Chapter 45
Liu Gao always felt that the light arrow was not because the opponent discovered him. Otherwise, the Xu family army would not dare to set up camp, but should try to surround him by relying on the number of people.
But the bandits below have different opinions from him. Everyone knows that the iron arrows that can easily fly out 50 steps and have lethality are quite expensive. If the enemy really doesn't notice them, they shouldn't shoot light arrows aimlessly at this side.
When the reconnaissance team shot out the first round, the bandits were only surprised. After all, the eight sharp-headed arrows failed to hurt any one.
But when the reconnaissance team blew the arrow for the second time, the bandits could no longer hold it back. Someone shouted. Before Liu Gao could react and issued the order, he rushed out of the hidden woods and rushed towards the Xu family army's camp.
Some people took the lead, and the rest naturally launched a charge, which instead left Liu Gao, the real leader, behind.
"You little guys, who told you to rush?" The second leader of Fulaishan shouted in anger: "Come back quickly! No, come in line!"
Liu Gao felt that he was confused by these bastards. As a former regular army officer, although he was only Du Yuhou with a very low-level rank, he had seen what a real war should look like.
He knew very well that no matter how strong the individual combat power was, if he did not line up, he would not be called an army.
When you see the enemy shouting, then you will rush forward. It is the kind of refugees or bandits who can be chased by tens of thousands of people by more than 500 soldiers.
He forgot that his former officials and soldiers are indeed bandits now.
After so many years of being a scattered, he only provided the capital for living a life of delicious food and drink, but he was unable to organize a real training.
After all, these 200-year-old bandits originally came from completely different organizations and were defeated soldiers.
This group of people was forced to gather with him, the highest-ranking officer at that time after the Zhou army was defeated by the Tartars. Although Liu Gao was the leader, he could not truly control this chaotic armed group.
What's even more terrible is that in recent years, in order to strengthen his authority in this group of defeated soldiers, Liu Gao has continuously used some insidious means to eliminate grassroots officers and slightly authoritative talents among the defeated soldiers...
Therefore, the originally planned close-range raid at night quickly evolved into its current state, and it was impossible to see any military experience that the so-called elderly bandits in front of them had beyond ordinary people.
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Xu Shiyang was preparing for dinner. In order to show that the officers and soldiers were unanimous, he deliberately chose to queue up in the middle of the meal-making team.
The militia in front wanted to give him the position, but he refused them all.
Unfortunately, just as it was his turn, he heard a strange cry of bandits coming from outside the camp.
Xu Shiyang was stunned for a second, then put the wooden bowl in his hand heavily, pulled out the tiger-toothed sword seized from the Tartars, and ran in the direction where the sound came.
The others reacted a little slower than him, but they quickly followed up - first, Xu Da, Xu Er and other soldiers who were maintaining the discipline of food distribution, then Gongsun Sheng and other personal soldiers who had no missions. Finally, almost everyone ran forward.
Because he had successfully attacked the Tartars' Gongzi Shop, Xu Shiyang was still wary of similar situations. At least he was not so careless that he would be camping even if he had planted a branch.
When decorating the camp, he ordered a large number of pointed wooden guns (this is the only weapon that Xu Shiyang currently does not lack) to be inserted into the soil upside down, forming a simple fence around the entire camp.
This extremely simple fortification cannot stop any powerful opponent, but it can still have a certain hindering effect on beasts and less determined enemies.
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When the bandits rushed out, the rookie scouts were shocked. Many people heard the bandits' strange howls, and couldn't help but let go of their tight fingers and shoot the light arrows.
Someone took the lead, and the rest did not wait for the order and shot directly.
Without pulling the bow, the eight light arrows still found nothing, but they just scared the bandits.
Only the Jie Zhen and Jie Bao brothers who reacted showed their due combat effectiveness. They remained silent and directly drew heavy arrows to the bandits who were close to the front to shoot flat.
Peng, Peng, Peng, Peng, and Peng, as the sound of the bow strings vibrating like cotton-pinning, two people, two bows, shot 10 arrows instantly!
Xie Zhen knew that the willow leaf-shaped heavy arrows were very lethal to armorless enemies and did not need to attack the key points specifically, so they mainly aimed at larger torsoes.
Jie Bao was like showing off his skills and shot directly at the opponent's door.
This goal selection has caused a slight gap in hit rate, with Jie Zhen making 4 of 5 arrows and Jie Bao making 2 of 5 arrows.
Six elderly bandits fell softly, three of them died on the spot, and the rest also lost their combat effectiveness.
This timely counterattack made the bandits hesitate for a moment. Someone took out a bow and arrow and shot several arrows at the fort militia. However, their bow and arrow were not well maintained, and the feather arrows shot were of little power and were easily blocked by the round shield in the hands of the scouts.
The militias in Shiwutun began to line up in the back of the fence under the command of their personal soldiers as planned. The front was melee soldiers holding an axe and a sickle, the middle was militias holding a wooden spear about 3 meters, and finally the personal soldiers starting to load the medicine.
Liu Gao found that the bows and arrows in his hand did not pose much threat to the enemy. The militia in front of him actually had a large number of shields. Although it looked very simple, there was no need to think about it. As long as there was such a thing, it would improve the soldiers' sense of security.
Moreover, those militia who were supposed to collapse quickly as he imagined and even bombed the camp actually started to array at an extremely fast speed (relatively speaking)!
Liu Gao began to regret it. Maybe he should have insisted on defending the city?
But since you have arrived, you can't say "I'm sorry, I've found the wrong person" and retreat.
The bandit leader could only hope that the militia's current formation behavior was just a bluff. Once it entered hand-to-hand combat, the former Great Zhou soldiers and the old bandits under him could quickly defeat the militia and then drive them away the remaining fort soldiers.
"Roar! Rush over and kill them!"
Liu Gao waited and shouted loudly with his red eyes:
"I will rush over to give me a little girl first! I will dig my heart and soul when I fall to the end!"
After all, it was the elderly bandit who survived the food shortage in the good year and had a strong sense of courage. Stimulated by the promise of reward and the cruel means of the leader, several bandits took the lead, and everyone let out inhuman howls, and they ran into the fence of Shiwutun regardless of the care!
The last dozen steps were fleeting. With a "screaming" shout, the surging bandits broke through the thin fence and rushed into the militia camp!
Chapter completed!