Chapter 7: Attacked
With the advance of the army, the armies began to disperse, each from a different road to the direction of Zaoyang, and Gao Huaiyuan's baggage team because of the slow march, but also gradually opened the distance with the army in front, the road was full of some refugees who fled from near the battlefield, dragging their families and walking on the road, crying and crying looked extremely miserable.
And many people had nothing to eat, and they kept stopping Gao Huaiyuan's baggage team along the way, trying to ask for some food to satisfy their stomachs, but the food here was all military food, how could Gao Huaiyuan dare to give it to them, so he had to harden his heart, drive these refugees aside, be ruthless, and continue to walk forward.
When they had walked for another day, a fast horse suddenly came running from the front, and as soon as a herald ran in front of them, he fell from his horse and shouted to Gao Huaiyuan and his party: "Prepare to resist the enemy!" The Jin Army scout team is almost ......"
As he said this, his eyes widened suddenly, and then he fell to the ground again, and the people who walked in front of him were so shocked that they ran forward to snatch the messenger back, and pulled his horse back.
Gao Huaiyuan looked down and found that this soldier's face was like a blank piece of paper, and he had died of anger, because he had several carved arrows inserted in his back, the arrows were as deep as flesh, and the injuries everywhere were enough to be fatal, and the blood in his body was almost drained.
This time the village barracks were in chaos, although the last time they met the rout, but after all, it was a farce close to infighting, although they were afraid, Dan was not so afraid, this time they really met the Jin army, the villagers who had no experience suddenly panicked, even Huang Yan They were a little nervous, but compared to the ordinary villagers, it was much better, at least they quickly gathered together, and consciously stood behind Gao Huaiyuan.
"This big brother is a man, you can't leave him alone, and bury this big brother's body well!" Gao Huaiyuan whispered to Jia Qi beside him.
"Yes!" Jia Qi nodded, and beckoned to a few villagers who were panicking not far away, and asked them to carry the corpse of this Song soldier to a car.
And Gao Huaiyuan glared at him, and scolded the panicked villagers: "Bastard! What are you panicking about? All of them are lining up for me, and each team is giving me a roll call, and no one is allowed to mess up again, and those who violate the order will be punished for disturbing the morale of the army! Fast! ”
After hearing Gao Huaiyuan's angry scolding, the teams reacted at this time, hurriedly beckoned to gather up their respective Xiangyong, and stood in front of Gao Huaiyuan.
Gao Huaiyuan was also a little nervous, after all, it was the first time that a big girl had been on a sedan chair to fight him face-to-face with the enemy army of the Cheng system, but he knew that if there was chaos at this time, it would be all over, so he couldn't panic first, he had to calm down.
When he saw that these villagers had gathered, Gao Huaiyuan immediately shouted: "All of them, give me armor!" ”
Because they came out of Daye, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and everyone didn't have any decent armor, so even the people in Crouching Tiger Village basically didn't have armor, first, it could be cooler, and second, it wasn't too eye-catching.
After hearing Gao Huaiyuan's orders, everyone immediately dragged down the armor on the car, and put it on, and Jia Qi immediately took Gao Huaiyuan's armor over, and put them on their special sandwich leather armor, and everyone buckled an iron helmet from the county office, and immediately became much more powerful.
After Gao Huaiyuan finished hanging it up, he took out the Mo knife that had been placed on the car by the master, shook off the cloth cover, showed the blade, and then stood majestically in front of the team, and shouted loudly to those villagers with frightened looks on their faces: "Don't worry, don't panic!" It's just a scout team, the Jin Army scout team is only about 100 people, and we have 500 people, what are you afraid of them doing? Stand up straight for me, let Jin Jun also see how powerful our Great Song masters are! ”
Seeing that Gao Huaiyuan was so calm, and said that the enemy army was only about 100 people at most, so everyone was somewhat calm, and many people breathed hard and deeply, suppressing their wildly beating hearts.
At this time, Zhang Qing came to Gao Huaiyuan's side and said with some worry: "Gao Detention Team, this time is a little bad!" Let's walk behind, how can we meet the Jin Army scouts? ”
Gao Huaiyuan was also wondering, if there were more than 10,000 troops in front, they should have met the Jin Army scouts, why did they walk at the end but ran into the Jin Army scouts?
At this time, Jia Qi took the initiative to come over and said to Gao Huaiyuan: "Young master, now is not the time to think about this matter, I wonder if these Jin troops may have come from the Tang River, just bypassing the army in front, and the small ones think that Tanghe County may have also fallen!" Now it's better to prepare to defend against the enemy! I think since it is a scout team, it should be all golden cavalry, we can't escape, it is better to gather the carts into a circle, form a chariot formation for royal guarding, and wait for the army in front to come back! ”
Gao Huaiyuan patted his head and secretly scolded himself for being confused, what do you care where those golden soldiers came from at this time! Let's save myself first! Jia Qi said well, the Song soldiers who reported the news said before they died that they were the Jin Army scout team, since they were scout teams, they were cavalry, and the number would not be too much, but they were all the elite of the Jin Army, and they were a lot more than the other party, but these people were all Xiangyong who had never seen the world, and this was a place where they were flat, and there was no place to rely on, once they were impacted by the Jin Army cavalry and dispersed them, the rest of the thing was to unilaterally wait for the Jin Army to slaughter them, the number of people in this case, It's not of much use at all, it doesn't take a few back and forth, and the five hundred of them will be killed by the golden soldiers!
And Judge's performance made him very satisfied, this guy came out this time, he didn't talk much, and showed a calmness that did not match his age, but at this critical moment, he was able to calmly analyze the current situation, and deliberately trained him to be a staff officer, but he really didn't choose the right person! And his suggestion is very good, if you encounter enemy cavalry on the plain, it is a very good way to form a chariot formation to resist the enemy!
"Write down your credit for today, Judgey, good! Come! Immediately surround the cart in a circle, connect the head and tail of the cart, and the donkeys and mules are all encircled in the cart array, and everyone enters the chariot array! Move fast! ”
Gao Huaiyuan immediately made a decision and immediately shouted to the people below.
So everyone immediately carried out his order, and immediately rushed together the dozens of carts they had escorted, and connected them end to end, and the donkeys and mules were unloaded and led into the cart array, and the village soldiers also poured into the cart array, and immediately filled the cart array.
Before they could all enter the chariot formation, they felt a slight vibration on the ground, and then they heard the sound of horses' hooves galloping, and gradually approached them from far to near, and a troop of cavalry appeared at the bend of the road, and rushed towards them quickly.
Gao Huaiyuan immediately shouted: "Don't panic, quickly enter the car formation!" These villagers, who had not yet entered the car formation, immediately climbed into the cart and turned into the car formation.
And Gao Huaiyuan immediately jumped into the car formation, looked at the formation composed of dozens of cars, and immediately pointed to the place to the south and said: "Leave a gap here, move quickly!" ”
When Zhang Qing heard this, he hurriedly said, "No! If you open an opening here, what will you do if the golden soldiers burst in from here? ”
Gao Huaiyuan turned his head and pouted at Zhang Qingyu, asking him to see the situation in the car array, Zhang Qing took a look, this is good, the circle surrounded by dozens of cars was not big, and five hundred people were stuffed in at once, and it was immediately stuffed here, like canned sardines, it was simply impassable.
"We're so stuffed here, why can Jin Bing burst in? Open an opening and expand some area, otherwise, it will be difficult for us to turn around! Hurry up, I want them to come in from here, I want to see if they dare to rush in! Gao Huaiyuan said immediately.
At this time, Zhang Qing understood what Gao Huaiyuan meant, and secretly admired his courage in his heart, and immediately helped to beckon people to pull this section of the car away, making the circle of the car formation a little bigger, leaving a gap.
"Everybody made it clear to me! Quiet! Gao Huaiyuan jumped into a big car, stood on the roof of the car and shouted to the villagers who were making a fuss below.
After hearing his shout, the group of people below immediately quieted down, and they all looked up at Gao Huaiyuan.
"Zhang Qing took your people to guard the east, Guo Liang took your people to guard the west for me, Gu Lao Er led people to guard the north, and the people from Crouching Tiger Village and Gaojiazhuang followed me to guard the gap in the south! All the archers are on board, as long as the golden soldiers dare to get close to the chariot formation, I will shoot them with arrows, and the gunners and swordsmen will block the gaps between the vehicles, so that the golden soldiers will not break through the gaps! Let's go! This is our first battle here, everyone cheer up, don't lose the people of Daye County! ”
Seeing that Gao Huaiyuan was so calm, everyone was also much calmer, so each team immediately beckoned their men to start moving, and the archers climbed into the car one after another, kneeling on one knee with their bows and arrows, ready to fight.
And Gao Huaiyuan personally took Huang Yan, Zhou Hao and others to guard the gap, waiting for the attack of the Jin soldiers.
The number of this group of golden soldiers exceeded Gao Huaiyuan's expectations, there were nearly two hundred people, it was not a scout team, it was simply a vanguard army! Gao Huaiyuan scolded secretly in his heart, he didn't expect to meet Jin Bing for the first time today, and he bumped into so many Jin Bing, I don't know if his luck was too good or too bad!
But now that it's here, it's only time to hold on! Otherwise, they're all going to have to be left here.
And when this group of Jin troops turned around and appeared in their distance, they all froze, and the Jin army officer who was the leader raised his right hand and reined in the reins of his horse, and more than 200 Jin army cavalry immediately gathered behind him and looked towards Gao Huaiyuan's convoy.
"Today we ran into a fat sheep! No wonder that Song soldier ran away from this side like a desperate person, it turned out that he had come to report to this group of baggage teams! A golden soldier smiled at his officer, waving his steel knife in his hand with excitement.
The Jin Army General raised his eyes to look at Gao Huaiyuan's convoy, frowned for a moment, and then immediately showed a smile on his face: "It's good luck!" These people seem to be a baggage team composed of the Xiangyong of the Southern Dynasty! Kill them, burn their grain, we will make a great contribution today, this battle does not need to be fought, our Dajin Kingdom has already won! ”
With a roar, the reins of the horse in his hand shook, and he immediately rushed towards Gao Huaiyuan's convoy, shouting as he accelerated: "These people are village soldiers, a gang of rabble!" Take out your bows and arrows, shoot them, and rob their cars! ”
So more than 200 cavalrymen immediately cheered and patted their horses together, rushed over with him, took off the bows and arrows they carried with them from their horses, and stood up slightly on their horses to control the ups and downs of their bodies, and aimed their bows and arrows at Gao Huaiyuan's chariot formation.
Gao Huaiyuan watched the reaction of this group of Jin Army cavalry from a distance in the gap, and when he saw their riding skills, he was secretly shocked in his heart, this group of Jin soldiers is really the elite of the Jin Army, the riding skills are very exquisite, and each can control the strings immediately, it seems that the luck is really good today!
As the golden soldiers approached, the villagers in the chariot formation felt the vibration from the ground, listening to the rumbling horses' hooves, the atmosphere was tense to the extreme, the archers pulled their bowstrings one after another, and some of their nervous arms trembled, almost unable to control their bows!
The Jin army had already seen the identity of Gao Huaiyuan and his party from their banners and armor, and they didn't feel nervous at all, in their opinion, the regular army of the Song army was also vulnerable, not to mention this group of miscellaneous villagers! So the arrogance was very arrogant, even when he saw the archers kneeling on the roof of the car, he did not feel the slightest fear, and still accelerated towards the convoy.
"Two hundred steps...... One hundred and fifty steps...... One hundred steps ......" The young man from Crouching Tiger Village as an observer constantly reported the distance of the golden soldiers, providing a basis for Gao Huaiyuan to judge whether to release arrows.
And Gao Huaiyuan also took out his strong bow at this time, and put the arrow on the bowstring, he knew that the equipment in his gang was messy, although there were nearly two hundred bows, but these bows had both black lacquer bows and hemp back bows, the strongest in addition to his two-stone strong bow, the rest were some nine bucket bows, most of them were seven buckets or eight bucket bows, of which the seven bucket hemp back bows were the majority, although the farthest could reach one hundred steps, but the effective killing range was only about sixty or seventy steps.
But when the observer had just reported a hundred paces, Gao Huaiyuan had not had time to give the order to release the arrows, and several archers could not withstand the pressure of the Jin army, and in a panic, they released the bowstring in their hands, and immediately shot the arrows.
But they are in a panic at this moment, and the distance is relatively far, where is there any lethality! The result was that after the first round of arrows was fired, many arrows fell to the ground before they even flew in front of the Jin army, and even if some arrows hit the Jin army, they were all bent down by the Jin soldiers to dodge, even if they really hit a Jin soldier, they could not penetrate their leather armor and shoot them off their horses, but attracted a loud laugh from the Jin soldiers.
Gao Huaiyuan scolded angrily on the spot: "Bastard, who let you release the arrows?" Do you still have me in your eyes? Without my order, don't let the arrows go, this distance can't hurt the Jin soldiers at all! ”
As soon as Gao Huaiyuan's words fell, these villagers were suddenly ashamed, after a round of arrows, not a single golden soldier fell, and they were ridiculed by others, so they immediately pulled out the second arrow, tried to pull their bows and arrows, and carried out the second round of firing! However, at this time, the speed of the Jin soldiers was also mentioned to the highest, and before the villagers could open their bows and release the second arrow, the Jin soldiers launched a counterattack.
Suddenly, nearly 200 carved arrows flew towards the car array with a whistling sound, and fell in the car array like rain.
The ears of the people in the car were filled with swishing sounds, and one of the archers in the car immediately let out a scream, rolled off the cart, fell to the ground and wailed.
Gao Huaiyuan was taken aback, but at this time he didn't have time to look at the loss, so he immediately pulled the big bow away and roared angrily: "Release the arrow!" ”
After calling it, he immediately let go and shot the arrows, fortunately, the young archers of his Crouching Tiger Village still kept calm, and with Gao Huaiyuan's order, they shot arrows towards the oncoming Jin soldiers, and the rest of the village soldiers and archers were frightened at this time, but they also had the courage to stabilize their minds, and once again took the arrow and released an arrow at the Jin soldiers who rushed to them.
This time finally had an effect, rushed to the front of the car formation after the Jin soldiers released an arrow, did not wait to open the bow again, they were counterattacked by the convoy, and were shot down by four or five people, and a few Jin soldiers were injured in Gao Huaiyuan's round of counterattacks, angrily cursing the circle horse from the ground to pick up those injured colleagues who fell off the horse in two teams from both sides of the car formation, out of the car formation.
And such a result was basically achieved by the archers of Crouching Tiger Village, and when they saw that a few golden soldiers were shot, the young archers of Crouching Tiger Village immediately resounded with a burst of cheers.
After seeing the Jin Bing circle horse break away from the car formation, Gao Huaiyuan turned around to check the losses on his side, and shouted: "Each team reports the losses quickly!" ”
"We lost six archers dead and six wounded......"