Valley Emperor

"Get up, hurry up!" Ying Tianhu knew that he didn't have much time to think about it, and he had no time to hesitate. He had to gather the soldiers as soon as possible. Any momentary hesitation, will have irreversible consequences.

It doesn't matter if the troops are killed or injured or even collapsed. What's more important is that once the pseudo-Tang thief army is killed, it is very likely that he will die here!

However, even though he knew that the situation was extremely urgent, he still took several deep breaths in a row, ordering the soldiers to form a formation, while squinting to observe the pseudo-Tang bandit army that suddenly appeared in front of him.

These pseudo-Tang thieves don't seem to have musketeers, but at the forefront are dozens of armored swordsmen, and behind them are a group of archers.

However, even if there are no musketeers in these Great Tang thieves, those heavy armored swordsmen and shields are not so easy to deal with.

He also knows about the Puppet Tang Bandit Army. He knows that there are a small group of fierce bandits in the Puppet Tang Bandit Army. These bandits are all dressed in armor, holding steel knives and shields. They are the most typical heavy armored sword and shield soldiers. , even if such soldiers are placed in the Ming army, they are the most elite soldiers.

These heavy armored infantry, placed on the battlefield of cold weapons, are the most elite of both sides, and they are also the forces that directly affect the outcome of the battle.

In the Ming army, there were generally personal soldiers of various generals, and low-ranking officers were such soldiers.

Seeing these heavily armored sword and shield soldiers, Ying Tianhu did not dare to take any contempt, but these people in the first place also caused a lot of losses to the Ming army. But just relying on the armor, steel knife and shield on the opponent's body, it is not so easy to deal with.

It is impossible for ordinary light infantry to stop these people. If you want to stop these gangsters and heavy armored units, you must be your own elite.

And if you want to stop them with these ordinary guard light infantry under your own hands, you must use a tight formation!

So he is very clear that his time is running out, and he must immediately organize his people to resist.

If a tight formation is not formed in time, or if it is still in a loose formation like this, and is rushed by the opponent's heavy armored infantry, then the whole army will collapse!

And he can't make people lie down to avoid bullets like before, because there are no musketeers on the opposite side, only dozens of archers, and for projectile bows and arrows, there is basically no difference between standing and lying down.

While Ying Tianhu was shouting, the other Ming soldiers had already found out that something was wrong, and many small officers of the Hundred Households and General Banners had already led people into formation.

Fortunately, they just started preparing to set up a camp and make a fire for cooking. The soldiers did not completely disperse, and they were all guarding against the attack of the pseudo-Tang thief army along the way, so the formation of the formation was quite fast.

When the Ming army was in a hurry, Butcher Chen and the others had already killed him with his troops, 200 meters, 100 meters, 80 meters!

When this distance was reached, Butcher Chen held a pig-killing knife high and shouted, "Kill, rush over, kill your mother!"

"The first meritorious person will reward the general soldier!"

"Kill one enemy and reward a thousand households!"

Butcher Chen rushed at him, and casually promised various titles and positions, but unfortunately, the gangsters behind him were not very impulsive about it.

Who are you lying to, just a few guerrillas and thousands of households, it's useless, it's better to reward a pot of wine and share it with the big guys!

Everyone knows that the official hats of the Tang Dynasty are worthless. Even the bandit soldiers who don't know big characters know that the various titles in the army range from a hundred households to a thousand households, and even guerrillas. , lieutenant general, chief soldier, these titles are all worthless things, that is, they are called nice in words.

What really preceded them were actual positions at all levels, such as officers at the three levels of corps commander, deputy captain, and captain, or those positions in the Privy Council.

Therefore, if Butcher Chen wanted to boost his morale by rewarding official positions, he would have to come up with practical official positions, such as corporal commander, vice-captain or something.

But then again, because the titles of thousands of households and general soldiers are worthless, butcher Chen would call them out so generously. Butcher Chen didn't have the guts to promise those real jobs on the spot.

However, although these gangsters despised Butcher Chen's stinginess and were not at all tempted by his morale-boosting words, this did not prevent them from rushing to Butcher Chen with the same slogans of fighting.

They were originally the most courageous and most fearless bandits in the entire Yellow Bamboo Mountain. Every time they fought, they fought at the front, and this battle was a common occurrence for them.

Secondly, there will definitely be rewards for winning the battle!

Naturally, the actual reward could not be some **** title such as thousand households and general soldiers, but something more real: such as meat, wine, and women!

Or get promoted to an official position and become a junior corporal!

These are the reasons why they really care and fight for it!

As for the slogans that Butcher Chen is shouting now, everyone should not hear them!

These gangsters rushed forward with long knives and shields, and the archers behind them also trotted to keep up!

Immediately the distance narrowed, and when they were more than 60 meters away, several officers of the archer were already shouting "Prepare!"

The archers quickly stopped and started to bend their bows one by one!

"Archery!" With an order from the officers, nearly forty archers fired their first arrows!

"Free Fire!"

Immediately afterwards, these archers did not stop shooting arrows, but continued to bend their bows to shoot arrows!

The reason for the high free shooting, and not the wave after wave of salvos as before, is because the quality of the archers in the archer team is uneven.

Some archers were born as hunters, and their archery skills are quite good, while others are half-way monks. Archery skills only stay on the simplest archery with curved bows, so the accuracy and frequency of archery when they archery with curved bows are different. Still big.

In order to ensure the most efficient firepower, these archers of the Datang New Army will not force the pursuit of salvo firepower. Everyone shoots freely, how many arrows can be shot!

As the archers began to shoot arrows, the arrows continued to fly to the array of the Ming army. Although the distance was still a little far, and the projectiles used resulted in insufficient power of the arrows, there were not many people in the Ming army wearing armor. Most of them are in a single suit. Even if the power of this bow and arrow is weaker, as long as it hits, it can cause effective damage.

It's just that the number of archers is limited, the arrows are not dense enough, and the Ming army is not stupid, and will use shields to block, so the actual casualties caused by the first two waves of arrow rain to the Ming army are limited.

At this time, more than a dozen people in the Ming army started to fight back with bows and arrows!

However, the number of archers in the Ming army was better, and the enemies they faced were the heavy-armored swordsmen and shields of Chen Tufu. These heavy-armored swordsmen and shields were all wearing cloth iron armor, and their defensive capabilities were not those that were light. Infantry can be compared.

As long as it is not unlucky to be hit on the facade, it is difficult for this kind of bow and arrow at medium and long distances to pose a practical threat to them.

However, if you are hit by a Ming army's bow and arrow at close range, it will be a bit dangerous. Although armor can protect people, the military strong bow can still penetrate ordinary armor at close range.

But then again, there are very few archers who will still bend their bows and shoot arrows when the enemy's heavily armored melee soldiers rush to the front ten or twenty meters, they will run behind the melee soldiers.

Most archers or crossbowmen will start to retreat within 30 meters of the enemy, or simply give up their bows and arrows and draw their waist knives for hand-to-hand combat.

When the distance between the two sides is close to twenty or thirty meters, it has actually entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat.

This was the case at this moment. Butcher Chen charged with more than 30 people like a tiger. Although several unlucky people were shot by bows and arrows during the charging process, except for one person who was unlucky at close range. The one who was hit by an arrow fell to the ground, although the other people who were hit suffered some minor injuries, but after the armor was protected, although the arrow penetrated the armor, the remaining power was not enough to cause them. Too much actual damage, on the contrary, even more inspired the blood types of these gangsters.

Soon, under the leadership of Butcher Chen, they collided with the formation of the Ming army!

Ying Tianhu saw the tall and mighty Butcher Chen early on. When Butcher Chen brought people up, Ying Tianhu didn't want to be outdone, and directly brought a few low-level officers and his own soldiers. The total number is about More than 20 people greeted them!

But before he could meet him, Butcher Chen and the others had already made a **** path among the ordinary Ming army light infantry.

Wherever these heavily-armored bandits have passed, blood and flesh are flying, screaming constantly!

But don't look at their mighty force, as if they caused a lot of damage to the enemy, but in fact, their impact ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ caused the actual damage to the Ming army, which is not yet caused by the archers in front. big.

These light infantry can't be beat, but they can dodge and escape!

So don't look at Butcher Chen's appearance as a tiger entering the flock and killing all directions, but in fact, the Ming army ran away by themselves. .

Therefore, after Butcher Chen and the others went in, the number of enemy casualties caused was not many, but the chaos caused was more terrifying than the dozens of enemy soldiers killed directly.

When Ying Tianhu finally rushed over with more than a dozen of the same personal soldiers and wanted to confront Butcher Chen and the others, those ordinary guards could no longer bear the pressure of such huge casualties and began to collapse!

Seeing this scene, Ying Tianhu knew that although he didn't bring his own soldiers to fight, he already knew that this battle was impossible to fight. It's his own birthday.

Looking left and right, he exhaled, and then said in a full-bodied voice:

"withdraw!"