Following these people's words, they took out their bows and arrows one after another, cocked the arrows, and attacked the common people more than a hundred steps away with a hail of arrows. However, the martial arts and equipment of these bandits were very average, far from the The skills of these elite archers in the Jin army's formation, these arrows flew out crookedly, most of them only reached the ground after more than seventy steps, and they were still fifty or sixty steps away from the common people outside the formation. Woolen cloth.
However, a shower of arrows flew out from the Jin army's formation, but it was only about thirty steps ahead of them. Most of them fell more than thirty steps away from them. This round of shots fired at both sides failed. What substantive results?
Wei Liujin gritted his teeth, stood up from the ground, and said to Hu Longshi: "General Hu, I now understand that our army of the Jin Dynasty cannot protect us villagers. Originally, I thought that the Jin Dynasty replaced the Jin Dynasty. Chu can end the war and return our people to a peaceful world, so I have been sparing no effort to do things for the Jin Dynasty. But I didn't expect that the thieves and the army were right in front of me, and they couldn't even open the gate of the formation to save us people. , are we some kind of ferocious beast that will disrupt the army?"
Hu Longshi was speechless and could only lower his head, his face flushed, and whispered: "Old Uncle Wei, I am limited by my responsibilities and have military orders. I have to do this. Please forgive me!"
"Woo" and "Woo" came another sound of arrows. It was the bandits who ran forward about twenty steps. From this distance, they fired another burst of fire at these people. I wonder if the wind direction had changed. The bandits were even more excited when they saw the target right in front of them. The distance they shot with these arrows was not just twenty steps, but a full thirty steps. They were less than thirty steps away from some common people in the outer circle. .
There was a sound of exclamation and commotion, and some women and children in the outer circle retreated towards the fence, their cries for mercy getting closer, while the remaining dozens of men held wooden sticks in their hands. Sticks, hoes, etc. stood on the outside. They didn't even have a shield in their hands. The only few people held the lids of large pots as temporary shields and stood in front of them. However, these pot lids didn't even have a handle. , could only hold the edge of the pot lid with both hands and block it in front of him.
Behind Hu Longshi, a loud voice sounded: "Can't you see what's going on ahead? If you can't go out into battle, why don't you borrow someone else's shield? Boys in the front row, throw your shields out."
Hu Longshi's expression changed and he turned to look behind him. He saw Zhu Lingxiu gnashing his teeth and standing behind him with a murderous look on his face, staring at the bandits in the distance, almost spitting out fire. Hu Longshi quickly saluted and said: "Brother Lingxiu, why are you here?"
Zhu Lingxiu let out a heavy "hum": "I heard the sound here and couldn't listen anymore. Grandma, I have never been so humiliated by someone sitting on my head while peeing and peeing. If it weren't for military orders that are hard to disobey, I would He would have been killed a long time ago."
Hu Longshi said quickly: "Brother Lingxiu, you must not do it. Brother Daoji is strict in running the army and has a mountain of orders. You also know that he just issued a death order. If..."
Zhu Lingxiu's bell-like eyes glared at Hu Longshi, who was so frightened that he quickly shut his mouth. He only heard Zhu Lingxiu's hateful voice: "I have been with Brother Daoji for so many years, don't I know this better than you kid? He is guarding the rear army and is related to the retreat of the entire army. He has a heavy responsibility and should be cautious, but I just can't bear to see these people suffering outside while we watch helplessly and can't do anything, can't we?"
Following Zhu Lingxiu's words, dozens of shields were thrown out. The women near the fence, as if they had found a treasure, ran up one after another, picked up the shields from the ground, and then saluted the Jin army sergeants inside the fence. Bowing, he turned back and ran towards the men on the periphery, handing the shield into their hands. At this time, it was a life-saving thing.
Dozens of men outside now had shields in their hands, and the arrows fired by some bandits were already about ten steps away. Zhu Lingxiu's eyes widened and he said loudly: "So outside? Wherever you go, retreat further in, to a place twenty steps outside the fence. If these thieves still dare to come over, I will shoot them to death!"
Wei Liujin said to the back: "Everyone squeeze in a little more, get closer, and move back in!"
After he finished speaking, he saluted Zhu Lingxiu: "General, thank you. All of us, the people, thank you for your great kindness."
Zhu Lingxiu gritted his teeth and solemnly performed a military salute: "Uncle Wei, I can't help you. I have a military order and you are not allowed to go out. But as long as you get close to here, we can still protect you. These thieves are just greedy and fearful people." The dead mob will definitely not dare to come forward. If they can't hurt you, they will all retreat soon."
Wei Liujin shook his head: "I hope so. Now these thieves are led by demon thieves from the Celestial Master Dao. If you tell them that if they kill our people, they will have merit and get all kinds of elixirs and wonderful medicines. These people have listened." Their words became crazy and cruel. They had invaded the village before, and they were able to deal with it with the help of our village's self-defense force and Wulin garrison. But this time, they came in two to three thousand people. We can't stand it. May I ask where the Ulin garrison is now?!"
Zhu Lingxiu sighed: "Over at Wulin, the demon thieves sneaked ashore. I'm afraid all the garrison troops have been killed. This is why they didn't come to rescue you. And the demon thieves' attack this time may have been planned for a long time. Even these defeated soldiers, thieves and bandits scattered all over Jingzhou have sent people to contact them in advance. Over there, the army of demon thieves came ashore, and here the bandits came to slaughter the villages and occupy the land, just to create a stable rear for the army of demon thieves and to intimidate everyone. All villages in the county obey their orders.”
Another burst of arrow rain came, and there was already the sound of some arrows hitting shields. The men in front blocked and retreated, moving closer to the fence, while the women and children in the rear had already huddled together and could no longer retreat. There was no room left, but these bandits became more and more excited as they shot. They had seen through that the Jin army would not come out, and even under the cover of the shields of their companions, they kept pushing forward, against the arrows of the Jin army, and During the intermission period when the arrows were raining down, bows and arrows were fired towards the increasingly dense crowd of common people.
More than a hundred sergeants suddenly ran out from behind Taoist Songfeng. Different from the bandits who were holding bows and arrows and wearing ragged clothes, these people were all regular troops of Tianshi Tao with leather armor and buns. Zhu Lingxiu's face Suddenly, he saw these more than a hundred disciples of Tianshi Dao holding six-stone infantry crossbows in their hands!
(End of chapter)
