Chapter 53: Fierce Battle of Horse Thieves
Sure enough, there was a horse thief on the other side.
After listening to the other party's shouting, Shao Nan understood in his heart that this was definitely not an ordinary robbery.
In the general convoy of running merchants, there will never be a woman, and the horse thieves intercept the convoy, many of them shout to leave things and money, this time they even deliberately emphasize women, and there is only one woman in the Shao family convoy, that is Zhou Yuliu.
The other side's goal is obvious.
Giving up companions is definitely not the style of the Shao family, and now there is only one battle.
Shao Nan was about to open his mouth, but was stopped by Shao Yingze, Shao Yingze shook his head at Shao Nan and took a step forward.
"I don't know which brother is in front of you, which leader leads the team?" Shao Yingze clenched his fists and probed according to his usual practice.
It's as if several nearby counties know that horse thieves are rampant in Jinzhu County, and the passing convoys all know where several big horse thieves are and who is in charge.
In this way, numerous convoys can prepare different tolls according to the preferences of different horse thief leaders.
"The two leaders of Fierce Fang Mountain, Fierce Wolf and Poisonous Fang. The man who shouted among the horse thieves was stunned for a moment, and returned in a loud voice, as is customary.
As soon as Shao Yingze heard this, his palms began to sweat.
These two are notoriously vicious, and the most difficult group of horse thieves in the entire Jinzhu County is this fierce tooth mountain horse thief.
"It turned out to be the brothers of Fierce Tooth Mountain, who have been looking up for a long time. Shao Yingze squeezed out a smile, "We are the Shao family team in Deyuan Town, I don't know where the two leaders are?" ”
Shao Yingze's words are the jargon that all teams will say, which means that we pay for the road and let the two bosses count.
The Fierce Tooth Mountain horse thieves were silent for a moment, and then responded again.
"The two leaders said, according to the old rules, it is not easy for us to run hard, and besides, leave all the women in the team. ”
Shao Yingze's face changed, he was not afraid to ask for money, this is a person, but it is absolutely not good.
No matter how much money you have, you can earn it again, this person is gone, it is really gone, and the most important thing is that once you hand it over, people's hearts will be scattered.
"The money can be increased by thirty percent, woman, no! My Shao family is not a soft persimmon. Shao Yingze's voice suddenly increased, one was to cheer up everyone in the Shao family's team, and the other reason was to let everyone in the Shao family understand that the battle was about to start, so hurry up and prepare.
As soon as the words fell, before the fierce tooth mountain could react, the Shao family's convoy began to move.
Countless drills, just for today.
More than a dozen carriages formed a circle to form a simple defensive position, seventy or eighty people were all in the position, and some of them had already taken out long-range attack weapons such as bows and arrows and crossbows.
The horse thieves on the opposite side of the fierce tooth mountain saw the movements of the Shao family's convoy and stopped shouting, and the meaning on both sides was very clear.
On the one hand, you must grab, and on the other hand, you must protect.
Without pre-battle mobilization, without any preparation, the horse thieves brandished their sabers and began the first round of charge.
More than 200 horse thieves rushed over from all directions, and they looked shocked.
The last time the Shao family and the Zhao family fought hard, the real battle, Shao Nan didn't catch up, this is the first time to face such a large-scale battle, but after experiencing the trip to the cave, Shao Nan didn't have any change in expression at all, holding the big knife built by the family in his hand, ready to attack.
Shao Nan saw that everyone in the team was as usual, and he was not forced by the other party's momentum at all, and he was a little proud in his heart, proud of the elite of his family.
The guards brought out this time are all people who have experienced the battle of Shao Zhao, as well as the people of the three families, countless tests of blood and fire, casting an iron will and strong combat effectiveness.
The horse thief roared and began to scream from a distance, scaring the Shao family guards.
The Shao family guards stood still one by one, without shaking their hands, constantly adjusting the position of the bow and arrow and crossbow in their hands, trying to destroy as many opponents as possible in the first round of attacks.
The horse thief's charge seems chaotic, but in fact, it implies a certain charge formation, which can effectively complement each other, and it is definitely not as simple as it seems.
Just when Shao Nan was about to attack, the horse thief on the opposite side drew an arc, and began to circle around the Shao family's convoy at a distance of five hundred meters from the horse thief.
Shao Nan exclaimed in his heart, this gang of horse thieves is definitely not easy to deal with.
The opponent uses that scattered formation, rapid charge, coupled with reckless movements, if it is a team with poor mental quality or little combat experience, it must have already shot an arrow attack, so not only can not shoot the opponent, but there will be a blank time for attack, the opponent will really charge, and the defense will be breached.
encountered someone like the Shao family, who was not deceived by a feint, so the other party changed his plan and began to look for opportunities in circles.
This is definitely not a simple gang of horse thieves.
The two sides competed in patience, one running in circles outside the range, and the other being ready inside the defense.
Taking advantage of this time, Shao Nan walked towards the Zhou family.
"Uncle Zhou, the battle will start in a while, the opponent's seventh-layer forging master, I hope you can contain one. Shao Nan was still a little worried.
"Absolutely no problem, although my old bones are a little worse in combat effectiveness, there is no problem in holding one person back. Several of them will fight on the front line. Zhou Anyi hurriedly said that he didn't need Shao Nan to continue to ask, he made it clear.
Relieved of internal worries, the horse thief on the opposite side couldn't help it and began to attack.
After all, the patience of both sides is good, but the physical strength of the war horse is limited.
This time it was still in such a scattered formation, all to avoid the damage of long-range attacks.
Boom!
The sound of the bowstring sounded continuously.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sound of arrows raining down was overwhelming.
Horses moving at high speeds, scattered formations, very difficult to shoot.
In the first round of attacks, more than 60 arrows were thrown, and in the end only more than 20 people were killed, and more than 20 people were slightly injured, which is a good result.
When the Shao family's guards changed their crossbow arrows, the horse thieves had already rushed through two hundred meters, and they were only three hundred meters away from the Shao family's formation.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The second round of arrows continued to attack.
In the second round of attacks, there were still more than 60 arrows, this time the distance was closer, and the hit rate was significantly higher, killing more than 30 people at once, and more than 20 people were slightly injured, and there were almost no false shots.
In two rounds of attacks, the Shao family guards killed more than 50 horse thieves, and the other party only had 1780 people left, but they were still twice as many as the Shao family guards.
In the last 100 meters, it was too late to shoot another round of arrow rain.
If you shoot an arrow with a bow again, as soon as you shoot it, the opponent's saber is cut on the neck, and there is no room to fight back.
"Put down your bow and prepare for melee combat. Shao Yingze shouted loudly.
Shao Yingze is experienced, Shao Nan is a fledgling, and this kind of battle is more appropriate to be commanded by Shao Yingze.
The carriages of the Shao family's convoy were all used to pull iron ore, and they had no defensive ability at all, and the horse thief flew over the carriage as soon as the horse thief jumped and the horse.
The only function of the carriage is to block the other party's charge and prevent the other party from dividing and surrounding the Shao family guards.
With the blockage of the carriage, the horse thieves of one hundred and seventy or eighty people could not all rush in, and only some of them could participate in the battle, so the pressure of the Shao family's guards was acceptable.
There were more than 20 people rushing in in the first wave, and the horse thieves who fell from the sky, wielding sabers, with a huge impact, killed seven or eight Shao family guards in one look.
As soon as they came into contact, the Shao family began to suffer casualties, which made Shao Nan's heart tighten, and he hurriedly rushed forward with a big knife.
The strength of the horse thief is generally the appearance of forging three or four layers, which is defenseless in the face of Shao Nan's terrifying power.
There was almost no general among the horse thieves, Shao Nan cut down three people in three or two strokes, and then looked at it, several masters in the convoy and several members of the Zhou family had already attacked and killed the rest.
Just then, a second wave rushed in.
With the delay of the first wave of attacks, the other horse thieves had already broken through a carriage, and a large wave of horse thieves began to sprint from the gap.
As soon as Shao Nan looked up, he saw the horse thief rushing in.
It turns out that the broken gap is in front of itself.
Shao Nan said secretly, it's a good time.
Fortunately, it was on his side, otherwise others would not have been able to bear it at all.
Shao Nan did not retreat, but advanced, and rushed towards a horse thief who rushed to the front.
Shao Nan cut off the front legs of the war horse with a knife, and the terrifying weight of the war horse and the horse thief's galloping impact all pressed towards Shao Nan.
Shao Nan shouted, his hands went up, and he resisted the war horse and stopped the forward trend of the war horse.
The horse thief also wanted to slash at Shao Nan with a knife, but the war horse stopped, and the huge inertia directly threw the horse thief out, fell into the Shao family's guards, and hacked to death with a knife.
Yes!
Shao Nan shouted again, threw the war horse back, and rushed towards the horse thief who was sprinting behind.
Originally, the gap that was broken was not very large, and the first war horse was stunned, causing all the horse thieves behind to follow suit.
When Shao Nan threw the war horse and smashed it on the horse thief who rushed to the second, several horse thieves in a row couldn't stop the momentum of the sprint and fell near the carriage.
It wasn't until the dozen horse thieves reacted that the formation of the sprint was already chaotic and the opportunity was missed.
It was only at this moment that the guards of the Shao family reacted.
Shao Yingze hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, rush together, take advantage of their panic and countercharge." ”
Shao Nan was the first to rush out, followed by six servants of the Zhou family and several masters of the Shao family.
The Shao family's first group of assault squads, with Shao Nan as the arrow, rushed directly into the chaotic horse thieves, slashing and slashing, leaving no armor behind.
Shao Nan's group of people are all forging more than five layers of strength, and the horse thieves in front of them only have the strength of three or four layers of forging body, and it is difficult to resist at all.
After several rushes and kills, Shao Nan suddenly felt that the resistance in front of him had increased, and after taking a closer look, the other party finally realized that something was wrong, and sent a sixth-layer forging master to intercept it.
Shao Nan looked at it again, after several rushes and killings, there were about eighty or ninety horse thieves left, and there were only more than fifty people left in the Shao family's guards, and the horse thieves still had the advantage, but the advantage was not so obvious.
The tactics of the horse thief side were very good at the beginning, but there was obviously a problem with the command in the later stage, and Shao Nan caught the opportunity and killed a group of people.
At this moment, two people appeared at the end of the horse thief, and they looked extremely fierce, and they were definitely not simple characters.
Shao Nan took a closer look, and it turned out to be two seventh-layer forging masters, and it seemed that these two were the two leaders of the fierce wolf and the poisonous fang.
Without waiting for Shao Nan to speak, Shao Yingze and Zhou Anyi rushed out and faced the fierce wolf and the fang.
Seeing this scene, Shao Nan was a little relieved, two against two, there was no big problem.
"Old man Zhou, your opponent is me!" At this moment, a figure quickly rushed over and rushed directly towards Zhou Anyi.