Chapter 70: Not to be underestimated
Under the shade of the trees, a gust of cold wind hit, blowing Zhang Tie's heart cold.
There was no time to make any more movements, Zhang Tie could only twist his body desperately, and at the same time raise his left hand to block the front as fast as possible.
Sou! While! The voices sounded almost at the same time, and the first iron arrow directly cut through Zhang Tie's clothes, leaving a narrow blood mark on his waist, and the wound was not very deep.
The second arrow was blocked by Zhang Tie's small steel shield, and the huge force made Zhang Tie want to take a step back.
Since the system was upgraded, Zhang Tie's equipment can only have defensive capabilities when it is in kind, which is completely different from before. Not only that, but the speed of changing equipment has also been much slower, from about 5 seconds to about 10 seconds.
"It's just a little bit, it's dangerous!" Zhang Tie, who had ducked back into the carriage, took a breath of cool air, and his waist was now full of hot pain.
I don't know whether to say whether Zhang Tie was lucky or unlucky, the good thing is that Zhang Tie dodged the fatal blow when he shot a thousand shots, and the bandits don't seem to bother to quench poison on iron arrows.
Cold sweat broke out on Zhang Tie's forehead, and his heart was beating wildly, "It's too careless to look down on the people of the world." ”
"Boss, are you alright?"
Ma Chao, who was hiding behind another carriage, looked at Zhang Tie worriedly while loading his crossbow arrows, his eyes full of worry.
"It's okay, just a little scratch, don't get up in the same place later."
Zhang Tie said as he put on an arrow again, and he also bit one in his mouth.
Lu Jindao on the side squatted behind the car, his face was full of indignation, panting, and his left hand punched the ground, making a dull sound, "Damn, I, Lu Laosan, have lived for so long, and I have never been so guilty." ”
Squatting down, Zhang Tie shifted the location, and another wave of arrows struck, Zhang Tie cheered up twelve points, endured the pain in his waist because of the sudden upright, and shot two more arrows at the bandits, and shot two directly.
Ma Chao and others in the rear also got up and shot the crossbow arrows in their hands, at this time the distance between the two sides was less than 50 meters, and only one of the four crossbow arrows hit, and it was also the arm that hit, not a fatal injury.
Ma Chao and the others didn't aim much, they relied on their instincts, and they didn't dare to show their heads for too long.
The successive casualties seemed to make the bandits a little frightened, they didn't expect that the convoy of only more than ten people in front of them was so difficult, there were actually 5 archers (crossbowmen are also counted as archers), and most importantly, there was actually a marksman.
Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, and the range of himself and the others was not as far as the other party, a person who seemed to be the leader shouted an order: "Abandon the bow and arrow, and change to a melee weapon." ”
Zhang Tie and the others who were hiding behind the car only heard the voice, but they couldn't see who the person who spoke was, but at this time, the distance was no longer able to use the crossbow, and they had just finished shooting the crossbow arrows, and it was obviously too late to reload again at such a close distance. Ma Chao and the others threw the crossbow under them and pulled out the weapons on their waists.
Only Zhang Tie was still holding a bow and arrow, reached out and picked up the arrow stuck in the ground, got up and shot two arrows in succession.
Zhang Tie didn't even look at the result of his arrow, he directly discarded the bow and arrow, pulled out the broken army, and grabbed the Eternal Palace with his left hand.
At that time, when Zhang Tie and others were resting, the shade area was no longer on the official road, the road was not very flat, the carriage was not completely enclosed in a circle, there were many gaps that could pass through, each gap was of different size, the large one could tolerate three horses passing at the same time, and the small one could only pass through one horse.
A horse rushed through a gap in the carriage, and with the force of the horse's impact, the bandit directly split one of the executioners standing on the side, along with the knife in his hand.
"Mayon!"
Ma Chao, who was on the side, had red eyes, glanced at the bandit viciously, and then raised his knife to defend, but a bandit was about to attack from the gap where he was.
With a crisp sound, the knife in Ma Chao's hand was also broken in response, but with the experience of the previous car, Ma Chao jumped to the right and avoided being split in half, but his left hand was scraped by the knife, and the bones were visible.
Cavalry has too many advantages over infantry, and the mobility of cavalry can ensure that the army can quickly pursue, encircle, sneak attack and gallop to help.
The impact of cavalry can effectively deal with the relatively poorly equipped infantry phalanx, because the cavalry can quickly rush into the enemy formation with the speed of horses, which can effectively destroy the enemy's formation.
Its galloping momentum can even break the morale of the enemy, and the cavalry is a nightmare for the unmotivated infantry.
However, the cavalry was also more restricted, and the terrain was the biggest factor, and the mountainous terrain was not conducive to the establishment of the cavalry's speed advantage.
Second, a well-trained phalanx of infantry can resist cavalry with pole-type weapons (spears, spears, and various variants) or use crossbows to suppress cavalry.
Therefore, in evenly matched battle formations, cavalry is often used as an interspersed force to find gaps and flaws in the enemy's battle formations for combat, and at the same time, it is often used for surprise guerrilla attacks and rushing formations to break through.
In fact, the infantry can defeat the cavalry, it is not complicated to say, compared to the cavalry, the infantry occupies a much smaller area on the battlefield, can be arranged into a tighter formation, can form a local range of cavalry to form an extra one, even if the cavalry is strong, it cannot resist the simultaneous attack of multiple infantry:
As long as the infantry can resist the pressure brought by the cavalry and maintain the formation, the command is unimpeded and the formation is changed to ensure that the cavalry will not attack the flanks and rear, and there will always be an advantage in the face of the cavalry.
For example, in the history of the Blue Planet, when the Jin and Song Dynasty were fighting, Jin's cavalry was a heavy cavalry, with a large impact and poor flexibility.
Therefore, the cavalry is not invincible, as long as the methods are good, the quality of the soldiers is good, and the battle array is in place, everything is solved with the blade.
The bandit relied on the power of the horse to sprint, so that he could instantly split the knife in half with the person, of course, there is still some gap in the weapons, otherwise it is impossible to just break unilaterally, the effect of the force is mutual.
From this, it is not difficult to see that the bandits are well-equipped, and they are definitely not ordinary bandits.
At this time, the bandit was not ready to let go of Ma Chao, he was ready to kill him directly, raised the weapon in his hand and prepared to wave it at Ma Chao.
At this moment, a long knife with a little red on the tip of the knife slashed over, slashing through the bandit's neck, and the bandit's head was directly separated from the body, and he died on the spot.
But Zhang Tie on the side rushed over and killed the bandit with a knife, he didn't have time to check the prompt on the retina, and he didn't have time to greet Ma Chao who was covering his arm, so he rushed away with the broken army, and the bandits were about to rush into the carriage circle.
And just when Zhang Tie killed this bandit, the bandits who rushed in from other places killed and injured three executioners one after another.
"Take it and protect yourself."
Zhang Tie stepped forward, rode on the bandit's horse, threw the eternal mark in his left hand at Ma Chao's feet, and rushed down the bandit who had just rushed in the gap.
When Zhang Tie shoots arrows, he only uses a small steel shield. Because with a small steel shield, you can continue to use the bow, which has little effect on shooting, but not with the Eternal Palace, which is too large to hold it in one hand and shoot arrows while bending the bow.
As for Zhang Tie's own mount, it is natural that he is already dead and can no longer die, not only his mount, but also some of the horses pulling the cart are also killed and injured, and most of them were killed by the rain of arrows just now.
And Lu Jindao, who is the owner of Pingzhou, is not idle, and he has a preliminary score of 45 points, and he definitely has the strength of a second-rate martial artist.
At first, when he attacked from a distance, Lu Jindao had been holding a breath in his chest, and when it came to melee combat, it was just the time for him to vent.
A bandit rode on a horse and swung his knife at Lu Jindao, but was directly cut off the horse by Lu Jindao.
Although the bandits are much more powerful than ordinary dart masters, there is still a big gap compared to the strength of Lu Jindao.
"Kill!"
Lu Jindao raised the nine-ring broadsword in his hand and rushed towards the gap with a shout.