Chapter 357: Rain Battle (7)
Lao Yan and Lao San, as archers, subconsciously wanted to shoot when they saw the enemy, and it was not surprising that they had such a reaction.
It's just that the two of them probably completely forgot that they are now leading the team, and when they are killed by the enemy and their own team members are chaotic, the first thing to do is to order everyone to line up and stabilize the situation.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that they are not the commanders of the team, and in addition to teaching archery and swordsmanship, they usually do not have much contact with the team members, do not understand the characteristics of this kind of army that is forbidden by orders, and have no experience of fighting together.
The two of them each chose a target, held their breath, pulled the longbow to the full, and both wanted to make a contribution with one arrow, but the three of them were all close combat, and their bodies were shaking between the team members.
After aiming for a while, there was still no good time to appear, and by the city wall, there were already a few more bandits climbing up the ladder, and the brothers simply gave up the three bandits who were fighting in the crowd, and pointed the sharp arrow at the person who had just climbed the city, intending to shoot a few people to make a threat, first stop the other party from continuing to climb up, and then go over to help.
"Smack!" Lao Yan and Lao San released the bowstring almost at the same time, but the arrow did not shoot out as usual, but only flew out a few steps softly, and fell to the ground, fortunately without hurting their own people.
It turned out that the torrential rain was like a note, and in just such a short period of time, they lost the toughness of the bowstring made of good deer tendons, and with the elasticity of the bow body, they could only shoot so far that the bow and arrow were no longer usable.
The three elders cursed loudly, and even Lao Yan cursed a few swear words in a hurry, and the two of them didn't care about the longbow that had always been cherished, threw it on the ground, drew out their waist knives and threw them forward.
"Third brother, let go of the middle lane, let's one by one, and solve the two people on the left and right first." Lao Yan said as he ran, taking the lead in rushing towards the bandit to his left.
Lao Yan's eyes were sharp, and he could see the middle of the road at a glance, Shang Bin led a team of people, barely defeated the bearded man, and the other team members were driven by Shang Bin to stabilize their positions, and the bandits who climbed the ladder in the follow-up could only stand on the edge of the wall and watch because they had no foot.
And the left and right roads, although the team members have barely formed a formation, but because these trios are temporary, they do not cooperate with each other tacit enough, and they can still resist against ordinary bandits, and in the face of those two powerful bandits, they are obviously not opponents.
These two roads, just like this, were disrupted by these two people, and the situation that had just been stabilized was slowly beaten back, and the bandits who climbed up from the ladder jumped into the city one after another.
If these two people are not contained as soon as possible, the first pass of Zhuolu Mountain will be dangerous!
"Dang!" Lao Yan arrived in time, stretched out his hand to hold the bandit is bound to win, a knife that is about to cut the throat, and then an arrow step, the knife walks with him, and the blade goes back to the other party, he and the third child use the Yanling knife, in close combat will not be like a spear, it is difficult to be bullied closely, the blade is longer than the short knife of the bandits, and it also occupies a certain advantage in close combat.
"I've handed over this thief, and you go deal with the others." Lao Yan didn't look back and confessed to the team member who had just escaped death and had a pale face.
It was Liu Zhe who fought with Lao Yan, from the force that blocked his knife just now, Liu Zhe knew that the person who came was a strong enemy, and sure enough, the other party did not stop at all, and then used the advantage of the knife commander to launch a counterattack against him.
Although Liu Zhe had been prepared, this knife was powerful and fast, and the shield in his hand had not yet had time to be withdrawn, and he did not dare to block it with a short knife.
Lao Yan looked around, several team members lay on the ground, closed their eyes and did not wake up, the blood flowing out of their necks was washed by the heavy rain, and the ground was red for a large extent. ”
Holding knives in both hands, he pounced, and then attacked Liu Zhe again.
These team members, in addition to the orphans in the early stage, are recruited from the refugees who followed Zhiwen all the way, specially selected young and strong, not very old, Lao Yan and Lao San, since Taihang went north, began to deal with these people, teach archery, teach swordsmanship, and later get along day and night, training together, not to mention that everyone knows each other, but most of them are familiar, and they have some feelings for each other.
The young man who was still alive just now is already dead on the ground at this moment, even if he escaped from the Shura hell in Liaodong, he is used to seeing the old words of life and death, and he is quite uncomfortable at the moment.
Liu Zhe laughed, "Let's see if you have this ability." ”
After saying that, he raised the round shield diagonally, and also threw himself at Lao Yan, his knife was short, and he still had to rely on the protection of the shield, and hand-to-hand combat was the best policy.
Over there, the third child also roared angrily and exchanged hands with Huang Long.
As a result, the ferocious offensive led by Gao Yigong and the other three was contained one after another, and the other bandits were also blocked by the team members who formed a formation, and the battle situation really fell into a stalemate.
At first, there were still people who kept climbing up to the top of the city along the three ladders, but as the Zhuolu Mountain side stabilized their positions, the bandits who came up later had no place to stand, so they could only stand on the edge of the battlements of the city wall and wait, and those who were still climbing up the ladders had to stop.
"Lao Cao, look at this wave of attacks, can you beat it?" Under the pass, Zhang Xianzhong quietly asked Luo Rucai beside him.
The rest of the bandit leaders, most of them are around Gao Yingxiang, is boasting about his personal guard battalion, they see clearly under the city, this wave of attacks under the leadership of Gao Yigong, Liu Zhe and Huang Long, soon dozens of people will go up the city wall, and the rest of the elite will continue to pour in, as long as this offensive continues for a while, most of the passes in front of them can be captured.
Gao Yingxiang was proud in his heart, stroking his short beard with his right hand, and he didn't notice at all that the offensive that was still like a bamboo just now had been contained silently.
"I see... I'm afraid it's not that easy. Li Zicheng also stood with Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, looked up when he heard the words, and said in a low voice.
Luo Rucai also retracted his gaze towards the city, "What General Chuang said is extremely true, Zhuolushan's gang is not so weak, just now they should have just caught the other party off guard, now... Hehe. ”
After speaking, he raised his chin and motioned for Zhang Xianzhong to also look up at the situation in the city at this time.