Chapter 40: Ambush
Tang Shan stood on the high platform, looked at the generals under the stage, and said loudly, "Today, we are going to eliminate harm for the people, our hearts must be ruthless, and our hands must be steady, but it is just a rabble, how can it compare to our regular army, do you say?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" the soldiers replied in a loud voice, waving their spears.
Tang Shan was on the high platform, nodded with satisfaction, and ordered, "Let's go!"
Tang Shan jumped off the high platform and was about to get on his horse, when a shout suddenly came from behind him.
"Captain Tang!wait!" Xiaobao smiled and ran towards Tangshan.
Tang Shan landed on the ground, turned to look at Captain Huang who came over, and looked puzzled.
"Captain Tang, can General Su and I accompany the army and see Captain Tang's bravery?" Xiaobao said flatteringly.
So that's the case, Tang San smiled, patted Xiaobao on the shoulder, and admitted, "Hahaha, it's rare for the general and Captain Huang to be free, why not?"
"Then thank you Captain Tang, let me wait and watch and learn!" Xiaobao arched.
Tang Shan waved his hand and said modestly, "Where, Captain Huang and General Su are willing to come, it is Tang's luck." ”
Xiaobao wanted to return it, but there was already a sound of armor colliding behind him, don't think about it, it must be a general, it can be seen from the smile on Tang Shan's face?
"General. Xiaobao and Tang San shouted together.
General Su waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's get on the road." ”
General Su stepped on his horse, and Xiaobao and Tangshan stepped together. The person who led the troops today was Tangshan, so Tangshan rode a horse at the front, and Xiaobao and General Su followed behind and galloped out of the city with the troops.
"Captain Huang, why are you taking these two hundred people with you?" Tang Shan turned his head and asked Xiaobao.
Xiaobao chuckled and replied, "Captain Tang, isn't it last time that some people couldn't bear it, so I brought some people to see and learn again." ”
"I see, but General Huang has to give orders, wait until the fight starts, hide back if you are afraid, don't lose your life!"
"That's, that's. Xiaobao replied with a dry smile.
General Su had a gloomy face and reprimanded, "Before the march, what are you talking about?"
Tang Shan turned his head around, Xiao Bao secretly gave a thumbs up to General Su next to him, and when he saw General Su glaring at him, Xiao Bao immediately straightened his head and looked ahead.
When Xiaobao and the others entered the mountain, they did not find two departing figures on the high mountain.
"The big boss, the big boss. The thief ran quickly to the big house in the village, shouting as he ran.
Ma Dangjia walked out quickly and scolded angrily, "What are you panicking about?"
The bandit stopped, swallowed his saliva, and said respectfully, "I found that the officers and soldiers have entered the mountain and are rushing here." ”
"Oh?" replied, turning to look at the man beside him.
"Big boss, do what you plan and thirsty!" the man said with a confident look.
Seeing the man say this, the horse master turned his head and instructed the bandit who was crouching on the ground, "Go, gather everyone, and go to the ambush site." ”
"Yes!" replied the bandit, getting up and running out.
Ma Dangjia stood aside, waved his hand and asked, "Strategist, please!"
The man, who was called a military advisor, hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "It's better to be in charge first." ”
Ma Dangjia no longer invited each other, and took the lead in moving forward, followed by the military advisor.
"Report~" The scouts rushed to Tangshan, crouching and reporting, "Recently, several stockades have been explored, and there is no thief." ”
After hearing this, Tang San frowned slightly and said softly, "Hmm? Send the order down, march quickly, I see that the rabble has discovered us, don't let them escape." ”
"Yes!" Sima Ying, who was beside Tang Shan, rode his horse and whipped backwards.
Xiaobao frowned and said worriedly, "Why don't you withdraw first, I find that there are many strange things here, and I will discuss it later?"
Xiaobao looked deeply ahead, a wide road, with two high slopes on the side, if the mountain bandits ambushed here, the consequences...
Tang San turned his head, smiled, and comforted, "Captain Huang doesn't have to worry, it's just a group of small bandits." ”
After hearing this, Xiaobao no longer dissuaded, and General Su beside him did not open his mouth to persuade him to retreat, so why should he bother with this?
The surroundings are really quiet, so quiet that it seems a little weird, and there are not even a few birds.
Xiaobao looked at General Su beside him with a solemn face, General Su also looked at Xiaobao, and when he saw General Su nodding, Xiaobao understood, stretched out his hand and shouted, "Stop!"
As soon as the words came out, the flag was raised, and the soldiers stopped. Standing neatly, Tang Shan in front of him was also jumped by the sudden shout, turned his head to look at Xiaobao, and was about to speak.
On the high slope, Ma Dangjia saw the stopped army with a puzzled face, and turned his head to look at the military advisor beside him. His eyes were deep, and he said in a deep voice, "Action, first seal the front road, the archers fire a volley, charge backwards, and then rush down together." ”
"Did you hear that, why are you still stunned?" the gang leader kicked down the bandit who was stunned in place.
The bandit reacted, got up immediately, and ran out quickly, regardless of the pain on his body.
Xiaobao was about to explain to Tang Shan, when a sound of breaking wind came from a distance, and an arrow was stuck on the ground beside Tang Shan.
"Quick, defensive formation!" Just as everyone was in a daze, as long as Xiaobao and General Su were the first to react, they shouted in unison.
Hearing the shout, the flag soldier waved the flag to order, and when the flag order was finished, another arrow shot straight at the head of the flag soldier, piercing through the head hanging on the head, and the flag soldier in the high place fell to the ground.
The soldiers immediately panicked, and before they could immediately set up their formation, the rain of arrows had arrived, pouring down and shooting into the panicked soldiers.
The ranks at the back of the line had already swarmed into the ranks, and two hundred men had neatly and orderly raised their shields above their heads, forming a defensive formation to protect some of the haphazard soldiers, but they could not protect them all.
The rain of arrows has arrived, Xiaobao's strength gushed out, took the order flag, jumped to the height, and shouted to the soldiers in a deep voice, "Don't mess up, defend the formation!"
There are soldiers on the field who are constantly shot by arrows, fall to the ground, blood flows out, which stimulates the desire to survive of these recruits even more, and is more panicked, but Tangshan, has already waved a big knife, riding a horse to rush in the direction of the arrow, now I don't know the figure, do not stay here to command the generals, will only be brave, fortunately, Xiaobao's shout or some people responded, when the second wave of arrow rain hit, most of the soldiers have been ordered not to run around, orderly raised the shield next to them, but also to avoid casualties to expand again.
Now Xiaobao feels embarrassed, he will definitely be able to retreat with his whole body, but if he wants to abandon Captain Tang, Xiaobao can't do it, so he feels entangled in this.
"Kill !!" bandits poured out of the high slope, and the soldiers below launched an impulse from the high place.
Xiao Bao immediately commanded, shouting loudly, "The shield guards are on both sides, and the ten infantry are in a killing formation, ready to wait for orders at any time." ”
Xiao Bao drew the red army sword on his body, looked at the front of the bandit, holding a giant axe, when the axe bombarded the shield and sparked, Xiao Bao swung the sword.
The infantryman, spear in hand, barreled out between the gaps in his shields, the tips of which pierced into the flesh, splattered with blood, pierced through the body of the bandits, and the bandits fell to the ground.
stopped the first wave, Xiaobao did not feel joy, but had an ominous premonition.
As Xiaobao expected, things are not so simple, the eldest brother trembled slightly, Xiaobao looked towards the mountain, only to see the boulder rolling from a high place, and the bandits rushed down after the boulder.
The boulder is getting faster and faster, and now there is no other way but to rely on the shield soldiers.
"The shield soldiers obey the order, defend it to the death, remember, behind you is your own brother, if you are defeated, your brother will die together!
The shield soldier raised the big shield and smashed it to the ground, the shield sank into the ground for a few points, and the sound of the boulder rolling was getting closer and closer, less than a foot, and the shield soldier was angry, holding the shield with both arms.
The huge force hit the shield, the shield soldiers' hands were covered with blood vessels, their faces were red, many people were shocked, their mouths were spitting blood, and even the blood vessels in their hands were bursting, but fortunately, the belief in protecting their comrades took root in their brains, and they had to stop the boulder.
The sound of killing came, and the three thieves with huge axes rushed down, jumped high, and slashed at the shield with the axes in their hands.
When the boulder hit the shield, the eyes of the infantry who were protected by the shield soldiers were already red, this is the comrade-in-arms!
Xiaobao was also deeply moved, but he knew that this was not the time to sigh.
Xiao Bao held high the sword of the Red Army and ordered, "The shield soldiers will protect themselves against each other, and the infantry will kill and leave no one alive!"
The order was issued, and the two shield soldiers leaned back together, raised the shield in front of him, and protected the two of them to the death.
Revealing the infantry inside, the thief's giant axe also swung into the air, and fell to the ground, because the strength was too great, he couldn't restrain his feet, and kept moving forward, finally stabilizing his body, but he was chilled by the barrel of the spear that had been prepared, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, showing the appearance of death.
Finally, the shield soldier couldn't hold it anymore, the shield fell, and the whole body fell to the ground with blood, and with the sound of a falling to the ground, it seemed to pierce the tight string of the shield soldier, like a domino effect, one after another.
This time, without waiting for Xiaobao's order, the infantry rushed in front of the infantry, like an iron wall, protecting the fallen infantry behind them, brandishing spears and fighting with the mountain bandits.
Xiao Bao couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, now that they had grown up and become a qualified soldier, even more resilient than the soldiers led by Xiao Bao. Wielding a spear and a firm face, just for the comrades behind him!
And on the mountainside in front, one person and one knife, the armor on his body has been stained red with blood, of course this is not his own, looking at the corpses of bandits everywhere, scattered bows and arrows, this person is a tendon straight to Tangshan here.
When a group of arrows fell from the sky like a torrential rain, pouring down, in the face of the sudden attack, Tang Shan was obviously out of proportion, and anger also surged out of his heart, eager to kill these sneak attackers.
Only then did he have this drama of going to the meeting with a single sword, and as Tang San wished, he had beheaded all the archers of the bandits under the knife, and the arrogance in his heart dissipated a lot, thanks to the fact that the strongest among the archers was only the middle rank of martial arts, which was completely a one-sided massacre.