Kong Sheng was talking about one of the crossbows in the Tang Army. There are many types of Tang crossbows, including arm crossbows, horn bow crossbows, wooden single crossbows, large wooden single crossbows, bamboo pole crossbows, large bamboo pole crossbows, Fuyuan crossbows, winch crossbows, etc.

The range of the Volvo crossbow is about 300 steps, the range of the arm crossbow is about 230 steps, the range of the horn bow is about 200 steps, and the range of the single bow is about 160 steps, of which the range of the Vokan crossbow is equivalent to the effective range of the M4 rifle.

And the range of the winch crossbow, which requires the strength of dozens or even hundreds of people to pull apart, can even reach thousands of meters, if Wangjiabao is equipped with this kind of ballista, how can the five or six hundred rebels be enough, a burst of strafing, all overturned.

Hearing that there was no ballista, Kong Sheng was clearly a little disappointed, he didn't know, because of the high cost of manufacturing, crossbows, especially large crossbows, are absolutely treasured weapons in the army, and they are easily not seen, let alone in the non-army.

The cold wind was blowing, Kong Sheng wrapped his cloak tightly, shrugged his shoulders and said: "The only way to do this now is to take the risk and go out of the city to fight, otherwise, when the rebels carry the ladder to disperse and attack the city again, Wangjiabao will be in danger." ”

Kong Sheng is not wrong at all, the four walls of Wangjiabao are built on two sides of the mountain, but there are two walls facing the wilderness, if the rebels attack the city in two ways, these people in the city alone will definitely take care of one or the other, and in the end there is only the tragic end of being broken city.

Li Xuan's silver teeth were bitten. Going out of the city to fight the rebels is definitely the best policy, and you can't act rashly. It's better to-

Li Xuan's good-looking slender willow eyebrows were raised suddenly, she let out a sigh of relief, and a cold and firm brilliance appeared on her pretty face. Li Hu and Li Bao, who had been following her, sighed in their hearts, and guessed that the county master had concentrated all his men to rush out of Wangjiabao and abandon the castle.

Give up and retreat. It's not a solution. But just like that. Hundreds of old and weak women and children in the castle will die without a place to bury. The wealth accumulated by the Wang family for many years will also be looted by the rebels.

"Li Hu and Li Bao, you two quickly mobilize all the men and horses, the whole army is ready to go, after rushing out of the castle with the county lord, you can't fall in love with the battle, rush to Huanggang and stand by!" Li Xuan waved her hand, her voice sharp and high-pitched.

Kong Sheng was stunned, and immediately realized. Knowing that Li Xuan was going to give up guarding the castle immediately. It is wise to abandon the castle, but the many old and weak women and children in the castle are so innocent that once they are abandoned, they will be plundered by thieves and the end will be miserable.

Kong Sheng frowned and said, "County Lord, if you give up the castle, these old and weak women and children and ordinary people in the castle will all fall into the hands of the rebels." ”

Li Xuan glanced at him coldly, and said in her heart that you are all nonsense. If it weren't for the helplessness, how could the county lord be ruthless. But those who become big things are not informal, and the overall interests of the guard food team and the Jiangbei army are concerned. These are actually negligible.

What's more, if you don't give up decisively, what will be the sacrifice of the old and weak women and children in this fort?

Kong Sheng couldn't help but sigh lightly, he knew that Li Xuan's choice was not wrong, but if he was in Li Xuan's position, maybe it would be difficult to make the same choice. The reason is very simple, he is a person from modern civilized society after all, and it is more difficult for him to watch hundreds of old and weak women and children go to destruction than suicide.

These rebels in An Lushan were originally born in Hu'er, and they were fierce by nature, once the castle was looted, they would definitely not leave half of the castle alive, and they would even burn the castle with a fire, so that all the prisoners in the castle would be buried together.

Such a tragedy is about to happen, the corners of Kong Sheng's mouth twitched, and finally he said in a deep voice: "County Lord, give Kong fifty brave and good fighters, carry bows and arrows and Mo knives, and wait for Kong Mou's whole army to go out to try the reality of the thief soldiers!" If we wait for the rout, the county lord can reorganize the army to respond, and you and I will converge and break out of the encirclement! ”

Li Xuan suddenly looked up at Kong Sheng, with a complicated and surprised expression.

And Li Hu and Li Bao also looked up at Kong Sheng, and there was a strong emotion in their eyes. They knew very well that Kong Sheng made this decision because he couldn't bear to see the old and weak women and children in the castle being slaughtered, and as an outsider, he could stand up and make people respect.

"County Lord, the two of us are willing to go out of the city with the order of Kong County to fight to the death against the traitor!"

Li Xuan's expression changed, and he nodded slowly: "Kong Sheng, okay, no matter whether this battle is successful or lost, this county lord will be grateful to you for coming forward today!" Someone, give the order to go down, beat the drum and raise the army! ”

Fifty horsemen lined up at the gate of the castle. The knight on the horse, carrying a horned bow and a strange cowhide bag, carrying a quiver at his waist, and holding a sharp sword, sat upright on the horse with a solemn expression. This is all the elite combat strength that Li Xuan can mobilize, and they are all military men in the Northwest Army.

Kong Sheng put on a suit of armor, which was the first time in his life that he wore army armor. He carried the bright silver spear that he had snatched from Tang Genshui, the general of the Hongze Water Kou, and led the BMW to chase the wind, walking slowly. Mu Changfeng and Wu Xianwu followed closely behind.

Kong Sheng tried the weight of the armor on his body and turned over on his horse. Hit the horses and face the horses.

A cadre of cavalry looked at the heroic and majestic young man in front of him with respect, and raised his hand holding the Mo knife high.

"Brothers, in Xia Kong Sheng, he was originally a scholar of Jiangning. His Majesty the Emperor gave me the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and the imperial court canonized me as the commander of Songcheng County, Suiyang, Henan. Today, the rebels are besieging the city, and if we don't wait for the city to fight, hundreds of old and weak women and children in this castle will be slaughtered. ”

"So, we had to go out of the city and fight to the death! Please listen to me! ”

"Fight to the death!" The angry roar of fifty horsemen pierced the clouds and shook the entire castle.

Li Xuan stood on the side of the road with a solemn face and waved her hand: "Wine, Zhuangxing!" ”

A soldier stepped forward with a glass of wine in his hand and stood in front of Kong Sheng's horse. Kong Sheng took the wine cup, drank it all, and then smashed the wine cup to the ground with all his might, and raised the spear in his hand: "Open the city gate!" Kill with me! ”

Mu Changfeng sat on the horse, frowning. In fact, in Mu Changfeng's view, Kong Sheng is still a civil official and a scholar after all, and this kind of matter of leading troops in bloody battles should be handed over to the generals, and there is no need for him to take risks himself.

The doors of the castle were slowly opened.

Kong Sheng hit his horse out, the cold wind came to his face, and at that moment, his mind was so clear. He knew that his decision today was irrational and even a little stupid, but he didn't regret it.

Life in the world, no matter what the goal is striving for, there is its untouchable soft scales and things that are tried to protect, for the hundreds of lives in this castle, Kong Sheng feels that even if he really dies at the hands of the rebels, it is worth dying.

Where righteousness comes, there is no turning back!

More than fifty horsemen galloped out solemnly.

The gates were closed again.

Almost all the people in the castle poured into the city walls, looking at the more than fifty warriors who had galloped past to kick up smoke and dust in the wilderness without hesitation, and I don't know how many of them burst into tears.

Fifty to five hundred, what a disparity in power! How generous and tragic is this?!

Li Xuan stood on the city wall, the cold wind blowing her long scattered hair. At some point, her disguised scarf had been lost, but she didn't realize it, and she still looked out of the castle. Her nervous eyes had been following the trajectory of Kong Sheng, who was wearing armor and galloping on a horse, and extended infinitely to the south.

Two crystal tears gradually slipped down, her heart trembled, her long eyelashes fluttered, and she let out a faint sigh.

Kong Sheng was far ahead of the wind chasing the wind, followed by Mu Changfeng and Wu Xianwu Xie . The three of them had already secretly reached a consensus that if something happened, whether Kong Sheng was willing or not, they would definitely escort Kong Sheng away from the battlefield here and go directly to Henan to take office.

The rebel camp was outside Lixu, because the terrain was flat and the vision was wide, so Kong Sheng's fifty horsemen rushed over and rushed over, which had already alarmed the rebel leader. However, this rebel army didn't take it to heart, and dozens of people were killed, no different from a grasshopper shaking a tree, this is to die!

The leader of the rebels led more than 100 cavalry to form a formation and stopped the road where Kong Sheng's cavalry rushed over.

Just when Li Hu, Li Bao and other cavalrymen thought that Kong Sheng would lead everyone to rush into the enemy camp with all their might, Kong Sheng suddenly hit his horse and stopped the horse's hooves, and raised his spear high.

The two of them led fifty cavalry to rush in, and then had to brake halfway and line up behind Kong Sheng.

Li Hu frowned, and said in his heart that he was still a scribe after all, and he didn't know the art of combat, if I waited for the speed and courage to rush in, there would still be a chance, but now it came to an abrupt end, and it would be even more difficult to vent this breath and then puff up.

But this trip and this battle were led by Kong Sheng, and as their subordinates, they did not dare to raise any questions at this moment to confuse the morale of the army.

"Listen to me!" Kong Sheng shouted: "Half of you are ready to fight, and half are ready to shoot!" ”

The head of the rebels was a bearded man in his thirties, who pointed his spear at a distance and laughed wildly: "You wait for dozens of horsemen in this area, and you can't go out of the city to die?" ”

Kong Sheng let out a sigh of relief and looked up at the clear blue sky. The sky of the Tang Dynasty is so blue, without a trace of haze, and the air is so fresh that people can breathe in it and feel comfortable to the heart.

His deep gaze fell on the thief general, but it was immediately projected on the "construction site" behind the thief general's more than 100 people, and dozens of carpenters and civilians were continuing to drive the ladder under the threat of many thieves, and they didn't pay attention to Kong Sheng's fifty horsemen who had been impacted at all.

Kong Sheng knew very well that with his more than 50 people, no matter how brave and good he was, it would be impossible to break the camp of 500 people. The only way to do this is to cover up the past at the construction site, take advantage of the chaos to burn the half-finished ladders and other things, and then walk away. In this way, the purpose has been achieved.

Seeing that Kong Sheng and the other fifty horsemen did not have the posture of impacting, the thief general frowned, and resolutely ordered to lead more than 100 of his own people to cover up.

Kong Sheng stood proudly on his horse, his expression calm.

Fifty meters!

Thirty meters!

Twenty meters!

Seeing that the thieves were rushing to kill, Li Hu and Li Bao shouted anxiously: "Kong County Order, we must rush over, otherwise, we will be defeated by the thieves!" ”

Kong Sheng smiled coldly, and suddenly roared: "Act according to the plan, Li Hu and Li Bao, you will lead half of the men and horses to bypass and attack, Wu Xian Wuxi, you rush up with me!" Kill! ”

Li Hu and Li Leopard led more than 20 cavalry and did not dare to slack off, immediately turned the horse's head, and rushed to the side front, their actions made the thieves and soldiers who rushed over stunned and overwhelmed, is this to escape?

But they were in too much of a hurry, and it was very difficult to hold the formation.

And at this moment, Kong Sheng suddenly grabbed the horse's belly, and led the remaining more than 20 people to roar angrily to meet him from the front. (To be continued.) )