Chapter 176: One Shot (Adding to the Ink Stain Weeping)
Gu Yanzhang held the torch, rode on the horse, stayed at the end of the line, and watched a jagged, small fire dragon walking forward—this was the burning torch held in the hands of the soldiers and people, which was particularly conspicuous in the dark night.
He exhaled, and the white mist instantly drifted in the air, and then looked up at the sky, although it was dark, he could vaguely see the low pressure of the thick clouds, and he couldn't see a single star.
Tonight's last journey, although there is only one day's journey, but it is not easy to walk, after more than 20 miles of the avenue, you have to climb a high mountain, cross that mountain, and then travel more than 10 miles, is the military camp of Yang Kui's army.
From the time of the child, until the ugly hour for three minutes, the mountain that you could see in the distance finally stood in front of you.
The name of this mountain is Jinping, the mountain is as its name, like a screen rooted on the ground, at the moment is covered by thick snow, the mountain road is rugged, the mountain rocks, trees are mixed, it is very difficult to walk on weekdays, not to mention that this time there is a heavy mule cart to escort.
The convoy rested for a while at the bottom of the mountain, and then set off again, this time, Xu Da specially called Gu Yanzhang to the front.
"The twenty mule carts in front of you, the things in them are very important, when you go up and down the mountain, you look at the people, don't damage the things inside." Xu Da Zhengse said, "I'll take a team of soldiers and go to the front to open the way." ”
Gu Yanzhang's heart moved, and asked: "Dianzhi, what is inside, you can also let me be prepared, so that I know how to take precautions." ”
When he set off, he counted the baggage, and the rest of the things were opened and checked one by one, only the twenty mule carts were placed separately, and there was a seal on them, and he was not asked to check with the rest of the people, until Xu arrived, and then he was specially handed over.
And in the middle of the journey, there were also twenty soldiers, escorting them from beginning to end.
Now, Xu Da has not treated Gu Yanzhang the way he once did, hesitated, and replied, "It's the Divine Arm Bow." ”
Gu Yanzhang involuntarily clenched the reins.
It's actually a god arm bow......
A while ago, he assisted in the transfer in the security army, and he had seen this thing, and he had tried it himself.
This is a weapon developed by the Arms Supervisor two years ago, also known as the Divine Arm Crossbow, compared to ordinary bows and arrows, the front end of the Divine Arm Bow has a round pedal, which belongs to the foot crossbow, which means that you need to use both hands and feet to open the bow and wind it.
But the strength of the crossbow, which cannot even be pulled apart by the strength of both hands, can be imagined.
This is the most powerful weapon in the Great Jin Army today.
At this time, Gu Yanzhang was also able to recite the relevant shapes of the Divine Arm Bow one by one: the bow body was three feet three feet long, the string length was two feet five, and the arrow wood feathers were several inches long, shooting more than three hundred and forty steps, and entering the elm half-pipe.
The range is three hundred and forty steps, what kind of concept is this - the length of one step of Dajin is about five feet, and the range of ordinary longbows and arrows is generally one hundred steps, and it has lost its effective strength, even if it hits people, it may not be able to hurt.
It is not an exaggeration to call such a weapon a divine weapon.
However, the production of the Divine Arm Bow is very complicated, and it is difficult to supervise the construction of large quantities, and each one is extremely precious.
I can't complain that it is just to transport a batch of heavy wines, but it needs Xu Datang to be a hall and escorted by 200 soldiers, which is the people, and there are dozens more people than the usual transportation of the same amount of materials......
Gu Yanzhang came back to his senses and said to Xu Danuo: "Don't worry, you must be more careful in the next place." ”
Xu Da nodded, led a team of soldiers to take the lead, and opened the way in front of him with torches.
The cold wind in the middle of the night became worse, and the wind carried snowflakes on the body, because of this heavy night, it seemed to be a little colder, no matter how thick the robe was, it seemed that it could not resist the biting cold.
Rao is Gu Yanzhang is strong and strong, and he was also blown to the point that half of his body was numb.
At this time, I miss the soft couch at home even more, and the person on the same bed.
It took almost two hours to climb the mountain and wade through the mountains before climbing to the top of the mountain.
At this time, it was already past the end of the hour, and the sky finally turned a faint gray. In the middle of winter, the morning is already late, not to mention the thick clouds and heavy snow, which makes the sun even more blocked.
At the top of the mountain is a very gentle slope, and although there are a few cliffs in the way, it is not difficult to walk.
Gu Yanzhang squinted his eyes and saw that the team of soldiers that Xu Da was carrying was already about to turn the corner.
After this pass, if the sky is good, you can see the camp when you go down the slope.
It's finally coming......
He glanced back at the winding convoy behind him, thought for a moment, stopped the first ten mule carts in front of him, and brought forward the first twenty mule carts loaded with wine and cloth in the back.
- It is said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, but it is better to be careful when it comes to this mountain being very steep.
Adjusting the position of the mule cart, he led the horse to the front.
On that day, he brought back nine horses in the security army, but the return journey was an escort, so naturally it was impossible to ride one person and three horses as when he came, so he only chose one, and the rest were distributed among other chiefs and soldiers.
The convoy was moving very slowly, and he blew even colder on his horse, so he rolled over and dismounted early and walked with the convoy.
Because they were buried in the road, the crowd was very quiet, and only the sound of horses' hooves and mules' hooves on the ground, the footsteps of people, and the creaking of mule wheels seemed monotonous and dull in this dark and silent night.
Kankan turned the last cliff, and it was easy to see the vision ahead, but the first thing I saw was not the camp of the Great Jin army at the foot of the distant mountain, but the shadows and dancing flames that came out of nowhere thirty or forty zhang ago.
At a glance, there are hundreds.
This is by no means Xu Dan's twenty people!
His pupils shrank, and he was about to give a warning, when a scream came from ahead of him—
"Enemy ......"
Before the man could utter a word, the last half of the words were interrupted by a whistling arrow and stuck in his throat.
Obviously thirty or forty zhang apart, Gu Yanzhang seemed to hear the sound of sharp arrows entering the flesh and his body falling to the ground.
It's the Northern Barbarian!!
What about Xu Da?!
And what about the twenty men he brought?!
Gu Yanzhang didn't have time to think about it, he turned over his horse, turned his horse's head, looked back and shouted: "Enemy attack!! ”
Daning County transferred 200 soldiers, and there were 132 people, and Xu Da drew 20 people to the front to open the road, and the remaining 112 people.
Among the one hundred and twelve people, although half of them were weak soldiers, there were also many soldiers who had been in battle, and one of the leaders had been on the battlefield seven or eight times, and when he heard Gu Yanzhang shouting in front, he immediately gathered the team and ran to the front.
Gu Yanzhang sat on the horse, and when he looked at it, there were black shadows in the distance from afar, even if he didn't have time to count, at first glance, there were at least four or five hundred people!
And a little closer, there were a few torches burning on the ground that had not yet been extinguished, reflecting a small area around - more than a dozen corpses in the uniform of the Great Jin Dynasty were scattered on the ground, and one of them, still wearing thin armor, reflected the light of the torches, which was very conspicuous.
Xu Da......
Gu Yanzhang's heart was beating wildly.
Beiban!
One hundred and twelve against four or five hundred!
What's going on?!
How to fight?!