Chapter 30: Blockade

Although Tuoba suffered a loss in the hands of Weizhou Zhechong Mansion, Tuoba Yewang did not punish Tuoba Jue for this, but had the momentum of relying more on Tuoba Jue.

Since yesterday's raid on Tuoba Jue by Weizhou Zhechong Mansion, the party army has been much more cautious than before, especially in the march across this northern mountain, under Tuoba Jue's suggestion, Tuoba Yewang sent a large number of scouts to explore the way.

Turning around a mountain col, a party scout was shocked to find that there were more than a dozen arrows in front of him, pointing at him in a dazzling manner, this scene made him a little frightened, and before he could shout the word "enemy attack", an arrow whistled and went straight into his throat.

Qin Zhen looked at Yang Xiaoqi with a calm face, and said in his heart that although he had been in the Bulzhi Horse Farm for three years, Yang Xiaoqi's skills that he had practiced since he was a hunter were not delayed at all.

With the arrow shot by Yang Xiaoqi as a signal, the scouts behind also discovered Qin Zhen's ambush, and while they shot arrows to report to the Chinese army who were looking forward to Tuoba Ambition, they scattered in all directions, slowly approaching the place where Qin Zhen and others were ambushed at a scattered arc angle, and began to shoot at Qin Zhen and others.

Compared with the Han people, the party is more proficient in riding and archery skills, and can be used as scouts, but also the elite of the army, they are not only skilled in horse warfare, but also not inferior in foot combat, in the face of Qin Zhen they shoot arrows, they flexibly rely on the slope of the concave and convex to find the shooting blind spot to dodge.

Although the party scouts were suppressed by them, except for the arrow shot by Yang Xiaoqi for the first time, the dozen or so arrows behind basically did not make any achievements.

Therefore, even if the soldiers of the Han people led by Qin Zhen condescendingly occupied the favorable terrain and also occupied an absolute advantage in numbers, they did not gain much advantage in this confrontation with the party scouts.

The current situation is that the Han soldiers and the party scouts are in the blind spot of the other party's shooting boundary, just now Yang Xiaoqi was unwilling to shoot blindly without a purpose, and wanted to poke his head out to observe the position of the party scouts, but as soon as he poked out half of his body, an arrow swished towards Yang Xiaoqi, fortunately, Xue Yuan next to him quickly pulled Yang Xiaoqi back, and the arrow flew past Yang Xiaoqi's scalp, if it weren't for Xue Yuan's this, Yang Xiaoqi would have to leave a hole in his body this time.

After this, everyone was even more deeply aware of the gap in strength between themselves and the party sergeants, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of tightness, no one dared to lean out to find those party scouts, and the party scouts did not dare to lift themselves from the shelter they were dodging.

The two sides bizarrely reached a brief equilibrium.

Originally, last night, under the leadership of Wang Sheng and Qin Zhen, they caught Tuoba off guard, not only knocked out Tuobaju's advance, but also rescued the Han slaves in the party army, which made their fear of the party army drop to the extreme, and even gave birth to a little disdain, thinking that the party army they had feared like a tiger over the years was nothing more than that.

But the arrow just now knocked away the disdain that had not been born in their hearts for a long time, and made them deeply realize the gap between themselves and the party army, if they were in a different place, they might have become corpses long ago.

Qin Zhen looked at the solemn eyes behind him, and said with a casual smile: "Why are your expressions so heavy, the party members are now more powerful than us, this is an indisputable fact, everyone knows it, not to mention that now we are facing the party scouts, that is the elite of the army, we can hold on with them, that is, we won, not to mention that our main task is to drag out the time, the longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it is for us, and it should be them who are in a hurry now." ”

Seeing Qin Zhen's relaxed expression, the soldiers behind him were gradually infected and slowly relaxed.

Especially the soldiers of Ershi, thinking that what Qin Zhen said was right, the Dangxiang sergeants were originally much stronger than their Tuntian soldiers in Zhechong Mansion, otherwise they would not have defended the city when the Dangxiang army invaded the south every year, and watched the Dangxiang army burn and loot under the city, showing off their might; Now they are forcibly suppressing the party army in the field and cannot advance half a step, which they would not have dared to think of a day ago.

Occupy advantageous terrain? This doesn't matter, the number of people is two or three times that of the other party? This is not important, the important thing is that they are now blocking the progress of the party members, and thinking of this, they can't help but feel a little arrogant.

Although Qin Zhen looked relaxed, his heart was heavier than anyone else, and he now had on his shoulders not only the lives of these more than fifty cavalrymen, but also the lives of the thousands of people who had evacuated to Weizhou City; Although he said the Tao when he was in Tong'an Town, when he really faced the thousands of troops who were pressed by Tuoba Yewang, he didn't have the slightest bottom in his heart.

The gap in the strength of the two sides is an irreparable injury, even if it is a good tactical strategy, in the face of absolute strength, it seems so weak, more than thirty people occupy an absolute geographical advantage and numerical advantage, there is no way to take those seven or eight party scouts, Qin Zhen felt bitter in his heart.

Wang Sheng was seriously injured, and now he has become the backbone of these soldiers, he can only use the superficial ease to cover up the heaviness of his heart, which can also be regarded as boosting morale and condensing a not strong will to fight, these people behind him are looking at him, if he shows the slightest nervousness and uneasiness, then these improvised armies behind him are likely to collapse instantly in the face of strong enemies of the party, and at that time, there will be no room for maneuver.

As one of the people who knew Qin Zhen best, Xue Yuan saw the heaviness and uneasiness in Qin Zhen's heart, he squeezed Qin Zhen's shoulder hard, and said softly: "You have done well enough, we are much better today than we were yesterday, aren't we?" I couldn't have imagined it before to delay the army of a few thousand people from the opposite party with a mere improvised team, but now we are doing it, and we are doing it well, just do our best to achieve the goal, and don't think about the rest, we are all with you. ”

Perhaps it is the first time that the fate of so many people has been carried on his shoulders; Perhaps in the face of the surging party army, he had no idea about the combat effectiveness of the group of improvised soldiers behind him; Perhaps he was afraid that he would fail and live up to Wang Sheng's trust and trust when he left. At this moment, Qin Zhen urgently needs the trust and recognition of others, and although Xue Yuan's words are not grandiose and full of passion, they just solve Qin Zhen's isolated emotions, make him feel trusted, and let him know that he has done well enough.

Feeling the power in Xue Yuan's hand coming from his shoulder, and hearing Xue Yuan's not passionate words, Qin Zhen's hanging heart gradually relaxed inexplicably.

Qin Zhen let out a long breath, let himself calm down slowly, and said softly: "You're right, yesterday we were still a Han slave in the party army, and today we have taken up arms and become an insurmountable obstacle on their way forward, even if it is a stumbling block, I will let these party members fall to a stumble; We have nothing to lose, and they should be the ones who are anxious now. ”

Xue Yuan smiled lightly: "Haha, now think about the scene of Tuoba Jue's angry jumping feet, it's fun to think about it!" ”

Then, Xue Yuan's face turned grim: "Their large army is coming, and there is still a distance of about two hundred meters!" ”

After Xue Yuan finished speaking, Qin Zhen heard the sound of footsteps below.

That balance between the two sides is about to be upset.

"One hundred and fifty meters!" Xue Yuan continued to report the number.

"One hundred meters!"

One hundred meters has already reached the scope of the party's bow and arrow, living in the Bulzhi Horse Farm for three years, Qin Zhen knows very well the maximum range of the party's bow and arrow, relatively speaking, the maximum range of the bow and arrow of these government soldiers in Weizhou Zhichong Mansion is almost only seventy to eighty meters, and the gap with the party's archers is not small.

This gap is not only the difference in the physique of the Han soldiers and the party sergeants, but also the gap in the bow and arrow equipment of the two sides.

For a war at the cost of human lives, the advantage of twenty or thirty meters is a moat, and Qin Zhen couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration in his heart.

Qin Zhen hurriedly suppressed the frustration that had just risen in his heart, cleared the distracting thoughts in his mind, and concentrated all his energy to feel the footsteps getting closer and closer down the mountain.

They occupied favorable terrain in Qin Town, and the Dangxiang sergeants attacked from the back, and the steep terrain eliminated the advantage of the range of the Dangxiang archers.

"Ninety meters!"

Qin Zhen raised his right hand and clenched his fist.

The soldier behind him stretched out his bow and drew his arrow.

"Eighty meters!"

Qin Zhen's raised right hand changed from a fist to a palm and swung forward.

"Whoosh!" More than 30 arrows shot into the air, drawing a graceful arc and falling down the mountain.

At the same time as shooting the arrow, Qin Zhen and the others retreated together, without making a sound the whole time.

Just when they withdrew less than ten meters away, a wave of arrow rain rushed up from the mountain, forming an arc, almost all of them fell on the place where Qin Zhen was ambushed just now, if they didn't retreat in time just now, without shield protection, many of them would have to be injured, although this wave of arrow rain rushed up after it seemed a little exhausted, fluttering and not very stable.

Obviously, there are still some archers whose strength is much greater than that of most archers, those arrows that come up pass through most of the arrow rain and go straight to Qin Zhen Xue Yuan and others, and when these arrows arrive in front of Qin Zhen Xue Yuan and others, there is basically no strength, and this part of the arrows is not very many, Qin Zhen and Xue Yuan and other people in the front row pulled out their horizontal knives and knocked these arrows away, blocking and retreating, and there were no casualties.

As soon as the first wave of arrows stopped, the second wave rushed up again.

The second wave of arrow rain was obviously a little different from the first wave of arrow rain, half of which covered the place where they were ambushed in Qin Town just now, and the other half extended for more than ten meters behind it; If it weren't for Qin Zhen, they would have retreated in time after shooting the arrows, they would definitely have been suppressed and couldn't raise their heads.

Seeing that the second wave of arrow rain came up so quickly, and the rules were not chaotic, Qin Zhen sighed secretly, although the party army was in an unfavorable terrain, but with the advantage of numbers and excellent tactical quality, they had already grasped the initiative, and the rhythm of the battle had been controlled by the party army, and they had no chance to shoot the second wave of arrow rain to fight back.

Qin Zhen waved his hand back, and Wen Han and Xue Yuan led the soldiers to turn around and run quickly towards the mountain.

Sure enough, not long after the second wave of arrows was fired, a third wave of arrows followed.