"Shoot!" Seeing the people in front rushing into the 15-foot cordon, the officer ordered loudly without hesitation.
The sound of "hoo" was like a whirlwind, and the arrows were like a heavy rain, falling on the rebels and civilians who were running forward.
As if a group of ants were ignited by the sudden fire, the originally rainbow-like momentum suddenly fell silent. Screams were heard everywhere, and the people rushing in front fell like wheat that had been cut down in autumn.
Before these people could recover, another wave of arrows flew over with a roar, shooting down more people.
Only then did most of the rebels understand that the officers and soldiers in front of them were the army, a cold-blooded and ruthless violent organization. They were definitely not the thieves and assassins described by the rural gentlemen in the past, nor were they the cowards described by the rich and aristocratic families.
They may not dare to take action against the squire family, but today in this field, they are not polite when facing stragglers like themselves.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the rebels turned around and ran away, completely ignoring their comrades in front. At this time, they just wanted to stay away from this damn Shura field.
Some rebels even dropped their swords and guns, because these things affected the speed of escape. They did not have the slightest courage to rush forward, fight to the death with the officers and soldiers, and try their best to create a gap.
Li Miele and Bao Changcheng had already made a tactical switch and ran to the side.
"Don't be afraid. The place is so wide. How can the officers and soldiers surround it like an iron barrel? There must be a gap to escape from."
"Yes, we are familiar with the terrain here. Once these birds attract all the attention of the officers and soldiers, we will find an opening and run out."
"Yes, yes. In this chaotic situation, how can we care about the few of us? If we escape to Qianyan Mountain, we will be good men again, and we will still enjoy the good food and drink."
Li Miele and Bao Changzeng talked to each other, as if encouraging each other, but in fact they were encouraging themselves.
After running for a while, Li Miele and others arrived at the Sashui River.
The Sashui River is a seasonal river. Now that the spring floods have not arrived, the river bed is only half as wide. The river water can be waded across it, and it is estimated that it cannot reach the waist.
Li Miele and Bao Zeng were delighted. If they had crossed the river, they would have escaped with half their lives.
Just as I was about to run towards the river, I heard the rumble of horse hooves coming hastily from the north.
"Cavalry!" Li Miele and Bao Changzhang's faces turned pale.
In such hilly areas, two legs cannot run as fast as four legs.
"Quick! Run to the other side of the river!" Li Milue was so frightened that his voice was trembling.
They saw that they were only ten feet away from the river embankment when a group of cavalry turned around from the hillside.
The arrow flew straight over with the sound of horse hooves.
These cavalrymen wore leather armor, stepped on the stirrups with their legs, held the saddle tightly, and sat firmly on the horse. They drew the bow with both hands, and drew the riding bow to 60 to 70% full, then loosened their hands and fired the arrow.
It was like the arrow had eyes, and with the sound of breaking wind, it shot into the backs of those rebels.
Hearing the screams of their companions, Li Miele, Bao Changzeng and others ran faster, using their hands and feet together, over the river embankment, and ran as hard as they could along the dry river bed toward the middle river.
The cavalry also rushed up the river embankment.
Some cavalrymen waved their sabers and cut down the rebels who fell on the river embankment. Some cavalrymen pulled their mounts, stepped on the stirrups, stood up straight, and fully drew their bows with both hands, facing the rebels running wildly on the river bed.
They named them one by one.
They each have a tacit understanding, have their own goals, and even secretly compete to see who can shoot accurately.
When Li Milue heard the sound of arrows breaking through the wind behind him, he was frightened. There was only one thought in his mind: run, run quickly! It would be safe if he ran to the other side of the river.
Suddenly, he felt a flash of light in his eyes, and a black shadow flew past his head. Bao Changzhang, who was running a few steps ahead of him to his left, suddenly stopped. There was a sharp thing on his neck.
At that moment, Li Milue remembered that when he was a child, he followed his father to the fields to catch frogs and snakes. He remembered that his father had a wooden stick in his hand with a long and sharp iron thorn in the front.
Under the moonlight, which was almost as bright as now, my father had quick eyes and quick hands. He thrust the wooden stick forward suddenly, and then lifted it up. He saw a snake pierced by an iron thorn, twisting and struggling under the moon, which looked particularly ferocious.
Bao Zengcheng didn't struggle, he just turned around and looked at Li Miele blankly.
Li Milue saw an arrow piercing his neck and coming out of his throat. The lifeless eyes were more white than black, just like the eyes of a snake impaled on an iron thorn.
He opened his mouth, made two sounds, and then fell into the river with a pop like a door panel blown open by the wind. The splash was like a stone thrown into the water, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
In the sound of water flowing.
Li Miele ran past Bao Zeng's body half-floating in the river without daring to slow down at all.
Running in the river, Li Milue used all his strength to part the river water in front of him. Arrows flew past his ears and head. He felt that he and dozens of his companions were like frogs in the field under the moonlit night, desperately trying to save their lives.
Looking for a way forward.
Finally, I ran to the other side, ran across the dry river bed on the other side, climbed up the river embankment with hands and feet, and then lay on my back regardless.
The heavy breaths condensed into pillars in the air, the heaving chest was like a bellows that would break immediately with one breath, and the violently beating heart seemed to jump out of the chest with the next beat.
Amidst the sound of panting, the unhurried sound of horse hooves slowly came up.
"Damn it, you guys are running very fast. You came over there in a flash. You must have floated here on water. A dog can run faster than a rabbit."
Several bearded cavalrymen, speaking in strange accents, slowly gathered around.
I won’t run away! I won’t run away even if I am beaten to death! Li Milhe thought dejectedly.
In Longping County, when the north gate was blown open, Zhang Wenshu, who lived in the county government office, did not run away, but immediately summoned his "best soldiers and generals."
Zhang Wenshu, who also served in the Hebei Forbidden Army and was found to have violated the law during the reorganization and was fired, knew that his subordinates would never be able to compete with the Hebei New Army who had been reorganized and one-third of them were the backbone of the Western Army.
Advantage.
He took advantage of the opportunity before the officers and soldiers arrived, and urgently summoned Manjusri Bodhisattva from Wutai Mountain to possess him.
His mouth was like a string of beads, crackling and reciting a scripture that no one could hear clearly, and then he roared, revealing to everyone that he was the upper body of Manjushri Bodhisattva.
"The Five Wisdoms of the Great Sun, holding a sword in my hand, with mighty wisdom, can save everyone! I am the avatar of Manjushri Bodhisattva descended into this world. Those who believe in me are invulnerable to swords and guns, and invulnerable to water and fire!..."
He babbled and roared for a while, and made countless unidentified talisman gestures on the bowl of water in his hand. Then he roared loudly, held it in his mouth, and sprayed it at the subordinates surrounding him. After a few sips, he
Spray all the bowl of water on the heads and bodies of your subordinates.
Then he opened his eyes and said loudly: "I have granted you supreme magic power. Even if you die, you can transcend the sea of suffering, ascend to the Buddha Kingdom of the West, and grant Arhat the fruition status!"
After he finished speaking, he stared with a pair of red eyes, veins appeared, waved his hands, and shouted hysterically: "Kill Buddha's enemies! Make merit! Be promoted to Arhat!"
"Kill Buddha's enemies! Establish meritorious deeds! Be promoted to Arhat!"
Thousands of people, with red eyes and muttering words, rushed out of the county government office with swords and guns raised, and moved forward along the streets to meet the officers and soldiers.
The leader was Xu Maocai, leader of the left battalion of the 87th Regiment A, who was incorporated into the Taishan Division.
He immediately judged that this group of people was threatening and capable of fighting, and immediately issued an order according to the drill: "The shield men built a wall, the spearmen formed a formation, the sword men covered the formation. Crossbowmen, crossbowmen! The crossbowmen launched directly!
Rooftops on both sides of the bow!"
Following the order, the shield bearers stacked their shields together to form a wall. The spearmen stretched out their spears from the gaps in the shields. The Miao sword bearers stood behind, ready to attack the enemies who were lucky enough to rush in at any time.
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As soon as they set up their formation, the first wave of arrows from the crossbowmen flew over their heads, hitting the enemy at the front head-on.
The archer also climbed onto the roof, stretched forward for a while, then stepped on the other side of the roof, leaned out half of his body, and started shooting at the rebels on the street.
After waiting for half a quarter of an hour, hundreds of corpses fell in front of the shield formation. The bloody reality finally made these fanatical people calm down. Xu Maocai also felt that the impact of this wave of insurrectionary troops was becoming weak, and immediately ordered according to the combat maneuvers.
"The shield bearer is in front, form a wall and advance forward. The spearmen take cover, and pay attention to the enemies at your feet, no matter dead or alive, go through it once, go through it again! The crossbowmen hold the formation, and the archers advance, and you can shoot!"
"Here!"
The shields were raised and squeezed together, slowly advancing like a wall. The spearmen raised their spears and shot twice at the enemy lying at their feet, whether dead or alive.
Another quarter of an hour later, this troop advanced to the gate of the county government office. At the same time, several other troops came in from other gates and met here.
"Three-talented small formation, charge in!" The regiment commander, who had the highest military rank and became the temporary commander, raised his scimitar and ordered.
"Kill!" With a roar, thousands of officers and soldiers quickly poured into the county government office.
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