Chapter 354: The First Setback Breaks into the Camp

Li Laiheng shot the enemy with a longbow, and all the generals in the camp were dumbfounded. Li Zicheng was even more surprised, and immediately understood that the enemy army in front of him was by no means an ordinary officer and army, and the longbows they were equipped with were extremely powerful. Fortunately, the opponent only used ten longbows, and if there were hundreds or thousands, his own vanguard would not be wiped out.

In fact, how did he know that all of Zhu Youzhen's belongings were these ten. The Japanese longbow making process is extremely complicated, and it takes a skilled craftsman months to make one, and the price is also extremely expensive, even a hundred taels of silver.

At that time, Li Zhenyan was too expensive and was reluctant to buy more, although Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything after learning about it, he complained a little bit about Li Zhenyan in his heart. I thought that in the end, it was long hair and short knowledge, no matter how expensive this advanced weapon was, it had to be bought at a high price, and the problem of starting from scratch should be solved first. After their own craftsmen can also imitate it, the cost will naturally come down.

And even if Zhu Youzhen has a hundred longbows now, he can't use them together. Because a longbow is not like a short bow, it takes a lot of effort to pull the bow to its fullest, and if you want to fire continuously, you have to go through hard training. At present, there are only about a dozen people in the Qin soldiers who can skillfully use longbows.

However, it was said that when Hao Shaoqi saw his men fall off their horses one after another, he couldn't help but be furious, and urged his horse to rush towards the enemy. Li Zicheng was afraid that he would lose, so he hurriedly ordered dozens of cavalry to charge together to ensure numerical superiority over the enemy.

Although the longbow is powerful, the rate of fire is not as good as that of a firearm, and it is obviously impossible to hurt a general like Hao Shaoqi. Li Laiheng and the others didn't want to fight at all, and when they saw that the thieves began to sprint, they turned their horses and left.

Hao Shaoqi and the others chased hard for a while, and saw that the enemy was always a hundred steps away, and they were afraid that there would be an ambush in front of them, so they had to strangle their horses and plan to go back to the camp to rest.

But as soon as they turned around, several bows and arrows came at them, and one of the horsemen dismounted. Hao Shaoqi was almost crazy, and immediately rode his horse to chase after him, but after the enemy released a few arrows, he still turned around and ran, and he couldn't catch up no matter what.

Li Zicheng, who was watching the battle from behind, saw the clue and immediately withdrew his troops. Hao Shaoqi and the others had to return in a hurry, and on the way, they were chased and shot by Li Laiheng, who was like kraft candy, and paid the price of several lives. It was not until Hao Shaoqi retreated into his own camp that Li Laiheng stopped the pursuit, but deliberately jumped off his horse defiantly, so that he could recover the arrows from the dead man's body in a timely manner.

"Chuang General, why are you Mingjin!" Hao Shaoqi was bored, and said angrily, "They are too bullying, let me lead the cavalry of my headquarters to rush out!" If I don't kill that little rabbit cub today, I'll write my surname upside down! ”

Li Zicheng said calmly: "Wave the flag, don't be impulsive!" Don't you see that the enemy army is deliberately luring our army, if you rush to pursue, you will be ambushed. Moreover, the opponent's horse and foot strength is better than ours, and the arrows are shot farther than us, even if many people chase them, I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up, and they will only increase casualties. ”

"Is that all there is to it, to be a turtle with a shrunken head?" Hao Shaoqi said angrily.

Li Zicheng's face turned pale all of a sudden, and the most taboo thing he now is words like "turtle" and "Wang Ba". Although Hao Shaoqi said it unintentionally, he was intentional by the listener, and immediately sneered: "Who said forget it?" Send fifty shield-bearers to slowly press over and attract the attention of the enemy; Forty more cavalrymen will make a detour from both sides and block their way! ”

The generals were all very convinced, thinking that the general was worthy of being a general, and in the end he was better at using soldiers than Hao Shaoqi, who only knew how to fight desperately. Liu Zongmin immediately divided his troops and sent generals, and soon organized fifty shield bearers and rushed out of the camp with a swagger. The forty cavalrymen divided into two routes and quietly made a detour from behind, in an attempt to cut off Li Laiheng's retreat.

But it's not a flat river, it's a hilly terrain. In such terrain, the mobility of the cavalry was seriously reduced. The forty cavalrymen circled around the hills, not fast enough to catch up with the infantry, and could not help but complain.

And Li Laiheng and the others saw that the other party had sent shield soldiers to attack, and they neither let go of arrows nor retreated, so they rested in place. There are a few people with good voices, and they also deliberately sang "Xintianyou" in northern Shaanxi: "The apricot blossoms are red and gorgeous, and the one in spring climbs to the outside of the wall; The harrier who went over the mountain looked at it right, and took it away as soon as he took it! ”

Everyone knows that this is obviously taking advantage of Gao Jie and Xing's cheating to chill Li Zicheng. Although the people in the camp did not dare to say anything, they had everything in their hearts. There are also many people who secretly admire Gao Jie, thinking that they are really called Pan Donkey Deng Xiaoxian. You don't look very good, and you've been shot blind in one eye; That's not all, I still think about Chen Yuanyuan in "Qin Huai Bayan"! You're like this, it's strange if your wife doesn't go out of the wall!

When Li Zicheng heard this, he was so angry that he was smoking! But he has a characteristic that ordinary people can't match, that is, he is extremely stoic. Despite the insults, he remained unmoved, staring at the battlefield. I thought to myself that a few words of scolding were nothing, as long as the shield soldiers could attract and drag the enemy, and the cavalry succeeded in outflanking, they would definitely be able to annihilate this enemy army in one fell swoop. At that time, it is best to capture the singing life alive, and cut him alive inch by inch by himself to see if he can still sing!

But when the shield man marched to about fifty paces away from the enemy, Li Laiheng suddenly raised his spear, roared, and led his cavalry to rush up!

This change came as a surprise to Lee. He originally thought that although the enemy army was powerful in bows and arrows, he would run away when he saw people, obviously because his melee level was not good. Unexpectedly, Li Laiheng launched a fierce attack, and in an instant, he smashed into the shield soldier array.

The shield-bearers all held large shields in one hand and short swords in the other, and marched slower than ordinary infantry. Those big shields are also made of wood, and they can resist bows and arrows, so how can they resist the onslaught of cavalry? was immediately stabbed and trampled by Li Laiheng, causing a big mess.

"Up, surround them for me!" Li Zicheng hurriedly roared, and Hao Shaoqi hurriedly urged the horse out of battle. But Li Laiheng and the others were not in love with war, and after rushing around from the shield soldiers, they retreated like a whirlwind. By the time the outflanked cavalry crossed the mountains and returned to the path, the Qin soldiers had already retreated far away.

"I'm a thief!" Li Zicheng, who has always been calm, couldn't help but burst into foul language, it was the first time he had encountered such a fierce and cunning opponent!

And in the Qin soldier array a few miles away, there was a lot of laughter. Everyone praised Li Laiheng for fighting this battle beautifully, destroying dozens of enemies, but he did not suffer any casualties!

Only Zhu Youzhen was silent, and only said after a while: "This is just the beginning, and the real difficulties are still to come!" Moreover, the most difficult enemy is not the rogue, but ourselves! ”