hey..."
Hearing the shouting coming from under the ship, the soldiers on the deck were naturally overjoyed and all saw hope of survival.
They rushed to the side of the ship and tried to lower the gangway, however, the pirates had already seen the problem and immediately fought fiercely with the soldiers, making it impossible for the soldiers to get close to the gangway.
At the same time, the pirates who got the news were rushing towards the navy dock in large numbers. These pirates seemed to be not afraid of death at all, and they all rushed to kill Xu Zun and others.
The dock is not large, and fighting on a long and narrow stretch of ground would affect everyone's performance, so one must look ahead without looking back.
The fight became increasingly difficult for the group, and they were forced to retreat step by step by the enemy, gradually retreating towards the seaside. It wasn't long before they had nowhere to retreat.
Swish…
At this time, the guard named Shangguan Min shot an arrow and killed a pirate who was climbing up with a rope.
The pirate screamed and fell into the sea.
Ah Xiu took advantage of the situation and jumped high up, climbing up to the deck using the rope.
boom……
Unexpectedly, just after Ashura climbed a few meters, someone in the pirate group opened fire. Fortunately, the shooting range of this kind of musket is limited.
That Ah Xiu cried out in pain, and although he was hit by a bullet, he did not fall down.
"Cover! Cover!!"
Xu Zun quickly gave the order, and Dai Long and others who were at the front immediately rushed forward bravely and chopped wildly.
Swish, swish, swish…
However, the more you fear something, the more it will come to you. It seemed that the enemy had set their sights on Ashurai. A burst of bows and crossbows shot at Ashurai, who was hit in the back by an arrow. He could no longer hold on and fell from the sky!
ah……
Everyone was shocked, and Huo Anu quickly jumped up and swung the open iron umbrella to slow down Ashura's falling momentum.
Li Xing and others rushed to catch Ah Xiuzai and provided him with emergency treatment.
"I'll do it!"
Shangguan Min put on his bow and arrow, looked at the towering side of the ship, and prepared to climb up.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, with a loud bang, the side of the ship facing the dock suddenly opened, and a gangway several meters wide quickly dropped down.
ah?
Everyone looked upward in surprise, only to see that the person lowering the gangway was none other than the Daxuan sailor on the deck, and through the railing they could see that the battle situation on the deck had changed.
But Xiao Zhennan and his wife had gone on deck at some point, and they were clearing the deck of invading pirates.
The soldiers then freed their hands and lowered the gangway.
However, under the dancing of light and shadow, Xu Zun also saw a black shadow shuttling among the pirates, and wherever it went, it would leave behind a pirate's corpse.
"No way?"
Xu Zun exclaimed, and quickly turned around to look, but Ku Niang was gone...
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