Chapter 72: Why Did You Die?
"Knock Knock ......"
The sound of feather arrows hitting the shield kept ringing, and the mountain thieves who hunted for a living in the cottage had accurate archery, and from time to time there were feather arrows that avoided the round shields in the hands of the soldiers, and "shot" their "exposed" legs.
The arrows made of bones and stones pierced into the legs of the soldiers, and the Cao army wailed for a while, and the soldiers were shaken and did not dare to move forward.
Liao Hua held the shield, looked at the panicked appearance of the soldiers, and reminded the order: "Everyone carefully protect their heads, the archers fight back!" ”
More than a dozen archers came out of Cao's army, and under the cover of several soldiers raising shields, they launched an attack on the cottage.
The power of the arrows that are "shot" far exceeds the soft bows of the bandits, but the arrows used are as simple as the opponent's bone and stone arrows.
The skeletal arrows of the Cao archers, under the action of powerful foot bows, could easily "shoot" through the simple hides of the bandits and pierce their flesh, but it was difficult to kill them.
The bandit's soft bow and bone arrows faced the shield, and there was no way at all, even if they "shot" the legs and feet of the soldiers through the gap, they would not penetrate deep into the flesh.
"Ahh My feet! ”
From time to time, Cao Jun was hugged by his feet and cried out in pain, and then he was carried out by his companions beyond the "shooting" range, and then he returned to the main army on his own.
The two sides went back and forth, and after a quarter of an hour of "shooting", Cao Jun paid more than ten people to be injured, and finally came to the bottom of the wall at turtle speed.
"Bang~"
He was greeted by dozens of sharpened bamboo spears flying over, and Cao Jun was staggered by the huge force of the bamboo spears.
"On the yellow flag! Build a ladder! Liao Hua commanded without panic.
The six Shanyue banner soldiers with the yellow flag carried three ladders and put them on the wall, and the bandits hurriedly pushed them.
Liao Hua picked up a stone on the ground and hit a bandit who was about to draw a bow and shoot an arrow, and the thief screamed in pain and fell off the nine-foot-high wall.
"Tie him up! Remove! ”
One of the two soldiers raised their heads and one raised their feet, carrying the stunned bandit and running.
In this way, seeing that he was about to attack the cottage, Liao Hua withdrew with a prisoner.
made the bandits suspicious, and the leader of the bandits was even more 'touchable', and said to a small leader next to him: "Where is this Cao Jun?" ”
The little leader is more stunned than him, but he has an innate ability to pat himself on the back: "It must be the other party's general who was scared away by the heroism of the leader!" ”
As soon as Liao Hua retreated, Wang Shuang led a song of soldiers to kill him again.
The little boss who was still patting his ass just now was embarrassed, and the leader of the cottage didn't have time to pursue it, so he continued to devote himself to command.
In the same way, Cao Jun attacked under the wall, but Wang Shuang's method was even more surprising, directly throwing out a long-chain meteor hammer, like a horse, trapping a bandit leader on the wall, pulling him down, tying him up and leaving.
Leaving behind a bewildered bandit.
Wang Shuang retreated, Cao Qing went up, and then Ma Zhong, Gao Sheng, Cao Ou, etc., a total of thirteen teams took turns to go to the last time, and each time they found a way to tie up a thief and left.
The sky has reached dusk, and the sun, which has been watching all day playing, has fallen down the mountain boringly, leaving a colorful sunset in the sky, which continues to shine on the earth.
As the fourteenth team and the last team, Cao Xiang took more than two hundred days off, and like the sun, the soldiers who watched the play for a day were not as nervous as the first team led by Liao Hua.
The first thirteen Cao armies told them that the bandits were not a big deal, not only were they poorly equipped and had a small bow and arrow strength, but even if they were accidentally hit by an arrow, the bone arrows "shot" by the soft bow could only barely "shoot" through the thick winter pants, and then cut a little skin, it looked like an arrow was rubbing on the foot, which was very scary, but in fact there was nothing at all.
One by one, they attacked the cottage without hurry, and most of the thieves in the cottage were wounded and wounded.
Cao Jun always attacked under the wall, set up a ladder, but always in the final break of the city but withdrew, more than 100 bandits fought for a day, the grain of rice did not enter, the drip of water did not touch, already hungry and thirsty, exhausted, even the strength to draw the bow is gone, even if there is, the cottage has no arrows to use.
Cao Xiang commanded the army to change all the square shields that were more tightly covered, first walked to the range of bows and arrows at will, and slowly assembled in formation, and when they were only twenty-five steps away from the wall, the formation changed dramatically.
"Whoosh~"
More than ten sharpened bamboos "shot" at the shield array, and were ruthlessly bounced away, but Cao Xiang did not enter the shield array, but was very shameless and guarded by several soldiers with shields, hiding outside the "shooting" range of the bamboo.
At this time, he was shouting the slogan: "One, two, three, four, one......"
The shield was too dense, like a turtle shell, and it was a dusk with bad light, and the soldiers in the turtle shell had poor vision, Cao Xiang naturally took up his eyes and stood outside to command, and the turtle shell slowly advanced according to his slogan.
On the wall, the bandit leader felt that his whole body was sticky, and he thought to himself, after this wave, he would be able to go back to his room to rest as soon as it got dark, and he even thought clearly about which person to sleep with at night.
"Peng~Peng~"
The sound of an axe chopping wood sounded, and the bandit leader woke up from his dream and shouted, "What's the matter? ”
"Boss, the other party seems to be cutting down the wall!" The little boss replied.
The bandit leader stretched out his neck anxiously to look down, most of his body leaned out of the wall, and Cao Xiang seized the opportunity to "shoot" it with an arrow.
The leader of the nervous breakdown was completely unaware, and the feather arrow "shot" into his abdomen, and fell to the top of a stone like a green onion, and suddenly his neck was broken, and he was killed on the spot, becoming the first person to die in the whole war.
"General! He's dead! The two of them were ready to tie up, and then the yellow flag soldiers who had withdrawn shouted.
"What? So we've got to catch another one! That's unlucky! Cao Xiang exclaimed.
At this time, the cottage was "chaotic", shouting one by one: "The leader is dead!" The boss is dead! Run, everybody! ”
As soon as this sentence came out, Cao Xiang threw the bow on the ground angrily, his face full of remorse: "What's wrong with you, how good it would be for the soldiers to tie one up by themselves!" You have to rest in a hurry and come by yourself! I can't sleep even if I want to go back to sleep now! ”
Not only Cao Xiang, but even Cao Zhen, who had already begun to order his subordinates to camp, was also depressed:
"Why did you die? How so? I'm thinking about practicing for a few more days! If you die, when will I be able to lead an army of 3,000 again! ”
Cao Peli, who had harmed everyone to be the big soldier, said speechlessly: "The bandits have fled, should we kill them now, or eat and sleep first, and talk about it tomorrow morning?" ”