Turbulent Times Chapter 220: Surrounded
Not long after, an enemy attack warning signal came from the guard posts scattered around the periphery, and then a low but piercing horn sounded suddenly from the night 500 paces away. voice, with obvious surprise and unwillingness.
The sneak attack failed! The commander of the attackers did not expect Wang Junlin and his party to be so vigilant and react so quickly, so they had to temporarily adjust their tactics and change the sneak attack into a strong attack. Soon, people shouting and neighing slowly rose from the source of the horn, and it became extremely noisy in an instant, overwhelming the echo of the horn, the whistling mountain wind, and the wild laughter of eagle owls, making the valley Quiet, disturbed to pieces!
"The other party came prepared and knew our marching route very well." A strange light flashed in Wang Junlin's eyes, and dark clouds rolled in his heart at the same time. It had been a whole day since he had received any information sent by Shen Guang. He had a faint feeling that Shen Guang might be in trouble, or something had happened.
"The other side doesn't seem to be the army of Tianshui County and Hechi County, because the sound of the horn is wrong." Just as Wang Junlin frowned and worried about Shen Guang's safety, Xu Jingzong had already got out of the carriage and came to Wang Junlin's side faintly. Said, awakening Wang Junlin's mind from worry.
"But the opponent uses horns to control the troops, and there are definitely a lot of people." Liu Ziming's voice came over, as if deliberately competing.
Niu Jinda, who seldom talked on the road, followed Liu Ziming's words and said suddenly: "They are all stubbles who have seen blood. Eighty-nine out of ten are people from various green forest villages who came out of the Qinling Mountains. Grandma, Lord Hou, wait for this After this matter is over, I will bring people to the door one by one, and sweep them one by one!"
"In the future, we will naturally take revenge one by one, but I want to defeat them tonight!" Wang Junlin's expression was a little dignified. How dare the ordinary green forest tycoon dare to provoke him, especially after the news that Mai Tiezhang and Niu Jinda led people to attack the Hou's mansion at night and almost wiped out the whole army, the ordinary people in the rivers and lakes and green forests even mentioned the poisonous general Wang Junlin's expression changed. However, these people just came right now, which showed that the other party had great confidence in killing him.
Although the dark night couldn't see clearly, the size of the enemy army on the opposite side at this moment was ten times larger than that on our own side, with about a thousand people. And behind the dark night, I don't know how many accomplices of the other party are still hidden.
"Zimo, you take fifty people to kill first." Wang Junlin's face has returned to calm, and even the expression on his face looks very relaxed. Yuzi, who was already eager to try, silently agreed, raised the two sledgehammers high above his head, and shouted: "Follow me..."
"Kill..."
"Kill..."
"Kill..."
Fifty armed guards behind him roared in unison, and their mouths erupted in orderly shouts, one round after another, pressing down on the enemy troops who were forming and approaching outside the camp like a tide, clearly aware of the enemy's attack There were about twenty times as many as them, but no one showed the slightest fear.
The enemy's footsteps obviously stopped, and the recognition flags in the team swayed from side to side. The few tall horses walking in the front were frightened, raised their front hoofs suddenly, and threw the owner on their backs hard, causing their heads to bleed. Several little bosses in leather armor stepped forward quickly, desperately grabbing the reins of the horses. More messy figures rushed out from the middle of the team, lifted the dazed general from the ground, and hurriedly retreated towards the two wings of his own army formation.
"Hahahahahaha..." Seeing how unbearable the enemy's performance was, Wang Junlin burst into hearty laughter immediately behind him. Everyone felt relieved for a moment. The enemy army attacked just now, and the difference in numbers made them very nervous.
"Woooooooo, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...!" Another series of low-pitched horns sounded, drowning out the laughter, constantly torturing people's ears and hearts. Enraged by the poor performance of his subordinates, the leader of the raiders launched the attack first. Three hundred soldiers who didn't know where they came from suddenly threw the torches in their hands straight ahead. Then quickly raised the shield with his left hand, raised the steel knife with his free right hand, and rushed forward with the flames!
"Niu Jinda and Zhan Peng, each of you will lead twenty-five people from the two wings around the road and stop the enemy with crossbows!" Wang Junlin ordered suddenly.
Niu Jinda and Zhan Peng immediately led twenty-five guards and rushed out from both sides on horseback.
At this time, only Wang Junlin, Liu Ziming, Xu Jingzong, Shen Guoer were left in place, and of course there were Lynx Mao Mao and Blood Mane Horse.
"Swish, swish, swish..." Fifty arrows flashing with cold light suddenly shot out, and disappeared in an instant. Then it suddenly appeared from the dark night, and stabbed the raiders' heads, chests, thighs and the few horses under them.
The **** light splashed quickly and was illuminated by the approaching torches, making it extremely coquettish. Dozens of people screamed and fell to the ground, and those who missed the arrow suddenly accelerated their pace.
The steel crossbows in the hands of the guards of the Marquis of Qin'an were not comparable to the strong crossbows in the Sui army. After one arrow, there was almost no pause, and fifty crossbow arrows were shot out, killing dozens of people. in the middle. The sneak attackers still ignored them, holding up their shields covered with eagle feathers, stepping over the corpses of their accomplices, moving their legs, and rushing forward. Waving the steel knife in his hand up and down, his mouth made a sound like howling ghosts and wolves at the same time, "Ah..., ah..., ah, ah, ah...!".
"Kill!" At this moment, Yu Zimo led fifty guards and finally rushed to the front of the enemy's center line.
"Kill!" The fifty guards followed Yu Zimo and gave out a shout at the same time. At the same time, they beat the horse's belly with their feet, followed closely behind Yu Zimo, and rushed towards the enemy's center.
"Array, array in place!" The enemy general, who was commanding the team to rush forward with their shields up, quickly stopped and called out to his minions to prepare for the battle.
His reaction speed is not unpleasant. However, the sprinting speed of the war horses did not leave any time for his subordinates to adjust. Fifty horses, fifty lances, and two hundred horseshoes, surrounded by wind and dark yellow smoke, took three breaths per breath. Ten paces of speed, rumbling and rolling down. After only two or three breaths, he had already collided head-on with the panicked minions.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" Dozens of minion soldiers at the forefront of the team were knocked out together with the shields in their hands, spraying blood mist in midair.
Sharp lances pierced thin bodies, bowl-sized horseshoes stepped on fragile chests, fully armed cavalry moved at high speed, and encountered opponents without any formation, it was like a cat out of a cow. In an instant, the first wave of attacks by the raiders fell apart.