PS: The first shift tomorrow will be at noon

In the dark trees, the screams of the guards and the sound of panicked flight resounded, and the crossbow arrows rained down on the shields, rattling like a storm of ice and rain falling at the coldest time of December. They shot through the cowhide armor, pierced through the flesh and limbs, pinned the whole person to the trees, and the blood watered the dry ground beneath their feet.

Zhao Wuxian asked those soldiers from Wen County, as well as some newly recruited Zhenyi people, a total of more than 400 crossbow soldiers, to ambush on both sides of the mountains and forests, divided into three to five rows, and got up and fired volleys in turn at the sound of an order. Historically, this was an attack intensity that could not be achieved until the middle of the Warring States period, and the absolute superiority in long-range firepower suppressed the patriots so much that they could not raise their heads, and those who tried to get up and shoot back were shot into a sieve.

The crossbow of the two stones was so powerful that each shot made the strings of the crossbow machine tremble, and it could even shoot through the rattan shield within fifty steps, and the leather armor seemed to be paper paste within thirty steps. The one-stone crossbow evil is light and easy to attack, and the rotation is extremely fast, and when combined with the two-stone crossbow, it is impossible to guard against it.

The sudden attack made the patriots lose their square inch, not to mention that some military officials with torches around them were killed as targets for the first time, and there was a fault between the upper and lower dispatches of the whole division.

Gongsun's chariot was at the forefront, the center of the chaos, and the most arrows were hit because the large size of the chariot and the banner raised high were the most conspicuous. After a while, the cart was filled with crossbow arrows on all sides, the wooden planks of the skin were shot to pieces, and the horses and horses fell to death.

Fortunately, the right side of his carriage and the protector of the Emperor were there, and Qi Qi threw him under him, and then pushed him under the carriage. escaped a catastrophe, but was only shot in the thigh. But Gongsun Qi, who had sneered at the robbers before, was completely frightened at the moment. Dull, the corners of his mouth, and his hands and feet trembled, but he no longer continued to command. Let the soldiers be harvested their lives.

"Master Shuai! Gongsun, Gongsun drive! ”

Sima Shiman, who came from Shengdou, shouted anxiously while holding his chow to dodge the arrows, until he saw that Gongsun Qi had lost the ability to react, then he stomped his feet and roared loudly, and the general took over the command.

After this, the Patriots launched a counterattack, and Shi Man deployed the soldiers who could be collected as a charge. Placed in a convenient place for battle: halberd shields were placed on the outer layer, enough to protect against the rain of arrows from all sides, and bows and arrows were placed on the inner layer, looking for every opportunity to counterattack around, and he judged that the number of ambushers was no more than a thousand, and they would never be more than them. He also appointed some men to cut down the grass and trees, and to open the road from the side to facilitate the transfer.

However, the tide of battle changed rapidly, and the front army was the most heavily attacked by crossbow arrows. After about half a quarter of continuous firing, the sound of the crossbow machine finally stopped, and the ground was already covered with corpses, and the patriots lost three or four hundred people. Almost all of the rest were injured.

However, something even more terrible was still to come, the narrow middle of the guard division was rushed out of the forest, and the sword and shield guards stopped and cut off the waist. The bandits, led by spear-throwers, howled and rushed to the rear from all shadows in the rear.

In the era of cold weapons, even until World War I and World War II. Close-range bayonet combat is still an important way to determine the outcome of many battles.

It was at this time that Shi Man was killed.

When Lao Sima killed a ragged thief with a sword, he turned around. Tian Ben's swift spear slammed out, stabbing him in the throat. His eyes widened, and he struggled to dodge and gripped the hilt of the spear, using all his strength to make it only scratch the skin, blood running between his fingers as he placed his hand on the wound in his neck.

Another daredevil, wielding a spear and a rattan shield, screamed and rushed forward, this time Shi Man grabbed his wrist and twisted his arm, the spear and shield fell to the ground, Shi Man raised his bronze sword high, and was about to slash at the man's soft abdomen!

But his fingers suddenly became stiff and clumsy, and he was no longer able to swing his sword.

Tian Ben stood in front of him again, he had a spear in each hand, which stabbed Shi Man in the abdomen and chest respectively, and when his hand and the short spear were withdrawn, the place where it pierced left only a deep blood hole, and the blood flowed out, red and black.

Shi Man fell to his knees, he fumbled for another spear hilt, tried to pull it out but could not do anything, every breath in this cold night made him feel pain in his chest.

Behind him, a falling blunt object shattered his shoulder blades, and he snorted and collapsed in a pool of blood.

He didn't feel the next attack, only the boundless cold......

……

Zhao Wuxian rode on a horse, and only among the martial arts who were accustomed to this, the status of a single horse would be higher than that of a chariot with limited mobility. But this is not the case in other places, if Zhao Wuxian wants to watch the troops in Qufu, in order to make the Lu doctors not despise him, he still has to jump off the saddle and honestly board the chariot to show off his might.

Snapping, he steered his horse and walked with the steps of a conqueror to the remnants of the Patriotic Army, who had suffered heavy casualties.

When you have seen dozens of times and a hundred tragic battles, the remaining pity in your heart will gradually fade, and he is now long gone from the gains and losses in Chengxiang two years ago, and he is still vulnerable.

Bronze and blood, these two things are always indispensable for war and peace in this era, although Wuxian would love to exchange the former for iron.

The commander of this strong but useless counterattack, Sima Shiman of Shengdouyi, died of two deadly short spears, which pierced directly through the abdomen and chest, and at a glance it was known that it was the handiwork of the ruthless Tian Ben. Shi Man's body was wounded several times, but he fought to the death, which ignited the fighting spirit of some patriots, causing more than 100 casualties to Zhao Wuxian's soldiers, but he also suffered more than 1,000 casualties.

The rest of the guards surrendered, and only a few hundred escaped from the woods, but the neighing of horses outside signaled an uncertain future. Soon, he will probably be tied back by Yu Xi on a rope, or tied to a wrist that strangled blood, or tied to a blood-dripping head......

Gongsun drove an arrow to the thigh, and at this time he shrank weakly behind the car, his crown crooked to the side, his hand trembling as he clung to the blood-soaked soil.

"Is it indeed the commander of the patriotic state, Gongsun Guixuan? It's a big fish. Zhao Wuxian was full of respect for the Yi Sima who died in battle, but he ignored this captured patriotic grandson.

Still, he dismounted, and comforted him with kind words, so that he could be placed in place.

Because Gongsun Qi still has a lot of use value in the future, his duty, his identity.

"Son me." Zhao Wuxian called out to the assistant who followed him.

Kan Zhi also saw the scene of thieves attacking the city when he was in Kanyi, but the corpses outside the city were still separated from him by a wall, and the sporadic battles he witnessed afterwards were all small fights, which were like this massacre war, the victory was simple and rude, and the other party had no temper at all. Zhang Mengtan's wisdom and Zhao Wuxian's combination of elite soldiers, no matter how stubborn the enemy's counterattack is, it will become a chicken.

It is said that Sun Wuzi once said that the husband is considered the winner of the temple without a fight, and the winner of the temple without a fight must be counted as a lot, and the temple without a fight is considered to be a few, and he is convinced of this.

At this moment, when he heard Zhao Wuxian's summons, he suddenly reacted from the pool of blood all over the ground, hurriedly approached him, pulled out the deeply pierced arrows on the overturned car, and spread out the paper and pen and ink to wait for the account.

"The herald is asking for the time to drive the bandits to besiege Juyeyi. As promised, after the city was destroyed, they were given some food, clothing, and even money, but they were not allowed to plunder wantonly. The rest of the scattered soldiers were immediately separated from the robbers under their command, and the two sides should work together in front of the people to expel the robbers and rescue the people of Punan, and all the destruction must be attributed to the robbers, and all construction and good governance must be carried out in my name! ”

Wuxian glanced at the guards around him: "If you let the disciple of Bian Que, the military medical officer who accompanied the army, Zibao, treat Gongsun Kai's injuries, he must not be allowed to die!" Then we cleaned up the battlefield, let the soldiers change into the banner armor of the guards, and then selected some of the guards who were willing to surrender, and together they dressed up as the guards who fled back from the rout, and coerced Gongsun to lead us to retreat to the Lishan Guard camp, as well as the remaining three towns in Punan, then the great thing can be accomplished" (to be continued............