Although it was already night, the horse thieves around set up torches, illuminating the night like day. Thousands of horse thieves surrounded the carriages of Xia Ya and others, looking at each other in the dark night, the light of the torches lit like a Like a coiled boa constrictor.
By the end of the night, Xia Ya and others had repelled the horse thief's three attacks.
The horse thief's attack caused the greatest damage and pressure to Xia Ya and others in the first wave. Those horse thieves rushed up in a rush. The first wave of horse thieves was about 200 people. Xia stood on the carriage and watched the enemies rushing over, but made an incredible decision!
He ordered all those Landis archers to stand by and not shoot a single arrow!
As a result, the horse thieves rushed to the front of the car array very easily. Because the surrounding carts only left a gap, the horse thieves could not invest too many people in each attack. They could only crowd into the gap and rush in. The rest The horse thief gave up the horse and tried to climb over the carriage on foot. As a result, the mercenaries of the Fire Rhino Mercenary Group who were waiting behind the carriage stabbed them down one by one with their spears. Only a few brave horse thieves successfully jumped into the carriage, but But he was hacked to death by the drivers who had been waiting for a long time.
The competition for the gap in the car formation is at the highest level, but there is a strong man named Xia Ya. He is alone, with a sharp hammer in his left hand and a fire fork in his right. When a horse thief rushes in, Xia Ya stops him head-on, and a sharp hammer smashes the horse first. Then go up and pierce the enemy with a fire fork, and easily counteract seven or eight rushing enemies. As a result, the horse corpses and dead corpses almost filled the gap, causing great trouble to the horse thieves who rushed up behind. Xia Ya took Hawke and a few fire rhino mercenaries to firmly guard the gap!
The charge of the horse thieves only lasted about a quarter of an hour before retreating, leaving fifty or sixty corpses behind.
Four of the members of the Fire Rhino Mercenary Group in Xia died and eight were injured, while eight of those temporarily armed coachmen died.
The first wave of attacks suffered heavy losses, and the second wave of the horse thief's attack seemed a little soft. The horse thieves seem to lack courage, and they just attacked under the urging of the leader, and the main target of this attack is no longer the gap in the car formation - it seems that everyone is afraid of the killing god Char, and most of the horse thieves have to give up The warhorse tried to climb over the carriage to fight, but Xi Ya had already made preparations here. He removed many long wooden poles loaded on the carriage and tied them with daggers. It was a temporary spear. The mercenaries hid in the carriage. Afterwards, one came up and stabbed the other, and the horse thieves' attack was frustrated, and they threw the corpses on the ground and retreated.
After the second wave of attacks, the horse thieves waited for more than an hour before organizing another attack.
If the second wave of attacks is soft, then the third wave of attacks is simply perfunctory. Although the third wave of attacks, the horse thieves gathered more than 300 people, but these 300 people were obviously scared. They shouted hard, but the speed of the charge was obviously sparse. It seemed that everyone was reluctant to work hard and deliberately fell behind. Although it shouted loudly, it ran very slowly. The third wave of attacks only lasted for a moment, and the horse thieves dispersed in a hurry.
At this time, the morale of the people in the car array is very high! Originally, everyone was surrounded by thousands of horse thieves, and their hearts were full of fear, but Xi Ya performed a rush in the afternoon. The extraordinary martial arts first frustrated the morale of the horse thieves, and then the horse thief's soft attack made the car thieves even more. Everyone's confidence has greatly increased: in such a situation, there is basically no problem in defending the car array.
Especially compared to the rush of horse thieves, the people in the car formation were systematically and meticulously divided by Xia Ya. Thirty guards of Landis were used by Char as the reserve team, the Fire Rhino mercenaries were used as the offensive force, and the temporarily armed coachmen were used as auxiliary in the battle. The orderly division of labor makes everyone very clear about their tasks. Compared with the aimless rushing of the horse thieves during the battle, the people in Xia Ya appear to be in good order.
After the third wave of horse thieves retreated, until it was dark, the horse thieves seemed to have no interest in attacking again.
At this time, Hawke was already full of admiration for Xia Ya. This young mercenary leader personally hacked to death eight or nine horse thieves in the afternoon, but he rushed too hard. Once when the horse thieves retreated, he directly rushed out of the gap in the carriage, and was almost surrounded by several enemies. Fortunately, Xia rushed out and rescued him.
Hawke suffered several minor injuries, especially a stab in the chest by a dying horse thief. Fortunately, it was blocked by his breastplate. The sword slid down his ribs, but also left behind. A finger-deep wound.
After a simple bandage, Hawke came to Xia Ya's side, looking at Xia Ya who was standing behind the carriage, quietly staring at the horse thieves in the distance, Hawke coughed: "Sir..."
"Huh?" Xia Ya looked back, his face was deliberately not wiped with blood, and he smiled casually, as if he had a ferocious taste.
Looking at this young mercenary who had been subdued by him, Xia Ya smiled and said, "Those smashed will not attack for the time being, let everyone rest for a while."
Hawke was puzzled, Xiaya looked at him, smiled, and said lightly: "If the opponent is a regular army, let alone thousands of people, as long as it is a battalion with three hundred soldiers, we will I can't hold it. We are here, including me, you, and my two subordinates, Sharba and Philip... (Char ignored Dodoro directly)... There are only four who can fight. But In a real battle, personal martial arts are not very useful. No matter how good your sword skills are, in the chaos of the army, you may not know which direction a sword is stabbed, and it will kill you. War is about cooperation. A few people in a team, working together and forming an array, can resist an enemy several times their own. But here... your mercenaries, your personal combat effectiveness is good, but if you encounter If you are a regular army, you will only be beaten."
After a pause, Xia Ya smiled disdainfully, and pointed to the distance: "However, those horse thieves are even worse! Although there are many people, they are divided into seven or eight groups, and they don't listen to each other's orders and fight each other! When attacking, it was messy, and when retreating, it was a mess! Moreover, these guys came for money. In this wildfire, every gang of horse thieves wanted to preserve their strength, otherwise, they would lose too much, even if They were able to break us and grab the property. They are also afraid that their strength will be damaged and they will be blackmailed by others! Ha! These guys worry too much, so naturally they don't want to fight desperately, and they are soft when they fight. , naturally there is no combat effectiveness. Therefore, I have long been very confident that although we have few people, we must be able to defend!"
Hawke is convinced. Although he has been a mercenary for many years and has a lot of experience in fighting, but after all, he knows nothing about the tactics and strategies in this army. In the three battles this afternoon, Xia Ya not only showed his personal bravery , and even added a group of rabble mercenaries to coachmen, commanded in an orderly manner, and easily repelled the attack of the horse thieves.
"If the other party is a regular army, as long as it's two battalions, I wouldn't dare to defend like this. I would have left the cargo with someone and fled." Xia Ya laughed at himself, and then his tone changed: "Moreover, the most important thing is The wonderful thing is that I rushed into the battle this afternoon, and I was so lucky that I actually killed the leader of the Cossack regiment! These horse thieves were called by the Cossack guys. If the leader of the Cossack regiment is still there, then rely on that The guys come to match the internal affairs, maybe they can calm the internal disputes of these horse thieves, but now... They don't even have a candidate who can unite many gangs. So many people were killed in the attack in the afternoon, I am afraid that at night, They are already quarreling endlessly inside, and they have no intention of attacking immediately. Hmph…”
"Sir, I'm convinced." Hawke sighed and asked again: "You said, you want to give these guys a little pain, now, we are naturally not afraid of them, as long as their morale collapses, they will naturally disperse. Go. So, are we going to keep going?"
Xia Ya smiled and touched his chin: "How can you enjoy it just by sticking to it!"
He gestured with his eyes: "We still have a new force that we haven't used yet."
Hawke's eyes lit up: "You mean... those guards of the Gallens Merchant Group?"
The thirty Landis warriors were ordered by Charya to stay in the middle of the car formation in the afternoon and did not shoot an arrow! Now, it seems that Xia Ya has another trick!
"Let's rest for another hour to see how I can break the thief!" Xia Ya smiled and touched his chin.
Although Hawke was as curious as a cat's scratching in his heart, he didn't dare to ask more when he saw what Xiaya said.
When it was close to midnight, Char suddenly jumped up and summoned the Landis warriors.
The Lantis guards of the Galens Chamber of Commerce are all archers. They were not used in the afternoon. These people are still a bit embarrassed. It is only the leader of the Chamber of Commerce who ordered everything to obey Xia Ya's orders. The people were appeased. Seeing Xi Ya summoning everyone at this moment, these people were all refreshed and eager to try - after all, people's hearts are like this. If the situation is in crisis, these people may not have such courage. But seeing that these horse thieves didn't seem to be in much danger, they were beaten up several times in the afternoon - who wouldn't want to beat the drowning dog
"You are all from Landis. I heard that you are from Landis. I don't know how good you are."
"Sir, we are all veteran archers." A guard captain shouted in dissatisfaction, "All of our old brothers have served in the army! Even if it is a first-class military bow, we can shoot it. open!"
"Okay." Xia Ya nodded, and immediately selected seven or eight archers with relatively good shooting scores. Although the number was a little smaller, after all, these Lantis people are the guards of the business group, and they are really excellent. There are not many shooters, and the seven or eight people that can be selected have all had the experience of serving in the Lantis army.
Visually measuring the distance from the opposite horse thief team, the horse thieves on the opposite side seem to have been much quieter at this moment, and there are only clusters of torches shining in the queue.
"See clearly, shoot me at the place with the torches! Don't worry about the head, just shoot at the place with the torches!"
These Landis archers happily took orders, and seven or eight people took out the longbow that the Landis people used to - the characteristic of this Landis longbow is that it has a long range and great power! According to tradition, a qualified longbowman must be at least one meter seventy-five in height, which ensures that the longbowman has a long enough wingspan to draw a bow. The regular longbow is generally more than 180 cm in height! When the Lantis longbowman is shooting arrows, his posture is slightly backward, and the arm strength and waist strength are used to open the bow. It takes years and months of training to become an excellent longbowman. Therefore, it is said that many longbowmen are due to Occupational disease left behind by using this peculiar posture for many years: spinal deformity.
The seven or eight people from Landis who were selected were obviously qualified as longbowmen. They took out the longbow according to Char's instructions...
In the distance, the horse thieves were still resting, and the gang of horse thieves seemed to have no confidence in attacking, and the leaders of the various ministries gathered together, as Xia Ya guessed, quarreling endlessly. Some tribes that attacked during the day were shouting and shouting because of the loss of manpower. Others wanted to preserve their strength and refused to send their own people to take the lead. But there is no combat power.
Seeing that the leaders were quarreling endlessly, the people below were naturally unwilling to fight. At night, the wildfire was still quite cold, and clusters of torches were lit, and everyone gathered around the torches to keep warm.
At this moment, suddenly I heard a sharp, piercing sound!
The horse thieves were still in a daze, but an experienced old horse thief suddenly changed color, screamed and rushed to the side, while exclaiming: "Bow and arrow! Bow and arrow!!!"
plop puff...
In a series of intensive movements, the horse thieves who had gathered beside the torches were immediately hit by three or four arrows that fell from the sky! The longbows used by the Lantis people are heavy in weight, and the arrows are all made of iron! Projected from a distance, full of power! Immediately, several horse thieves hit by arrows were bound to the ground alive!
The horse thieves were stunned by the sudden rain of arrows!
But before they could come back to their senses, there was another cracking sound from the sky! There was a fire next to him, and several horse thieves were shot. Some of them were not killed by arrows, and they were screaming and rolling on the ground. The shrill roar was particularly clear and sharp at night!
The entire team of horse thieves was immediately alarmed.
Xia Ya shot a total of six or seven waves of arrows here. The horse thieves sensed the target of the other party, and each and everyone rushed to shout: "Their target is fire! Idiot! Put out the fire!"
The horse thieves are in a mess, and they are afraid of becoming the next unlucky ghost. These guys think they are "smart" and find out the loopholes of the other party: in the dark night, the bow and arrow attack must have a good line of sight, as long as the torches are extinguished, the opponent's The archer can't see the light, the damn arrow can't shoot himself! !
As a result, horse thieves scrambled to put out the torches, threw them on the ground and trampled them back and forth, and some horse thieves were impatient, and they took off their pants and urinated to extinguish the torches.
Soon, in the dark night, Xia Ya saw that the flames were extinguished in the horse thief, and it gradually turned into darkness, and there was a faint sound of screaming and yelling.
Some horse thieves came to control their subordinates. Seeing that their subordinates had put out the fire, they ordered people to set fire to it, but these horse thieves were afraid that they would be targeted by the opponent's archers, so how could they set fire to it? After some quarrel, the horse thieves leaders couldn't control their subordinates, so they could only order: step back! Get out of the opponent's bow and arrow range!
In the darkness, they dared not set fire. A group of horse thieves were driven up and asked everyone to step back, but there was no fire to illuminate. In the dark night, everyone was in a mess. Some people trample each other in the dark, and even some horse thieves can't find their horses in the dark, and they quarrel with each other.
Hearing a bunch of scolding coming from the darkness in the distance, Xia Ya laughed and suddenly jumped up: "It's time to break the thief!"
"Everything that can move is for Lao Tzu!"
Xia Ya made preparations in the afternoon. There were more than 30 horses in the carriage, and all the horses that were pulling the carriage were gathered together, making a total of 50 horses. He gathered all the fire rhino mercenaries, plus the Lantis warriors, and selected fifty relatively good riding skills.
"I only have two orders for you! First, when you are advancing in the dark, don't be afraid to see the road! Just follow me! Just follow me! Wherever I rush, you rush! Second... During the battle, all the people were not allowed to say anything else, and they all shouted 'Ooke' to me! Do you understand! In the dark, we can't tell who is the enemy and who is our own! So all Shout 'Ooke Oak' to Lao Tzu! Keep shouting! So, as long as you hear the person in front of you not shouting 'Ooke Oak', it must be a horse thief! Just close your eyes and cut it!!!"
Xia Ya gave an order, everyone turned on their horses and took up their weapons. In the darkness, Xia Ya and Sharba took the lead and led the team towards the chaotic horse thief team in the distance.
In the distance, the horse thieves were still chaotically pulling out the camp and retreating. People shouted the horse neigh—the formation of the camp in the dark, even the regular army would be in chaos for a while, let alone these rabble people who were originally scattered
When Xia Ya and others came out, they were even more quiet. They deliberately slowed down the speed of the horse and approached cautiously through the cover of darkness. The horse thieves were in a terrible mess, and they didn't expect that dozens of people would come out. Attack your own team.
As a result, Xia Ya and others ran out for a short distance, and were only found when they were less than fifty meters away from the horse thief's team! !
"Lantis! Raise your bow! Shoot!!"
Xia gave an order, and the thirty Landisians immediately grabbed their bows and arrows! This is an order made by Char in advance! After a salvo of thirty archers, a rain of arrows fell on the head of the horse thief team, and there was a roar of shouting in the darkness.
"Bow and Arrow Attack!!"
"Damn! Everyone spread out!!"
"Hurry up! Gather together as targets!! Spread out!!! Hurry up!!"
"Damn it! What are you hitting on me!"
"Bastard! Who stepped on Lao Tzu's feet!"
"Fuck! What are you doing with my horse!!"
Seeing that the distance was getting closer, Xia Ya didn't have to hide the traces anymore, and suddenly shouted: "Throw the bow!!"
The Lantis warriors threw the bows and arrows directly on the ground - anyway, come back and pick them up later.
"Follow me! Rush!! Oke Oke!!"
Xia Ya took the lead and ran towards the vague outline of the crowd of horse thieves in the darkness. The fifty riders behind him also shouted "Oke Oke", struggling to follow Xia into the queue of horse thieves!
For a while, in the darkness, I heard the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong, the sound of hacking and slashing, and the roar of the "Ooke Oke" kept in between.
When it comes to riding skills, these people under Xi Ya are really not very good. Many people can barely run on horseback. Even many horse thieves have far better riding skills than those of Xi Ya.
But the problem is, in the darkness, the horse thieves are chaotic, and suddenly the enemy rushes in front of them! Coupled with the attack of a wave of arrows before the battle, the horse thieves became a mess! In the dark night, you can't see me, I can't see you, and I can't even see what my companions look like! I heard a group of people rushed into their queue!
I can't see the situation clearly, and I hear countless screams. Such a scene... let alone a horse thief, even if it is a real regular army, there is only one way to defeat it!
The horse thieves roared wildly, some simply fled for their lives, some could not see the enemy in the dark, and in the sound of shouting and killing all around, they could only roar and slash with weapons! As a result, as long as one person bombed the camp and chopped it up, the situation could not be seen clearly in the dark, and everyone had to chop up in order to save their lives!
After this chaos, Xia Ya and the others easily rushed into the queue of horse thieves and rushed to kill them head-on. Many mercenaries did not have to worry and shouted "Ooke". Anyway, the people around them, as long as they don't If you shout, you will chop off the sword!
For a time, the horse thief team quickly collapsed completely! Those who run away and kill each other! Most of the horse thieves died in the hands of the fifty cavalry raiders such as Xia Ya, but not many people died, but the more casualties were all in the dark night, killing each other and trampling on each other. …
Xia Ya leads the men and horses, he runs in the lead, he is born with night eyes, and it is true to see things in the dark, with him as the leader, Xia Ya kept roaring, his voice, the mercenaries all remembered It's familiar, just follow Xia Ya's voice and rush.
Xia Ya took the people and easily rushed the horse thief team directly to a pair! A cavalry piercing tactics like a textbook!
After breaking out of the enemy's siege, Xia Ya looked back at the people behind him, and shouted "Ooke Oke", and the people behind him also shouted, but the number of people was less, three or five people less. In the chaos of the army.
But behind him, the horse thief's team was completely chaotic! The best thing is that after Xi Ya led the people to charge for a while, there were also some shrewd horse thieves who recognized the voice of the enemy in the dark shouting "Ok Ou Ke", in order to save their lives, they followed suit, trying to avoid it. The enemy's weapon - but of course there are smart people like this, and there are some smarter horse thieves who also recognize that the enemy is shouting "Oak", so good, if anyone shouts orc, I will cut!
For a while, the one who called Oke, wanted to kill! If you don't call Orc, you will also kill! This scene... At this time, let alone those horse thieves! Even if Odin's military god Hastings comes, he can't control these mad subordinates in this dark bombing army!
"Rush again! Do you dare!" Xia laughed, pointing to the chaos like a hive in the distance: "This time we will change the password! Everyone calls 'Soso'! Remember! Don't call the wrong one ! It's very wrong to be killed by my own people who called the wrong one!"
Dozens of subordinates raised their long swords at the same time: "Soso!!"
This fight lasted for an hour, and Xia Ya led the people into the formation three times. In the dark night, his eyesight was the best. Several times the horse thieves saw that a few groups of people were barely gathering, and Xia Ya followed. go up.
As a result, in less than an hour, the horse thief collapsed!
The team could no longer be gathered, and a group of horse thieves shouted, "Run for your life!"
With a bang, thousands of horse thieves suddenly dispersed as birds and beasts!
Xia Ya laughed, and led people to run back and forth on the battlefield to kill the horse thieves scattered in threes, fives and fives. After the enemy was completely defeated and fled, Xiaya stopped and set off a torch.
After some firelights illuminated, everyone looked around. All of their companions were covered in blood, and they were all tired and out of breath. But look at the horse thieves around... There are countless dead bodies on the ground, obviously most of them are killing each other. dead.
Roughly counting, I am afraid that in this night attack, at least two hundred people died among the horse thieves! On the battlefield, there are still some wounded on the ground, and there are some timid people who lie in the crowd and pretend to be dead. After cleaning the battlefield, they all become prisoners, and there are actually 180!
Charya's light cavalry attacked fifty nights, annihilated two hundred enemies, and captured one hundred prisoners! ! Such a record immediately made the flame rhino mercenaries burst into high spirits!
Xiaya smiled without saying a word, but Sharba next to him sighed, especially dissatisfied, and whispered: "These people are still too trash... If these fifty cavalry are replaced with... Well, let's not talk about our Rodriguez cavalry, even if If it is replaced by an ordinary regular army, this victory can at least be doubled."
"It's enough to win." Xia Ya shook his head, gave Sharba a glance, and lowered his voice: "Don't talk too much, these people, I plan to take them all for my own use!"
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In the darkness, those unlucky horse thieves fled in all directions, but after all, everyone has a heart of conformity. Since they can't see in the dark, many horse thieves simply follow the direction that sounds the most dynamic.
As a result, after running for an hour, the horse thieves stopped to gather their men and horses. The number of horse thieves who escaped was the largest, there were three or four hundred people, but the team was scattered, and many of them could not find their own gang tribes at all. .
Everyone stopped and rested for a while, and they were still in shock. They barely gathered their men and horses, and several horse thieves vomited blood in their hearts. Seeing that they went out to hunt, they had suffered such heavy losses. In this wildfire where the weak eat the strong, strength means everything! His own tribe's vitality has been injured, I am afraid that after returning, whether they can continue to survive is a problem!
After some arguing and scolding, finally reluctantly gathered the subordinates, three or four hundred people gathered together, and the torches were lit, and everyone finally felt a little more at ease.
Several horse thieves leaders were about to send people to collect the scattered people and horses, when they suddenly heard a dense sound of horse hooves coming from a distance!
This sound immediately made the horse thieves who had become frightened birds panic. Fortunately, from a distance, they could be seen by the light, and the group of people running from a distance were also lighting torches, but they could see clearly.
Those who came were about 200 cavalry, and they were all dressed up. They looked like horse thieves. Their clothes were mottled and messy. The weapons they used were different, but they were the only ones. solemn.
Running at the forefront, a majestic warhorse, with a mighty and majestic figure on his back, a hammer in one hand, a rein in the other, and an axe on his back!
From a distance, this group of horse thieves was relieved to see that they were "companions" and not those of Xiaya. Anyway, there were more than 300 people on their own side. Even if they met with them, they were not afraid of the other party's bad thoughts. , some horse thieves shouted: "The opposite, what's the way!!"
The two hundred cavalry running from a distance stopped at a distance. The two sides looked at each other. The other heard the shouting here, and they also asked questions from a distance: "We are on the mountain in the south! Opposite! Which mountain is doing business? of?"
Hearing this, he was considered an expert, and the horse thieves felt even more at ease. Someone here shouted loudly to threaten each other: "Listen to the front! The six tribes in the southern part of the Wildfire Plain are working together to do business! Idlers stay out of the way!! Don't look for it by yourself. trouble!"
In order to gain momentum, many horse thieves here have shown their names: "Here is the old pole tribe of Ma Shanpo!"
"The one-eyed wolf tribe in the West Look Valley is here!!"
"Youzihe's old-fashioned brother!"
"We're a Cossack! Get out of here if you don't want to cause trouble!"
Originally, the other party listened to the horse thieves showing their names one after another, but the other party stopped there and listened with interest. They followed the rules of the horse thieves and kept a distance from each other. Unexpectedly, as soon as they heard the name of the "Cossack" regiment, the group on the opposite side suddenly boiled! !
Suddenly, more than 200 cavalrymen shouted happily, and everyone raised their sabres: "I found it! I found it! Damn, I ran for the middle of the night, and I finally found it!!"
The horse thieves here are all amazed - found? What does this mean
Someone looked at the Cossacks: Could it be that you have contacted other horse thieves on the mountain to do this business? But the members of the Cossack regiment also looked at each other in dismay, and someone tentatively shouted: "Are you also a fellow who came to do business together?"
As soon as these words came out, the mighty leader who was in the lead suddenly became popular!
"Just like your mother!!! Brothers! It's these bastards! Chop the fuck!!"