Chapter 58: Dragging the Knife(1/2)
The so-called treasure carving bow is not a treasure bow made of special craftsmanship. Instead, it carves some patterns on the bow tire, and then embeds some gold and silver to embellish it. In fact, it is similar to the customized LOGO mobile phone case of modern people, and it is completely decorative.
Of course, from another perspective, it can also be seen how much Obai loves his carved bow. When he doesn't go into battle on weekdays, he will send his coat slaves to remove the bow strings of the treasure carved bow and bake and maintain it. It can be said that the bow strength is sufficient.
At this time, Obai saw Liu Zongmin rushing towards him and estimated the distance between the two. When he felt that it was almost the same, he pulled out the treasure dynasty bow with his left hand, reached into the quiver at the waist with his right hand, and laid out four eagle feather arrows at the same time.
At the same time, Obai lowered his shoulders and turned his head, and even bit out another eagle feather arrow from the arrow bag behind him.
This continuous bead arrow is extremely difficult to master. Among the Qing army, only those elite Bayala can use this continuous bead skill.
However, even the most elite white-Armored Bayala can shoot four-star beads at most at one time. After all, there are only a few fingers that can be used to pick up arrows.
But Aobai is a man with extraordinary talent and is known as the eagle's eyes and wolves. His neck can be twisted more than ordinary people.
So he could turn his head directly, and take out another arrow from the arrow bag behind him with his mouth, so that he would change from a four-star bead to a five-star bead.
Although it is just one more arrow, its power is more than twice as powerful. It is not said that you can shoot one more person than usual when dealing with ordinary soldiers.
If you deal with the enemy's general, these five-star beads will become a must-kill arrow.
Generally speaking, as a general, you will be extremely skilled in your kung fu. You can move around and fly to change horses on the horse. Even if you are willing, it is not impossible to get a big top or something.
If the arrows on the opposite side are shot, if you react quickly enough, you can dodge left and right immediately, or use kung fu like the Vajra Iron Banqiao to avoid the arrows.
But there is a saying in the five-star pearl of Aobai that it does not shoot arrows at a place at the same time. Instead, it first shoots four arrows in a row, divided into four directions: upper, lower, left, and right, locking the possible dodging directions of the opponent's general.
The arrow in the end was Obai's five-star beads. It was important to take a backhand, and you would shoot wherever you hide.
By then, the opponent's general's old power has been exhausted and the new power has not yet been born. Even if he has the ability to penetrate the sky and the earth, he can even jump into the air like a monkey, Aobai's backhand arrow will shoot the opponent from the sky.
At this time, seeing Liu Zongmin's war horse getting closer, Oboi was calm and shot four arrows in a row. The four arrows were fast and fast, like rain hitting banana leaves. Almost instantly, all the arrows in his right hand were shot in the air.
Then Oboi finished it in one go, spitting out the last carved feather arrow biting in his mouth. He pulled the treasure carved bow like a full moon, preparing to complete the last blow.
According to his guess, these four feather arrows had locked down all the directions that Liu Zongmin could avoid. Even if Liu Zongmin was agile and avoided all key parts, he would have one or two arrows in the unimportant place.
At that time, one arrow from his back will inevitably penetrate the heart and take Liu Zongmin's life.
However, Oboi guessed the beginning of the story, but did not guess the ending of the story...
When Liu Zongmin saw Oboi pulling his bow and arrow, he ignored the arrow flying from the opposite side. He just gently knocked the big black horse's butt with the back of the knife in his hand. The black horse neighed for a long time, and the speed increased a little more.
At the same time, the four eagle feather arrows shot from Oboi on the opposite side had already flew to the two eagle feather arrows shot to the left and right, passing by Liu Zongmin's ear with the sound of wind.
The two arrows in the middle were impartial. One hit Liu Zongmin's face and the other hit Liu Zongmin's chest.
However, the strangest scene on the battlefield appeared. The two carved feathered arrows were about an inch in front of Liu Zongmin, as if they were blocked by something invisible.
After a "bang", both arrows were bent into a bow by the inertia behind, and then the arrow shaft was folded into two sections from the middle.
The soldiers on both sides were too far away and could not see clearly. However, Oboi witnessed the whole process.
If Liu Zongmin was wearing some magical armor, it would be fine if he couldn't get enough swords and guns. But Liu Zongmin had nothing on his face, so why did he not lose anything with one arrow?
Oboi's last arrow was originally used as a backup plan. Wherever Liu Zongmin hid, the last arrow would be shot to.
Now Liu Zongmin does not dodge or dodge, but he is invulnerable to the sword and gun. Oboi's last arrow doesn't know where to shoot.
It was at this moment that Liu Zongmin's dark horse was a few steps closer. When Oboi saw that it was not good, he hurriedly circled the horse and ran back.
But the turn of the war horse was different from that of a human. It needed to turn into a big circle and slowly accelerate. Oboi ran a few steps, and Liu Zongmin's dark horse rushed behind him.
At this time, Liu Zongmin's horse speed had reached its peak. He swung the dragon-slaying sword and slashed at Obai.
Oboi also knew it was not good. He used all his strength to clamp the horse's belly and rushed towards the horse's head with all his strength.
However, even so, the knife still couldn't escape. Obai clearly heard a "shush" sound on his back.
The sound was not loud, just like the sound of a bow string breaking, but Oboi heard it extremely clearly. The sound came from inside his body.
Immediately afterwards, Oboi felt a severe pain in his waist, but he had no sense of consciousness below his legs.
Aobai realized what was going on in an instant, and he probably got a little bit ruthless in this knife. With his last consciousness, he reached out to grab the reins in front of the horse. Then his eyes went dark and his body fell down, and he knew nothing...
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Mandahai and Wu Sangui, who were watching the formation on the right wing of the Qing army, were far apart, so they were not so clear. They only saw Obai shooting a few arrows at Liu Zongmin, but Liu Zongmin didn't even shake it at Ma Huang, and the arrow might have missed it.
Afterwards, Liu Zongmin rushed over with a big sword, and Oboi turned his head and ran behind his formation. Before he could run far, Liu Zongmin rushed over and slashed him.
As for whether Liu Zongmin hit Oboi with this sword, he couldn't see clearly because he was too far away.
I could only see Oboi in front suddenly leaning forward and then slid down under the right abdomen of the war horse.
Due to the angle, Wu Sangui and Mandahai were blocked by the body of the war horse, and they could not tell how life and death of Obai were. They only knew that Obai had not been completely dismissed, and the two war horses rushed towards Ajige's formation, one in front and one behind.
Wu Sangui shouted, "No, Obai seems to be killed and will be defeated."
Mandahai shook his head and said, "Impossible! Although Oboi is a little worse than me, since Batulu, who claims to be Manchuria, how could he be defeated so easily? This is a trick to defeat!"
"This move is called 'hiding in stirrups', it seems to be falling. In fact, it seems to be falling. One foot leaves the stirrups, but the other foot is solid in the stirrups. He holds the reins tightly with one hand and hides under the horse's belly."
"Actually, this is a combo, and there is a "knife drag trick" that is, when you lean on the horse's belly, you must quietly take off the weapon and hide it in your hand. When the opponent chases you closer, you will suddenly jump back to your horse. With a shot, you will stab the enemy under the horse."
"During the Three Kingdoms period, when Guan Erye fought against Huang Zhong, he used this trick to drag the knife. In fact, it is not a superb skill. Not only can Aobai use it, but I can also use it. If you want to learn it, I can teach you if you have time."
Wu Sangui thought to himself: "I am the marshal who commands the army, not Liu Zongmin. A reckless man like Oboi, who learns the duel of ancient people in front of the formation. This 'hiding in the stirrup' and 'dragging sword scheme' sounds like juggling in the juggling team. Why do I learn it for nothing?"
He couldn't help but shook his head and said, "I won't pass on my high skills easily. It's better for Mr. Beizi to keep them to his descendants. But are you sure that Oboi is not really defeated, but what kind of knife-drag trick was used?"
Mandahai was confident and said, "Then what else can I doubt it. But I think Oboi's move is actually not exquisite enough. He should shake it three times and shake it three times. Then he fell to the side of the horse. This way, it's true. Now he just threw himself on the side of the horse. I'm afraid Liu Zongmin might not be fooled."
Before Mandahai finished speaking, he saw a "thump" sound, and Obai's whole body fell from the horse. However, one of his feet might still be hung in the stirrup and not pulled out in time. He was dragged all the way by the war horse. After a while, Obai's armor was worn out by the land, leaving behind blood stains all the way...
Wu Sangui sighed heavily and said, "Is this also a knife-drag plan?"
Mandahai's face turned red after holding it in his arms. After a while, he whispered: "It's really... it's so fucking to embarrass Manchuria Batulu!"
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Ajige, who was facing the battlefield, could see clearly what happened on the battlefield. When he saw Aobai being slashed by Liu Zongmin, he could not help but close his eyes in pain.
"I didn't expect that Liu Zongmin was so brave. He was careless. He really shouldn't have let Oboi take risks easily. Why didn't he dodge this time?"
However, after a moment, Ajige suddenly opened his eyes. It turned out that on the battlefield, Liu Zongmin's position was close to his own formation. Whether it was crossbow or gun, they had reached the range.
Ajige shouted: "Cum, cum, you can't let him go back, be sure to leave Liu Zongmin in front of the formation!"
With a command, countless messengers shouted: "You can't let Liu Zongmin go back, be sure to shoot!" "You can't aim at Liu Zongmin with all your strength, and you can't let him go back!"
Immediately afterwards, crossbows, bird guns, guns and other hot and cold long-range weapons were fired one after another, and arrows and lead balls were like raindrops, and they were hitting Liu Zongmin overwhelmingly.
"Retreat? Liu Zongmin rushed over and didn't think about retreating." They pounded their legs and accelerated a little more and rushed towards the Qing army's central army.
Later, Liu Zongmin's personal army was anxious when they saw that the infantry had no time to charge. Liu Zongmin's cavalry battalion chief and flag officers all came out one after another. He led his cavalry team and shouted "Protect Ru Hou." Follow Liu Zongmin to kill the enemy.
Li Zicheng sent the three wall cavalry who assisted Liu Zongmin. When he saw that the situation had changed, he also arranged the close cavalry formations and went on to launch a wall-like charge at Ajige's central army with an order.
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When Liu Zongmin's central cavalry moved, the horse was suddenly filled with tremendous momentum. Mandahai had never seen this scene before, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.
Wu Sangui said lightly: "You don't have to be nervous, please be careful, this is the real way to fight. Those individual bravery have no use except for showing off their strength and winning."
"The three-color cavalry on the opposite side, which was red, white and black, was the "Three Walls" cavalry that Li Chuang relied on to become famous. At that time, with these three walls as the foundation, Li Chuang was unrivaled from all over the north and south."
"These cavalrymen are one man and two horses, and they are dense and have no gaps when they move, like walls and forests. Their power is no less than that of the Tiefutu of Jin Wushu during the Song Dynasty. It can be said that they are invincible."
"In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides of the Ming Dynasty, led 100,000 troops out of Tongguan to fight Li Chuang. In the end, he was defeated by these three walls."
"However... the times have changed! Li Chuang is just a thief after all. He doesn't know the reason to keep pace with the times. During my lifetime, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, he spared no expense to build Wu Zhenchao's firearms army, and he just waited for this moment."
"If it were before the Battle of Ningyuan, perhaps these 'three walls' were invincible, but now... I, Wuzhen, has become a climate."
"Look at the front of the Qing Dynasty. Apart from the crossbows, there are countless guns, guns, and cannons. Such a dense formation of cavalry formation is just a target. Once this formation comes out, there is nothing to do with the world, and Zhang Zhi is going to be!"
Mandahai was dissatisfied, but he didn't know how to refute it. Before Aobai could use a move, he was knocked down by a knife, which really made him feel a little humble and didn't know how to vent it.
At this moment, Wu Sangui next to him shouted: "Don't just watch the fun of the Central Army, our Dashun Army is also rushing to the battlefield!"
Although Wu Sangui and Mandahai were chatting, their eyes kept looking at the left wing of the Dashun Army opposite.
No matter how lively the Central Army Ajige fought, it was more important to me. At this time, I saw a huge chariot pulled by six horses in the opposite team, galloping towards me.
Behind the chariot, there were about two thousand cavalrymen, and rushed towards him with murderous intent.
Mandahai was also startled by Wu Sangui's words and turned to look at his formation. He saw a chariot that was racing first. Looking away, the six horses seemed to be taller than other Shaanxi horses and Sichuan horses.
Behind the six horses, a chariot was pulled. The chariot was square and looked like a cage. However, it was covered with gold hooks and jade pendants and brocade belts fluttered. You could also vaguely see the fire in the cage of the chariot, and bursts of smoke were constantly coming out of the car.
Mandahai is said to have seen the world in the royal palace, but I have never seen this thing that appears on the battlefield. I can't help but wonder: "Is this a new weapon?"
As soon as Wu Sangui finished speaking, he wanted to keep pace with the times, an incredible chariot was created from the other party's formation and rushed towards him. Looking at the faint firelight inside, he didn't know what powerful firearm was hidden.
So he said in a deep voice, "I don't know, but there is something wrong. It's better to keep the formation firmly and watch it happen."
The chariot Wu Sangui and Mandahai mentioned was the phoenix chariot Xiong Yuanba.
But when Liu Zongmin cut Oboi, Xiong Yuanba was holding a warm stove in his hand, covering his feet with several layers of velvet brocade quilts, eating dried fruit candied fruits and drinking tea soup prepared by Ma Shou.
The warmer he was holding was made of water-milled red copper gilded material. The pattern of five butterflies holding their longevity is beautifully carved. At the bottom, there is also the base of "Hu Civilization Made in Yunjian".
This stove is a dark fire stove, with a few pieces of burning dark charcoal hidden in the stove. Because there is a hollow compartment, it can not only keep warm but not burn your hands. At the top is a hollow cover, and a faint smoke floats out from it.
However, the moment Liu Zongmin hit Aobai, Xiong Yuanba suddenly shook his body, his blood on his arms was wide open, and his hands couldn't help but use some strength.
To be continued...