"Hurry, move quickly, go uphill, hurry up," Li Shan on horseback had already replaced the whip in his hand with a long-handled machete, but he could wield it lightly when he commanded the convoy, but the smoke and dust behind him gave him huge pressure invisibly, and the beads of sweat on his forehead glistened in the sun,

Suddenly, Li Shan urged his mount to jump to the side a few steps, knocked the side of a truck with the back of his knife a few times, and scolded angrily: "Come down, when is it, come down and drag the livestock, and fucking want the animal to carry you, and then sit down, make sure you die faster than the animal,"

Although the scolding words were ugly, the scolded coachman didn't dare to breathe, and hurriedly jumped off the carriage in front of the carriage, and ran to the front of the horse with small broken steps according to Li Shan's words, but he sprinkled his anger on the horses who were struggling to climb the slope, and the whip in his hand was a little more powerful than usual when it fell.

"Brother Li, the time is about the same, it can be in time," Ding Li urged the horse to the side of Li Shan, and pointed to the smoke and dust in the distance with the Qin crossbow in his hand to comfort him, and then there were several sharp sounds of breaking the air in the woods in the distance, which seemed to be able to tear everyone's hearts apart, almost everyone stopped their steps and movements in their hands, and turned their heads to look back,

I don't know if the dart masters who are ambushed in the woods are really superb in archery, Ding Li on the slope clearly saw that the gang of thieves running at the forefront of the person fell from the horse, and was drowned in the blink of an eye in countless horses' hooves, coupled with the smoke and dust blocking the line of sight, disappeared in the eyes of everyone in an instant,

However, the next scene made Ding Li and the others see it clearly, the billowing smoke and dust suddenly stagnated, and it was completely visible to the naked eye, presumably it was the sneak attack in the woods that made them have some scruples.

"Don't look at it, hurry up, hurry up," Li Shan, who came back to his senses, waved his machete again to urge everyone, and he himself seemed to feel the same as Ding Li just now, subconsciously began to scan the surroundings with his eyes, but heard Ding Li beside him remind in a deep voice: "I've seen it all, Brother Li, there will be no enemy ambush nearby,"

"Oh, then hurry up," although there was Ding Li's assurance, Li Shan was still worried, after all, even if the enemy did not ambush, his side would face a thief army several times larger than his own,

As he spoke, the tranquility in the distant woods was once again torn apart by the sound of breaking the air, as if the dart masters had discussed with each other, and in an instant, six or seven horseback cavalry fell to the ground in response, and at the same time angered the group of thieves, after a short panic, more than a dozen horsemen rushed out of the smoke and dust in an instant, followed by about twenty or thirty thieves on foot, but the blades wielded in their hands were shining, making it impossible to ignore their attack power,

Although the dart masters who were ambushed in the woods only caused a few minutes of hindrance to the thief army, it was enough for the slow-moving convoy to climb the hillside, the location of the hillside is relatively special, the slope is not too large, but the width is very limited, but about 100 meters, when the thirty carriages are lined up, there are still three more cars,

"Come, bring that little box up to me," Kuroko, who arrived on the hillside first, had already found his sniper location, and was standing on the cargo box of a carriage at the moment, shouting orders at the two coachmen, and the arrow box he was carrying just now had been placed on the cargo box by him, and then shouted at Ding Li: "Brother Li, I still have a box of arrows right away, you hand it to me, it's not enough,"

"Okay," Ding Li responded simply, jumped off the horse with the Qin crossbow, found the arrow box according to the sunspot's reminder, and threw it to the other party, and jumped on the carriages one by one like the sunspot, squatted on those cargo boxes and began to fiddle with the Qin crossbow to find the best angle, and finally chose a carriage adjacent to the sunspot, and praised the other party: "Yes, you kid picked the best angle,"

"That's, no matter what, you come up first, you have to pick the most suitable one," Kuroko grinned proudly, then raised the crossbow in his hand towards Ding Li, and raised his head down the slope and asked, "Brother Li, how many steps can you shoot the enemy,"

"This," Ding Li looked at it with a deep groan, thought about the Qin crossbow he had used before, and then raised his eyes to look at the thief army that was getting closer and closer, pondered for a while, shook his head a little uncertainly, and then responded: "About one hundred and fifty steps, this thing is not too familiar yet, it should be about the same,"

"Bragging, Brother Li, how is it possible," Kuroko's eyes widened in disbelief, and then he shook his crossbow and said: "This thing has been with me, it's different from the usual, but in the current situation, I'm not sure about one hundred and fifty steps, but if the enemy doesn't have armor to protect himself, it should be about the same,"

As he spoke, Kuroko opened the wooden box containing the crossbow arrows, pinched a fine iron crossbow arrow with a flickering cold light and gestured at Ding Li a few times, and explained quite proudly: "Brother Li, this arrow is different from the ordinary, I have specially found a blacksmith to build it with my own experience, and with this crossbow in my hand, there is no problem with increasing the lethality by two percent, it is no exaggeration,"

"Don't brag, it's true for everyone to see it later," Ding Li nodded, and looked at the people around him who were attracted by Kuroko's words, and then looked at Heizi with a little provocation, and then patted the Qin crossbow in his hand, which was one size bigger: "This guy is not a vegetarian, he was born to eat meat, and this expensive cost is not for decoration,"

"Hey, Brother Li, if you don't compare," Heizi was immediately unconvinced, and looked at Ding Li with bad intentions and sent out an invitation,

"Why, compare with me whose guy in his hand is more powerful," Ding Li also smiled, shrugged his shoulders with a relaxed face, and stared at the sunspot with the corners of his mouth full of provocation,

"We'll see later, who is the first to shoot down the thief on horseback," Kuroko also came to his senses, and while vacating his position to let the two coachmen carry a smaller cargo box up, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the thief army that had begun to gather under the hillside, and said to Ding Li: "Brother Li, if you lose, you have to invite me to drink when you turn back,"

"No question, how much do you want to drink, how much do you want to accompany you," Ding Li agreed happily, and then asked with a smile: "Kuroko, what if you lose?"

"Hey, it's impossible, if it's really me who loses, then Brother Li, you will completely convince me of Kuroko," Heizi smiled and waved his hand nonchalantly, not worried that Ding Li would be unhappy because of this, but then he found that he didn't answer positively, and then he added again: "If you really lose, then I will listen to whatever Brother Li says in the future, no matter what, as long as Brother Li says a word, my Heizi will never frown,"

"Okay, that's what you said," Ding Li smiled, but took the two quilts covering the goods from the coachman on the side, and then didn't say anything more, and began to spread the two quilts on the cargo box, and at the same time leaned down and began to adjust the most comfortable position for the next shot,

"Ah Li, everyone is almost ready, but there are not too many guys," Li Shan was still on horseback, urging his mount to Ding Li's side, deliberately lowering his voice, and then looked at the enemy under the hillside, and asked suspiciously: "Why did they stop?"

"They are not ordinary ringing horse bandits, they should be doing temporary rectification," Ding Li continued to lie on the cargo box, and his head did not answer, Li Shan on the side also nodded suddenly realized, and then went to arrange for his dart master and the many guards of the Zhang Chamber of Commerce to defend the convoy.

Li Shan's worries are not unreasonable, and it is true that there are not many guys as he said, nearly a hundred guards, in addition to the five crossbowmen that Ding Li just proposed to transfer, there are only twenty-five crossbowmen left in the team, although everyone can draw bows and shoot arrows, but there are only more than twenty short bows in the entourage, and the longbows made by the compound are only two, which is almost negligible.

Long-range weapons are so good, there are a lot of spears in the accompanying convoy, but if they are separated by a car, the spears of only two meters can hardly be effective, and the spears of Zhangba are inconvenient to carry, and only ten shots are found in the entire team.

For all these reasons, the number of people in the entire convoy who can participate in the defense or counterattack is only sixty or seventy, and nearly one-third of the people can only wait until the formation listed by the convoy is broken before they can engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Urging the mount to walk on this very weak line of defense again, Li Shan, who was very worried in his heart, returned to Ding Li's side, and asked in a worried whisper: "Ah Li, or, don't you use the method last time,"

"Well, what way," Ding Li, who was aiming at the front with the Qin crossbow with one eye closed, was stunned, turned his head to look at Li Shan, frowned and asked,

"Coachman, coachman," Seeing this, the anxious Li Shan immediately raised his left hand and gestured in front of his chest: "Use a rope, make a rope noose, like last time, put the enemy's cavalry down and drag them down,"

"No, it's useless," Ding Li immediately shook his head and rejected the other party's proposal, turned his head to look at the thief army who had not moved at the bottom of the hillside, and then moved his body a few points, lying on the side close to Li Shan and explained: "This time is different from the situation last time, last time it was all cavalry, but this time there were very few cavalry, and the last time I used a rope noose to sneak attack was from the side, from the side, this time it was frontal, and the enemy is not stupid, he will watch the noose flying from front of him to cover his neck, besides, although we are now on the hillside." , but how much resistance do you think this hillside will cause to the cavalry, and the speed of the horse alone is not something that can be contained with a rope noose,"

"Then, what should we do, we really don't have enough manpower, Ah Li, you have to think of a way," Li Shan pondered for a while and understood that the facts were indeed as Ding Li said, but it made him even more anxious, looking at the trucks, and his tone of voice was very anxious: "Ah Li, this batch of goods, but Zhang Erye personally instructed it, can't lose it, can't lose it,"

"Well, I understand," Ding Li also knew the shortage of weapons in the convoy, nodded, and looked at the thief army who seemed to have a sudden quarrel under the hillside, frowning and muttering a few words to himself, the doubt on his face became thicker,

"Brother Li, it's a quarrel, it should be a quarrel," the sunspot on the side of the container suddenly turned his head to Ding Li and reminded: "Three people, it should be three leaders, it's a quarrel,"

"At this time, there is still time to quarrel," Ding Li was also stunned, in fact, he also saw some clues just now, but he was not sure, now there is a sunspot certification with excellent eyesight, Ding Li also dared to determine his judgment, the other three should be in a dispute over who should take the lead and rush up the hill,

Thinking of this, Ding Li immediately realized that there would be a lot more time on his side, and hurriedly turned his head and asked Li Shan: "Brother Li, do you have an ax?"

"Yes, this one has," Li Shan immediately nodded in response, it was very convenient and quick to cut down trees and camp with an axe, but he looked at Ding Li with a puzzled face and asked: "Ah Li, what do you want an axe for, do you have to throw it out and smash them later?"

"Of course not, you can smash a few," Ding Li shook his head with a smile, got up and pointed to the woods behind him and explained to Li Shan: "Since the coachmen have nothing to do, then go and see the trees, ask for those thick ones, cut them into about one meter, and make rolling logs temporarily, the more the better, that thing, whether it is against cavalry or infantry, the effect is absolutely good,"

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(Tianjin)