Chapter 33: Be braver

"Saburo, Saburo..."

The familiar voice woke Ma Yue from his sleep.

"It's the third watch, sober up, let's go kill people."

Then, he saw Guan Yu's resolute face. The evening breeze of the summer night blew away his sleepiness, he yawned when he stood up, slapped his palm on his face a few times and completely woke up, everyone gradually woke up, and he didn't see the horse playing with him, so he asked Guan Yu, "Where is Brother Monkey?" Why didn't you see him. ”

Guan Yu flicked his fingers on the blade of the knife and made a crisp buzzing sound, and he said, "The monkey has gone to keep an eye on it, and it is estimated that it will be back soon." ”

As he was talking, he saw Ma Play open the bushes and came over, showing joy: "The guys are all asleep, and there is only one scout standing on the roof of the house to keep an eye on, and there is a dead corner that he can't see." Let's check the swords and bows again, now is the good chance. ”

A group of Qiang people sharpened their knives as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and Ma Yue asked while installing crossbow arrows: "Is Brother Monkey sure to kill that stalker quietly?" ”

Ma Yu squinted and smiled: "Wait a while to see your monkey brother's ability." ”

Ma Yue Guan Yu Ma played with three people without bows and arrows, Guan Yu with two ring knives, one long and one short, Ma Yu did not take a long knife, with two daggers stuck in his waist and ran out, Ma Yue held a crossbow in his left hand and a ring knife in his right hand with Guan Yu Cheng Huan led a group of Qiang people to follow.

Ma Yue was worried that the Qiang people would harm the horses if they didn't listen to the order, so he said to Cheng Huan: "Brother Huan, tell the brothers, watch the horses play with gestures for a while, and then shoot arrows when they get their hands dirty, don't startle the snake." ”

Cheng Huan nodded in agreement, and the group walked towards the village with small steps, and saw the horses playing with vigorous posture and rushing forward, and the body was partially hidden in the shadow of the house, not to mention the Xianbei scout standing sleepy on the roof, and his own people behind him who had a slightly worse eyesight couldn't see his figure clearly.

In the blink of an eye, Ma Play slipped under the nose of the Xianbei scout, and five steps away were a few Xianbei people who were sleeping together, but Ma Yu took out a dagger from his arms and shook his hand and moved his wrist, and then he grabbed the eaves with one hand and sent his body to the roof, which instantly appeared in front of the Xianbei scout.

The Xianbei scout was taken aback by this sudden turn of events, he was sleepy and dozing off, and he was still fighting with his mental eyelids, when suddenly the horse jumped up and scared him into a rage.

Ma Yu smiled softly at him, and the Xianbei scout's eyes were puzzled, he didn't remember that he knew this Han man in leather armor, and then he saw the Han man raise his hand and the blade flashed, and the sharp blade slashed through his throat.

The horse who had won the blow fell down to catch the corpse and lightly placed it on the roof, and then waved his hand to Ma Yue and the others, who were hiding fifty steps away.

Ma Yue waved his hand, and everyone drew their bows and arrows and approached slowly, fifty steps, thirty steps, twenty steps...

"A little closer... Come closer... Steady... Steady..."

They moved very lightly and slowly, and finally got close to these Xianbei people.

"It's now!"

Twenty steps away from the Xianbei people, Ma Yue waved his hand, and dozens of arrows shot out.

Ma Yue had never seen dozens of archers stretching their bows and arrows at the same time, and he finally understood why the Qin and Han dynasties forbade civilians to hold bows and crossbows. More than thirty sharp arrows shot out, and the sharp arrows reflected the bonfire like meteors in the night sky.

"Poof!" "Poof!" "Poof!"

A series of sharp weapons into the flesh sounded, and the Xianbei people were awakened, but few could stand up. Ma Yu jumped down from the wall and pounced on a Xianbei man who was just about to stand up and draw his knife, and stabbed out with a dagger in his hand.

Blood splattered his face, and he leaped to the next target.

A group of Qiang people shot a round of bows and arrows, then abandoned the bow casually, pulled out the scimitar at their waists, howled and shouted and rushed over, Guan Yu had already launched a charge when everyone shot arrows, and the huge body holding the long and short knife in both hands was like a tiger entering the flock, and no one could stop Xianbei.

Cheng Huan looked like Cheng Yin when he fought, with a beard and a cruel smile, and the scimitar in his hand was waved to take away one life after another, and suddenly his ankle was tight, and he was dragged down and pounced on a hideous face.

The captain of the Xianbei scout in leather armor was not pierced by an arrow, and at this time he was holding a short knife and taking Cheng Huan directly!

"Poof!"

A crossbow bolt pierced his forehead, revealing the bloody tip of the arrow, and the smirk came to an abrupt halt, and his whole body lost strength. The frightened Cheng Huan turned his head, and Ma Yue had already put down his crossbow and walked over with a long knife.

Cheng Huan got up from the ground, cold sweat had soaked his back, the scene just now was too terrifying for him. The battle was drawing to a close, and the Qiang people crossed the corpses to mend their swords against the wailing enemy.

"Saburo, thank you."

The Scout Captain's strength was too great to drag him down with a single hand, and he had no power to fight back against him.

Ma Yue nodded and did not speak.

He was wearing leather armor, and of course he knew the composition and protection of leather armor. The strips of leather made of double layers of animal skins are sewn together layer upon layer, and the steel knife is difficult to cut with little force. The force of the arrow is small, and it can penetrate, but after all, it is blocked by layers of barriers, and the Qiang people use soft hunting bows that children can pull apart. If the bow is not strong, it can only cause effective damage to unarmored targets, and although it can penetrate on leather armor, it is inevitable that the damage will be greatly reduced.

There is a distinction between Han Dynasty armor, the armor is iron armor, and the armor is leather armor. In a battle of 10,000 people, 100 of them are in armor and 1,000 in armor is already a large proportion. Under the county system, most of the soldiers were temporarily recruited, just like Ma Teng, who came to fight and left after the battle. Very few people are equipped with armor, and it is usually nice to have a weapon.

Ma Yue pulled out the arrows and rubbed them clean on the enemy's clothes and put them back in the quiver, he didn't lose any of the ten arrows given to him by the guard, he kept them all, and collected the arrows every time he ran out, and he could use them next time when he had time. Consumables are used to the maximum extent by him.

Despite the fact that there is no chance of firing all ten crossbow arrows at once.

The fight was almost one-sided, no one was injured, and the Xianbei people who had just woken up from their sleep were slaughtered before they could organize an effective resistance.

Thirteen heads were cut off and stacked on the side, and corpses were thrown into a bonfire and burned. Ma Yue dipped his stick in blood and wrote his name in the clearing. He knew his brothers would see it if they passed by.

In this battle, they suffered no casualties, broke the Xianbei squad of thirteen people, and captured thirteen horses, seven ring knives, a six-stone strong crossbow and sixteen crossbow arrows, and some dried meat.

Ma Yue twisted his nose, he was disgusted by the atmosphere, the corpses were emitting black smoke by the campfire, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell.

"Take the things and lead the horse, let's leave immediately, since we have seen the Xianbei scouts, it is easy to run into a large army if we go further." Ma Yue wiped the cold sweat on his face with his sleeve and said, "The road behind, be more careful." ”

The bonfire reflected the boy's face. He'd seen a lot of death, and he was still terrified and afraid, but it was this fear... Make him braver.