Chapter 504 Yang Shitou
When he opened his mouth and shouted, a tricky arrow shot into his mouth. Although the big boss still had a very sophisticated helmet that could cover most of the head, the arrow completely avoided those protections, and the arrow happened to penetrate his head.
He couldn't even say anything, so he fell down from the horse. The person around him turned his head and saw his leader lying under the horse. He was about to go over to help him to see the wounds, the sound of Biaokong sounded rapidly again, twice in a row, and two consecutive screams were made. Looking around him, the long arrow pierced through the bodies of the two people around him.
These people who fought stubbornly were shocked. Three arrows took three lives, and they were all the most centrally surrounded by people. Doesn’t this mean that the other party’s bow and arrow can take their lives at any time?
The pirate private soldiers who were just brave enough to fight to the death just now were desperately shrank inside because of panic, and regardless of the fighting outside, they were killed by the soldiers besieged outside for a moment.
"Sir, the master shot!"
Amid the sound of praise, Yang Shitou was surrounded by his subordinates and slowly approached here. Among the team of Jiang Feng's first starting lineup, the Tidings were good at fighting and firearms, while the hunters were good at bows and arrows according to their old skills. After Yang Shitou came to Yizhou, he knew that this martial arts was also the foundation of his own position and was not vague, so he practiced diligently every day, and his personal soldiers were also quite good at bows and arrows.
I just saw those people fighting in the field. The big leader of the private soldiers of the sea were shouting, and he was very conspicuous there. He was also itchy for a moment. He shot three arrows, three arrows, and three arrows, and the arrows were all shot. He is now the governor in charge of one side, so the people below were naturally applauding.
That's right, these sudden ambushes were the troops of the Jiang family army in Yizhou. There were many places to provide landing on the coast of Fujian, but there were not many places where thousands of people and materials could be brought ashore. Moreover, the transportation in those places often transferred materials and personnel, which was quite troublesome. The most abundant thing in the Jiang family army was silver, so they simply found horse dealers to buy horses in large quantities.
Relying on the transportation capacity of livestock, the weapons and people unloaded from that small port were sent out. At the beginning, I didn’t expect to create such a bad cavalry. However, for Yang Shitou, the most important thing in this ambush battle is to fight quickly.
Although such cavalry charges will have no potential after all, they will have unexpected effects and will quickly defeat the opponent. Next, in front of the infantry formation in the Huazhou system, these private soldiers of the sea merchants will not have any chance of winning. Yang Shitou immediately looked at the people surrounded by them, and now they have shrunk into a group. It is difficult to take them down. A captain next to him asked in a low voice:
"Sir, do you need to adjust the muskets and sweep them all in one go!"
Yang Shitou waved his hand and said:
"I'm asking the archers to come up. I don't know if I can enter Yuegang quickly. If I waste time outside, this musket will not be used. It's too easy to find out that it's our Huazhou!"
The captain quickly conveyed the order, and boxes were transported down from the carriage following behind. The guards surrounding Yang Shitou immediately ran over. After opening the boxes, the bows and arrows were placed in cloth bags, and some powder was scattered in them.
The glue that bonds the bow and arrow often becomes useless after being damp, and the bow string becomes untensive in a humid environment. The various southern garrisons of the Ming Dynasty were like a joke about the preservation of bow and arrow. When the Japanese pirates were rampant, the Ming army could not even penetrate the opponent's flesh with one arrow. Yang Shitou naturally learned this lesson. The bow and arrow are stored in a dry environment, and the boxes are filled with quicklime with cloth bags to absorb moisture. Check regularly and maintain the bow string.
The responsibility for this matter is extremely heavy. Jiang Feng has no compassion at all. The lesson of the Ming army is what he saw in front of him. If the ordnance officer fails to maintain his weapons, there is only one way to deal with it, that is, beheading his head. His family does not enjoy the treatment of his family. According to the first-class Korean theory, under severe punishment, there will be no mistakes.
The private archers who were being besieged suddenly felt that their pressure was relaxed, but they were stunned to find that the people who besieged them suddenly dispersed, but this was not worth being happy or anything, because the rows of archers outside had already prepared to take the arrows.
Seeing these archers and the Japanese pirate soldiers among the private archers, they gave a breath in their hearts. When they were still robbing at the beach that day, the Ming army's bows and arrows were like children's slingshots, with no damage at all, and it would be good to be able to penetrate clothes.
These people all retreated into the crowd, thinking that they would let their people block the first wave of arrows first, and then they would go out with a loophole. These Japanese pirates had some foundations in regular army and cooperated with each other. Some people whispered in Japanese, and they retreated into the inside. Before those who were born as bandits could react, they found that they were already on the front line.
The actions of the private soldiers of the sea merchants fell into Yang Shitou's eyes. They were stunned at first, then laughed loudly, and waved their hand holding the horse whip down with force.
The officers at all levels behind the archers issued orders one after another, and the air was immediately filled with horrifying screams. When they heard this roar, the Japanese pirates who were still lucky were shocked. Only such a sound could be emitted by a strong bow and a well-maintained strong bow.
If you retract into the pile of people, you will just die a little later. The distance between the two sides is too close, so when the archers line up, they have to take a few steps back so that they can use the damage of the bow and arrow even more.
The screams were almost connected, as if they were cutting wheat. The strong bows shot caused the people in the middle to fall in rows, and some people wanted to rush out in vain, but doing so just made them hit a few more arrows on their bodies. Three hundred archers shot four rounds, and all the people who resisted fell down.
"After all the corpses on the ground, let's see if anyone pretends to be dead!"
Yang Shitou shouted loudly. As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, when the soldiers were about to pass, several Japanese pirates pretending to be dead in the pile of corpses jumped out. The archers had not yet withdrawn their teams and were waiting, and they were shooting again.
This time I'm dead...
Chapter completed!