When the enemy rushed over, Daemon raised his crossbow smoothly.

He was not a newcomer to the battlefield for the first time, as a freeman in Brad's territory, he had twice accompanied the late Baron, once with John of Jesko, and three times he had been ordered to participate in disputes with other nearby nobles over the demarcation of the border. He was only thirty years old, had just been married, his first child was still in his wife's womb, and his real occupation was that of a farmer, but he was already a veteran with a lot of combat experience, and had participated in six battles with a bow.

If there is any merit in this era of barbarism and chaos, it is probably that the rate of civilians with combat experience is very high.

Because of the frequency of wars, Neutria was invaded on average every three years - which was relatively calm among the northern countries - some countries such as German were at war every year, there were foreign enemies and internal strife, and some countries such as Kolomna, half of the country was reduced to ruins by foreign enemies, and the royal nobles fought each other in the remaining half of the country - by comparison, Neutria was simply a model of peace.

In this case, the people are no strangers to fighting.

Yes, when heavily armed enemies attack, they will hide in the forest or behind walls, because they can't compete with the rudimentary equipment they have purchased with their meager possessions, but they can also use clubs, pitchforks, and axes when there is no way to escape.

A veteran of combat experience, Dimon was offered a position in the fire brigade, where he was responsible for directing the military training of workers and peasants in peacetime, and served as their captain during wartime.

He was very pleased with his own men, because they were trained, they obeyed orders, and if anything, they were experienced.

And experience can only be gained in real combat.

On the march, they lined up in two formations, with wagons loaded with equipment and personnel in the middle, and when the warning came from the mounted scouts in front, all of them immediately moved into action.

The pull-out and impact-proof wooden fence loaded on the carriage was removed and erected at the front of the procession, similar in shape to the draw-down iron fence used by modern merchants outside the shop, with a quadrangular shape that is easily deformed to achieve the pull and shrink effect. The difference is that there are spiked and exposed iron nails on the front and above, and triangular brackets are placed behind every few to hold the entire wooden fence in place by a stable triangle.

This is not an ideal shock protection facility, but has the advantage of being easy to erect and is specially prepared for encounters on the march, which is what escaped Lackadian reported as "long serpents summoned from the ground".

While the engineers erected the wooden fence, the fighters lined up.

Standing in line is something they practice every day at work, so it's not difficult for them, and it's as easy as going to work.

The first column lay on the ground, the second half knelt behind them, and the third column stood, a total of three columns, in fact, three and a half columns, to be exact, because there were still people standing in the carriage, and the difference in height between them ensured that the arrows shot from behind would not fall on the heads of the people in front of them.

The herald raised the small gong, and no one could fire it until the gong was sounded.

The shadows of the enemies on horseback became clear, and they were galloping here.

Dimon remembered the moving target at the entrance of the factory, a scarecrow placed on a wooden rail, with wheels underneath the scarecrow and a rope driven by a set of pulleys on top.

Every day, when queuing up to go to work and get off the factory at work, there is a person there to manipulate this movable scarecrow, and anyone who can lift the crossbow next to him and hit this scarecrow ten times in a row can get a sheep prize. And if no one can shoot the scarecrow all day, the prize goes to the person who manipulated the scarecrow.

In order to participate in this activity, leaving the queue for a while and then going back is not counted as skipping the queue. It's just that each time the next person can't leave the party until the previous person finishes the challenge.

This game is very popular in this era of lack of entertainment, and after work, people also surround this scarecrow, and they are happy to participate even if there are no prizes, and they just add to the shooting experience.

Unlike bows, crossbows can be pre-tensioned and can be fixed with brackets, making them easier for beginners, not to mention that these crossbows also have lookouts for aiming.

There is a scale on Wangshan, the user uses the scale of Wangshan to aim at the arrow, the arrow is aimed at the target, the three points are connected into a line, and the skilled crossbowman can shoot ten shots and ten hits, in one place. This is a very exquisite technique, and it was also admired by the people of the time in the Song Dynasty.

Despite these preparations, most of them were fighting for the first time, and they were still facing the pagans who had crossed the sea, not the Neustrians they were familiar with, so before leaving, Jason gave everyone a "talisman from the Bishop".

The amulet is a simple blank piece of paper, but when it is placed on the fire and roasted, a brown symbol will appear.

It was the simplest form of cipher-writing ink – a "miracle" that the workers and peasants who knew their names after they had been written on a white sheet of paper with vinegar or acidic juice on a white sheet of paper, and who had been roasted on a fire and whose previous handwriting would be revealed.

"After wearing this amulet, as long as there is no fault and prayer is sincere, no matter the enemy's sword or arrow, he will not be able to hurt him!" Jason yelled solemnly.

Anyway......

The dead cannot speak of their piety.

The tricks of all kinds of gods to fool the believers are probably like this, not because the method I boast about is not working, but because your heart is not pious enough.

The standard of piety?

If you are injured (sick), you are not sincere enough, and if you are good, you are sincere enough.

If one day is not good, it is insincere, and we must increase our piety for another day.

Anyway...... Piety is not PH value, there is no test strip to test, whether it is pious enough or not, it is not the final say of the gods!

There is also a clever ghost who actually knows in his heart that this is a piece of paper, but that doesn't prevent them from wearing the amulet as well, what if it really works?

Since you have to fight whether you believe it or not, why not deceive yourself? Anyway, I don't want money.

Of course, the people who harbored this idea were only a few people, even ordinary amulets, and they did not prevent the Cossacks of the twentieth century and the African soldiers of the twenty-first century from wearing them, not to mention that the vast majority of them had seen the "miracles" on the blank sheets of paper, so they all put on the amulets with confidence, and talked to each other about how to clean up the damned infidels.

Therefore, after the victory in the shooting, Jason spent the strength of the old bull's nose to stabilize the troops, and did not let them collapse first because of the pursuit of the fleeing enemy.

This is also due to the fact that his subordinates have become accustomed to a level of management and obedience to orders.

Then they met the captives who had been left behind by the enemy.