Chapter Ninety-One: The Valley of Death
Chapter Ninety-One: The Valley of Death
Fortunately, the rolling stones at the top of the mountain seem to have been exhausted after blocking the exit of the valley.
In the face of this sudden change, Li Zhenbei became the command post for dispatching and responding. He commanded loudly as he took out the signal from his bosom and threw it into the air to call for help. The dart divisions coordinated and surrounded all the vehicles, with the personnel and horses in the center, hoping to resist for a while.
Liao Hai also got out of the car at this time, raised his eyes to look at the silent and empty cliffs on both sides, and also saw the distress signal that was about to disappear. It was a red signal, and it was used by the dart walker to call for help when he was in distress. After a glance, Liao Hai did not hesitate to take out an iron pipe from his arms, and also released a signal, but this signal was bright yellow, much more dazzling than the one released by Li Zhenbei before, and it flew much higher, with a piercing whistle and straight into the sky, even under the clear and clear sky and the blazing sun, it was still as bright as a star. With such brightness and such a height, I am afraid that people from hundreds of miles away can see it.
"I didn't think you still had this good thing!" Li Zhenbei didn't seem to be too scared, and he could still laugh. But he grabbed Liao Hai and dragged him hurriedly into the center of the guard circle surrounded by several carriages.
Although Yang Shumeng has been driving for more than ten years, he has seen some things, and he also encountered a mountain bandit robbery during this period. But compared to today's battle, the mountain bandits who rushed down with kitchen knives are simply a game played by a baby wiping their noses.
I watched as there were people, horses, and vehicles in front of me and behind me being knocked down and smashed by falling rolling stones...... Yang Shumeng was also frightened for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with it, so he just drove the carriage and followed the carriage of the caravan, escaped, or stopped, completely without autonomy.
Lin Xu and Xu Changwen still sat in Junshu's car, compared to the panic of others, Xu Changwen seemed much calmer. Although his face was also pale, he still knew how to protect Lin Xu, and reminded Junshu to follow Liao Hai's car in front of him from time to time.
Liao Hai got out of the car, Xu Changwen immediately pulled Lin Xu out of the car, and beckoned Junshu to drive the carriage over and gather together according to the dispatch of the dart masters.
There was no rolling stone roaring, and after jumping out of the car, Lin Xu was a little sober. As far as he could see, he saw that his two carriages had gathered together with the caravan vehicles, and Chengzi on the back carriage had jumped out of the carriage and was leading two empty horses over.
Biting the tip of his tongue hard, a bloody breath accompanied by sharp pain made Lin Xu sober and calm down a lot. He shouted, telling Chengzi to take Mr. Xu and the old servant to avoid the protective ring of the carriage as soon as possible, while he himself ran after his own car.
When he was leaving, the life-saving thing that his sister-in-law had asked was still on the carriage he was riding. He didn't understand what his sister-in-law was giving, but he clearly remembered what his sister-in-law told him at the time - "In case of fatal danger, take what is in it, let the second brother wrap it in a slingshot, light the fuse and shoot it out!" Remember, shoot at the crowds of the opposing side. But be sure to avoid the people on your side! ”
The immediate danger is enough to kill!
Thaksin's sister-in-law!
The sister-in-law can lead them to a good life, can make so many good medicines, and can understand so many things...... He believes that the life-saving things given by his sister-in-law will definitely be able to save his life!
The Lin family's car had arrived near the carriage bunker, Lin Xu ran over, called Junshu, and didn't know where he got the strength, jumped into the carriage at once, didn't care about anything, got into the carriage, first took out the four small copper boxes from the dark compartment at the bottom of the carriage, stuffed them into his arms, and then picked up the two cowhide water bladders and a dry food bag in the carriage, and then jumped out of the carriage.
"Brother Xu, you quickly avoid going in, don't worry about here!" Yang Shumeng had already set up the cart and was unloading the horses.
Lin Xu turned a deaf ear, put the water bladder and the bag of dry food on the wheel, reached out and pulled out the dagger from the boot, ran over, and reached out to cut the horse's belly belt. By cutting this off, the horses can be separated from the vehicle.
Yang Shu suddenly woke up when he saw Lin Xu's movements. He was confused, at this time, how could he still unload the car according to the old habit!
Inspired by it, Yang Shumeng and Junshu pulled out daggers at the same time, cut off the horse's belly belt, led the horse, and the three of them retreated into the protective circle at the same time.
The steep cliffs on both sides become narrower and narrower the higher you go, and only a narrow line of sky is left in Zuihou, revealing a little bit of skylight. In the light of the day, it was as if there was a giant beast that had not yet appeared, hiding somewhere, watching with interest the frail creatures in the canyon hurriedly struggling uselessly.
Finally, the behemoth had enough of the excitement, revealing its sharp, cold claws and fangs.
Just after Lin Xu, Yang Shumeng, and Junshu had just avoided the protective circle, before the three of them arrived at the hiding place of Mr. Xu and the three of them, they heard a roaring drum sound on the cliffs on both sides. The drums were pounding, shaking the heavens and the earth, and at the same time, it seemed to beat on the hearts of everyone in the caravan, and the drums were beating more and more rapidly, hitting people's hearts heavily, making people's nervous and panicked hearts constrict and breathless.
Li Zhenbei stood at the entrance of the protective ring and greeted loudly: "Don't worry about the vehicle, cut the belly belt, quickly lead the horse to avoid it, quickly!" ”
When the men in charge of the remaining three or four carriages heard this, they threw down the vehicles for which they were responsible, cut off the belly belts of the horses, led the horses, and galloped towards the protective circle. There were also those who ran fast and tripped over the stones and fell to the ground, and the people next to him hurriedly reached out to help, but Li Zhenbei had already rushed over, pulled them up one by one, and dragged them back into the protective ring.
As the drums joined in, a dull rush came from the depths of the valley as they came. Soon, in the dust and noise, the unreadable cavalrymen were dressed in black, covered with black scarves, and held in their hands the scimitars with black backs but sharp blades, roaring and rushing towards them with murderous vigour.
The caravan keepers and stewards had pacified the horses as they were instructed and squatted together in the protective ring. The people and horses were mixed, and they didn't care about the smell of the horses, and many of them hugged the horses' necks tightly, as if holding the warm animal body could make him feel like he was still alive.
At this time, the defense of the entire caravan was completely handed over to the dart masters led by Li Zhenbei.
After Li Zhenbei ran into the protective ring, with a wave of his hand, immediately some personnel stepped forward to move the carriages on both sides to plug the gap in the protective ring. Then, Li Zhenbei stood behind a carriage and waved his arm again.
Immediately, many black tin boxes that I didn't know where they were packed before were carried out by the dart masters and filled the gaps in the protective barriers that had been set aside in advance, just enough to block the gaps and at the same time to unhindered the enemies who came directly to them.
The location of Lin Xu and the others is not in the very center, not far from those busy dart masters, separated by a distance of only more than ten steps, in his position, although he is squatting on the ground, and there are more than a dozen people on two horses, he can still see the movements of those dart masters clearly.
Before, he had also noticed the gaps between the intersections of those vehicles, but he didn't think much about it in his panic, and at this time, seeing those dart masters carrying boxes in pairs to plug these gaps, Lin Xu felt that the question in his heart suddenly had an answer.
When my brother was at home, although he was young and had never learned archery practice, he had seen his brother practice archery in the backyard more than once. These dark and faint iron boxes inexplicably reminded Lin Xu of the eldest brother who was archery...... If the eldest brother stands in the position of these iron boxes and draws the bowstring at the enemy who rushes towards him......
And from the answer to this conjecture, Lin Xu quickly thought of the four copper boxes he was carrying in his arms. What the sister-in-law said at the time was to let the second brother Yang Shu use a slingshot to ignite the things inside and shoot them out...... The range of a slingshot is limited after all...... If these iron boxes are really some bows and arrows-like mechanisms as he thought, then can you tie the life-saving things given by your sister-in-law to the arrows in the iron boxes?
His mind turned sharply, Lin Xu knew that at this time, there was not much time for him to ponder and weigh carefully, at this time, every bit of time lost could make the four people from the Lin family, Mr. Xu's master and servant, and even the entire Huichun Hall caravan and dozens of dart masters lose their lives, and they will never be able to see tomorrow's sun, nor will they be able to see their relatives at home......
Without thinking about it anymore, Lin Xu approached Yang Shumeng beside him and said in a low voice: "Second brother, take a look...... These boxes are not bows and arrows or the like, if you tie the things that my sister-in-law gave you to the arrows, wouldn't it be cheaper than you to shoot a slingshot? ”
After entering the protective circle, Yang Shumeng also calmed down a little. After Lin Xu's prompt, he looked at the iron boxes that he hadn't paid attention to before, and it really looked like what Lin Xu said - similar to a bow and arrow mechanism!
He nodded and stretched out his hand in front of Lin Xu: "Give me a box, I'll go over!" ”
Lin Xu shook his head, stood up, crossed two horses and a dozen people, and ran straight towards Li Zhenbei.
"Don't run around, stay safe!" A dart master turned around and saw Lin Xu running over, and immediately shouted to stop.
Lin Xu hurriedly said loudly: "I have something to retreat from the enemy, and I want to talk to Li Darthead!" ”
Although the dart master felt that it was a bit funny that a weak little scholar had something to retreat from the enemy, but in the face of such a grim situation, he would rather believe it! Yes, he no longer blocked it, and with a wave of his hand, he directly let Lin Xu go to find Li Zhenbei.
Li Zhenbei also heard the conversation between the two, and without waiting for Lin Xu to run to him, he also turned his head, looked at Lin Xu, who was running a little out of breath, and frowned two thick eyebrows and said: "Brother Xu, this is not a child's joke, go back, this is not the place for you to stay!" ”
Lin Xu didn't stop, but sped up his pace, ran a few steps to Li Zhenbei, stared at Li Zhenbei's eyes and said, "Li Darthead, I just want to ask you, these boxes are bows and arrows and other mechanisms?" ”
A flash of surprise flashed in Li Zhenbei's eyes, and the idea of sending someone to forcibly bring Lin Xu back was put aside, and he raised his eyebrows with interest and said, "What's the matter?" ”
Lin Xu was still staring at Li Zhenbei's eyes tightly, and said clearly word by word: "I have an object that increases the power of the bow and arrow dozens or even hundreds of times!" ”
"Oh? What exactly is it? Li Zhenbei was surprised and delighted in his heart. I was shocked that I never thought of such a stake. Happily, his and Lao Liao's previous guesses were really not bad, and the Lin family really left a back hand, and it sounded like an extremely powerful back hand!
Lin Xu hadn't seen the power of the 'firecrackers' made by Qiu Chen with his own eyes, but he had heard Yang Shumeng explain to a few of them in detail, at this time, he could only say according to Yang Shumeng's words: "You can fly sand and crack stones, within a radius of three zhang, and leave no living mouth!" Ten zhang square, with the ability to hurt! ”
This exact power, what Yang Shumeng said at the time, blew up a large pit nearly two zhang square. Lin Xu gave a little interpretation. Since it can blow up a large pit with a radius of two zhang in the rocks, then the unprotected creatures within three zhang naturally have no chance of survival. There is only a killing range of ten zhang square, which is indeed what Yang Shumeng said. At that time, he and Qiu Chen were hiding behind the boulder, and they were seven or eight feet away from the explosion site, and they were also injured in many places. If there is no boulder to cover it, the damage effect will naturally be greater......
Li Zhenbei was shocked when he heard it, and at the same time a little incredulous. But just like the dart master just now, under the current situation, Li Zhenbei is also willing to treat Lin Xu with a credible attitude, and the terrible object that Lin Xu said.
"You take it out...... Let's give it a try! Li Zhenbei said, raised his hand, and took off an iron-tired bow from the carriage in front of him.
The machine crossbows contained in those iron boxes were not as convenient as Lin Xu imagined to bind the accessories. If the lethality is really as Lin Xu said, there are also three or five good archers among the dart masters, and it is enough to use bows and arrows.
Lin Xu looked at the iron-tired big bow, and a flash of light immediately burst out in his eyes. He watched his eldest brother practice archery since he was a child, and he also knew a little about bows and arrows. And the biggest advantage of this strong bow is that the range is long enough!
Looking at Li Zhenbei with adoring eyes, Lin Xu took out a copper box that was only half the size of a book from his arms.
Li Zhenbei was secretly surprised, he had guessed that Lin Xu hadn't brought the deadly object over...... I didn't expect it to be such a small object!
This may not be as big as his palm, can it really be as powerful as Lin Xu said?
But then, Li Zhenbei's face was even more ugly. Because Lin Xu didn't hand over the small copper box, but opened the copper box and took out a small bamboo tube from inside!
"This, isn't this a firecracker?" Li Zhenbei pointed to the small bamboo tube in Lin Xu's hand.
Lin Xu nodded, raised his eyes to look at Li Zhenbei, and said with a calm expression: "This is a firecracker, but it is filled with me...... My Lin family's unique secret medicine! ”
The two of them spoke, and the dusty enemy on the opposite side was getting closer and closer, and they could already faintly see the people and horses in it through the noisy dust, but they were afraid that in less than two quarters of an hour, the enemy would rush to the front, and the situation was urgent, and Li Zhenbei could not be allowed to hesitate.
He raised his hand and tore a strip of cloth from his sleeve, and with a few strokes, he tied the firecracker to a third of the arrow. Lin Xu blew the fire fold next to him, and when he saw Li Zhenbei put the arrow on the bowstring, Lin Xu immediately stepped forward and lit the fuse of the firecracker.
If the fuse is stained with gunpowder, it will burn rapidly with sparks...... At the same time, Li Zhenbei aimed at the most central position of the enemy camp and shot the arrow.
By this time, the attacking enemy had come to a distance of less than 200 paces according to the caravan.
With the sound of the bowstring, the arrow went like a meteor, but after seven or eight breaths, it fell into the forward of the enemy camp who was sprinting.
After falling, there seems to be a moment of silence. Then, with a bang, it exploded......
Lin Xu stared at the enemy camp in the billowing smoke, and his eyes suddenly widened to the largest and bigger......
He saw with his own eyes that in the center of the smoke, at the same time as the explosion, a huge cloud of smoke rose up, and in that smoke, a piece of horse or human limbs flew up, until mid-air, before he was exhausted, and fell down again!
The unstoppable swift and fierce charge of the enemy camp seemed to be stopped by this sudden explosion. The yellow dust, which was so noisy that it was in the air, rushed forward, but suddenly stopped.
Li Zhenbei was also very shocked, but he was also very surprised......
Just now he had made preparations to bury his bones here, and at this time, he could conclude that there were still people buried here, but it was not him!
"Zhao Wu! Qianfeng! Wang Dahu! ......" Li Zhenbei nodded the names of five or six people in a row, "Prepare bows and arrows!" You, you, you, you, and you, prepare the fire folds and strips of cloth......"
After the surprise, Li Zhenbei immediately arranged it quickly.
The momentum of the local impact was stopped by the explosion, and the next step was bound to be an even more rapid and ferocious rush. He didn't have any more time to delay.
The people whose names were named by Li Zhenbei quickly held bows and arrows, or took their places with fire folds.
Lin Xu also came to his senses, and without waiting for Li Zhenbei's arrangement, he immediately pulled out a dagger, cut off one of his sleeves, quickly cut it into strips of cloth, took out firecrackers, and quickly tied them to the bow and arrows.
After Li Zhenbei finished arranging, he looked down and saw that Lin Xu had already tied more than a dozen firecracker rockets, and couldn't help but praise: "Boy, it's really good!" ”
"Alright, give me the fire fold, and you can tell them how to get it!"
Lin Xu nodded, handed the fire fold to Li Zhenbei, and instructed with confidence: "Be careful, don't get ...... Mars."
Li Zhenbei had a smile on his face, but his expression was very solemn, "Okay, I know!" ”
This thing, if he hadn't cared about it before, but he had just seen such amazing lethality, and he didn't know how to be careful, that was the old birthday boy eating arsenic, and it was greasy!
Lin Xu was limited alone after all, and when he turned around to leave Li Zhenbei, he found that Yang Shumeng, Junshu, Chengzi, and Mr. Xu had all come behind him.
"Second brother! Mr! Lin Xu shouted happily.
Yang Shu raised his hand and patted Lin Xu's shoulder, nodded and said, "Let's split up, one for each person!" ”
Lin Xu responded, nodded to Mr. Xu, and Junshu who took the initiative to follow to the left, Yang Shumeng and Chengzi to the right, and Mr. Xu still stood in place, standing behind Li Zhenbei, silently looking through the gap in the vehicle at the enemy who was charging again.
Soon, huge explosions continued to explode in the enemy camp, and the originally unstoppable charge quickly became fragmented, some huge explosions killed and injured some, and also frightened many war horses, running around frantically, and even, some turned back and ran wildly......
Because the distance was too close, no matter how neat Li Zhenbei and the others were, one person only had time to release three arrows, and after three arrows, the enemy had already rushed to less than 100 steps in front of the car shield, and it was too late to release more arrows. The iron-tired big bow in Li Zhenbei's hand had not been put down, and with a wave of his right hand, he shouted: "Release!" ”
After a series of bangs in front of those dark iron boxes, square openings the size of palms opened, but a breath or two, followed by a series of low bangs, mixed together, forming a harmony--buzz......
Black crossbow bolts were like black lightning bolts being fired from the iron box.
The advantage of the crossbow is that the liliang is large and the quasi-head is strong. However, its disadvantages are also obvious, if it is not for large car crossbows and bed crossbows, the range of small crossbow arrows will not be too long. This is also the biggest factor limiting the use of crossbow arrows on the battlefield.
There were several iron chests, and there were also small holes in the iron boxes, but the arrows were like locusts, and they were like rain, pouring straight down on the attacking enemy, who had long been in disarray.
These bolts were much smaller than the arrows, but they were extremely heavy, and even the horse's tremendous momentum was struck against the oncoming enemy, and then he rushed forward a few more paces, and then, in desperation, fell to the ground......
A rain of crossbows poured down, and layers of men and horses fell down and fell down...... Dial by dial...... Drop short......
This strange situation reminded Lin Xu inexplicably of the scene of cutting wheat at home. With the swing of a sharp sickle, the ripe golden wheat fell one by one......
Although the crossbow arrows are good, there are several crossbow arrows loaded in those iron chests. It was launched so intensively again, and after a few stubbles had been harvested, the buzzing in the iron box came to an abrupt end. However, the enemy still had at least thirty or fifty remnants of the enemy.
Li Zhenbei shouted: "Hold the knife!" ”
The shouting was like thunder, and in the silence after the crossbow bolts stopped, it was particularly loud and shocking!
Lin Xu woke up with a spirit, only to find that he was actually distracted at such a time, secretly ashamed, and quickly gathered his mind, only to find that the crossbow bolts had stopped, and the dart masters had already drawn their swords in their hands, and it seemed that they were preparing to engage in hand.
At this time, Lin Xu and Yang Shumeng couldn't help much. The enemy has already come to the front, and he is afraid of his own side, and the firecrackers with too much lethality will not dare to use them.
Lin Xu hurriedly took a few steps back, and casually beckoned Junshu to take down the firecrackers that had been tied to the arrows. On the other side, Yang Shumeng and Chengzi also retreated when they saw the opportunity.
A few people and Mr. Xu got together, and Lin Xu asked Yang Shumeng: "Second brother, do you think this can still be used?" ”
Yang Shumeng was the tallest, raised his eyes and glanced at the situation in front of him, and saw that the incoming enemies were still rushing over in a messy formation, although they were sparsely swept away, and it was estimated that there were still thirty or fifty people and horses. Looking at the dart master's side, the first rolling stones injured a few, and the rest were only about twenty, all on foot, although standing behind the carriage, but against the bandits who rushed over on horseback, it was still worrying.
Chengzi is small, but the most dexterous, he plucked up his courage and pointed to the side of the carriageway: "We can go to the car over there, lie under the car, and hit with a slingshot!" ”
Yang Shumeng and Lin Xu looked at each other, looked at Mr. Xu again, and the three of them nodded at the same time.
At this time, they have to try everything they can think of, and if they don't try, they don't talk about others, and even their own lives are really worried.
The bandits rushing in the canyon are right in front of them, but everyone hasn't forgotten the rolling stones from before. If there is no one on the cliff, the rolling stone will not fall on its own! Who knows how many people are still on the top of the mountain, and what useless means those people have!
Several people quickly agreed, and Junshu said, "I can also use a slingshot!" ”
Lin Xu nodded, "I'm with you!" ”
Yang Shumeng still took Chengzi with him, and he didn't say much, nodded to each other, separated from Lin Xu Junshu, turned around and went straight to the carriage on the side.
While running, Yang Shumeng whispered to Chengzi: "Look at me ejaculating, you should quickly hold your head and lie down!" ”
He remembered that this was how Begonia pressed him down behind the boulder, thinking that it was to protect the fatal part of his head...... So I told Chengzi like this. I secretly hope that he has explained this to Brother Jun Shuxu on the road, and I just hope that they will remember.
Junshu and Lin Xu galloped to the carriage on the side, and the enemy outside had already come to the front. It's just that the enemies all went straight to the middle, and no one cared about the carriages on either side.
The two of them climbed into the bottom of the car with their hands and feet, Junshu turned around and grinned at Lin Xu, "Wait a while, I pulled the slingshot, you can lie down......"
Lin Xu nodded again and again, and saw Junshu reach out and insert the bracket of the slingshot into the spokes of the wheel, and the spokes of the wheel suddenly became the fixed frame of the slingshot. Then Junshu stuffed a firecracker into the slingshot's sac, pinched it with both hands, and Lin Xu hurriedly collected his mind and lit the fuse of the firecracker. As the fuse erupted, Junshu's taut slingshot let go, and firecrackers flew out of the gap between the spokes of the wheels, heading straight for the rear of the enemy group from the side.
Rumble! Rumble!
There were two explosions in succession, exploding behind the enemy group, and immediately after, rubble, broken pieces of clothing, leather armor and the like, splashed everywhere, Junshu and Junwen lay under the car, only to hear the carriage above their heads was crackled, and after a while, the noise was quiet, and the two raised their heads.
When I opened my eyes, the two boys almost threw up on the spot. Not far in front of them, a severed foot was dripping with blood, and if you looked closely, the blur of flesh and blood seemed to twitch slightly......
Lin Xu covered his mouth suddenly, and Junshu was no better. Shengsheng closed his eyes and turned away from looking. Looking outside, after these two bombardments, there were a few fewer enemies. But I still look at a lot.
Junshu's heart sank, he didn't care about nagging and uncomfortable, he grabbed a firecracker again to fill it, Lin Xu's hand trembled, but he still lit the fuse of the firecracker accurately.
Their firecracker projectiles had just been shot out, and there was another explosion over there, and it was obvious that the poplars were moving faster than them!
Junshu and Lin Xu were aroused by this explosion, and the two of them couldn't care less about lying down to dodge, and then shot a few firecracker projectiles one after another......
Obviously, Yang Shuyong's side also found that with the cover of the carriage, most of the flying gravel and debris would not hurt them, so he let go of his hands and feet, and also loaded and fired one after another......
Booming explosions sounded one after another, which shook Yang Shuyong's ears and his head rumbled, as if he was shaken into chaos......
Those only thirty or fifty bandits, in this successive explosions, and a lot of casualties, not to mention, those deafening explosions may be able to withstand people with a mouthful of courage, but the horses do not have the fierce spirit of no one who is not afraid of death, two horses can not withstand the first place, neighing, after a person stands, turn around, throw off its owner, and gallop towards the way it came......
The role model of liliang is even more infinite among animals, with these two escape horses as an example, followed by several war horses who also kicked and turned around, and fled for their lives. Some of the owners were thrown to the ground, some of their legs were still hanging in the stirrups, and most of their bodies were dragged to the side of the horses, and as the horses galloped, a long miserable howl also pierced.
Thirty or fifty people, and finally someone rushed to the front.
These people were so close to the vehicle that they couldn't even use a slingshot.
Li Zhenbei visually inspected the remaining remnants, and there were probably only a dozen horsemen left, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, waved the big knife in his hand, and said loudly: "Brothers, it's time for us to do it!" Rush out and kill these sons of bitch! ”
In today's battle, although the initial situation was extremely dangerous, the Lin family took out the big killing weapon, and there was a crossbow box at the bottom of their dart bureau, which has not yet been seen, and the other party has already killed and injured most of the people left! It's a real pleasure! It's so relaxing!
In other words, since they ate the bowl of rice of the dart master, they have never had such an easy and happy thing!
Today's encounter is not a war at all, this is simply a one-sided killing!
Yes, after Li Zhenbei shouted, the dart masters also felt that their pride was surging, and they also responded loudly, flew over the carriage that was an obstacle, and rushed to kill it.
Although there are few bandits left on the opposite side, there is no one to underestimate the enemy, and they have avoided the front of the horse, and their bodies flexibly go around to the side of the riding bandits, swinging the knife and slashing fiercely......
The biggest advantage of this cavalry is the strong impact force brought by the impact, and the other is the advantage of the height on horseback. These two advantages put the cavalry in an absolute position against the infantry.
But then again, the above advantage is talking about the army against each other. The cavalry is scattered in formation, and there is no rule at all, but all of them are flexible, and their individual combat power is several times and more than ten times higher than that of ordinary soldiers.
Soon, there was an answer.
Li Zhenbei led more than 20 dart masters to rush up with big knives, all of them were like slippery loaches, and the people on horseback on the other side sprinted with weapons, or slashed straight, and they shook over with a dodge, and the first killing move of the cavalry side on both sides was all in vain!
They failed, and the dart masters haven't done it yet.
After avoiding the smashes of the horse's head and the man on the horse, these men quickly swept the side of the horse's belly with their swords, or slashed straight at it...... It's really a knife into the flesh, and the knife is bloody!
At this time, entering the hand-to-hand battle, there is really nothing to do with Lin Xu and Yang Shumeng.
Lin Xu pulled Junshu, covered his mouth, closed his eyes, and had a white face, and retreated from under the carriage. As soon as he straightened up, Lin Xu couldn't help it, ran a few steps, ran to the corner and vomited wildly. As soon as he vomited like this, Gou's Junshu almost spit it out, but he swallowed what came to his throat alive. Slowly dragging his steps, he walked to Lin Xu's side and patted him on the back.
Lin Xu gradually stopped vomiting, raised his hand and waved, Junshu helped him turn around and walked back to the original crowd, Mr. Xu hurriedly took out the two water bladders that Lin Xu carried out and handed them over. Lin Xu took it, rinsed his mouth, and drank two sips of water, only then did he feel much better.
After relieving himself, Lin Xu had the strength to raise his eyes to look at the people beside him. I saw that all the stewards of the Rejuvenation Hall were gathered here, and no one made a sound, but they all looked at them with the same eyes. The eyes of those young men are admiration and adoration, and the eyes of those stewards are a little more complicated, but there is more gratitude and praise!
Liao Hai also leaned over silently. Stretched out his hand and patted Yang Shumeng's shoulder, but did not speak, but gave a big thumb to the Lin family!
The battle outside the carriage guard circle did not last long, but after a quarter of an hour, the sound of fighting outside gradually subsided.
Liao Hai was the first to stand up and walk towards the carriage to check the battle situation, and then Lin Xu and the others also stood up......
Then, I heard a dart master outside yelling: ", this is the war horse captured by Lao Tzu, don't rob Lao Tzu with Lao Tzu!" ”
A loud shout made the inside and outside of the carriage barrier quiet for a moment at the same time, and then, a particularly wanton and bold daxiao exploded!
Although everyone has just walked back and forth on the line of life and death, it is inevitable that they will be ecstatic in their hearts if they can survive, but they all know that it is not suitable to express this kind of joy here and now.
After laughing, Liao Hai and Li Zhenbei coordinated and dispatched separately, the dart masters were responsible for taking care of the battlefield, and the stewards were responsible for counting the goods and sorting out the vehicles and horses.
The situation was urgent just now, and many of the car covers were cut with knives, and there was no time to repair them at this time. There are also people who have been hit by falling rocks before. It's just that the things are destroyed, they are all people who come out together, so they have to help collect the bones!
The big guys work together and go all out, and the speed of sorting it out is also fast. In a short time, the carriage was already set. Li Zhenbei and the dart masters also cleaned up the battlefield. He came back with more than a dozen horses that had not run away, and they were all carrying some weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows on their backs. Those bandits were here to rob, and they probably didn't have much property with them. Or, with a little silver taels, the one who probably cleaned up the battlefield laughed at it.
After everyone had counted and sorted out, they gathered in one place, and then they had to leave this valley of death as soon as possible, facing the stones blocking the valley entrance.
Fortunately, these stones rolled down from the top of the mountain with great momentum, but the volume was not large, and the small one could be moved, and the big two people could carry it. In order to flee for their lives, everyone had infinite strength at this time, and rushed up, but in the blink of an eye, the exit of the valley was cleared a passage for horses and vehicles, and the carriages of the caravan began to drive out of the valley in an orderly manner.
The first driver to drive out of the valley mouth, looking at the suddenly bright world, couldn't help shouting: "I'm finally out...... Woohoo......"
A shout didn't fall, and he couldn't help but squat on the wheel and cry.
The people who followed behind approached Taniguchi, who were originally excited and excited, but when they heard the cry, they all fell silent. Then the carriages drove out of the valley one by one, but no one shouted or anything. There were only a few young guys, who walked from life and death, and when they saw the blue sky and green land, they couldn't help crying, but they all cried quietly, and no one howled loudly anymore.
The caravan did not dare to stop for a moment when it left the valley, and drove the horses all the way north. After walking for nearly two hours in one breath, and about a hundred miles away from the valley, Liao Hai discussed with Li Zhenbei and chose to stop by a bubble with clear water quality.
Although it was rare to cross the valley mouth alive, the mood in the caravan was not high, and everyone was very quiet and silent.
The order to rest on the spot was passed, and the entire convoy lost its previous cheers and laughter. When the cart stopped in order, they quietly followed the usual practice and went about their duties, some burying pots to cook, some boiling water, and some unloading the cart to drink and feed the horses...... There were some positions that were missing, and there was no one shouting, and immediately someone silently took over.
was in distress in the valley before, and then fled in a panic, so that many people were more or less hung up, and now they should be bandaged and cleaned up as soon as possible, and some healing medicine should be applied.
At this time, after everyone in the Lin family checked each other, they found that everyone was embarrassed, Lin Xu tore off one of his sleeves and made a strip of cloth, not to mention that other people's clothes were also damaged, even Mr. Xu, who has always been the most neatly dressed, also tore a hole in the front hem of his robe and stained with a few gray stains. After some inspection, it was found that Lin Xu, Junshu and Chengzi were all injured, among which Junshu was the most seriously injured, with a large cut on his left arm, and the entire sleeve and left placket were stained with blood. The wound Junshu himself wrapped it urgently with a strip of cloth, but the bleeding stopped, but he did not clean up the medicine.
Healing medicine and alcohol, before leaving, Qiu Chen prepared a small portion for their own use, and went to the carriage to find it at this time.
Undo the strip of cloth on Junshu's arm, revealing a large mouth nearly two inches long, because of the long time, the skin and flesh are a little turned out, revealing the red flesh inside.
Lin Xu's appetite surged for a while, and he almost vomited again, and Chengzi automatically asked: "I'll come!" ”
As he spoke, he stepped forward with a small bottle of alcohol, dipped it in alcohol with Qiu Chenbeihaode's soft cotton cloth, first cleaned up the blood stains on the periphery and periphery of the wound, and then poured alcohol to rinse the wound. When the alcohol touched the wound, it was a hot burning pain, which made Junshu's face white, but he bit his lip tightly and didn't say a word, but large beads of sweat quickly oozed from his forehead and sideburns, showing the severe pain he endured.
Fortunately, the burning pain of alcohol came and went quickly, but after a dozen breaths, the severe pain gradually subsided. Chengzi took a small bottle of healing medicine, sprinkled the fine powder evenly on the wound, and took the same Qiu Chenbei haode clean cotton cloth strip over, and bandaged Junshu carefully.
Junshu and Lin Xu's clothes were so torn that they couldn't wear them, so Chengzi went to the car and took out two clean clothes and changed them for the two.
Lin Xu also relieved himself, hugged Junshu a little embarrassed, took Chengzi to look around the caravan, and helped a few seriously injured people clean up and bandage their wounds.
Everyone healed and cleaned up, and gradually settled down.
The Lin family and Mr. Xu's master and servant were also busy, unloading the cart, drinking the horses, feeding the horses, boiling water and cooking. The cooking in the caravan was a group of eight to ten people, and although the Lin family and the Xu family were only six people, they automatically formed a group.
Junshu was going to lead the horse to drink the horse and feed the horse, but he was picked up by Yang Shumeng and Lin Xu, and only let him rest in place. The old servant of the Xu family was also frightened just now, and he was not very relaxed, so Mr. Xu asked him to take care of the firewood and boil water and cook with Chengzi.
The placement was almost over, Lin Xu, Yang Shumeng and Mr. Xu discussed a few words with each other, and walked towards the Zuihou end of the convoy together. Several wagons carrying the bodies of the victims followed the procession.
Nearly thousands of miles away from home, it is impossible to transport it back like this, they only have two choices, either bury them on the spot or bring the ashes back! In view of the custom of returning to the roots, as long as there is time, the latter will be chosen, so that the deceased can return to their hometown and enter their ancestral grave, so that their souls can return to their hometown and settle in the earth!
Lin Xu and the three of them went, and it didn't take long for several carriages to leave the camp and walk sideways to the depths of the grassland. After about an hour, it was dark, and Lin Xu and the three returned to the station with a look of sadness and exhaustion.
Chengzi and Junshu hurriedly reheated the three of them and let them eat. Everyone didn't have much to say, and arranged the order of night watch, and everyone wrapped themselves in quilts or furs, got into the carriage, or leaned on the prostrate horses, and fell asleep.
I slept for an unknown amount of time, when suddenly the silence of the night was shattered by the sound of horses' hooves.
Everyone woke up like frightened birds. Only to find that the fire was extinguished at some point, and in the dark and dreary heaven and earth, only the stars in the sky were still shining, indifferently looking down on the earth and the human beings on the earth.
Liao Hai and Li Zhenbei's voices sounded at the first time.
"Don't panic, everyone is looking for their own carts and horses, and ...... carts"
"Don't panic, don't panic, maybe it's our Ming army......"
Not too high, but calming the voice calmed people's panicked emotions. Everyone began to find the carriage and horse they were responsible for and got busy.
Li Zhenbei and Liao Hai settled everyone, and after looking at each other, they walked out of the camp in line and walked in the direction of the sound of horses' hooves.
After a battle in the valley, their crossbow arrows were exhausted, and although they picked up some, they were only three or four out of ten of the total. They estimated that the Lin family's big killing weapon should be almost used, and even if there were, there wouldn't be too much.
What's more, two experienced people have already made a judgment from the sound of horses' hooves, no matter what kind of identity the person comes, but it is definitely not a team, according to the sound of hooves, at least seven or eight hundred, or even thousands!
As far as their caravan is concerned, even if the previous combat strength is full, there is still a possibility of survival against a small group of bandits, if it is against thousands of cavalry......
They don't have the possibility of doing work at all, not at all!
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Khan, it's just a chapter when it's written...... Table shooting, wood things, this time it's all wood things......