Chapter 20: Generation Difference and Massacre
The horn was sharp and sharp, and it came suddenly, which startled everyone. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The sound has not yet fallen, and there are huqin, xuan, and flute in unison, forming a tune, which makes people have a headache. Another group of men who were more gorgeously dressed than the red scarvemen came out, about twenty in all. These people were dressed in multicolored costumes, and long pheasant feathers were stuck in the high crowns on their heads. The leader was still covered with a drama face, and he was jumping and dancing in the open space with the music.
With every step he took, thousands of thieves roared at the same time, their faces full of fanaticism.
As the music sounded, more than a hundred death squads put the jars in their hands in front of them at the same time, knelt on the ground, and bowed to the treasury here.
"This ...... Is it dancing the gods? Wang Shen had a feeling of wanting to collapse.
Gu Lie: "It seems to be. β
Wang Shen snorted: "If they have the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, they will have already attacked the treasury just now." Don't worry about it, the whole team, four defensive formations, stand in position, and listen to my orders. β
"Divine Arm Bow, in place, ready!"
"Ready, the thieves are about to attack!"
The officers of the other three teams ordered at the same time with a long voice.
Just now, Lu Can had already taken the people to send down the dry food. Hearing the officers' orders, the non-commissioned officers sitting on the ground stood up at the same time and squeezed towards the middle, making the crossbow formation tighter. The battle just now was too easy, and everyone was full of ease, holding the crossbow tightly, and hurriedly swallowed the last piece of bread in their mouths. At their feet without exception was placed a sack with feathered arrows.
Suddenly, a soldier beside Wang Shen said: "General Wang, the weather is too hot, I shouted for a long time, my mouth is dry, and if I continue like this, my voice will be hoarse." Can you stop repeating the orders of the officials? β
The officer leading the team slapped him and said angrily: "Commander Wang told you to do whatever you want, what is the noise?" β
Wang Shen smiled and said loudly: "Yes, as long as you do what you are told, you don't need to repeat the shouting." β
Everyone was overjoyed and said in unison: "Naturally." β
The person on the opposite side who had been dancing for a long time wearing a drama face shell suddenly walked to the front. When the mask is removed, a wrinkled face is revealed, and it turns out to be a goosebump-haired goddess.
The goddess stretched out her hand to the sky, and the music stopped.
Then, she pulled a sword from her back and thrust it into her mouth. I swallowed it one by one, until it sank into the handle, just like eating noodles, full of enjoyment.
"Ahh All the soldiers around Wang Shen made a low sound of cold air, and some people even fought with their legs. Yes, it's amazing, it's terrible.
At the same time, the frenzy on the face of the thief army was even worse, and thousands of people were shouting: "Invulnerability, invulnerability!" "The morale is extremely high.
"Grass, swallow the sword alive." Wang Shen sneered, this kind of low-level magic trick is not seen by anyone in the streets and stalls in modern society, and it is only worthy of deceiving uninformed rogues. As soon as his mind moved, he pulled out a big bow on his back, mounted a long arrow and shouted: "Brothers, watch me break her witchcraft!" β
He shot at the goddess's chest.
This voice almost used all his strength, and actually suppressed the shouts of the thief army.
I saw that the hand holding the sword of the goddess hung down softly, and she desperately covered her chest with her hand, her eyes were blank.
The sword in his mouth also fell out, and it was only an inch long.
"Ahh The thief army shouted in a mess: "The three bodhisattvas are dead, the three bodhisattvas are dead." β
Wang Shen's arrow shot so far and accurately hit the target, leaving them in a mess. Even if he was a daredevil, he subconsciously hid behind his companions. The musicians even lost their instruments and ran away desperately.
"Straight lady thief, it turned out to be a lie." Seeing the short sword that fell to the ground, Gu Lie realized that the sword in it was originally retractable: "This kind of sword Lao Tzu has no problem swallowing hundreds of swords a day." β
"Haha!" The soldiers burst into laughter.
A long horn sounded, and with a roar, the more than 100 red scarf daredevils drew their big knives and pounced at the same time. Behind them were the homeless people with hoes and sticks in their hands, and their scattered footsteps woke up the calm earth.
The offensive began again, this time, the thieves committed more troops, almost the entire army was dispatched, and tens of thousands of horses and horses poured in.
The soldiers of the baggage battalion hurriedly put away their laughter, and raised their divine arm bows in layers and pointed forward. Their formation was a little more scattered than the first formation, but this time it was more close, looking like a huge reef standing in the midst of the raging waves of the sea. The orders of the officers of each team kept sounding: "Steady, steady!" β
The team already had some appearance, and there was no need to command it personally, Wang Shen put the bow back into his bag, put his right hand on the hilt of the sword, and stood at the forefront leisurely. In fact, after shooting this arrow just now, his arms were so weak that he couldn't lift it a little. There is no way, after all, it is a stone strong bow, and with his strength, he can only open a semicircle.
Just now, in order to encourage the soldiers, I had to try hard, and it is estimated that it will take half a day to recover.
It seems that my strength is still not enough. If you want to survive in this world, you have to train your physical fitness.
Wang Shen stood in front of the formation, and when he saw that the main general was so leisurely, every soldier was infected by his calmness and calmness, and he was even more relaxed.
"Three hundred steps, pay attention." Gu Lie stretched out his thumb and forefinger to estimate the distance: "Two hundred and fifty steps...... Two hundred steps, crossbowmen ready, listen to my orders. β
Having already entered the effective range of the Divine Arm Bow, Wang Shen nodded and walked back to the formation with his hands behind his back: "Everyone listen, don't be busy shooting first, and get closer." Target, the enemy's daredevil! β
"Yes!"
"Yes, General Wang!"
"Obey, one hundred and fifty steps, prepareβ" Gu Lie drowned out his voice.
The thieves had already rushed to the front, and as they ran, they took off the green linen cloth on their bodies, revealing their muscular knotted bodies, which were covered with scars. Seeing the green light in their eyes again, no need to ask, it is naturally the elite under Li Yu's command.
"First team, put!"
"Wind!"
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"Second team, put!"
"Wind up."
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"Team 3, put!"
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So fast, in an instant, three rounds of crossbow arrows burst out of the air.
Wait until the third team's feather arrows break through the air, and the first team's crossbow arrows are still in the air.
"Da Da, Da Da ......" is the sound of a crossbow machine. After experiencing the excitement of the last time, the whole person calmed down, and his heart sank, and he finally heard the sound of the divine arm bow firing clearly.
It's like a heavy machine gun in later generations, yes, this is the most powerful long-range weapon in cold weapon warfare.
The sky was full of tooth-sore "buzzing", and all the thieves subconsciously looked at it, and the overwhelming black spots fell in an instant, fell to the side, and disappeared.
At the same time, thousands of drops of hot liquid splashed up, forming a red haze in the air, which was the blood of his companions.
The unarmored light infantry was shot almost directly through the body by an arrow at such a short distance.
What a strong bow, such a terrible strong crossbow.
In an instant, the crowd in front of him was overwhelmed, as if it had been directly swept away with a big broom. In the blink of an eye, the more than 100 daredevils who rushed to the front with red scarves wrapped around their heads all fell.
Particles of blood and dust turned red to fall, and the soldiers who were hit by the arrows let out terrible screams and rolled on the ground.
In the blink of an eye, the soldiers of the baggage battalion each fired three rounds of crossbow arrows.
Five rounds of stacked fire, that is, thousands of arrows, you can imagine what a terrible blow the thief army has suffered.
However, the thieves still screamed and rushed forward, even if they were all tripped and fell to the ground by the corpses of their comrades in front of them, and were trampled and screamed.
As the Marquis of the Baggage Battalion, Lu Can was responsible for military law and military discipline, and played a role similar to that of a political commissar in later generations. It is said that political cadres like him should stand on the front line as soon as the battle starts. In fact, he also has the courage to fight the enemy. The problem is that cold weapon warfare has developed into a science and an art in the late Northern Song Dynasty and early Southern Song Dynasty.
Seeing the enemy's brigade charging before, Lu Can's whole body was blinded, and he only knew how to shout and kill, but he couldn't do anything. There was no way, Wang Shen could only let him return to the warehouse and be responsible for logistics.
Crossbowmen are extremely fast, and their arrows will soon run out of steam.
After resting in it for a long time, Lu Can finally regained his composure, and then remembered his responsibilities, and hurriedly took a few old and weak people to send bags of arrows out.
As soon as he walked to the door of the storeroom, he was completely shocked by the scenery in front of him.
Ahead was the corpses of the thieves, piled up into a low wall. The earth and men were full of arrows, and they were densely packed like a field full of wheat. The crimson blood flowed uncontrollably, the dry and hard mud was soaked with blood, trampled by thousands of feet, and it had turned into a quagmire, and the dying enemy twitched slightly in the pile of human flesh.
Blocked by the low wall, the attacking thief army slowed down, turned into a live target for crossbowmen, and was shot through transparent holes in their bodies one by one.
There were too many dead, but even so, the thieves struggled over the wall of human flesh with red eyes, struggling, and moving forward on the blood-soaked ground.
The blood flowed forward, to the feet of the soldiers of the baggage battalion, and in the blink of an eye it did not reach the ankles.
That's probably what the bloody battle is, right?
"Why hasn't the thief army retreated, not retreated?" Lu Can looked into the distance, his throat seemed to be choked by a hand, and he couldn't breathe anymore.
On the other hand, the thieves still threw one team after another into the battlefield. I don't know when, two incense cases were placed under the banner of the enemy's Chinese army, and there was a water tank on the case.
A man dressed as a Taoist priest dipped a willow branch in water and threw it at the head of the thief who was about to set off.
"Invulnerability, invulnerability!" After the implementation of the law, the thief army was like a drunk, red eyes, roared, and came out bravely.
"No wonder Uncle Liu Ping was defeated by Li Yu at the beginning." Lu Can seems to understand a little in his heart, who can withstand this kind of homeless people who are not afraid of death?
"Crazy, crazy!" His face changed color, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat the size of soybeans.
"Don't worry, it's just a group of homeless people, this battle is a good fight." A weak voice came from behind him.
Lu Can looked back and found a tall, scrawny young man standing at the door of the warehouse with a pale face and wrapped in a piece of felt.
This person seems to be Wang Daosi's brother-in-law, what is Yue Yun.
"Yue Yingxiang, the thieves are crazy, if they continue to fight so endlessly, my sergeant is afraid that he will be exhausted." Lu Can said worriedly.
Yue Yun smiled coldly: "The rabble, the foolish woman, what is there to worry about." They shouted invulnerability, hehe, that is, they lied to themselves. If you really find out that it's not like that, it will soon collapse. The so-called hard can not be long, soft can not be kept. One blow, then exhaustion, three and decline. β
Lu Can: "Brother Yue is right, it's just that the ghost knows how long the thief can hold out." There are many of them, and I am afraid that our side will not be able to withstand this pressure first. β
Yue Yun: "Yes, it depends on who collapses first." Yu Hou, let's take a look first. β
With that, both of them closed their mouths and continued to watch.
There were several rounds of arrows below, and soon, the two of them noticed that the soldiers were different from before.
At the beginning, the non-commissioned officers kept winding, shooting, winding, and shooting according to the officer's orders, and when they saw the corpses all over the ground, they all clenched their teeth, and their expressions were full of nervousness. But after a while, their expressions became calm, and then they became numb. As if you were shooting nothing more than a herd of animals to be slaughtered, you don't have to think about anything, you just do your actions mechanically.
Repeat, repeat, repeat...... Until the end.
"Sit!"
"Wind!"
"Up!"
"Shoot!"
The crossbowmen, covered in blood and mud, bullied up and down, like churning waves, shooting out one clump of feather arrows after another, without a moment's pause, so smooth that it made people's scalps tingle.
Looking at it, Lu Can and Yue Yun's faces both had goosebumps. The array of overlapping shots, battle after battle, invincible, the Western Army that used to fight like a lion for thousands of miles is about this!
The arrow continued to shoot, piercing through the ragged clothes, piercing into the chest, separating the muscles and internal organs and coming out of the body; Through the arm, the arm bone is shot in two; Penetrates the skull and brings out the white cerebral pulp; It even directly penetrates the rudimentary wooden shield in the hands of the enemy, and strings the screaming thief and the wooden shield together......
The shouts of "invulnerability" came to an abrupt end, and the red light in his eyes went out.
"First team, up!" An officer shouted loudly, and fifty crossbowmen stood up with their bows, their eyes without the slightest emotion, and when the officer gave the order, they let go of the claws of the god of death and tore apart all the invading enemies.
"Ahh Finally, one of the thieves shouted, threw away the hoe and stick in his hand, turned and fled behind him.
One person retreated, a thousand retreated, and soon, it turned into a big rout.
Li Yujun's military flags fell one by one, the incense case under the banner of the Chinese army was knocked over, and the Taoist with the willow branch in his hand was also directly trampled in the crowd.
In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of people fled out of Plains Town like a low tide, leaving only a corpse and flowing blood.
"Win!" At the door of the warehouse, Yue Yun and Lu Can looked at the scene in front of them in amazement. In this battle, the thieves were at least killed by thousands of people, and the wounded were not counted. No unit can afford such casualties.
However, there were no casualties in the baggage battalion.
How can the battle still be fought like this?
Is this really a ragtag force of two hundred baggage battalions? Even if a man is in battle, it's nothing more than that!
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"Stop shooting!" Wang Shen ordered.
"Stop shooting!"
"Stop shooting!"
Wang Shen held the knife in his hand, looked at the neat formation like a tofu block under him with satisfaction, and a wave of pride surged in his heart: In just one day, I trained such an army. I was born from war.
Covered in iron armor, holding a divine arm crossbow, there is a huge weapon generation gap against the unarmored homeless.
Moreover, it is still the tactics of successive rotations, strict discipline, efficient teamwork, and the modern war machine that obliterates individuality and all cranky thoughts. In ancient China six hundred years ago, fangs were exposed.
There was no organized feudal army, no, the enemy in front of them was not even an army, that is, a mob of wandering mobs. As long as the soldiers of the baggage battalion are still strong and the arrows are sufficient, no matter how many enemies there are, they will not be enough to kill.
The efficient killing frightened the thief army, and likewise, the soldiers of the baggage battalion who had woken up were also shocked at this time.
"Smack, smack, smack, smack!" A bow with a divine arm fell into the blood, and everyone turned pale. Even Gu Lie, an old soldier, was the same, his lips trembled: "Kill Xiongling, kill Xiongling......"
Wang Shen: "Sit!" β
The officers who woke up from a dream shouted in unison: "Sit! β
With a "bang", more than 200 people sat down at the same time.
When the order came, my heart suddenly became calm. The soldiers gasped for breath, their eyes firm again.
"Kill Xiongling, kill Xiongling......" Suddenly, Gu Lie shouted with all his strength: "I'm the Great Song Western Army-" Yes, the situation in front of him reminded him of the battlefield of Killing Xiongling. In that battle, Qin Fengjun's brothers also used the same tactics, and also inflicted huge casualties on the Jurchen barbarians.
In front of me, it is so familiar.
"I'm the Great Song Western Army!" Two hundred soldiers also shouted.
Gu Lie: "No. 1 in the world!" "Tears came out like a fountain, killing Xiongling, fucking killing Xiongling, my relatives, my brothers, my children are all dead, they didn't retreat, they didn't retreat...... Just today, they came to life. Our Western Army, it's not over!
Thunderous cheers: "No. 1 in the world!" β
Among the robed brothers present, only Gu Lie was from the old Western Army. But who cares!
Fight after battle, fight to the death and do not retreat, it is my old Qin, I am a good man of the Song Dynasty!