However, the sound of shouting and killing, the sound of blades, and the sound of crying in the battlefield under the city were all over the place, and no matter how loud Qiu Yizhi's fleshy voice was, he couldn't reach Zhao Chengxiao's ears. He suddenly remembered that among his own soldiers, there was a "black-necked toad" with a very loud voice, if he was brought by his side and roared out, Zhao Chengxiao would definitely be able to hear it clearly.

Qiu Yizhi was thinking wildly, but he heard a guard at the head of the wall exclaim: "Look, the Japanese are moving again." ”

Qiu Yizhi was taken aback when he heard this, and quickly refocused his attention on the city, and sure enough, he saw twenty or thirty teams of would-be robbers, and five or six teams had already met and turned into a brigade of about one hundred and fifty people. It turned out that the Japanese had almost killed the officers and soldiers under the city—those with slow legs had become ghosts under the sword, and those with fast legs could not catch up—and they wanted to encircle and annihilate this group of troops from Shanyin County who had almost no losses.

Qiu Yizhi watched as the Japanese robbers gradually gathered, and saw that they did not have a piece of iron armor on their bodies, and thought to himself: If the crossbow transferred from the left general Cui Nan is transferred to the army, then with the unobstructed terrain like now, at such a close distance, with the current close distance, with the crossbow salvo, these Japanese can be shot all in the blink of an eye.

However, there is no equipment that is gone, and no matter how anxious Qiu Yizhi is, he can't change it, not to mention a crossbow, from the beginning of the collection of materials to the test and use, it will take nearly a year to make.

But what made Qiu Yizhi even more worried was that the more than 200 pro-soldiers led by Zhao Chengxiao did not take the slightest action in the face of the gradual gathering of Japanese invaders.

In fact, Zhao Chengxiao, who was under the city, also knew that when facing a strong enemy, the opponent did not succeed, and when there was chaos, it was the best time to attack. But the soldiers under his command, the eighteen personal soldiers, needless to say, and the two hundred village warriors, who were in battle for the first time, were frightened by the bloody slaughter scene on the battlefield before they had even fought the enemy army. What's more, they are facing a fierce and brutal widow who has never been seen before, and if it weren't for the strict training on weekdays, they would have already turned around and fled.

Zhao Chengxiao is also a good citizen, although he used to be a bandit leader, but he was forced to go to Liangshan in desperation. Since he fell into the grass and joined the command of Qiu Yi, he has killed many enemies, but when he first started to kill, the complex mood of nervousness, uneasiness, excitement, and fear is still vivid.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Chengxiao felt even more empathy when he saw the complex expressions on the faces of these first-time villagers who were also intertwined with nervousness, uneasiness, excitement, and fear.

So Zhao Chengxiao did not force them, and saw that the Japanese were gathering more and more, but he ordered eighteen soldiers on horseback to quickly form a conical charging formation, and he took the lead to stand at the top, shouting: "Brothers rush with me!" ”

After saying that, Zhao Chengxiao suddenly pulled out the war knife at his waist, pointed forward, loosened the reins, clamped the horse's belly, and rushed out as if a Bohai horse was flying in his crotch.

Zhao Chengxiao's face was dark, before the emperor gave him his name, he was called "Zhao Heizi", but he liked to wear black, with black robes and black armor all over his body, and even the Bohai horse under his crotch was black. This time he charged, looking from a distance, it was like a black lightning bolt, a black fire that insulted him, and with an indomitable momentum, he rushed bravely towards the Japanese and the gangsters.

The eighteen pro-soldiers on horses behind him saw that the leader had killed them regardless of life and death, so they naturally did not want to lag behind, and they also followed and urged the horses to gallop forward.

Zhao Cheng is brave and brave, but he is not a man with developed limbs and a simple mind. Although he knew that the whole army of the Japanese was infantry without heavy armor, the cavalry had a natural advantage over them; However, now that the opponent has the advantage in numbers after all, and it is the time of the new victory, the morale is high, and it cannot be pushed straight to the edge. Therefore, Zhao Chengxiao did not go straight to the front of the opponent, but chose a gap left by the failure of the Japanese formation to assemble, and went straight through.

Sure enough, as Zhao Chengxiao expected, this gap was indeed the weak link of the Japanese formation, and the eighteen personal soldiers he led took advantage of the thunderous momentum to kill the loose formation of the Japanese as if they were piercing Lu Min - although the number of killed and injured Japanese was small, it divided the Japanese into two pieces.

Lin Shuhan stood on the city wall, squinted a pair of short-sighted eyes, took a general look at the battle situation under the city, and couldn't help but praise: "I can't see it, this Zhao Chengxiao commanding the cavalry is quite good." Using cavalry to attack the Japanese invaders, just to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, can be described as a knowing soldier! ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded when he heard this, but thought in his heart: Although Lin Shuhan is full of military books, he is also a scholar after all, just seeing the advantage of cavalry over light infantry, but not seeing that the open space under Jinling City is not wide, and it is impossible to organize a large force of cavalry to attack repeatedly, and the power is much smaller.

Sure enough, after Zhao Chengxiao succeeded in striking and penetrating the Japanese formation, he saw that there were houses and alleys in front of him, and there was no room for detours, so he hurriedly commanded his eighteen brothers to rearrange the formation, but he did not dare to penetrate into the Japanese formation, but swept away from the side, and easily ended up with the lives of several Japanese soldiers, and then returned to the front of the two hundred villagers.

The two hundred villagers were dumbfounded.

They train on weekdays, and they are all led by Zhao Chengxiao. This Zhao Chengxiao's face is dark and his appearance is not amazing, but his training is extremely demanding, and he has to be physically punished and beaten at every turn. These townsmen are all from good people, and they still look down on Zhao Chengxiao, who has been a bandit, so if it weren't for the military salary of two taels of silver per month, he would not have been this unlucky soldier a long time ago.

But today, Zhao Chengxiao showed his skills a little, and he led a mere eighteen horsemen to come and go freely among the vicious widows, as if entering a no-man's land, which could not help but make these two hundred villagers sincerely admire, and the nervous mood of Fang Cai also settled down a little.

Although the losses were minimal, they also knew that the more than 200 Han troops in front of them should not be underestimated, and they did not dare to directly charge at an opponent who was five or ten times their own size with only twenty or thirty people, as they did against other horses.

Zhao Chengxiao was not idle here, he rode on his horse, raised the saber in his hand proudly, and said loudly: "The brothers have seen it!" The Japanese are also human beings, and a knife into the stomach is also a word for 'death', not a demon that comes out of the ground. You also know the military law promulgated by Lord Qiu, an enemy's head is worth twenty taels of silver, and if you kill the opponent's leader, one hundred taels of silver will be indispensable for you. With this money, you can go home and beg for a wife! ”

Zhao Chengxiao's extremely vulgar and straightforward agitation actually played an excellent role, and the villagers, who were originally so nervous that the muscles on their faces were very stiff, suddenly became angry, shouting that they were going into battle to kill the enemy.

Zhao Chengxiao saw that the morale of his soldiers was high, and he felt a little relieved, but he didn't dare to be careless - after all, now that the coach Qiu Yizhi was not there, how many Japanese soldiers could be killed and injured on his side was still secondary, but the first thing was to stick to the formation to avoid casualties, as for how long he needed to hold on, it was not something he could control.

At this time, the Japanese generals opposite Zhao Chengxiao also gathered more and more, and a few Japanese generals wearing rattan armor and leather armor stood in the formation and bared their teeth and shouted and cursed, as if they were directing the Japanese to line up.

Qiu Yizhi stood on the city wall, and saw that the Japanese had gathered more than 400 people, and they already had an advantage in terms of numbers. These two hundred people were carefully selected and recruited by Qiu Yizhi, and after strict training, they barely formed combat effectiveness, but they could not be severely injured by the Japanese invaders for the first time.

Therefore, Qiu Yizhi saw this dangerous situation, and his heart was very anxious, and suddenly he saw a few bundles of bows and arrows placed on the top of the city wall, so he hurriedly said to one of the leaders of the city guards: "Quick, you quickly call your brothers and shoot arrows into the crowd of Japanese soldiers!" ”

The guard replied, "My lord, it is a crime to use weapons privately. If you go up to investigate, it's enough for a child to drink a pot. ”

Qiu Yizhi said without thinking: "It's none of your business, I asked you to shoot arrows." Liu Qing has something to say, you tell him to tell me! As he spoke, Qiu Yizhi took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and stuffed it into the guard's hand, "You just shoot arrows, and this money will buy wine and drink for your brothers!" ”

Although the leader of the guards couldn't read a few words, he still knew the three big characters of "five hundred taels" on the silver ticket, and he suddenly calculated in his heart: This silver ticket is enough for fifty people under his hand to divide ten taels of silver each; If he withholds one hundred and fifty taels, each of them will receive seven taels of silver; If you take four hundred taels yourself, you will have one hundred taels left, which is only enough to invite everyone to eat happily......

The leader of the guards was thinking about the small abacus in his heart, but Qiu Yizhi in front of him was already impatient, and shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze?" After receiving my money, quickly ask your men to shoot arrows at the heads of the widows! For every one I shoot, I'll reward you with ten taels more!" ”

When the leader heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed with silver: If he has this war merit reward, then he can swallow all the five hundred taels of silver privately, and then reward the subordinates with the military merit silver. Thinking about this, the leader's heart was already full of joy, and he hurriedly ordered: "Little ones, you all listen, this lord has an order, shoot a widow and reward ten taels of silver, and the time has come to kill the enemy!" ”

When they heard the amount of silver, the guards on the city wall became active one by one, and with great speed they moved the arrows to their feet, took out their short bows, took a slight aim, and then shot at the crowd of pirates under the city.

The Japanese were quite afraid when they first saw the arrows coming, some flashed to the side to seek cover, and some picked up scattered shields and planks from the ground to cover them, and for a while, the already scattered formation became more and more chaotic.

But I didn't expect that the arrows shot from the city wall, one by one, were soft, and a weak parabola was drawn in mid-air and then turned around and went straight down, relying only on the effect of gravity, falling to the top of the wolf's head, like a spring rain powerlessly hitting the wolf's body, but there was no power, and it couldn't hurt the wolf's hair.

Seeing that the arrows were no threat, the Japanese robbers in the city threw down the shields and planks in their hands, and also leaned out of the bunkers, only using their long knives to remove the arrows that were not fast. There are also a few Japanese robbers who believe that their knife skills are exquisite, put on a good posture and look at the trajectory of the arrow falling from the building, swing the knife to cut the arrow rod from the middle, and after they succeed, they stand in place and laugh, and there is a burst of cheers and cheers around them.

Seeing that the Japanese were so proud, Qiu Yizhi was annoyed and strange, and hurriedly bent down to pick up an arrow scattered on the city wall. But I saw that the arrow of this arrow weighed only one or two pennies at best, and it was made of wrought iron for the sake of convenience, and there was some rust on the side; I don't know what kind of wood is used for the arrow rod, I am afraid that it has not been maintained all year round, and it has been a little soft and cracked; The feathers at the end of the arrow are even more sparse, like weeds growing aimlessly in the wasteland.