Chapter Thirty-Three: Tartar Breakout (Collect!) )
Three corpses with different ways of dying were dragged out of the dense forest one after another and placed in front of everyone. Even the well-informed and battle-hardened Niu Lu Zhangjing was taken aback.
Not only that, Niu Lu Zhangjing's already solemn face also faintly revealed a trace of despair because of the sudden murderous intent that appeared in the dense forest.
Yes, it's despair.
With a block in front and a chasing army behind, the only hope for Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing is the dense forests on both sides of the mountain road.
Now, the three corpses placed on the ground actually told sù themselves, and the dense forests on both sides would not work, and the last hope in Niu Lu Zhangjing's heart was undoubtedly shattered.
Just when Niu Lu Zhang Jing Tie was standing motionless with a blue face, a tooth swinger said with an unwilling face: "Lord Zhang Jing, I don't believe that the Tiger and Leopard Army can block all the ways out. I'll take two more warriors in there to explore the path......"
After speaking, without waiting for Niu Lu Zhangjing's reaction, he directly ordered two unwilling armored soldiers, holding weapons, and drilled into the dense forest with a cautious face.
It is true that the Haw Par Army did not have traps all over the surrounding dense forest, and besides, with the current strength of the Haw Par Army, they did not have this ability. However, the Tiger and Leopard Army has Wei Zheng, a jungle killer, as long as Wei Zheng is there, no matter how many Tartars enter this dense forest, they will become the soul of Wei Zheng's knife.
In less than half a pillar of incense, three screams came out of the dense forest one after another.
When dozens of subordinates rushed into the dense forest when they heard the news, three corpses that were even bloodier than just now were dragged out of the dense forest by their subordinates one after another, and were placed in front of Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing again.
In the blink of an eye, six warriors were inexplicably killed, including a tooth swinger wearing two layers of iron armor.
Coupled with the three warriors who fell into the pit and died on the spot, he didn't even see the shadow of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and lost nine warriors in a row, nearly one-tenth of the total strength.
When Niu Lu Zhangjing's eyes full of despair swept towards the surrounding subordinates, the subordinates gathered around him seemed to have been collectively discussed, and at the same time took a step back. Afraid that Niu Lu Zhangjing would focus his attention on himself and send himself into this dense forest full of killing machines.
Seeing this, Niu Lu Zhangjing knew that his subordinates were already full of fear of the dense forest in front of them. If you forcibly order everyone to enter the dense forest, retreat from the dense forest. It is certain that these subordinates in front of him will definitely disobey.
At that time, his prestige in Niu Lu will be gone.
Under such circumstances, Niu Lu Zhangjing had to give up the idea of breaking through from the dense forest.
After shifting his gaze to the 'roadblock' that was still blocking the mountain road a hundred steps away, a trace of decisiveness quickly appeared on the face of Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing. He shouted an order to his subordinates who were full of despair and confusion around him.
"Warriors, the purpose of the Haw Par Army is obvious, and that is to annihilate us all here....everyone must be clear that we are killing each of us here, not taking prisoners. Because, so far, there is no precedent for this Haw Par Army to capture us....so, I hope you don't take any chances. ”
"If you want to survive, you can only choose to break out of this mountain..."
The words that Tatar Niu Lu Zhangjing almost shouted out immediately attracted the attention of all his subordinates. Not only that, most of the subordinates standing in front of him showed a look of deep approval for what they had just said.
Seeing this, Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing did not let go of this opportunity, and continued to shout: "Warriors, if you want to break out of this mountain, there is only one way left, and that is to break through the defense line of the Tiger and Leopard Army in front of you. ”
"As long as we break through this line of defense, the victory will be ours..."
"I know that after today's series of battles, many warriors are afraid of the Haw Par Army. However, I would like to tell you that one of the most crucial factors why the Haw Par Army has been able to win victory after victory again is that the Haw Par Army has a local advantage in strength in battle. ”
"And at the moment, according to our estimation of the total strength of the Haw Par Army, the Haw Par Army in front of us is only a hundred people at most, and there are no archers."
"Looking at us, not only do we have more troops than the Haw Par Army, but we also have thirty elite archers who can provide long-range strikes to the warriors anytime and anywhere, and shoot and kill the Haw Par Army soldiers..."
"What's more, the Haw Par Army in front of us doesn't even have a wall, except for a barricade made of bushes, let alone the treacherous terrain outside the Haw Par barracks."
"I can say with certainty that as long as we use our soldiers' lives, we will definitely be able to break through the defense line of the Haw Par Army in a short time and break out of the mountain in front of us......."
"The archers approached to take cover, and shot the tiger and leopard army you saw."
"The other warriors, under my personal command, will attack the defense line of the Tiger and Par Army together and break through."
Dozens of Ming army shields were held high by the Tartars, and a shield wall appeared in front of everyone.
In fact, in the eyes of Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing, using a shield when the Haw Par Army has no archers is definitely a redundant thing, because they don't know that the Haw Par Army has the weapon of throwing guns.
One of the important factors in the use of shields is to give their subordinates some sense of security, so that they will have the courage to attack the Haw Par Army and break through along the mountain roads.
Under the cover of the shield wall, a dense infantry attacking phalanx slowly pressed towards the defensive line.
As for the archers, who relied heavily on the Tartars, they followed closely behind the infantry, bent their bows and arrows, aimed at the line of defense, which still had no human figures, and provided long-range support to the infantry at any time.
At a distance of fifty paces, all the Tartar archers stopped. The infantry, under the cover of shields, continued to attack forward.
Perhaps to verify what the Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing said, the Tartar offensive formation advanced to thirty paces from the defensive line, and the defense line of the Tiger and Par Army, which was blocked by a large number of bushes, still did not shoot a single arrow outward.
Thus, a trace of the idea of contempt for the enemy once again spread among the mindless tartars.
The pace of attack, which was still slow just now, has also accelerated a lot invisibly.
In the blink of an eye, another ten steps passed......
Facing the close defense line of the Haw Par Army, the corners of many Tartars' mouths began to show a confident smile from the heart. What's more, they have already raised their weapons and are ready to engage in a close battle with the Tiger and Leopard Army.
Just when hundreds of Tartars were becoming more and more confident in this breakthrough, a series of sharp whistling sounds suddenly reached their ears. Immediately after that, a dense rain of guns flew out of the defense line of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and after crossing a beautiful parabola in the air, it fell from the sky at an increasing flight speed and pierced towards everyone.
See the slender metal tip of the spear with a foot long tip. The confidence that had just emerged on Tartar's face disappeared in an instant, not only that, but many Tartar's faces directly turned pale, because of nervousness and fear, beads of sweat were constantly flowing down Tartar's face.
Niu Lu Zhangjing, who followed his subordinates to attack, was also taken aback by the sudden rain of guns in front of him.
He didn't expect that the bandit in front of him was actually equipped with a throwing gun that had been abandoned by the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers and did not have the slightest advantage in front of the bow and arrow.
Nervous to nervous, Niu Lu Zhangjing still reacted at the first time, and ordered loudly to his frightened subordinates.
"Shield, immediately use the shield to block the throwing gun, quickly erect the shield......"
The Tartar, who was getting more and more nervous in his heart, had forgotten that the cowhide shields he was equipped with were all captured by the official army, and the shields equipped by the official army were all designed for the Tartar archers.
Therefore, these shields can block the arrows that roar down, but they cannot stop the throwing spears with several times the strength.
The moment dozens of shields were quickly pushed overhead, a dull crashing sound began to sound on the other side of the shield.
A spear weighing several pounds and with a slender tip of more than a foot is like penetrating a layer of white paper, smashing large holes in the shield very lightly, or directly smashing the shield into pieces.
The spears that pierced through the shield were still undiminished, and under the gaze of a pair of terrified eyes, they continued to advance, and slammed into the body of the tartar who was blocking behind the shield.
With a piercing scream, it sounded in the Tartar offensive formation. The fifty throwing spears that roared down were like a piece of death falling from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, they took the lives of at least ten Tartars.
Of course, in addition to those who were stabbed to death by throwing guns on the spot, there were also many Tartars who were hit by throwing guns, and fell to the ground with heart-rending screams that affected the morale and morale of the troops.