Unlimited wastelander

Chapter 49

"To endure the high character, to endure the high character, to endure a knife on the head, to be angry, to be in trouble...Jiang Gong can bear to catch fish, live to be eighty and then go to court...Han Xin can bear to drill under the crotch, once the unrivaled hero is thrown ... There are also ancients who can't bear it, disasters and lives can't be saved, Pang Juan can't bear to attract random arrows, Ma Lingdao puts a shady cao... The overlord can't bear to die in the Wujiang River, and the concubine with fame and fame is thrown away together, Li Bai can't bear to be greedy for wine, and die in the middle of the river Luo Cheng couldn't bear to shoot random arrows, his dying horse stepped on the silted river bridge, Lu Bu couldn't bear Diao Chan's play, threw his head in front of Baimen, Zhou Yu couldn't bear three breaths, and died until Baqiu left Xiaoqiao..."

In the backyard of the Tiandihui Furong Town stronghold, Hong Wending is doing his daily homework again, but in the past few days he has added another learning subject, which is to recite "Bai Ren Song" while standing on one leg.

Xiao Peng looked at Hong Xiguan speechlessly, and said: "Second brother, Wending is still so young, what's the matter? I think Wending knows how to measure, so why use the word 'forbearance' you taught him?"

Hong Xiguan shook his head slightly, "I know that Wending is more sensible than ordinary children, but a child is always a child, just like a blank sheet of paper, if you don't write on it, it will always be a blank sheet of paper, and Wending is not born We know it. Now that we are desperate, we need to endure what ordinary people can't bear, so that we can live longer."

Xiao Peng stopped talking. Maybe Hong Xiguan was right. If nothing else, just talk about himself. He lived to be in his nineties when he was an enemy of the entire country. I have to say that his way of saving life is indeed Very powerful.

"Senior Brother Hong, I'm back." A familiar voice suddenly came from the front yard. Xiao Peng and Hong Xiguan exchanged glances, got up at the same time, and entered the hall just in time to meet the young man who was out to deliver the letter.

"Senior brother Hong, I handed over the letter to brother Xiyan. He asked you to meet at Lvxiang Garden in Majiazhuang on the eighteenth day of the winter month to discuss the settlement of the engagement."

Hong Xiguan looked happy, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brother."

"Hehe, my brother, if it's hard work or not, it's good to be able to help the senior brother." The young man said politely, then his expression changed, and he said: "But senior brother, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome for you to go out of the city. I know why, many officers and soldiers have been added, and the people who enter and leave the town have been strictly checked, and now there are portraits of you and Brother Xiao posted everywhere outside, and the officers and soldiers are patrolling non-stop for twelve hours, you have to be careful."

Officer Hong Xi's face darkened when he heard the words, and said: "It should be the officers and soldiers who surrounded and suppressed us who reported the situation. The imperial court imposed martial law on the entire Dengfeng County. It is indeed troublesome. It seems that this journey is destined to be bloody."

Xiao Peng nodded and said, "That being the case, let's wait until the city gate is closed at night before setting off. At the moment before the city gate is closed, the officers and soldiers are the most relaxed. We will kill him by surprise, as long as we rush out of the city gate That's easy."

"That's the only way to go." Hong Xiguan nodded, and said to the young man: "Brother, please prepare two horses for us."

The young man's face was shocked when he heard the words, showing a troubled look, "Senior brother Hong, we only have one horse here, as you know, we are lurking here and dare not make too much of a move, so we have to do some small work outside at ordinary times. Can make ends meet, no extra money to buy horses."

Xiao Peng smiled slightly, took out a stack of bank notes from his lapel, and said: "Brothers are willing to be poor for the great cause of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty. Xiao Peng admires it very much. Fortunately, I have nothing else. I still have some money. Brother Qian Accept it, let the brothers not live so poorly, it can be regarded as my contribution to the cause of Tiandihui!"

"This..." The young man looked over and saw that each banknote had a face value of 1000 taels, and there were at least four or five banknotes in the stack in Xiao Peng's hand. His eyes were wide open at the moment, but he didn't dare to reach out to take it for a while. , and turned to look at Hong Xiguan.

Officer Hong Xi smiled slightly when he saw this, and said: "Accept it! The third brother is not an outsider, and we can entrust our lives to each other, so why should you care about such a mere dude."

"In this way, brother has the audacity to accept it. Thank you brother Xiao, I will take care of buying the horse."

……

The Golden Crow falls in the west, and night falls.

A general guarding the gate of the city looked at the sky, and ordered his soldiers: "Close the gate."

"Knock thump thump thump..."

"Hey, where is the sound of horseshoes coming from?"

"It looks like someone is galloping."

"Who is so bold as to gallop around the city on horseback?"

The soldiers talked so much that they even forgot to close the city gate.The general seemed to have thought of something, his face changed drastically, and he shouted angrily: "Quickly close the city gate, swords and shields stand up, archers prepare, it's Hong..."

"Wh... puff..."

"Uh...xi...official..."

Before he could finish talking, an arrow flew from nowhere and pierced his collarbone. Xiao Peng was not used to riding and shooting. The arrow was originally intended to hit his throat, but it turned out to be a little lower, but Even so, he couldn't survive.

The officers and soldiers at the gate of the city finally saw the enemy clearly. On the widest street in the middle of the town, there were two men, two men and one man, and two riders. A flickering spear, with the other hand firmly grasping the reins, and in front of him, there was an eight or nine-year-old doll, also holding a shorter silver gun in his hand.

The other person was carrying a longbow and holding another strange bow with a strange shape and shining metallic luster in his hand. There were quiveres hanging on both sides of the horse's back.

"Quickly, close the city gates, swords and shields set up shields, archers release arrows, and spearmen form formations." The general was killed, and the other officers and soldiers did not become chaotic or even collapsed as Xiao Peng imagined, but they fought in their respective strengths. Under the command of the corps leader, an army formation was quickly formed. Although there were only more than 100 people, the weather was strict, showing the military quality of the regular army.

The government already knew that Hong Xiguan had a sharp archer by his side, so why didn't they make targeted arrangements? All the soldiers who came out to search for the rebels this time were equipped with swords and shields.

"Hmph, do you think this can stop us? Second brother, slow down the horse and don't run into it directly." Xiao Peng snorted coldly and reminded Hong Xiguan next to him.At the same time, four alloy arrows appeared between the fingers.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"what……"

"Be careful, shields can't stop the opponent's arrows, rush over and kill them."

Xiao Peng shot five waves of multiple arrows in one breath, and the shield array at the gate of the city was instantly broken. Naturally, the soldiers who went to close the gate were given priority, so no one would dare to close the gate again.

The alloy arrows basically penetrated the shield first, and then killed two people in a row before exhausting their strength.Since the defensive power of the shield is relatively higher than that of the door panel, it is unlikely that the situation of piercing three people with one arrow like before will happen.

Of course, having a shield is much better than having no shield. Without a shield, it is possible to pierce four or five people with one arrow.After all, the weight and mass of an arrow are much higher than that of a bullet, and the kinetic energy it brings out is also greater. Many things that bullets cannot do, arrows can do. The speed and power of ordinary firearm bullets are constant Yes, but the power of bows and arrows varies from person to person.

At present, more than 100 officers and soldiers picked up the shields that fell on the ground, and the rest of the sword and shield soldiers threw away the plain sword in the other hand, grabbed the edge of the shield with both hands, stacked the shields in two, and rushed to Xiao Xiao in front. Peng and Hong Xiguan.

This is much better, Xiao Peng's alloy arrows can no longer completely penetrate the stacked shields, and each time the arrows can only pass through about half of them before being stuck. The length of the arrow passing through the shield is not as long as the arm of the soldier, so the arrow cannot hurt the soldier behind the shield at all.

With fewer shields, they naturally couldn't cover everyone. Seeing that he couldn't shoot through overlapping shields, Xiao Peng stopped wasting unnecessary alloy arrows and switched to iron tire bows and ordinary arrows. The legs of the shield-wielding soldier strike.

The soldier who was hit by arrows in both legs fell down, and the soldiers behind him would take over the shield and continue to charge forward. It has to be said that the fighting will and military quality of this regular army are indeed different. Qing soldiers were still very effective in the early Qing Dynasty .

(End of this chapter)