Chapter 818
The rain of arrows soaring into the sky seems to be swarming, but in fact it is orderly.
The strong bow has a fast firing speed and a large number, with the best range of 60 to 80 steps, and 400 people can shoot together, four or five hundred arrows can be shot in one breath. There is no dead corner on the twenty-step mountain road, and the bow power is strong enough. Unless you wear fine fish scale armor, ordinary armor cannot be completely blocked, and you will be injured even if you don’t die.
The hard crossbow has a fast firing speed and a small number. The best range is 120 to 160 steps, and the hit rate is more than 70% within a hundred steps. He specializes in shooting officers such as Du Bo, Jun Hou and other officers. Among the first group of people who rushed down, two Jun Hou and four Du Bo were the focus of attention to the target. Four of them were shot down at the first time. The remaining two were also shot by continuous arrows so that they could not raise their heads. They could only shoot behind the shields and did not dare to show their heads. The captain and the captain were also within the target, and people were constantly hit by arrows.
Although the county soldiers rushed down the mountain were quite large and their fighting spirit was very high, the high fighting spirit was not because of their strength, but because of their stupidity. In the face of the dense rain of arrows, the people who rushed in front were not strict enough and could not cover each other. Many people fell to the ground by arrows. The people behind were still unable to figure out the situation, so they kept pushing forward, shouting in a mess.
He used to be a little like a charge, but now he has no appearance and has become a living target.
They were also shooting archers, but their range was not as far away as the other party, their accuracy was not as high as the other party, and they could not accurately aim while running, so their lethality was far away. Several powerful crossbowmen received special attention and were quickly removed. The archers became completely a decoration because of insufficient range.
Several sword and shield hands reacted quickly, raised their shields in time, rushed through the arrow formation, and rushed through the wooden bridge on Yaogao River. However, facing the fierce formation formed by sword and shield hands and spearmen, they had no courage to attack, and instinctively leaned together and wanted to escape. However, the retreat was cut off, and they had no way to escape, so they could only hide in a corner of the battlefield.
With just a few words, dozens of people fell down on the opposite hillside, blocking the mountain road tightly. The remaining people stood outside the range and squeezed together, but no one dared to move forward easily. The few people in front of the formation hesitated and argued that some wanted to escape back, and some wanted to surrender. Just when they were hesitant, two soldiers left and right, surrounded them, raised their swords and cut down several people. The remaining souls were scattered, threw their weapons, and kneeled down to surrender.
The valley has returned to peace, quieter than before the battle. Everything on the position here is normal. The swords, shields and hands tie the prisoners with ropes on their waists, and the archers replenish arrows or replace bowstrings. It is orderly, but the position opposite is silent, and the hustle and bustle have been blown away by the spring breeze.
The wind is not cold, but the heart is already cold.
Shen Zhi was shocked. He could see that the whole leopard was so good that Sun Ce's troops' combat power far exceeded his imagination. He had always retained the authenticity of Shen You who took over Sun Ce to defeat Xu Gong, but when he saw this scene, he knew that it should be true. If he were himself, it would be no problem to command such elite troops to defeat Wujun County soldiers who were twice as old as before.
Shen Zhi looked at Sheng Xian. Sheng Xian opened his mouth and his eyes were straight, and he was completely stupid. Even though he had limited knowledge of military affairs, he had been a prefect and had seen county soldiers practice. Compared with the elite soldiers in front of him, those people were simply playing games with children. It took Sheng Xian a long time to come back to his senses, secretly glanced at Shen Zhi, and smiled bitterly at the same time.
The battle on Xiajia Mountain was also over soon. Guo Yi never expected Sun Ce to appear here, so he only arranged some warning. Facing Dong Xi, who was determined to make meritorious service, they had no resistance and soon surrendered. Dong Xi was not satisfied and complained that these people were too careless and surrendered too quickly, and his warm-up was not over yet.
The wooden bridge on Yaogao Creek was demolished, and the soldiers cut down trees from the hillsides on both sides, set up camps, three fronts and backs, one end extending to the valley water and the other side extending to Guling Lake, cutting off the only land route to Guling to the outside world.
The situation suddenly reversed, and the unbreakable Guling became a cage with nowhere to escape.
Sun Ce sat on the big rock, maintaining his previous posture, motionless, as if he hadn't heard it.
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As night fell, fires were spotted on both sides of Yaogao River, and both sides were on high alert. The ones at the foot of the mountain prevented the other from breaking through, and the ones at the foot of the mountain prevented the other from attacking. The two sides were too close, and no one dared to be careless.
The fires swaying at the beginning of Guling City in the distance, and they are very vigilant. Even if they are hundreds of steps away, you can feel the panic in the city.
Sheng Xian was lying on the desk, holding a pen in one hand and pulling his hair in the other. He had moistened the ink several times, but he didn't write a word. He had done many articles, but this article was the first time I wrote this article, and I don't know how to write it.
Shen Zhi sat in the tent, his eyes shining through the door of the account, looking at Guling City in the distance. He also knew that Sheng Xian's article was difficult to do, so he dared not disturb him, let alone help. This was Sheng Xian's own obstacle, and he could only handle it himself. He was more concerned about war.
If Sheng Xian's articles can satisfy Sun Ce within three days, he will go to Wucheng to take office. Near Wucheng are Shimen Mountain and Baihu Mountain, and his opponents are Yan Baihu and others. He was very confident and Yan Baihu has some skills, and he knew very well. Even if Yan Baihu doesn't give him face, he can defeat Yan Baihu upright. But after seeing today's war, he felt that he was too optimistic.
Defeating Yan Baihu is not a result, but whether he can fight well is the question. If he wants to make a name for himself under Sun Ce's command, he must not defeat Yan Baihu. At most, he can only be a chief lieutenant, and he can't even make it to the lieutenant, let alone be alone like Shen You.
I was already a mistake. If I don’t work harder, how can I catch up with Shen You?
This short battle is an opportunity to learn. Although the daytime war lasted for a short time and after being hit by a slap, Guo Yi did not launch another attack, but he revealed a lot of information, including too many skills worthy of his deep thinking. The only problem is that the time is too short, just like a duel between masters, before the bystanders can see clearly, the winner has been decided.
"How to do this article?" Sheng Xian slapped the pen on the desk and was anxious. "I can't do it!"
Shen Zhi woke up in shock and looked at Sheng Xian with sympathy. He had known Sheng Xian for several years. This was the first time he saw Sheng Xian so embarrassed, even more embarrassed than when he was locked up by Xu Gong. However, he knew in his heart that Sheng Xian was completely forced by the situation and was actually not convinced. If he were alone, he would not surrender to Sun Ce. The Sheng family and their husband and wife together had nearly a hundred people. The price was too heavy, and Sheng Xian could not afford it, so he could only bow to Sun Ce.
He had no doubt that Sun Ce would do this at all. Guo Yi and others' behavior of blocking Sun Ce's entry angered Sun Ce, and Sun Ce wanted to kill someone to establish his authority. Sheng Xian had a chance to live after doing his article well. Guo Yi, Wang Sheng and others did not even have the chance to make an article, and they would definitely die, especially Wang Sheng.
He didn't understand why Wang Sheng did this.
"Aweng, you said that Wang Boming (Wang Sheng) has such a good relationship with the Sun family, why did he oppose General Sun?"
Sheng Xian glanced at Chen Zhi, not disregarding Chen Zhi's attitude. He was silent for a moment. "Birds and beasts are different. Sun's father and son slaughtered famous scholars and bullied the aristocratic clans. Wang Rui and Zhang Zi were killed innocently. The three Zhou brothers died one after another. Wherever Sun Ce went, people would seize land. Wang Sheng was also a famous scholar and aristocratic clan. How could he join them in and help the evildoer to abuse?"
"I heard that General Sun seized land to solve land annexation and reduce refugees, and he..."
"The land of the aristocratic family is not all taken by tricks, why should I give it to him?" Sheng Xian said angrily: "You Shen family is willing to hand over your own land for nothing?"
Chen looked at Sheng Xian, waited for a while before whispering: "Aweng may have heard it wrong. General Sun did not ask us to hand over it in vain, he was just exchanging."
Sheng Xian was stunned.
Chapter completed!