Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1400 delivered to your door

  Gong Jun crouched under a rock, with two crossbows leaning beside him. There are also a few crossbow bolts inserted on the ground with their tails facing upwards, so they can be used at any time.

   This is about a hundred steps from the bottom of the valley, which is the distance where the crossbow arrows are strongest.

  Generally speaking, the strong bow has a longer range, and the strong crossbow has a shorter range, but this shortness is also relative. The longbow can even start shooting from 200 meters away, and the lethality is not weak, but the crossbow cannot, because there is no tail fin, the crossbow cannot enjoy the unique gravity blessing of bows and arrows at the end of the range, it can almost be said that it is at the end of the stroke There is no lethality in it, and the so-called end of the crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Jin.

  But within the effective range, the power and penetration of the crossbow are several times that of the bow and arrow!

   It is often seen in the short mule movies of later generations, the warriors are still charging with arrows all over their bodies. On the one hand, it is because the short mules have mostly bamboo bows and arrows, and on the other hand, it also shows that the armor-piercing ability of ordinary bows and arrows is really worrying.

  The emergence of strong crossbows was originally intended to break armor, so in the period when iron cans were rampant in the West, it was ordered that civilians are not allowed to hold crossbows...

   Moreover, the strong crossbow produced by Huang's workshop, because of the material, has an advantage that ordinary strong bows do not have. It is not afraid of moisture and can even be used in the rain! For this kind of misty and humid weather, when the archers need to carefully keep the bowstrings from getting wet, the soldiers who conquer the west can use the strong crossbows without any scruples.

Yuan Jun sent out scouts before camping, and also sent several people to climb up the hill to take a look, and even sent out front and rear sentries to warn the front and back of the valley, but what Yuan Jun didn't expect was that Gong Jun and Ling Jie took advantage of the dusk. There was also the chaotic sound of Yuan Jun camping, so he quietly walked over the mountains, bypassing Yuan Jun's sentries in front of and behind the valley.

With enough eyesight, Gong Jun could see the shadowy figure of Yuan Jun swaying in the valley. The fog is relatively thick in the morning and evening in spring, especially between the mountains and fields. If you are far away and the light is not strong, you can't see clearly. .

On the opposite mountain, there seemed to be some figures shaking slightly. They were another group of people led by Ling Jie, but with Gong Jun's eyesight, he could only see some fragmentary images. If he didn't stare carefully, it was almost impossible to see clearly See.

  Gong Jun is clear in his heart, so he can identify them in a directional way, but those Yuan soldiers who are preparing to camp in the valley are even more unclear. Moreover, Gong Jun knew that, apart from the soldiers who conquered the west, many county soldiers in other areas would go blind at night. He knew that it might be because of diet, but Gong Jun didn't know the specific reason, so for Gong Jun , he became more fond of the night...

   Raising soldiers is a very expensive matter. Few princes are willing to spend so much money on ordinary soldiers, except Fei Qian. Because Fei Qian is willing to invest, and Pingyang is close to Hudi, the combat effectiveness of Zhengxi soldiers is far superior to that of the same kind. It is true that no one can compare with Zhengxi soldiers in this kind of night combat technology.

   "Let everyone get ready..." Gong Jun whispered, "Don't mess up! Come one by one, don't grab anyone!"

   "Wei!" The soldiers behind him answered in a low voice, and then passed on Gong Jun's orders one by one.

Gong Jun was still squatting, but he started to move his hands and feet, stretching his arms and legs in turn. The Zhengxi soldiers who followed Gong Jun also began to do the same movement quietly, and they would squat for a long time and cause the blood vessels to block. Local activities open. This is a small detail, but people who don't know how to do it don't pay attention at all, so sometimes it will appear in front of their eyes. As a result, the ambushing person shouted, and then couldn't stand up. Instead, the opponent who was rushed up and jumped directly The embarrassing situation of hacking to death...

After moving around for a while, Gong Jun began to wind up the strings. With the help of the ratchet, he hung up the crossbow with a slight clanking sound, then put it on the rock, and loaded the second crossbow before raising his hand. , gestured backwards.

   After a few breaths, the Zhengxi soldier who was ambushing behind Gong Jun also raised his fist, shook it in the air, and retracted.

Gong Jun held up his crossbow, gathered the figure of a military academy who was in charge of arranging the camp in the middle of the lookout mountain, followed his walking steps and moved slowly, and when the military academy stopped, he pulled hanging knife.

  The sound of crossbow strings was still echoing in the valley, and that Yuan Jun military academy had a huge blood flower blooming on his chest, and fell to the sky!

  Yuan Jun’s soldiers who were being scolded by Yuan Jun’s military academy were stunned, as if they couldn’t believe his eyes. Although he also had the idea of ​​cursing for a moment, when it really came true, he was still more frightened than surprised...

   "Boom!"

   "Boom!"

   "Boom! Boom! Boom..."

  Single-shot crossbow arrows, the rhythm of death resounded in the mountains, and Yuan Jun, who had been identified for a long time, was almost killed in the first round of sniping!

   There were a few lucky Yuan Jun military academy who just escaped the attack, and immediately shrank behind the tent or luggage in fright, and started shouting, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

  The rapid sound of gongs resounded chaotically throughout the valley, and Yuan Jun ran in a panic.

The erected weapon rack was pulled to the ground by a frizzy Yuan Jun. The spears that had been stacked together rolled all over the place, tripping over an unlucky guy who was running, and then bumped into the bonfire next to him. Amidst the screams, they scrambled and rolled without thinking, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but the flames stained all the way, ignited the oilcloth on the side, and quickly ignited the tent. The blazing flames were accompanied by dense Black smoke began to rise...

  Gong Jun reloaded the two crossbows silently, then held up the crossbows, looking for more valuable targets before shooting. The surrounding Zhengxi soldiers were silent, except for some creaking and crossbow stringing sounds, they didn't say a word, they just quietly looked for the target, and then buckled the hanging knife.

This weird way of fighting made Yuan Jun extremely uncomfortable. They roared and turned around but couldn't find the enemy. After grabbing the weapon, they found that there was no opponent to fight melee at all. Waiting for them, only one after another was waiting for them The root roared, bringing the crossbow of death!

Soon, under the threat of death, even a stupid pig will act quickly, so Yuan Jun learned to be smart, and roughly figured out the direction of Gong Jun's shooting, and began to hide behind various bunkers. Those who can find a bunker pretend to be dead and lie down on the ground, so as not to attract the howling arrows...

It seemed that they had lost their target, or that they had run out of crossbow arrows. Gradually, the valley became quiet. Apart from the painful groans of the wounded personnel, mules and horses, only the sound of heavy breathing and I didn't know the crackling sound of something burning.

   After a while, the more courageous soldiers of Yuan Jun began to check the surrounding situation, and those lying on the ground pretending to be dead also slowly got up, looking around with their heads shrunk...

   "Is this... gone?" Yuan Bing looked around and looked at each other.

   "You guys, hurry up and put out the fire!" A military academy who narrowly escaped the attack stood up, pointed at the area Gong Jun attacked, and said, "Sword and shield hand, step forward and check that mountain!"

Under the guard of a few shield soldiers, the vanguard general of Yuan Jun got out of the tent when he saw that the situation was safe, with his hands on his hips. Before he could issue a command, he heard the frightening sound again The sound of the bowstring rebounding!

  The sword and shield hands of several guarding generals hurriedly stepped forward, put their shields in front of the general, covering them tightly, and shouted at the same time: "Master! Go back! Go back..."

Before he could finish speaking, the guard heard the vanguard general behind him, who was supposed to be covered tightly, groaned, staggered and fell to the ground, only then did the guard suddenly realize that the crossbow arrow was not shot from the original direction of Gong Jun , but on their backs! They tried their best to cover it up, but they sold out the vanguard!

   "General!"

  The guard yelled in panic, trying to turn around and cover it with a shield, but it was too late. The vanguard general vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, and died soon...

After the surviving military academies were called again one by one, although the remaining ordinary soldiers accounted for the vast majority, they did not suffer any injuries. However, without anyone's restraint and guidance, it was discovered that the main general was also dead. , began to panic, and even started to flee backwards.

   One person starts to run away, which leads the second person.

Then when a group of people started to flee, the entire vanguard camp was completely out of control, and all Yuan Jun was fleeing in a panic, as if there were countless evil spirits chasing after them, throwing away their helmets and armors, ignoring everything , I just want to get away from this dead area as soon as possible, and escape to a safe place as soon as possible!

  Ling Jie put down the crossbow in his hand and scratched his head.

   This way you beat him away?

   Is this the end?

  If counted in detail, the number of Yuan Jun who died directly in the valley was no more than a hundred people, resulting in the collapse of the entire camp of nearly 3,000 people...

   What General Zhengxi said is really not wrong at all!

   "Lieutenant...here..." Zhengxi soldiers on the side said hesitantly, "Do you want to chase?"

   "Chasing a fart! Go down a few, burn these Yuan Jun's food and grass, and leave!" Ling Jie laughed, "If you don't chase them to death, we'll wait for them to come to your door!"

  ………………

  Wei Yan, who is far away in Hanzhong, is also going to deliver it to his door at this time.

  Xu Shu, who was sitting on the upper hand, stroked his beard. After hearing Wei Yan's plan, he was neither sad nor happy, and didn't comment. Instead, he turned to look at Ma Heng and said, "Ma Zhizhong, what do you think?"

  Ma Heng was silent for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "Report to the envoy...Wei Xiaowei's plan may be feasible..."

  Xu Shu said noncommittally: "If so, why not Bingming Governor Liu?"

  Ma Heng moved his lips slightly, and before he had time to say anything, he heard Wei Yan from the side say in a deep voice: "Inspector Liu said that this plan is too risky, and he disagrees!"

  Ma Heng glanced at Wei Yan and lowered his eyelids.

   "Then Captain Wei thinks there is no risk?" Xu Shu asked. Liu Dan disagreed, and Xu Shu had expected it a long time ago, otherwise Ma Heng and Wei Yan would not have leapfrogged to find Xu Shu directly, but what Xu Shu didn't expect was that Liu Dan seems to have overcorrected now, and he was bold and aggressive before. , is simply looking for death, but now he is timid and cautious. Is this change good or bad?

   It is said that during these days, Liu Dan went to Zuo Ci almost every now and then, and he didn't know why...

   Or was it deliberately played for Xu Shu?

   "Is there no risk in the matter of Jin Ge?" Wei Yan said without thinking, "If you are in the army, you are hesitant and hesitant, that is a big taboo!"

   "One thousand people, five days of rations, if it doesn't work..." Xu Shu said slowly.

   "A certain is willing to issue a military order!" Wei Yanlang said, "If not, you can take the head of a certain neck!"

  Xu Shu smiled and said: "Wei Xiaowei, it's spring now, and the mountains are full of insects. If you can't kill it within five days... I'm afraid I won't have to take your head..."

   "..." Wei Yan was speechless.

Wei Yan's plan is to go around the mountain road, like Yan Yan's surprise attack last time, to avoid Baishiling and attack Hanchang City. If he can succeed in the sneak attack, then Hanchang can directly threaten the hinterland of Brazil County. It is equivalent to opening the gate of Brazil County, and the next attack will naturally be easier.

  But what Xu Shu said is also true.

  Spring is here, and there are many insects in the mountains. How to repel insects and avoid them is indeed a difficult problem.

   "I heard from General Huang of Shangyong..." Wei Yan cupped his hands and said, "There is medicine to avoid insects. I wonder if I can ask the envoy to send one or two..."

   Xu Shu smiled.

   Some understand.

   Wei Yan is in a hurry.

Huang Cheng practiced the mountain camp in Shangyong, and he was almost ready to become an army, but Wei Yan hadn't made any progress here, so he became more or less anxious. Otherwise, when the mountain camp was really dispatched in autumn, Wei Yan might become a partial army , or even spectators.

Insect-repelling medicine has been manufactured for a long time. It is mixed with plant minerals such as realgarwood, clove and mugwort with insect-repelling smell. It is either an ointment or a sachet, which can be applied or worn. Can repel mosquitoes. Up to now, it has been a large-scale production, equipped with a lot of personnel, and the scouts are basically equipped first. Therefore, as a general in the Western Expedition Army, it is normal for Wei Yan to know this situation.

From a strategic point of view, Wei Yan's plan to build a stronghold in the Ming Dynasty and attack Hanchang secretly is indeed a good plan, and most people think that autumn and winter are suitable for marching, there are insects in spring, and miasma in summer, so it is sudden to a certain extent , but the question is, will Wei Yan lose his original rationality because of his personal emotional urgency?

   "Bring the sand table!" Xu Shu stood up, looked at Wei Yan and said, "If Captain Wei is confident, how about a deduction with a certain one? If possible, a certain one will be the master for the food and grass of these thousand soldiers!"

   Wei Yanteng stood up abruptly, and replied loudly: "This subordinate obeys the order!"

  (end of this chapter)