Chapter 46: The Battle
At noon on the second day.
A group of mighty bandits appeared in front of Tiejiazhuang, and as far as the eye could see, it was called a black press, and it was estimated that there could be at least two or three hundred people.
The militiamen guarding the earthen wall gasped, they never expected that the Black Wolf Village would have so many bandits, and it was the strongest cottage within a radius of 100 miles, and its strength was far stronger than expected.
Seeing this, Wang Xiong on the city wall couldn't help gritting his teeth, Sha Liuli's eyes were cold, so calm that Hu Lai's eyes were slight, as if he was looking for something.
"This gang of bandits is different from before, they are neatly arranged, they are not noisy, it should be the black wolf. The iron soldier looked at the battle lined up on the opposite side, and his brows furrowed.
Woooooo
With a dull sound of horns, the bandits on the opposite side automatically separated the team, and from the gap in the line, a huge tiger skin chair was carried out by the bandits like a sedan chair.
On the tiger skin chair sat a burly man, the other party was undressed, and his black skin emitted a fine gloss under the sun.
In addition, everyone noticed that the person had an oversized black knife standing between his crotch.
There is no need to guess, this person is the big boss of the black wolf village that makes the people of the village in ten miles and eight ruined - the black wolf.
Legend has it that this black wolf kills people without blinking, and with a black knife, he once slaughtered a village by himself, killed dozens of officers and soldiers, and drank human blood, ate human flesh, and especially liked to eat children.
Under the gaze of everyone, the black wolf stood up and shouted loudly: "The miscellaneous people of Tiejiazhuang, you killed dozens of my brothers, and today, I will let you taste the power of the black wolf village." ”
After speaking, dozens of fierce thieves with heavy loads walked out in unison.
"Kill me!"
In the angry shouts of the black wolf, these fierce thieves took off the heavy objects behind them and aimed at Tiejiazhuang from afar.
When they looked closely, the heavy object in their hands turned out to be crossbows, each of which was half a man high.
"Oh no, it's a crossbow, or a military heavy crossbow, how can there be such a thing in the Black Wolf Village?" Seeing this, Tie Bing's face became extremely embarrassed, and it was the first time in the past few days that the big guy had seen Tie Bing's appearance.
"Crossbows, how can bandits have such a thing?" Hu Lai, who was watching from the earthen wall, also frowned.
It stands to reason that crossbows can only be military supplies and will definitely be controlled, how can a group of bandits have such a big killing weapon.
Before everyone could react, the bandits on the opposite side had already pulled the trigger of the crossbow arrow.
Bang bang bang......
The crossbow has a powerful mechanical power, and the crossbow string is like thunder on the ground, and the powerful sound can be heard from afar.
Crossbows differ from regular bows and arrows in that they are faster, have a longer range, and are more powerful.
Puff puff!
The crossbow arrows flew at a very fast speed, catching the militia who were unable to react on the earthen wall by surprise, and more than a dozen militiamen were hit by arrows, and the arrows directly sank into their bodies, and blood splattered everywhere.
Among them, several militia leaders in the Qi Cultivation Realm were also shot through their bodies and fell directly to the ground.
Seeing this situation, the militiamen, who were already lacking in momentum, were horrified, and shrank their heads into the earthen wall, not even daring to come out.
When the bandits saw this, they were eager to try and prepare to attack.
"Shoot back, draw the bowstring, shoot at the crescent, and return fire immediately!" the Iron Soldier yelled.
At his urging, some militiamen also raised their courage and drew their bows and arrows to shoot indiscriminately into the sky.
This is a full moon shot, which can greatly increase the shooting distance of the bow and arrow, and the range of a single round is not much worse than that of the crossbow on the opposite side, but the accuracy is not certain.
After a few rounds of firing between the two sides, the bandits' side suffered fewer losses, and the militiamen who shrank on the earthen wall and shot were killed and wounded several times more than the bandits.
There is no way, compared with ordinary bows and arrows, the power of military heavy crossbows is far worse.
"If these bandits face attacking us and enter hand-to-hand combat, then we still have a chance to fight and lose, if we continue like this, we are afraid that we will be slowly weakened by the crossbow, I suggest opening the door directly and letting them come in and fight with us, so that there is still a chance!" Wang Xiong, who had long been unable to bear it, shouted at Tie Bing and the others.
"No, we can't open the door anyway, we must hold on, hold on, at least until their arrows are finished, and only if they attack the city with their flesh can we have hope." Hu Lai said firmly.
Open the door?
What's the difference between that and suicide?
"We also suffer in hand-to-hand combat. "Wang Xiong didn't have a good air.
Even if the rest of the militia unite and work hard together, I am afraid that they will not be able to stand up to the number of bandits, and it is difficult to say whether they can survive today, and it is simply a fool's dream that the other party wants them to hold on under this deadly rain of arrows.
Therefore, Wang Xiong did not believe that the other party had a way to deal with this group of fierce bandits.
"I believe in Master Rulai, please keep up, once we open the door and let the bandits in, the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable. ”
Sha Liuli's face was like water, and he looked at Wang Xiong opposite: "That black wolf is by no means idle, I'm afraid that no one is his opponent, only by saving his strength now, he can besiege him when the time comes." ”
After pondering for a moment, Tie Bing finally made up his mind: "I also think that it is dangerous to enter a white-knuckle battle now, and we must survive it no matter what, so let's buy time for the old and young women and children." ”
"Cut, this damn monk. Wang Xiong glared at Hu Lai fiercely, and then stopped speaking.
But this gaze was full of gloom, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The day flies.
The black wolf did not give the order to attack, but only weakened the garrison above the earthen wall with crossbow arrows, and the waves of crossbow arrows did cause a lot of losses to the militia on the earthen wall, and corpses could be seen everywhere on the earthen wall, as well as the militia moaning and bleeding.
When night falls, the black wolf will occasionally order the bandits to ride horses and attack the earthen wall to tempt, constantly harassing and detouring.
In this way, not to mention the physical strength of the guarding militia, it also seriously hit the morale.
Everyone cowered inside the earthen wall and did not dare to show their heads, the casualties were not very serious, but the blow to morale was very great, and there had already been a militia rout at night, if it were not for the iron soldiers to suppress the deserters with iron and blood, the consequences would be unimaginable.
There are also many people who have accumulated a fire in their stomachs, eager to fight to the death with the bandits outside, and vigorously try to have a good time, such as Wang Xiong, this guy has been clamoring to kill him several times, insulting everyone around him as cowards, and his mood seems to be a little unstable.
"I can't imagine that a single bandit knows the art of war and tactics. Hu Lai was quite surprised by this.
I have to say that he really admires this black wolf, obviously a thief with five big and three rough, but he pays so much attention to tactics, and he did not rush up to fight for both defeats, but was quite patient to weaken the enemy and wait for the best time to attack.
No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the other party was like a hungry wolf in hunt.