Song Dynasty

Chapter 20
The horn was sharp and sharp, and it came so suddenly that everyone was startled.

Before the sound had finished, the huqin, qin, and flute echoed in unison, and the tune was out of tune, causing headaches.Another group of people dressed more gorgeously than those red scarves came out, about twenty in total.These people are all wearing colorful costumes, with long pheasant feathers on the high crowns on their heads.The man in the lead still had a face covered with a face, jumping up and down in the open space to the music.

Every time he took a step, thousands of thieves roared at the same time, their faces full of fanaticism.

As the music sounded, more than 100 death squads put the jars in their hands in front of them at the same time, knelt on the ground, and knelt down to the treasury here.

"Is this... is it dancing to a master?" Wang Shen felt as if he wanted to collapse.

Gu Lie: "It seems to be."

Wang Shen chuckled: "If they had the blessings of gods and Buddhas, they would have already entered the treasury just now if they had waited until now. Don't worry, the whole team, four defensive formations, stand in a good position, and obey my orders."

"God Arm Bow, get in place, get ready!"

"Get ready, the thieves are about to attack!"

The officers of the other three teams drew orders at the same time.

Just now, Lu Can brought his husband to distribute the dry food.Hearing the officers' orders, the soldiers sitting on the ground stood up at the same time and squeezed towards the middle, making the crossbow formation more compact.The battle just now was too easy, everyone was full of relief, holding the crossbow tightly, and quickly swallowed the last piece of bread in their mouths.At their feet, without exception, there was a sack filled with feathered arrows.

Suddenly, a soldier beside Wang Shen said: "General Wang, the weather is too hot. After shouting for a long time, my mouth is dry. If this continues, my voice will become hoarse. Can you stop repeating the orders of the officers?"

The officer leading the team slapped him and said angrily, "Just do what Commander Wang told you to do, how noisy is it?"

Wang Shen smiled and said loudly: "Yes, as long as you follow the order, you don't need to repeat your words."

Everyone was overjoyed and said in unison: "Of course."

The person on the opposite side who had danced for a long time wearing a face mask suddenly came to the front.Lifting off the mask, revealing a wrinkled face, it turned out to be a sorceress with goose skin and white hair.

The sorceress stretched her hand towards the sky, and the music stopped.

Then, she pulled out a sword from her back and thrust it into her own mouth.Just like that, I swallowed it piece by piece, until it sank into the handle, just like eating noodles, full of enjoyment.

"Ah!" All the soldiers around Wang Shen let out a low gasp, and some even had their legs drumming.Yes, the situation was astonishing and terrifying.

At the same time, the fanaticism on the face of the bandit army was even worse, thousands of people were shouting: "Invulnerable, invulnerable!" The morale was extremely strong.

"Grass, swallow the sword alive." Wang Shen sneered, this kind of low-level magic is not seen by anyone in the street stalls in modern society, and it is only suitable to deceive unscrupulous rogues.With a thought, he drew out the big stone bow on his back, put on a long arrow and shouted: "Brothers, watch me break her sorcery!"

He shot at the witch's chest.

This sound almost exhausted all the strength in his body, and he suppressed the shout of the bandit army.

I saw the sorcerer's hand holding the sword hang down limply, and she desperately covered her chest with her hand, her eyes were blank.

The sword in his mouth also fell out, and it was only about an inch long.

"Ah!" The thieves shouted in confusion: "The three Bodhisattvas are dead, the three Bodhisattvas are dead."

Wang Shen's arrow shot so far and hit the target accurately, making them confused.Even daredevils subconsciously hid behind their companions.Those musicians even lost their instruments and ran away desperately.

"Zhi Niang, it turned out to be a lie." Seeing the short sword that fell on the ground, Gu Lie realized that the sword was retractable: "I can swallow hundreds of such swords a day without any problem."

"Haha!" All the soldiers roared with laughter.

A long horn sounded, and with a whistling sound, more than a hundred red scarf daredevils drew their swords and rushed forward at the same time.Behind them was a black line of refugees holding hoes and sticks, and their scattered footsteps awakened the already calm earth.

The attack started again, this time, the thieves invested more troops, almost the whole army was mobilized, and tens of thousands of horses rushed forward desperately.

The soldiers of the supply battalion hurriedly put away their laughter, and raised their bows one after another, pointing forward.Their formation was a little more scattered than in the first formation, but this time it was tighter, looking like a huge reef standing in the raging waves of the sea.The orders of the officers of each team kept ringing: "Hold on, hold on!"

The team was already in shape, and there was no need to personally command it. Wang Shen put the bow back in the bag, put his right hand on the handle of the knife, and stood leisurely at the front.In fact, after shooting the arrow just now, his arms were so weak that he couldn't lift them up.There is no way, after all, it is a strong bow with a stone, and with his strength, he can only make a semicircle.

In order to encourage the soldiers just now, I had to try my best, and it may take half a day to recover.

It seems that my strength is still not enough.If you want to survive in this world, you have to practice physical fitness.

Standing in front of the formation, Wang Shen saw that the general was so leisurely, and every soldier was infected by his calmness, and felt even more relaxed.

"Three hundred steps, pay attention." Gu Lie stretched out his thumb and index finger to estimate the distance: "250 steps...[-] steps, the crossbowmen are ready, listen to my orders."

Already within the effective range of the God Arm Bow, Wang Shen nodded, and walked back into the formation with his hands behind his back: "Listen, everyone, don't rush to shoot, and shoot closer. The target is the enemy's daredevil!"

"As ordered!"

"Obey, General Wang!"

"Of order, 150 steps, ready—" Gu Lie dragged his voice.

The bandit warriors had already rushed forward. They took off the green linen cloths while running just now, revealing their muscular bodies covered with scars all over them.Seeing the green light in their eyes again, no need to ask, it is naturally the elite under Li Yu's command.

"First team, let go!"

"Wind!"

……

"Second team, let go!"

"Wind."

……

"The third team, let go!"

……

So fast, in just an instant, three rounds of crossbow arrows shot out of the air.

When the feather arrows of the third team broke through the air, the crossbow arrows shot by the first team were still in the air.

"Da da, da da..." Connected together, this is the sound of a crossbow.After the second round of fighting, Wang Shen calmed down after experiencing the excitement of the last time, and his heart felt like sinking water. He finally heard clearly what the sound of the divine arm bow shooting was going on.

It's like a heavy machine gun of later generations, yes, this is the most powerful long-range weapon in the cold weapon war.

The sky was full of teeth-stinging "buzzing" sounds, and all the bandits subconsciously looked at it carefully, and the overwhelming black spots fell instantly, fell to the side, and disappeared.

At the same time, thousands of drops of hot liquid splashed up, forming a red haze in the air, which was the blood of the companions around him.

Unarmored light infantry shot arrows at such a short distance, almost directly shooting through the body.

Such a strong bow, such a terrifying crossbow.

In an instant, the dark crowd in front of them collapsed, as if they were directly swept away with a big broom.In a blink of an eye, the more than 100 daredevils who rushed to the front with their heads wrapped in red scarves all fell down.

Blood and dust turned into red particles fell down one after another, and the soldiers who were hit by the arrow uttered terrible screams and rolled on the ground.

In a blink of an eye, the soldiers of the supply battalion each fired three rounds of crossbow arrows.

Five rounds of superimposed shooting, that is, thousands of arrows, one can imagine what a terrible blow the bandit army suffered.

However, the thieves still shouted and rushed forward recklessly, even though they were all tripped over by the corpses of their comrades in front and trampled on the ground, screaming loudly.

As Marquis of Yu in the supply camp, Lu Can was in charge of military law and discipline, and assumed a role similar to that of a political commissar in later generations.Ordinarily, a political cadre like him should be on the front line as soon as the battle starts.In fact, he also has the courage to see the enemy face to face.The problem is that cold weapon warfare has developed into a science and an art in the late Northern Song Dynasty and early Southern Song Dynasty.

Seeing the enemy brigade charging earlier, Lu Can was completely stunned. He only knew how to yell to kill, but he couldn't do anything.There was no other way, Wang Shen could only ask him to return to the warehouse and take charge of the logistics support.

Crossbowmen fire so fast that they quickly run out of arrows.

After resting inside for a long time, Lu Can finally regained his composure. Only then did he remember his responsibilities, and hurriedly took a few old and weak men to send out bags of arrows.

As soon as he walked to the door of the warehouse, the scenery in front of him completely shocked him.

The corpses of the bandits were all piled up in front of them, and they had piled up into a low wall.The ground and people's bodies are full of feather arrows, densely packed, like a crop field full of wheat.The crimson blood flowed wantonly, the dry and hard mud was soaked in blood, stepped on by thousands of feet, it had already turned into mud, and the dying enemy twitched slightly in the pile of human flesh.

Blocked by the low wall, the attacking thieves slowed down and became a living target for the crossbowmen, who were shot with transparent holes one by one.

Too many people died, but even so, the bandits still struggled to climb over the wall of human flesh with red eyes, struggling, and moved forward on the bloody land.

The blood flowed forward to the feet of the soldiers in the supply battalion, and in a blink of an eye it reached the ankles.

This is probably the case with bloody battles, right?
"Why don't the thieves retreat, why don't they retreat?" Lu Can looked into the distance, his throat seemed to be strangled by a hand, and he couldn't breathe anymore.

On the other side, the thieves still put one team after another into the battlefield.I don't know when, the enemy's central army placed two incense tables under the banner of the enemy's central army, and there was a water tank on the table.

A man dressed as a Taoist priest dipped a willow branch in water and threw it at the heads of the bandits who were about to set off.

"Invulnerability, invulnerability!" After implementing the law, the thief army seemed to be drunk, with red eyes, roared, and bravely came out.

"It's no wonder that Uncle Liu Ping was defeated by Li Yu." Lu Can seemed to understand in his heart, who would be able to stand up to such a fearless refugee?

"Crazy, crazy!" His face changed color, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat the size of soybeans.

"Don't worry, it's just a group of refugees, this battle was fought happily." A weak voice came from behind.

Lu Can looked back, and found a tall, skinny young man with a pale face, wrapped in a blanket, standing at the door of the warehouse.

This person seems to be Wang Daosi's brother-in-law, his name is Yue Yun.

"Yue Yingxiang, the thieves are crazy. If we continue to fight like this endlessly, our soldiers may be exhausted." Lu Can said worriedly.

Yue Yun smiled coldly: "The mob, the pedantic and the foolish, have nothing to worry about. They say they are invulnerable, hehe, they are just lying to themselves. I really found out that this is not the case, and I will collapse soon. The so-called Firmness cannot last long, softness cannot be defended. One blow, then exhaust, and three times, it will decline."

Lu Can: "Brother Yue is right, but the ghost knows how long the thieves can last. There are so many of them, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand this pressure first."

Yue Yun: "Yes, it depends on who collapses first. Marquis Yu, let's take a look first."

After all, both of them closed their mouths and continued to watch the battle.

There were several rounds of arrow rain below, and soon, the two discovered that the soldiers were different from before.

At the beginning, the soldiers followed the officer's orders and kept winding, shooting, winding, and shooting. Seeing the corpses all over the ground, they all gritted their teeth, and their expressions were full of tension.But after a while, their expressions became calm, and then became numb.As if what you are shooting is just a group of livestock waiting to be slaughtered, you don't have to think about anything, just complete your actions mechanically.

Repeat, repeat, repeat... until the end.

"sit!"

"Wind!"

"rise!"

"shoot!"

The crossbowmen, covered in blood and mud, bullied up and down, like surging waves, shooting clusters of feathered arrows into the sky, without a moment's pause, so smooth that it made one's scalp tingle.

Looking at it, Lu Can and Yue Yun had goose bumps on their faces.The formation of cascading shots, the battle after the formation, is invincible. This is probably the case with the Western Army that fought like a lion for thousands of miles in the past!
The arrows kept shooting, piercing the ragged clothes, piercing the chest, separating the muscles and viscera and coming out through the body; passing through the arm, breaking the arm bone in two; penetrating the skull, bringing out white brains; even directly Penetrate the simple wooden shields in the hands of the enemy, and string together the howling thieves and wooden shields...

The shout of "invulnerability" stopped abruptly, and the red light in his eyes went out.

"The first team, get up!" An officer shouted loudly, and fifty crossbowmen stood up with their bows in their hands, without the slightest emotion in their eyes. Release it and tear apart all invading enemies.

"Ah!" Finally, a bandit army shouted, threw away the hoes and sticks in his hands, turned around and fled behind desperately.

One person retreats, thousands of people retreat, and soon, it turns into a big rout.

Li Yujun's military flag fell face to face, the incense table under the Chinese Army's banner was knocked over, and the Taoist with the willow branch in his hand was also trampled directly into the crowd.

In a blink of an eye, tens of thousands of people fled out of Pingyuan Town like an ebbing tide, leaving only a pile of corpses and blood that was running endlessly.

"Win!" At the door of the warehouse, Yue Yun and Lu Can stared at the scene in front of them dumbfounded.In this battle, at least a thousand people were shot dead by the bandit army, and the wounded were not counted.No army can afford such casualties.

But the supply battalion had no casualties.

How can a battle be fought like this?

Is this really the work of a motley crew of two hundred supply battalions?Although a man who has fallen into battle, he is nothing more than that!

……

"Stop shooting!" Wang Shen ordered.

"Stop shooting!"

"Stop shooting!"

Holding the knife in his hand, Wang Shen looked at the neat tofu-like formation under him with satisfaction, and a surge of pride surged in his heart: In just one day, I have trained such an army.My king is indeed born of war.

Covered in iron armor and holding a crossbow in his hand, he has a huge weapon generation gap against the unarmored refugees.

What's more, it is still the tactics of successive rounds of later generations, strict discipline, efficient teamwork, obliterating individuality and eradicating all cranky modern war machines.In ancient China 600 years ago, the fangs were exposed.

A feudal army without any organization, no, the enemy in front of him is not even an army, but a group of mobs who come here.As long as the soldiers in the supply battalion are still strong and have enough arrows, no matter how many enemies there are, they will not be enough to kill them.

The high-efficiency killing scared off the bandit army. Similarly, the soldiers of the supply battalion who had woken up were also shocked at this time.

"Crack, crack, crack, crack!" A bow with a divine arm fell into the blood, and everyone turned pale.Even Gu Lie, an old soldier, trembled his lips: "Kill Xiongling, kill Xiongling..."

Wang Shen: "Sit!"

The officers who woke up like a dream shouted in unison: "Sit!"

With a "crash", more than 200 people sat down at the same time.

There was an order, and my heart was suddenly at ease.Only then did the soldiers pant heavily, and their eyes became firm again.

"Kill Xiongling, kill Xiongling..." Suddenly, Gu Lie shouted with all his strength: "My Great Song Xijun—" Yes, the situation in front of him reminded him of the battlefield of Killing Xiongling.In that battle, Qin Fengjun's brothers also used the same tactics, which also inflicted huge damage on the Jurchen barbarians.

In front of me, it is so familiar.

"I am the Great Song Xijun!" Two hundred soldiers also shouted.

Gu Lie: "No. [-] in the world!" Tears poured out, killing Xiongling, fucking killing Xiongling, my relatives, my brothers, my children are all dead, they didn't retreat, they didn't retreat... Just today, they came alive.My Western Army is not over!

The cheers were like thunder: "No. [-] in the world!"

Among all the Paoze brothers present, only Gu Lie was from the Old West Army.But who cares!

Fighting after the battle, fighting to the death without retreating, it is me who is proud of the old Qin, and I am the hero of the Song Dynasty!

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