Nanming Engineer

Chapter 138 Counterattack
Tan Zhi didn't expect that the Shizhu soldiers who had been defeated and frightened by their bows would have such a skill. From that side, there were about two hundred people trailing behind. These two hundred people were two hundred crossbows. Facing the defenseless self.

The men and horses on both sides were about a hundred paces apart and within the range of the crossbow. When they saw the other side unfurling their crossbow, Tan Zhi's men screamed like donkeys stung by a wasp.

"There are crossbow arrows! There are crossbow arrows on the opposite side!"

"Get the shield, player, player, come up!"

"Back off, back off quickly, you're still going for a fucking ball!"

There were constant yells and curses, and the soldiers who were charging with a sigh of relief stopped their feet and turned back collectively. They were charging with the idea of ​​​​beating the dog in the water. Few of them were holding defensive shields. How heavy it is, it will definitely hinder the robbery of money.

The people in front were retreating in panic, while the people behind were still rushing forward. For a moment, people were shouting and neighing, and they were in a mess. Tan Wen, whose sight was blocked by the charging horses, didn't know why, but frowned and said to himself: "Tan Zhi led." Why are soldiers so bad!Not even bandits.

Just a moment later, the mountain-destroying crossbow in Ma Xintian's hand rang out, and the "bang bang" sound of the bow string being tightened and then suddenly released was heard intensively, one after another, like rain falling on an autumn lake, bringing up a black cloud A rain of arrows fell overwhelmingly.

Tan Zhi is also a veteran general. He has fought many battles. In desperation, he threw away the big ax in his hand. With a long hiss, the man stood up, and at the same time he shrank his head and bent down, hid in a stirrup, and hid his burly body tightly under the horse's neck.

This series of movements was completed in a blink of an eye, thanks to his agility, almost as soon as he finished, the first crossbow arrow fell, piercing the middle of the horse's neck impartially, and with a "poof" it went in without flesh, Only the tail of the arrow was left dangling outside.

The mountain-destroying crossbow is a continuous crossbow. As long as the handle of the crossbow is pulled, all ten crossbow arrows in the arrow box can be fired within half a minute, and the firepower is strong.The projectiles used by Ma Xintian and others can reach as far as a hundred steps away. Although this distance is not a big threat to armored people, Tan Zhi's people are all civilians and don't even have a half-body armor, so they should be as dense as raindrops. When the crossbow arrows fell, the casualties were heavy.

Arrows were everywhere, screams pierced the sky, Tan Zhi's pursuers made a mess, pushing and pulling, fleeing everywhere, the entire pursuit formation turned into scattered scattered soldiers.

Almost two thousand crossbow arrows were all shot out within half a minute. After finishing, Ma Xintian didn't even look at it. He hung the crossbow on his waist, patted his butt and ran away without even saying hello.

In less than half a minute, this group of people protected the silver car and disappeared at the corner of the official road, and their shadows were nowhere to be seen.

Tan Zhi's horse was hit by four or five arrows, and it screamed on the ground, it seemed to be dead.But Tan Zhi jumped off the moment the horse fell to the ground, covered his whole body with the round shield in his hand, huddled into a ball and squatted on the ground motionless, thousands of arrows did not hurt him at all, and when the arrows stopped, he After hiding behind the round shield for a while, he stood up slowly and carefully, and looked around, only to see the empty loess road ahead.

Tan Zhi was shocked for a while, and then realized that almost none of the soldiers he brought could stand up, and the corpses were scattered all over the ground. Arrows pierced the ground into a wheat field, and there were arrow shafts everywhere. The soil was stained red with blood, the seriously injured were wailing, the lightly injured were yelling and cursing, and many soldiers who had run to the woods far away by the roadside at that moment were poking their heads.

Tan Zhi was in a daze, he was chasing and killing the enemy, why did such a thing happen all of a sudden, what kind of crossbow were the crossbows in the hands of the stone pillar soldiers?The rate of fire is so fast that it is almost in front of you before you have time to react.

Concentrating on himself, Tan Zhi was furious again. The battle ended like this, and his face was gone. He turned around in a circle, found his Xuanhua ax from under a corpse, straightened his helmet, and the black As soon as Lian was looking for a horse, he saw two older brothers coming.

Tan Wen stood in the distance and didn't notice anything unusual at first. He and Tan Hong were smiling and waiting for the good news. The stone pillar soldiers guarding the silver car were nothing to worry about. They could be defeated by talking and laughing. The silver on the car would belong to the Fengjie army later. .

Unexpectedly, the situation changed suddenly. A burst of crossbow arrows rushed in, startling the two of them. Although they were still far away, Tan Zhi's pursuers were like a flock of frightened chickens, and the birds and beasts scattered. Watching this scene dumbfounded, he was angry and anxious.

The two led the people over. Tan Hong called to his generals to gather the fleeing soldiers and reorganize the team. Tan Wen looked at Tan Zhi with a sullen face and asked: "Third brother, are you okay?"

Tan Zhi was in a very embarrassed state, with mud all over his body, and the goggles tied to his beautiful armor were crooked to one side, almost reaching his armpits. He pulled the belt hard to correct the position, lowered his head and said to Tan Wen: "Brother, little brother... …”

"Needless to say!" Tan Wenduan shouted: "If you still have some face, you can find a horse and sit on it, and take the sons to kill the group of archery cowards. Don't lose the face of my Tan family." !"

Tan Zhi didn't say a word, and went to look for the horse with his head down and his fire burning.

Tan Hong gathered up the scattered soldiers, and ordered some soldiers to be whipped for running too far, and then returned to Tan Zhi's side, speculatively asked: "Brother, are you still chasing?"

Tan Zhi's face became more gloomy, and he said coldly: "Chasing! Why don't you chase!?"

He waved his whip and pointed to the front with a sneer: "If those stone pillar soldiers left the silver cart and ran away like this, I still suspect there is a fraud in it, but seeing that they are risking their lives to protect the silver cart and go first, I Instead, the doubts in my mind went away, just imagine if it were you, my second brother, and you were chased by a large army, would you want money or your life?"

"Damn, money is useless even if you die." Tan Hong quickly weighed it up and replied.

"Then it's over." Tan Wendao: "There must be no ambushes ahead, we just need to chase all the way until we get to Tusi City. Since the team of silver carts is heading towards Tusi City, there must be a mountain of silver in the city. Hehe, even though it was broken Hundreds of people, as long as they get money, it doesn't matter."

Tan Hong was overjoyed when he heard the sound, and quickly smiled and said, "Okay, brother, then let me be the former army and go straight to Tusi City."

"No!" Tan Wen waved his hand to stop him: "This time, we have to step by step and be safe. The players will advance slowly in front of us, and prevent the Shizhu army from counterattacking like just now. It would be wrong to disturb our army's morale."

At this time, Tan Zhi also went to the back of the army and changed a horse and ran up. Tan Wen gave him a blank look, telling him not to rush forward anymore. Together, the three of them formed a long snake formation of four people in a row. The front and rear armies were divided, and six thousand troops marched together. The miscellaneous soldiers were in front, and their own armored clan soldiers were in the middle. The miscellaneous soldiers swept forward and ran forward unhurriedly.

Along the way, you can see many felt hats and broken spears thrown on the ground, and some straw sandals and hemp shoes that have been lost. It seems that the stone pillar soldiers in front were so panicked that they even dropped their shoes.

Seeing this, the Tan brothers felt more at ease. It seems that the group of stone pillar soldiers only dared to shoot arrows from a distance, and they didn't have the courage to fight in close combat. After shooting, they turned around and ran away. Can catch up before the city.

Sure enough, after walking for a few miles, he could see from a distance on the official road in front of him, the group of stone pillar soldiers were fleeing in disorder with more than ten silver carts. Many soldiers were still behind the carts helping to push the carts, as if they valued the carriages. silver.

"Hmph, people die for money!" Tan Wen saw it with narrowed eyes, and said disdainfully: "The order is for the army to speed up, catch up with the people in front, and avenge the brothers who died in battle."

With the general order, the whole army immediately stepped a little faster. Thousands of people stepped on the ground like giant elephants galloping, and even the official road trembled faintly.

The stone pillar soldiers in front noticed it, and the leading officer glanced back, shouted, and urged the panicked subordinates to run faster, and turned a corner in the blink of an eye.

Tan Wen drove his army to follow and turned around. He saw the Shizhu soldiers in front of him hurriedly following the road and rushing into the official road covered by a pine forest. The trees were green and the figures quickly disappeared.

(End of this chapter)