Three hundred and sixtieth eight chapters shoot three arrows
Hundreds of shield bearers immediately dismounted to form a dense formation and slowly advanced towards the earth barrier. Sixty feet away, the Zhou Qi who dispersed their formation began to shoot upwards on their horses. Under the starlight, thousands of arrows were shot out at the same time.
Like a huge fan, it gradually gathered in the direction of the first earth barrier and fell! Those engineers finally took advantage of the Qi ambush soldiers to avoid the rain of arrows and ran behind the shield soldiers, and more than thirty tools were left in front of the earth barrier.
body.
"Quickly retreat behind the second earth barrier, which is beyond the range of the cavalry outside the valley!" a sergeant shouted from behind the earth barrier.
After building three piles of earth barriers, Jiang Shuo knew that after two days of fighting, his men at Zhenbeiguan really didn't have much strength anymore, so he asked the supporting army to draw out a hundred men, with the goal of blocking the pursuers for an extra quarter of an hour!
The commander of these 100 people was frightened just because of the first round of volleys from the opponent and wanted to retreat to the second floor.
"You can't run! If you run now, you will be the opponent's target!" He Qizhou shouted hurriedly. Unfortunately, he was still half a step too slow. More than ten people had already taken steps to run. It coincided with the second round of Zhou Jun's volley, countless flying arrows, and rows of arrows.
After turning an arc, they squeezed into the canyon about twenty feet wide. Only the two or three fastest runners and a few who heard He Qizhou's call and put their feet back in time to avoid the rain of arrows. As the screams started, all of a sudden,
Seven of them were shot to death, and three others who were seriously injured died alive from Zhou Qi's third salvo.
"We have to wait until their engineers start digging into the wall! They can't shoot if they stick close to the wall!" He Qizhou continued to shout, taking advantage of the pause after the opponent's third round of volleys, he stood up and rushed towards the leading figure on the other side.
Shoot an arrow, and then duck down to avoid the fourth round of arrow rain that makes you unable to look up!
The position where Huyan Watchtower stands is about fifty-five feet away from the earth barrier, which is just beyond the horizontal shooting range of the Southern Qi crossbow. If they shoot upward like them, the dozens of crossbows will not be able to guarantee the accuracy. Besides, they can fire thousands of arrows at once.
Then, the opponent had no chance to shoot. But he never expected that someone would use a bow and arrow with a shorter range to shoot at him. Although he saw someone behind the earth barrier on the opposite side shoot an arrow randomly as if to vent, it was not until the arrow flew closer.
Only when his chest was more than ten feet tall did he suddenly wake up!
Huyan dodged diagonally downwards at the watchtower, and at the same time swatted the arrow in front of him with a palm, but he was still a step too late. The arrow made a "porphy" sound and pierced into Huyan's right shoulder because the distance was too far.
, after the arrow cluster broke through the leather armor, it only penetrated about an inch.
Hu Yan grunted and flicked the arrow off his right shoulder. A stream of hot blood immediately surged out, rising like a breath in the cold night.
"Jia Ziying rushes forward and shoots flatly, don't let the opponent have a chance to take action!" Hu Yan covered the bleeding wound with one hand and shouted fiercely. More than 200 people rushed out of the queue behind him and headed towards the soil
The wall began to rise continuously, and the direction where He Qizhou disappeared was the densest.
After a while, the north side of the barrier was filled with arrows. The engineers followed the soldiers with shields and rushed towards the barrier again.
"They're coming! They're starting to dig the wall!" The sentry commander who was lucky enough to escape because he retreated quickly did not dare to give random orders anymore, but the sound of the engineers on the opposite side wielding shovels frightened him.
On the south side of the earth wall, there is a mound under the feet of each soldier. As long as he stands up, he can reach half the body above the top of the wall, while those on the north side can only reach the top of the wall by jumping up. He Qizhou originally hoped that the group of soldiers would stand up and attack.
Although the Zhou army who was destroying the wall would suffer some casualties under the direct fire of the opponent's bows and arrows, they should be able to kill more Zhou troops from a higher position.
Because the valley is narrow, the shield soldiers have retreated to both sides of the valley at this time, leaving the middle position to the engineers. The Zhou army's upward shooting has long ended, and those horizontal shots are mostly on the high side because they have to prevent accidental shooting of their own people.
This is a good time to attack those engineers!
But seeing the cowardice of those soldiers, He Qizhou knew that they were unreliable. After sighing, he whispered to the commander beside him: "Pass the message quietly, you can retreat now. Remember, the sound of running is softer.
When climbing over the earth wall, try to push it as close to the wall as possible! When you get behind the second wall, you have to shoot three arrows before you can retreat!"
"Okay!" The sentry commander agreed and whispered Qi Zhou's words to the soldiers on his side. They were all quiet at first, but the people on the far side saw that the sentry commander in the middle had already led the soldiers.
The people ran several feet away, and in panic, they started running wildly. When they saw someone running wildly, everyone started running wildly.
Those Zhou soldiers holding shields had been guarding against the Qi army's attack from above, holding their shields diagonally above their heads. When they heard loud footsteps on the other side of the wall, some brave people immediately climbed up the earth wall, and sure enough they found about forty people.
He was running desperately towards another earth wall.
"The defenders behind the wall have escaped, and there is another wall behind!" a Zhou soldier shouted.
"Get out of the way of the shield soldiers, get thirty cavalry, stand behind the wall and shoot them to death!" Hu Yan stepped forward and ordered loudly, still covering the wound with one hand to prevent his men from dressing it.
With a crash, more than a hundred soldiers who were originally densely packed under the wall immediately flashed to the mountain walls on both sides, while those Zhou Qi who were shooting flatly rushed in with their horses. Of course, their running speed was much faster than Qi Jun's feet, and in the blink of an eye they were
To the foot of the first earth wall.
He Qizhou, who had been sticking close to the wall, originally planned to cover the Qi soldiers before retreating. Seeing the group of people disintegrating, he couldn't help but shake his head. Only one-third of the people climbed over the wall, and the other two-thirds
He might be chased by Zhou Qi. Seeing that there were more people on the east side who had not yet crossed the wall, He Qizhou quietly moved to the east side of the wall and slowly drew out the straight knife he wanted from Jiang Shuo...
Thirty horsemen marched side by side in the valley more than ten feet wide, reaching the earth wall almost at the same time. They stood on their horses almost at the same time, leaned against the earth wall, drew their bows, nocked arrows, and aimed...
A man suddenly appeared under the earth wall opposite, and then a knife appeared on the wall like a ghost. With one strike, it cut off the bow string, cut off the arm, cut off the head and neck... The three Zhou Qi were instantly killed! That man
He jumped a step from the east to the middle, and struck again with the knife, claiming three lives again!
The third sword only resulted in one life, because after discovering that a master was blocking the attack, all the nearby riders were horrified, and they all shrank their heads or jumped off their horses.
He Qizhou jumped step by step from east to west, and the Zhou Qi shooters on the other side of the wall jumped off their horses. He Qizhou forced the shooters back and ran back to the second wall without looking back!
Those Zhou cavalry were well-trained and had already discovered that there was only one person in the opponent. While He Qizhou was still jumping to the west, someone jumped on the horse again. Seeing the opponent running towards the second earth wall, many people began to shoot bows and arrows.
He Qizhou lowered his head, ducked his waist, dodged the group of arrows, tapped the wall lightly, and flew southward. A total of seven people fell under the second wall in front of him. About thirty Zhou Qi were really there just now.
There were only about a dozen people who shot arrows, but seven of them hit them. Several Qi soldiers had two arrows stuck in their backs! In other words, as long as those who shot arrows, almost all of them hit the target!
That is to say, within twenty feet, everyone in the Zhou army is a sharpshooter!
He Qizhou flew over the second wall, feeling that his head was getting bigger and bigger. How could this group of useless soldiers stop the more than 10,000 Zhou soldiers who were like wolves and tigers?
"General, does the opponent have a master?"
"I have eyes myself! There is only one person, so what are you afraid of? When someone comes, send a hundred cavalry on each side, run to the mountains on both sides as quickly as possible, and shoot down! The shield soldiers cover, the engineers break the wall, and the archers are always ready to shoot when they show up!
"Hu Yan shouted.
"Brother, what should we do next?" The commander of the Qi army reluctantly obeyed Jiang Shuo's arrangement and stayed to help He Qizhou guard here. More than a dozen of his men died in front of him, and he became increasingly panicked.
, I climbed over the wall very fast just now, but I didn't see the terrifying sword skills displayed by He Qizhou on the top of the wall.
He Qizhou frowned and said, "Didn't we agree? You can't leave until you have fired three rounds! Listen to my command. When I say shoot, you shoot at the middle of the first wall."
"There are so many shooters on the opposite side...isn't the quarter of an hour coming soon?"
"There are only forty or fifty people who can shoot in volley at most, and we are not less than the other party. After this round of shooting, your team should retreat first! Don't worry, I will attract most of their arrows!" He Qizhou was a little impatient.
said.
"Okay, okay."
"Everyone should stand on the west side, listen to my instructions, then stand up - shoot arrows - squat down, and do it in one go. Do you understand?" He Qizhou was still a little worried, and summoned the remaining thirty people to his side, saying low
He ordered in a voice. Then he kept wandering around the second wall, occasionally sticking his head out to observe the condition of the first wall in the north. After the Six Meridians, Qinggong also made rapid progress.
Huyan's army was still equipped with more than a dozen sets of heavy armor. At this time, some people in heavy armor had already climbed up the earth wall. They were sure that there was no one behind the wall. The cavalry again leaned against the wall, with their bows ready to shoot. He Qizhou was standing on the earth wall twenty feet away.
As soon as the wall is exposed, a canopy of arrows will whizz towards it, but it always misses the mark.
"The opposite side is almost dug, remember to listen to my command!" He Qizhou quietly moved to the east end, fully drew his bow under the wall, then stood up and fired an arrow! A Zhou Qi fell to the ground in response. At the same time, two people on the opposite side fell to the ground.
More than ten arrows were shot at once!
As soon as He Qizhou finished shooting, he squatted down, avoided the flying arrows, stood up on the spot, and shot another person! The group of Zhou soldiers did not expect that He Qizhou would not change his position this time. When he aimed again, he was slightly slower for a moment. With this opportunity,
He Qizhou shot another person and shouted: "Shoot!"
I saw more than 30 people from the Qi army immediately stood up and started shooting, regardless of accuracy, and squatted down after shooting. Before they could calm down their nervousness, He Qizhou's orders to "shoot" and "shoot again" sounded one after another, and he hurriedly
Shoot two arrows again!
It turned out that after He Qizhou shot the third arrow, he stopped squatting, summoned up his inner strength, and used his sleeves to wave away more than twenty arrows that were aimed at his face. The Zhou soldiers on the opposite side were busy setting up arrows, but they couldn't shoot when they saw this.
However, the opponent fired one arrow at a time, and everyone began to panic. At this time, Qi Jun's volley came, and they all ducked to avoid the arrows. This gave Qi Jun a chance to shoot three arrows in a row. Those who had just dug through the earth wall
Four or five of the engineers were shot at once. This was the result of the Qi army shooting blindly with their eyes closed. If they could really aim well, those dozen engineers squeezed into the gap more than one foot wide would most likely be shot.