When the scouting horses rushed to a distance of 1,780 meters in front of the car formation, Hu Biao, holding the tin trumpet, shouted again:
"Archer, shoot~"
Under such an order, a group of archers squatted behind the planks of the cart.
Including a rookie like Xiu Feng, they all drew their bows to full capacity and shot at the distant scouts.
It's just that the sharp arrows shot by the rookies were obviously one step slower than the brave warriors in the camp.
The reason for such a scene was a group of warriors in the camp who were generally half a head shorter than the netizens and were obviously malnourished.
When they pulled the bow in their hands, they seemed very relaxed in the process.
And the novice netizens such as Gui Feng and others who are obviously well-nourished, in order to fully draw the Seven Dou Bow, which has the smallest bow power among the Song Army's standard walking bows.
Good guy! Gust Wind’s face turned red at that time.
This is not because the rookies such as Gua Feng are too weak. You must know that the Qidou Step Bow, the weakest in the Northern Song Dynasty, is almost equivalent to a 98-pound bow and arrow in modern terms.
In the modern world, not many people, even professionals, can use it easily.
In short, a gust of wind gritted his teeth and pulled the bowstring full once. After shooting an arrow, he immediately felt the muscles in his right arm, which was quite sore and numb.
I am afraid that I will shoot the bow twice at most in the next day, so don’t think about being able to shoot the bow again in one day.
Nearly one hundred and fifty archers opened their bows and fired arrows one after another. The rain of arrows immediately enveloped the advancing scouts and the front wave of people.
On each person's body and on their horses, there were at least a few sharp arrows to greet them.
Unfortunately, what is regrettable is that the results caused by such a dense wave of arrows are quite unsatisfactory.
The key reason is that each of those who were sent to the far-reaching expedition was wearing a piece of fine iron fish scale armor.
These fish scale armors are all made of fine iron, and their defense power is quite good.
It must be no worse than the piece of Mingguang Armor that Hu Biao received when he participated in the Kucha City mission for the first time.
After the Liao soldiers wearing them were hit by arrows at a distance of 130 to 40 meters, the arrows that hit them were either bounced away on the spot or hung limply on their armor.
At first glance, it seems that the ejaculation did not penetrate very deep, but only broke a little oily skin.
That is to say, a few war horses fell to the ground after being shot with several arrows, which can be regarded as causing some results.
In addition, the power of the bow in Yue Fei's hand was at least more than that of a one-stone bow, and the sharp arrow shot accurately hit a target.
It seemed that it easily penetrated the opponent's armor and killed the target on the spot.
Seeing such a scene made Hu Biao realize that fighting against a well-equipped unit like the Liao soldiers, the restrictions on the archers were too great.
Because it seems that only by placing the opponent at a distance of thirty steps and using heavy arrows can the hard armor on them be broken.
The problem is that when the opponent's cavalry is charging, the distance of thirty steps is close in an instant; under such huge psychological pressure, it is difficult for the archers to hit the opponent.
With this understanding in mind, when the remaining far-reaching scouts reached a distance of a hundred meters, Hu Biao shouted a new command:
"Yellow Birch Crossbow, shoot~"
Because there are huge differences in the rate of fire, range, and lethality of these two long-range weapons, bows and crossbows; Hu Biao commanded these two arms separately.
In order to ensure the armor-breaking and killing effects, Hu Biao put the shooting sequence of his crossbowmen later.
Under Hu Biao's order, a hundred or so crossbowmen who were also squatting behind the wooden wall immediately pulled the triggers through the palm-sized shooting holes and shot deadly crossbow arrows one after another.
In fact, logically speaking, the management of the Huanghua Crossbow, known as the divine arm crossbow, was quite strict in the Song army.
Only elite and trustworthy troops can be equipped with such equipment. Anyway, there is no need to think about cannon fodder battalion leaders like warriors.
But at that time, in front of Yang Dongli, who was waving pearls, such strict management became a joke.
The preparation of the Huanghua Crossbow is worthy of being the most powerful weapon among the Song army and needs to be strictly controlled.
When the crossbow arrows flew past, the people in the front rows of those who rushed over to stop the horses were all shaken violently. A stream of blood spurted out from the hit area and fell down the horse's back.
It was like this attack by the crossbowmen unit, at least twenty elite Liao soldiers fell.
Upon seeing this, the remaining horses from the far-reaching expedition stopped charging immediately. They pulled their horses' heads and began to turn around again.
However, under the constant shooting by Hu Biao and others, only a dozen or so people escaped with their lives.
It can be regarded as a good start for their first battle.
It was just a gust of wind that made this rookie depressed. It took a lot of effort for him to draw the Qidou Step Bow twice in succession.
But the sharp arrows fired didn't even kill a single target.
On the contrary, when the horses who were scouting and blocking the horses turned around and retreated, they quickly took out the short bows on their horses and shot an arrow towards the car formation.
One of the arrows, after flying a distance of forty or fifty steps, accurately shot into an observation hole and hit the face of a daredevil crossbowman next to Guangfeng.
The blood spattered, but with a gust of wind from the side, a large blood stain was smeared on the left side of his face.
In the previous battles, those opponents who were shot to death from a distance made the wind feel less strong.
But when this otaku in the modern world clearly felt for the first time the feeling of someone dying in battle around him; that fragile feeling of fleeting life made him extremely frightened.
At the same time, my stomach was churning violently, and I felt very nauseous and wanted to vomit.
The only thing that makes him happy is that now it seems that as long as he picks up the yellow birch crossbow at hand, he no longer has to grit his teeth to shoot arrows...
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"I report to the commander of Hu Camp that this villain is Yang Keshi, a small soldier under Xianggong Yang; but he has been in the army in Xixia for more than seven or eight years, and has fought with Tie Yaozi, so he is familiar with battle formations.
I would rather die fighting here today and have a happy ending than be overtaken by Liao dogs and killed like chickens and dogs, and forget to command the envoy to take him in."
A soldier with a long scar on his face knelt down in front of Hu Biao.
With his hands clasped into fists, he begged bitterly.
Faced with this pleading from the mouth of a soldier with two brushes in his hands, Hu Biao had no time to help him up and say something else.
Another man dressed as a brave warrior knelt down and walked all the way over, also pleading:
"Commander Hu, I am a native of Hejian Prefecture in Hebei Province. Although he is only a brave warrior who has just joined the army, he thinks that he is just a gun and a stick, and two or three people cannot get close to him.
I hope Commander Hu will accept the villain so that he can avenge the blood feud between his family and Liao Dog."
The man's voice just fell, and there were ten more young officers of the Western Army dressed as generals, who shouted to Hu Biao:
"These Liao Kingdoms are very arrogant, I..."
By the way! After repelling the dozens of people from the Liao Kingdom, the expedition team stopped Zima.
Hu Biao finally had time to pay attention. The soldiers behind him moved closer intermittently, and now there were one hundred, thirty or forty soldiers.
But before he could speak after he walked over, a scene like this appeared in front of him; these people were shouting that they wanted to fight to the death with Liao Gou.
After hearing this, Hu Biao was naturally overjoyed.
Although these people looked quite embarrassed now, many of them had fled for their lives because of their embarrassment, and now they even lost their weapons.
But with them joining, it is still a huge supplement to the limited number of Xuan Ge camp.
Immediately, he responded loudly:
"Brothers, please get up quickly and tell me how much you ask me, Old Hu, to take you in? This matter has gone to the public. It's just that everyone is risking their lives to fight to the death. It's not a good thing to take advantage of.
Dear heroes who are not afraid of death, I, surnamed Hu, just kneeled down and thanked you for waiting.
Without further ado, the Liao Dog soldiers will be arriving soon. There are some spare weapons there, and everyone should choose one to prepare for the fight with the Liao Dogs.
If I, Lao Hu, are lucky enough to survive this battle, I should have a nice drink with all my brothers and slowly talk about some family matters."
Damn it! Hu Biao's mouth seemed to be open, and then his voice fell, and another group of defeated soldiers were crushed by the Liao soldiers and chased them.
The movement of the Liao soldiers this time was much bigger...
