A rapid drumbeat sounded in the distance, and the footsteps outside the door stopped in place.
Someone shouted loudly on the official road, and footsteps left quickly, followed by the sound of horses mounting.
The people in the house breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Wu Tat Choi almost collapsed, because the danger was not far away. The ruins were beside the official road, less than twenty steps away from the bandits. He had just put down everything and was ready to rush out.
Now I have to worry again.
The official shouted a horse neighing, and the sound of hoofbeats came back again, Wu Dacai's heart was lifted again.
He turned around and pressed against the gap in the wall. There were several horse legs spinning in the gap. Several bandits dismounted and drew their bows and arrows in the open space. Behind him, there were more cavalry dismounting, one wearing a red arrow jacket.
The big man was giving instructions loudly.
"You guys stand here, those who know how to shoot arrows go to both sides and shoot the dog officers and soldiers to death, and some of them go to the roof over there!"
There was a loudspeaker on the official road, and the man who looked like the leader under the red flag was gesticulating. The bandits behind him stopped, and some cavalry soldiers in front were retreating. The official road was quite chaotic.
It seemed that the man in the arrow jacket had not found anyone, so he went back toward the official road cursing, leaving behind a few horse soldiers with bows. The horses were unattended and grazing nearby.
Wu Dacai knew that when the big man in the archery suit was mobilized, he would extend the archers here, and then they would no longer be able to hide. Now it was just a little longer.
Turning around and looking out the door, Yao Dongshan kept gesturing over there. Dong Mingyuan was a little confused and called the team leader in the room over. The two squatted at the door for a long time and looked at it, but they still didn't understand.
Yao Dongshan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he cursed a lot, but there was no sound. But Wu Tachai knew what he was cursing by looking at the shape of his mouth. Anyway, Yao Dongshan only said a few words on weekdays.
Most of them were scolding Dong Mingyuan for being stupid. Before Dong Mingyuan became a governor, he was a frequent scolder.
The bandits were outside. The people in the two houses could see each other, but they did not dare to make any noise. They could not figure out Yao Dongshan's intentions. There were two houses behind, and there were also ambushes inside. Even Yao Dongshan was afraid of them.
Unable to see it, Ng Tak Choi could only guess that they were more nervous than he was.
At this time, Yao Dongshan picked up three burnt branches with his fingers, placed them horizontally in front of him to form a black "three", and grinned at this side.
Dong Mingyuan and the captain glanced at each other, and even Wu Dacai understood clearly that when pushing the tunnel on weekdays, he would count down to three and charge, but Yao Dongshan was going to rush out and fight for his life.
Seeing Dong Mingyuan nodding in that direction, Wu Dacai was no longer afraid. He was about to die. If he knew how he would die earlier, he wouldn't have to worry.
Dong Mingyuan turned around, squatted and walked back to the house. Taking advantage of the noise on the official road, he whispered to the soldiers around him, "Get ready to rush out."
The stupid man said in a daze, "Where are you going to go?"
Dong Mingyuan was stunned when he was asked. The crooked face next to Wu Dachai turned his head and cursed at the idiot, "Go out and kill people."
Before anyone could say anything else, there was a loud bang that shook Beixiaguan far and near.
The neighing of horses on the official road suddenly increased dramatically, and the empty horses outside the ruins seemed to be frightened, as a horse ran quickly past the door.
...Wang Zenglu was holding a shield and walking in the middle of the second row of sword and shield soldiers, looking up as he marched.
A black shadow flashed from the air on the left, passed high past the bandits on the official road, and plunged into the paddy fields far ahead on the right, bringing up large white splashes, ripples on the water, and flying water droplets.
After falling back, mud surged on the water and a trace of white smoke drifted.
There were bursts of exclamations from the rogue bandits in front. The bandit group was more than a mile away from Guancheng. They did not expect that this small Guancheng could have such a powerful cannon.
Although the power of this cannon is amazing, it seems that its accuracy is not very accurate.
The bandits on the official road did not have any flags, but some leaders were shouting. The sentries at the front had already approached the market. When they saw the officers and soldiers going out, they were retreating. The bandits behind them were in chaos for a while. At this time, some of them were holding swords.
The bandits armed with string guns and big axes got off their horses, and some with bows went up to the field ridges on both sides.
The few rogue sentries at the front paused for a moment, quickly digested the shock of the cannon, and then rode towards the formation again.
"No stopping, no retreating!"
Wang Zenglu shouted to the front and back that since they rushed out of the market, the bandit's sentry cavalry had approached several times. The cavalry usually practiced in the school grounds and had practiced facing the cavalry many times.
But when the enemy cavalry actually came towards him, Wang Zenglu also felt a little frightened. Because the number of armors was insufficient, and all the swords and shields were unarmored, he didn't have much confidence in his heart. He didn't know if he could stop the cavalry, so he could only keep heading towards the queue.
Yell to embolden yourself.
Seeing that the ranks of the officers and soldiers were not frightened and dispersed, the cavalry did not rush straight into the ranks, but stopped twenty steps away and kept firing arrows at the ranks with their cavalry bows.
All the sword and shield soldiers held their shields in front of them. When the arrows hit the shields, they made a dull popping sound. Some of the arrows passed over their heads and fell towards the queue behind them. A howl sounded from behind.
Wang Zenglu didn't have time to pay attention to who was injured. There were dense footsteps behind him. In the second round, all the spearmen advanced with swords and shields. His spearmen only had eleven pairs of chainmail. As they ran, locks
The Zijia were shaking loudly. They were not afraid of the light arrows shot by the riding bows, but the ones behind them had no armor, so if they were hit, they would at least be injured.
Pang Yu asked him to attack the official road directly, and the entire team must maintain speed. At this time, they had no long-range strikes available. The Chinese archery team behind could only fire arrows when they stopped, while the rogue horse soldiers could shoot arrows while retreating, and the garrison camp
The attack was unilateral, so Wang Zenglu could only urge the troops to move forward, compress the space for the cavalry to move, and drag them into close combat.
The sword and shield soldiers panted heavily and trotted close to the sentinels. From time to time, their heads poked out of the gaps between their shields to look at the road. When they were about to approach, the sentinels turned their horses and shot bows and arrows while running back.
Arrows whizzed past his head, and screams were heard from time to time behind him. While Wang Zenglu was observing the bandits in front, he also had to pay attention to the spearmen behind him.
The formation of spearmen became more and more chaotic. They all seemed to be avoiding the wounded on the ground, and several people fell down in succession.
"If you are injured, go to the fields!"
Wang Zenglu shouted, but he didn't know if it was of any use.
Turning his energy back to the front, the few sentries had little room to move, and they approached the cavalry soldiers who were dismounting and fighting on foot.
The field ridges on both sides were filled with archers. Wang Zenglu cursed in his heart. These bandits were very experienced in field battles. They quickly deployed their formations and used heavy weapons to block the official road. Then they made full use of the field ridges on both sides to spread out and use
Archers attacking formations should be very effective in such a narrow area. Now the garrison battalion has the advantage, that is, the armor-piercing spearmen are hidden behind swords and shields. The rogue bandits do not know that this infantry has armor.
As Wang Zenglu ran, his field of vision kept shaking. From the gap in the front row of shields, he could see that the archery sentries had stopped firing arrows and retreated from the gap into the formation of bandits. The gap then closed, and the ranks of bandits dismounted and fought on foot.
After they formed a formation of four or five, there were empty horses behind them. At this time, their mounts were not an advantage, but a huge burden.
There was a leader on horseback waving his hands at the back, trying to clear the space behind the queue and thicken the formation. However, the official road was narrow, and people and horses kept coming from behind, so the traffic was already in chaos.
But this was not a place for an ambush. Wang Zenglu was in the queue and could only see a small area nearby. He didn't even know if the ambush soldiers had started fighting. All his energy was focused on the rogue bandits in front.
"I told you to disperse, and all the swords and shields jumped into the field!"
Wang Zenglu yelled with all his strength, his breath was a little weak, but both rows of swords and shields should have heard it.
Before he finished speaking, the sound of bow strings on both sides of the field ridges sounded continuously, and dense arrows flew towards both sides of the queue.
Screams rang out again and again, and the spearmen on the outside of the queue were hit by arrows one after another, and stumbled into the paddy field. The captains of each team kept howling, restraining the team from staying.
"Those who retreat will die!"
There was a shout from far behind. Wang Zenglu couldn't see it, but he guessed it was the pacification team led by Jiang Guoyong.
"No retreat!"
Wang Zenglu shouted with all his strength. The sword and shield soldiers in the front row suffered almost no losses, while the spear soldiers in the back had no protection. They must have suffered heavy losses from the bows and arrows fired from both sides, but there was no way out at this time.
The sound of bowstrings can be heard endlessly. The queue of spearmen behind the second round is getting thinner and thinner. The roads and fields are filled with soldiers who have been hit by arrows. The whole team is still moving forward. The arrow team behind is close to the shooting range, and then the rest of the first round.
and the Zhenfu team, and later the entire third game, and the Anqing garrison was crowded with officials.
On the official road ahead, countless bandits extend all the way to Xiaoguanpu. The road is crowded with countless infantry and cavalry, as well as unmanned mounts.
There are tens of thousands of troops on both sides confronting each other at Beixiaguan, but what can be fought at this time is on this narrow official road, and the outcome is determined by the size of this place.
"Boom", there was another loud noise, and a cannonball flew over in a moment and landed in the paddy field on the left side of the official road not far ahead. The water column rose into the sky and rushed up to the official road along with the mud.
There were panicked shouts on the official road, and the bows and arrows on both sides slowed down.
After enduring the blows from both sides of the bows and arrows, in the second game, they finally rushed to the point where they were only ten steps away from the rogue bandits on the opposite side. The archery team behind them stopped and started to counterattack from both sides. The bows and arrows crisscrossed in the air. The rogue bandits on the field ridge panicked and fled. Many people
Fell down the field ridge.
Four or five rows of rogue cavalry soldiers fighting on foot leveled their weapons and prepared to deal with the sword and shield soldiers.
Wang Zenglu took one last look at the spearmen following him and said, "Leave your spears flat!"
The seven spears were laid flat, and Wang Zenglu turned his head to focus on the bandits in front.
Five steps later, Wang Zenglu shouted, "Disperse the sword and shield!"
The two rows of sword and shield formations separated and jumped towards the fields on both sides.
Wang Zenglu dragged a slow-moving sword and shield soldier down the official road and threw himself into the paddy field.
Spearmen wearing chainmail appeared in front of the rogues, their long spears all leveled, and headed towards the stunned rogues' horse soldiers.