Chapter 261: Catch all three arrow feathers in one go

Chapter 261: Catch all three arrow feathers in one go

Chapter 261 Catch all three arrow feathers in one go

Morning in the valley always comes very slowly. The eastern sky has revealed a bright red, but the mountains are still gloomy. Whether it was the horse thieves who were gradually lining up their attack formation a few hundred steps away, or the driver behind the grain truck whose face was twisted with nervousness, they all closed their mouths tightly at this moment, and everyone could only hear their own heavy breathing. The white air gradually condensed into a thin layer of frost on my beard in the midwinter chill.

In the camp, only the two hundred or so middle-aged guards did not look outside. Instead, they worked in pairs and silently inspected the crossbows and bows issued to each team last night and distributed them to the areas under their jurisdiction. The seven or eight tribesmen moved the tips of their boots again and kicked the stones picked up from all over the camp more concentratedly.

Suddenly, a sharp roar broke through the dull and suffocating silence. Along with the roar that echoed again in the valley, hundreds of horse thieves drove their mounts. The sound of horse hooves increased from slow to fast, and the formation spread out in a fan shape. , and went straight to the grain truck.

After listening to the screams all night, it was only at this moment that everyone could really see the appearance of the horse thieves. They saw that they were wearing various robes, but their heads were all wrapped in black scarves. The horse thieves came from There is a fierce murderous aura in the gesture of raising the knife and roaring. Not to mention the coachman, even the tribesmen who had seen some battle formations also stayed there for a while.

The guards' sharp shouts rang out at the right time, "Nock the arrow! Tighten the string!"

Seeing that the horse thief had rushed within two hundred steps, Qu Chongyu stretched out his hand without looking back. The entourage behind him immediately handed a two-stone strong bow and several long arrows into his hands. He stepped on the carriage and pulled The bow fired, and when the bowstring sounded, a horse thief who was running at the front fell off his horse. Everyone was refreshed. Amidst the shouts of "shoot the arrow", hundreds of long arrows were shot at the horse thief, and suddenly there was another A dozen horse thieves were shot off their horses. It was just that the horses were traveling very fast, but after two rounds of arrows, these hundreds of horse thieves had already rushed to a place less than twenty steps away from the camp. They were about to rush in front of the grain truck, but they had to slow down.

A dozen steps away from the grain truck, there was a large circle of weeds and branches as high as half a man. Only when you rushed closer did you realize that there was actually a fence made of tree trunks hidden behind the weeds. The antler fence was so thick that the horses couldn't hit the hard and sharp wood. Before the horse thieves could reach out and swing their swords to cut through these messy roadblocks, two to three hundred powerful crossbows appeared above the grain cart. After a sharp sound, the horse thieves in front of the wooden fence screamed and fell in large pieces. Then came the dense rain of stones.

After leaving behind dozens of corpses, almost all of them with **** heads, the horse thieves retreated in embarrassment. The entire outer camp suddenly heard loud cheers, and the coachmen looked at their own hands in disbelief. The horse thieves were actually beaten back just by relying on the branches, sticks and rocks thrown randomly last night?

The guards' faces became more solemn, and they lowered their heads and silently tightened the strings of their crossbows.

After just over a cup of tea, the horse thieves rushed up for the second time. The scimitars in the hands of the dozens of horse thieves at the front had been replaced by horse swords. After the first round of long-range shots with strong bows in the camp, , the horse thieves also drew their bows on their horses and fired back. Although there were grain carts blocking the way, these random arrows did not hit a few people, but the frightening "swish, swish" sound made most of the soldiers dance in a hurry. Got off the grain truck.

Only the guards remained calm, and it was not until the horse thieves with horse spears rushed to the wooden fence that they fired their long-charged crossbows. At a distance of more than ten steps, these powerful crossbows were enough to shoot through several layers of leather armor. Most of the horse thieves were shot off their horses before they could pick up the antlers. However, there were still a dozen horse thieves who opened the antlers in front of them and rushed in. The dozens of Buqu who had been guarding Qu Chongyu and Pei Xingjian jumped on the carriage at the same time, bows and arrows drawn, and within a few dozen steps, the horse thieves almost fell down in response.

I don't know who shouted, "Shoot quickly, no one can survive when the horse thieves rush in!" The Xizhou tribesmen who finally came to their senses looked at the openings and shot arrows, and the coaches' stones were thrown fast and hard. . In some places, the horse thieves following through gaps in the fence had already rushed in front of the grain cart, and were then shot by arrows and crossbows in the melee, or knocked off their horses by spears and sticks sticking out from behind the grain cart. The agile horse thief jumped onto the carriage, but was ultimately outnumbered and was chopped down on the roof by the guards and troops.

 A moment later, the horse thieves who stormed the camp for the second time finally retreated, leaving behind more corpses than the first time. The dozen or so gaps in the antler fence outside the grain truck also looked extremely glaring.

The cheers did not ring out again. The screams of the dying horse thieves outside the camp and the painful cries of the wounded in the camp were clearly heard by everyone. The tribesmen still had half a tube of arrow feathers on their waists. , but all the stones collected in the morning were thrown out by the coachmen in the panic just now. In several places where hand-to-hand combat had taken place, the carriage boards of the grain trucks had been stained dark red with blood. It was unknown whether the smell of blood was too pungent or because they had lost strength after fighting so hard. Many people's faces had turned pale.

Qu Chongyu glanced around the camp and looked at Pei Xingjian coldly, "What are you waiting for? Do you want to rely on these people to kill all those hundreds of horse thieves? Even if those horse thieves were deliberately driven to die, I'm afraid If we do it again, we will suffer heavy casualties.”

Pei Xingjian looked at the distance and suddenly whispered, "Here he comes!"

The large group of black people and horses that had been silent finally started to move slowly, faster and faster. The sound of the dense vibration of horse hooves was more than twice as strong as before. The formation did not disperse, but resembled a huge army. The arrows rushed straight towards the location of Qu Chongyu and Pei Xingjian. The unprecedented powerful momentum immediately shocked the entire outer camp.

Pei Xingjian's voice was still clear and calm, "Bring me the three arrows I prepared."

Qu Chongyu narrowed his eyes and took out three long arrows and put them on the bow string. When the cavalry was slightly closer, he used all his strength to shoot the three arrows out. When he put down the bow, he frowned and muttered, "One was missing."

I saw Pei Xingjian boarding the carriage without any haste, holding a most ordinary bow in his left hand, but what he held in his right hand was a rocket. He couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Pei Xingjian shoot an arrow casually, and somehow it flew crookedly to a place only a dozen steps away. Just as Qu Chongyu was about to speak, he saw that Pei Xingjian had already obtained the second strange arrow with a round and bulging arrow. He pulled out the bowstring and shot high into the sky. The arrow made a long and piercing scream in the air.

Qu Chongyu was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Pei Xingjian had taken out the third arrow, which seemed to be normal, he couldn't help but ask, "What is this one?"

Pei Xingjian glanced at him in surprise, "It's the most ordinary arrow feather."

Qu Chongyu wanted to ask again, but suddenly two short and sharp whistles came from the inner camp.

In the inner camp, facing Pei Xingjian and Qu Chongyu, the more than a hundred elite soldiers left by Su Nanjin had already mounted their horses and formed a formation. A team deputy and a dozen strong soldiers stood on the side of the carriage. Behind him, another deputy boarded the carriage and called back, "One hundred steps!"

One hundred steps, a distance of more than thirty feet, is just a few breaths for a fast horse, just enough for people like myself to rush out! These people actually withstood two attacks by the horse thieves, but they would never let them escape this time! Suiguan sneered and raised the sword in his hand high. The whistle sounded in his ears. He was stunned for a moment and still waved the sword: "Push away the grain cart and rush out!"

Two large carts each carrying more than twenty stones, grains and rice were pushed to both sides by a dozen strong soldiers with a shout. A passage about one foot wide was exposed in the middle. Suiguan rushed out first, shouting loudly. , "Pei Changshi, let us go out to meet the enemy!" Before he could finish his words, a most ordinary arrow was shot towards him.

With a burst of arrows and a few snagging ropes, the passage more than a foot wide between the two carriages was suddenly filled with fallen horses and soldiers. The soldiers behind were reining in their horses in chaos, and dozens of strong bows suddenly appeared on the grain cart. When the bowstrings sounded, a small number of soldiers screamed and fell off their horses.

Suiguan, who was shot first, fell directly from his horse, but was not crushed into a stuffed biscuit. He covered his shoulders and was about to jump up when a cold-blooded waist knife was placed on his neck. , and then a pair of boots and a green robe appeared in front of him, and Pei Xingjian's smiling voice sounded above his head, "Sui Lvzheng, you are too impatient."

Suiguan's mind was in chaos. He calmed down and said, "The horse thieves are already charging into the camp. I just want to fight. Pei Changshi, what are you doing?" He couldn't help but wonder in his heart. He counted the time. At this time, outside The team should have rushed to the grain truck, but why couldn't they hear the sound of horse hooves?

Pei Xingjian was still smiling, "Really? Where is the horse thief who rushed to the camp now?"

Outside the grain cart, the horse team that came through the air like a sharp sword had already reined in the horses dozens of steps away, and ran back as soon as the formation split.

As several rockets fell into the half-man-high hay pile outside the antlers fence, flames burst out from several places in an instant. The direction facing the cavalry was exactly where Pei Xingjian first shot the rocket. The flames had already risen so high that they formed a wall of fire that was as tall as a person. The astonishing fire spread rapidly outward along the large swaths of withered grass. If the cavalry rushed forward, even if the front team could recover from the fire that had not started yet. The enemy rushed into the open space in front of the grain truck, and the rear team would also be caught in the flames.

Suiguan was lying on the ground and looked under the grain truck. He could see the fire. He was stunned for a long time. He gritted his teeth and reached out to break the arrow on his shoulder. He sat up. He didn't know whether it was because of the pain in his shoulder or because he heard something inside. There were constant screams from the camp, and big drops of sweat appeared on the forehead, but the voice was still stern, "Stop! You are so brave, you dare to massacre my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!"

Pei Xingjian looked at him for a moment, and his voice became stern, "Sui Luzheng, I have ordered that any soldiers in the inner camp who dare to leave the camp will be killed without mercy! The enemy is in front of us, and you, as soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, did not get the permission of Shangfeng. , intending to charge the camp with horses. If you are taught to charge, the thousands of people in this camp will probably become the victims of the horse thieves! If I don't kill you, how can I suppress the military discipline?"

Suiguan gritted his teeth and raised his head. He saw the grooms and guards in front of him. None of them had a look of hatred on their faces. Even the Xizhou Buqu standing not far away looked at him with contempt and hostility. , I couldn't help but feel cold: If my cavalry could rush out, it would be no problem to kill them while galloping, but now they are blocked in the inner camp and letting these people occupy the carriages on all sides and use them as living targets is just arbitrary. Massacre of people! As long as the fire outside is extinguished, they can rush in early, and their own people can still have a glimmer of hope... I remember that the pile outside last night was just some dry grass, and it will probably burn out in a short time. God, this fire is still Burn it quickly!

As if he heard his prayer, suddenly, the vibration of galloping horse hooves in the distance sounded again, as if thousands of war horses were rushing over at the same time. Suiguan's eyes suddenly burst out with an astonishing bright light: They are coming!

The battle scene is difficult to write. I wrote it over and over again for a long time. I uploaded it first and everyone watched it. I will go back and edit it again... School has started. I have to go to school this afternoon. I will update it later tomorrow, but it will definitely be earlier than today. Please forgive me. .

　　

　　

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