Weiqiao was quiet at the moment. In the middle of the night, the bright moonlight shone down, illuminating the entire Qingshui River bank south of Weiqiao as bright as day.
After midnight, when the rooster crows for the first time, that is, around one o'clock at midnight, countless dark clouds drift from nowhere in the sky, covering the crescent moon, and the world seems to have become dark.
The breeze blows on the hills, and the fragrance of tender grass carries in the air. This darkness is not the despairing darkness of death, but a realm of vitality and the emergence of all things.
The spring flood tide rises, the clear water is rolling, and the sound of rushing water is endless. I don't know when the spring mist floats on the river, covering the bridgehead.
At this time, it is already the spring season. The Grain Rain during the Qingming Festival has long passed, and summer will begin in five or six days. The floating dark clouds and the mist rising from the river are telling people that there is still one last day in these two days.
A spring rain.
The clear water was vast, crickets were chirping, and countless rustling sounds came from the grass. But because dark clouds covered the moon, mist rose from the river, and the clear water swelled, no one noticed it.
Zang Ba, Huang Zhong, Tai Shici and others led more than 20 assaulters to lie down on the soft grass and slowly moved forward. They were already less than 20 feet away from the bridge head.
There was a ditch dug by the enemy at the bridge head. There was no water or traps in it. The group of people got into the ditch. After a while, three heads came out and looked at a distance of more than 20 feet, almost fifty meters away.
Qiaotou Camp.
It's called a camp, but it's actually just a few military tents surrounded by simple fences.
Several bonfires were set up in the camp, and a watchtower was built at the gate of the fence. Under the tower, a few soldiers chatted around the bonfire. Several fish were grilled on the bonfire, and the sizzling aroma spread out, making people salivate.
The Weiqiao garrison was not elite, and being sent to station at the bridge was a drudgery job. The garrison here could only enjoy themselves in hardship, and went to the river to catch fish to improve their food.
After the three of them saw the situation clearly at close range, Huang Zhong said to Tai Shici: "Ziyi is in charge of the people at the entrance of the camp, and I will take care of the people at the bridge."
Taishi Ci firmly disagreed and shook his head and said, "That won't work. There are only four people at the camp gate and six at the bridge."
"Including Gao Lu, aren't there five?"
"It's still one less."
"It's just one less person. Could it be that Ziyi doesn't appreciate his own archery skills?"
"I just trust my archery too much."
"Your archery skills are definitely not as good as mine."
"Let's compare again?"
"Compare is compare."
"I said, we are preparing to launch a raid. What are you still talking about?"
Zang Ba stared at Huang Zhong and Tai Shici with a dark look on his face.
During the tense and exciting raid, the two of them were still discussing who would be responsible for solving the area with more people.
According to Zang Ba's wishes, there were eleven people in total at the bridge and at the entrance of the small camp. To be on the safe side, two dozen elite archers should be mobilized to deal with them.
However, Huang Zhong and Tai Shici still wanted to go out alone to deal with one party. Don't they know that if they fail, the raid will fail and the Weiqiao defenders will be alert?
"In that case, a few people from Qiaotou will take care of it. I'll be in charge of the camp entrance, but when we raid the camp later, I'll be the leader."
Huang Zhong decided to take a step back.
Taishi Ci thought for a moment and said, "Okay then."
"Hey Hey hey."
Zang Ba's eyes widened: "Let's leave this matter to the archers."
"Don't worry Xuan Gao, I'm measured."
Taishi Ci patted him on the shoulder, and with the quiver on his back and the long worker on his shoulder, he got into the other end of the tunnel and slowly approached the bridge head.
Huang Zhong also said to Zang Ba: "Xuan Gao, it is not an easy task to quietly deal with so many defenders. Let Ziyi and I handle this matter. His shooting skills are not inferior to mine.
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The elite archers of the Han Dynasty were called sound archers. The so-called sound archers were those who could hit the mark with one arrow when they heard the slightest movement in the dark.
During the period of Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty, there were only a few thousand Shesheng soldiers selected by the entire Han Dynasty. They were transferred to the Shesheng camp of the Northern Army, and the leader was Shesheng Xiaowei.
But in order to quietly kill the few defenders at the bridge and the gate of the camp without making any mistakes, it would have to be Huang Zhong and Tai Shici.
The two men's archery skills are so superb that most people can't match them, so they can naturally take on this important task.
I saw Tai Shici setting off first, climbing out of the tunnel and crawling to the foot of a towering tree by the river. He was only about 20 meters away from the bridge.
After a while, a soldier at the bridge seemed to feel the urge to urinate, so he walked alone to the river to relax. Unknown to him, under a tree about sixteen meters away from him, an arrow quietly stretched out.
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"Whoosh!"
The undetectable sound of breaking wind was covered up by the sound of surging clear water. The arrow streaked across the night sky like lightning and shot into the back of the soldier's neck. The man only felt numbness on the back of his neck, and his vision went dark, and he fell headlong.
Fall down and die quietly.
Then came the second one. The man was leaning against the stone pillar of the bridge and taking a nap. The arrow still tore through the void silently and shot into his throat. He died silently in his sleep.
Taishi Ci was an expert in archery, and he specialized in picking people's necks. Every arrow he shot was silent.
Many people have heard that bows and arrows are as powerful as bullets, but in fact this is a wrong knowledge.
The cavity effect of bullets is more than ten times stronger than that of bows and arrows, not to mention that the shooting speeds of the two sides are not at the same level.
Therefore, bows and arrows are far less powerful than firearms.
Because of this, long-distance shooting in ancient times tested the archer's technical level even more.
Normally, an arrow hitting a person's internal organs can be fatal.
However, there is another piece of trivia here, that is, shooting in the internal organs, whether with a gun or a bow and arrow, will not cause immediate death.
Even if the heart is shot through, the person will be awake for about 30 seconds, and then fall into a coma due to lack of oxygen in the brain. During this process, the person can call for help.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But shooting in the neck is different. The throat is the place where people's voices are produced. If an arrow pierces the neck, because the throat is penetrated by the arrow, you will not be able to do it at all.
Make noise.
At the same time, the neck is full of blood vessels that supply blood to the brain. After being penetrated by a bow and arrow, the brain will enter a state of hypoxia, and the person will soon fall into coma.
In this way, as long as no one sees someone being shot to death by an arrow, there is no need to worry about exposure.
Taishi Ci was also very smart and specialized in picking out those who were alone.
The raid turned into an assassination and stealth game. The surrounding defenders seemed to be deaf and blind at this time, completely unaware that death was coming.
Don't think that this kind of thing is unrealistic.
In history, Taishi Ci shot an arrow through the palm of an enemy on a tower and nailed him to the tower.
There was also Gan Ning's hundred cavalry who robbed Cao Ying's camp. They first used archers to shoot to death the guards on the watchtower above the entrance of Cao Ying's camp, then sent people to remove the antlers to resist the horses, and finally rushed into Cao Ying's camp and killed them everywhere.
In addition, Lu Lun, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote "Song under the Sai". In the poem, "The grass in the dark forest is trembling with wind, and the general draws his bow at night. In the ordinary day, he looks for white feathers, but they are missing among the stone edges." In the poem, he describes a general's night at night.
The scene of drawing a bow and shooting an arrow after hearing the sound.
From this point of view, it is not difficult for a skilled archer to assassinate the enemy in the dark. The only difference lies in whether he can adapt to local conditions and prevent the person he shoots from making any sound.
Today, both the weather and the season are the best for Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong.
The sky fell into darkness because of the dark clouds. Except for the bonfires at the bridgehead and the camp entrance, the whole world fell into darkness with extremely low visibility.
Coupled with the mist rising from the river, the surging river water around, and the rustling of insects, everything from sight to sound provided necessary and sufficient conditions for this assassination.
When killing the fourth person, Taishi Ci finally encountered some difficulties because the other two people were sitting together and chatting.
As they were talking, they suddenly felt something was wrong, the surroundings were too quiet.
One went to the river to use the toilet and has not come back yet, the other is leaning against a bridge pillar not far away and is motionless, the other two are sleeping by the bridge about three meters away from them, and the other one has gone to find the one to use the toilet.
Not returned.
Even the stupidest person can sense that something is wrong.
The two of them unconsciously touched the horns at their waists, stood up and were about to look around.
"Whizzing!"
In an instant, two arrows shot out like cold light and penetrated their throats.
Taishi Ci’s unique skill, a flurry of arrows!
Because his arms are extremely long, he can hold two arrows between his fingers while bending the bow.
In this way, after the first arrow is shot, the arrow held between the middle finger and the index finger is immediately lifted up, and then the bow is quickly drawn to shoot the second arrow.
At his most, he could shoot four consecutive strikes at once, but the accuracy of the first two arrows was the best, while the accuracy of the last two arrows was slightly worse.
Almost after finishing the six people at the bridge, Taishi Ci turned around and looked at the camp entrance not far away.
I happened to see three people sitting by the campfire being shot at the same time and falling to the ground silently.
Huang Zhong's unique skill, three consecutive arrows!
Place three arrows on the bow at once and shoot them simultaneously.
This kind of archery is not difficult, but the difficulty lies in the accuracy.
If you really want to play, let alone three consecutive arrows, as long as you have a good and strong bow and hold an arrow between each finger, you can shoot four consecutive arrows.
But the problem is that these three arrows are aimed at three people sitting in different directions, and the force must be strong. Killing them with one strike is not something ordinary people can do.
Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong had been in charge of the navy for nearly two years. They occasionally competed in archery when they had nothing to do, and there were wins and losses for each other. Who won would depend on whether his or her personal condition was better at that time.
But no matter what, Huang Zhong's three consecutive arrows still made Tai Shici feel powerful. Because the consecutive arrows are hand-speed archery, as long as the hand speed is fast enough, it can be achieved continuously.
The three consecutive arrows are more technical. They aim at enemies in three different positions at the same time. Your own position, arrow placement, wind direction, speed, power, and distance are all indispensable.
Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, Taishi Ci saw with his own eyes that Huang Zhong could do it alone. Although it took a while to adjust his aim, it was still embarrassing.
"Walk!"
Huang Zhong first quietly shot and killed two lone soldiers, and then shot three enemies around the campfire to death with three consecutive arrows. Cooperating with Tai Shici, he killed all the enemies at the bridge and outside the camp, and then waved to Zang.
Ba gestured.
Zang Ba was now about ten meters behind him. Seeing the marksmanship of Huang Zhong, Tai Shici and others, Zang Ba was quite impressed. He immediately pulled out his saber and whispered to the surrounding soldiers: "Kill over."
Originally, the archers he brought over were intended to be used to snipe the surrounding soldiers, but he didn't expect that they would be completely useless. These archers are not weaklings. Being able to fire a two-stone bow proves that they are not bad in strength and have very strong close combat capabilities.
, abandoned their bows and arrows and drew out their sabers.
More than 20 people approached the camp in the dark. After entering through the gate, they divided into teams and entered the camp. Those Jizhou soldiers died silently in their sleep. The Jizhou army deployed at the bridgehead soon died.
Overturned.
After these people were dealt with, the group gathered at the bridge again.
Because it is a stone arch bridge, the center of the bridge is relatively high. Standing on the watchtower, you can actually see the direction of the bridge head.
However, Zang Ba had already observed before that the four lookouts in the center of the bridge were fishing again today. The two people on the tower on the left ran down and chatted with the defenders squatting behind Juma Deer Antlers in the center of the bridge.
The two people on the right tower were sound asleep there.
It happened that mist had risen again on the river, and the visibility was low. From a distance, only a blurry figure could be seen. After dealing with Yuan Jun at the bridgehead and at the gate of the camp, he quickly changed into Yuan Jun's clothes.
"These clothes are far worse than those of our Qingzhou Army."
Taishi Ci put on the clothes of a Yuan Jun soldier. He looked around and found that the quality was not very good.
Huang Zhong tied his belt and said, "It's good if it fits well."
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Taishi Ci responded vaguely.
"I asked, the password tonight is carp."
Zang Ba wiped the blood-stained steel knife on the corpse next to him, and then put it back into the scabbard on his waist.
Taishi Ci suddenly laughed: "These people are really greedy."
"As long as we get rid of all the people in the middle of the bridge, our army can cross the river silently."
Zang Ba said: "Kill out all the defenders of Weiqiao. Yuan Shao will probably be shocked. When the morale of Yuan's army drops, we can just cooperate with Ming Gong to attack from the north and south."
"Things won't go smoothly. It's better to be careful."
Huang Zhong tidied up all his clothes and warned Zang Ba and Taishi Ci that he was an extremely cautious person. As the saying goes, people become more mature with age. The old man believed that the more he was at the last moment, the less he could relax his vigilance.
The group of people changed Yuan Jun's clothes. In order to prevent people on the bridge from becoming suspicious, not too many people passed by. After all, there were only a group of fifty people stationed at the bridge. If more than twenty people suddenly ran over in the middle of the night, it would naturally easily arouse suspicion on the other side.
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Therefore, a few people decided that in addition to the three of them, they would bring two more guards with Jizhou accents. As long as they deceived the defenders into opening the bridge-defending tools such as horse deer antlers, iron caltrops, etc., they could quickly kill them and kill the people in the center of the bridge.
kill.
After the five people got ready, they stepped onto the bridge, pretending to go up to the middle of the bridge to chat with the defenders.
Zang Ba had asked the prisoners before that because there were a large number of defensive equipment in the center of the bridge that were difficult to transport, the Yuan army stationed at the bridgehead had to change its defenses every ten days.
The ones in the middle of the bridge are rotated every day, with three shifts during the day and night, changing every four hours, with three teams each time, for a total of fifteen people.
Therefore, Zang Ba, Huang Zhong, Tai Shici and others speculated that the people in the center of the bridge must not know the people at the bridge end, because even if they were familiar with each other, a new batch would be replaced the next day.
However, what they didn't expect was that an accident still happened.