Chapter 294 The officers and soldiers are scaring people
The war drums on the top of the city were beating loudly, and the battle formations of officers and soldiers were slowly moving. On the other side of a long ditch that separated the enemy from ourselves, hundreds of archers with their bows and strings drawn, were waiting in full formation.
I don’t know when, except for the banging of war drums and the regular footsteps of officers and soldiers from time to time, no other sounds could be heard on the battlefield. Even the wind blowing through the middle of the battlefield and crossing over the long ditch
By the time, they all seemed to become a bit stagnant.
The officers and soldiers did not move very fast. Even after they had walked hundreds of steps forward, they had to pause for a while to readjust their formation, so that the somewhat loose and skewed formation became tight and neat again.
It was as if the generals leading their troops had an extraordinary stubbornness towards the battle formation.
Some people began to shout loudly. Even though they knew that the other party could not cross the long ditch, there were still changes in the flow of bandits. Even if it was a chaotic command, it was still a command. On the other side of the long ditch, the flow of thieves
The bandit army also slowly gathered. A large number of regular soldiers with spears were placed in front of the long ditch, and the various leaders holding long swords also shouted at their men, and then they stayed together.
Even if it is a confrontation, the bandit army obviously does not want to face the officers and soldiers on the opposite side to scare them with the appearance of a pile of scattered sand. At least, compared to the number of people, the officers and soldiers are much smaller than them.
The array of officers and soldiers was still in progress, and many bandits suddenly discovered it. They originally thought that it would take a long time for the officers and soldiers to walk to the edge of the long ditch. However, it seemed that was not the case. It didn't seem to take long. The officers and soldiers in the distance actually crossed over.
As we got closer, even with good eyesight, we could see the faces of the officers and soldiers at the front.
"Don't shoot randomly!" The leader with a knife stood in front of the archer array and shouted loudly: "Wait until the officers and soldiers get close, and then shoot together. The commander-in-chief said, don't worry about the arrows. You all listen to my orders.
Shoot out all the arrows. If anyone doesn't listen to orders and shoots randomly, don't blame me for being rude!"
The archers were attentive, and no one responded. They just visually measured the distance between the officers and soldiers array and themselves. They knew much more about their own arm strength and the bows and arrows in their hands than the leader in front of them. What should the officers and soldiers do?
When you are in position, you can shoot arrows, but you have to carefully calculate how many arrows you can shoot. Once you shoot, you may not have much time for them to recover their physical strength.
The officers and soldiers seemed to have no intention of stopping and continued to march towards the front of the long ditch. The spearmen at the front of the bandit army began to make noises. From this distance, they could not only see the faces of the officers and soldiers clearly, but also
You can even see clearly the armor on the officers and soldiers and the spears in their hands.
"Fire arrows, coward, shoot them to death!"
Some people cursed loudly, others echoed, and finally, as if they could no longer stand their urging, there was a sound of bowstrings in the array of archers. Suddenly, all the archers seemed to have received orders, and the sound of bowstrings sounded intensively.
It's like the raindrops falling from the eaves on a rainy day.
Countless feathered arrows flew from their hands and flew towards the battle formation of officers and soldiers on the opposite side.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers were still hundreds of steps away from them, and there were still sixty or seventy steps away from the long ditch dug by the officers and soldiers themselves.
Feather arrows fell from the sky, most of them landed on the way forward of the officers and soldiers, and some flew far away and flew directly towards the heads of the officers and soldiers.
The array of officers and soldiers suddenly stopped, and the queue suddenly became closer again. At the same time, groups of officers and soldiers holding huge cowhide shields emerged from the gaps in the array of officers and soldiers. They opened the shields in their hands.
Leather shields, almost in the blink of an eye, shield walls appeared in front of the array of officers and soldiers.
The feathered arrows landed on the leather shield, making a dull "duh" sound. Some of the feathered arrows, I wonder if there was something wrong with the arrows, hit the shield wall and bounced away. They looked simply weak and weak.
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The archers did not see clearly the spear soldiers who were watching. In fact, they did not even look at the results of the arrows they shot. As soon as one arrow was shot, the second arrow had already left.
He pulled the arrow out of the kettle and placed it on the bowstring. No one needed to give any orders. As soon as the bowstring was loosened, the second arrow flew out again.
Even with an ordinary hunting bow, archers with good arm strength can shoot ten or eight arrows. If it is a standard longbow in the army, if it can shoot more than six arrows, then it is considered a qualified archer. The bow and arrow in front of you
Although there are more than a hundred warriors, this is an army of bandits. They may have some longbows in the army, but there are not many qualified archers to be found.
Therefore, even if they kept holding on, after a few rounds, the arrows they shot began to become sparse, and the shield walls of the officers and soldiers were also filled with dense arrows. Their battle formations
, as if completely contained by this wave of arrow rain.
"Yeah!"
The leader of the archers murmured lowly. What he said later was drowned out by the loud cheers from behind. He looked at his men, then at the array of officers and soldiers on the opposite side, and snorted heavily,
Decided not to compete with these guys who don't know how to obey his orders now!
The officers and soldiers should retreat!
He looked into the distance, and the thought came to his mind. If the leader of the officers and soldiers was not a fool, he should order the withdrawal of the troops now. Even if they return to the city now, they have already fought with his side, whether it is to claim credit or not.
Whatever, the reason is enough.
The formation of officers and soldiers in the distance suddenly changed. The corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and an ominous omen suddenly emerged from the depths of his heart.
The shield wall of the officers and soldiers slowly separated. Originally, the shields were extremely tight, fearing that there would be a gap for arrows to penetrate, but at this moment, a gap of about a foot wide was revealed between the shields.
In the gap, rows of black spears stretched out.
"Is this going to continue?"
Before he could get rid of this thought in his mind, he suddenly felt his eyes flashing. His body seemed to have been hit hard by a huge hammer. His entire internal organs were rolling, hurting, and moving away from him.
go.
He lowered his head and looked at his chest. A huge red stain on his chest was slowly getting bigger. He suddenly realized that it was his own blood.
As if knowing that he had thought this through clearly, the pain in his body suddenly became very concrete. There were bursts of pain in his chest, abdomen, arms, thighs, and even his face. His whole body,
There is literally no place that doesn't hurt.
At this time, a huge sound like thunder was heard in his ears, and the thunder was so huge and continuous that until his whole body slumped down, until he seemed to have fallen into a huge dark cave.