A cloud heart is dripping blood, when did he have such a big loss, the three hundred cavalry and archery team has not yet rushed in front of the other party, and it has been subjected to the most fierce counterattack. Judging by the rain of arrows shot by the other side, if it is not the army, it is really a big joke.

"Mr. Gao! What the hell is going on, didn't you say that the Tang Army would not go out? ”

"This ......!" Gao Miao wanted to say that this was not the Tang Army, but the facts seemed to be pale and weak, could it be that the news was wrong, the caravan was pretended by the Tang Army, just to attract his own people to take the bait, and after a short period of distraction, he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Whether it is other Tang Army pretending to be or not, a cloud, now you have no room to retreat, destroy this caravan, otherwise you will wait to die!" ”

A cloud hits a spirit, and he is a dog that bites people everywhere, and when it is useless, he can only be slaughtered and become a good stewed dog meat delicacy.

Thinking of this, a sharp look flashed in his eyes, and Gruha, who was seen to be passed by like a dead dog, said coldly: "Go down and bandage the wound!" ”

Gruha had a few arrows stuck in his ass and thighs, and if he hadn't been saved by the escaped horse thief, his life would have been confessed today. Until now, I still don't understand who the other party is and why he is here, but I feel that something is wrong, but when I saw a cloud of indifferent eyes, I swallowed back the words that came to my mouth.

A cloud raised the saber in his hand and roared loudly: "Kill them all, all of them will get thirty percent of the property, and those who retreat will die!" ”

"Death to those who retreat!"

In fact, there is no need for Gruha to remind him at all, Gruha's cavalry combat effectiveness is not as clear as that horse thief, if the battle is like this, if it can't explain the problem, the old horse thief will live for so many years in vain.

"Kill!"

Nearly a thousand horse thieves raised their weapons at the same time, and the sound of killing shook the sky for a while, like a greedy beast, roaring and slowly urging the war horses under them, thousands of horse hooves stepped on the grass, the hooves were like thunder, and the deafening sound made people chill, like a raging tide rushing out.

"Let your hidden men attack too! If it's dragged on for a long time, it's not good for us", Gao Miao raised his head and looked at Tiansedao.

A cloud lamented, an arrow rose into the air, but his heart was cold, when did the caravan's combat effectiveness become so strong, and he needed to suppress all the forces himself, I am afraid that he will suffer heavy losses in this battle, and there will be no chance to turn the tables at that time.

"A cloud of horse thieves is nothing more than that?" Liu Bojin laughed and said: "A cloud that has been roaring in the desert for decades has been kicked to the iron plate today, I really want to meet this horse thief leader!" ”

Wang Peng didn't have any joy on his face, and stared at the horse thief coldly: "Just now the horse thief was just a temptation, fell into the trap hole we set up, and suffered a loss in weapons, it is not a victory, the real battle has not started yet?" ”

Liu Bojin didn't understand the battle, but he was happy when he saw the horse thief fail, "The horse thief seems to be about to launch a full-scale attack, it seems that a cloud is really angry!" ”

Eat a cloud at once more than a hundred riding archers, if you don't jump your feet is a strange thing, on the contrary, if a cloud can be endured, Wang Peng will really be impressed, when the horse thief will avoid the truth and know the trade-off, is it still a horse thief?

The earth began to tremble, the sand on the ground jumped like soybeans in a sieve, Wang Peng didn't even need to look up to know that the horse thief was going to play with himself this time, and his hand was gently raised: "Artillery, stone throwers are ready, and archers are ready to shoot!" ”

"Prepare ......!"

Looking at the horse thief who appeared in sight like a tide, Liu Bojin felt that his body was shaking, and resisted the urge to turn around and run.

"Big Chief, a large number of horse thieves have appeared behind us, about four or five hundred in number!"

Wang Peng's heart was put into his stomach, the enemy hidden in the shadows is always a threat, since it has come out, that is to say, a cloud has reached the point of exhaustion of donkey skills, it seems that a cloud is not the king of horse thieves, there is no need to expose his strength prematurely.

"Leave the horse thief behind you, if you get close, shoot back with your bow and arrow, and deal with a cloud with all your might!"

A cloud rode on a horse, and at a distance of three or four hundred paces, he clearly saw the caravan on the opposite side, the number was indeed only five or six hundred, the front hundred or so people were armed with shields and spears, and behind them was a group of guards with bows and arrows, the number of people added up to no more than three hundred, behind these people were countless carriages, which were piled with boxes of belongings, and with joy in his heart, he waved his hand: "Timber wolf, take your men to attack from the front, and I will outflank them from the flank!" ”

A giant man answered on his horse, raised the iron rod in his hand high into the sky, and roared: "Brothers, kill me!" ”

Seeing that the timber wolf rushed straight towards the caravan, a cloud turned the horse's head around the front and prepared to detour back to the back of the caravan from the flank, and when he ran to the north, he saw that the formation of the caravan suddenly changed, and the guards spread out to the sides like a tide, and the front was completely exposed.

"What are you going to do here?"

A cloud was a little puzzled, and he straightened up on his horse, completely integrated with the war horse, and stretched out his head to look at the center of the caravan. I vaguely saw a lot of strange things behind those guards, and the people next to them were still holding torches in their hands, and a cloud had a bad premonition, but I didn't think that what I didn't understand was the timidity of the other party.

In fact, it's no wonder that a cloud has no vision, weapons like stone throwers and bed crossbows have been seen, such as large weapons and equipment such as stone throwers, and it is recorded in the Tang Dynasty military book "Divine Mechanism Enemy Taibai Yin Jing" that the whole body of the stone thrower is made of wood, and a shaft that can be rotated is placed horizontally above the gun carriage, and the long rod fixed on the shaft is called "tip", which plays a lever role. Those with only one wooden pole are called "single pins", and those with multiple wooden poles are called "multiple pins", and the more pins, the heavier and farther the stone projectiles that can be ejected.

In ancient times, there were up to 13 gun pins, and the wood used for the pins required special processing to make them both strong and resilient. In addition, because the stone thrower is made by the principle of lever, the length of the gun tip and the proportion of the force arm and the resistance arm must be carefully calculated, and the length of the gun tip is generally about 2.5~2.8 zhang. One end of the tip is tied with a "leather nest", which is filled with stone bullets, and the other end is tied with a cannon cable, which is about several zhang long, and the cannon cable of the small cannon is in 1~10 lines, and the large cannon is more than 100 pieces, and each cannon is pulled by 1~2 people. When throwing stone projectiles, one person first aims and sets the position, and the Lasso man pulls the cannon rope at the same time, and when one end of the cannon tether falls sharply, the leather socket at the other end is quickly thrown up. Stone projectiles are thrown violently by inertia, and the range can reach hundreds of paces."

Throwing cars can be divided into light, medium, and heavy three: light throwing cars, which are cast by two people, and the stone bullets weigh half a catty, which are used to meet the enemy; Medium-sized throwing cars in single tip, double tip, whirlwind, tiger squat, etc., with 40~100 people to pull the cannon rope, can fire 25 kg of stone projectiles, the range of more than 100 steps; The heavy throwing car has five and seven cannons, and 150~250 people need to pull the cannon rope and send 70~100 kg stone bullets, and the firing range can reach less than 100 steps. This heavy cannon is very cumbersome, and it must be used with a fixed gun mount, and is mostly used to attack and defend cities.

Even if I think about it, I can't think of any large-scale weapons and equipment that this caravan can come up with, even if I take 10,000 steps back, is it useful to make one?

(End of chapter)