The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and Zhou Jin and the others, who had just finished selling wine, were also heavy-faced, and hurriedly ran to the shade of the trees, and immediately fled into the woods as soon as they found that something was wrong.

Soon, the owner of the sound of horses' hooves appeared in front of Zhang Tie and the others, it was more than twenty people riding horses, wearing gray leopard print leather armor, neatly equipped spears, wearing white masks on their heads, and bows and arrows on their horses.

Under Zhang Tie's great effect, it was not difficult to find that these people all had fierce eyes, and they all looked at the carriage under them excitedly.

Zhou Jin and the others, who were still behind the trees not far away, saw the clothes of the people who came, their faces changed greatly, and they turned around and were about to run towards the woods.

As if he remembered something, Zhou Jin turned around and shouted to Zhang Tie and the others: "Be careful, you guys are here, it's the bandits from Wucheng County, they are not reasonable at all, and they usually kill all the caravans when they meet them." ”

After speaking, Zhou Jin hurriedly ran into the woods and chased his own people.

Hearing what Zhou Jin said, Zhang Tie and the others were all frowning, Zhang Tie and others had also heard of the bandits in the area of Wucheng County, that were some lawless people, Wucheng County wanted to suppress them many times, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful.

These bandits all have mounts, come and go without a trace, and every time they do it, they wear masks, and once they do, they don't leave a living mouth.

It wasn't until three years ago that a man who narrowly escaped appeared, and people knew that such a group of bandits existed, but no one knew who they were, what they looked like, who the leader was, and what the meaning of doing so was.

These bandits have always been the trouble of the county magistrate of Wucheng County, and it is precisely because of this that he has been criticized by Shangguan.

The bandits are also famous on the wanted list, and the bounties have reached 20 taels of silver per person, but still no one can get the reward.

There was a fake person who used the head of an ordinary bandit to receive silver taels, but the next day, this man and his family died in their home, all of them had their heads cut off, and there were big characters written in blood on the ground, "If you have the ability, come and get the real thing." ”

The reputation of arrogance spread throughout Wucheng County, and also reached the ears of Zhang Tie and other dart masters.

And just when the bandits were less than 200 meters away from Zhang Tie and the others, a hint also appeared on Zhang Tie's retina.

【Ding! Quest Tips! 】

[Fight off the bandits!] 】

[Mission content: Your convoy encounters fierce bandits on the official road and repels them!] 】

[Task reward: 20,000 experience, 5,000 system coins, +100 reputation.] 】

[Task Status: In progress.] 】

The corners of Zhang Tie's eyes twitched habitually, since he knew that he was a notorious bandit in front of him, he naturally didn't need to say anything polite.

"If you have a long-range weapon, you will enter the range and attack directly with a long-range weapon."

While giving orders to the dart masters, Zhang Tie also directly took off the quiver and quickly inserted all the arrows on the ground for easy access.

There are four crossbows in the dart masters, all of them experienced dart masters, and the executioners do not know how to use crossbows and bows and arrows, so they have never thought of carrying long-range weapons.

With a bow and arrow, the bandits at this time were getting closer and closer to Zhang Tie and the others.

Aiming at the person in front of him, Zhang Tie shot the first arrow in his hand, and the arrow shot out with a whistling sound.

At the moment when the arrow was shot, Zhang Tie felt that the feeling of this shot was completely different, and the speed of the arrow was nearly doubled.

I don't know if it was his delusion, Zhang Tie felt that there was still an invisible force attached to the iron arrow.

The iron arrow roared and shot directly through the chest of one of the first row of bandits, and then hit the other bandit behind it, and the shaft of the iron arrow was plunged into it.

The horse bandits who galloped on the horses were slightly stunned, but the horses were still rushing forward, at this time the distance was still about 150 meters, and the effective killing range of the general bow and arrow was so much, and now it not only shot through the first person, but also shot the second person.

Although he was surprised, but a bandit is a bandit, and after knowing that he and the others were within range, he frantically accelerated his horse's speed.

Zhang Tie on the car shot another arrow, and one of the first bandits was prepared, lying directly on the horse's back and dodging the arrow, but the one behind was unlucky, a bandit happened to be on the beam of the arrow, and was directly knocked to the ground by an arrow.

Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou! With four consecutive sounds, four crossbow arrows shot out, and it was Ma Chao and other four dart masters who shot out the crossbow arrows in their hands.

As mentioned earlier, crossbows are forbidden. Because the operation of the crossbow is very simple and does not require shooting skills, civilians can easily master how to use it.

The crossbow has many advantages, such as longer range, high accuracy, etc., but the real advantage that stands out over the bow is the delay in its firing, the crossbow can be fired whenever it wants, and the bow cannot.

The crossbowman can wind up the crossbow and aim carefully and slowly, or follow the commander's command to pull the crossbow.

However, for a bow of the same pound, the normal rate of fire (the number of arrows fired per unit of time) is three to four times higher than that of a crossbow. Considering the operation of the crossbow when reloading, it is safe to say quadruple, and triple is already a bit optimistic.

This means that on the battlefield of large-scale engagement, accuracy is no longer very important, the most important thing is the continuous output of firepower and the density of coverage, and from this point of view, the bow is obviously much better than the crossbow.

The reason why the crossbow has been used on a large scale on the battlefield is that its range is greater than that of the bow, in other words, it is more penetrating and more accurate.

In particular, the crossbow, a powerful individual crossbow that can be used with both hands and feet, can kill the enemy more effectively than the bow, so the powerful crossbow unit is also indispensable in the long-range army.

Compared to bows and arrows, a normal crossbow can only be used as a one-time ranged attack, because after you shoot an arrow, someone else may already be in front of you, and it is too slow to reload.

And in Zhang Tie's shop, there is an artifact of a crossbow, a Zhuge repeater, and the corresponding troops.

The Zhuge repeater is a terrifying weapon that can be fired continuously, and the shortcomings of the crossbow are almost completely abandoned, and it is stronger than a bow and arrow.

The four bolts were fired flat, and all but one of the hapless ones were shot in the arm, and all the other bolts were dodged by the bandits.

When Zhang Tie shot the third arrow, the bandits were less than 100 meters away from them, this time Zhang Tie did not aim at the bandits in the front row, and deliberately aimed at the bandits in the back row who were blocked by the front.

The arrow directly exploded the bandit's head, blooming white and red flowers, but Zhang Tie not only did not feel happy, but frowned, and shouted at the people on the side: "Hide behind the car." ”

But when the bandits arrived less than 100 meters away from Zhang Tie and the others, more than a dozen of the bandits took out bows and arrows hanging on horses, put on bows and arrows, and shot indiscriminately in the direction of the convoy.

At the same time as saying this, Zhang Tie himself also hid behind the car, squatted down, a rain of arrows fell, and a runner who could not react was directly hit with two arrows, one in the arm and one in the chest, both arrows were shot deep into the flesh, although they could not compare to the arrows shot by Zhang Tie, but they should not be underestimated.

Hiding behind the carriage, waiting for a rain of arrows just passed, Zhang Tie immediately got up, and directly aimed at the direction of the bandits, swishing three arrows, not caring about the crosshairs at all, completely relying on the magnifying effect, shooting three arrows in a row.

At this time, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and Zhang Tie's bow and arrow proficiency is not to be seen, even without the help of the scope, at such a close distance, plus the magnification effect, it is still pointing to where to fight.

In the face of Zhang Tie's three arrows, the bandit just shot the arrow, and he didn't react at all, he was directly killed by the three people, and he was instantly knocked off the horse, and a bandit was hit in his arms by the person who flew away, and flew out directly.

You must know that Zhang Tie is now a strong bow 15, and the bow and arrow will have a 120% bonus, plus the longbow itself is a three-stone strong bow, every attack is already about the same level as a first-class master, if it is a sneak attack, it is even more terrifying.

After shooting three arrows, Zhang Tie immediately squatted down again, and at the same time equipped the small steel shield on his wrist, and at the same time as Zhang Tie squatted, another rain of arrows fell, but at this time, the dart masters had already hidden behind the carriage and were not harmed.

Drawing a bow on a horse is completely different from drawing a bow on the ground, and drawing a bow on horseback is much more demanding than a foot bow.

First of all, you have to balance on the horse's back, and you have to use both hands to draw the bow on the horse, so that there is no extra hand to control the horse.

This requires not only a high level of physical balance, but also a certain amount of horsemanship and a well-trained horse.

Secondly, when riding and shooting, the horse will always move at high speed, and if it does not move, it is not called riding shooting, it can be called horse shooting.

In this way, when sitting on a horse and firing a bow, you must not only take into account the movements of others, but also your own movements.

The foot bow does not need so much, it is to stand on the ground, shoot and shoot, at most it is to run a few steps, shoot an arrow, and then run a few steps, and shoot another arrow, the gap between the two is very large.

This is also the reason why Zhang Tie shot three arrows, and the bandits only shot one arrow.

As soon as the rain of arrows passed, Zhang Tie got up in an instant and shot out an iron arrow that had been prepared a long time ago.

And at the moment when Zhang Tie got up, two arrows shot at Zhang Tie who got up.