Chapter 1125: The Battle of Plank Road (Part I)
Suddenly, countless boulders, as small as a millstone and as large as a tabletop, fell from the mountain overhead, and smashed down towards the team of thousands of people below.
Each of these stones is more than 100 catties, and then borrowing a drop of more than 10 zhang to go down, its strength is enough to have a thousand catties, and how can manpower deal with it?
At the moment, on the stone path of the plank road bombarded by this section of the rocks, it is a scene of apocalypse, and countless soldiers are caught off guard. They were either crushed by the boulders, smashed into flesh, or subconsciously dodged, but forgot that they were on the extremely dangerous and narrow plank road, and suddenly lost their balance and fell off the cliff.
Although some of them kept calm and tried to avoid them while ensuring their own stability, they still fell into the abyss because the boulders kept crashing on the already unreliable plank road, causing sections of the road to break and fall into the abyss with them.
Suddenly, on this mile-long plank road, the sound of screams, banging and collapse sounded together, and the rising smoke and dust covered this area, and it was really thrilling to look at it from afar.
Sun Ning, who was in this game, was scared out of a cold sweat, because just now, several big stones rumbled in front of him. If he takes two steps faster, he will be hit directly by the boulder. If this is the case, no matter how strong his martial arts are, he will definitely die.
In fact, he would have been struck by a boulder, if it hadn't been for the scout who came to report and let him stay for a while, and after he set off, his steps were a little sluggish because of his thoughts......
But Sun Ning was not happy because of this, because the tragic situation in front of him was too shocking to people's senses, these people were all elite soldiers in Jinguan City, and they were going to protect him all the way back to the Central Plains.
And now, at least half of the people have died in this accident, and the reason for this is ...... Sun Ning raised his head suddenly, stared at it, and saw that figures were constantly emerging from the steep cliff wall above.
These people are small in stature, but agile as apes, so they can calmly hide between the treacherous mountain cliffs and haunt the plank paths. Obviously, these guys are the local barbarians of Sichuan and Shu!
After recognizing their identities, their origins and intentions are also revealed.
These guys deliberately set up an ambush here to intercept and kill themselves, because the decisive battle in the Central Plains has already begun, Sun Ning will naturally no longer hide his identity, and this time the return from Sichuan and Shu to the Central Plains is even more fanfare, so naturally they are given time to calmly arrange.
Because these barbarians are from the rebellious barbarian tribe that was previously killed by Yang Jianting and the Sichuan Shu official army.
Affected by the topography and customs of Sichuan and Shu, Yang Jianting and the government and other soldiers and horses did their best, but after all, it was impossible to exterminate or arrest all the thieves with bad intentions, and there would inevitably be a considerable number of fugitives outside.
For them, even Sun Ning has no idea of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, because these people are too many, too mixed and too scattered, even if they mobilize all the soldiers and horses in Sichuan and Shu who are loyal to the imperial court, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. So he finally chose to stop, and hoped that they would be able to reform after this loss and never be an enemy of the court again.
But I don't want to, these fish who slipped through the net not only did not miss the forgiveness of the imperial court, but gathered again and took the opportunity of his departure from Sichuan to set up an ambush here, which was really dead!
Sun Ning's eyes were full of anger and murderous intent at this time, and he immediately shouted, "Crossbowman, shoot me!" Don't let anyone go!"
After the many soldiers behind him followed His Majesty the Emperor's sharp order, they finally recovered from their panic and surprise, and then agreed in unison, and quickly showed their bows and crossbows.
These soldiers are all the elites carefully selected by Yang Yanzhong in Jinguan City, even if they are flustered, they can quickly enter the state. The bows and crossbows quickly pointed upwards.
It didn't take anyone to give any more orders, and the whizzing arrows were already shooting after the barbarians who were constantly galloping along the steep cliffs, trying to kill them and harvest more heads.
Suddenly, several of the fastest barbarians were hit by arrows because they couldn't dodge and turn, and then screamed, and after a stumble, they fell directly from a height of more than ten zhang.
Seeing this, the other barbarians quickly responded and began to slow down and dodge, trying to use the jagged and raised rocks and other objects around them to resist the arrows. There are also people who rely on their skills
The crowd did not dodge or dodge, but only waved the weapon in their hands, and continued to rush downward while dialing the chaotic arrows.
The distance of more than ten zhang was too close for them, and after only a few breaths, the officers and soldiers had only released a round of random arrows, and they were already screaming and rushing to the front of them.
Sun Ning's eyes were even more murderous, and he didn't say anything more, but just shouted: "Kill!" The Wind Shatterer Knife came out of its sheath, and the people rushed out to meet these guys and fight back.
Seeing this, the other generals were even more encouraged, and they followed suit, and they all abandoned their bows and crossbows, drew their swords, and shouted to meet the battle.
Soon, on this plank road, a more fierce battle began than just now.
Although they were attacked in front and suffered heavy casualties, under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, the remaining hundreds of people did not weaken their momentum, but because of their anger, they were more fierce and resolute, and once they met the enemy, they completely suppressed a group of barbarians and kept retreating.
The result was really unexpected, and the number of their men and horses was not too much, but only two or three hundred. And because of the influence of the chaotic arrows, they could not kill all of them in one go as planned before, forming an encirclement of the official army, which gave the official army a chance to break through.
Moreover, as more soldiers come to kill, that is, in terms of troops, the remnants of the officers and soldiers are also above the other party. So after a round of fighting, the barbarians have been quickly suppressed, and the number of casualties has not stopped.
Seeing this, the leader immediately roared and screamed, and the whole team began to climb the cliff again and was about to withdraw.
This is the reason why they dared to set up an ambush here to attack the officers and soldiers, this dangerous and complex mountain range and cliff is a dead end for the officers and soldiers, but for these hundreds of barbarian warriors, it is completely smooth and smooth, and they can come and go freely.
"Don't let them go!" How could Sun Ning let the other party leave so easily, and under the heavy drinking, the people had already swept up, staring at the barbarian leader who was screaming and commanding, and the sword light was together, and he attacked it directly. Look at the book
The barbarian leader's martial arts are not weak, seeing this momentum, he quickly used a little force on the cliff, and the person has flown down like an ostrich, almost staggered with Sun Ning, and fell straight to a section of the plank road that has been broken before and after, and only relies on a piece of wood to be fixed on the plank road on the cliff wall, and then looked at Sun Ning with a provocative face, waiting for the other party to kill again.
He has already made a decision, if the other party really dares to chase after him again, he will not hesitate to cut off the support and die with him!