Chapter 43: The World Firm
After the archers were ready, Ji Liang gave the order.
"Put!"
As the order to attack was given, hundreds of arrows flew out of the town guards, and the black pressure rushed towards the caravan.
They had never encountered this kind of rain of arrows that could be said to be regular warfare, and they were all flustered for a while.
Nearly a meter long arrows kept falling, nailed to the ground about twenty meters in front of the caravan, and occasionally some arrows flew a little far, nailed directly to the wooden caravans, so they knocked through the not too thick planks of the carriage, almost injuring the guy hiding behind the caravan.
Looking at the arrows that landed in front of the caravan clearing, Ji Liang nodded slightly.
So many days of training are not in vain, at least these archers have greatly improved their accuracy after having the angler to adjust the angle, and the error when covering shooting can be controlled within twenty or thirty meters.
As for the caravan's feelings, he didn't care so much; The other party is a caravan, he must know that the scouts in the special squad have already reported the information, but Xu Chuan ordered that they want to show their prestige this time, and they need to stand in front of the caravan to show the combat effectiveness of the town guards, and only after letting the caravan see the strong combat effectiveness and sophisticated equipment of the town guards can they ensure that the caravan is obedient.
Because of the large-scale caravan, there are also a lot of people, and the caravan in front of me has more than 2,000 people.
With so many people, all armed with weapons, they could turn into bandits and bandits at any time, after all, there are a lot of good things to be sold next, such as cigarettes, twenty steel knives, bows and arrows, etc., which may cause caravans to covet them.
In addition to deterring and demonstrating the power of their weapons, the first batch of bows and arrows also had the meaning of paving the way for subsequent arms and weapons sales.
"Those in front, report your identity immediately and accept the inspection of the town guards, otherwise you will be under real attack!"
It was still the same soldier with the tin horn before, and after a round of shooting, he stood up and shouted again.
"Guards? Is it the one who doesn't care about the town? When did that town have an army? Also to check the caravan? ”
Han Tian frowned, looking at the neat queue of town guards not far away, his heart was a little hesitant.
"Second notice, immediately lay down your weapons and report your identity for inspection, or you will be attacked!"
Han Tian hesitated, and after ten or so seconds, the soldier holding the iron horn shouted again.
And with his roar, the town guards behind him, under the command of Ji Liang, stepped forward ten steps, and the overall pace sounded that everyone in the caravan in the world trembled, and they all looked at the shopkeeper Han Tian.
"The shopkeeper, we are by no means their opponents, and their equipment far surpasses ours."
Lao Li, who was in charge of the caravan security and had many years of experience in resisting bandits, frowned and said in a deep voice.
Needless to say, just by the sound of the uniform and neat pace of this army as it advanced, it could be seen that this was an elite.
And he had just glanced at the arrows that were shot at the ground, and it could be seen from one or two arrows that had been shot at the stones and bounced across the ground that they were using Mitsubishi arrowheads, which were the arrows that could only be used by the elite of the three major powers.
Such an arrow has a strong ability to destroy and penetrate, once the arrow is hit, the wound is extremely difficult to treat, and bleeding can kill people.
"I know that they are far better equipped than we are...."
Han Tian shook his head and said, "Let them check, if it is a bandit, there may still be a chance in close combat, but there is a high probability that it may really be the town guard in front of him, the previous arrow is just a warning, the other party should not mess around, it's a big deal to pay a sum of silver and pass by." ”
As he spoke, he took the lead and dismounted, and threw the long knife in his hand on the ground, signaling that the weapon had been put down, but for the caravan people, there was more than one long knife with him, and there were also weapons such as daggers hidden on his body just in case.
After all, it is a caravan that runs merchants all year round, how can it be that there is no means of prevention at all.
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In the distance, Ji Liang saw that the caravan had put down his weapons, and with a wave of his hand, he brought a dozen clever young men to thousands of inspections, he was not worried about the caravan's fraud, because the other town guards were still keeping an eye on the caravan, as long as there was a slight breeze, they could completely annihilate this caravan.
Moving all the way, Ji Liang came to the front of the caravan and said to Han Tian, the shopkeeper of the odds: "You have entered the range of Sanzhi Town, let your people put away the weapons in their hands, and the next journey to Sanzhi Town will be led by us." ”
As he spoke, he waved his hand and beckoned a town guard who had gone to the academy and could write, and began to register the main information of the caravan.
As for himself, he took a look at the overall situation of the caravan, and although he was specifically responsible for fighting as a soldier, it did not mean that he only had one tendon in his head. Inspecting caravans, for now, is nothing more than a name, and it is not necessary to open all the wagons and chests for inspection.
The town guards are here to stand in power, not to say that they want to really fight with these caravans, so that these merchants can see that they are powerful and dare not have the intention of acting rashly.
But even if it's too long and doesn't take many people, it's enough for these merchants to realize their terribleness.
Each of the guards was equipped with a narrow Tang knife and a wooden shield, and they carried a shiny iron bow on their backs, not the kind wrapped in wood and bamboo.
This clearly showed that it was a solid iron embryo bow, which made the security forces in the caravan swallow their saliva non-stop, and opened the eyes of these merchants who traveled south and north.
Each person has an iron embryo bow, and even the most elite troops of the Three Kingdoms do not have this kind of equipment.
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Soon, the inspection of the caravan was over, and the soldier who had written the caravan's information handed the rice paper in his hand to Ji Liang, who glanced at it, and then handed it to Han Tian, the shopkeeper of the caravan.
"Put away this registration information sheet, it is your temporary identity information in Sanzhi Town, it is valid for ten days, after ten days, you need to rest in the town again, and you need to spend money to reapply for it."
"In addition, if you lose this information sheet, you need to ask us to reissue it as soon as possible, and it is very troublesome to reissue it, and it will cost a lot of money. Also, take care of your subordinates and don't let them make trouble, otherwise we will arrest them directly and arrest you together, you vouch for them, do you understand? ”
Ji Liang handed over the registration information sheet in his hand and handed it to Han Tian, the shopkeeper in front of him.
Han Tian hurriedly took it with both hands, nodded and replied, "Understood, understood." ”
Ji Liang nodded and said, "Okay, now that you understand, you can go now." ”
After speaking, he led the inspectors back to the town guards.
The shopkeeper Han Tian took the opportunity to look at the white paper in his hand, saw some of the identity information he had just said, and a string of symbols of unknown meaning in the lower right corner, and then carefully put the paper into his arms.
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