Chapter 311: Victory in the First Battle
There were only about 20 people in this group of horse bandits, and they came to track down the Buick herdsmen.
Buick lay beside Su Cheng: "That one, that one, and the last one, all have my brother's blood on their hands!" How about we fight, Sir? β
There are not many bandits coming, and the Seven Swords and the herdsmen are on it together, and they can completely defeat these twenty or so horse bandits. It's just that if you attack now, it's too early, if the horse bandits turn around and flee, I'm afraid the seven swords won't be able to reap too many results. Su Cheng also had this thought: "Yes." The condition is that your people can't all go! Leave five caretakers. Two or three of my men will be left behind. When to rush out, you have to listen to me! β
"It's all up to you!" I don't know how Buick gave the order, but the eighteen herdsmen came down twelve, and in the beacon tower, they called out their horses to prepare for war, crowding the small courtyard even more chaotically.
"Im Hanbing, why didn't your flying eagle find out about the enemy?"
I squinted for a moment. The Flying Eagle set to alert me immediately when he found the combatants, who knew that the combatants didn't see it, and fought with the bandits' scout eagles first. Only then did they fail to see the enemy in time. I'm sorry everyone! β
Su Cheng frowned: "The duty of the sentry is to report all anomalies. You girl, you still need to be tempered. Take the Eagle out of the fight, expand the scouting area, and see if there are any other enemies lurking in ambush! β
"Then being chased and pecked by the enemy in the sky?" The little girl was very unconvinced: Why can't my pet fight back when he is bullied?
"O sentinel! Is it okay to fight as a second function? If you are angry, when the reconnaissance is over, tell your eaglet to fly back, as long as it can lure the opponent's reconnaissance eagle to a low altitude, let's gather fire and extinguish it! Good no good? β
Im Hanbing followed the plan, and the two flying eagles chased in the air and flew away.
This small group of horse bandits stopped sixty or seventy paces from the beacon tower. The boss is also called Selik. (Selik wept bitterly: Lord Silver, can you change my career?) οΌ
Seeing that there were only three or five wounded people with bandages on their heads and shoulders on the beacon tower, and more than a dozen horseback figures crowded in the doorway, Selik laughed: "Big Buick, aren't you very laborious?" Today, I will let you see what is called Laodao! Come out! β
Buick also appeared from behind the low wall wrapped in bandages: "Selik, why do you want to bother my brothers if you have a grudge against me?" A few of my brothers are from the same tribe as you! β
It was because of the enmity with you that labor and management hurriedly caught up. Selik laughed, "You're not right! It's you who are the ones who trouble your brothersβif you would come out alone and tell me to stomp on my horse's hooves twice, I'll spare these poor devils!" β
Buick waved a short knife: "Brothers, can the sheep listen to the howl of the jackals?" β
"Can't!"
"We fought with them!"
"That's right! Even if you die, you have to pull two bandits on your back! Buick shouted and struck the earthen wall with his short knife, and with too much force, he actually broke the short knife, and a piece of the blade fell from the air and stuck in the sand in front of the beacon tower.
Seeing that Buick was stunned with a broken knife, the horse bandit let out a burst of laughter: "A knife that can't even be slaughtered by sheep, and you want to use it to fight tigers and wolves?" β
Buick threw away the broken knife: "Death to the sac, you wait!" He ran down the beacon, beckoned his horses out of the doorway, jumped on his horse, and rushed towards the bandits with his bare hands. A group of herdsmen and brothers followed.
In addition to the key points such as weapons and protection, you must also be careful of the impact of the opponent's mount. Although Buick was empty-handed, the horse bandits did not take it lightly, dispersed slightly, put on a posture of facing the battle, and waved the scimitar to urge the war horses and herdsmen to hedge over.
Before he could take the battle, a golden javelin suddenly appeared in Buick's hand, and the herdsmen behind him also drew their weapons and followed Buick, forming a sharp arrow formation that fiercely wedged into the formation of horse bandits.
Selik was armed with a scimitar, how dare he shake Buick's spear, and he was surprised to hide in a stirrup and pass by by Buick. Few of his bandits had the same riding skills as he had, and five or six of them were rammed or cut off from their horses under a single hedge.
The two swapped positions, and Selik's men were close to the beacon tower, and they were shot over by two of the herdsmen standing on the platform, and they became the enemy on their backs. The horse bandits are all outlaws, who were not afraid of life and death, but at this time they lost several people, and their strength was still above the Buick gang. Selik was also calm, waving his knife and shouting: "Rush over!" After meeting up with the eldest brother, let's clean up these poor ghosts! β
Buick immediately shouted: "Idiot! Look behind you, you don't want to get out of here alive today! β
As soon as the two sides turned their horses' heads and were a stone's throw away from each other, Selik looked back, and saw a dozen adventurers riding war horses and blackbirds from behind the beacon, and their mounts had begun to exert their strength and charge towards their own men and horses. He had been riding for a long time, and knew that the cavalry that launched an attack at an appropriate distance was unstoppable, and his men and horses wanted to turn around to hedge, but it was too late, so he immediately swung his knife and stabbed his mount's buttocks, instantly raising the mount to the highest speed, and rushed towards the Buick party on the opposite side.
Buick also had no way to retreat, the horizontal gun shouted, the azure light on his body flashed, and he was actually covered with a layer of ice armor, and the tip of the gun pointed forward, still colliding with Selik in a sharp formation.
Selik is just a small leader of horse bandits, only a leather armor, of course, he does not dare to collide with Buick with leather armor and ice armor two layers of protection, he wants to repeat the old trick, but he glimpsed that Buick is a horizontal gun, less impact power, but more possibility of two-sided picking. He didn't dare to hide in the stirrups, so he could only hold the scimitar tightly, ready to make a move.
Su Cheng pursued from behind, secretly ordered the others to distance themselves from him, and when he saw the opportunity coming, he didn't get off the horse, and directly put away his mount and shouted: Lion roar!
The sound wave just brought the members of the Thai half horse bandits into the range, and the seventeen or eighteen horse bandits were suddenly startled and neighed, and they fell into a rolling gourd.
When it comes to combat skills, players can't compare to NPCs. At least at the current level, I haven't heard of a player who has mastered the skill of mounted combat. However, the skills are different, there is no difference between superior and inferior skills, it only depends on who can use it more reasonably and effectively. With the strength of the Seven Swords Beauty Group plus the herdsmen, and the strength of more than 20 horse bandits, it may be possible to win the battle, but if you want to completely annihilate these horse bandits, unless there is a way to earn all the horse bandits. At this time, the opportunity appeared, and the morale of the Buick herdsmen suddenly soared, and they opened fire with full firepower, slashing knives and stabbing horses' hooves and trampling on them, and a wave of impact resulted in seven or eight fallen bandits. It's not that he can't kill and injure more bandits, but Buick followed Su Cheng's request, and while sweeping through the formation, he and his subordinates took away more than ten empty war horses.
After the herdsman's horse team has charged, the player's horse team also roars, and eleven people roll their saddles and dismount, each looking for an opponent to fight together.
More than twenty horse bandits were killed in the first round of encounters with the herdsmen, and when the horses turned around, several were shot by the bows and arrows on the beacon tower. was shocked by the roar of the Su Orange lion and injured several people, and before the whole team was hit by Buick's men and horses in the second round, there were less than ten people intact. After falling off the horse, his combat power was also greatly reduced, and he was caught and entangled by the seven swords, and he had no power to fight back.
Seeing that Buick's men and horses were circling and about to launch a third round of attacks, Selik sighed and raised his hand to release a carrier pigeon. Before he could take his eyes off the carrier pigeon, he saw a streamer flash, and the carrier pigeon was shot by Feng Wu Jiutian with an arrow in mid-air.
It was a beautiful ambush annihilation battle.
Buick rode on horseback, his eyes roaming the herdsmen who were still cleaning the battlefield and snatching the spoils of war, barely believing his eyes. Su Cheng also turned on his horse and stood with him.
NPCs don't 'touch corpses', but poor herders don't miss the benefits that everyone can see: horses, weapons, and even leather armor are items that they are familiar with and can use to combat power. Su Cheng also hoped that these seizures could truly improve the combat effectiveness of the herdsmen, after all, there were still dozens of horse bandits who had not come.
"Buick, there are a lot of horse bandits. We are still surrounded by bandits. Do you want to rely on the beacon to hold on, or do you want to choose a direction to break out? β
"Breakout?" Buick was still immersed in the joy of victory, and his confidence soared: "This is our territory, where can we run to break through?" I'm going to teach these wolves in human skins a hard lesson here! Seeing Su Cheng's smiling eyes, Buick's heart jumped suddenly: "Lord, you won't run away after a fight, right?" He had regained some self-knowledge, and knew that without the help of these adventurers, he would not have been able to resist the great number of bandits.
"Where can I go?" Repeating a Buick's words, Su Cheng was sure that he must not give up any opportunity when it was possible to defeat the horse bandits. Who knows if this will also be a test given by the mountain gods?
After collecting the spoils, the herdsmen ran to im Hanbing one after another, and returned the weapons they had borrowed before to im Hanbing, with a deep chest salute: "Thank you very much for the girl's help." We have more handy weapons, and we ask the girl to take them back! β
The Ice Mage was not pretentious, and after retrieving a few weapons, he looked at Lord Twilight Orange, and saw a large text bubble popping out of the Lord's head: "Touch the corpse!" Look at what else! β
The majority of the equipment and horses were taken by the herders, but this did not prevent the player from looting further.
Small Bag of Sands: Can be exchanged for a large amount of gold directly at any official store.
Jade, agate, snow lotus, not many but valuable.
The happiest thing for everyone is that more than a dozen feather arrows were found! This thing has really increased the confidence and strength of the herdsmen.
The icy falcon has flown back. Without its master's opponent and no threat to it, the eagle had just finished its revenge as soon as the ground battle was over.
At Su Cheng's suggestion, Buick's men concentrated all the corpses of the horse bandits in a low ground on the outside of the beacon tower and covered them with soil. One can avoid polluting the grassland, and the other is to prevent subsequent horse bandits from peeking into the opponent's strength through these corpses.
It may be that the news of one team has not raised the vigilance of the other bandits, except for the occasional falcon or two approaching the sky above the beacon to reconnoitre, reminding everyone that the horse bandits are close to the left, and there is no other anomaly. Scouting doesn't matter, except for the herdsmen and the player, who each sent one person to act as a scout, everyone else hid in the huge tents that the herdsmen had built against the wall. Most of the people were very quiet, and everyone knew that the decisive battle with the horse bandits was coming.
A shining star hung at the top of the suspended window of the clock, and it was midnight, and Su Cheng climbed the beacon tower to feel the night on the grassland. Under the magnificent starry sky, Buick was half-kneeling on the ground and bowing his head in prayer. Hearing Su Cheng's footsteps, the big man raised his head: "Lord, can't you sleep too?" β
"Yes! I want to see the starry sky of this world. In my hometown, it's hard to see the stars! "The air pollution in the real world is incomprehensible to Buick, and Su Cheng doesn't want to say more.
"Is your hometown in the forest?" Buick guessed. Seeing that Su Cheng didn't want to say more, he raised his hand and pointed to a bright star and said, "Do you see that star?" That's Sirius! I was praying that those damn horse bandits would be attacked by wolves! β
Is it useful or not? Anyway, being idle is idle, Su Cheng took out a pair of golden wolf tails and hung them around his neck, and half-knelt on the ground to pray like Buick: I also hope that those evil horse bandits will be gnawed by the wolves!
Out of nowhere, a long and lonely wolf howl suddenly sounded!
"This is the wolf god responding!" Buick said in a deep voice: "How could the wolf god answer the prayers of an adventurer? β
This is a result that Su Cheng didn't expect either. He took off his wolf tail ornament and handed it to Buick: "Let's see if this thing works?" β
Buick took the wolf's tail and looked at it carefully, but he didn't see any reason: "I can't see anything either." According to the legend of the grassland, the wolf god is a wolf pack left behind by bloodline on the grassland. This wolf tail may have been cut off from such a wolf, right? But if you say that, you and the wolf god should be considered enemies, and he should not answer your prayers! β
Su Cheng seems to have heard someone say: never try to guess the mind of a god. Buick obviously didn't hear this sentence: "In short, this is the wolf god responding to you, which is a good thing." You look at the ...... below."
The fire flickered, and several herders climbed out of their tents, gathered their torches into a fire, and knelt down in prayer. Buick shouted from a high place: "Go to bed when you are done praying." Just now, it was the wolf god answering Lord Twilight's prayers! Several of the herdsmen looked happy, as if they all thought that this victory over the horse bandits would be a matter of course.
At the beginning of the dawn, everyone was startled out of the tent by Su Sushu's shouting.
"Come out and see! We've been made dumplings! A lot of bandits......"
You don't have to climb to the top of the beacon tower, the seven sword beauties can see it: an unknown number of red dots surround the beacon from three sides. The number is more in the north and south, and slightly less in the west, only about a dozen.
Buick squeezed to Su Cheng's side: "Lord, the total number of horse bandits is seventy-two." Thirty-five in the north, thirty in the south, and seven in the west. β
The head is fast, is this considered a skill? Seeing Su Cheng's suspicious face, Buick grinned: "This is no different from counting the sheep......
It's a big-hearted herdsman. As long as you don't panic, your people are likely to play their part. Su Cheng admired Buick's fearless performance: "Why is no one in the East intercepting?" β
"About twelve miles to the east, there is a small river. The water rises in spring, and I am afraid that I will not be able to cross the river. Also, this is also a bandit tactic. You Han people have a saying, called Wai San What is one! β
"Wai three and one! This is the art of war. It can make the enemy feel that there is a glimmer of life and is not willing to fight with all his might! β
A bandit who understands the art of war will never be an ordinary NPC like a small soldier and a shrimp. Su Cheng called Su Sushu and asked him for a telescope. Su Sushu looked confused: "The last sentry didn't hand it over to me!" Su Cheng asked one by one according to the duty schedule, and then took back the telescope in the hands of the pink wolf. Looking around the mirror, there are three leaders of the horse bandits: the one in the south is called Nur, the one in the north is called the sand wolf, and the group with the smallest number of horse bandits, the leader of the bandits is called Wulazibai.
Su Cheng handed the binoculars to Buick and asked him to see which side of the bandits was the strongest.
Buick observed again and again, and still felt that the northern bandits, who had the largest number of people, were the strongest.
The horse bandits are invincible. This was the first agreement reached by the two leaders. Break through or hold on, both of them want to see the opinions of their subordinates. So Su Cheng handed the telescope to Su Sushu and asked him to monitor it closely, and he and Buick went separately to discuss countermeasures with their own people. Asking Buick to consult his subordinates is just a matter of face. The men on the grassland dare to fight their opponents, but if the difference in strength is too great, they will also run away without any scruples. Whether the herdsmen continue to participate in the war is a matter of Buick's words.
"The horse bandits are surrounded by three people, and there is a river not far to the east that will help them intercept us. In the three directions, the strongest was the northern gang, with thirty-five people. Thirty in the south, seven in the west! Su Cheng briefly introduced the situation: "Let's talk about it, should we defend or take the initiative to break through on one side?" β
A little interesting: "The leader of each gang of bandits, do you have a name?" β
"The leader with the largest number is called the Sand Wolf, the lesser is called Nur, and the leader of the Seven is called Urazbai."
It's a little interesting to look at everyone, and when he sees that everyone is looking at him, he smiles: "The strongest strength should be the seven-member combination of Wulazibai." I guess there aren't enough of us to see it! Who of you are a minority? Don't you feel familiar with the name of Urazbai? β
Angela cried, "yes, I sound familiar! What's going on? β
Wulazibai is a well-known bandit in the history of the Western Regions, killing people and setting fires, crisscrossing the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. The most hateful thing about them is that they not only burn and kill other ethnic groups at will, but even their own 'relatives' are robbed when they encounter them, and they are killed when they resist. This made him the most notorious bandit in the history of the Western Regions. Let such a guy serve as such an important profession as a bandit, it seems that it is difficult to explain to the mountain god grandfather without killing him.
Buick didn't know when he also stood on the periphery of the Seven Swords team, and after listening to a somewhat interesting introduction, Buick swallowed the plan to break through and fight to find another opportunity: "Such a wolf cub, even if you can't kill him with this life, you have to cripple it, so that he will harm a few herdsmen less!" Our decision is: fight to the end! β
The policy is set, and how to fight this battle well still needs players to think long-term.
Su Susu reported: "To the south, five miles behind the bandits, there are wolves!" β
That's the good news. Su Cheng asked him, "Did you just find out?" β
"yes. You look at the time suspension window, the sun comes out, and the telescope's viewing distance can be fully opened! β
"Can you observe the approximate number of wolves?"
"Khan! I can't count them, but there must be one hundred and eighty heads! β
Su Cheng looked around at everyone and saw that he was looking at him with a little interest, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Su Cheng spoke first: "I have an idea." But first, I'd like to hear something interesting! β
"My idea is simple. I want the herdsmen to hold back for a while, and then we will take action, drive the bandits from the south into the wolves, let the beasts help us consume some of the enemy, and then use the beacon to defend it. β
Im Hanbing and Angela's pet eagles are released, and the three bandits' scout eagles are successfully lured away. Seven Swords left the voice, and the two were responsible for directing the remaining herdsmen as suspicious soldiers. Buick and Im Hanbing followed the remaining ten members of the Seven Swords Beauty Regiment to crawl forward one by one, detouring from the beacon tower to the north of the door hole to the south, crawling out for hundreds of meters before summoning their mounts and rushing towards the Nuer bandits.
The Nuer bandits were indeed the weakest link in this group of horse bandits, and they always thought that the lambs who fell into the trap would flee in the direction of Urazbai or the river to the east, and they were still waiting for the pursuit order of Ulazibai. Except for two or three sentries who were still on horseback, the rest of the group had already dismounted to prepare food or take care of the livestock. After all, banditry is a temporary profession, and herding is a profession that must be engaged from life to death, and taking care of one's livestock no matter what, has become a mark on the bones of these people.
Crawling around the detour and rushing to the southeast position of the beacon tower is equivalent to breaking away from the monitoring of the two bandit teams on the north and west sides, and the seven swords are not afraid of Nur and his gang discovering their whereabouts, and they still use Buick as an arrow to rush towards Nur's group in a sharp formation.
Nur had just taken Sailik's place, and was now lying on the grass in the saddle, enjoying the milk tea served to him by his men. The bandit leader was an elite template, and from the vibration of his elbow propped on the grass, he saw that a squad of cavalry was charging at his side. Don't be afraid, there are only about a dozen people, and my brothers are all men who grew up on horseback, and they can fight with swords on horseback! Noor jumped on his horse and found that the enemy was coming too fast, and one of the big men in front had already lifted a sentry into the air with a single shot. The other sentry opened his mouth for a long time but could not make a sound, and when his accomplices in mid-air fell to his death, one of them turned his horse's head and galloped towards the camp: "The bandits have been killed!" β
The cold sweat on Noor's back: Silly x! You're a bandit, okay? Kicking the pot and kicking the bowl, nearly thirty horse bandits instantly mounted their horses en masse, waiting for Nur's order.
It's too late. If you want to deal with cavalry charges, except for forming a formation on the spot and using spears or bows to passively defend, there is only one way for cavalry to hedge. Noor won't be in formation, and if he wants to hedge, he will need time to form a similar sharp knife formation. What to do? Run! Distance yourself first, then turn to your right hand and you will be able to join up with Urazbai in the west. Noor took the lead, and a group of horse bandits turned their horses around and began to run. Several horse bandits who did not have time to prepare the saddle and rode bareback horses were chased by Buick one by one and picked under the horse.
(End of chapter)