This time, Nie Chen personally directed the battle. He followed the army closely and moved towards the mountain.
Beside him were Zhou Long and Zhou Hu, as well as the escort team protecting him.
Seeing the bandits rushing down from the mountain, Nie Chen sneered and shouted,
"Archer, one hundred and fifty steps, release the arrow!"
The moment they heard the military order, thousands of archers behind them all raised their bows and arrows and shot diagonally upward.
An overwhelming rain of arrows poured down, hitting the middle of the group of bandits.
Suddenly, wailing sounds broke out, and countless bandits fell to the ground and started wailing.
Jin Ming saw this and shouted,
"Brothers! Officers and soldiers are all paper tigers. As long as you get in front of them, you can scatter them in one wave. Come on!"
"Kill!"
The remaining bandits wielded machetes and used the speed of the downhill to quickly run towards the ranks of officers and soldiers.
"Stop! Defend!"
Nie Chen shouted, and the first row of shield soldiers immediately stopped, squatted down, and held up their shields. The spear soldiers behind him put their spears on their shields, waiting for the bandits to come over.
At this moment, the second wave of arrows arrived again, and the overwhelming rain of arrows fell again, clearing out the bandits in that area and dividing the bandit leader's team into two sections.
The bandits in front, led by Jin Ming, roared and rushed towards the ranks of officers and soldiers, only a few dozen steps away from the shield soldiers at the front.
At this time, it was too late to use the bow and arrow.
"Pikemen! Squat down! Crossbowmen! Fire arrows!"
Following Nie Chen's order, the spearmen in front immediately squatted down and held their spears tightly, while the crossbowmen behind them held repeating crossbows in both hands, aimed at the bandits in front of them, and quickly pulled the trigger.
Whoosh whoosh!
Short crossbow arrows were fired from the repeating crossbow, like locusts, quickly harvesting lives.
The person who rushed to the front was beaten the hardest, especially Jin Ming, who was the leader, and attracted the most Lian Nu.
He waved his sword to split the crossbow arrows, but the crossbow arrows flew too fast and were densely packed, one after another. In the blink of an eye, he was shot into a hedgehog and fell down dead.
Jin Ming, who dominated Jinping County for a while, was killed by random arrows before he could even see the face of his enemy.
He is very brave, and his bandits are all ruthless villains who are not afraid of death. He is proud of having defeated officers and soldiers several times, and thinks that he can dominate forever.
But he didn't expect that when he actually faced the attack of the main army, his power would be so vulnerable.
Not to mention him, any strong general would have to drink his guts when faced with such a terrifying arrow rain.
In legionary combat, individual bravery is insignificant.
The bandit masters around Nie Chen saw that such a powerful Jinshan Village was being wiped out without even having a chance to have close contact with the enemy. They were all scared because they felt cold all over their bodies. At the same time, they were secretly thankful. Fortunately, You don't have the guts to go head-to-head with the officers and soldiers.
Fortunately, they listened to Mr. Zhao and accepted the government's offer, otherwise, they would be the ones who fell to the ground today.
"A frog at the bottom of a well, a frog at the bottom of a well. In the past, we didn't take our officers and soldiers seriously. Now that we have seen the power of Master Nie's elite troops, we understand how stupid I was before."
A bandit leader said while wiping cold sweat.
"Yes, fortunately Mr. Zhao took the first step, recruited us, and gave us a chance to change our ways. I originally thought that we would be arrogant and arrogant as bandits, and no one could do anything to us. But now we understand the power of officers and soldiers. "
"This is the main force. They are all powerful troops who fight against the enemy on the battlefield. People who can defeat equally powerful enemies. Compared with the army, we bandits are really vulnerable."
"Soldiers, in their daily training, they learn how to kill people, how to use military formations, how to exert greater power, and how to be well-trained.
We bandits just drink and play with women every day. It's okay to bully the farmers, but if we really encounter the army, we are not on the same level. "
Everyone was filled with emotion, and many people clasped their hands to County Magistrate Zhao Dezhu to thank him, saying that it was Zhao Dezhu who saved their lives.
At this time, the bandits in front were almost wiped out, and the remaining few either advanced or retreated, and were finally killed by a few crossbow arrows.
Because they knelt too slowly.
The two to three hundred bandits behind were blocked by the arrow rain and failed to charge with the people in front. Fortunately, they saved their lives. At this time, seeing how powerful the officers and soldiers were, they were all frightened and ran up the mountain, thinking that To run for your life.
Seeing this, a bandit leader shouted,
"No, Master Nie, they are trying to escape, I will go after them!"
"Don't worry, they can't escape."
Nie Chen chuckled.
As soon as he finished speaking, a dense cavalry team suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain in the distance.
A total of five hundred cavalrymen circled back to the top of the mountain, specifically to intercept the bandits' retreat.
Leading the cavalry were two fierce generals, Lin Guang and Yue Dongwen.
To be honest, it would be a waste to have two powerful generals lead 500 cavalry to kill 200 to 300 bandits.
The cavalry rushed down from the top of the mountain, brandishing their swords, and mercilessly chopped down the fleeing bandits. Those who were close were directly chopped down, and those who were far away were directly shot with two crossbow arrows.
At the end of the battle, the bandit leaders were still a little scared, because they were bandits before, and they couldn't help but assume the role of the opposite party.
"There were more than 1,800 people, and in less than half an hour, the whole army was wiped out?"
Zhao Dezhu had never fought in a war and did not understand these things. It turned out that Jinshan Village was like a stubborn cancer in his eyes, which could not be solved at all. Unexpectedly, as soon as Nie Chen's army arrived, he killed them all in half an hour.
It's that simple.
When the regular army fights bandits, it is a dimensionality reduction strike. The situation in Qingfeng Village is an exception, because they are trained according to the army, and the ones who command the battle are also generals.
"Master Zhao, the battle is over, let's go up and take a look?"
Nie Chen looked at Zhao Dezhu with a smile.
"Okay, okay, let's go up and have a look."
Zhao Dezhu said with a smile.
At this time, the cavalry had already entered the mountain stronghold and controlled the bandits who stayed behind. The other troops began to dig holes and fill them with soil to bury the bodies of the dead.
In this battle, the ratio between the two sides was zero to zero.
The Weihu Army suffered zero casualties and the bandits survived zero.
Nie Chen led the general guards and bandit leaders to the Jinshan stronghold. At this time, the cavalry had taken control of the entire stronghold. A dozen little bandits who were left behind were kneeling on the ground, not daring to breathe.
The houses in Jinshan Village were in dilapidated condition, and those houses could only barely provide shelter from the wind and rain, as if they would collapse if the wind blew.
