I don't know who got up first, slowed down a little, turned around and ran backwards. Running away is contagious, especially when facing death in front of you, and the entire team of brutes begins to turn around and retreat. However, there were still some people in the middle of the group who did not retreat, and they continued to rush forward in the rain of arrows and stepping on the corpses of their people.

These people are wearing a strange kind of armor, whether it is an iron arrow or a feathered arrow, which will quickly slip off the side when shot at this armor. Originally, these people were inconspicuous in the barbarian brigade, but now, as soon as the other barbarians retreated, they were like a reef on the seashore, revealing their grandeur as the tide receded. Without the hindrance of other barbarian soldiers, and the bows and arrows could not stop their progress, these people soon ran to a stone's throw away from the Han army.

Seeing that these people couldn't shoot arrows, the speed of the crossbowmen slowed down significantly, and sweat gradually oozed from their palms, obviously they had never imagined such a situation.

Zhao Yun and Dian Wei looked at Zhu Rong together, wanting to inquire about her, but her eyes were blank. Liu Xin was also taken aback, and blurted out: "Vine armor soldiers!" There really are rattan armor soldiers! ”

"What is a vine armor?" Zhao Yun and Dian Wei asked almost in unison, while Guo Jia, Feng Lie, and Zhu Rong were all waiting for Liu Xin's answer with anticipation.

"Command the archers, shoot at the rear of the vine armor and cut them off from the rest of the barbarians!" Liu Xin did not answer their questions immediately, but issued an urgent order, and then said, "In the deep mountains of the central and southern regions, there is a kind of tough old vines, and the barbarians there collect these old vines, soak them in tung oil for half a month, take them out and dry, continue to soak them for half a month, and dry them again." After repeating this dozens of times, it was spun into armor. Wearing this kind of rattan armor, it is not sinkable when wading in the water, and it is difficult to hurt with knives and arrows. ”

Liu Xin had already seen just now that there were not many barbarians wearing rattan armor, only three thousand. If it was just these rattan armor soldiers, even if they were invulnerable, using the well-trained battle formations and familiar cooperation of the Han army, they could completely rely on the local advantage in numbers to take them down, but the cost might be greater. However, if the other barbarians used these rattan armor soldiers as shields and rushed up after them, it would not only be a matter of greater cost, but would probably be defeated, so Liu Xin would order to separate the vine armor soldiers from the other barbarians.

Encouraged by the rattan armor soldiers' fearlessness of arrows, the morale of the barbarian soldiers was boosted, and many people really rushed after the vine armor soldiers. At this time, the barbarian formation can be regarded as the most reasonable arrangement, with the rattan armor soldiers as the lead to block the bows and arrows of the Han army, and the others follow closely to attack the Han army's formation.

However, it was too late for them to do so now, because of the chaos just now, the other barbarians had been pulled away by the vine armor soldiers, giving the Han army crossbowmen a chance to take advantage of it, and the rain of arrows falling from the sky ruthlessly dispelled their idea of continuing to advance, and they all stopped and watched from beyond the land of two arrows.

The rattan armor soldiers had no backup, but they were not afraid, the armor on their bodies was not afraid of swords and arrows, as long as they could disrupt the formation of the Han army's crossbowmen, the barbarians behind could still rush over. As a last resort, they can also choose to retreat, even if the Han army casts cold arrows from behind, they can't help them. Moreover, these rattan armor soldiers are confident that the foot strength they have cultivated since they were young people climbing mountains and crossing mountains is definitely not something that these weak Han soldiers can catch up.

After listening to Liu Xin's explanation of the origin of the rattan armor soldiers, Zhu Rong couldn't help but worship him even more. As a barbarian and a descendant of the God of Fire, he had never heard of such a vine armor soldier, but Liu Xin could actually know it clearly, and couldn't help asking: "Brother, who told you all this?" ”

Zhao Yun and Dian Wei were both people who led the troops, and they were taken aback when they heard the power of the rattan armor soldiers, since they were invulnerable, how could this battle be fought. They didn't have time to ask Liu Xin where the news came from, and the most important thing now was how to deal with the rattan armor soldiers, and they all said anxiously: "Big brother (lord), since you know the origin of this vine armor soldier, what is the possible way to crack it?" ”

Of course, Liu Xin knows the method of cracking, since this kind of rattan armor is not afraid of water, it is naturally afraid of fire, but now that it is in front of the two armies, it is not easy to use a plan. Liu Xin thought about whether there was any better way than relying on the tactics of the sea of people, and said slowly: "Last night, there was a golden armor god who gave me a dream, I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect it to be true. ”

Regarding the story of the "Golden Armor Divine Man", Zhao Yun and Dian Wei have all heard of it, and Liu Xin said it amazingly, of course they are convinced. Although Zhu Rong had never heard of the existence of the "Golden Armor Divine Man" before, but this came out of Liu Xin's mouth, she was willing to believe it, and the facts were here, even the vine armor soldiers she didn't know, Liu Xin was able to say the truth, except for the "Golden Armor Divine Man", who would tell him this?

But Guo Jia was puzzled, and said suspiciously: "Dare to ask the lord, since this golden-armored god man came with a dream, he must have also explained the method of cracking." ”

Liu Xin nodded and said: "There is naturally a way to crack it, but it is too cruel, I hesitate in my heart, I don't know whether to use it or not." ”

Indeed, although this kind of rattan armor is invulnerable, but soaked in tung oil so many times, it burns when it encounters fire, and it is not easy to extinguish, once the fire is attacked, these rattan armor soldiers may all have to be burned into charcoal. Legend has it that Zhuge Liang was condemned by God because the scene of burning the rattan armor soldiers was too tragic, and his life expectancy was reduced, and Liu Xinke still wanted to live a few more years.

There was a sudden cheer from the barbarian team on the opposite side. It turned out that although the rattan armor soldiers were barefooted, they were running fast, and by the time everyone raised their eyes, they had already rushed to within thirty paces of the Han army's battle array.

Although Zhu Rong didn't want his clansmen to suffer too much damage, he couldn't help but get anxious when he saw that these invulnerable vine armor soldiers were about to rush in front of him, and said in a loud voice: "Brother, when is it, you are still a woman." That bow and arrow just shot five or six thousand people, and I didn't see you feel cruel, why can't these three thousand people be killed! ”

Of course, Liu Xin wouldn't feel anything if he just killed three thousand enemies, but he felt sick at the thought of these three thousand people being burned to the ground and shrunk into a ball. What's more, even if he wants to attack with fire, there is no condition now.

Liu Xin's gaze at the rattan armor soldiers gradually became solemn, this is only 3,000 vine armor soldiers, if it is 30,000, how can you resist it without fire attack? Thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

In fact, this is completely Liu Xin thinking too much, there are only these three thousand vine armor soldiers in the vulture bones, and the rest of his men are the same as other barbarians, and they don't even have decent clothes.

However, speaking of this rattan armor, it was really invented by the vulture.

He once went to the city, and when he saw the county soldiers guarding the city, he was so envious that he thought about getting a suit of armor for his barbarians to wear. The central and southern regions are rich in minerals, including gold, silver, copper, and iron, but most of the smelting technology and workshops are in the hands of the local Han wealthy.

Despite his ambitions, the vultures struggled to obtain enough pig iron. He was struggling with something, but when he went into the mountains to hunt, he unexpectedly found that the old vine on the mountain was very tough, and he used a machete to cut it twice but did not completely cut it, so he came up with the idea of making armor from the old vine.

In the mountains of the central and southern regions, there are many of these tough old vines, and they are a large handful when they are grasped, which provides enough raw materials for the vulture bones to make armor. After several experiments, the vulture finally figured out a way to make rattan armor, and tried it in the conflict with several surrounding tribes, and was indeed invincible. The tribe of the vulture bone is the largest in the local area, and not many tribes dare to fight with them, so there are not many uses of vine armor, and naturally it is not known to outsiders.

Some people may ask, since the old vine has it, why don't the vultures make more rattan armor for their own people? The reason is very simple, although there are many old vines, expensive tung oil is not easy to obtain. Although this old vine is tough when it is first picked, it becomes brittle over time, and it is easy to break even if it is not cut with a knife, and it must be soaked in tung oil repeatedly to make armor that is difficult to hurt by knives and arrows.

On the other hand, this kind of rattan armor is very complicated to make, it takes a long time, for the vulture bone, these three thousand pairs of rattan armor are enough for him to dominate the surrounding tribes, and the vulture bone that does not have much patience will certainly not spend money and effort to produce more rattan armor, at this time, the vulture bone is at the front of the team, waving the steel fork in his hand, as long as he advances ten or so steps, the Han army on the opposite side should turn around and run away.

This time, the vulture bone finally showed his face fiercely in front of the entire Central and Southern Coalition Army, whether it was Meng Huo, Yang Feng, or Mulu, they had all been frightened by the bows and arrows of the Han army, only his vulture bone and the vine armor soldiers under him were not afraid. It would be perfect if he could take Liu Xin's head further. This is based on today's battle, looking at the entire barbarian race, who dares to compare with him, the title of the barbarian king of Zhongnan will belong to him.

The vulture had already imagined that he was on the throne, and the people waiting on the left and right were all beautiful Han girls, Meng Huo, Yang Feng, Mulu, and even Gao Ding, Wang Yan and others all surrendered to his feet. His people can also live in the high halls of the city in the open, and no longer suffer from hunger and cold in the deep mountains and old forests. The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help but let out a burst of unbridled laughter.

With his loud laughter, the Han army's battle formation suddenly moved. The Han army moved, but did not retreat as the vulture had hoped. The shield erected at the front still resembles a copper wall, and there is no sign of slackening. The spears sticking out from behind the shield were still denser than the green bamboos in the forest. The crossbowmen behind the guns stopped firing their arrows, but they were still nervously watching the movements of the brutes outside the range.

These people just stuck to their posts, as if they didn't even see that the vulture bone and his vine armor soldiers had come to them. The ones who really move are still behind them.