Chapter Seventy-Four: Calming the Army's Mind
"Boom!"
Under Fang Lajun's frightened eyes, the hundreds of crossbow arrows had already struck above their heads like flying locusts.
Even if you stand a few hundred meters away, you can hear the screams of Fang Lajun, and under the sweep of this rain of arrows, the scene is almost a one-sided massacre.
In particular, Fang La was determined to win, and arranged the army into a phalanx to chase Dong Ping, so the density of these thousands of people can be imagined.
Under the merciless strafing of the hundred black crossbow machines, in just a moment, the disciples standing in the front row, more than 400 people, all fell to the ground in the blink of an eye, as if they were cutting wheat!
Dong Ping sat on his horse and stared at Fang La's formation with a calm expression.
The Condor Crossbow, an improved version of the Golden Swallow Crossbow, holds 100 rounds of crossbow arrows, and the length of this crossbow arrow is actually not much larger than a bullet.
Because of this, this crossbow machine can fire a terrifying five rounds of crossbow arrows!
In other words, the first round of firing of the hundred Condor crossbows just now fired a total of 500 crossbow arrows!
This is also the finale trump card he got last time he exhausted all his net worth, and it is also the confidence that he dared to challenge with more than 1,000 people and Fang La and even the entire Hangzhou!
With bursts of screams, Fang Lajun also began to panic gradually.
Although these people are brave and ruthless outlaws, after all, the military discipline is relatively loose, and there is still a big gap between them and the regular army.
Seeing his companion suddenly die in front of him, even though these people are usually ruthless, they are also trembling slightly with fright!
"Everyone, come with me and surround me from three sides!"
Dong Ping shouted, picked up the gilded twin guns in his hands, sat down with his legs, and galloped towards the front of the Fang La army.
Seeing that the commander was bravely taking the lead, the Dongping army was full of enthusiasm, and raised their weapons like a tsunami to follow Dong Ping, shouting at Fang Lajun and killing all the way.
"Boom!"
The Condor crossbow was launched again, and after this burst of shooting, the hundred cavalry put away their crossbow arrows, took out their spears, and surrounded the side of the Fang La army.
This is also the shortcoming of the Condor crossbow, due to the material problems of this era, the crossbow machine produced can only fire three rounds of crossbows, and it must be stopped to dissipate heat, otherwise the crossbow body will not be able to withstand the strong recoil and collapse directly!
"Kill!"
Dong Ping held a gilded gun, rushed into the square formation, only felt happy, the fighting spirit was booming, and suddenly turned on the adrenaline, the double guns in his hands were like turning over the river and stirring the sea, killing people in the crowd, no one could go through the second round in front of him!
Si Xingfang saw a fierce general with two spears coming from the front, and was about to lead the troops to come forward to resist in person, but saw that the cavalry on the flank had already rushed over under the command of Sun Li.
At the same time, the second round of crossbow arrows had already come towards him, and in Fang La's frightened gaze, a large number of people had already been shot in a moment!
Although he had ordered everyone to disperse just now, this time, nearly three hundred people died under the terrifying rain of arrows!
"Sect Master, Dong Ping has a large number of divine arm crossbows, I am not an opponent!" Xu Guanzhong rode to Fang La's side, and said with an excited expression: "This is no longer something that we disciples can resist, and if we don't withdraw the army, the whole army will be wiped out!"
Fang La gritted his teeth and stared at the situation on the battlefield nearby.
Xu Guanzhong is right, these Mingjiao disciples were all cultivated by him, as his own Praetorian Guard, and cultivated by his own forces, if he hadn't believed Dong Ping's words, he wouldn't have let these people out!
On the battlefield at this time, the people led by Dong Ping and the archers led by Sun Li attacked twice, and the Fang La army had already lost its morale under the impact of the two rounds of the Condor crossbow, and now it was surrounded on three sides, and suddenly lost its fighting spirit, and they all hugged their heads and ran away.
"Sect Master, hurry up and order the withdrawal of troops!" Si Xingfang and Fang Tianding rushed over from afar, almost everyone had more than a dozen injuries on their bodies, and their expressions were even more terrified.
The Condor Crossbow has already planted a deep fear in the bone marrow of Fang Lajun, how can it be fought under this kind of one-sided crushing?
"It's a pity that my Mingjiao army is training in Shezhou, otherwise this Dong Ping will die without a corpse!" Fang La's face was almost extremely distorted, and he chose for a long time before he gritted his teeth and scolded angrily: "Okay, everyone, quickly withdraw from the side that is not surrounded!"
Fang Tianding and the others got Fang La's military order, and immediately asked people to convey it layer by layer, those people were already panicking around, and when they heard the withdrawal of the army, they were like lost dogs, and immediately fled to Hangzhou City in an orderly manner.
"Dong Ping, remember today's events!" Fang La pointed his sword in front and shouted in a low tone: "When I collect evidence, I will definitely report to the court and let your nine clans die!"
Dong Ping sneered: "Your Excellency is at your own convenience, you have a clear conscience, and I, Dong Ping, will accompany you at any time in Dongping Mansion!"
Fang La snorted coldly, turned around and led the men and horses to the city and gradually retreated, and sent Si Xingfang and Xu Fang to lead two thousand troops to the queen of the palace.
Seeing Fang La's men and horses dissipate in sight, Dong Ping turned back to Zhu Wu and the others and said, "Brothers, this battle is thanks to your great help, Dong Ping is here to thank you!"
After speaking, Dong Ping dismounted, knelt on one knee in front of hundreds of people, and clasped his hands into fists.
For a moment, everyone was almost stunned, but Tang Bin reacted the fastest, stepped forward and helped Dong Ping up, and said in a trembling tone: "Big brother, as the commander of the three armies, why do you have to do this!"
Dong Ping stood up, shook his head slightly, and said with a serious face: "I can't say that, I privately moved troops to the Great Song City, dragging down the brothers, not to mention, and even burdening you with the charge of being an anti-thief, I will put my words here today, all of this is borne by me alone, and it has nothing to do with you!"
"Big brother, what are you talking about!" Tang Bin shouted angrily, smashed his fist into the nearby gun, and said with a solemn face: "We are soldiers just to follow you, big brother, who cares about the dog emperor!"
"Brother Tang is right!" Liu Yun also raised his arm and shouted: "We only know my brother in this life, we don't know the dog emperor, and those who are willing to follow Brother Dong to live and die together will raise their right arm with me!"
In an instant, those people were almost excited, especially the five hundred cavalrymen, who threw down their weapons one after another, raised their right arms and shouted loudly: "We are willing to follow Brother Dong in this life, if there is a violator, we should die under the sword!"
The others were silent for a moment, and then raised their arms in agreement, and the tsunami on the battlefield suddenly roared and the voices swore loyalty.
Although these people are all from low-level mud legs, they are not stupid, the meaning of Dong Ping's words is obvious, this is already testing their position!
As a member of the Great Song army, most of them have been mixed in Dongping for more than ten years, not to mention fame and fortune, and even the monthly salary has been deducted by the imperial court.
Since three months ago, Dong Ping has paid their military salaries according to the amount of money paid by himself, and those who have achieved military merit have been promoted, and the rewards and punishments are clear, and naturally no one is dissatisfied.
Especially this time, these Condor crossbows issued to them by Dong Ping are so powerful, this battle is not unpleasant!
Follow Dong Ping, what else is there to fear in this part of Shandong in the future?
In this kind of world, it is better to follow Dong Ping with all his heart and live comfortably.
Of course, these people just thought that Dong Ping's words meant that he wanted to support the army and respect himself, pull the mountain, and so on.
Therefore, they are eager to stand in line, so as not to doubt Dong Ping's loyalty.