Chapter 263: Encounter (3)

In the night, dozens of blazing fireballs swept over the heads of the Liao army's military array, illuminating the dark night sky. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Under the light of the fireball of the morning, is the dirty killing.

The light emitted by the fireball in the air illuminated the outline of Yangcun Village, and the outline of Yangcun Village was clearly presented in front of the Liao army under the illumination of the firelight. The Liao army launched an attack on the village of Yangcun under the light of the fire.

A huge fireball slashed through the air in an arc and smashed into the Yangcun village. The fireball hit the ground, the flames splashed everywhere, and the flames from the fireball ignited the flammable materials on the Yangcun village. There are five or six small watchtowers on the Yangcun village that were ignited by the fireballs of the Liao army.

Suddenly, Yangcun village fell into a sea of fire.

"Extinguish the fire!" Seeing that the small watchtower was on fire, Yang Mu hurriedly led the Yang villagers to extinguish the fire upstairs to prevent the spread of the fire.

Under the leadership of Yang Mu, more than 20 township soldiers of the Yang clan extinguished the fire on the small watchtower. The fire on the small watchtower had just been extinguished by Yang Mu's Yang Township soldiers, and it was stopped by He Tengxiao.

He Tengxiao stopped Yang Mu and said loudly: "It's useless, don't toss, the Liao army will wait for a round of rockets to come up and there will be another fire." ”

He Tengxiao thought of seeing the Liao army oil their arrows through the telescope, and thought that after the catapult was finished, the Liao army would definitely want to launch rockets in Yangcun Village, and now it was futile and meaningless to extinguish the fire. It will not play any role other than consuming the physical strength of the Yang villagers.

"Patriarch Yang." Zhang Yuyang said to Yang Mu, "The Liao army will launch rockets later, and it is useless to extinguish the fire now, Patriarch Yang has better prepared early, ready to resist the Liao army's siege." ”

Zhang Yuyang explained to Yang Mu why he didn't need to extinguish the fire now.

Yang Mu felt that what He Tengxiao and Zhang Yuyang said made sense, and asked the Yang township soldiers under his command to stop extinguishing the fire and prepare to meet the Liao army.

The Liao army still fought steadily and steadily in accordance with the traditional siege tactics of the Liao army in the past. After the catapult was the first to throw the catapult, the Liao army began to fire large crossbow arrows within the range of the advance to the village of Yangcun.

The arrows of the large crossbow arrows are oiled, and before they are fired, the Liao soldiers who operate the large crossbow arrows ignite the oil on the arrows to trigger the crossbow machine.

After the giant arrow left the string, it flew like an angry fire dragon with blazing flames towards the thin Yangcun village.

Hundreds of flaming arrows pierced the night sky and shot at their destination.

The soldiers of the Yang nationality only experienced small-scale bandits attacking the villages of Yangcun at most. It was the first time that a large army attacked the village.

The Yang villagers were stunned when they looked at the fire dragon flying in the sky, staring at the flying trajectory of the arrow in panic. What's more, Yang Mu and his son looked at those timid villagers with disdain and scolded them for being unproductive.

But Yang Mu's father and son have no bottom in their hearts, and Yang Mu can be regarded as seeing the fierceness of the Liao army at this moment. Can the Yang clan and He Tengxiao's Qinwang army hold Yang Village? The father and son of the Yang family were very apprehensive.

"Those who have shields raise their shields, and those who don't lie down! Get down! He Tengxiao ordered, if the Yang villagers continued to stand in place, they were likely to be killed by the Liao army's giant crossbow arrows and the next batch of rockets.

"Raise your shield!"

"Raise your shield!"

"Raise your shield!"

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He Tengxiao's grassroots officers who had been painstakingly trained on weekdays played a role at this moment. Although the scene was chaotic, and a large part of the soldiers of the cavalry battalion were new soldiers. But the performance of the Xiao cavalry battalion was quite calm, and it was not as chaotic as the Yang villagers. This is mainly due to the role played by the veteran who has rich combat experience with the Liao army, that is, the grassroots officers in the current Xiaocai battalion.

These grassroots officers have rich experience in fighting against the Liao army, and they have won many victories in the battles against Liao, breaking the myth of the invincibility of the Liao army. The Liao army was once their defeated general, and these grassroots officers naturally did not have any fear of the Liao army.

The grassroots officers stabilized the Xiao cavalry camp in the chaos, and after He Tengxiao gave the order, these grassroots officers quickly followed He Tengxiao's order. Orders given to his men.

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion have undergone rigorous training on weekdays, and this is their first actual battle. The soldiers of the Cavalry Battalion and the Teng Leopard Battalion skillfully raised their shields to meet the enemy's rain of arrows.

The Yang villagers lacked shields, except for a few township soldiers who had shields, the rest of the township soldiers did not have shields, and could only pick up whatever they could get in their hands to temporarily act as shields, and the door panels and even wooden boards were also picked up by the Yang villagers as shields.

The giant crossbow arrows were extremely penetrating, and some unlucky Yang villagers were shot by the giant crossbow arrows, and the wooden boards and door panels in their hands were directly smashed. Pierced into the flesh of the Yang villagers hiding behind the wooden planks and door panels.

The blood of the Yang villagers who were hit by the arrow spurted out, like a spring. The thin wooden planks and door panels looked so weak and vulnerable in front of the giant crossbow arrows.

The shields used by the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Teng Leopard Battalion are much better than the shields and wooden door panels used by the Yang Township Soldiers, and many shields still block the giant crossbow arrows of the Liao army, and only a few giant crossbow arrows penetrate the shields. He Tengxiao secretly lamented that there was still a big gap between the army's standard weapons and the civilian home-made weapons.

Rao also had a handful of giant crossbow arrows piercing the shield, and the arrows pierced the shield directly, leaving it bare behind it.

Chang Qing held a shield in front of He Tengxiao, and an oncoming giant crossbow arrow shot through the shield in Chang Qing's hand. The arrow was only three or four inches away from He Tengxiao.

He Tengxiao's nose was sweating, this one really frightened him, and He Tengxiao could even see the clear texture on the arrow of the giant crossbow arrow that had been burned black.

If this giant crossbow bolt had deviated a few inches from a distance, it would probably not have come into contact with air while wearing a shield. It's He Tengxiao's vivid flesh. Thinking of this, He Tengxiao was glad that he was okay or saved his life.

"Go down and bring up another shield."

The Liao army's sudden arrow also made Chang Qing feel a lot of fright, and He Tengxiao almost died under the Liao army's arrow. In order to ensure He Tengxiao's safety, Chang Qing could only ask the soldier to bring another shield up. The shield in his hand has been shot through, and the cracks that appear, this shield is considered useless, and it has little resistance.

"No need." He Tengxiao waved his hand and said, "After the Liao army's wave of giant crossbow arrows is fired, it's the turn of the Liao army's archers to release arrows into the stockade, and Patriarch Yang will bring up all the soaked quilts and cloths!" ”

Yang Mu nodded, and a giant crossbow arrow shot in and directly pierced in front of Yang Mu. blocked Yang Mu's way. The flame at the end of the crossbow arrow had not yet been extinguished, Yang Mu stepped on the flame under his feet, and drew his waist knife to cut off the giant crossbow arrow in front of him. Beckoned a few Yang villagers to go down. (To be continued.) )