By this time the sun had set and the fog was getting thicker and thicker.
There were bloodstains everywhere on the official roads in the mountains.
The battle among the female workers in Iron Can Mountain started smoothly. Under the command of Qin Fei, the female workers used heavy crossbows and catapults to completely block the mountain road. The bandits could not break through at all.
But as the fog spread, the female workers gradually couldn't see the location of the bandits.
At the beginning, the female workers could keep the enemy at bay several hundred steps away.
Later, the fog became thicker and thicker, visibility became lower and lower, and the bandits got closer and closer.
Just now the bandits launched another charge. Although they were repulsed, this time they were less than fifty steps away from the female workers.
The most terrible thing is that as night falls, the fog becomes thicker and thicker.
Visibility was already less than five feet.
This made Qin Fei very worried. While sending his escorts and female workers to light a bonfire ahead, he considered whether to persuade Zuo Feifei to retreat temporarily.
But before he could think about it, several loud shouts were heard in the thick fog, and then a loud arrow exploded in the air.
"The enemy is coming!"
The escort quickly retreated with the female worker.
"Everyone, prepare to attack!"
The female workers have been fighting the bandits for half an afternoon and have become very skilled at it.
Without Qin Fei and Zuo Feifei talking, Zuo Feifei's assistant held up the tin speaker and gave the order.
On the high ground on both sides of the mountain road, female workers quickly adjusted the direction of their heavy crossbows and catapults, aiming ahead.
But after waiting for a long time, the bandits made no movement at all.
Qin Fei and Zuo Feifei did not dare to send people to explore in the thick fog, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.
When the sky darkened and visibility was less than ten feet, a group of dark figures suddenly appeared in the thick fog.
Zuo Feifei's assistant kept staring at the thick fog, his nerves always in a state of high tension.
Seeing a figure appear, he subconsciously shouted: "Hit!"
The female workers were in a similar state to Zuo Feifei's assistants. They were all very nervous. After receiving the order, they immediately hit the triggers of the heavy crossbows and catapults.
Whoosh whoosh!
The mountain path in front of the female workers' phalanx was immediately covered with heavy crossbow arrows and raindrops of stones.
But after the attack passed, the female workers suddenly realized something was wrong.
Because many people were shot and hit, but why were there so few screams?
Were they all shot and smashed to death without even having time to howl?
Even the female workers realized something was wrong, let alone Qin Fei, who had served in the military and was more experienced and vigilant.
"Third brother, go see what's going on!"
Qin Fei stood on the boulder beside the road and shouted.
The bodyguard below agreed and ran over with a saber in hand.
It was only a few feet away, and the escort quickly ran over.
The next second Qin Fei heard the bodyguard shout: "Platoon leader, you are a straw man!"
"Crawly?"
Qin Fei was stunned for a moment, then turned pale with fright, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Hurry, wind up! Third brother, come back quickly!"
Zuo Feifei's eyes widened and she understood.
"No, we fell into a trap!"
The heavy crossbow cocks quickly and has strong penetrating power, but its attack damage range is small.
Nowadays, the bandits have learned to be smart and spread out as much as possible every time they attack. If each heavy crossbow arrow can kill a few bandits, it will be considered good.
Some arrows may even miss.
Although the catapult has a large attack range, its charging and cocking speeds are much slower than those of the heavy crossbow.
The bandits used scarecrows to confuse the female workers, and they would definitely launch a surprise attack next.
The next escort named Lao San also confirmed Qin Fei's guess.
"Everyone, hurry up, the enemy is coming!"
The third child roared angrily and ran back quickly.
Before he could run back to his own camp, several hidden arrows suddenly flew out from behind.
The third child was hit by arrows in the neck and back one after another, and fell to the ground without moving.
Qin Fei didn't have time to grieve over the death of his third son, before densely packed bandits rushed out of the thick fog!
At this time, the loading of the catapult has not yet been completed!
Some of the heavy crossbows had already been wound up, but after what happened just now, Zuo Feifei's assistants and female workers were afraid of being fooled again, so they all hesitated.
"What are you waiting for? Let's shoot the arrow!"
Qin Fei was so anxious that he roared at the top of his lungs: "It's true this time, shoot the arrow quickly!"
Only then did the female workers react and pull the triggers one after another!
But the fog was so thick that by the time the female workers saw the bandits, they were already three feet away.
They hesitated again.
When Qin Fei opened his mouth to remind him, the bandits were already within two feet!
Although the heavy crossbow killed some bandits, there were still many fish that slipped through the net and rushed over.
These bandits are not fake people, but real bandits found by Master Chen.
And he is a brave man who was hired with a lot of money.
After breaking through the heavy crossbow blockade, without a moment's hesitation, he directly raised various weapons to kill the female workers.
Fortunately, Qin Fei asked the female workers to form a Macedonian phalanx, and fortunately he asked the bodyguards to carry shields and pot lids at the front, so the formation was not broken up by the bandits.
"Bang the drum!"
Qin Fei shouted with red eyes.
The messenger behind him quickly beat the war drum.
According to the plan, this was a signal for the female worker behind the escort to attack with bamboo.
After all, the female workers are not professional soldiers. They didn't want to lose to the female workers in the textile factory before, so they came up with it when their brains got hot.
But when they really had to fight the bandits face to face, many of the female workers were frightened.
The war drum was beaten twice, and only a few female workers made attacking movements. However, due to panic, only one of them stabbed the bandit.
They were pretty good, anyway, at least they reacted and attacked.
The remaining female workers looked completely at a loss. Two of them were timid and were so frightened that they dropped their bamboos and squatted on the ground and started crying.
Qin Fei was so angry that he stamped his feet and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Hurry up and fight!"
But the battlefield was so noisy that the female workers couldn't hear his shouts.
Finding that the pressure on the escort holding the shield was increasing, Qin Fei had no choice but to jump off the boulder with his two deputies, pick up a long bamboo, and stab the bandit quickly.
Once an expert takes action, it will be different.
Qin Fei did not stab the air once, and in less than three seconds, he assassinated five bandits!
While stabbing, he shouted to the female worker next to him: "Did you see it, just like me?"
So did his two assistants.
With the role model in hand, the female workers finally came to their senses and began to fight back.
Qin Fei then jumped onto the boulder again.
It's not that he is timid and afraid of death, but that he has been trained by the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau and knows that his task at this time is not to fight, but to command.
He needs to observe the situation from a high place.
As soon as he jumped onto the boulder, Qin Fei's eyes widened.
Because he saw a blaze of fire roaring towards his own heavy crossbow and catapult positions!
Qin Fei was too familiar with this scene.
This is a catapult throwing a ignited altar of oil!
"How come the bandits also have catapults?"
At this moment, Qin Fei felt that his heartbeat had stopped!
His eyes were full of disbelief and anger!
But no matter how confused and angry he was, it would not help.
Bang! Bang!...
With the sound of the oil tank breaking, our heavy crossbow and catapult positions were instantly flooded by a sea of fire!