Chapter 11 Group Archery
The man on the raft seemed to be shrewd and experienced, and did not rush forward during the daylight as he approached and spotted the shore. Instead, he re-operated the oars and retreated to a distance of more than twenty miles from the hill that barely saw the island.
When dusk came, he commanded thirty-two sturdy foreigners to quietly advance to the island for an hour or so, and disembarked at nightfall.
It's just that because of the preparation and mobilization of Yang Tian and others, a total of more than 120 young men drawn out by more than ten clans on the island still passed in the night, and soon after the sky gradually brightened, they discovered a strong enemy on the island and surrounded them from all directions.
Yang Tian was very optimistic about the combat effectiveness of this long-standing and very civilized and backward island tribe, especially when he saw that these foreigners who came to the island at night were almost fully armed with shields, javelins and even stone ropes, and also had unique ornaments.
It's just that Yang Tian only ordered the twenty-two warriors of the Ying clan to stay back a little, and he didn't plan to avoid the conflict when mobilizing everyone for a decisive battle.
In Yang Tian's view: four times the strength is at least sixteen times the advantage, although in the face of these opponents who are fierce and experienced at first glance, and have experienced natives in modern conflicts in later generations, there is not much chance of victory, but with the cooperation of the people led by themselves, it is different.
At least: although these fierce and strong enemies already have the consciousness of being equipped with simple wooden shields, and seem to have a certain sense of tactical formation, they are still unwilling to wear armor in the heat, and they do not have metal weapons, and they have not yet reached the point where they are still simple and obedient layman recruits cannot deal with them.
The people of the various clans on the island did not understand the significance of training and experience, and thought that fighting with these things that were not new might not have much to lose. The significance of the numerical advantage may be decisive.
"You should have come at night with bad intentions. You uninvited guests are not welcome on the island! After consulting with several grandmothers from the various clans, a brave young envoy approached the dark-skinned beasts, whose shields were painted with strange beast heads, and seemed to be fairly safe.
However, before the young messenger could shout something, the stone flew like an arrow, and the young man who had not dodged was hit by the stone in his shoulder, and almost instantly fell to the ground and fainted.
Subsequently, twenty-two of the thirty-two strong enemies who had already set up their positions pressed in the rear, and ten pioneers scattered in the front line of the two loose columns, and continued to attack with fierce stone throws. Ten slings are skilled at firing a wave of stone bullets in two breaths.
A total of three waves of stone bullet attacks in just a few seconds caused the dense hundreds of Ding Zhuang on the island to be knocked down by nearly sixteen people. With almost no shield to resist, almost no one who has been shot can get back up in a short time.
The battle between the two sides in a hurry was made clear in a short period of time because of the huge gap between the two sides in their sense of imminence and even in all aspects of preparation.
It's just that at this moment, Yang Tian saw that the soldiers around him and in front of him were quite resolute, and the speed of the stone bullet was not faster than the bow and arrow he had prepared these days, so he did not decide to order a passive avoidance of battle, but ordered the entire team to move in the direction of the flank and back, preparing to face these strong enemies alone, and retreat in a loose formation while fighting.
At this moment, those strong enemies who had come to the island also seemed to see that a group of people in wooden armor were unusual, and they were approaching quickly with fierce momentum.
Although Yang Tian felt a lot of pressure at this time, he did not hesitate after all. With a short, stout-looking bow, he fired a swift arrow.
Although the hands of the Infant have improved these days, the single bows produced are still crude. If you use a short bow to light arrows, you can't exert the power of a compound bow at all.
It's just that even so, the direction of the light arrow of the blood-colored arrow feather body seems to have pointed to an opponent who is relatively far ahead.
In the previous days, the most important training direction of Yang Tian and his more than 20 soldiers was the "cluster archery" in skirmishers. If you fire your own arrows, at least three groups of twenty-one archers who have already been divided into groups will shoot with you.
And there is also a doorway: the seven archers in the middle group shoot after themselves, the left group from left to right, and the right group from right to left. Within a group, there is also a general division of labor.
In this way, when firing in a row, 21 arrows can be fired at different directions on the left and right of the same target at a distance of about 40 meters on the estimated distance of the second speed, forming a cross-sector coverage. In this way, even in the face of a very clever person, it is impossible to avoid the covering.
A month of cooperative archery training, coupled with the unique seriousness of the infant warriors, made up for the lack of intelligence, and they have gradually become proficient.
In this way, Yang Tian pointed to the target with his unique arrows like Mao Dun Shan Yu, and the others spread out cross-shot coverage in a familiar way.
In the small-scale skirmish projection at a distance of forty meters, whether it is a sling thrown by a strong enemy, or an arrow shot by one's own side, it is easy to dodge, or even a single group.
However, such a skillful and regular volley of fire was something that the approaching strong enemy had never thought of at all. It lasted about half a minute, and he was shooting and retreating. Under Yang Tian's organization, five rounds of volleys were launched.
Although many of the opponents who were directly attacked blocked the arrows with their shields, the enemy groups that were not within the range of the "concentrated fire" had sporadic arrows in the lower legs.
In this way, the one hundred and five arrows fired by Yang Tian and the others were not counted as being blocked and lost by the shield, and a total of four opponents were shot, and none of the hundreds of slings that flew over one after another hit.
The bows and arrows used by Yang Tian and others were only three or four buckets, and the standard of one-third of the main force of Qi Jiguang or the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty township soldiers are not as good, or stone clusters. However, even if such an arrow hits the exposed part of a shirtless person, it can almost open the door to see blood.
In the process of retreating and advancing, the distance between the two sides has also narrowed to a distance of about twenty meters, and it seems that the pressure on the continuous flying stones has begun to make people feel a lot of pressure.
Although it can almost dodge in skirmishers, it is not so easy. If you don't prepare for concentrated melee combat at this time, you have to take an adventure: bet that the opponent is not as fast as you are.
Yang Tian finally made a decision: since the Infant Clan's warriors had the morale to use and were convinced of themselves, they were still able to execute some tactics that seemed complicated.
At this time, Yang Tian pretended to shoot three light blood-colored arrows together with a short bow. Three blood arrows that were not in the fantasy world fell to the ground in just a few steps in this case.
However, this was like a final command, ordering the crowd to launch a "reverse seven or three rows of shots". In the other set of seven groups, one person selects the target with a red feather arrow, and the other two aim at the target to the left and right.
In the blink of an eye, twenty-one arrows flew towards the seven powerful enemies who were approaching. Just when the approaching strong enemy was still dodging the arrows, Yang Tian issued an order to disperse and retreat. The twenty or so warriors with the wooden shield behind them retreated towards the position of the infant camp.