Chapter 209: Arrows Like Flying Locusts
Zhao Wuxian expected that the front door would be safe, but ordinary villagers and people didn't know this.
So, while guarding the back door, they worriedly turned back and peeked at the far front door. Although under the shelter of the house, only Zhao Wuxian and others standing on the watchtower could vaguely see the situation over there.
But the gaze is blocked, but the voice does not.
"Quickly open the door and greet the fox of Luliang Mountain! Otherwise, we will burn all the corn fields outside the city!" Let you starve to death this winter. ”
"If you dare to resist, after breaking this town, you and other men will be killed!"
"The fox has a saying, the money and the women are divided equally!"
Faintly at the front door, there was the shouts of a group of thieves, mixed with laughter and foul language, and one after another, these shouts made the atmosphere in the village fall in vain.
There were family members near the front door and the countrymen who gritted their teeth angrily, and Cheng Yan shrugged his shoulders uneasily.
Zhao Wuxian was not flustered, he said eloquently to Cheng Shu beside him: "Siege in the middle of the night, those cries are also a kind of siege weapon, their scolding, the ordinary villagers, even if they are not frightened to open the door immediately and ask for surrender, they will be frightened and lose their morale." ”
Cheng Yan nodded again and again, and was about to ask how to break it, but he heard another sound from the front door, and this time, it was the angry shouts of the villagers and countrymen over there.
"Just a thief, ≡ don't talk much, come and die!"
"If you are a rock, you have a word, just wait for you to be wiped out, and you will be able to eat!"
"The army of the lower palace will arrive later, and you and the others will be powdered by then!"
This is the countermeasure of the sheep's tongue, and everyone shouted in unison. It can not only strengthen courage, but also can be used to suppress the arrogance of the enemy. Stabilize the hearts of the people so that the people's army will not be disturbed.
Really. The foul language and scolding of the thieves suddenly dissipated in an instant under this righteous and awe-inspiring rage. After a moment of silence, they cursed again, but they were much more disorganized, and began to make a tentative attack on the front door.
For a while, the gong at the front door shook loudly, and the shouting was loud, at first glance. Like the sky and the earth collapsed, Yue shook the mountain and collapsed, and the Cheng Yan beside Zhao Wuxian was slightly discolored. And some of the military officials, not knowing what the situation was over there, also began to ask if they wanted to go to the front door first.
"I and the township Sima each keep a door, and the township will be safe and sound, and there is no need to panic, just a moment. Good news will come. Zhao Wuxian was calm.
Seeing Jun so calm, everyone was also much more relieved.
At this moment, a townsman who was good at running at the front door came to report that it was the first wave of attack by the bandits. has been repelled by the township Sima Yang tongue Rong!
Everyone was happy, but Zhao Wuxian didn't have much expression, because everything was expected.
The group of thieves is full of calculations. There were more than four people left, twice as many as the front door guards. It's just as Zhao Wuxian said. More than half of them are scattered and undisciplined trash fish.
That's why they're on the mountain before. was suppressed by the archers of more than ten palaces for several miles. Now at the front gate, they are also in the east and west, although there are leaders such as the thief chieftain, running and shouting in the middle, desperately restraining them, but with little effect.
The only elite is the remaining Yu cronies under Fox Baby, who are quite disciplined and clearly distinguish themselves from other robbers. They are also better armed and equipped, and they have all the spears and halberds and swords that have been distributed from the Zhongxing clan, and some of them are big men and they are still wearing armor.
But the fox baby is not stupid enough to smash all his family into it, he is quite clear about his position.
"I'm only in charge of raiding tonight, and if I want to break through the township, I have to rely on the elite soldiers of the two kings at the back door."
Therefore, since the Bank of China did not urge, he just let his cronies fool the group of thieves to test and harass. It is better to let the bandit leaders who occupy their own positions die or wound, so that he can take over all his power.
The result can be imagined, the vertical and horizontal ravines and fences on the road, and the scattered more than a dozen arrows on the watchtower, can block the soft attack of the group of thieves. After losing more than 20 lives, they lost their previous arrogance, hugged their heads and ran everywhere.
Therefore, Zhao Wuxian kept holding the bow and staring at the movements of the two phalanxes at the back door, that was the real enemy tonight. Their preparations were complete, some of them carried the ladder, and a huge piece of bumper wood was placed on the ground.
"The enemies moved again, and they split up and came towards the back door, and they didn't run fast, as if they were in a line, and they were divided into platoons, each platoon was about a person, and they were far from this."
The sharp-eyed Xing Ao saw it more realistically, and under Zhao Wuxian's instructions, he began to report the enemy situation to everyone. After he presented the sword to his sister Wei, he was specially taken care of by Zhao Wuxian, trained as a "scholar", and arranged for him to enter the Jiqiao Hall.
"The men in the first row wore armor and armor, half-crouched on the ground, and carried wooden shields; The second row took the bows and started drawing arrows, and the people in the first row were holding torches, so I could get a rough look......"
When Zhao Wuxian heard this, he knew it in his heart.
The rest of the bows on the opposite side, if they were fired together, it would be quite terrifying.
He guessed that the enemy was taking advantage of this to throw rockets in advance, leaving the villagers in the city busy fighting the fire, and the people were terrified and frightened. The Men then approached as they charged, or moths attached to the walls, or slammed into the back door with giant logs.
If everything goes well, it won't take a moment to break through the Euphemun!
It seems that the commander of the other party is also a person who knows the soldiers, and these measures are interlocking and in proper order. But since Zhao Wuxian expected his siege method, he naturally had a countermeasure!
As the old saying goes: the weak are better than the strong. On this battlefield, the advantage of strength and weakness is constantly changing!
He told the herald to shout in all directions: "The enemy is about to fire arrows, two, be careful not to be hurt, and do not panic." ”
Under the preparation of the "good guard" sheep tongue Rong, there are some places to hide from the watchtower and the back door. The people obediently complied, and Mucha and the townsmen clung to the wall with the eaves, while the people went to the back of the tiled house.
"Prepare buckets of cowhide and wet soil, ready to put out the fire!"
This is something that Zhao Wuxian has already prepared for the people in charge of the baggage.
"The watchtower was given a new bow. First quarter! Xing Ao took the gong and continued to stare at the enemy. When the people reach the ninety steps, they will knock hard! ”
This is no more important than shooting at a shooting range, where aiming and eye distance are greatly affected in the dark. You also have to take into account the role of the wind. If you want to cause chaos in the countryside, the enemy has to shoot as many rockets as possible, and you have to get close and then throw them out. Therefore, Zhao Wuxian, who was proficient in archery, secretly estimated that the opponent's archers had to advance to a distance of at least eighty to sixty steps!
The scholars of Chengxiang stood on the watchtower and aimed at it, although the range could not catch up with the projectile, but because of the high advantage, it was almost the same as the opposite side.
A special pulley bow in Zhao Wuxian's hand. It even caused damage from 90 paces away! Although this thing is difficult to make and cannot be mass-produced, and not much is done, there are four of them ready for use. Wu Xian was already looking at the tower at the back door, looking for two captains who were good at long-range shooting, and handed them this sharp weapon to use.
"That row of people is moving, moving forward step by step!"
"Ninety-five steps!"
The two chosen were holding their breath, tensing their muscles, ready to get up at any moment.
"Ninety steps!"
"Bang!" Xing Ao's voice just ended. He struck the gong in his hand heavily.
"Get up and aim for the firelight!" With Zhao Wuxian's shout, the scholars of the other two watchtowers also rose in response, and opened their arms with bows. Shot at the front and back of the torch.
And Zhao Wuxian's speed was even faster, and when the arrows of the two scholars were just off the string, his arrows. It's already flying ninety paces away!
missed the shot, and Zhao Wuxian couldn't see it clearly. All he knew was the row of bright torches. One had already fallen to the ground, and then it was trampled on, and a thin blue smoke rose.
The arrows of the other two scholars also had the same effect.
People no longer bow their heads and hide, but in this high and technological distance of death, they continue to unleash their bows and shoot wantonly.
The archers and soldiers on the opposite side probably did not expect to be attacked at ninety paces, and they also caused one death and one injury to their own side, and they couldn't help but be horrified.
Moreover, the arrows on the gatehouse are still endless, and the shooter seems to have made an appointment, you rest and I will rest, you let me rest, so it can continue.
They were aiming in a column of columns, and while they didn't seem to be a big threat overall, they were overwhelmed by shield-wielding armorers. The archers and those who carried the torches behind them were terrified, and the procession was a little panicked, and they were to face the sharp arrows when they advanced, and they were to be killed by military law if they retreated.
On the rear chariot, after Fan Jia heard the report, he slammed the car railing and said: "I was careless, but I forgot that in that hand, there is a strange bow with a long range!" ”
After arranging the siege plan that he thought was foolproof, the Bank of China was quite proud, but at the beginning, it was disrupted by this sudden change.
He was a little strange: "Hasn't that treasure bow been presented to the monarch by Zhao Wuxian and hidden in the Qiqi Palace?" Why is there any? ”
Fan Jia angrily pointed to the watchtower and said, "Zhao Wuxian is scheming, there must be a few left!" ”
Before he could cause fear of Chengxiang, his own queue was harassed and killed and injured first, which made the Bank of China feel a little aggrieved, and he also understood why Fan Jia was so angry that he vomited blood when he was beaten to the ground in the matter of Jiangshi Goods.
He sent an order for the platoon to ignore the attack and move on, trying to get within range.
"The opponent has at most four people who can shoot from a distance, but we have more archers, so why fear? Hurry forward, and the armorer with the dry shield raises his shield to help block it! ”
So, the queue moved again, this time they moved much faster, and they didn't care about the neatness of the queue. Those who are good at shooting are killed by arrows, and it is not pleasant to be beaten passively, and in the face of the murderous weapon in the dark, they just want to run within the range of the fire as soon as possible, and return the color.
"Eighty-five steps, eighty-four steps, eighty steps......"
Even so, basically every step they take, the shooters have to pay the price of one dead and wounded, the loss is not large, but the blow to morale is serious. These clan soldiers selected by Fan Zhongxing, if they had changed the bandits at the front door, I am afraid that they would have collapsed long ago.
"Eighty steps, stop!"
The archers were already in command, and he knew that if he continued to advance, the archers would get more and more nervous. So after just eighty paces into the range, he shouted and told the crowd to stop.
The captain planned to let everyone shoot with him first, measure the shooting distance, and adjust the distance.
Immediately, the commander quickly lit a special arrow coated with animal anointing oil on the torch held by the people in the back row, and then strode on his horse and made a posture of shooting the moon with his head up. The rest of the archers were in the same vein, more than ninety bows spread out in unison, the tense bows creaking, and the fiery arrows were aimed diagonally at the night sky.
Their final landing point is naturally the back door of the township!
On the chariot, Fan Jia and the Bank of China Heiqiu showed a satisfied smile, this round of arrow rain, if they can fly into the city smoothly, it will be enough to make the guards in Chengxiang suffer heavy casualties and cause chaos......
"Boom!"
Unexpectedly, just before the archer commander blurted out the release signal, it was on the watchtower of Chengxiang that a gong sounded first! (To be continued......)
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