Tan Shihuai's eyes widened and he asked in surprise: "Why didn't you even let go of the arrows? Isn't it according to military regulations that when the enemy is close, you need to fire thousands of arrows at once to delay his attack?"
Tan Zhi shook his head: "That's for ordinary enemies. They attack in formation, or rush forward with cavalry, shooting with arrows first, or directly charge into the formation. To defeat their attack, you have to attack them before contacting them. A large-scale rain of arrows will cause heavy damage to them. If you encounter a weaker enemy with poor protection, maybe a few waves of arrows will directly cause them to collapse and retreat, without even a chance to rush to our army's formation."
"But the demon thieves are different. They are very cunning. When they are a few hundred steps away from our army, they will make smoke and noise like this just to catch our army by surprise. Those who actually attack may not make any sound, but those who make loud noises may often They are the ones behind them who are bluffing in order to trick our archers into releasing their arrows and know the location of our long-range attack troops so they can target them.”
"We have all seen the enemy troops that attacked just now. Most of them are jumpers, holding shields and short weapons. They are fast and come and go like the wind. If we shoot them with bows and arrows, we may not be very good. The effect is because they are not in a dense formation at all, they have shields, and they can dodge back and forth. Now that they are letting off smoke, we don’t know whether they are charging or not. They are firing arrows randomly and it has no effect."
"Even if they rushed to our formation, they would not be able to do anything against our defensive formation. The two-foot long spear would not give them a chance to get close at all, so why should we fire arrows? ?”
Tan Shihuai breathed a long sigh of relief: "My lord is still able to see clearly. All changes in the enemy's army are under control. However, aren't you afraid that they will turn into ghost soldiers, immortals, monsters, and just rush over like this?" "
Tan Zhi's face changed slightly, and he turned to say in a deep voice: "If you really want to turn into a ghost soldier like this, you can't solve it by shooting arrows. We have conducted drills before. If these enemy corpses suddenly jump up from the ground, then they will definitely We must stay away from them, cover them with the fishing nets brought by our team, and then set them on fire. We must avoid close combat with these things. In this battle, I issued an order not to behead people, just to prevent the enemy troops from suddenly turning into ghosts. "
Tan Shihuai gritted his teeth: "But what if these monsters suddenly rise up, break through our army's long arm and shield formation, and attack directly in?"
Tan Zhi sighed: "If this is really the case, we can only sacrifice the soldiers in the front row and let the others retreat. Shi Huai, try your best to let the brothers in the back row blow up the wind and blow away the black smoke for me, so as not to cover our army." Formation, we need to see clearly the battle situation ahead!"
As the sound of drums and horns sounded in the Jin army formation, behind the six or seven military formations at the front spread out on both wings, dozens of airbags used in blacksmithing were compressed with all their strength while wearing only cowhide aprons. Under the hard work of the airbag's forging craftsmen, its trumpet-like air nozzles are desperately blowing air outwards. Dozens of blowers operate together, forming a stream of continuous strong winds on the several-mile-wide front. , also formed an airflow. This airflow was so strong that it even blew the helmets of the front row soldiers straight forward. The black smoke that was originally scattered in the direction of the Jin army stopped spreading and instead moved in the opposite direction. As the black smoke retreated, the situation thirty, fifty, or even a hundred steps ahead became clear.
Fellow Taoist Sangkun's eyes suddenly stopped hurting, and the strong stinging feeling finally disappeared. He reluctantly opened his eyes, and saw the situation here. There were more than 700 people in line, just like him. , all lying on the ground. To his right, less than three steps away, was Brother Da Niu. The black smoke above his head had disappeared. The long-lost sunlight was shining in his eyes. The man in front of him A hundred and twenty steps away, there happened to be the Jin army's large shield line. In front of the large shield, within thirty steps, there were horses and carts. It seemed that these were unbreakable lines of defense. Even behind the large shield, , the long branches of the Jin Army have fallen, and the sharp tips of the branches are shining with cold murderous intent, just like the hatred and death in the eyes of the Jin soldiers behind the shields.
Brother Da Niu slapped the ground hatefully and cursed: "Damn it, where did the evil wind come from? It blew all our smoke away. Get out, get out quickly!"
As he spoke, he straightened up, regardless of pulling on the rope on the ground, and walked backwards. More than a hundred steps behind them, in the thick smoke, there were continuous shouts. The sound of killing, and the deafening sound of footsteps hitting the ground.
Fellow Taoist Sangkun also jumped up, holding a shield to protect the front, and walked backwards. He soon caught up with Taoist Brother Daniu. As he ran, he asked, "What's going on? Daoist Daniu." Brother, didn’t we agree to advance and retreat at one time and lie down there, and then follow your orders to attack?”
Brother Da Niu said bitterly: "Just now we advanced and retreated in order to confuse the Jin army. We were covered by thick smoke. Now we advanced with a loud noise, then retreated with a loud noise, and now we advanced silently to let the brothers behind The noise is all to trick the Jin army into firing arrows and expose the location and layout of their long-range troops, so that our follow-up strike force can knock out these long-range weapons before we actually attack."
Fellow Taoist Sangkun suddenly understood and nodded: "Oh, so that's it, but the Jin army never fired any arrows. Have they seen through our plan?"
Daoist brother Da Niu gritted his teeth and said with hatred: "I didn't know, I'm just a captain, executing the military orders of Deputy Leader Xu, but today's Jin army is really weird, they didn't even let go of arrows, grandma's , If I had known earlier, I might as well have done it in one fell swoop."
A trace of fear flashed across Taoist Brother Sangkun's face. As he retreated, he pointed forward: "Don't dare to rush in, Taoist brother Da Niu, look at the formation of the Jin army. The armored soldiers are sharp and the trees are like trees. There are horses and other things in front of us, what a surprise, I'm afraid they'll make bloody holes in their shields before they even get close."
Brother Da Niu glanced at fellow Taoist Sangkun with disdain and said in a low voice: "Didn't I give you a magic talisman before going into battle? You are invulnerable and invulnerable! As long as you are sincere, you can live forever. Even if you die for the religion, you are still a soldier." Jie Dengxian, what do you have to worry about?!"
Taoist fellow Sangkun stuck out his tongue: "Well, this Taoist brother Da Niu, do you really believe this? If Bingjie really became an immortal, then why did the divine sect have so many fellow Taoists like Bingjie in these years? Why don't you turn into an immortal and give us divine power to destroy these Jin troops in front of you?"
