Chapter 140: Exhausted Courage
Zhou Qing looked at Ding Heng who was rushing towards him, and an alarm bell instantly appeared in his heart.
He has been messing around in the rivers and lakes for several years, and he can be said to be extremely accurate in predicting all kinds of dangers.
At this moment, he instantly judged that he should not be an opponent if he fought alone.
From this, he naturally couldn't really listen to the blue-robed man's words and go to a one-on-one duel with the other party.
Woo β
I saw Zhou Qing's lips pursed, and he suddenly blew a clear whistle.
Then the knights, who were chasing those traitors and deserters in the military formation, stopped their movements in an instant when they heard it, and quickly converged towards the source of the sound.
Suddenly, more than 30 people gathered over and came to Zhou Qing's side.
At this time, Ding Heng had just arrived nearby and was about to approach him.
"The target is the blue-robed man, five rounds of rapid shooting!"
Zhou Qing stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, aimed at Ding Heng, who was flying over with light skills in this direction, shouted at the soldiers around him, and took the lead in releasing the arrow.
Many knights are also cooperative.
When some people saw their general's movements, they didn't even need to give orders, they had already raised their arrows and aimed them at Ding Heng.
At this time, when he heard the order, he didn't need to say much, and he shot over.
At this time, Ding Heng had just jumped into the air, after all, he was seventy or eighty meters in front of Zhou Qing, and he was ready to jump over and find this junior to practice well.
But a person like him, who is accustomed to fighting in the rivers and lakes, how could he have expected that the other side would be so unmartial artistic.
In the face of challenges, don't dare to go it alone.
He also learned the style of those court lackeys, bullying more and less, and hurting people with strong bows and crossbows.
Brush Brush Brush β
Zhou Qing used a three-stone strong bow, and even attached internal force to increase the power of the arrow. The other knights also used strong bows of more than one stone, and there was still some surplus internal force in their bodies, so they also attached internal force.
These arrows lost their power, it was really like Lu Yuan shooting the white-eyed elder of the Five Poisons Sect in the Bai surnamed Miao Village when he was quelling the rebellion in Wugang a few years ago, and if he shot at the human body, one arrow could blow up a hole.
Ding Heng is also insightful.
I have also seen the power of the strong bow and crossbow of the imperial army, how dare I take it hard at this time?
I saw him roar angrily, and his steps under his feet were connected, and he actually made a few bends in mid-air, avoiding the missed arrows.
However, he narrowly avoided the set of shots, and in an instant, the latter group of knights who had to shoot arrows also aimed at him, and more than a dozen arrows flew away.
Ding Heng had no choice but to strengthen his internal strength again, and hurriedly dodged.
After a period of embarrassment, Ding Heng fell to the ground from mid-air, and finally landed on the ground with some support.
But before he could balance his body, Zhou Qing and the others, who had finished shooting arrows before, missed the second wave of arrows and shot again.
Ding Heng had just unloaded his force at this time, and it was the time when the previous stamina had been lost and the stamina had not been born. In a hurry, he couldn't use light skills to dodge anymore.
In desperation, he had to pull out the sword at his waist and cut off a few arrows with a clang.
Then the other free hand, a long fist, swung with great energy, blasted at the arrows in other directions.
Coincidentally, Ding Heng smashed the arrow shot by Zhou Qing with a fist.
With Zhou Qing's second-rate internal force, and a three-stone strong bow, shoot an arrow with all his strength, how powerful is that?
Ding Heng collided with a strong fist with a meat fist, and the fist wind stirred up by his internal force was instantly broken by the arrow, and then the sharp arrow was aimed at the middle finger of his fist, and it disappeared with a "boom".
Burst!
only heard an explosion, and then a miserable scream came out of Ding Heng's mouth, and his body instantly flew backwards.
In an instant, the fist of his left hand had become a mess of rotten flesh, drenched in blood.
was shot away by an arrow, Ding Heng also lost his balance, and his other hand was also in severe pain, and he could no longer swing his sword to resist the arrow.
At this time, a new round of arrows flew in, and although he instinctively tried to dodge, three arrows were still stuck in his body with a bang.
Fortunately, the internal strength of these knights is shallow, and the previous two rounds of shooting have exhausted their internal strength. At this time, the arrow shot missed, and it could no longer be shot on the flesh and blew out of the hole.
But even so.
The missed arrow also brought a lot of damage to Ding Heng, which further aggravated his injuries.
And that's not even the deadliest.
What's even more fatal is that he was hit by an arrow in his body, which further lost his balance and reduced Ding Heng's reflexes.
Therefore, when Zhou Qing's third arrow came in the next round, he couldn't even dodge, so he could only watch the arrow that was whistling with strong wind miss and hit his neck.
Then with a bang, half of the neck was blown out of the gap.
Then several arrows plunged into his body, nailing him to the ground.
After several rounds of shooting, a second-rate master who was originally superb in light skills and powerful in martial arts died under the arrow array of the sergeants.
It can be seen that no matter how strong the internal force of martial arts is, under the strong bow and crossbow, it is still a mortal fetus.
At this time, the facts once again verified that Lu Yuan's correct idea of building an army with archery.
"Stupid."
Zhou Qing saw that the blue-robed master was killed, put away his iron bow, and sneered.
Then he didn't look at Ding Heng's corpse, twisted the horse's head, continued to pick up the long sword, took the knights around him, and continued to kill the fleeing rebels.
It was as if killing a second-rate top master was insignificant to him.
Maybe it's really insignificant.
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On the lookout, Qiao Xiuyuan watched Ding Heng, who had given him high hopes, rush to the battlefield, and then before he could fight with the young general in the green robe, he was neatly led by the other party with the knight, and the arrows were shot into a hornet's nest.
The face that was only a little better suddenly became ugly again.
"Rubbish!"
Qiao Xiuyuan smashed his fist on the guardrail of the railing, and with a bang, the fence originally built by thick wood was broken into two sections in an instant.
When the people around saw it, their expressions were not good-looking.
Ding Heng's defeat seemed to be slapping them in the face, telling them with the cruelest reality that the fantasy they had just imagined that the expectation of being able to reverse the situation with high-level combat power was simply empty.
People don't have top-level combat power.
But relying on those elite soldiers, relying on those strong bows and crossbows, what if they are second-rate masters?
Under the rain of arrows, you still have to drink hatred.
Ding Heng's death is a living example.
The martial arts of many people present are not as good as Ding Heng's?
Even if some people are more powerful than Ding Heng, at this time, they ask themselves, when they encounter what happened to Ding Heng just now, it is good to be able to escape alive.
It is impossible to capture and kill the blue-robed young general under the escort of the sergeant.
Thinking of this bloody reality, everyone's hearts suddenly decreased a lot, and they could no longer speak.
"General."
Under the deathly silence, it was finally the original general who spoke, only to hear him say: "Elder Ding's departure this time is not good, but he is dealing with the battle in the army in the way of rivers and lakes.
He also thought that if he directly found the young man in the green robe, the other party would fight with him.
But I don't know that my generation of soldiers has always despised fighting alone, and admired the widowhood of the public.
So this time, he rushed forward without defense, and was directly killed by the blue-robed young general who gathered the army and shot him with an arrow array.
It was negligence that led to this defeat. β
According to his professional point of view, the red armor general continued to analyze: "Therefore, if you prepare in advance, wear iron armor, and bring elite warriors with you, you will also use strong armor and heavy shields, strong bows and crossbows to deal with them.
Then under the slow advance, it will be possible to intersect with the enemy's short soldiers.
When the time comes, archery will be useless. Elder Yiding's martial arts can take down the other party.
Moreover, the most important reason why Elder Ding was defeated so quickly just now was that the young man in the green robe was too powerful in archery.
Otherwise, if it were to be replaced by those ordinary knights, let alone the more than thirty people, even if there were a hundred people, even if Elder Ding couldn't enter their bodies, it would be okay to retreat with his whole body.
Therefore, martial arts masters still have a great advantage over ordinary sergeants. β
Hearing this, the anger on Qiao Xiuyuan's face was only slightly reduced.
Some other martial arts masters, according to the description of the Red Armor General, thought about it carefully, and their hearts suddenly became peaceful.
Truly.
Fang Cai Ding Heng just suffered the loss of being careless against the enemy. Otherwise, with the opponent's light martial arts, he would never be shot to death in three or two strokes.
But even so, the archery skills of the young general in the green armor are indeed extremely powerful.
Looking back at this time, the masters still have some seasons.
In his heart, he made up his mind that when he encountered the other party in the battle formation in the future, he must be cautious and try his best to avoid it.
You must not follow in the footsteps of Ding Heng, otherwise it will be too wronged.
"Did you hear General Cao's words?"
Qiao Xiuyuan stabilized his mood at this time, his gaze retracted from the battlefield, and looked at the subordinates behind him, especially the elders in the door who used to hold their own martial arts strength, and said in a somewhat cold voice: "If you go to the battle in the future, don't rely on your martial arts to despise the people of the world?"
Elder Ding's lessons from the past are there.
If you don't want to become a hedgehog like him, then restrain your arrogance, honestly put on heavy armor, bring elite soldiers, and act with the army.
Fighting is not our previous battle in the rivers and lakes, some people talk to you about the morality of the rivers and lakes, and they are willing to fight one-on-one.
The battlefield is to win, do everything you can, do everything you can to kill the enemy, and make yourself the victorious side.
Here, it is many people fighting one person, it is the military formation fighting the stragglers, although martial arts are important, but cooperation is more important.
If you want to be a hero, then leave the army and go to the rivers and lakes.
Here, there are only warriors, no heroes. β
When Qiao Xiuyuan spoke, his eyes focused on the bodies of those Jianghu martial artists.
Before today, because it had been planned for a long time, the Seven Star Gate uprising was extremely smooth, and in just a few days, it occupied a mansion.
And in the process of the uprising, the role played by those martial arts masters was the greatest.
After all, in the city, whether it is assassination and beheading, or capturing the city and fighting in the streets, martial arts masters are much stronger than ordinary sergeants.
The huge victory stunned many people's heads, and even Qiao Xiuyuan himself was a little carried away.
This has led to the fact that the entire army has become respected by individual force, and the more powerful the martial arts, the higher the status.
Among the sergeants, although there is also respect and humility, the spirit of the rivers and lakes is heavier, and they call each other brothers and sisters when they see their superiors and officers, and they are called big brothers and leaders, which is far more than being called generals and captains.
This kind of atmosphere of the army becoming a river and lake has profoundly affected the entire army.
Originally, because of his background, Qiao Xiuyuan, who was used to the rivers and lakes, didn't feel anything about this kind of atmosphere, and even felt quite comfortable.
But at this time, a fiasco, the death of an elder, made him wake up in an instant.
In the end, he is the master of a sect, and now he is a figure who has set off a rebel army, and the resourcefulness and determination that he should have will naturally not be lacking.
That's when the change began.
As the head and lord, Qiao Xiuyuan opened his mouth, and how dare everyone below say more.
At this time, they all responded: "We will obey the orders of the head (general)." β
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"Good, good!"
On the battlefield, Lu Yuan rode a horse, and when he saw the disciple who had just retreated, he praised loudly at this time: "It is worthy of being my disciple, he is so brave and brave." This time you are the vanguard of the army, and it is true. β
"It's all because of the elite soldiers trained by the master, and those thieves are too vulnerable." Zhou Qing's armor robe had been stained with a lot of blood, and at this time, he took off his helmet, his hair was sticking to sweat, and he smiled humbly.
"Do you need to be humble in front of your teacher?"
Lu Yuan looked more and more like his own disciple, and while feeling relieved, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile. However, he didn't grasp this point, but asked, "I heard that you just shot a second-rate master of the thief army with an arrow?" β
Zhou Qing nodded and said, "That's true." That thief is too stupid, and in the midst of the chaos, he still wants to find me to fight alone, which is really naΓ―ve.
I am the commander of an army, and I have thousands of troops and horses under my command, how noble is it?
How can he be like him, reckless and brave?
Therefore, according to the master's teachings in the past, he directly summoned the sergeants, formed a military formation, and shot them with arrows. β
Seeing that the disciple could flexibly apply his teachings, Lu Yuan nodded approvingly: "It's a good job." Those people in the rivers and lakes will only be brave for a while, even if there are some old foxes, but their behavior and deeds are still full of the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, and they think and act with the set of the people of the rivers and lakes.
But you and I are different from them.
is not only superb in martial arts, but also a veteran general in the army.
In the face of these guys who are only three feet blue, a desperate duel with these people is the best strategy.
Since you are in charge of thousands of troops, you only need to apply it flexibly. We are the generals, and it is our duty to command the soldiers to fight with others.
Those swords and kills people are the only ones that the soldiers below do.
Therefore, it is stupid to meet these people in the rivers and lakes and talk to them about the morality of the rivers and lakes.
It is wise to call the soldiers, form a military formation, and besiege and kill them together. β
At this time, Lu Yuan played the responsibility of a teacher and taught his disciples.
After reasoning and experience, he looked at the battlefield.
At this time, the 5,000-strong army sent by the traitors to intercept had been completely defeated.
Some of the soldiers were scattered across the battlefield and were being pursued by the knights he had brought with them.
The field was already strewn with corpses, and blood was flowing all over the ground. Broken swords and broken spears were everywhere, and flags fell to the ground, telling a lamentation.
In this battle, no less than 3,000 thieves were killed and more than 1,000 were captured.
The thieves were demoralized.