Dozens of carriages stopped at the front, walking at the front of the team, and slowly walked into the Qili Valley.
"Coming, coming." In the high mountains beside the official road, five thousand bandits were already waiting in full formation. They were holding various iron weapons and would attack only when the target entered the designated encirclement. At that time, they swarmed up and started to attack.
It's time to reap the fruits of victory.
"Hey, why did it stop suddenly? Did they find something?" Under the gaze of the bandits, King Ji's motorcade stopped moving forward and stopped at the Qidaogou Pass. Then many soldiers walked away bravely.
When he reached the front, he looked around.
"Damn it, don't they feel there is something wrong and don't go this way?" Among the bandits, Song Huo, who is known as the Rolling Mine, looked at the performance of King Ji's team and couldn't help but cursed.
Song Huo said this, causing Pangolin Hell King and Double Escort Ma Laoliu to frown. If this is the case, then things will be difficult to handle. Once Ji Wang's team feels that the danger has receded, then they will
Wouldn't the ambush here be a failure?
Considering that they did not bring much dry food, if they did not take action, they would not have to think about robbing others and would have to consider their own food rations first. The three leaders looked at each other and made a decision immediately.
Rush out now.
Although they will lose some opportunities by doing this, because their opponents are unprepared, their sudden actions can still catch them off guard. As long as they can rush into King Ji's motorcade, they will be like a fish in water, and it will be a big steal.
It's time to grab something special.
"No need to wait any longer, let's go together." The leader, Pangolin King Yama, made the decision.
"Okay, brothers, come together. As long as we win this battle, the women are ours and the money is ours, kill them." After hearing this decision, some other small bosses shouted loudly,
Encouraging the morale of the bandits, countless figures began to surge wildly in the mountains, rushing towards King Ji's motorcade on the official road from all directions.
"The enemy has appeared, prepare to fight." Right in front of the convoy, Sun Fuhu had been paying attention to the movement in front. When he saw the enemy, he couldn't help but jump out. He immediately shouted loudly and gave instructions to his two thousand warriors of the Guiyi faction.
Order.
Some of the two thousand warriors who had practiced more than once quickly ran towards the carriage placed at the front of the team, while others ran to the carriage at the back and took the horn long bows they had made long ago.
Hold it in your hand.
During the Daqian period, long-term bows were roughly divided into three types. The lowest type was the short bow for civilian use, which had a short range, low power, but was cheap to make; the second type was the military long bow, which could shoot a hundred meters away, but
The cost is not low, and it is only distributed to the archers in the army. The third type is the cavalry bow. It is specially provided for the cavalry. Its shape is between the long bow and the short bow. This is also for the convenience of the cavalry to carry, and its power is about
It is also about 80 to 90 meters tall. Because the cost is more expensive, only cavalry can distribute it.
After discussing with the craftsmen, Tang Ao came up with an ox-horn long bow. This kind of ox-horn bow can generally only be used by hundreds or more than a thousand households in the army, because the cost is too expensive.
It can only be used by a few people. But the wealthy Tang Ao wants the best equipment. In his eyes, the lives of soldiers are always the most important. In comparison, spending more money can improve combat effectiveness.
Nothing could be cheaper.
This led to the emergence of the long bow with horns. Its effective range can reach nearly two hundred meters, and its killing range is also about one hundred and fifty meters. It can be regarded as the most powerful bow in the world.
The biggest advantage of equipping the warriors with this bow is that it allows the warriors to feel His Royal Highness King Ji's concern for them, making every soldier feel respected, and this is precisely the most valuable thing in a slave-owning society.
things.
Tang Ao gave the warriors enough respect and love, and of course they would repay it with death, and now is the time for them to show off. The warriors holding long bows with horns just waited for the bandits to rush in front of them, and then they would use it.
Let their full strength be known to the enemy. What will happen if they offend King Ji?
The horn bow is equipped with steel hooked arrow feathers (the head is hooked and cannot be easily pulled out after entering the body, making it more lethal). Under Tang Ao's equipment regardless of the cost, at this time
The two thousand warriors were waiting in full formation, just waiting to work. After the enemy rushed in front of them, they would let the opponent have a taste of the power of the arrow feathers.
Some warriors had already entered the carriage. Soon, the carriage shed was opened, revealing large-scale Shen's repeating crossbows. Each crossbow arrow was nearly ten feet long and was ready to be fired until the enemy approached.
Then you can exert its huge power.
When everything was ready, the bandits rushing in from a distance all appeared on the official road directly in front of the carriage and on both sides of the official road.
The bandits, who were always used to swarming up, didn't know what charging formations were. They only knew that they would just charge forward with a brave heart. As soon as they got close to the convoy, they waved various weapons in their hands to greet them.
And as long as they see blood and kill people, they won't have to worry about anyone not being afraid. That's when they will win.
The bandits, who didn't even have a few war horses, came from the peak five miles away. Before they even got close to a mile away, you could see that some people were already panting, obviously due to excessive physical exertion.
Caused by.
Tang Ao, who was already riding on a strong horse, shook his head and looked at the five thousand bandits charging towards him. At this time, he really sympathized with these opponents. They lined up so densely to face each other and rushed so far away.
Without even preparing a basic bow and arrow, is this robbery? Or is it a suicide?
Tang Ao, who originally thought it would be a fierce battle, had already let go of his high spirits. "Come here, use the flag language to inform Feng Xun and the others that they can take action. Remember, none of these bandits can count."
Let them run away. I am worried about the lack of sufficient labor force after entering Jizhou. Even if someone is sent, I must live up to this good intention."
"No." The messenger had already agreed and then turned around to do it. At this time, Tang Ao also took a bright silver gun of about ten pounds handed over by Shi Lei. It had a thick body and a sharp gun.
The head shone with silver light in the sunlight.
Tang Ao had reason to believe that driven by the high speed of the war horse, the bright silver spear could easily split the opponent's head in half wherever it passed.
This is the advantage of cavalry over infantry. With the help of the high-speed charge of war horses, cavalry can often successfully kill the opponent or chop off the opponent's head with only a small amount of force.
It's just that before the cavalry launches a charge, the Shen's repeating crossbow should perform a show first. With the power of the powerful repeating crossbow, it can not only break through the enemy's formation quickly and kill enough of the opponent's vitality, but more importantly, it can cause damage to the opponent.
Enough pressure to completely suppress the opponent's morale and create more favorable conditions for the subsequent counterattack.
Just as Tang Ao's side was fully prepared, the vanguard of the five thousand bandits had already rushed forward, and the people at the front were already less than 300 steps away from the carriage place.
"Fire the arrow!"
Tang Ao calmly issued the order to attack. Ten carriages that had been prepared in a moment, ten huge Shen's repeating crossbows let out a loud roar, and the foot-long arrows were like boulders falling at high speed.
He flew away from the crowd of bandits directly in front.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Because the speed was fast enough, the huge crossbow arrows caused a certain amount of friction with the air, and bursts of sound were heard. Then in only five or six seconds, the arrows fell into the bandits' camp.
One after another, the bandits who came straight passed through their chests. Under the powerful force, they continued to fly forward with arrows, so that many arrows had the effect of piercing sugar-coated haws.
Then one of the bandits was shot, causing the opponent's offensive to stop.
However, all this is just the beginning. The biggest advantage of Shen's repeating crossbow is that it can shoot fifty arrows one after another, which is equivalent to a light machine gun in later generations, and it also has a large capacity of ammunition.
The kind that clips.
Ten crossbows were fired in succession. When the crossbow arrows flew out one after another, the bandits fell to the ground one after another. The blood was instantly spread all over the ground. On the battlefield, the bloody
The smell also began to permeate the air, rushing straight to everyone's nasal congestion.
"Fire the arrow!"
There were still too many bandits in the end, and Shen's serial crossbows only had ten. The number was still too small, so many people broke through the continuous crossbow defenses and approached the carriage. At this time, the horns of the bulls were long.
The bow began to take effect. When the distance between the two sides reached 150 steps, it was time for them to show off their power.
There are thousands of archers, and each warrior carries an arrow pot with two hundred bows and arrows. If they are all released, it will be a full two hundred thousand bows and arrows. This is all Tang Ao has in his hands.
But he is not worried. He has every reason to believe that when all these bows and arrows are used, there will not be many enemies on the battlefield.
The fact was just as Tang Ao expected, and after each archer only shot a dozen arrows, densely packed corpses of bandits fell down on the front battlefield.
At this time, the bows and arrows did not stop, nor did the crossbows, but the bandits' progress involuntarily stopped.
When the bow and arrow formed a waterfall as dense as rain.
When all the bandits rushed to the front, they were like an egg hitting a stone, hitting a head and bleeding.
No matter how stupid the bandits are, they still know that this is not the time to charge. Seeing four to five hundred brothers lying dead or wounded on the battlefield ahead, the footsteps of the others stopped involuntarily.
No matter how many leaders came to drive them away, no one was willing to take another step forward.
