Chapter 32: Sudden Appearance (II)
Is this a person who is not as good as the sky, Zhou Huaian felt that it was so easy for him to find a way to solve a hidden danger, and there was a new situation in the rear.
Originally, he still wanted to take advantage of the morale that had been greatly boosted by almost no damage, and then attack again in the gourd style of painting a scoop; Obviously, the enemy in the real battlefield will not wait in place stupidly like a strategy game, and let the player who has lost God's vision easily play each defeat.
"Monk, how good is this?"
At this time, Lao Guan, who was originally quite calm, couldn't help but show a certain panicked and anxious posture, and shouted at him with some gaffes.
"Are we trapped?"
Don't mess up, don't mess up, Zhou Huai'an silently thought about this in his heart, trying to make himself recall the performance and experience of the senior leader of the medical team known as the "old-timer" in several tribal conflicts and urban battles.
Well, it's time to find a relatively safe and sturdy shelter, and at the same time gather enough people to respond or support each other; He quickly had an idea and shouted loudly
"Gather most of the manpower."
"Let's go back first. Try to keep the camp and then say"
"If you lose the weight in the station, it's up to us people,"
"In this unfamiliar place of war, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out for long"
"Okay. . . Good.. ”
Lao Guan, who was obviously a little at a loss, hurriedly shouted loudly at the leaders gathered around him
"Do you hear it clearly, and immediately do it."
"Don't delay, or don't blame my guy for being rude"
Well, at least this guy is quite decisive and decisive when he doesn't have to make decisions; Zhou Huai'an saw him running around and scolding him, and soon drove most of the people back into the street, and the armed men could even form a loose formation.
"I don't want anything left,"
With this buffer and intermission, Zhou Huai'an had already thought about the next step and continued.
"As long as we pull the heads back."
"Then pile up the things left behind at the intersection in other directions."
"Along with the house on the side, it will be set on fire, and only the way back will be left."
At least when it comes to personal safety and compassion for the possible collateral harm caused to others, Zhou Huaian still decisively chose the former;
Then they continued to drink under Lao Guan's order, and the remaining soldiers were in front according to the sword cards, the archers were in the center, and the spearmen were behind, with both bullet pressure and to prevent the accompanying servants from running around, and disrupted their own formation, and retreated in the direction of the camp.
After driving away and dispersing a number of townspeople who ran around along the way, they finally saw the goods yard shared by the local incense merchants, and the temporary station of the sentinel food team in the center; Despite the hoarse noise and fireworks, the Camp of Fury's iconic blue flag still flutters on the top of the building.
This couldn't help but make Zhou Huai'an sigh heavily, and even Lao Guan's face looked better. At this time, he couldn't help but remind him, and Lao Guan took the initiative to shout.
"Let's go back to camp."
However, when they rushed into one of the three entrances to the yard as if they were facing a great enemy, they unexpectedly did not see any enemies, or the guards and sentry posts that should have been on duty here.
In the huge storage yard, it can be said that in addition to a few burned houses and opposite goods, there are only a few figures who are fighting fires with various utensils, and there are husbands and servants who are running out sporadically. Seeing the people who rushed back, they couldn't help but be shocked, and they actually shouted and screamed indiscriminately, running and hiding.
What's going on? What about the expected enemy and the attack? What is the reaction? Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but pause; Then he saw that Lao Guan, who was even more impatient, had rushed forward, pulled out an acquaintance who was going to the house, and roared loudly
"Sun Xiaoyan, where have all the people gone?"
"How did the camp become like this?"
At this time, those who fled and hid seemed to react, and they tried to shout.
"It's the Guan team...
"The Guan team is back"
"And the monk's deputy manager."
"That's it."
"Now there's hope."
Although the situation was unclear, under Zhou Huai'an's reminder and instructions, they quickly took over and re-closed the entrances and exits of the other two places, and re-arranged the sentry posts and defense lines. Then they worked together to extinguish the remaining fire with sand and a damp cloth.
Then, after finding out the stammering or incoherent explanations of those people in the camp, it was possible to figure out most of the situation and what happened next. There was no enemy attack, and there was no civil strife, it was purely a chain reaction caused by their own people on the other side.
Because, this group of people was anxious and attached great importance to the safety of their respective leaders, and they took away more veteran soldiers on the number they had agreed in advance, and later some people took the initiative to join them, and Deputy Lieutenant Lu couldn't restrain them at all, which led to a further decline in the guard force in the station.
Next, because of the emptiness of the power that the station could use to suppress, after they left, because the local recruits first took the opportunity to escape, some new soldiers began to flee when they heard the news, and the remaining lieutenant Lu was even more uncontrollable under his unbearable illness;
As a result, I don't know if it was the new pawn who ran to the street in a daze, and directly leaked the news and caused the thieves to launch one after another, or the movement of the people and horses who went to the city pass to answer was too big, and alarmed the hidden enemy to come out to intercept, and immediately fought in the town, and the fight became one.
It also affected the mood and atmosphere of the station, and some people even took advantage of the chaos to knock over the stove fire arranged in the open air, and the wind burned the stacked goods, and ignited the house used for accommodation on the side; If it weren't for Zhou Huai'an and the others who rushed back in time, I was afraid that the last people left behind would also run to the street in a panic.
This is really the result of making people vomit blood, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but lament, is this the natural limitation of ignorance and chaos of the peasant army itself.
Fortunately, although the fire was lit, it only burned some of the edges of the house and flammable forage and cloth, and most of the supplies and baggage were still not lost. Only when the heads were counted at last, there were only four or five hundred men, including the new pawns and servants, and the rest of the camp had already fled in the confusion.
As for the regular pawns and old pawns who were still useful, in addition to being taken away by the receiving team on the other road, there were only thirty or so archers left under Lieutenant Lu, plus the pole (spear) team that was not conducive to use in the city alleys, and the two teams were not satisfied; As for the more experienced knife players, there is not a single left.
At this time, as if the roof leak had happened to rain overnight, a hoarse shout suddenly came from the southwest entrance.
"Enemy police."
"There's a big crowd of thieves rushing over."
A moment later, Zhou Huai'an was able to stand on the edge of the roof and look at the large group of enemies who were surging along the street like a tide, they did not have a uniform uniform color or flag, only the reflection of the various blades in their hands, which was far away with a stunning smell. And the faces of the new pawns and servants who were forced to take up arms became even more earthy or colorless.
It's just that under Zhou Huai'an's strengthened eyesight, those crowds didn't have any formation and queue to speak of, and they didn't even prepare enough armor or shields, so they rushed over wearing cloth clothes or exposing their upper bodies.
"Steady, it's just some rabble"
"Shoot the sound team ready."
Behind the wooden fence and the toppled carts, hundreds of archers, lined up in four rows along the clearing, pulled their bows upwards in unison; With the sound of "put", it turned into a small buzzing sound, and a sparse rain of barely visible arrows flew out.
After a delay in breathing, some of them were lost and landed on the doors, windows, and walls of the street, but a considerable part fell in the crowd that seemed to be quite dense; After a burst of blood bloomed, in the midst of one after another screams of pain, the crowd fell down like delayed dominoes.
The rest of the people in front of them were startled as if they had just woken up from a dream, and they stopped their marching steps and became chaotic; By this time the second wave of arrows had returned, and after all the screams, the crowd of enemies in the streets had become much thinner; Only a few of them were hit by arrows, while the rest were the result of being frightened and panicked, turning around and fleeing, squeezing and knocking down.
"Raise the Flag"
And after the three rounds of sharp-shooting archers fell into some kind of temporary fatigue one after another, Zhou Huai'an suddenly drank.
Following his orders, flags and wooden poles tied with strips of cloth held up by non-combatants appeared in dense air over the surrounding walls and fences in a short time. On the other side, the enemies and crowds scattered on the streets showed obvious confusion and frightened expressions.
"Kill the thief"
"Kill the thief"
"Kill the thief"
Lao Guan, who was already fully clothed, also led all the spearmen and platoons at this time, and rushed out with a loud roar.
Half a rage, when he returned covered in fresh blood, all the spearmen and platoons were almost unscathed in a hideous excitement and triumph, for before they had even gone far before the crowds of enemies in the streets had begun to break up and scurried to flee.
So, in the end, they had to slay down some of the unlucky ones who had fallen behind, and some of the wounded who had been shot down and trampled on the ground before they died; He brought back the two lightly wounded captives.
"Well done."
Zhou Huai'an was about to praise loudly to boost morale.
At this time, the other exit of the opposite field once again came with the warning signal of an enemy attack.