Iron Dynasty Novel Chapter 718

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As the Goryeo soldiers entered the village, Gao Shan and thirty militian had already put on their plate armor.

Twenty-five of them held longswords, and five were gathered with compound bows.

Zhang Dakang’s warning was still too late; so of the elderly, weak, won, and children in the village did not have ti to evacuate.

“Gao Shan, it’s all my fault.” Zhang Dakang’s tears welled up in his eyes, filled with guilt.

Gao Shan glared at him fiercely. He roared, “What good is saying that now, you damn fool! Pick up your weapons! We can only fight the Goryeo soldiers!”

Blackrock Village was not large, with only five hundred people. The number of militian could not compare to other larger villages. Even so, this militia team was cobbled together.

Gao Shan was the oldest and a forr veteran, making him the undisputed militia captain. The others varied in age, with the youngest boy being only sixteen years old.

“Uncle, I’m scared.”

Gao Shan’s young nephew was the youngest among them, and the heavy plate armor seed a bit cumberso on him.

Gently stroking his nephew’s head, Gao Shan’s voice was wild and deep. He said, “Don’t be afraid. With your uncles here, anyone who wants to kill you will have to step over .”

Gao Shan’s composure cald the militian. Zhang Dakang picked up his longsword and was about to charge the Goryeo soldiers, but he was stopped by Gao Shan.

“How do I usually train you?” Gao Shan was no longer the gentle captain; he had transford into a beast on the battlefield.

Scanning everyone, Gao Shan said, “Follow ! Form a circular formation, archers in the middle! The villagers can only rely on us now!”

With that, Gao Shan was the first to charge at the Goryeo soldiers.

The others, seeing Gao Shan leading the charge, imdiately mustered their courage and shouted, “Kill!”

Over thirty people rushed towards more than two hundred Goryeo soldiers.

Li Cheng-jae watched in surprise as thirty soldiers in Great Yu Empire armor charged at them. They had seen many militian dressed like this during this period.

This was his first ti in the Great Yu Empire. He had initially thought they would only face a group of unard common people, but the current situation clearly left him sowhat stunned.

However, his confusion lasted only a mont. With over two hundred soldiers behind him, he had no reason to fear thirty n, even if they wore strange armor.

A distance of several hundred ters vanished in an instant. The people of Blackrock Village scread and cried. The Great Yu Empire’s weakness had brought them too much suffering. Living on this land, they were always bullied by foreign enemies; their lives were as cheap as grass.

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

As they fled, Gao Shan and the Goryeo soldiers had already fallen into a bitter struggle.

Five archers fired from the circular formation around Gao Shan, continuously shooting at the Goryeo soldiers. These bows were equipped with pulleys, which saved a great deal of effort, allowing these militian to shoot continuously without getting very tired.

Three Goryeo soldiers fell screaming as they charged. The militian were trained and would usually hunt wild rabbits with bows, so their archery skills were not bad.

Li Cheng-jae was imdiately annoyed upon seeing this. He ordered his archers to return fire, and about thirty archers imdiately shot arrows at Gao Shan and the others.

However, the arrows rely left dents as they struck their plate armor.

Li Cheng-jae beca increasingly surprised and uncertain. However, they soon reached these soldiers, and over two hundred n completely surrounded the thirty.

The humiliation of failure made him temporarily forget the people of Blackrock Village. Now, their eyes were fixed only on these soldiers.

“Charge!” Li Cheng-jae roared.

The Goryeo soldiers, receiving the order, howled and lunged at Gao Shan and the others.

Facing the swarming Goryeo soldiers, Gao Shan showed no fear. The life-and-death struggle on the battlefield made him exceptionally calm. They stood back-to-back, forming a circle, their swords pointing outward like a hedgehog.

The Goryeo soldiers surrounded the thirty-odd n, hacking and slashing at Gao Shan and the others with their swords. Gao Shan and his group returned the blows, skillfully using their swords to counterattack.

“Thump, thump…” The sound of swords striking plate armor continuously rang out, accompanied by the screams of Goryeo soldiers.

The hedgehog formation ford by Gao Shan and his group prevented the Goryeo soldiers from gaining any advantage with their encircling tactics. Many Goryeo soldiers had to wait behind others, and only when those in front fell could they rush forward and directly engage Gao Shan.

Li Cheng-jae soon realized this problem. They were now in a stalemate with these thirty soldiers. Seeing the sun gradually rise, he beca anxious. After all, this was a foreign country; sotis, the fear of the unfamiliar triggered their wild killing instincts.

“Kill!”

Gao Shan roared, and with his roar, the militian fiercely thrust their swords into the Goryeo soldiers. Ten or so Goryeo soldiers had already fallen at their feet.

However, having learned their lesson, the Goryeo soldiers also beca smarter. They no longer actively charged forward but instead teased them, trying to exhaust their strength.

Plate armor was inherently heavy, and if they continued to expend energy, they would eventually collapse from exhaustion.

“Gao Shan, have the villagers all fled?” Zhang Dakang panted. “Now, even if we die, it’s worth it.”

Gao Shan no longer blad Zhang Dakang. In his view, they were going to die together this ti.

He was about to speak when a “rumbling” sound suddenly echoed from the sea. The sound was like thunder. Turning his head, he saw a Great Yu Empire warship appear on the horizon.

“It’s the Dengzhou warship!” Zhang Dakang also saw it, and he imdiately cheered.

Gao Shan also showed a hint of a smile. He gripped his longsword tightly. If they could just hold on a little longer, they would be saved.

Compared to the excitent of Gao Shan and the others, Li Cheng-jae’s face turned ashen. He then shouted, “Retreat!”

If the soldiers on that warship landed, they would not survive. These were Great Yu Empire regular soldiers; these soldiers were notoriously fierce.

A hint of panic appeared in the Goryeo soldiers’ eyes. They imdiately ran back in the direction they ca from.

How could Gao Shan let these Goryeo soldiers escape so easily at this mont? He shouted, “Kill these Goryeo thieves!”

The arrival of the warship boosted the morale of the militian. It seed as if new strength infused their bodies. Zhang Dakang chased after the Goryeo soldiers, hacking and slashing.

The Goryeo soldiers were in disarray, only able to run like madn. After chasing for a while, Gao Shan and the others could no longer run and finally stopped.

By this ti, the warship had stopped at sea, and a contingent of soldiers ca ashore by boat towards Blackrock Village.

“Captain Liu, you’re late! We drove the Goryeo soldiers away!” When Liu Chen and the others ca ashore, Gao Shan said with a hint of pride.

Liu Chen looked at Gao Shan, a slight smile on his lips. He knew Gao Shan, as his father and Gao Shan had once fought together.

He smiled, “It seems I should petition the Prefectural Office for Uncle Gao’s rits. Driving away the Goryeo people with just a militia team is rare in the fishing villages of Dengzhou.”

Gao Shan laughed heartily upon hearing this. He said, “I don’t need this rit, but when can we completely eliminate these Goryeo and Japanese pirates?”

Liu Chen’s gaze was firm. “Soon.”