In front of the convoy, more than a hundred soldiers on foot appeared. Seeing the convoy, the garrison quickly formed a square formation. The outermost group was a group of young men holding spears and wooden shields. The middle ones were holding various short weapons, including knives, swords, and even bone clubs. Yes, these people are a little older.
The innermost layer is a group of crossbowmen. Surprisingly, there are obviously many women and young people among these crossbowmen. The one in the middle is a large crossbow, carried by four people.
Among the team of crossbowmen, Wu Gen found that some people had no weapons in their hands and were holding on to stone pellets. It seems that many years of isolation from the human world have made it extremely difficult for these people to supply supplies, and they are unable to assemble even the most basic combat weapons.
On the other hand, the cavalry on the opposite side, not to mention the soldiers and horses of the Great Xia Kingdom, the cavalry of the Divine Cult are even more armed to the teeth. Even the horses are covered with a layer of soft armor. Compared with the soldiers, it can be said to be luxurious. To the extreme.
However, these cavalrymen all looked solemn and did not dare to attack without permission. Although the equipment of these garrison soldiers on the opposite side is simple, their strict military posture, the proper positioning of people, and the stable distance between short soldiers and crossbows all demonstrate the rich combat experience of the other side.
Especially the aggressive and murderous spirit in the formation made people dare not look down upon these opponents who looked thin and like villagers.
An old man walked out of the phalanx, holding an iron sword in his hand, and shouted to the convoy: "Outsiders, leave 30% of the food and weapons, and you can leave. As long as you agree to our instructions, you will never It will hurt your lives."
"Haha." The leader of the divine cavalry left Gan Xing beside him, urged his horse to take a few steps forward, and pointed behind him, "Garrison, you can see clearly, we are from the divine religion, not from Beizhou. God's religion has the virtue of living well, and as long as you step back and give way, you will no longer be held accountable for the crime of disrespect."
"Don't use the name of a god or a ghost sect to scare people. Either keep things or lives. You have to think clearly later." The old man didn't care about the other party's threats. "I'll give you one more chance. If you still refuse to agree, Don’t blame me for waiting to take action.”
"You are so bold that you dare to be disrespectful to the divine religion. It seems that we are going to have a battle today." The leader shouted sternly, drew out his long sword and pointed it at the garrison on the opposite side.
Following his actions, other heavy cavalrymen of the Divine Religion soon drew out their swords. As soon as the long sword came out, an unspeakable power spread.
The sword blades of these heavy cavalry rippled with white light and were connected with each other. The team of only twenty people actually gave people the feeling of facing a heavy military formation.
Wu Gen also discovered that compared to the swords commonly used by the Beizhou cavalry, the swords used by the heavy cavalry of the Shen Cult were much longer, and the sword surface was also much thicker, with scales engraved on it, which was comparable to a long sword. Although such a heavy sword can be held with one hand, if you really want to fight, you probably have to hold the sword with both hands.
What interests Wu Gen the most is how lethal the light on these long swords is when combined with long sword attacks.
Seeing that his opponent was the first to attack, the old man retreated to the team, shouted, and with a spear in hand, he raised the shield in his hand to cover the people behind him. The crossbowmen quickly moved forward along the specially reserved passage in the team, hiding behind shields and drawing their bows to shoot arrows.
Wu Gen sighed secretly, the garrison's manpower was indeed insufficient. Normally, there is no need for crossbowmen to be so close to the battle line. I am afraid that many of them are women and teenagers who lack arm strength, so they need to be arranged in this way to maximize their own lethality.
Arrows flew out like raindrops, heading towards the convoy. Before the arrows could get close, these heavy cavalrymen of the divine religion pulled off the white cloaks behind them and threw them into the air.
A strange scene appeared. These cloaks were flying in the air without falling, and they emitted a misty white light, forming a light shield that fell on the motorcade.
Wu Gen also discovered that the light mask was mainly covering the carriage. As for the Daxia cavalry, they were not treated so well, and some of them were still exposed.
The arrow roared and landed on the light barrier. Ripples appeared on the mask, like pebbles falling on the water. Looking at the weak and invisible light shield, it actually blocked the opponent's attack. The arrows seemed to have hit the quilt and slid down the light shield.
However, the Daxia cavalry outside the mask were not so lucky. Seven or eight of them were hit on the spot by sharp arrows.
Crucified to a horse.
Gan Xing was furious when he saw this, and quickly ordered his men to fire arrows to fight back. The garrison's shield was raised, forming a shield wall to protect those behind. The arrows landed densely on the shield, like a hedgehog.
After all, they are the elites of the Great Xia Kingdom. These arrows are so lethal that some even directly penetrated these wooden shields. Some soldiers were injured, but they were quickly replaced by those without weapons in their hands, maintaining the The integrity of the shield wall.
Upon seeing this, Gan Xing ordered his cavalry to prepare for an attack. Seeing this, the garrison on the opposite side moved forward under the command of the old man, hoping to shorten the distance with the cavalry as quickly as possible.
Looking at the neatly advancing phalanx, Wu Gen sighed in his heart. These soldiers seemed to have poor equipment, but they had rich experience in fighting in battle.
When infantry meets cavalry, what they fear most is the impact of the opposing group's charge. Only by approaching the opponent as quickly as possible and preventing the cavalry from moving can they offset the opponent's advantages and draw them into close combat.
But before the cavalry of the Great Xia Kingdom could attack, they were stopped by the cultists. "Don't go out without permission. It's important to protect the convoy."
Gan Xing was furious, "If the cavalry doesn't attack, it's no different from the infantry. How can we just watch the enemy come over?"
The leader of the other party pointed coldly in another direction, "Look there."
Gan Xing turned around and saw another puff of dust and smoke billowing in. It turned out to be another group of garrison troops, approaching quickly. Looking at the movement, there are actually more people than there are in front of them.
"People from Beizhou, if you rush out with dozens of people, you may not be able to come back. Instead, you will waste your troops in vain. Relying on the car formation here and the magic of the divine religion, it is not a big problem to block the opponent's attack. ." The leader of the divine cavalry explained more difficultly.
Gan Xing looked at the garrison reinforcements whose faces had been revealed, and knew that what the other party said was indeed reasonable, so he stopped arguing and returned to the team angrily.
At the same time, the garrison who was advancing rapidly saw that the opponent's cavalry was not coming out, so they stopped because they were afraid of the opponent's heavy arrows.
"Load the heavy crossbow." Following the old man's command, the garrison crossbowmen lifted out the large crossbow carried by four people. Three people stood behind the crossbow and took out a long arrow that was completely black and as thick as an arm, but the arrowhead was embedded with red stones.
With a creaking sound, the three people pulling the bow were red-faced and with veins on their bodies exposed, and the bowstring was slowly pulled apart. With a whooshing sound, the long arrow spun rapidly, whizzing towards the light shield.
The long arrow hit the light shield and was not bounced off like before. The arrow pierced the tough light shield. With the arrow as the center, red lines extend like a spider web, and no matter how these divine cavalry cast spells, these red lines cannot disappear.
"Be careful, this arrow can damage the shield, be prepared for an attack." The cavalry leader shouted and took the lead in taking off his spear from his horse. Soon, a forest of guns appeared in front of the car, with the gun heads pointed straight ahead.
Wu Gen squinted his eyes and looked at the long arrow floating in the air, and couldn't help but be secretly curious. This arrow must have been specially made by the garrison. It can actually break the spells of the God Cult. It must be some good things that the garrison has discovered after years of fighting with strangers.
At this moment, Wu Gen suddenly discovered that there was a familiar face among the garrison reinforcements.
Ado, why is he here? Wu Gen's heart moved, and he looked at A Duo, who was quite active in the team, and turned around and walked towards Ji Junlin's carriage.
Ji Junlin was standing on the carriage at this time, looking at the situation of the garrison. Judging from his appearance, he was not too anxious, and it was obvious that he was quite confident in the fighting power of his men.
"Ji Shi, I have a piece of advice." Wu Gen cupped his hand casually.
"Oh, what's the matter? Please tell me." Ji Junlin stood in the car and looked down, looking a little arrogant.
Wu Gen simply boarded the carriage, pointed at the garrison in front of him and said: "Now we have entered the garrison's territory, and we will encounter more garrison in the future. If we continue to fight this battle, we will have no choice but to get out. No matter how far we go, this small number of manpower will be exhausted. These people seem to be in extreme poverty at first sight, so it is better to leave some of your belongings with them and use it as travel money."
Ji Junlin frowned, "When the envoy came to Beizhou, they also fought against the garrison. These rabble-rousers have average fighting power and can be rushed over with a single charge. Moreover, the dignified divine religion bows to these barbarians. In the future, the divine religion will still How to have face in the north
Continent walking. "
"Which route did Ji Ji take when he came?" Wu Gen asked with a smile.
"Go east from the northern part of Beizhou, then turn south, so that you can pass through more countries." Ji Junlin blurted out, and immediately his face suddenly dawned, "Yes, this route only touches one side of the garrison's territory, and of course there are fewer people. .”
"Moreover, when Ji Envoy came, I'm afraid it was just these twenty people. Their targets were not big, and most of them were heavy riders. They moved quickly, so it was naturally easy to pass. Now that there are so many more people, they are crossing the garrison's territory. Along the way, The trouble will definitely be inevitable.
There is someone I know among the guards opposite. If we can talk to him, we can see if we can pay less money and let us pass. If necessary, you can ask him to accompany you, or you can make peace with the garrison behind you. "Wu Gen saw the other party's intention and quickly added.
After hesitating for a moment, Ji Junlin saw that the garrison's strong crossbow fired another long arrow, and his own light shield would be broken in a few more hits, so he raised his hand to Wu Gen, "Wu Gen, I leave this matter to you."
Wu Gen jumped off the carriage, "It's easy to say, please ask Ji Shi to restrain the heavy cavalry to prevent the other party from misjudgment." After saying that, he walked out of the mask and walked in the direction of A Duo.
"Adou." Wu Gen greeted loudly, spreading his hands to indicate that the garrison opposite had no weapons in his hands.
A Duo, who was at the front of the team, was stunned for a moment when he saw Wu Gen. Then he ran over happily and jumped back and forth around Wu Gen.
The guards on the opposite side were also very surprised when they saw A Duo's appearance, and they all loosened their bowstrings.
Wu Gen patted A Duo on the head. He hadn't seen him for many days. Perhaps his life had improved a lot since leaving Dark Valley, and his body had become much stronger. "Ado, please take me to meet the leaders of you people."
A Duo didn't even ask why, he happily pulled Wu Gen and ran towards the garrison team. He stopped in front of a strong man, pointed at Wu Gen and said for a long time.
The strong man listened for a long time and looked Wu Gen up and down suspiciously, "Adou said, you are the one who sent us the magic medicine."
Wu Gen nodded slightly, "Exactly, Master Muji can be here."
As soon as the strong man heard Muji's name, he immediately became respectful and said, "Master has gone to another village to help other villagers. Who are these people?" He pointed to the delegation opposite.
"These people are from the Divine Religion and the Great Xia Kingdom. We just watched them. Their methods are quite powerful. If they are defeated, the garrison will definitely suffer a lot of casualties. Since you are seeking money, I also persuaded them to accept it. It’s better to give up on it than to sacrifice some money, lest you hurt people’s lives in vain.”
The strong man was a little moved when he heard this. He thought for a while and said, "Since it's my benefactor's explanation, I'll go and report it to the leader of the village."
Seeing that Wu Gen had no objection, the strong man walked in the direction of the old man just now.
