Xiangye

Chapter 79
The sound of horse hoofs became louder and louder, making all the people pale.

The whole team was in a commotion, someone drew a bow and set an arrow, and shot the feathered arrow.It's a pity that the enemy is still far away, and the arrow landed softly on the ground after flying a certain distance.Some people drew out their knives and wanted to rush forward to fight the bandits, but they hesitated after seeing the huge puff of smoke rising in front of them.

More people ran around like headless chickens, crying, "What to do, what to do?"

It doesn't matter if the team is over, but I am the nominal leader of the team.If the military supplies are lost, once the higher-ups find out, they will lose their heads.

No, it must not end like this.

The enemy's cavalry had already begun to trot, according to what Gawain later known from the forum.It is impossible for the cavalry to maximize the horsepower at the beginning, first move forward slowly, then trot, and when the enemy's infantry starts to panic and become confused, they will start to accelerate until they completely defeat the enemy.

In other words, not yet.

However, with these twenty or so strongmen and six or seven peasants, how can they be the opponents of the heavily armed enemy?
Gao Wen's mind turned quickly, and his eyes fell on the six carts, but an idea popped up in his heart.

He shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't mess around, form a circle with the carts, hurry up!"

With this sound, he exhausted all his strength, and it seemed as if he suppressed the sound of the enemy's rumbling horseshoes: "Zhi Niang, we are also heroes of the Three Qin Dynasty. I am so proud of the old Qin. When are you afraid of a few thieves? Do you practice in the daytime?" Have you returned all your martial arts skills to my old lady? Hurry up and surround the car, with me, Gao Wen, I will surely keep you safe!"

Hearing this thunderous roar, everyone was stunned, and then remembered that Gao Wen was their leader, representing the yamen.Although everyone tried to please Han Kui along the way, when things really happened, they still subconsciously chose to obey orders.Especially when he saw Gao Wen standing there calmly, like a tall and straight green pine, for some reason, his heart suddenly became less flustered.

Gao Wen struggled to pull an ox cart, and shouted: "Help me, don't stand aside and watch, if you still want to live! Listen to my orders."

Immediately, the hearts of the entire team calmed down. With a shout, everyone pulled the bullock cart together and formed a circle.

At this time, the bandit's cavalry got closer and began to trot.

Gao Wen drew out the Mongolian bow on his back, set up an arrow and shot it out with a "swoosh": "There is a big cart, and the thieves can't get close to us. Let the arrow shoot the mother!"

Because the enemy was still a little far away, the arrow was lobbed again. After drawing a beautiful parabola in the air, it slammed into the shoulder of a thief's crotch horse with a ding, almost hitting the enemy, which is a pity.

Still, hearing the pained neigh of the steed gave them courage.

These folks have practiced martial arts since they were young, and they have learned to bow and archery since they can remember.

At the beginning of Gao Wen, everyone drew bows of various sizes and strengths one after another, and poured out a rain of arrows.

It's a pity that more than 20 people are too few to form a dense arrow screen to block the enemy's impact. In the two rounds of arrows, none of the horse thieves hit the arrow.There are only a few war horses with arrows on their backs.

There are thick and hard muscles in the shoulders and necks of the war horses, and a mere feathered arrow is not enough to make those big beasts lie down, but the pain stimulates their madness, and the impact speed is faster.

In a blink of an eye, the brigade had rushed a hundred steps in front of the cart.

Before the men and horses arrived, a torrent of dust rushed towards his face like a thick fog. Gao Wen tried his best to widen his eyes and looked over, only to see that the thieves in the charge shrank their bodies behind the necks of the horses, showing extremely high auras. riding.

Seeing the approaching enemies, Gao Wen's hands were full of sweat, and he roared like thunder: "*****, don't let the thieves get close!" There is only one dead end.

The enemy's horse speed had been set to the maximum, and through the dust, he could already see the black scarf on the thief's face and the ferocious eyes behind him.

All the people were completely flustered, their bow hands were trembling, some people only drew a half circle, and the feathered arrows shot out, and some of the arrows in their hands could not get stuck on the string for a long time.

Suddenly, the enemy let out a roar, and all the bandits who rushed to the front drew their bows, and with a sound of "咻", more than 20 arrows joined together.

Two minzhuang fell to the ground with a scream, their bodies twitching slightly in the blood-stained soil, obviously they couldn't survive.

An arrow feather scraped Gao Wen's face, and it hurt hotly, and he didn't know how bad the injury was.

If the arrow is an inch above, I'm afraid my brains will be shot out.After traveling to the Ming Dynasty, this was the first time he was so close to death.

After shooting an arrow, he didn't know whether it hit or not, he turned his head in a blink of an eye, and the other minzhuang had stopped shooting, and they all shrank their heads behind the cart.

The thief rained arrows again, with a sound of "dang", a feathered arrow passed through the hands of the peasants and nailed him to the shaft of the chariot.

Amidst the tragic screams, someone shouted: "It's over, it's over!"

At this time, the thief had already jumped in front of the cart.The expected ferocious impact did not appear, but the bandits suddenly turned around, skimmed in front of the car formation, and ran away.

"The enemy doesn't dare to rush directly at my car formation. Don't worry, everyone. Let's hide behind the car and shoot his mother!" A Minzhuang saw the benefits of the car formation and shouted loudly.

"That's right, that's right, what Master Gao put down is wonderful!"

"Yes, this is the car formation of the frontier army. I used to drive the frontier army to practice in Yansui Town."

"Listen to Master Gao, maybe we can survive this battle!"

……

Yes, at this time, everyone saw the benefits of Gao Wen's arrangement.It turned out that these six carts were about five or three feet high and four feet wide, and they were piled full of saddles.Surrounded together, it is simply a small city.Even if the enemy is good at horsemanship, it is impossible for the horse to fly over with wings.

The advantage of cavalry lies in high-speed impact. Without speed, sitting on a war horse is a living target.

Gawain heaved a long sigh of relief when he saw the bandit's cavalry retreating. Only at this moment did he feel that his vest was covered with sweat.I screamed in my heart: I won the bet.

It turned out that he surrounded all the ox carts together, and he actually borrowed from the cart array of the Jiubian Town Army in the Ming Dynasty.It's just that the frontier army uses professional vans.

The so-called partial van usually refers to a large-wheeled vehicle with four wheels and a very high and thick baffle on one side.When necessary, it can be used to block the enemy's bow and arrow shots.Several partial tanks are connected together to form a relatively strong barrier.Ordinary bows and arrows are definitely impenetrable.There are shooting holes on the wooden baffle, and the musketeer standing behind the baffle can shoot outside.The van only needs animal power to pull.Horses or cattle are fine.Even mules or donkeys will do.If there is no animal power, human power can also be pulled.

This is also a new method of warfare invented by the Ming army in the process of fighting the Mongolian cavalry all year round.On the vast plains and pastures, hundreds of thousands of chariots are connected together, like a moving fortress, with great power.

Later, during the Wanli period, when Qi Jiguang was stationed in Jizhen, he personally invented the more powerful Qi's sidecar, and used this tactic to defeat the enemy who dared not take a step beyond the Great Wall.

There are only twenty bandits in front of me. Could it be that they are stronger than the Wala people?

Sure enough, the thief saw that he could not rush into the car formation, so he circled in front of the car and retreated.

Gao Wen was overjoyed and asked loudly, "How?"

All the people are strong: "Master is smarter than Zhuge, I am convinced!" His eyes are full of admiration.

Gao Wen straightened up and laughed loudly: "Everyone, don't relax, the thieves will call again soon. It's still the same sentence, with me, Gao Wen, I will definitely protect you well. Also, everyone must know that "Journey to the West" The book was written by Lao Tzu, and I got a lot of embellishment. We lack everything, but no money. In today’s battle, if we can successfully repel the thieves, each person will be rewarded with one tael of silver; the wounded will add one tael; Thieves, add one tael; decapitate one level, five taels, Gao Mou pays for himself. Do you want to get rich?"

"Think!" Seeing the thieves retreating and seeing Yinzi again, the crowd suddenly became more courageous and shouted in unison, brandishing their weapons.

Seeing the strong morale of the people, the thieves over there obviously knew that it would be impossible to defeat Gao Wen and the others simply by charging with horses.Somewhat embarrassed, they all jumped off their horses and gathered together, discussing something while bandaging their wounds.

In the short and hasty contact just now, Gao Wen killed two people, injured four people, and the culprit injured five people.

The setting sun was even redder, burning the earth as if covered with blood.

As the weather started to get cold, Gao Wen and the others lit a bonfire among the vehicles.The cold wind howled, pulling the flames to lick the sky.

The wounded groaned softly, while others hid behind the car, holding bows and staring ahead vigilantly.

The wilderness was horrified.

The enemies on the opposite side had already finished their discussions, but they were not in a hurry to attack.I also lit a bonfire and started eating to replenish energy.The smell of food and spirits wafted along with the wind, causing the hungry and thirsty Gao Wen and the others to gurgle in their stomachs.

On the surface, it seems that Zhong Min Zhuang is hiding behind the formation of vehicles, as if retreating into the iron armor.No matter how fierce the enemy is, there is nowhere for the tiger to bite the turtle.

But Gao Wen still felt uneasy. The enemy dispatched so many horses, and everyone is a generation with outstanding martial arts and riding skills, so they obviously came prepared.It is impossible to return angrily because of the disadvantage in the first battle.

Maybe... what are they waiting for?

Gao Wen looked ahead again, but suddenly found that the setting sun suddenly fell behind the mountains in the west, and the surrounding was pitch black.Only the bonfire behind him illuminated the square inch of the land flickeringly.

Yes, they are waiting for the dark.

Once it was dark, the eyes could not see, and the minzhuang in the car formation could not shoot.

Gao Wen was startled, and ordered someone to light another fire in front of the formation.But after thinking about it, the enemies are all cavalry. If you light the fire in front, can't you go around to the back of the formation?
At this moment, all of a sudden, all the bandits stood up, pulled up their trousers around their campfire, and began to piss.

There was a sound of "噗嗤", facing the west of the bonfire, it was pitch black, only the smell of urine was blowing in the wind.

Then came the sound of neat footsteps.

Gao Wen was shocked: "The thief is here, get ready, get ready!"

(End of this chapter)