Song Dynasty

Chapter 22

"Da da, da da..."

The crossbows sounded continuously, and the arrows rained down.

Four teams of crossbowmen fired in circles, forming a dense metal death net in front of the formation, and row after row of bandit soldiers fell down wailing.

A new day has begun, and the scenes from the previous day are almost repeated.

He thought that the bandit army would adopt new tactics after suffering a big loss, but Wang Shen also thought about how he would respond if the enemy changed his mind.

In fact, he also simulated in his mind what kind of tactics he would adopt to take down the treasury of Pingyuan Town if he was the commander-in-chief of the bandit army.

The result of the simulation was very pessimistic. Although the defenders' god arm bows had a long range and could wear heavy armor, they were limited in number after all, so it wasn't impossible to defend them.For example, a row of carts can be made, and sacks filled with soil can be piled on top of each other in a row.The other soldiers bowed and followed behind the car, advancing slowly, just like the coordination of infantry and tanks in the hot weapon war of later generations.

As long as the cart advances to a distance of [-] steps from the crossbow formation, the infantry behind will rush up with a shout, and the two hundred crossbowmen can be eaten instantly by relying on crowd tactics.

In addition to using the car array, there is also the big killer of tunnel excavation.Anyway, the thieves had a lot of hoes in their hands, so they only needed to dig out longitudinal trenches on the ground and extend forward a little bit, and the Song army could only stare blankly.

Thinking of these two points, Wang Shen couldn't help sweating.

What made him breathe a sigh of relief was that the bandit army didn't seem to have these two plans at all.It was still the same as yesterday, after the mage cast the spell, all the attacking soldiers drank a sip of talisman water, roared "invulnerability", and rushed forward with crude weapons, and then became live targets for the crossbowmen.

The difference is that today the enemy is not aggressively attacking and morale is low.As soon as the large group of people entered the range of the divine arm bow, after being shot down a large area, they retreated in a panic.

"Invulnerability" means yelling in the mouth, after all, the spiritual atomic bomb cannot resist the truth within its range.The Song Army's crossbows are really sharp, and the pain and threat of death after being shot in the body are real.

Because there was no effective counterattack force, Wang Shen could only watch the enemy retreat. After rectifying for a long time, he burned incense and prayed, chanting the name of the Dharma and making a comeback.

So again and again, never tired of it.

After a whole day, the thieves lost another two hundred corpses in front of the battle, which was much smaller than yesterday's casualties.

After two days of fierce fighting, except for two soldiers who fainted due to heatstroke, there were still no casualties among the soldiers in the supply battalion, and their morale was extremely high.

Speaking of the weather, it is also weird. After half a year of drought, I saw dark clouds over my head make up for it, but it was overcast for two days, but not a single drop of rain fell, and it was very stuffy.

Everyone was sweating profusely and kept drinking water.An Niang and the old and weak people kept bringing out the freshly boiled tea.

After drinking tea, they sweated even more, and some soldiers couldn't stand it anymore, so they simply took off their armor and put it aside.No one can stand this thing covering the body.At the beginning, Lu Yuhou ordered them to wear armor.But after thinking about it, if things go on like this, before the enemy comes in, everyone will be ruined first, so we have to let it go, anyway, the bandit army can't fight back.

Another enemy attack was repelled, and it was still as easy as before. Gu Lie suddenly became annoyed, and cursed loudly at the enemy formation: "Zhi Niang, that's not how wars are fought. It's okay to fight well, how about the art of war?" , what about the art of war?"

It's just child's play to rush forward like this, and disperse as soon as he is hit.What pleasure can there be in defeating such an enemy?
Moreover, being surrounded by people like this is really unbearable mentally.

After scolding for a while, Gu Lie finally couldn't hold it anymore, and suddenly rushed out of the formation, stood on the open space between the two armies, and shouted with all his strength: "Listen, the commanding general on the opposite side, I don't care if you are Li Yu Or who, when will it be the end of this fight? A certain is the leader of the Huaixi Army's supply battalion, Gu Lie, if you have the guts, you and I will fight one-on-one!"

"This Gu Lie?" Wang Shen couldn't help shaking his head.

The other soldiers cheered in unison: "Gu Dutou, what a hero!"

He yelled a few times, except for the moment when the thieves on the opposite side were in a commotion at the beginning, Gu Lie yelled so dryly that no one answered, and he was about to turn around and come back angrily.

Suddenly, a slender figure rushed out, stood beside him, and also shouted: "You don't have the nerve to lead soldiers?"

"Ah, Ying Xiang." An Niang, who was delivering water to Wang Shen, cried out in shock: "Ying Xiang, Ying Xiang, come back quickly!"

That's right, it was Yue Yun who rushed out.It was only a day after this kid took Wang Shen's medicine, he was able to move, and he followed his sister to lay hands on the soldiers.

Listening to his voice, he is already full of energy, and he should be able to fully recover after a few days of rest.

Yue Yun was also dressed like the other soldiers today, stripped naked, exposing his chest full of ribs. : "No, right? Grandpa does. Grandpa will show you what a real man is."

"Good brother.

"Haha!" More than 200 crossbowmen laughed at the same time, waving their magic arm bows, and shouted in unison: "Our Western Army-number one in the world!"

"No. [-] in the world!"

"No. [-] in the world!"

"Thief, drink grandpa's urine!"

More than 200 men shot hot urine at the same time, and the strong smell of ammonia reverberated in the air.

Two hundred white buttocks swaggered in the sky unscrupulously.

An Niang blushed with shame, turned around hastily, and quickly fled back to the warehouse.

"Don't worry, Ying Xiang is fine." Wang Shen also laughed so hard that he almost fell to the ground. Seeing that Yue Yun's condition seemed to be fine, he didn't know if he could fight.In this way, I can be regarded as a fierce general.

The thieves on the opposite side were finally enraged by Yue and Gu, and rushed forward again with a whistling sound, and the battle started again.

When Yue Yun retreated, Wang Shen grabbed him and said, "Ying Xiang, why don't you go get your weapons and fight with me, and I'll go to An Niang's place by myself. A man is a real man, a golden weapon and an iron horse. With martial arts."

It's strange to say that Yue Yun didn't argue with Wang Shen.In response, he picked up a spear and looked ahead with piercing eyes, his eyes full of fanaticism.Who is he?

Thirty years of fame and fame, the son of Yue Fei who is eight thousand miles away from Yunheyue.

Aspiring to eat the meat of Hulu, laughing and talking about the son of Yue Fei who was thirsty for the blood of the Huns and broke through the gap in Helan Mountain.

The blood of a warrior has flowed in his bones since he was born.

For the past two days, he had been lying in the warehouse watching from the sidelines. His heart was already so itchy that he couldn't stand it anymore. He just wished that his strength would come back and he would carry out a big fight with a weapon.

It's a pity that under the powerful power of the God Arm Bow, this battle is still a battle with zero contact and zero casualties within a real distance.After being shot by a volley, the bandit army dropped more than a dozen corpses and collapsed in a swarm, not giving Yue Yun a chance at all.

The battle on the second day ended here, when it got dark, the bandit army withdrew from Pingyuan Town to rest and regroup.

Without cavalry, Wang Shen and others could not take advantage of the victory and pursue them.

The thieves are all mobs, and under the condition that the whole world is night blind due to malnutrition, it is impossible to attack at night.

As a result, the people on both sides fell to the ground and fell asleep, preparing to gather their strength and fight again tomorrow.

After such a commotion, the soldiers of the supply battalion naturally looked down on the bandit army very much, and didn't care about the delay in the reinforcements.It doesn't matter whether Li Qiong comes or not, anyway, the thieves have nothing to do with us.In fact, this fight is quite interesting.

……

This battle is not only very interesting, but also extremely absurd.

On the third day, just as Wang Shen was lying on the ground sleeping soundly, he was woken up by a guard.The soldier had a strange look on his face: "Commander, the thieves are attacking again, you should go and have a look, damn it, something seems wrong today."

"What's so weird?" Wang Shenyong rubbed his eyes and rushed out of the warehouse.

I saw that overnight, the bandit army on the opposite side got dozens of small flags from nowhere and picked them up on wooden sticks.

There are four big characters on the small flag, "King Kong is not bad", and I don't know what kind of dye is used, red, red and black, and it is held by a group of girls.

Look at those girls again, except for a bellyband, they have no other clothes on their bodies, their white arms and legs are dazzling.Their faces were still painted with white clay, and a red spot was dotted with cinnabar on their foreheads and cheeks.

Because the girls are short, they each stepped on a set of stilts under their feet, and when they charged, they looked like a dragonfly on water, like a willow in the wind.

The girl rushing to the front had a crisp voice, kept turning her head to boost morale, and chanted sharply: "Brothers from all sides: This is the official and military treasury of Pingyuan Township, which cannot be broken. I specially invite the Holy Mother of the Golden Knife and the Old Mother of Lishan to come here every day. Send it out three times, and the great work will be accomplished. I will use the maiden Chilong Guishui to spread the banner formation in ten directions to kill evil spirits. Kill, kill!"

"Kill it, you sons of the government and army, next year today will be your death day!" Tens of thousands of bandits shouted at the same time, rushing madly.

"Crash!" All the crossbowmen raised their bows and pointed forward.

Wang Shen asked Lu Can beside him suspiciously: "Ziyu, didn't you understand what this woman said just now?"

"Strange powers and chaos, who can scare?" Lu Can snorted, and said, "Daosi, just now the witch said that she had done the trick and asked the gods to bless her. In addition, they used the menstrual blood of their virgins to write down the innocence of King Kong." Bad four words, set up this flag array."

"Ah..." Wang Shen was dumbfounded.

The other crossbowmen also understood what Lu Can said, and they leaned back with laughter.Suddenly, there was chaos in the formation.

"Da!" With a sound, a strong wind passed over the heads of the crowd.

The girl who was rushing to the front on the opposite side fell off the stilts with a plop, with a feathered arrow stuck in her forehead.

I saw that Yue Yun, who was 1.8 meters ten, stood out from the crowd with a divine arm bow: "Line up, otherwise we should cry if the thieves get close."

"Line up, line up!"

"preparation--"

"shoot!"

The officers who woke up like a dream gave orders loudly.

……

Today was an eye-opener. After the failure of the menstrual flag array, the bandit army played new tricks again.

After a while, a Taoist rushed over with a full set of water and land dojo outfits, took a piece of yellow paper in his hand and lit it, and let the soldiers of the supply camp throw it, shouting: "Five thunders, Tianxin rectifies the law, five thunders...five thunders, five thunders hit the top , five..." After taking a blow from the God Arm Bow, the old Taoist simply threw away the guy who was eating, and ran away desperately.

After resting for half an hour, a few strong men killed two black dogs in front of the soldiers of the supply battalion, fell on their heads, and rushed towards them screaming and holding their knives, and were killed by arrows in an instant.

In the evening, about a dozen archers came out and shot a cluster of crooked arrows.All the soldiers in the supply battalion were protected by iron armor, so they were naturally unscathed.As for those archers, they were wiped out by the crossbow like a rabbit.

Yue Yun's body was getting better, and he ate two catties of soup cakes at noon. He didn't know how his thin belly could hold so much food.Seeing the arrows shot by the enemy, the little guy saw that the shape of the arrow was weird, so he couldn't help picking one up and playing with it.

But they saw that there was a clump of curvy, spiral-shaped short hairs tied behind the arrowheads of those arrows. They didn't know what it was, so they asked everyone curiously.

The soldiers who greeted him laughed loudly: "Brother Yue, this year is your Geng!"

"I'm 12 years old, what's wrong?" Yue Yun stared at his sharp eyes: "Why, look down on people."

"No, no, you'll find out when you're a year older." All the soldiers held back smirks.

Hearing the laughter here, An Niang, who was delivering dinner, screamed: "Ying Xiang, what are you doing, throw it away, it's so dirty!" The tub in her hand fell to the ground, blushing, and ran away Back to the warehouse.

The laughter grew louder, and Yue Yun was even more surprised: "What's wrong?"

"Haha, little brother, it is probably used by thieves to fight evil, haha!"

"Haha!" A crowd of people fell down.

If the bandits attack aggressively at this time, it is estimated that the crossbow array of the supply battalion will really be broken.

The crossbowmen spent the whole day laughing wildly.In fact, there was no decent battle at all today, and the bandit army had no more than a hundred casualties, and most of the time they ran away after a contact.

The government treasury of Pingyuan Town could not be taken down, and the war dragged on for three days, so the culprits seemed not in a hurry.They were covered with thatch on the ground in front of the battle. Some were lying on the grass and sleeping soundly, some were eating, drinking, and chatting.Some people simply set up stalls on the ground to make money, and some people were arrested for cheating, and they were beaten and wailed...

"Sometimes reality is really more absurd than fiction!" Wang Shen continued to shake his head, and he didn't know how many times he repeated this action.

Such an easy fight is like a dream

That's right, the equipment and combat effectiveness of the modern army are demons to the refugees in the farming era.

However, a vague uneasiness arose in Wang Shen's heart.

What this uneasiness was, he could not fathom.

(End of this chapter)