Chapter 141: Counterattack
Tan Zhi didn't expect that the stone pillar soldier who had been defeated into a frightened bird still had such a hand, and there were about 200 people dragging behind on that side, and these 200 people were about 200 crossbows, and the crossbow arrows flashed with cold light, which was facing the defenseless self.
The people and horses on both sides were about a hundred paces apart, and they were within the range of the bow and crossbow, and when they saw the other party showing their bows and crossbows, Tan Zhi's men screamed like donkeys stung by a hornet.
"There are crossbow arrows! There are crossbow bolts on the opposite side! ”
"Take the shield, players, players!"
"Retreat, retreat, you fucking rush a ball!"
The shouting and scolding continued, and the soldiers who were holding back a breath of anger brushed their feet together, and collectively turned backwards, they were charging with the idea of beating the water dogs, and few people were holding defensive shields, how heavy that thing was, it would definitely hinder the robbery of silver.
The people in front were retreating in a panic, and the people behind were still rushing forward vigorously, for a while people shouted horses neighing, making a mess, and Tan Wen, who was blocked by the charging military horses, didn't know why, just frowned and said secretly: How can Tan Zhi lead the troops so badly! It's not even as good as bandits.
It's just that after a little breath, the mountain-destroying crossbow in Ma Xintian's hand rang out, and the "bangbang" sound that was suddenly loosened after the bowstring was tightened sounded intensively, one after another, and it continued like rain falling on the autumn pool, bringing up a rain of arrows falling all over the world.
Tan Zhi is also a general, how many battles have he fought, in a hurry, he threw away the big axe in his hand, reached into the saddle with his left hand to grab the round shield hanging there, slammed the reins with his right hand, kicked the horse's belly sharply with his legs, and stood up with a long neighing from his crotch, and at the same time he shrank his head and bent over, came to hide in a stirrup, and hid his burly body tightly under the horse's neck.
Almost as soon as he had finished it, the first bolt fell, and it was impartially pierced in the middle of the horse's neck, and with a "poof" no flesh entered, leaving only the tail of the arrow to shake outside.
The mountain-destroying crossbow is a repeating crossbow, as long as the crossbow machine handle is pulled, all ten crossbow arrows in the arrow box can be shot out in half a minute, and the firepower is strong. The projectile used by Ma Xintian and others can be as far as 100 paces away, although this distance is not much of a threat to those wearing armor, but Tan Zhi's people are all cloth, and they don't even have a half-body armor, so when the crossbow arrows that are as dense as raindrops fall, the casualties are heavy.
Arrows were everywhere, screams rang out in the sky, Tan Zhi's pursuers were in a mess, you pushed me, I pulled you, running around, and the entire pursuit formation became a routed straggler.
Almost 2,000 crossbow arrows were all shot out in half a minute, and Ma Xintian didn't even look at it after the incident, hung the crossbow on his waist, patted his butt and ran away, without even saying hello.
In less than half a minute, the group escorted the silver car and disappeared at the bend on the official road, and the shadow was nowhere to be seen.
Tan Zhi's horse was hit by four or five arrows, and he screamed on the ground, and he didn't seem to be alive. And Tan Zhi jumped down at the moment when the horse fell to the ground, protected his whole body with the round shield in his hand, shrunk into a ball and squatted on the ground without moving, thousands of arrows did not hurt him at all, and when the arrows stopped, he hid behind the round shield for a while, and then slowly and carefully stood up, looked around, and only saw the empty loess road in front of him.
Tan Zhi was frightened for a while, and then he realized that the soldiers he was carrying were almost no longer able to stand up, the corpses were all over the ground, the arrows had inserted the ground into a wheat field, there were arrow shafts everywhere, blood stained the soil, the seriously injured were wailing, the lightly injured were scolding, and many soldiers who had actually run to the side of the road in the woods in the distance just now were probing their brains.
Tan Zhi was in a trance, he was chasing and killing the enemy, why did such a thing suddenly happen, what kind of crossbow arrow was in the hands of the stone pillar soldiers? Shoot so fast that you barely have time to react before you reach your eyes.
Fixed, Tan Zhi was furious again, this battle was like this, his face was gone, he turned around in place, found his Xuanhua axe from under a corpse, straightened his helmet, and just wanted to find a horse with a black face, he saw two brothers coming.
Tan Wen stood in the distance, there was no abnormality at first, he was smiling with Tan Hong and waiting for good news, the stone pillar soldiers guarding the silver car were not worried, they could be defeated in a conversation and laughter, and the silver on the car would be the Fengjie army.
Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed, and a burst of crossbow arrows came quickly, startling the two of them, although they were still far away from this side, but Tan Zhi's pursuers were like frightened chickens, birds and beasts scattered, Tan Wen looked at this scene dumbfounded, angry and anxious.
The two brought people over, Tan Hong beckoned his generals to gather the fleeing soldiers and reorganize the team, Tan Wen looked at Tan Zhi with a gloomy face, and asked, "Third brother, are you okay?" ”
Tan Zhi was very embarrassed, covered in mud, and the heart goggles tied to the beautiful armor were also crooked to the side, almost reaching the armpits, he pulled the belt fiercely to correct the position, and bowed his head to Tan Wen and said, "Big brother, little brother, ......"
"Needless to say!" Tan Wen shouted: "If you still have some face, find a horse to sit on, and take the sons and daughters to cut down the group of archery cowards, don't lose the face of my Tan family!" ”
Tan Zhi didn't say a word, lowered his head and went to find the horse.
Tan Hong gathered the stragglers, and ordered someone to whip a few soldiers who ran too far, and then returned to Tan Zhi's side, and asked speculatively, "Big brother, are you still chasing?" ”
Tan Zhi's face became even more gloomy, and he said coldly: "Chase!" Why not chase!? ”
He whipped his whip and pointed ahead and sneered: "If that group of stone pillar soldiers just threw the silver cart down and ran away, I still suspect that there is fraud in it, but seeing that they have to protect the silver cart and go first, I have to go to the doubt in my heart, imagine that you are the second brother, and you are chased by the army, do you want money or death?" ”
"It's fatal, and if you don't have a life, it's useless." Tan Hong quickly weighed it and replied.
"That's not the end of it." Tan Wendao: "There must be no ambush ahead, we just need to chase all the way until Tusi City, think that since the silver car is heading towards Tusi City, the silver in the city must be piled up, hehe, although a hundred people and horses are broken, as long as they get the silver, it doesn't matter." ”
Tan Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly smiled: "Okay, big brother, then replace me as the former army and go straight to Tusi City." ”
"No!" Tan Wen waved his hand to stop: "This time we have to take it step by step, be safe, and the players are slowly advancing in front, preventing the Shizhu Army from counterattacking like just now, and it will be inappropriate to mess with our army's heart." ”
At this time, Tan Zhi also went to the back of the army to change a horse and ran up, Tan Wen gave him a white look, so that he didn't have to rush in front of him anymore, the three of them together, lined up a long snake formation of four people in a row, regardless of the front and rear armies, six thousand troops swarmed around, the miscellaneous soldiers were in front, and the clan soldiers in their armor were in the center, and the miscellaneous soldiers swept the tail of the formation, and rushed forward without hurry.
Along the way, you can see a lot of felt hats and broken spears thrown on the ground, and some straw sandals and bastard shoes that have been lost.
The Tan brothers saw that the more stable they were, it seemed that the group of stone pillar soldiers only dared to put a burst of arrows from a distance, and they didn't have the courage to fight in close combat at all, so they turned around and ran after shooting, the silver cart in front of them was heavy, and they couldn't run fast at all, and they could catch up before they reached Tusi City.
Sure enough, after walking a few miles, I saw in the distance that on the official road in front of me, the group of stone pillar soldiers were holding more than ten silver carts, and they were running away in a mess, and many soldiers were still helping to push the carts behind the carriage, and they seemed to value the silver on the carts.
"Hmph, people die for money!" Tan Wen squinted and saw it, and said disdainfully: "Order, the army will speed up, catch up with the people in front, and avenge the brothers who died in battle." ”
As soon as the order was given, the whole army immediately stepped a little faster, and the pace of thousands of people stepped on the ground like a giant elephant galloping, and even the official road was faintly trembling.
The stone pillar soldiers in front of him felt it, and the leading officer glanced back, shouted, and urged his panicked subordinates to speed up and run, and in the blink of an eye, he turned a corner.
Tan Wen drove the army to follow, and also turned around, only to see the stone pillar soldiers in front of them, panicked along the road, hurriedly poured into the official road covered by a pine forest, the trees were verdant, and the figure quickly disappeared.