"Tiger in the Forest" Lao Du is a well-known figure on the green forest roads of Shandong. His reputation is not earned for nothing, but he earns it by licking blood with his sword and gun. So even though the situation was extremely dangerous now and the army was attacking fiercely, he was not timid. On the contrary, his ferocity was aroused. Seeing Suo Chao charging towards him with his axe, he raised his knife and let out a roar. , and stood up to greet him.
The leaders of the two teams collided with each other on the mountain road first. The swords and axes collided with each other, making a loud clang, and then they bounced away. Suo Chao fell heavily to the ground, while Du Hu was hit by an axe. He had to stumble back and take seven or eight steps before he stabilized his figure. His eyes had already changed. Is this general's ability still better than his own
However, Du Hu's spearheading of the battle encouraged his brothers. Immediately, the other minions roared and swung their swords to kill Suo Chao, who had just stabilized his body. Seeing that several swords and guns were about to touch his body, Suo Chao suddenly shouted, holding an ax in both hands, exerting force on his waist, and danced the long ax like a whirlwind. Not only did he miss the weapon in front of him, but he also took advantage of the opportunity to chop He hit two people and chopped the two minions to death directly in front of him.
Following the two screams, the other minions who were still waiting to step forward shrank back in fear. Only then did they realize that the officers and generals in front of them had amazing abilities and were far beyond what they could handle.
Realizing that the morale he had finally built up was frustrated, Du Hu became even more anxious. He immediately shouted: "Fire arrows for me!" At the same time, he lunged forward again, and the knife in his hand struck directly at the opponent's two sides like a splash of wind. The shoulder and chest vital points were hit, and at the same time, the foot was kicked out suddenly, directly to his lower body.
With one thrust of his axe, Suo Chao blocked all these knives. Then he twisted his waist and dodged the sneak attack from the lower body. Then he used the opportunity to counterpress and once again hit Du Hu who had exhausted all his strength. He was pushed so hard that he fell backwards. At the same time, the officers and soldiers who followed him up the mountain finally arrived. Upon seeing them, their morale increased. They waved their swords and guns and joined the battle group, fighting directly with the more than a hundred minions.
Even though their number was less than 30% of the opponent's, they were completely fearless. They only attacked but not defended. They actually suppressed the minions and moved up, and even killed more than ten thieves who dared to resist on the spot.
After discovering that he was no match for the army, Du Hu was really shocked: "Where did these guys come from? There were no such powerful people in Yuncheng County in the past. Are they here for the birthday plan?" "At that moment, he regretted the decision he had made because of greed.
But now it was impossible for him to look back, so he could only shout loudly: "Back up the mountain, let's go!" As he spoke, he saw the opportunity and struck three times in a row, killing several soldiers who were trying to snatch them back. After retreating, he took his men and others and retreated quickly to the gate of the village. In a situation where you are far inferior to your opponent in frontal combat, you can only use the terrain to carry out effective defense.
But as a result, the morale of the bandits in Hutou Village was further affected. Some people even turned around and ran towards the stronghold. This was not the so-called retreat.
Shen Laoqi, who was suffering from the collapse of the village wall and the fire in the village above, also saw the unfavorable situation below. He didn't care about putting out the fire at the moment. He immediately held the bow in his hand and shouted to the minions around him: "Brothers Everyone, please follow me to repel the officers and soldiers first and then put out the fire before it’s too late to help my brother!” As he spoke, the man rushed to the gate of the village, waving his hands, he fired several sharp arrows like meteors chasing the moon towards the officers and soldiers who were chasing after them below. Shoot away.
At this time, those officers and soldiers no longer had the tight defense system as before. The Shield Army had long been left behind. When faced with this sudden, steady and fierce arrow, they were really unable to defend themselves. At that moment, there was Four people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and the footsteps of the others also stopped. This gave Du Hu a chance to distance himself, taking three steps at a time and then two steps to lead the people back to the hill, where they met up with the others.
"What's the trick, tell the brothers to get the rest and prepare to fight with the army!" Du Hu yelled at Shen Lao Qi as soon as he returned to the top.
In fact, there was no need for him to give orders. Shen Lao Qi had already made preparations. Seeing the officers and soldiers rushing towards him, he loudly ordered: "Put down rocks to knock them down. Shoot arrows at the one wearing armor in the middle. That's Their leader!" He was indeed a sharpshooter, and he identified the target at a glance.
After all, the number of officers and soldiers who wanted to rush up was somewhat smaller. Facing the bandits above who kept throwing arrows and stones, their way forward was almost completely blocked, making it difficult to go up. Two people tried to take the risk and rushed forward, but they were shot by arrows. After falling down, they were stoned to death on the spot.
As a result, the two sides were frozen on the spot. Although the officers and soldiers were only about 40 steps away from the gate of Hutou Village, it was extremely difficult to get closer in the face of the bandits' tight defense.
Suo Chao looked at the enemy who was close at hand but could not rush over. He felt anxious in his heart and immediately shouted: "Is there nothing you can do? Where are your arrows? Shoot back!"
"General, we have all used up our arrows just now..." the soldier beside him replied helplessly. In order to destroy the village wall in one fell swoop, they had shot a whole pot of twenty arrows just now, so they could not fight back at this time and could only huddle behind a raised stone.
Just when Suo Chao felt irritated, there was another burst of shouting from behind. When he looked back, he saw the village soldiers and even many civilians rushing over. However, their ranks were scattered and they didn't look like they had much murderous intent.
When these people rushed up the mountain excitedly, they saw this stalemate. Many people stopped immediately and looked at Suo Chao and others expectantly. Just now, they had seen with their own eyes how these elite soldiers from the Daming Mansion went up the mountain in one fell swoop. Now they naturally hoped that they could lead them into the stronghold.
Several people even shouted: "General Suo, the thieves' lair is right in front of you, why don't you attack it?"
"The thieves are defending, how can they attack!" Lei Heng saw the dilemma in front of him at a glance, and immediately glared and yelled. This made everyone dare not say anything.
Sun Tu had already reached the forefront and carefully observed the movements of the enemies above. He found that the thieves were occupying high points, and their bows, arrows and stones were all pointed at the mountain road. It was indeed difficult to attack. If you are really desperate, you can still kill him, but the price you pay is too high.
"It's okay for the others, but one of the thieves is very good at shooting. Even if I were afraid, he wouldn't be able to rush through!" Suo Chao was discussing countermeasures with his subordinates in a low voice, and these words fell into Sun Tu's ears.
This made him immediately search for the target carefully. Soon, he set his sights on the man who kept running around the village gate and giving orders. He found that this man was still missing an eye. It was the same man he met the night before. A thief he had fought against.
"It turns out it's him!" Sun Tu found the target, then took off the well-made compound bow on his back, and then attached a feather arrow. When he entered the Ring Realm last night to take out the diesel fuel, he also brought out a compound bow for competition that seemed to be suitable. He only wrapped some hemp rope around the bow to make it less conspicuous.
At this time, after visually measuring the distance, he felt that he was about 70% sure that the arrow would hit the target, so he no longer hesitated and was ready to take action immediately.
After taking two slow and deep breaths, Sun Tu drew the bowstring. The bow made of alloy was stable and did not tremble at all. With the help of the fixed pulley, the bow string was quickly pulled to its maximum position, and this did not cost him any effort.
Whether it is stability, accuracy, or perfect use of power, this compound bow from a thousand years ago is far superior to the military bows and arrows of the Song Dynasty today. At this time, Sun Tu fully drew his bow in the crowd and aimed at the target ahead. While exhaling a breath, he loosened his fingers, and with a buzzing sound, the arrow flew straight out like lightning, straight towards Hutou Village. The village gate flew away.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of steps passed by. Shen Laoqi, who was ordering his men to deal with it carefully at any time, suddenly felt the danger and hurriedly raised his eyes to dodge, but it was already too late. The feather arrow pierced his throat, and with unending force, it rushed forward again, piercing through the back of his neck, and took his body backwards, but he was unable to even scream. He has lost his life...