Chapter 55: Attacking the Island
"Yes, big brother!" replied Zheng Tai, and then instructed the boys to turn the boat sideways, facing the side of the boat to the people on the shore.
"The target is within a kilometer of the shore, and the crossbow is thrown!" Zheng Tai ordered loudly.
The bandits on the shore did not have long-range attack weapons in their hands, and the people were crowded in one place, and they would definitely receive the best results with crossbows at once.
The crossbows in the hands of the teenagers were only the most common type, and each arrow box contained only three arrows, and the crossbow of this era was proportional to the number of arrows that could be held in the arrow box. It is said that the military's most advanced crossbow can hold ten arrows, and there are even crossbows that can carry fifteen arrows, but I don't know if it's true.
It's just that in Xu Chen's opinion, this kind of cold weapon will also be used for a transition, since the level of steelmaking in this era has reached the required index, Xu Chen will naturally not spend any more effort on these cold weapons.
After a rain of arrows, nearly a hundred arrows were poured on the dock, and dozens of bandits could no longer stand.
"It's a crossbow! Hide!" the bandits had time to shout.
The "third brother", like the bandits, didn't expect that the person on the other side would have a crossbow, and the other party was still persuading him to surrender just now, and in a blink of an eye, the crossbow arrow came over, this fucking ...... It's too despicable, isn't it?
Xu Chen didn't care what this group of bandits thought, since he had already stood on the opposite side, could it be that he had to say hello before making a move? Xu Chen really didn't have the gentlemanly demeanor! Besides, hadn't he already shouted "surrender the gun and don't kill"? If you still want to resist, who can blame you?
"It's not good, withdraw quickly!" The "third brother" saw that the other party was loading arrows again, so he hurriedly reacted from his shock and shouted loudly.
The bandits did not have long-range weapons in their hands, so they could not talk about a half-crossing attack, and no one in the panic remembered this.
"Boat No. 1, ship No. 2 will land on the island, and ship No. 3 will be on guard!" Zheng Tai then gave an order, the most important thing to land on the beach is to suppress the firepower on the other side's shore and create a chance for his own side to land. Zheng Tai did not relax his vigilance because of the other party's evacuation, and still adopted the safest plan.
After more than 20 people on the two ships went ashore, they quickly built a defensive line and met the partners behind.
"Quick! The fourth old man integrates the troops, Zheng Tai, quickly lead people to dismantle the trebuchet, leave a few people to watch the boat, and the rest follow me!" Xu Chen quickly ordered.
Trebuchets made of bamboo are installed afterwards in order to make it easier to disassemble and assemble.
After a while, the teenagers were fully equipped, and Xu Chen led everyone to rush to the interior of Changshan Island.
Cheung Son Island is much smaller than Haesan Island, and there is also a 100-meter-high hill on the island called Jianfeng Ridge. At present, the water bandits on the island are all gathered on this mountain, and there are four or five hundred people on this side of Changshan Island, which is about the same number as Peng Ze and Geng Yanqiu. It's just that Peng Ze and the others are all villagers in the same township, and they can work together, plus they occupy a geographical advantage, so they can always press this side. Unlike the mountains here, the forces of various families are already hostile, and a group of people from complex backgrounds in the rivers and lakes, the lack of chaos is enough to show the extraordinary ability of the original two masters. Before the war, the Luo family and the Huang family left with their own people, and there were only more than 300 people left, and there were dozens of them at the pier just now, and now there are less than 300 people on Jianzui Mountain.
The "third brother" looked at this group of panicked bandits who had just escaped, and felt a trace of sadness in his heart. Although there were only about 30 people on the other side, they were well-equipped and well-trained, and they were by no means comparable to the rabble in front of them. The most important thing is that the people on Peng Ze's side haven't seen it yet, and it is estimated that it will not be long before they come.
"Damn the Luo family and the Huang family, they actually escaped! Otherwise, Lao Tzu wouldn't be so passive now!" The "third brother" cursed Huang and Luo fiercely in his heart, no matter how unruly he was at the beginning.
"No! The defense line must be constructed immediately, or everyone will die!" "Third Brother" also wanted to slip away by himself, in fact, someone had secretly run away just now, and I didn't know how far this group of fools without a boat could run. But where can he run? Li Wei is already dead, and even if he runs back, there is only one way to die.
"Brothers, the officers and soldiers are about to come up, and it was our carelessness just now that we fell in love with their way. Now that we are back, relying on the fortifications on the mountain, don't say that there are more than 30 people in him, even if he comes ten times more, he will have to be killed by us!" "Third Brother" gathered his spirits, stood up and encouraged everyone loudly, and said.
"Li Sanzi, you don't fucking fool people here! The fourth master is dead, what kind of thing are you, you dare to give orders here!" A big man in the crowd immediately stood up and retorted after hearing the words of the "third brother".
Li San recognized this person as a rather authoritative man in the gang of people in the rivers and lakes, and sure enough, as soon as he spoke out, many people immediately echoed him.
"Brother Wu, what do you say, the enemy is currently in chaos, I don't think there is any need for the enemy to attack!" Li San knew that he lacked prestige and couldn't subdue these people, so he hurriedly found a foreign helper.
This man surnamed Wu is also a member of the Wu family, a big family in Yuzhang City. The man surnamed Wu had already begun to regret it, earlier he saw the people of the Luo family and the Huang family leaving the island one after another, and he didn't realize what was going on, and when more people rushed to the dock, he knew that something was wrong, but at this time he couldn't leave if he wanted to.
There were many people gathered around the man surnamed Wu, all looking at him, waiting for his meaning. Most of these people are people left on the island by some big families, and at this time, they are all mainly surnamed Wu, it seems that the status of the Wu family in the family is not low!
"Brother Li is right! At the moment of the great enemy, it is time for us to work together to defeat the strong enemy!" This man surnamed Wu used several idioms in one sentence, and at first glance it was "the origin of family learning". It is also because of this sage's teachings that the man surnamed Wu has not had the idea of escaping alone until now.
"Brother Wu said it well!" Seeing that he had the support of the family forces, Li San became bold, and he didn't mind the sour water surnamed Wu.
"The big guys have heard it, right? Now cheer me up, prepare to meet the enemy, and if you dare to escape from the battle later, don't blame me Li Laosan for being polite!" Li San's words were said to the man just now.
The man just now saw that the general trend was gone, and he didn't dare to say anything.
These bandits are still very fast, after all, they have been walking on the tip of the knife all the year round, and their minds must have calmed down, so they immediately took action. By the time Xu Chen led the teenagers up the mountain, he was already facing the water bandits who were waiting for him.
Compared with Xiashan Island, Changshan Island is more like a water village where water bandits stay, a hill of 100 meters high, starting from the foot of the mountain is a sentry post of ten meters, and so on up the mountain, you can see a cottage of wood and stone structure in the distance, the periphery of the village is a fence up to one zhang, there are even two small wooden forts not far in front of the gate of the wall, and the cottage becomes a corner.
Seeing this, Xu Chen couldn't help but admire the level of the original second master, looking at this posture, it was obvious that he was a person who had been in the army, but fortunately he was solved by Chai Qi, otherwise this second master would be the biggest trouble.
In order to shrink his troops, but also because there was really no one to trust, Li San did not leave people in the two wooden forts in front of the cottage, and put all the less than 300 people into the cottage to defend, Li San had already sent someone to inform the master, it would not be long before the reinforcements would come, and he would be safe as long as he survived this time.
The ratio of forces is once again one to ten, but this time the other party has a cottage to defend, and he also has armor and a bow and crossbow, and the gap is not big on the surface, but the defending side has a natural advantage, and this battle is difficult to fight!
"Fourth, lift the trebuchet up and greet them with a canister of fire oil!" Xu Chen thought for a moment and ordered.
Xu Chen could naturally wait until Peng Ze and the others came before making a move, but then it would take more time, and he really couldn't afford to delay, so he could only wait while fighting.
"Pay attention to keep your distance, be careful of the opponent's bow and arrows, and bring the shield bearer!" Although the other party did not seem to have an archer, but for the sake of insurance, Xu Chen still asked Zhou Kang to bring the shield soldier.
Zhou Kang set up the trebuchet, this trebuchet is a simplified version of Xu Chen's transformation, which can only throw the oil tank ten meters away, and it is made of bamboo, and the service life is not high.
Igniting the oil tank and putting it into the trebuchet, Zhou Kang was about to give the order to fire. Seeing that the enemy was attacking, the hidden archer immediately fired several arrows at the boy who was operating the trebuchet. The archers looked carefully and found the key at once.
It's just that the bow and arrow are not as good as the crossbow, anyone can operate it, and an archer needs at least two years of systematic training before he can go to the battlefield, so there are very few archers on the bandit side, less than ten people, and they are all from the family forces. After all, the people in the rivers and lakes are compared to the kung fu of head-to-head fighting, and few people will take the time to learn archery, and a good bow and arrow is far more expensive than a good knife, and most of the people in the rivers and lakes do not have that capital.
The shield bearer, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately greeted him, but fortunately the opponent did not have many bows and arrows, and the shields of the teenagers were all made of steel, and after a round, the teenagers were not damaged at all.
At this time, the trebuchet also happened to start, and the burning oil tank roared towards an attic built on the gate of the village with the power of the machine. Most of the teenagers who operated the trebuchet had learned some simple mathematical principles, which were also given to them by Xu Chen.
As a result, most of the oil canisters that were thrown out fell into the attic accurately, and the clay pots shattered, the oil splattered, and the burning cloth was scattered on the ground, and the oil was ignited everywhere. Suddenly, the attic became a sea of fire, the sound of evasion, the sound of scolding, accompanied by the sound of Li San's scolding and the wailing of the bandits after being burned, sounded together, and the attic was in a mess.
Li San specially prepared a large number of wooden cards and bamboo shields for the teenagers' crossbows, and even brought a table for eating, but he did not prepare the slightest water to extinguish the fire. Because when the second master was building the fence of the cottage, he chose wood that was not easy to catch fire, and even if there was a fire at a distance of more than one zhang, he had time to extinguish it.
He never expected that the other party would have such a brave fire oil, let alone that the other party would have a trebuchet that could throw the oil tank so far, and the shortage of intelligence brought Li San a mistake in decision-making, and the consequences of the guide were also disastrous.
The boys' canisters of fire oil were still being thrown, and the fire in the attic was too big to be extinguished. Li San had no choice but to order to withdraw from the attic......
This time, dozens of men fell, the bodies on fire were still burning, a few men were not dead, still struggling in the fire, trying to climb up the attic to the wooden barricade inside the cottage, looking at the people who had escaped death, spitting out vague bytes in their mouths, and the bandits who were facing them could see clearly, that was the meaning of "help"......
Seeing that his companions were still suffering, Li San hurriedly ordered the remaining archers to shoot them so that they would no longer suffer from pain......