But as soon as he closed his eyes, he heard several "swish" sounds and the sound of arrows entering flesh; the knife that had reached the door of his face did not fall.
Zhao Xing opened his eyes and saw that the barbarian who was going to kill him had an arrow in his head and fell to the ground dead. He turned his head to the right and saw more than twenty people wearing guard uniforms.
The soldiers held up their crossbows and fired them non-stop.
Zhao Xing noticed that their clothes were very neat, and couldn't help but secretly wonder: from the time he called for enemy attack to now, when he could wrap up his fur coat and come out with weapons, he was already an elite division, but they were all so neatly dressed!
Of course, they are not ordinary troops, but Zhu Yunxu's bodyguards who were carefully selected by Yunxi from the Shangzhi Guards. Although Zhu Yunxu could not personally command the battle, he still allocated more than 20 of his guards to Xu Zengshou.
With him, Xu Zengshou treated them as the most important reserve team.
Zhao Xing saw that the barbarian who had broken into the camp had been beaten to death. He stood up with a crossbow and walked towards the twenty or so people. They were very vigilant and did not let him get close. He could only
Stay a few feet away, holding a crossbow and a knife with them to guard this fence.
More and more barbarians came to the fence and roared to climb in. They also wore some bamboo armor on their bodies to resist crossbow arrows. And although they did not have crossbows, many of the bows they used were one-stone or even two-stone or three-stone bows.
Only a few elite soldiers in the Ming Guards can use the big bow, but almost all of these barbarians can use a big bow worth more than one stone.
The range of the bow was longer than that of the crossbow, and there were casualties on their side immediately, and some barbarians climbed over the tents to fight hand to hand. Fortunately, there were more and more people defending, so they could still hold on.
Zhao Xing also noticed that not one of the twenty or so people who came over at the beginning died. The powerful bows and arrows shot at them could not penetrate their clothes. He immediately understood: these were elite soldiers wearing soft armor.
Ah! Maybe they are Prime Minister Xu’s personal soldiers.
But the barbarians continued to cross the fence, and some broke into the camp from other directions.
At this time, a team of musketeers was mobilized and opened fire on the barbarians, causing smoke to billow immediately. Many soldiers of the three guards of the former King of Qi who had not dealt with the Jurchens complained secretly, saying that they could not see anything clearly with this fire.
Several uninjured barbarians rushed toward them through the smoke, but they were caught off guard. Most of the people at the scene were holding crossbows, which were not as useful as large blades within three or four feet.
However, Zhao Xing, who had been in Kaiyuan for eight years, secretly curled his lips: What a bunch of bumpkins! These Jurchens are very afraid of the loud muskets, and the smoke is also added. Even if a few barbarians were lucky enough not to be lead
If you are hit by a bullet and inhale the poisonous gas, although it won't cause any serious problems for a while, you will still be choked by it.
After that, no barbarians tried to rush into the camp, not even after the smoke cleared. Later, a military general came over and told them that the barbarians had retreated and that an army had chased them out, and asked them to return to their respective groups.
Zhao Xing then casually threw the crossbow that did not belong to him on the ground - taking it back would be troublesome, and handing it over to someone else, even to the person who should give it to him, would be troublesome. Those who threw it on the ground and cleaned the battlefield would naturally pick it up.
He returned to the camp, and as soon as he walked in, Chang An grabbed him, pushed him onto a chair, looked at him carefully and said, "Is your kid okay?"
"What can I do?" Zhao Xing said.
"You heard someone yelling 'enemy attack' before you came back from the big camp. We immediately got up, put on our clothes, grabbed our knives and crossbows, and went to protect Mr. Qin. We thought that the hut was not far from the camp, so we thought you
The boy was in a bad situation. I didn’t expect he wasn’t even injured at all. I’m very lucky!”
"What's this!" Zhao Xing was about to brag with them when someone suddenly walked into the camp and said to him: "Zhao Xing, Mr. Qin wants to see you."
Zhao Xing hurriedly tidied up and followed the visitor to Qin Sen's tent.
When he arrived at the place, he saw not only Qin Sen, but also the general Xu Zengshou, as well as several hundred households and staff officers.
He hurriedly saluted and said: "I have met Mr. Xu, I have met Mr. Qin, I have seen..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xu Zengshou: "It's war time now, so there's no need to be too polite. Just answer whatever I ask you. Don't make any omissions or go off topic."
Zhao Xing hurriedly agreed.
"When did they start attacking?"
"Master Xu, Xiaodi only knew that the moon was hanging on the top of a big tree in the distance. About half an hour before dawn, he saw the sentry being shot to death by their bows and arrows. Then Xiaodi shouted
'Enemy attack,' I don't know the exact time."
"Why are you there?"
"Master Xu, the little one wanted to poop, but everyone wouldn't let him poop in the chamber pot in the tent, so he had to come out and go to the hut."
Xu Zengshou asked again: "..."
…
After asking a few questions, Xu Zengshou said: "Okay, I don't have anything to do with you anymore, please step back."
Zhao Xing hurriedly bowed and retreated.
At this time, a man who looked like a top-grade military general walked in and said to Xu Zengshou and Qin Sen: "My lords, some barbarians have been captured alive and have confessed."
"Who are they?" Xu Zengshou asked immediately.
This man had a very strange expression on his face and said, "Sir, they are the Jurchen tribe we are going to fight."
"What?" Xu Zengshou said, "How could this happen?"
"It's true," the man said, "I carefully interrogated him several times and interrogated different people separately. In the end, they denied it but gave the same answer."
Xu Zengshou still couldn't believe it, but as the pursuing army returned and brought back more and more prisoners, almost all of them had the same confession, so he had to believe it.
Xu Zengshou took a breath and said to Qin Sen: "There are so many surprises in the world, but there are such coincidences."
Qin Sen also found it quite strange and said, "It's true that people on both sides have thought of things together."
It turned out that the Jurchens who attacked them were the Jurchen tribe they were about to attack. This tribe, together with several other nearby tribes, gathered 1,500 strong men to attack the nearby Han and Korean tribes before it snowed.
people’s villages, grab some things and bring them back for the winter.
Because this place was very close to Fangchuan Village, the incoming Jurchens were very vigilant. On the contrary, the people on their side, whether they were Han or Jurchen scouts, were a little careless. As a result, they were discovered by the incoming Jurchens but did not find each other.
These Jurchens thought about it for a long time and decided to sneak attack their camp in the early morning.
"It's really suspenseful. I almost succeeded in being stolen from the camp." Qin Sen said with lingering fear.
"This is God's blessing to the Ming Dynasty and His Highness King Yong." someone said.