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Chapter 6? Hunting (Part 2)

"Grandma, these guys are so brave. Even the soldiers in the palace dare to mobilize them!" Zhou Jianliang put down his corner bow and cursed indignation.

"Military soldier? How is it possible?" Guo Fu was shorter than him, tiptoed, stretched his neck and looked out of the car wall, and his right hand slid left and right like a fish fin.

"Be careful that the other party has a strong crossbow!" Zhou Jianliang pushed him and then leaned over and grabbed a wooden shield, blocking his body under his nose tightly. "Don't stand on tiptoe, look carefully at the two bandits riding horses. If it weren't for the soldiers from the mansion, I'll pick out my eyes and step on you as a bubble!"

"The soldiers of the palace dressed up as bandits? Come specifically to kill my senior brother?" Guo Nu could see that the two cavalrymen who were driving the bandits were indeed well-trained. However, they could not tell why the other party was not a bandit. In an instant, their brows were furrowed, and their confusion was full of fat faces. "Privately mobilizing the government soldiers is a serious crime of treason. They are not afraid of being known by the emperor..."

"If we kill all of us, no one will know?" Wang Han put down another corner bow and sneered, "In the future, we can even suppress all the bandits outside and avenge us. In this way, there will be an explanation to the court, and there will be a reason for mobilizing the troops in the government. As for the chronological order, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so why is it difficult to move your hands and feet?"

"This, this..." Guo Nu's eyes were rounded, and a few drops of sweat were faintly rolling down from the edge of the iron helmet.

As a famous evil young man in Chang'an City, he claimed to be both black and white. Only today did he finally understand what is the real black and white eating habit! Compared with others, the ones he played before were simply like children playing house.

"Don't worry, these must be within Zhang Shaojian's expectations." Seeing that he was shocked and absent-minded, Wang Han suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart. He stepped forward and patted his shoulder and comforted him quietly. "If you don't believe it, ask him. Since he dares to use his body as bait, it is impossible for him to be lenient."

"Yeah!" Guo Nu agreed and looked for Zhang Qian with his eyes. But he saw his senior brother standing on the roof of a carriage, sticking a bamboo tube as thick as a bowl on his right eye, constantly turning around. However, the senior brother's left eye was always closed, as if he had accidentally gotten lost in the sand.

"Senior Brother, has the telescope been adjusted? How far can I see?" Guo Nu immediately forgot to be nervous again, shook his plump butt and asked with a saliva face.

"It's still not good, I can only look at it." Zhang Qian took the bamboo tube away from his right eye and handed it to Guo Nu, "And you are very tired of your eyes. You can see it yourself, you will know after reading it. Remember not to look at it for too long, you will feel dizzy after a long time!"

"Hey, hey!" The confusion on Guo Nu's face disappeared completely. He happily took the bamboo tube and stood on the roof of the carriage. He imitated his senior brother just now, with one eye open and the other closed, and used the bamboo tube telescope to observe the movements of the enemy.

At the order of Zhang Qian, two servants who had originally used shields to protect him immediately changed the protection target to Guo Nu. Zhang Qian himself jumped out of the carriage and began to slowly rub his eyes with his hands.

It was very uncomfortable and even a little bit of vomiting. Because the quality of the glass was not up to standard, and the curvature of the lenses could not be completely consistent. Before setting off, he mobilized the simple telescope made by the best craftsman at hand, and the effect was outrageously poor. Along the way, he repeatedly debugged it, and only improved the telescope to a point where it could barely be used. As for clarity, don't even think about it.

"How?" Wang Han and Zhou Jianliang came over with concern and asked in unison.

"The monk from the White Horse Sect has arrived, and there should be no other accomplices!" Zhang Qian put down his hand, pressed his red eyes and responded in a low voice.

"Looking the wolf smoke?" Zhou Jianliang's eyebrows jumped, his hands clasped each other, and his finger joints made a series of crisp sounds.

"You decide for yourself, don't ask me. I am a completely amateur in war!" Zhang Qian knew his weight, thought for a while, and shook his head with a smile.

"Then don't hurry, take the first wave of attack first, so as not to arouse their suspicion!" Zhou Jianliang gritted his teeth and said viciously.

"Then there is no hurry!" Zhang Qian smiled again, and was so kind. Then, he wanted Zhou Jianliang to ask, "Brother Zhou, there should be no problem. I mean, let you get involved in this kind of thing."

"I was just ordered to escort the train and gunpowder to Shuofang. If I pass by here, what's the problem?" Zhou Jianliang rolled his eyelids and looked disdainful. "If someone finds trouble in the future, I will tell him that I will take my brothers and be twenty miles away. As a man in the army, I saw the wolf smoke asking for help in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Can I still hide?"

"That's good!" Zhang Qian felt relieved when he heard this. He let out a sigh and nodded slightly.

"You just keep your heart in your stomach, just rush the gunpowder, trains and iron armor you made, and Shuofang Army will not allow others to touch you casually!" Knowing that Zhang Qian was a young man who had never experienced the battlefield, Zhou Jianliang also smiled and began to take over the big bag. "When the thief attacks again later, you can hide yourself in the carriage, be careful not to be injured by the arrows. Leave all other things to me!"

"In this way, please Brother Zhou!" Zhang Qian smiled and bowed, but did not hide himself as Zhou Jianliang said. Instead, he picked up a shield from the carriage, a horizontal knife, and grabbed it in his left and right hands, slowly standing behind the wall of the carriage.

For the first time in his life, he participated in a battle of more than 100 people and said nothing without being nervous or afraid. That would be a lie. However, no matter how nervous or afraid he was, he could not shrink his body into the carriage at this moment. Otherwise, even if the dozens of elite border troops under Zhou Jianliang's command would not laugh at him, Guo and the servants of the two families would have their morale dropped greatly.

"Everyone check the corner bow, carefully select feather arrows, and try to insert them into the mud beside you, so that it is convenient to use!" Seeing that Zhang Qian refused to obey his advice and hid in the carriage alone, Zhou Jianliang raised his eyebrows again. However, he did not urge him, but quickly turned his head to the servants behind the carriage.

Before leaving, the 200 servants who Zhang Qian borrowed from the Guo family and the Ren family were now dressed as a civilian. However, each of them had a shiny iron plate on their chests with belts. The top of their heads, which had only a piece of kudzu towel covering the soil, were also covered with an iron helmet with its edges.

They often escort goods around the world and have long been commonplace for the attacks of bandits. Although the total number is less than one-fifth of the enemy's army, there is no fear or panic on their faces. Hearing Zhou Jianliang's words, they immediately followed the execution, and in a blink of an eye, they inserted their own side with well-made feather arrows.

In contrast, the officers and soldiers of the Right Guard who were hiding near the carriage were more like the people. Because they did not understand in advance that this trip would definitely be attacked, the moment the first wave of bandits rushed over, more than half of the fifty officers and soldiers fled. The remaining seventeen or eighteen were shivering against the carriage in the center of the carriage under the leadership of a brigade in Chen.

"The melon coward!" Zhou Jianliang cursed disdainfully, but he was too lazy to force the Right Guard to participate in the battle.

It is easy to block a round of attack from the enemy outside. It is enough to have fifty elite Shuofang Army soldiers around him and two hundred servants borrowed by Zhang Qian. If the soldiers who lack training join in, they will drag everyone down.

What's more, the brothers Shuofang Army around him were all wearing iron vests newly developed by the military weapon supervisor. The defense equipment of the Ren family and Guo family servants was slightly worse, and the one hanging on their chests was also a whole piece of iron plate.

This has almost become an iron armored army. When Zhou led his brothers to fight against the Turks, he had been so extravagant. Although the number of people is a little smaller, the servants are far less than that of brothers Shuofang when commanding. But if you simply defend and don’t attack, it will be no problem for Zhou to defend for three days and three nights!

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo--" A low horn sounded from the hillside, with a hint of coldness. The sunlight above the head instantly began to darken, and a white cloud floated through the blue sky, leaving a clear shadow on the earth.

In the shadow, the three thieves who had already reorganized the team began to act together. They took care of each other and formed an inverted Pin-shaped formation. Heifeng Village is on the left, Baiwang Village is on the right, Huangye Village is on the mixed with monks and soldiers, located slightly behind in the center. Supervise the actions of Heifeng Village and Baiwang Village at any time, and find flaws, and launch a fatal blow to Checheng.

The Zen Master was in pain and was in pain with a middle-aged man dressed as a bandit and had a military atmosphere in his every move. He stood under a big tree three hundred steps away from the Checheng City. Beside the two, there were seven or eight commanders with corner flags on their backs, who were responsible for contacting the three components of the "reverse character" formation at any time. In front of the two, there were four trumpeters holding cow horns, who took turns to plucking their belly, repeating the sound of urging war to all the minions over and over again, "Wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu

"Okay, okay, I know, it's not over, right?" Several small leaders of Baiwangzhai glanced at the position where the horn sounded, cursing, but their legs had to speed up their movements.

What is final in the team now is not their boss, but a monk with the name of Dingfang. Their boss was honestly "protected" by four yellow-faced monks and walked in the center of the entire right-wing attacking team. As for their second boss, Wang Chunqiu, who was always suspicious and liked to sing opposites to others, he had long been lying in the ditches under the hillside. He was stabbed several times in front of his chest and back, and he died with his eyes closed!

The monks who were killed by the monks along with the second leader Wang Chunqiu, as well as the dozen middle-level leaders of Baiwang Village and Heifeng Village, were all suspected of today's mission, so they were immediately executed. As for when was the military law in the parody? Which rule in the military law will die if they talk nonsense? All the big and small minions are not clear.

The only thing they know now is that if they do not follow the orders of monk Ku, the yellow-faced monks who are mixed in the team will immediately kill their boss and then kill them.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." The sound of the trumpet became more anxious. The boss Bai Fugui, under the protection of four yellow-faced monks, instigated the mount to accelerate. The minions of Baiwang Village were also led to run faster. The team that originally looked like a square was dragged into a long strip in a blink of an eye.

The team of the left-wing Black Wind Village was also pulled into long strips. Stimulated by the sound of the horn, the two long strips were cut toward the Checheng faster like the upper and lower edges of scissors. The defenders in the Checheng all shrank their bodies behind the carriage, neither fighting back nor scolding, as if they had left the will.

A hundred steps away from the car wall, the archer among the minions put the feather arrow on the bowstring and ran, and shot it into the car wall. The sparse arrow shaft flew out of the team, and was blown by the mountain wind halfway, in vain. The remaining half successfully shot on the car board, making a sound like hail knocking on the window frame.

The defenders behind the car wall still did not counterattack, allowing the feather arrows to fall one after another. This situation was very strange and even a little frightening. However, the minions of Baiwangzhai and Heifengzhai had no choice but to think about it. Under the stimulation of the horn, they continued to take big steps and approach the target. In just seven or eight breaths, they narrowed the distance between the two sides to within fifty steps.

"Dong, dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong..." The thunderous sound of war drums suddenly rang in the car city. The sky suddenly lit up, and the white clouds quickly left, and under the sun, feather arrows were like waterfalls.

The big and small minions of Heifeng Village who had already died in battle and learned some lessons through their companions, slowed down, either raised their shields, or tried hard to sweep their weapons or bow arms in front of them, preparing to welcome the rain of arrows falling from the sky.

This action saved many lives. Although the feather arrows that came with the sound of drums were fast and fast, they were blocked by shields for more than half. Some lucky people even happened to use weapons and bow arms to sweep the arrow shaft. Although they were scared and sweated, they successfully escaped.

Looking at the big and small minions in Baiwangzhai, they were not so lucky. Because they didn't understand the situation of their opponents, after they heard the sound of war drums, only a few people made defensive moves in time. As a result, at least more than thirty minions were hit by feather arrows, and they screamed and rolled on the ground, blood flowing like a stream.

The bandits who were lucky enough not to be shot by the feather arrow and successfully blocked the feather arrow made a scream at the top of their lungs, and their legs suddenly accelerated, running towards the target at a faster pace, trying to start a close contact as soon as possible to get rid of the unfavorable state for themselves. Everyone's eyes were wide open, and everyone ran so that white foam flew around the corners of their mouths.

The second round of feather arrows broke through the air again, and fell down more than 30 minions on the left and right wings. Among the two teams of Baiwangzhai and Heifengzhai, dozens of minions collapsed on the spot, turned around, and fled in a hurry.

In the Huangyezhai team at the bottom of the character "Inverted Pin", two cavalry immediately rushed out. The bright steel knives shone into a row of serrated teeth in the sun. Accompanied by the rushing sound of horse hooves and war drums, serrated skyward swept across the hillside at high speed, chopping all the escaped minions in a pool of blood.

Retreat and die, and there may be a glimmer of life to move forward! In the face of the bloody fact, all the minions immediately made a choice. Row after row, screaming and continuing to pounce on the wall of the car, no longer afraid of the rain of arrows flying into the air.

There were dozens of minions who died under the third and fourth waves of feather arrows. However, with the absolute advantage of numbers, the two teams still had more than 350 minions each and successfully rushed under the wall of the car.

Because the distance is too close, the bows and arrows have lost their function. The offensive and defensive sides began to use short axes and spears to strike each other through the carriage. In a blink of an eye, the short axes and spears have also lost their function. A few groups of minions used hooks and ropes to pull them, and then pulled them hard. Most minions climbed directly to the top of the carriage, or leaned over and drilled into the carriage.

Dozens of spears were raised from the car city and stabbed at different roofs alternately. Several minions could not dodge and were stabbed by the spears, screaming and rolling down. At the same time, dozens of spears stabbed the undercarriage, nailing the minions who were trying to drill into the wall to the ground one by one.

The battle situation became tragic in an instant, with blood and flesh flying up and down the carriage. Countless bodies rolled to the ground, dyeing the ground red. Blood and death won enough time for the attacker. The carriage, which was pulled by the hook and rope, began to tilt. Suddenly, with a rumbling sound, a carriage was pulled over, and the measurement equipment loaded inside rolled around.

"The car city is broken, the car city is broken!" Bai Fugui shouted loudly in excitement, urging his mount, and rushing to the gap that his subordinates had exchanged for their lives.

The four yellow-faced demon-subduing King Kongs who were responsible for monitoring and hosting him reacted faster than him. They jumped off the horse's back at the same time, took two steps at the same time, and rushed to the gap in Checheng. The Zen stick in their hand brought four strong winds!

A whole row of spears pierced out of the gap, stabbing the White King Village minions who rushed into the gap one after another. The obstacles blocking the Demon Subduing King Kong were instantly empty. The first Demon Subduing King Kong to rush to the gap swept across the Zen Staff, "Click!" "Ding!" Several sounds, five or six spearheads soared into the sky. The defenders holding the spear lost their weapons and dodged in all directions.

"Amitabha--" The Buddha's name was loud, and the first Demon Subduing Vajra rushed into Checheng successfully, and his figure disappeared. The other three Demon Subduing Vajra were greatly encouraged and accelerated their pace to move forward together. Just as they were about to rush into Checheng, seven or eight servants suddenly came up at the gap, and a cold light flashed in front of each of them.

"Be careful of crossbow arrows--" Bai Fugui screamed and decisively fell to the side of the war horse. A cold light shone against his thighs and swept the leather armor wrapped around the outside of his thighs easily.

"Puff puff puff puff..." The sound of metal shooting into the flesh and blood made people's scalp burst. The three demon-suffering King Kong who rushed into the gap in Checheng together lowered their heads and looked at the crossbow poles in front of their chests, and then fell down with wide eyes.

Bai Fugui, the leader of Bai Wangzhai, who escaped to death, did not dare to take a closer look at the battle situation at the gap. He pulled the reins of the horse decisively, and with his skillful riding skills, he pulled the horse into a circle and fled in panic.

"Puff puff puff puff..." The sound of crossbow arrows shooting into the body sounded one after another at several gaps in the car wall. The attackers who were the first to rush into the gap, whether they were the Demon-Subduing King Kong, the Corpus leader or ordinary minions, were shot into sieves one by one, and fell into pools of blood one after another.

The offensive party's already very sluggish morale collapsed instantly. The big and small leaders and minions retreated like a tide, staying away from the car wall and gaps as fast as possible, so as not to become the target of crossbow arrows. Several demon-suffering King Kong and bandit leaders who had already attacked the car city instantly lost their support and were surrounded by the defensive party, and the chaotic blades were used together. In less than three or two finger-blinking efforts, they were all cut into meat paste!

The offensive cavalry, who were responsible for supervising the battle on the outside, stepped forward again to intercept the retreating minions, but could stop these groups and could not stop the group, and were carried down the road. The defenders who were recovering from the wall of the car calmly grabbed the horn bows, aimed at the cavalry on the horse's back and fired feather arrows, and shot four and five cavalrymen into hedgehogs one after another.

The cavalry did not dare to take risks anymore and took the initiative to withdraw from the attack range of feather arrows. The unstoppable minions ran faster, and in a blink of an eye, they all retreated down the hillside.

"Take all the bodies out and restore the car wall!" Zhou Jianliang poked the bloody horizontal knife to the ground and gave a loud command.

"As for the order!" The brothers of the Shuofang Army responded in unison, walked closer, raised the body of a demon-suffering King Kong from his feet, ran quickly towards the gap, and then threw it away.

"Abide by the order!" "I understand!" "Yes!" The Ren family and Guo family also agreed in a mess, carrying away the bodies of the Demon-Subduing King Kong and the bandits in the car city. Then, they straightened the overturned carriage and reinstalled the bronze measuring instruments scattered on the ground on the carriage.

The entire process was not disturbed at all. Including the bandits of Huangyezhai who did not suffer any losses and the soldiers dressed as robbers, they also slowly retreated and no longer had any luck.

The original purpose of the first round of attack was to test. At the cost of more than 200 bandits' lives, they had already tested the true strength of the defender inside the car wall. Next, they would adjust their tactics in a targeted manner and launch a fatal blow.

"Light up the wolf smoke!" Jumped into the high car and swept the attacking party with a simple telescope. Zhou Jianliang calmly ordered, and his whole body was filled with the pride of soldiers.

The current record is indeed worthy of his pride. In the last round of battle, the enemy's casualties combined had exceeded 250. If it weren't for the Mansion Army and the Demon-Subduing King Kong, at least two of the three bandits would have completely collapsed. On the defensive side, the deaths and the injured were all combined, less than twenty people.

This is mainly due to the new armor and helmets on everyone. Although the style of the helmet is extremely ugly, the armor is just a bare iron plate and lacks any beauty.

"No matter what, Zhang Shaojian cannot be in trouble. Otherwise, if the general can let Zhou go, the brothers of Shuofang Army have to drown Zhou alive!" He raised his hand and knocked on the iron vest on his body, and looked at Zhang Qian who was slowly moving his muscles and bones. Zhou Jianliang secretly swore in his heart.

The iron vest is only 30% of the weight of the Mingguang Armor and the thickness is only one cent above or below. As for the helmet, it is so thin that it gives people a feeling of a straw hat. However, the protective power of the iron vest and the helmet far exceeds everyone's expectations for them.

Zhou Jianliang saw with his own eyes that the arrows falling from mid-air were easily bounced away by his helmet. The thief army smashed the flying axes and spears thrown in through the carriage and hit the iron vest, leaving only a white dot.

The casualties on his side basically all occurred after the gap appeared. In order to block the gap, the servants nearby had to form formations to fight against the attackers in close combat. The enemy troops who were the first to rush into the gap were either the absolute elite among the bandits or the Demon-Subduing King Kong specially trained by Buddhism. In terms of combat effectiveness and combat experience, they far exceeded those of the servants.

"Hu——" The wolf smoke rose into the air behind him, and was quickly blown into a rolling mist by the mountain wind. Zhou Jianliang jumped out of the high car and walked quickly towards Zhang Qian who was silent. The scars on his face slowly jumped.

The two got together to discuss how to adjust the tactics. Under the hillside, Monk Leku and Zhao Qing, the captain of the mansion dressed as a bandit, also got together to reorganize the team and dispatch troops.

The wolf smoke that was soaring up made me feel very upset. However, Zhao Qing, the captain of the palace soldier, looked down on the wolf smoke.

"You can let go of the power. There are only 20 constables and archers in Liuhe County, so you will never dare to come out and seek death!" In order to make the rest of the fun, he explained patiently, "Even if the soldiers are sent over in Jiangzhou Prefecture, it will take at least two hours to go."

"Amitabha!" Li Ku chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice, and his faith suddenly increased a lot. In two hours, he even piled up human lives and drove the car city, not to mention that he was holding a larger killer move in his hand.

After the confidence increased greatly, the dispatch of troops became smoother and smoother. The orders like flowing water were passed on. Soon, all the troops were reorganized and a huge triassic formation was arranged.

The Black Wind Village personnel, which suffered the greatest losses, were ranked at the forefront of the entire team. The Baiwang Village personnel, which suffered the second worst losses, were ranked in the second attack sequence. The Huangye Village personnel, which had suffered the least losses, were placed in the third stack together with the Demon-Subduing King Kong and the cavalry. Most of the weapons were directly facing the back of the two stacks of people in front.

Because a large number of leaders have been killed or killed in battle, the bandits of Heifeng Village and Baiwang Village cannot organize effective resistance and can only bow their heads to accept their fate. Soon, the irritable horn body resounded through the wilderness again. Monk Leku suddenly raised his sword and directed everyone to pounce on Checheng together.

This time, the minions walked faster. After only twenty breathing skills, they entered the range of the feather arrows on the defensive side. Rows of feather arrows rose from the wall of the car and brought a large number of minions to the ground. However, the minions who were not caught were pushed by the monks who followed the back row and continued to accelerate forward with their weapons.

Forty steps, thirty steps, twenty steps, blood flowed into a river, and the corpses piled up into a passage for advance. Just as the two bandits of Heifeng Village and Baiwang Village were about to collapse, the sound of the horn suddenly changed, "Woooooooooooooooo--", like a monster roaring in a winter night.

The cavalrymen in charge of supervising the battle suddenly rode their horses over a group of minions, and their troops were divided into two groups and rushed towards the wall of the car. Dozens of flying claws rushed out with the speed of the war horses, and hooked the corners of the wall of the car.

"Crazy, crazy, crazy..." The change suddenly, and the servants in the car wall had no time to cut the rope behind the flying claws. They almost watched the cavalry dressed in bandits, with the speed and strength of their mounts, dragged the carriage that formed the carriage wall into a sway.
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