"Ma Baiqi, Ma Bashi, you two bastards, how dare you bring bandits to attack our village." At this time, many villagers also recognized these two former teachers from their own village, so one
Everyone was so angry that they started to curse at the bottom of the village wall.
Although they were far away, in the deep silence of the night, the Ma brothers heard some curses when they were in the bandit team. However, the brothers were not angry when they arrived. Instead, they were very proud, and even deliberately rode on their horses to show off their power.
Yaowu was still thinking: You can scold him now. When we enter the village, we will kneel down one by one and beg for luck. Then we will find Shang Yi and see what he pays.
Face.
At this moment, there was just a "swish" sound, and a sharp arrow came out of the air, flew past Ma Baiqi's ear, and hit a minion behind him. That minion
He immediately screamed and fell to the ground. On the village wall, there was a burst of cheers, and someone shouted: "Good archery skills."
Wang Xin spat and said bitterly: "It's his grandma's fault. This arrow didn't kill this boy. I guess this boy's fate is good."
He was the one who shot Ma Baiqi with his longbow just now, but his shooting skills were not as good as Wu Hansheng's, and it was dark, so the arrow missed a little, but hit someone behind Ma Baiqi by mistake.
I'm a little guy, you can cheer up the soldiers.
Tang Zhen patted him on the back and said: "Brother, this is a good job." Then he shouted: "Longbowmen, shoot the arrows."
Besides, Ma Baiqi outside the village wall, although he luckily escaped an arrow, was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and subconsciously took several steps back. The few minions around him also instinctively left.
He stayed a little further away to avoid accidentally hurting himself.
The old Luotuo was also quite surprised. Now he was not even a hundred steps away from the village wall, but he was only a few dozen steps away. The opponent's arrow was able to shoot so far. He had stayed in a military camp and knew that the average bow in the army was only six or seven.
Bows that can shoot at about ten steps and can shoot about a hundred steps are all valuable and good bows. Even ordinary Qianhu, Zhenfu, and commanders don't have such good bows. How could anyone in Qingshui Village have such a good bow?
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Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the "swish, swish, swish" sound of arrows piercing the air again, and several screams were made in succession from the bandit team.
Among the soldiers guarding the village in Qingshui Village, there are almost sixty bows, including twelve longbows, including Tang Zhen and Wang Xin. Although the arrows shot by the longbowmen are not yet accurate, the general direction can still be determined.
The control is good, and the bandits are very densely positioned, so as long as they shoot in the right direction, they can hit the target.
With the strength of the longbow, there is basically no problem in penetrating a layer of iron armor within a hundred steps. What's more, most of the bandits have no armor. Although some people raised simple shields, this thing is not as powerful as the longbow.
In front of me, it's no different from paper.
Old Luotuo was also puzzled. It seemed that there were more than one such good bow, not even ten. How could there be so many good bows in this village? Could it be that there was a regular army ambushing in the village. But Old Luotuo was about to
I gave up this idea. If it were an officer or soldier, I would have been scared away by him and would still stay in the village.
In fact, Lao Luotuo didn't know that there were more than sixty longbows like this in Qingshui Village. If they were shot together, it would be enough for him to bear.
Although people were constantly being shot by arrows, Old Luotuo was also an old bandit and was not frightened. Naturally, he would not be scared away by a few bows and arrows. He immediately gave the order to start the attack. At the same time, he also announced that first,
After entering the village, he first selected the spoils and women. However, he himself took more than ten steps back. His own safety still had to be guaranteed.
Although the bandits were afraid, the boss gave the order and there was also a reward, so they carried the wooden ladder and attacked the village wall.
When Tang Zhen, who was commanding from the top of the wall, saw that the bandits were approaching, he immediately gave the order and the short archers started firing.
Shang Yi put down the telescope and murmured: "What kind of bandit army is this? It's just a bunch of rabble! How is this fighting? It has no technical content at all?"
At this time, he was on a small slope about two kilometers away from Qingshui Village, using a telescope to observe the bandits' siege. It had been almost an hour since the bandits launched their attack, but the performance of the bandits greatly disappointed Shang Yi.
He originally thought that these bandits must have been battle-hardened for a long time and should be able to survive no matter what. But it turned out that was not the case at all. The siege was a mess and a mess.
From the beginning of the attack, before getting close to the village wall, he was shot back by a burst of bows and arrows. Later, he regained his strength and launched another attack on the village wall, but it was also uneven, with some people charging forward and others taking steps.
No, but finally a few siege teams braved the blows of bows and arrows from the top of the city,
Setting up a wooden ladder, we finally got close to the village wall. We used the wooden ladder as a springboard and crossed the village moat. Then before we could set up the ladder to attack the city, we were hit by a burst of rolling wood and stones from the top of the city, and two more teams.
The man threw down the wooden ladder and ran back. In the end, only two wooden ladders were put on the village wall and began to climb up.
However, just two wooden ladders, if they were stretched to death, could pose a huge threat to the village wall. The thieves who climbed the wall were knocked down one by one by the regiment soldiers guarding the wall, and even the ladders were snatched up by the regiment soldiers. I was so angry.
Lao Luotuo, who had to supervise the battle from behind, was furious. He kept threatening and luring the escaped soldiers and immediately launched another attack. However, after the others attacked, the situation remained the same. Lao Luotuo had no choice.
As a result, after attacking for more than an hour, the bandit soldiers not only failed to attack the city wall, but also lost nearly a hundred men themselves, while the regiment defending the city suffered basically no losses.
Only then did Shang Yi realize that he had always overestimated the strength of this group of bandits, because in Shang Yi's impression, the bandits and robbers in the late Ming Dynasty were the troops of Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong. At this time, these two
All peasant armies have developed into
At their peak stage, they not only possess considerable combat effectiveness, but also have a certain awareness of tactical organization and team fighting. It would be difficult for ordinary Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, even Zuo Liangyu, an expert in suppressing thieves, to win over them at this time.
How much is appropriate?
Although for unknown reasons in history, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two Ming Dynasty peasant army leaders, had never entered the Shandong area, Shang Yi had always preempted all the bandits with Li and Zhang Er.
The team led by others was equated, so I was extremely careful. But now I realized that I was completely wrong. Bandits are bandits, and they will never become the giants like Li and Zhang who could shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
Kou.
In terms of individual strength, they might all be pretty good, better than regimental soldiers, but together they are just a bunch of rabble. He is indeed a little too cautious. No wonder Tang Zhen said he was too cautious.
, with the current strength of the militia, it should not be difficult to deal with this group of bandits.
At this time, all the members of the reconnaissance team came back. Zhou Qi, Wu Hansheng, and You Hongliang were all standing next to Shang Yi. Wu Hansheng asked: "Chief Teacher, when will we attack?"
Shang Yi said: "Now the village can completely withstand it, so we don't have to worry. We can start the attack after the auxiliary groups from Bajiaotai Village and Shilitun Village arrive."
Several people were talking when Zhou Shaohuan walked up the slope and said: "Brother Shang, the auxiliary regiments of Bajiaotai Village and Shilitun Village are here."
Shang Yi nodded and immediately led everyone down the slope and into the woods. He saw Huang Dongling and Zhao Yinghao arriving here with three auxiliary groups each.
When the two saw Shang Yi coming back, they immediately greeted him. Huang Dongling asked: "Chief Teacher, how is it? We are not too late, right?"
Shang Yi said: "Very good, you came at just the right time. We are planning to launch an attack on the bandits?"
From the beginning of the siege, Old Luotuo's brows had been furrowed and never relaxed. Although he did not expect to capture Qingshui Village at once tonight, he never thought that Qingshui Village's resistance would be so fierce.
And there are actually so many bows and arrows in this village, at least fifty
Zhang Gong, after he attacked forty or fifty steps to the village wall, he caused great casualties to his team. Now I am afraid that more than a hundred of his brothers have been killed in the battle, but even the people from Qingshui Village
The village wall has never been attacked. Such a battle situation was indeed beyond Lao Tuo's expectation.
Now he couldn't help but regret a little. After conquering Jinshanping Village and Qiliu Town, he had gained a lot. Why was he still not satisfied? He wanted to attack Qingshui Village. As a result, he kicked the iron plate and knocked himself.
It's not a big deal. It's all the fault of the two brothers surnamed Ma. If they hadn't repeatedly said that Qingshui Village was not difficult to deal with, I wouldn't have come to attack Qingshui Village. But now...
Thinking of this, Old Luotuo turned around and saw the Ma brothers hiding behind him. He immediately became angry and said sternly: "Ma, you two are the ones who said that Qingshui Village is easy to deal with? As long as we brothers
As soon as we arrive, we can take it down immediately, why is it like this now?"
Ma Baiqi and Ma Bashi looked at each other, both of them were distressed. What the two brothers wanted to know was that just over a month after they left, such a big change happened in this village.
There are so many more archers, is it possible that that boy Shang Yi got them all?"
Seeing that the two of them were speechless, Old Luotuo added fuel to the fire and said: "Now you two brothers will lead the team to attack the village. You must help me break into the village. If you dare to escape back, I will kill you immediately."
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When the two brothers heard this, they immediately felt cold. If they were asked to lead the team to attack the city now, wouldn't this mean killing themselves? But they didn't dare to say no. When they were running out of options, they heard a big commotion behind the team.
, someone kept making screams.
A young man ran up to the old camel horse and said: "Master, master, it's not good, someone from behind...is attacking us from behind."