Chapter 73 Surprise exposure exposed
The crossbow shot through his heart, and the bandit fell on their backs.
The patrol soldiers behind were shocked. Before they could react, dozens of crossbow arrows flew over them.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Several patrol soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.
But one of them was only shot and was not shot to death.
He lay on the ground, picked up the whistle, used his strength to make the whistle crisp.
The sharp whistle sounded like a sharp blade, cutting through the quietness of the night, extremely harsh.
In just a moment, the top of the mountain seemed to be in an uproar.
Dozens of people rushed out from behind the patrol.
The bandits did not wear uniform clothes. Some were wearing shabby leather armor, some wore a helmet, and some wore only a piece of cloth.
The weapons they used were also diverse, including swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, halberds, hooks and forks, which were completely hodgepodges.
Seeing the bandits rushing over, the soldiers of the capital all shot out crossbow arrows.
After the first row of soldiers shot the crossbow arrows, they immediately retreated, pulled the crossbow strings again, and installed the crossbow arrows. At the same time, the second row of soldiers fired the arrows.
Although there are only a few dozen soldiers climbing to the top of the mountain, they are all well-trained and do not panic at all when facing a strong enemy.
The bandits who rushed over were shot and fell to the ground one after another.
However, there were too many people on the other side. The person in front fell down and the person behind immediately added.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer, Meng Liao pulled out his sword from his ribs and shouted loudly: "Line in line!"
With his order, the soldiers carried crossbows and arranged a triangle behind Yu Mengliao.
The Zhou army was organized, with fifty people in a team.
In the so-called team, one person standing in the first row is the captain, one person standing in the second row is the deputy captain, and the two are responsible for carrying the flags, two are responsible for protecting the flags, and the deputy captain who is responsible for carrying the flags, three are in the fourth row, four are in the fifth row, and so on.
The fifty-man team is also the most basic combat formation of the Zhou army.
Now, Meng Liao acted as the captain's position, and the rest of the soldiers stood behind him and lined up in a triangular formation.
Meng Liao waved his sword forward and shouted: "Kill!"
"kill--"
People shouted in unison, maintained their formation and advanced forward.
Meng Liao, who was standing in front, was the first to be hit and fought with the swarming bandits.
He swung his knife and opened the spear that was stabbing, and then he turned around and cut off half of the other party's head.
Before the body fell to the ground, he grabbed the other party's spear with his other hand, pulled it back, flipped his wrist and threw it out.
A bandit that followed was hit by the spear and fell on his back.
Meng Liao waved his sword continuously, chopping down the enemies in front of him one by one, snatching the opponent's weapons from time to time, holding troops in both hands, and fighting with the enemy bloodied.
His bravery greatly aroused the morale of the soldiers behind him. People shouted in unison, maintaining the formation, and following Meng Liao, constantly moving forward.
This seemingly small triangular array has advanced to many bandits, like bulldozers, killing groups of bandits to the ground.
The deputy captain who followed Meng Liao asked loudly: "General, are you sending the signal now?"
"no!"
Meng Liaotou shouted without looking back.
"Get out of the way-"
Among the bandits, someone yelled.
As the bandits retreated to the left and right, they rushed out of the crowd.
The man was big and round, and sat on the horse, holding a long knife in his hand and headed straight for Meng Liao.
Before the man arrived, the long sword was raised high, and the war horse charged towards Meng Liao, and the long sword fell.
The blade cut through the air, making a sharp howling sound.
But Meng Liao did not retreat but advance.
Dong!
Meng Liao, who was jumping forward, pressed his shoulders against the front chest of the war horse.
The collision force at that moment made a heavy muffled sound.
The big man sitting on the horse leaned forward and almost fell down.
Meng Liao's feet were pressed against the ground and slipped back half a meter back.
He shouted abruptly, stamped the ground with one foot, and the stones on the ground were cracked by him.
The four hooves of the war horse were kicking on the ground, clattering and screaming, but no matter how hard the war horse tried, it could not take a step forward.
It is hard to imagine that Meng Liao fought against the next war horse with his own strength!
The man immediately was shocked. This man was so strong!
He was about to swing his knife and slash Meng Liao again, but the latter took the lead and stabbed upwards. The blade hit the big man's lower abdomen.
The man screamed and fell down his war horse.
Meng Liao stepped forward, raised his sword and slashed the other party's head on his neck with one knife.
This situation shocked the bandits and bandits, and the morale of the capital army increased greatly.
People shouted about mightyness and rushed forward with all their might.
Soon, another triangular array appeared beside them.
This is a formation formed by the capital army that climbed up later.
The two triangular arrays advanced side by side and advanced forward, forcing the bandits in front to retreat continuously.
But soon, the bandits' subsequent reinforcements arrived.
Looking up, people were rushing, and they couldn't tell the numbers.
Meng Liao frowned secretly, and there were probably more than a thousand bandits on the top of the mountain.
Now it is an arrow on the string, and it is difficult to ride a tiger. No matter how many enemies there are in front of them, they can only advance and not retreat.
When Zhu Da, Peng Er and others pulled Li Yu to the top of the mountain, the battle here was already in full swing.
After Li Yu came up, he glanced around, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, and said, "You don't have to worry about me, go and join the battle!"
"But……"
"If you lose, none of us can survive!"
This is the truth.
Once Meng Liao was defeated, Li Yu and they would all die at the hands of the bandits.
The twelve guards left only Zhu Da, Peng Er, Zhang San, Li Si, and the rest rushed forward and joined the battle.
The bandits were able to occupy Huya Mountain for so many years and repeatedly let the military palaces that came to suppress the bandits return in a defeat, so they are naturally not ordinary people.
Seeing Meng Liao and the others rushing towards the Sweet Po, they immediately understood their intentions.
The leader of the bandits immediately ordered that the officers and soldiers should be blocked no matter what, and that they should never be allowed to approach the gentle slope.
As the battle continued, the bandits' archers also joined in.
There are not many archers, only more than a hundred, but it is precisely this group of archers that pose a huge threat to Meng Liao.
Meng Liao, who was fighting, heard that the wind was bad, and he waved his sword to the side without thinking.
Ding, Ding!
Two flying arrows were knocked to the ground.
Meng Liao was also shocked and sweated coldly.
He blocked the cold arrow from the bottom, but the soldiers behind him did not react as quickly as he did.
With just one round of arrows, seven soldiers were shot, some were injured in the arms, some were injured in the thighs, and some were injured in the head, and they were killed on the spot.
When the opponent shot the second round of arrow formation, Meng Liao roared: "Arrow defense formation!"
Logically speaking, the soldiers of the capital were equipped with shields, but they chose to go into battle lightly in order to climb the cliff, and all of them did not bring shields.
Now the arrow shots of the enemy opposite cannot be blocked at all.
The soldiers standing in the outermost row could only use their flesh and blood to block the opponent's arrows.
Chapter completed!