Chapter 46: The Timing of the Attack
Glancing at Yan Zheng and the officers and soldiers who were shouting and rushing up, Liu Wei leaned his back against the trunk of the tree, pressed the severely painful wound with one hand, and a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth.
"Bang! Sou! With the sound of tree branches bouncing and vines shaking, an officer and soldier's ankle was strangled by the tightened vine, and with a strange cry, it bounced up and flew under the pull of the vine, flying to a certain height, his body hung in the air for a moment, and then fell down rapidly, and when he fell to the height of half a tree, he bounced up and down several times, and hung upside down in the air.
The sound of tree branches bouncing and vines swaying sounded one after another, and one by one, the unsuspecting officers and soldiers who were charging forward stepped on the trap laid by Liu Wei and others in advance, and were strangled by the vines and bounced into the air.
Yan Zheng and the officers and soldiers who rushed into a trap were startled by the sudden change, and hurriedly stopped the charge, and they didn't care about rushing forward to kill Liu Wei and the others on the spot, and looked around vigilantly, trying to find the trap laid in secret.
The trap laid by Liu Biaojiao and the Yellow Turban soldiers was an elastic rope made of vines, and the emerald green vines were encircled on the ground, how could they easily see the traces?
Yan Zheng and the officers and soldiers behind him searched for a long time, but they couldn't find the existence of a trap.
The officers and soldiers hanging upside down in the air writhed and struggled, and shouted for help, hoping that their companions under the trees would help them.
Several of the officers and soldiers who were hung up were armed with short spears, and they bowed their waists with all their might, and the tips of the short spears were stabbed at the vines that bound their ankles.
With a soft "snap", one of the soldiers successfully stabbed the vine that strangled his ankle, and his body slammed into the ground like a free-falling stone.
Although the poplar tree is not the tallest tree in the jungle, when the Yellow Turban soldiers set up traps, they chose some trees that were more than ten meters long.
An adult of one or two hundred pounds fell from a height of several meters, where did the people below dare to reach out and pick it up!
The fallen officers and men were head-down, watching the ground get closer and closer, and after making a muffled sound, their heads slammed into the ground.
At such a height, if you land with both feet, you are likely to bruise your ankles, let alone your head directly to the ground.
The officers and soldiers who fell down didn't even snort, they broke their necks and lost their breath, and lay straight on the ground, becoming a lifeless corpse.
Hanging from the tree, several officers and soldiers who pierced the vines with short spears like him heard the muffled sound coming from under the tree, straightened up and looked under the tree, just this glance, they completely gave up the struggle, watching a companion fall to the ground and fall to his death, where would the others have the courage to stab the vine and break free from the trap.
The three officers and men standing side by side watched as one of their companions on the opposite side stepped on the trap, was thrown into the air by the bouncing vines, and hung upside down under the canopy.
Startled, they subconsciously took two steps back, one of them stepped into a ring encircled by vines, the other had his calf tripped over a vine tied to a stick, and the third stepped back, stepping on another vine lasso on the side.
"Bang!" A muffled sound of a tree trunk bouncing reached the ears of the servants, and before they could react to what was happening, the vines under their feet shook up with a "whoosh".
The two officers and soldiers who stepped into the vine lasso screamed, their bodies were thrown up, and they flew upward, and the shields in their hands also flew out of their hands, turned several times in mid-air, and fell to the ground. The soldier, whose calf hit the vine but did not step into the lasso, watched in amazement as his two companions suddenly flew into the air like flying men and leaped into the air.
He had just raised his head to see how his two companions were doing, when a large shield slammed down on him from top to bottom, slapping him on the head impartially.
The oak shield was so heavy that it smashed on the face of the officer and soldier, and before the officer and soldier could even scream, his facial features were smashed into a plane, and his face was splashed with blood and fell straight down.
"Whoosh!" The officers and soldiers who had been disturbed by the trap had not yet calmed down, and the sound of arrows breaking through the air came from behind them.
The officers and soldiers crowded into the forest stood in a dense position, and there were only a dozen arrows flying from behind, but each of them pierced the back of an officer and soldier's heart.
Hard leather armor can reduce the damage caused by swinging swords, but the protection against arrows is not very good.
Sharp arrows flew from behind, piercing the armor made of hard skin, and pierced into the hearts of more than a dozen officers and soldiers standing at the back of the closest.
After all, this officer and army had experienced the baptism of war with Zhu Jun, and as soon as the Yellow Turban archers hiding in the bushes shot a puff of arrows, the officers and soldiers of the rear team immediately reacted, turned around and lined up a formation, blocking the big shield in front of them to defend against the attack of arrows.
The officers and men were on guard, and their eyes were glaring around, looking for where the Yellow Turban archers were hiding. The Yellow Turban archers, who were hiding in the bushes, did not launch a second round of sneak attacks, but fell silent, hiding in the bushes and silently watching the officers and soldiers not far away.
"Capture those two people, and the thieves will surely mess with themselves!" The officers and soldiers of the rear team stabilized their positions, and Yan Zheng, who was in a trap, raised his long sword and pointed at Liu Wei and Zhou Cang, and yelled at the officers and soldiers beside him.
The officers and soldiers who had received the order roared in unison, and rushed towards Liu Wei, who had already come out from behind the tree and was pouting at them, and Zhou Cang, who was staring at Yan Zheng with an indifferent face.
The officers and men launched a charge, and almost all of the more than 100 elastic lasso traps were activated, and more than 100 officers and soldiers were trapped by vines at their ankles, catapulted into the air, and then hung under the canopy.
The officers and soldiers who were ejected suffered a sudden change, and many of them subconsciously let go, and the huge shield flipped several times in mid-air and fell on the heads of the officers and soldiers who were charging at Liu Wei and Zhou Cang under the tree.
When the big shield fell, some officers and men who reacted quickly hurriedly bowed down and raised their heads to dodge, while some officers and men who reacted slowly and had really bad luck were slapped firmly on the head by the shield, and the officers and men who were about to rush in front of Liu Wei and others were actually smashed by the big shield dropped by their companions.
"Kill!" The officers and soldiers were in a mess, and Liu Wei knew that the best opportunity to attack had finally come, so he drew his long sword and rushed towards the officers and soldiers with a roar.
The five Yellow Turban soldiers hiding behind the tree saw him rushing out, and they also roared and picked up their weapons and rushed after him to the officers and soldiers.
At the same time, the Yellow Turban soldiers, who were hiding not far behind the archers, also carried shields and weapons, and launched an attack on the rear of the officers and soldiers from the other side.
There were only more than 30 Yellow Turban soldiers who rushed to the rear of the officers and soldiers, and all of them were holding the big shields they had snatched from the officers and men, and when they rushed to the front of the officers and men, they shouted and raised their shields one by one and ran into the rear of the officers and soldiers in a single formation.
As soon as these Yellow Turban soldiers collided with the officers and soldiers, the dormant Yellow Turban archers reappeared, and they fired arrows at the officers and soldiers at close range.
With the sound of the bowstring, arrows flew towards the nearby officers and soldiers with a strong wind.
An officer and soldier had just held up his shield against the Yellow Turban soldier who was crashing into him, and he raised his arm holding a short spear, and was about to pierce the Yellow Turban soldier in front of him with a short spear, when an arrow pierced his waist ribs with a "poof".
The arrow pierced into the waist, the officers and soldiers protected the pain, and their bodies reflexively turned to the side, and the yellow turban soldier on the opposite side was already holding a short spear and stabbed him in the throat.
The sharp spear tip pierced into the throat of the officer and soldier, and through the back of his neck, the officer and soldier opened their eyes and stared at the yellow turban soldier piercing his throat in disbelief, and there were several "gurgling" sounds in his throat, and he fell on his back.
Nearly 100 large shields fell in mid-air, and the officers and men who charged were smashed down one by one, and many people were smashed to their heads under the impact of the big shields, and fell to the ground in despair, and many more officers and men were smashed to the ground by the big shields, rolling and wailing in pain.
The woods were filled with a tragic atmosphere, but Liu Wei would not leave a moment of respite for the officers and soldiers, he took five Yellow Turban soldiers, brandished long swords, and slashed at the officers and soldiers who could continue to fight.
Yan Zheng leaned against a large tree and avoided the falling large shield. Seeing Liu Wei personally swing his sword to kill the officers and soldiers, he lifted his long sword, stood on tiptoe, and quietly jumped towards Liu Bian.
"Strict administration!" As soon as he took two steps, there was a loud cry full of hatred beside him.
Hearing this explosion, Yan Zheng subconsciously turned his head, and what he saw was Zhou Cang, who had already jumped up in the air and bent his arm into an elbow towards him.
Zhou Cang bumped into him, and Yan Zheng subconsciously waved his long sword, drawing an arc of light, wanting to cut Zhou Cang's chest.
The sword light slashed towards Zhou Cang, and Zhou Cang, who was colliding with Yan Zheng in the air, twisted his waist stiffly, spun in mid-air, and avoided a sword that cut at his chest.
As soon as his feet landed, Zhou Cang did not delay at all, his body was vertical, and he jumped up towards Yan Zheng again.
He was holding a long sword in his hand, but he didn't have the slightest intention of piercing Yan Zheng with the sword, and when he jumped in front of Yan Zheng, he bent his arm into an elbow again and slammed into Yan Zheng's ear.
As soon as he swung out a sword, Yan Zheng, who didn't have time to stop it, only felt that his ears were smashed by a hard stone, his ears were buzzing, and Venus was also popping up in front of him, and he staggered a few steps to the side.
Before his footsteps stopped, Zhou Cang stepped forward again, holding a fist the size of a bowl, from the bottom up, and hit him with a heavy hook on the chin.
There was a heavy blow on the chin, Yan Zheng's upper and lower teeth bumped hard, and several white teeth were knocked out by Zhou Cang's punch, and he spit out the blood.
Two consecutive heavy blows have made Yan Zheng lose his ability to fight, but Zhou Cang did not stop his movements, he strangled the back of Yan Zheng's neck with both hands, so that he could not fall to the ground, and then bent his knees and slammed into Yan Zheng's face.