Chapter 103: Fight Again
Ali, the brother of the leader of the Charcoal Burning Party, is known for his cowardice and cowardice, and his heart is also very happy, but when his eldest brother was suddenly hit hard and collapsed, Ali lost his backbone, and his whole person trembled, like a gelding who was choked by the neck, and gave the order to retreat to the people nearby with a trembling voice and a screaming voice.
It is not easy to attack once, the coal consumed and the water as expensive as gold is not a small amount of money, if there is no gain and retreat, this battle is not profitable at all, but a lot of capital is lost.
Many people began to hesitate, as if they hadn't heard the order of the second leader at all, and Ali jumped on the spot angrily, scolding and scolding in his mouth, hating the sky and hating the air, but he didn't expect that the nearby members had no one to respond at all.
Fortunately, the Grand Leader of the Charcoal Burning Party, Gosim, is a member of the Doomsday Order, blessed by the secret elixir Sun God Oil, and has a physique far beyond ordinary people, although he was shot in the side of the face, he was lucky to avoid the temples and other vital parts, fell into a coma for a moment, quickly regained consciousness, and woke up.
"Retreat...... Who said to retreat?
The familiar loud voice sounded again, and the charcoal burning party's row of ten steel chariots in a goose-shaped formation suddenly resounded with the cheers of countless members, as if they were celebrating the leader who had returned again, as if they had won the victory in the plundering battle.
"There's a sharpshooter on the flank, the person who attacked me just now is over there, who will kill him for me!"
Gosim, the leader of the Charcoal Burning Party, was well aware of the situation of his attack, and gave the order in a hurry, and immediately there was a fringe area, and the feathers at the end of the goose-shaped array separated a steel heavy chariot and galloped away in the direction indicated by the leader.
At this moment, the caravan owner also knew that waiting was not the way to go, and did not hesitate to give the order, let the caravan guards take out a privately cast bronze cannon, pour out the sand in the barrel, stuff a cylindrical medicine bag, insert the fuse, and then put a Mithril-grade flowering bullet into the barrel.
A scholar with three falcon feathers on his turban calculates the distance between the two sides through the distance observed by the lookout, and then manually adjusts the angle of the barrel, according to the length of the shadow, very powerful mental arithmetic, or it can be said to be an instinct.
"Launch!"
As soon as the scholar gave the order, a guard with a torch stepped forward to light the fuse, and as the fuse burned rapidly, the spark that brought bad luck finally burrowed into the medicine bag of the cylinder.
The granular "black fire" quickly ignited, and a large amount of gas was produced in an instant, and the barrel with the steel hoop was extremely tough, and the gunpowder could not be exploded at all, but fortunately, there was an opening at the front end of the barrel, and the explosive gas that expanded sharply immediately erupted the fist-sized flowering bullet and sent it high into the sky.
The roar of the cannon was like thunder, which immediately alarmed the charcoal burners who were temporarily acting as bandits, and the leader Gosim grabbed a handkerchief in his left hand and covered his injured left face.
"Enemy artillery, quickly raise the deck and go on the defensive. ”
His orders were timely and accurate, and eleven steel heavy chariots were raised one after another with finger-thick iron plates, especially covering important places such as the wheelhouse.
It's a pity that the artillery was too fast, and the average person took the order, and then reacted, a little slower. The steel chariot in which the Grand Leader Gosim was located coincidentally was within the range of the enemy's artillery, and it was also the most critical target.
"God is above!"
The Mithril-level flowering projectile slid through the imperfect parabola, and the "flagship" steel heavy chariot in which the leader of the Charcoal Burning Party was riding in the middle also burned to the end of the time-delay fuse, and burst out violently, the high-temperature flames were like the breath of the legendary fire dragon, sweeping the entire chariot in a blink of an eye, a large number of sharp fragments, sputtered at a speed close to the sound, and blew up the metal shaft of a whirlwind cannon in a single game, and the other whirlwind cannon was slightly better, but the wire rope responsible for traction, most of it was broken, and it was estimated that it could no longer be used.
The scholar with three eagle feathers pinned to his head had a slight discrepancy in his calculations, so that he did not kill the enemy's top brass and commanders on the spot, and a Mithril-level flowering shell of fifty gold coins only scrapped the whirlwind cannon that posed the greatest threat to the pack beasts.
In this way, the defensive circle has finally stabilized, and even if the charcoal burning party bandits want to launch an attack, they can't disperse the beasts of burden, so they have to fill it with their lives, carry out a strong attack, and kick off the prelude to hand-to-hand white-knuckle combat.
Can they win? The charcoal burners are still very confident in their own force, but they will definitely die if they attack by force, and as for how many people will die, it is unknown, at least they must know the situation of the opponent's force.
Gosim, the leader of the Charcoal Burning Party, had just escaped from the shadow of death from the flowering bombs and ascended to heaven, and he didn't care if he scrapped the two Whirlwind Cannons, anyway, he had money and resources, and sooner or later he would be able to repair them back, at least restore them to their original state.
As he asked, someone immediately came over to report, and his frightened heart made his tone distorted: "According to reliable sources, the White Camel Mountain Chamber of Commerce has recruited a snake playmaster from the poisonous country, and hired two sword girls who are proficient in disguise and assassination at a high price, as well as a mercenary from the Far East, Loulan Country, who is good at melee combat with both legs and whips. In addition, the caravan owner Oak got a batch of muskets at a high price and equipped his own guards. The sharpshooter who attacked you just now is probably one of them. ”
The intelligence officer of the charcoal burning party babbled a lot of valuable words, and the leader Gosim nodded slightly, these are all information that has been known for a long time, and it is not very useful at all, and it is good to listen to it now, at least when formulating tactics later, they can be taken into account, reduce risks, and increase the possibility of success.
"The commanders of all the steel chariots obeyed the order, and began to cruise around the defensive circle formed around the target, shouting loudly, spreading fear and danger, waiting for an opportunity to find a flaw, and take away those who escaped voluntarily, and bring them all to me. ”
As the Grand Chief, Gosim gave strange orders, and the chariot commanders around him, although some understood and some did not, complied, after all, the boss rarely made the wrong decision.
In fact, Gosim was frightened by one of the trump cards taken out by his opponent, artillery and flowering shells, because the caravan had an official, especially military, background, otherwise it would have been impossible to get heavily controlled weapons, especially firearms!
At the same time, a steel chariot rushed towards the Eastern Marksman, and in order to prevent being shot, the driver also took the initiative to lower the plowshare-shaped baffle at the front of the car, and the thick sand on the ground was sprayed on both sides, forming a near-perfect barrier to cover the sight of both sides.
However, the lookout of the chariot, through the optical refraction reflection device, that is, the periscope, can clearly see the target person who does not know whether he is alive or dead.
The Oriental stayed motionless, watching as he rushed towards him like a ferocious beast, and suddenly remembered a question: "Who am I? Where am I from? What is my name?"