Chapter 64: Rain of Arrows
The archers achieved great results in the third stage of shooting, which greatly boosted the morale of the army, and the thieves were in chaos. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
By this time the archers had already fired two rounds, fired six rows of arrows, and shot ninety-eight arrows.
Their results were outstanding, with ninety-eight arrows hitting a total of ninety-two bandits, and although there were also reasons why these archers were quite good at archery, Yang He's three-stage shooting order contributed a lot, which greatly stabilized their mood and allowed them to maximize their abilities.
Of course, there are too many bandits, and hundreds of people are crowded together is also an important reason.
When they approached, they only kept a slightly faster pace than normal walking, which was about 1.5 meters per second, one step per second.
Walking slowly like this, although you can save your physical strength, but in the face of the sharp archers here, they have become big targets.
For a while, the row of arrows was fired, and the thieves screamed again and again, and the bandits kept falling.
There are also quite old thieves inside.
Yang He and Jiu Ye had no missing arrows, they each shot six arrows, killed and wounded eleven old thieves, sword and shield hands, archers, and firearms hands.
Even if the old thief's shield is tightly covered, and the head and face are protected, he shoots them in the legs and feet, making them hold their legs and shout in place, losing their combat effectiveness.
There is also Qian Sanniang, the daughter of the Ninth Master, who is also very fierce, she shot two arrows, each arrow hit the neck of a thief sword and shield hand, causing them to roll on the ground and twitch and struggle.
Not to mention the rest of the ordinary bandits, five or six hundred thieves poured in, and nearly 100 people were killed and injured at once, and the loss reached 20%.
Therefore, they were panicked in horror, and the casualties of the infantry and thieves in the special battle were too great, and they dispatched more than 30 people, and nearly half of them were killed and wounded at once, and the sword and shield hand in the inner was swept away faster.
These people ran ahead and died faster.
panicked, the backbone is seriously damaged, and this wave of bandits is about to collapse!
The horse thieves on Zhang Fangyu's side were also dumbfounded, the first time they saw the power of the arrows, they were about to collapse before they got closer to thirty steps?
Suddenly, Zhang Fangyu roared angrily, he took the bow in his hand, opened the bow and pulled the arrow, and the Bali Chenzhou bow creaked.
"Whoosh".
Arrows whistled sharply.
An axe-wielding bandit who was screaming in terror and trying to flee backwards was shot through the neck and then rolled on the ground and struggled desperately, clutching his neck and breathless.
"Death to all who dare to retreat!"
Zhang Fangyu roared, and ordered all the thieves to go up, and the old thieves in the battle slashed and killed any bandits who dared to retreat and escape, and the archers and firearms in the thieves also approached and covered the shooting.
He didn't believe it, there were only dozens of people in the dart bureau, more than 1,000 people in his army, and nearly 100 elite horsemen, and he couldn't take it down.
Yang He's team was naturally ignored by him, and he could see at a glance that most of the refugee teams of women and children had gathered somewhere, and the refugees and displaced people would have what combat effectiveness they would have in the face of these regular bandits?
Yang He's conductor is also regarded as someone in the dart team.
At the same time their caravan scattered, and each one drew his bow and arrow.
At this time, Yang He was about to order Minister Yang, Han Daxia, Qian Sanniang and other archers in the first row to come up and start the third round of archery, when he suddenly saw the bandits on the opposite side howling like beasts, and under the pressure of the old thieves, they held high all kinds of weapons and began to charge.
They increased their foot speed from one step per second to two or three steps per second, and at this speed, thirty or forty paces away, at most eleven or twelve seconds, can rush.
At the same time, the other half of the thieves also joined in, which can be described as a crowd of black pressure.
There were also foot soldiers and old thieves gathered together, and there were more than thirty archers inside, each taking out their bows and arrows.
There were also horse thieves in the rear, who also began to trot, each with their bows and arrows.
Yang He's heart sank, knowing that a difficult battle was coming, he shouted: "Pay attention to protection, raise your shield!" ”
The sound of the bowstrings vibrating, the clatter of arrows, and the light arrows flying in patches, they flew through the air, making a sound that broke through the air, and merged into one, like a light breeze blowing through the beautiful birch forest.
Nearly a hundred arrows flew out quickly, arrived in an instant, and fell on the head.
With a five-six-force bow, the projectile range can easily reach 150 steps, while the muzzle velocity of a light arrow is 70 or 80 meters per second, and a leap of more than 100 steps does feel like an instant.
One shield was raised, and the young and strong people in the car formation were facing the south, the young and strong old and weak on the east and west wings, and even the women and children behind the official road, all of them subconsciously obeyed when they heard Yang He's order, and raised their shields one by one.
Along the way, the old man in Wuzhong was already obedient to Yang Xiang's public words and convinced.
With the old man leading the team, the newcomers also know what to do, and they have drinking orders, which are instinctive.
People are like that, they have a strong herd mentality.
The sound of "tuk tuk" continued, and the arrows whistled over, some fell into the open space of the official road, and some fell towards the heads of the people in the car formation.
Then they were blocked by the wooden shields of each person, and there was a dull sound of arrows nailing to the planks.
Among them, in addition to blocking arrows by themselves, the killer team also had to help the archers in the array, self-generated fire soldiers and others to block arrows, but one of the team soldiers ran towards Qian Sanniang to help her block a light arrow that seemed to be falling towards her, but she threw it away.
Obviously, Qian Sanniang is not used to strange men approaching, to be honest, she is also too tall, and it is difficult for ordinary men's hands to be blocked.
She swept away the bow, and swept away the light arrow that had fallen.
With the sound of "tuk tuk", more than a dozen light arrows fell on the carriage, and the arrow feathers were nailed to the wooden planks of the body and swayed.
There was an exclamation from the little girl Wang Tian'er, followed by Wang Qiong'e's low voice of comfort, and then with a snort, she closed the car window door.
The arrows came over, some even leaped over the official road, and this side was also a shield shadow, and the younger brother and sister Ying'er Qian'er had already drilled into the back basket, and then the wooden cover was covered, which could be a good way to prevent arrows, and there were air holes on the back side of the back basket, which could be breathable.
Looking around, there are quite a lot of similar baskets here, and the children of junior high school in the woods are all getting into the baskets.
Zhao Zhongju and Sun Zhaodi held their shields, and suddenly Sun Zhaodi shouted: "Alas, ah." ”
She galloped over, and with a "tuk", an arrow that fell on a war horse just blocked it.
There were also two wings, and the young and old and weak here had shields, and they all held shields, but the wilderness wanderer did not, but he held a club, and a large shield beside him blocked it, but he did not worry that the arrows would have nowhere to dodge when they fell.
The horse thief threw it, and nearly a hundred arrows fell, and occasionally there was a muffled snort, and I don't know who was not covered by the dart board or the carriage guard, and was injured by the arrow.
But fortunately, these light arrows fell, and the injuries were not very serious.
Fortunately, with the shield of Yang He's team, the thieves' arrows fell, and everyone had equipment to protect them.
A wooden board can also save people's lives and prevent injuries.
But that's just the beginning.
The sound of the wind blowing in the birch grove was continuous, the sound of the horse thief was constantly being thrown, and the arrows came in bursts like rapid showers.
There were also more than thirty archers among the foot thieves who also began to shoot arrows, some throwing and some shooting straight.
Among them, the firearms men, also began to prepare for shooting.