Chapter 42: Attack and Defense of Villages (Part 2)

The streets of the village were made of bricks and stones, which resembled a wall of manipulation, blocking the view of the bandits. But the figure kept shaking, showing that the opponent was ready to fight.

Du Qi and other bandit leaders observed for a long time, discussed the attack plan, and began to organize the whole team.

A group of mostly sword and shield men, attacking along narrow passages; The second team is the pikemen, who are responsible for receiving them; Three teams armed with sharp axes and shovels and picks to level the barricades; The four teams were concentrated archers, responsible for suppressing cover in front of the barricades.

Judging from the deployment, Du Qi and the others were obviously a lot more cautious, and invested more than 200 people at once, with a multi-pronged approach, and half of the troops.

At the sound of the order, the drums sounded, and the bandits launched an attack with shouts. The main attacking team, with their shields in hand, formed a formation and advanced along the narrow passage.

The figures in the village ran and swayed, but did not launch a blockade, allowing the bandits to take their own positions and begin to spread in full swing.

"Diao Min may have a few brave warriors, but he doesn't know the battle formation strategy, so he will be defeated." Mr. Qin shook his fan and said flatteringly: "General, you see, our army has passed through the obstacles, and it will only take a moment to open the way into the village. ”

Du Qi bowed slightly, smiled, and agreed in his heart, feeling that after a small setback, he took these ordinary people seriously. Just imagine, these rabble don't dare to go out in a united formation, but they just cower in the village, how much combat power can they have?

The first team passed through the narrow passage, the front was wide, and the formation was immediately changed. The bandits slashed indiscriminately, and these obstacles only affected the speed of the march and the tightness of the battle formation.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...... A cluster of crossbow arrows was shot from the village, thrown from behind various obstacles. Although it killed and injured a few bandits, it was not very powerful, and only caused a little chaos.

The sword and shield array stood guard forward, approaching the entrance of the village, and the second team of pikemen began to move, trotting briskly through the narrow passage.

Another bush of crossbow arrows was thrown, and the bandits raised their shields for protection; Almost at the same time, a whistle sounded, figures shook, and another group of crossbowmen leaned out of cover and fired flat fire at the bandits.

Screams of pain and screams rang out, and more than a dozen bandits were injured in the sneak attack. The reason why it was able to succeed relatively suddenly was on the one hand, and the quality of the bandits' shield soldiers was not high, and the protection was not strict, which was also one of the factors.

The drums beat again, and the sword and shield men accelerated forward, making room for the pikemen to line up, and the archers raised their bows and threw them to suppress the village.

That's right, it's only sixty or seventy meters from the nail pile to the village, which is within the range of a bow and arrow. Similarly, archers are within the range of the catapult.

The bandits in front of them did not encounter strong resistance, so they had already entered the village, and then the **hand wall blocked. Although they could not see the situation of entering the village, the opponent's defense was broken through, and Du Qi and the other bandit capitals breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the victory was decided. Archers and bandits who had cut down and knocked down pointed stakes were mobilized, and they could enter the village along the passage without any more effort and time.

There is nothing wrong with investing a lot of troops after the breakthrough, but things are not so simple.

The sword and shield soldiers who entered the village around a few manipulator walls were greeted by wide streets flanked by courtyard houses. Dozens of meters away, they were in a strict battle formation, with swords and guns flashing with cold light, and the red scarf on their necks was dazzling. In front of the formation were three flatbed trucks arranged in a zigzag pattern, with a long round tree trunk on the car, hollowed out in the middle, and the black hole and the muzzle of the cannon were aimed at them.

"Forward, forward!" Meng Jiucheng stood behind the car, holding a gun in one hand and a torch in the other, and ordered loudly.

The flatbed truck propelled up and approached the bandits. The soldiers behind also let out a shout, and advanced forward with heavy footsteps.

"Brothers, kill!" The bandits howled and rushed forward along the streets.

"Stop!" Meng Jiucheng shouted the order, his eyes narrowed, and there was only a distance of more than twenty meters before he stretched out the torch and lit the lead.

The first cannon in the history of the world, it was Lao Tzu, and no one could snatch it away!

Looking forward to the roar of the artillery, Meng Jiucheng gritted his teeth and looked hideous.

"Boom!" The pine cannon shook backwards, sending up a cloud of gunsmoke, and hundreds of pieces of broken stone and iron rained down on the enemy on the opposite side.

"Ahh

"The second artillery comes forward!" Meng Jiucheng shouted loudly and glared fiercely, and the soldier pushing the cart reacted and pushed the gun cart on the left to the front.

Fuck you, bastards!

Meng Jiucheng shouted to stop, stretched out the torch and lit the second lead.

The spark flickered, and the lead quickly burned out, sinking into the small hole in the pine cannon. Then there was another boom, and smoke rose up.

Screams and exclamations rang out, and the three guns pushed forward again. In the middle of the night, as soon as the smoke cleared, Meng Jiucheng lit the third shot.

After the shelling, the bandits' sword and shield soldiers did not die much, many were injured, and the most important thing was that they were already in chaos.

"Kill!" Meng Jiucheng waved his spear, and Qiao E took the lead in rushing over one after the other.

"Kill!" The soldiers behind them let out a battle cry, crossed the gun carriage and followed closely.

"Kill!" Soldiers also rushed out of the courtyards and houses on both sides.

The chaotic bandits had no idea what weapon their opponent was using, and the screams and wails of their companions made them even more frightened, and they were rushed by Meng Jiucheng like a wolf and a tiger, and immediately retreated in panic, leaving behind corpses and bloodstains of wolves.

This burst of fierce slaughter, until the bandits who entered the village were killed, and the wall at the entrance of the village was completely controlled, and Meng Jiucheng stopped. Leaving Qiao E and the soldiers to guard, he turned around and entered a courtyard, where several soldiers had already defended, and ladders were erected on the big trees in the courtyard.

Meng Jiucheng climbed the big tree along the ladder and looked out.

The bandits in the village had been killed, and the bandits outside the village were still gathering, and along the narrow passages, archers, pikemen, and those who had cut down and destroyed the stake formation had mostly concentrated in the small clearing in front of the village. They still don't know why the strikers suffered heavy casualties and retreated. Under Wei San's command, the pikemen were attacking, and the archers were waiting to come forward to support.

OK! Meng Jiucheng touched his waist, took off the horn, and came to his mouth and whined.

Before the trumpet sounded, countless black things flew out of the village, swept through the sky, and smashed into the front of the village.

Three or five pounds of stones, shining with sparks, smashed into the bandit group with their heads covered and faced. It was all the gun positions that Meng Jiucheng adjusted after the test firing, and the soldiers and civilian workers in charge of the stone thrower did not need to see the enemy, they just loaded and fired.