Chapter 98 Fighting for the Front (4)
The three of them were experienced soldiers. After watching this for a while, they had estimated the number of bandits in front of them to almost 10. However, since Flying Leopard King Mi himself was here, it clearly means that the bandits in the Central Plains have responded to the civil strife of the Youji coalition. The troops that were about to be exerted on the battlefield of Wating are not limited to this, but half of the strength of the bandits in the Central Plains! The pressure that Mai Zeming's troops will bear can be imagined.
Lin Yi and others were no longer interested in delaying and drove away. However, after a few steps, several cavalry were separated from the enemy brimming robes and uniform knights rushed over while shouting and asking them to stop.
"Maybe they regard us as the scouts who returned?"
"You are really stupid to think that the thieves are all stupid? Don't be lucky!" Lin Yi took a few steps forward, and without hesitation, fired the knight in the brocade robe under the horse, then pushed the horse's head and rushed towards the depths of the reed beach.
This action immediately caused an uproar among the bandits. More than a dozen gongs distributed in front and behind the queue sounded at the same time, and the black bandits and cavalry team instantly exploded like a group of alarmed bees.
The distance between the people and horses was still far away, and the arrows that covered the sky and the sun had already shot like locusts. Lin Yi tried his best to lower his horse's back and let the fate of the sky. He only heard the arrow hit the reed pole, making a crackling sound like raindrops. Suddenly his scalp sank, and a heavy arrow cut off his hair bun and a large piece of flesh. Looking ahead, Wang Gang was plucking his horse's horse's horse's horse's legs, and he threw him into the mud.
Lin Yi reached out and pulled Wang Gang onto his horse's back and shouted to Wu Zicong: "Let's go! Let's go separately!"
The war horse rushed for a few steps, and the sound of four hooves stepped out of the huge sound of water, and then hid into the boundless reed swamp.
There is no road in the reed marsh, only the undulating meadows and infinite reeds taller than people, which are densely covered with mud pools that can flood people and horses; sometimes there may be undercurrents and turbid water flow, and the water is covered with moss and is so slippery that it cannot stand. Whether it is a person or a horse, you must be careful here, otherwise there will be a catastrophe at any time. But at this time, Lin Yi no longer cared about it. He held his horn bow upside down, stabbed the horses and accelerated, and ran wildly regardless of it.
After running for a while, my ears suddenly became quiet. The angry shouts of enemy cavalry as they searched and the dense sound of horse hooves stepping on the water seemed to be thrown away.
He looked around, countless reeds blocking his vision, and Wu Zicong was indeed running to run away. At this time, he didn't know where he went; he turned to talk to Wang Gang, but felt the smell of blood. When he looked closely, Wang Gang was already covered in blood, and a piece of arrows suddenly appeared from his mouth!
Lin Yi was shocked and hurriedly put Wang Gang down to inspect. It turned out that a flowing arrow shot from behind his cheek, shattering more than ten teeth in half of the alveolar, and then came out from his lower lip. Wang Gang was speechless, and could only make a sound, his mouth was covered in blood, and the flesh and falling teeth flowed out. The tragic situation made people dare not look directly at it.
Lin Yi quickly cut off the arrow shaft, pulled it out from the two sections, tore off the lining of the robe, and bandaged half of Wang Gang's head.
"Damn it. The one who shot to death just now was probably the leader of the bandits, so they got furious. How are you? Can you still ride a horse?"
Wang Gang nodded vigorously.
"Then let's go." Lin Yi helped Wang Gang get on the horse and rode fast.
It took more than half an hour to return, and several times on the way encountered the scouts of the bandits. Lin Yi and Wang Gang both had wounds on their bodies. When they met with the guards of Youzhou Army, the two were almost shaking, and the horses they were riding were foaming at the mouth, and they were about to collapse to the ground at any time.
The soldiers hurriedly helped them off the horse, found a dry ground for them to rest, and took dry food and clean water in leather bags to replenish their energy slightly... This was an excellent treatment. Except for a few officers, most of the soldiers soaked their headscarfs into the pond and sucked out water to drink directly.
After a short rest, Lin Yi was taken to Mai Zeming. He quickly reported: "The number of bandits is more than 22,000, and the number of cavalry and soldiers is nearly 1,000, which is less than twenty miles away from here. Flying Leopard King Mi personally led the army."
"……good."
After a pause, Lin Yi asked expectantly: "Have you ever seen Zicong?"
"No." Mai Zeming shook his head and focused on himself and thought: "Thank you for your hard work, go."
Lin Yi was depressed and knew that Wu Zicong was afraid that there would be a lot of danger. Just as he was about to retreat, he suddenly heard Mai Zeming whisper, "Did he come so quickly?"
He stopped quickly.
But Maize waved his hand to him: "It's okay, you should rest, there will be a fierce battle in a while."
My familiar colleagues led Lin Yi around seven or eight bends in the continuous wetland jungle to a high slope arranged by Maize Ming's Central Army.
In this environment, the army and horses were almost useless. Lin Yi called the auxiliary soldiers to lead the war horse away, took off the color of the knight's suit stained with mud, changed into a light leather armor suitable for infantry battles, and wiped and sorted out the bow arrows, ring head swords and other objects one by one.
The sound of wading water sounded not far behind him. Lin Yi turned around and looked around. Wang Gang was carrying a bundle of thick wooden guns along the way. The bandage on his face had been loose, and he was too lazy to clean up. On the wound that occupied half of his cheeks, the white jaw bones and black and red blood scabs were directly exposed, which was very terrifying. When he came to Lin Yi, the wooden guns had almost finished firing, so Wang Gang stood still and laid the remaining few around him. The two did not speak, nodded slightly, and then waited silently for the enemy to arrive.
The waiting time seemed to be long, and it seemed to be fleeting. When a unique murderous aura came from the air, the battle was about to begin.
The sky was still gloomy, but the mist had dissipated. Standing on the high slope, you could see teams of bandits appearing on the horizon, gathering slowly and spreading, gradually becoming clear; the marching queue was like a black giant python, whose huge body covered the sky in the east and the light that should have arrived in the sky.
Someone sneered a few times.
The general did not issue any military orders, and the soldiers of Youzhou held their bows and held their swords, standing still.
The bandits continued to extend along the road and meandered forward. As the tight queue filled all the space between the road and the swamp, it was inevitable that there was some delay during the journey.
Lin Yi murmured: "It's time."
Before he finished speaking, hundreds of roars flew out from the reed marshes on both sides, drawing beautiful arcs in the sky. As the arrows fell, the roar of shock and anger sounded.
The Youzhou men who have been fighting against the Hu on the border for generations have indeed outstanding military qualities. In the Youzhou army, which has a total of only a thousand people, no less than five hundred people were able to pull their bows and shoot arrows. Most of these five hundred people participated in the first wave of surprise attacks, causing huge losses to the bandits.
After the initial panic, the bandits counterattacked extremely rapidly, and more arrows were shot out from the queue. They were so dense that they collided with each other in the air, making crackling sounds. The rain of arrows then swept into the reed marsh where the soldiers of Youzhou were hiding, and like a strong wind, they made large reeds rise and fall. Wherever the arrow cluster passed, the fragile reed poles were cut off, causing all the archers of the Youzhou army to crawl in the mud and dare not move.
Taking advantage of this gap, a large group of sprints into the swamp. Suddenly, water and blood splashed, mud and knife flew, and countless people shouted and neighed, stirring up a ball.
The archers of the Youzhou Army could not resist the attack of the bandits. As soon as they came into contact, they fled in scattered by complex terrain. The bandits chased and died to the north, and inadvertently became increasingly scattered.
Chapter completed!