In the middle of the night, there was a sudden drizzle, and the raindrops fell on the tent with a dull sound, Qin Dong got up and walked to the door of the tent with the handle of the knife, and then a black shadow walked over quickly, but it was Alfard.

Seeing that Qin Dong was at the door of the tent, Affard immediately quickened his pace and saluted, "My lord, they are here!" ”

Qin Dong's face turned pale and asked, "Which side of the people?" How long does it take to get here? ”

"To the west, Xu needs to maintain the suddenness of the raid, they march very slowly, the pace of the march is not very neat, it is generally difficult to hear the sound closely, if I hadn't arranged a secret sentry on the side of the road a long time ago, it is estimated that I would not have been able to find them in time! Now they are about twenty miles from here, and they should be able to reach it in half an hour."

The horse bandits in the west were the nine-strand united horse bandits led by Home, Ruth, Mars and others, Qin Dong had already guessed that it must be these people who couldn't help but make a move first, and as he expected, these people really came!

Qin Dong snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, since they are looking for death, then it is no wonder that others, pass on my order, the whole battalion will turn off the lights, inform all the brothers to prepare for battle, and take out all the things we prepared in the morning to entertain these horse bandit masters, so that they can be happy!" ”

Alfald didn't expect that Qin Dong would still have the heart to say a few ridiculous words at this time, which shows that Qin Dong didn't take these horse bandits seriously at all, since he was defeated and surrendered by Qin Dong that time, Qin Dong has always been very unfathomable in his eyes, and he also wanted to try to understand Qin Dong's thoughts, but Qin Dong's thoughts and actions are like a pool of unfathomable spring water, no matter how he understands it. They couldn't really understand what Qin Dong wanted to do next. But the more this was the case, the more Alfald felt at ease, and following Qin Dong made him very relieved.

He immediately saluted and said, "Yes." My lord, my subordinates are going to convey my lord's orders! ”

After Su He left the camp with a hundred guards and cavalry of Qin Dong and hid nearby, there were only more than fifty guards of Gebuus who could fight in the camp on the surface, but in fact, the coachmen and men of the Qindong caravan were all real warriors, they were just disguised as coachmen and men at the request of Qin Dong, and these people added up to more than eighty people, plus Gebuus's guards There were about one hundred and forty people in total.

Defense is a university question. For the defenders, not every section of the city wall or camp wall needs to be defended, and some sections of the city wall or camp wall are not conducive to the siege or attack. Therefore, these sections do not need to be defended by too many people, as long as a few people are arranged to patrol and guard, if each section of the city wall must be defended by people, according to the length of the city wall in this era. No matter how many soldiers and horses the defender has, they can't defend it. The defenders only need to deploy enough troops in a few key areas to withstand local attacks.

In the field, especially for caravan defense like Qindong, because there are no fortifications such as wooden fences, the carts can only be gathered and arranged in the outermost part to form a defensive line, and in order to maximize their combat power, it is necessary to shrink the defensive circle as much as possible.

How should the defensive circle be arranged? For a small number of defenders, the smaller the defensive circle, the better, to minimize the attack surface and the length of the defensive line. It can concentrate its own combat power, and if it is scattered, its lethality will be limited. Therefore, under Qin Dong's order, the caravan surrounded seventy or eighty carts in a circle, and the length of the circle's defense line was obviously less than that of a square, and if one was attacked, people nearby could quickly come over for reinforcements.

Behind the circular defensive circle formed by the cart were thirty members of the convoy, each of whom had a spear, a small round shield, and a long sword or long knife at his waist, which was the outermost defensive force, and these were the guards of Gebuus, and there were more than twenty members of the convoy who hid in the tents in the middle of the defensive circle as the first reserves.

Behind these people are tents, and in each tent there are six of Qin Dong's subordinates, these people are all composed of coachmen and men, in fact, they are not real coachmen and men, but extremely powerful all-round warriors, ten tents are arranged around a circular defensive circle, every five people operate a giant bed crossbow made of a whole adult arm thick bamboo pole and thick cowhide rope, five people fire five bamboo spears sharpened by thin bamboo poles at a time, five people move at the same time, Pull the bed crossbow apart together, and another person issues an order, and after a unified order, pull the string and let go, and five bamboo spears will shoot out.

These bamboos made of giant bed crossbows were discovered by Qin Dong yesterday afternoon when he led people to reconnoiter the nearby terrain, Qin Dong did not expect that he would find bamboo here, bamboo This plant is generally distributed in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean islands are the most concentrated, and the species are also the most, the elasticity of bamboo is very sufficient, and the elasticity after bending is very large, there is basically no problem with five strong men operating a bed crossbow, which Qin Dong has tried before.

In addition to these fifty people, Qin Dong still has more than 30 people who have not arranged tasks, he asked these more than 30 people to each take a bow and a pot of arrows, as a long-range strike force, but also as a second reserve team, once the bow and arrow are ineffective and the front defense line can not resist the need for reinforcements, they will be on top as the second reserve.

The caravan's defensive circle is a semicircle, with a mountain wall behind it, so Qin Dong and the others only need to defend the front, and do not need to be careful of being attacked from behind, which is also the military common sense that must be possessed by camping in the field during the march, of course, this refers to ancient times, this kind of common sense in modern warfare has no effect, and modern military weapons have already achieved three-dimensional and all-round strikes in space.

According to the arrangement of these ten giant bed crossbows, no matter which direction the horse bandits attack, these ten bed crossbows can attack the horse bandits, and they can fire fifty bamboo spears each time, which will have very strong lethality.

Alfold followed Qin Dong to inspect the situation in the defensive circle, while the bosses of the two caravans, Peteus and Gebuus, hid in the tent in the middle, they were not warriors, and they had no combat power, so they could only stay in the tent, so as not to come out and cause trouble to others.

Afald identified a very important problem. He said, "My lord, my subordinates don't think it's safe to set up these tents here, although they can withstand the arrows of the horse bandits. But if they had fired rockets, the tent would have burned up in no time, and wouldn't the soldiers and the enormous bows and arrows have lost their effect? ”

Qin Dong stood still and turned his head and asked, "If you were the leader of the horse bandits, would you order arson or rocket shooting?" ”

Alfald nodded without hesitation: "I will!" ”

"And what are you doing here?"

Alfard was a little confused when he heard this, and after a long time he hadn't turned a corner, he couldn't help but wonder if he was not right. Holm, the leader of the horse bandits, who was a kilometer away, explained the problem to his men.

The captain of the sentry reported to Holm, one of the leaders of the bandits: "Chief, the camp of the caravan is pitch black. There are no lights, which is very unfavorable for our attack! ”

At this time, a big horse bandit man next to him said in a rough voice: "Chief, it's better to shoot a wave of rockets." Set the caravan's camp on fire, and the caravan's guards will surely scatter and escape, and we can easily break through the camp. Grab the goods! ”

Holm looked at his men and men. I suddenly felt a headache, and I couldn't help but scold: "You rice buckets, waste, did you grow up eating stool?" Put rockets? I beg you, can you use your brains before you say this? When you shoot a wave of rockets, the entire caravan camp burns up, and in the end we break through the camp and get nothing, and the cargo has long been burned to ashes by the rockets you fired! Are you here just to set fires and kill people? Murder and arson are certainly very pleasant. But I can't stand the hunger! When you're hungry, I'll see if you're still happy. I rub! ”

These words scolded several subordinates to the blood, and the subordinates were also ashamed, the main purpose of their coming here was to grab the goods, if the goods were burned, then wouldn't their trip be meaningless? I haven't figured out such a simple truth, isn't this stupid?

Seeing this, several horse bandit leaders next to him hurriedly came out to play a round, time was pressing, now was not the time to scold, to scold people and wait until they went back to scold, now it is important to be serious, Ruth said: "Home, forget it, how can the brains of these little minions compare with you?" Let's get down to business, I'll first report the news that Faisal has come with a large group of men and horses to take the path, and if we don't break through the camp before dawn, I'm afraid we will have to retreat, otherwise we will encounter Faisal, and then a big battle will be inevitable! ”

"Yes, yes, let's hurry up and attack!"

"Yes, just kill it, what's the point? We're horse bandits, not a regular army, and we have to declare war or something to fight! ”

Holm observed the situation in the caravan camp, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything, he thought for a moment and ordered: "Send a team to take a look, I need to know the general situation in the camp!" ”

"Yes! Chieftain! Immediately someone agreed, and a cavalry team of eight men was sent to the caravan camp to reconnoiter the situation.

Qin Dong and Alfald stood on a large cart at the front of the defensive circle, they commanded here, surrounded by a dozen or so soldiers, and issued orders here so that everyone in the camp could hear them, and they could also see the attack of the horse bandits in front.

Alfald saw the sound of horses' hooves coming from the night in the distance, and the figures of the eight cavalrymen gradually became clear, and he reminded: "My lord, there are horse bandits coming, it seems that they are investigating the situation!" ”

"See, bring the bow!" Qin Dong said.

Qin Dong held the bow in his left hand, and his right hand pulled out three arrows from the quiver at a time, and pulled the bow with the bow, the bow body was pulled to the chirping, and with a "hum" sound, the three arrows were shot out at the same time, Qin Dong did not stop, and pulled out three arrows again to pull the bow string, and after shooting arrows three times in a row, the eight horse bandits and cavalry who came to reconnoiter fell off their horses one after another, and their horses quickly ran away, and none of these people made even the slightest sound until they died.

It was the first time for Alfald to see Qin Dong's amazing archery skills, shooting an arrow at a time and hitting the moving cavalry was nothing, but it was unimaginable to shoot three arrows each time, and several times in a row, and every arrow did not miss in the dark night, at this moment, Qin Dong became synonymous with the arrow god in the eyes of Affard, and he saluted excitedly: "My lord, my subordinates are respectful!" ”

Qin Dong waved his hand, threw the bow to the black guard, and said: "Pass my order, the second reserve is all equipped with bows and arrows behind the frontmost defensive soldiers, lined up in three rows, twelve people in each row, one of them is the captain, waiting for my order, once the order for the archers to shoot is given, the first row shoots first, and after shooting, the second row shoots, followed by the third row, and then the first row, and so on, without stopping in the middle, this is the 'three-stage shooting method'."

There are not many archers with more than 30 people, and the overall shooting cannot cause much damage, but if the three-stage shooting method is adopted, it can form a continuous shooting effect and maintain sufficient long-range strike ability.

The guard said, "Yes, my lord, my subordinates will go and convey your orders immediately!" ”

After the guard went to deliver the order, Alfold asked, "My lord, what are we going to do next?" ”

Qin Dong turned his head: "What to do?" Cold! Now that we are on the defensive, we have to wait for the other side to make a move before we can figure out how to deal with it, and I suspect that the leader of the horse bandits on the opposite side will definitely send a cavalry team of no more than a hundred men to come and make a tentative attack, wait and see! ”

Sure enough, as Qin Dong expected, Holm sent a hundred cavalry to test the attack, and Holm ordered eight cavalry to come to investigate, these cavalry did not return for a long time, but it was their horses that returned, and the leaders of the horse bandits knew that the eight-man reconnaissance team was dead.

Now they all knew that the caravan's camp was not so easy to fight, and the bandit leaders all looked at Holm to see what kind of order he gave this time.

Holm is a very cautious person, this is his character trait, it is difficult to change, the character is basically stereotyped after adulthood, it is difficult to change, unless he encounters a very strict sudden incident that causes him a huge psychological blow to change a person's character, Qin Dong sent eight scouts from Holm to investigate before he deduced that Holm is a very cautious person, so there is a tactic of archers adopting a three-stage shooting method.

None of the eight scout cavalry came back, and they died silently, which made Holm feel that the other party was giving him a dismount, and Qin Dong did give him a dismount, Holm was more cautious, looking at the caravan's camp from here, there was a dark shadow in the night, which seemed to have the power to devour a qiē.

When the leader of the horses waited impatiently, Holm finally gave the order: "Mars, you send a team of 100 to carry out a tentative attack, I need to know what powerful weapons are in the other party's camp!" ”

"Okay!" Mars agreed, and immediately ordered his 100 cavalry to attack. (To be continued......)