Perhaps because of the hurry, the Qing soldiers were sweating profusely even in the winter at the end of February, and they even took off their helmets in arrogance, revealing their bright scalps and slender pigtails on the back of their heads.

Although Gu Chen and the others had not really fought with the Qing soldiers, since they were scouts, they had naturally learned how to distinguish the types of Qing soldiers from the clothing of officials. The Qing army was divided into eight banners, and they were divided into three types: Ahha, armor-clad people, and bannermen according to their status. Aha is a slave, mostly Han Chinese and Koreans; The armor people are descendants, the nationality is different, and the status is higher than that of Ahha, and the flag is the Qing soldier, the highest status, and the establishment of the flag is divided into infantry armor, horse armor, white armor and Baya soldiers according to the force and the type of troops.

Now they saw that six of these Qing soldiers were wearing cotton armor with copper nails, and their helmets were long, and judging from their clothing, they must be Tartar horse armor soldiers, and according to their rank in the army, it is estimated that the cotton armor they wore must be the kind of dark armor contained in iron leaves. However, one of them was wearing a bright helmet, with the iron leaf exposed, but the helmet he was holding in his hand was a black tassel, and he also carried a back flag on his back, and this person must be a small leader in the vest called the captain and the chief.

Seeing that there were six vests among these people, and one of them was a chief, the people who were lying in ambush next to the small slope all gasped, but they knew that those Tartar soldiers had been in the army since they were ten years old, once every three years, first as a guard, then as a step armor, then as a horse armor, and above the horse armor there was a white armor. The infantry armor and horse armor in the Tartar soldiers are not based on whether you are a cavalryman or not, but on their level of force in the army. The vest in the Tartar soldiers, everyone has at least seven or eight years of military experience, that is a veteran with very rich combat experience, and he is a real professional soldier, and his combat effectiveness must be very high.

The remaining seven were dressed in armor men's clothing, and although it was not known how strong they were, one thing was for sure, these Tartars were definitely a tough bone for the eight of them.

Everyone squinted and looked in the direction where Gu Chen was lying on his stomach, Gu Chen turned his head and looked at the seven brothers behind him, gritted his teeth and crossed his heart, and shouted in a low voice Fang Wei Laosan and Wu Ming, when the Tartars come, you will pull the horse rope, and the others who have javelins and bows and arrows will greet those fallen Tartars, and after the fight, the brothers immediately ran to the dirt slope to lure the Tartars to dismount and pursue, if the Tartars are not on the horse, we will go around to the back of the dirt slope and get on the horse to fight with the Tartars, do you hear it?

Everyone nodded in unison, Fang Laosi gritted his teeth and pulled out the javelin on his back with his backhand, and scolded in a low voice, "Damn, Lao Tzu is out today." ”

Soon, these Qing soldiers came to the front of the hillside, they rode on their horses and said something loudly in Manchurian as they walked, and from time to time a burst of wild laughter came, and everyone also observed that the empty horses next to these Qing soldiers were carrying large bags and small bags on their backs, and Gu Chen estimated that these were all the property they had plundered from everywhere.

When the three Tartars in the front row walked to the tripwire, Wei Laosan and Wu Ming, who had been waiting anxiously, worked together to pull up the tripwire, only to hear an exclamation and the neighing of the horses, and the three horses led by the tripping rope tripped and stumbled in front of the horse, and the three vest soldiers who were originally riding on the horses were caught off guard and fell off the horse.

At this time, there was also a loud shout from the hillside on the side of the road, "Fight! ”

With this shout, several arrows flew down the hillside, and at the same time there were several javelins flying along with the arrows, all of which flew towards the three Tartars who fell to the ground, and the Tartars who fell to the ground could not dodge, so they had to watch the arrows and javelins fly towards them. The lethality of the arrows and javelins flying from a great height and only about twenty close distances was staggering, and each of the three Tartars was pierced through the cotton armor by the arrows or javelins.

After throwing the javelin, Gu Chen, who didn't have time to watch the results, immediately got up and ran back, and didn't forget to shout loudly: "Everyone run!" ”

The eight Tartars who had finished releasing the cold arrows immediately put away their feet and ran back, leaving only a few Tartar soldiers with smoke and dust all the way, and the Tartar leader among them was stunned for a moment and immediately jumped up. However, he was experienced after all, and while he commanded the seven armored men behind him to go down the hill to chase after them, he took the remaining two vests and immediately rode his horse to the back of the hillside.

Let's say that Gu Chen took the seven brothers and ran desperately to the back of the hillside, and after running for a while, the fourth elder in the rear shouted out of breath, "Gu Tou, only the seven armored soldiers are chasing behind, and the three vest soldiers are not looking." ”

Gu Chen's face changed slightly, "It's not good, those three vest soldiers must be going around the back and want to copy our back road, let's hurry back and get on the horse, otherwise it will be too late!" ”

They all knew what would happen if their eight foot soldiers met three horsemen on horseback, but to their little relief, the slope was curved, and the time it took for the Tartars to ride around it was not much better than the time it took for them to run on two legs.

When they ran to the back hill and got on their horses, there was already a rush of horses' hooves in front of them, and three horsemen had appeared in front of them.

Gu Chen yelled, "Kill the Tartars!" ”

Eight night horses rushed forward, a distance of a hundred paces for the two sides of the horse charge, less than ten seconds of effort was close to a distance of more than thirty paces, and these horse armor soldiers reacted very quickly, and soon shot arrows at them with bows.

"Whoosh"

The tense sound of the three bowstrings sounded instantly, and three heavy arrows flew towards Gu Chen and them at high speed, these vests were really veterans with very rich experience in battle, and the three heavy arrows shot fast and accurately, and the three Ye Bu who were running in front of Gu Chen reacted quickly and were able to dodge, but the two Ye Bu Hui next to Gu Chen were hit by heavy arrows because they couldn't dodge, and they fell off their horses with a scream, and they each had arrows in their chests that rolled down from their horses, and fell heavily to the ground, and a few horse neighing sounds immediately sounded.

In fact, the range of the Tartar riding bow and foot bow is not very long, but the arrows they use are large and heavy. Those who are shot by their bows and arrows will bleed profusely and will soon lose their combat effectiveness.

And the two who were hit by the arrow were both shot in the chest, and the cotton armor they wore couldn't prevent such a heavy arrow at all, and the arrow passed through the cotton armor through the chest, and the corners of the mouth suddenly spit out blood blisters, and they couldn't live.

Seeing the two Ming soldiers in front of them fall to the ground, the three Tartar vest soldiers laughed fiercely, and immediately pulled out the arrows from the quiver and put them on the bowstring to shoot arrows, according to their speed, it only took less than two seconds for them to shoot an arrow, but the six who came galloping at night did not give them a chance again.

Gu Chen had already drawn his handcuffs and aimed them at the trigger pulled by the leader of the chiefs.

"Bumper bumper!"

Several white smoke accompanied by a dull sound sounded first, although the three vest soldiers who were galloping were all shot, but due to the power of the handcuffs and the protection of the cotton armor of the tartar soldiers, they did not lose their combat effectiveness, but the arrows they were about to shoot were all shot away, and it was too late to bend the bow and shoot arrows at this time, under the leadership of the leader of the chief, the three vest soldiers still screamed as if they had not received any influence, and pulled out the tiger head gun from behind and rushed towards Gu Chen.

Gu Chen, who was stimulated by the death of the two brothers, also roared, put away the handcuffs and took out the javelin behind his back and threw it forward, a horse armor soldier was stabbed by the javelin thrown by Gu Chen, and finally fell off the horse, and several people who followed Gu Chen also threw out the flying axes or javelins in their hands, saying that it was too late and that was fast, at this time the distance between the two sides was less than ten steps, and there was no need to worry about the accuracy in such a short distance, and the two horse armor soldiers who were roaring and galloping were no one was hit by two javelins or flying axes, The heavy bodies of the two vests fell to the ground with a bang just as the horses of the two sides were about to make contact.

Gu Chen and the horses of the Qing soldiers quickly came back after they missed, and Gu Chen shouted to Fang Laosi, who wanted to get off the horse to check the situation of those Tartar soldiers: "What are you doing in a daze, there are still a few Tartars on top, hurry up and kill them!" ”

Fang Laosi and a few people suddenly woke up and rushed back towards the back of the hillside, only to find that the seven armored people had run down the hillside when they saw five or six war horses rumbling towards them, and it was too late to run back. Five or six javelins, throwing axes, and other objects had already flown towards them, and in the midst of the screams, four armored men were immediately hit and fell to the ground.

After knocking the four armored men to the ground, the knights who rushed in front of them had already rushed in front of them, and they all drew their sabers or machetes suitable for melee combat and slashed them down with the power of their horses, and one of the armored men screamed loudly, his hands on his neck, and blood spurted from his hands. But it was Fang Laosi's saber that split his neck guard and split his throat deeply.

The remaining two armoured men were quickly chopped into meat sauce by the Nightless.

Looking at the corpses all around him, Fang Laosi was stunned for a while, and only after waking up from the bloodthirsty state just now did he cry loudly: "Gutou, brothers of the Zhang family, they are gone." ”

Gu Chen endured his grief and said: "What are you crying about, we have known that there will be such a day since we put on this skin, and it is only a matter of time before we are separated." Hurry up and let the brothers clean up, cut off the head of the tartar enough, and take the horses and things away. ”

(To be continued)