The thirty cavalrymen of the Qi family army were defeated by more than 300 bandits in an instant, but they themselves were unharmed.

The bandit leader Xiao Lao Diao was so angry that he ordered his subordinates to open their bows and release arrows.

Originally, this bow and arrow and bird gun, in the Ming Dynasty, are strictly forbidden to be owned by the exclusive military products, and the production process is strictly confidential, only those craftsmen who have been passed down from generation to generation can create qualified products.

However, by the time of the Apocalypse, the various systems created during the founding of the country had basically collapsed, and so did the household registration system. A large number of military households and artisan households, because the imperial court was in arrears even with the little money and food that was barely enough to make ends meet, and the land was cleverly seized by officers and officials, and if they persisted, they would have to starve to death, so they fled in large numbers and went to the people, becoming "black households" without household registration.

This led to three serious consequences: First, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army plummeted. Originally, the military household system of the Ming army was a lifetime of the father's life, and he served as a soldier from generation to generation. However, after a large number of military households fled, the source of soldiers suddenly became tense, and many thousand-household guards actually did not even have three or four hundred people.

Second, the officers were paid empty salaries. In fact, there are not so many soldiers, but the officers still receive salaries and silver according to the original number, and the excess is unceremoniously put into their own pockets, which makes the already stretched finances of the Ming Dynasty even worse.

Third, and most seriously, the consequence is that weapons manufacturing technology flows into the civilian sector. Originally, the common people were unarmed, and they were simply powerless to deal with the heavily armed officers and soldiers. However, with weapons such as bows and arrows and bird guns, coupled with the low combat effectiveness of the Ming army, it became a very easy thing to occupy the mountain as the king and even pull the flag to rebel.

Xiao Laodiao is like this here. His original name was Xiao Rong, and he was originally an official soldier stationed at Xifengkou. He has been a soldier at the border for more than 20 years, and he has made great achievements, but because of his irritable personality and discord with his commander, he is almost 50 years old, and he is still an ordinary big-headed soldier.

Moreover, Liping, a thousand households stationed at Xifengkou, is extremely greedy and often withholds military salaries. Originally, according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the enemy was rewarded with five taels of silver. But when he came to him, he forcibly deducted 90 percent and only gave the soldiers five coins of silver.

Xiao Rong fought bravely, and the heads he had beheaded were not a hundred but dozens of them. But most of his reward went to Li Ping, and he only got a fraction. He was a good gambler and a drinker, and even that little money was lost. They are all in their forties, and they don't even have a wife.

Finally, on a dark and windy night, Xiao Rong broke into Li Ping's tent with the strength of wine, slashed him with a sword, and stabbed more than 100 holes in his body, ruthlessly exuding the evil spirit of more than 20 years.

After waking up, Xiao Rong knew that he would definitely die if he didn't leave, so he pulled a group of officers and soldiers with his best to escape from the pass and fell into the grass in the Yanshan Mountains near Zunhua. Since then, he has hidden his real name and called himself "Xiao Laodiao".

Xiao Laodiao was originally from the official army, and he was extremely ruthless, not only the people nearby changed their complexions when they heard it, but even the bandits and bandits around him were afraid of him. In less than five years, he had annexed several bandits in the vicinity, becoming the largest bandit leader in the area, with 18,000 people under his command, and even the local officials and soldiers had no choice but to turn a blind eye and let him plunder as he wantonly.

And when Xiao Laodiao escaped from the army, he also brought out the bow and arrows and birds. In the past few years, he ordered a large number of imitations, although the quality was poor, but it was barely usable, at least it was more than enough to deal with the local officers and soldiers with similar equipment level.

At this time, like a red-eyed gambler, he frantically ordered his men to shoot arrows in front of the formation.

The second master said in a trembling voice: "The big boss, there are still dozens of brothers who have not returned!" This one opened the bow and released the arrows, and didn't shoot them into hedgehogs? ”

"Fuck off!" Xiao Laodiao scolded angrily, "You haven't seen it yet? If they don't release the arrows, they will let these cavalrymen make dumplings, and none of them will survive! Even if a few are injured by mistake, as long as we can shoot these cavalrymen, we will win this battle, and they will be worth dying! ”

The subordinates around saw that Xiao Lao Diao regarded his own lives like mustard, and they couldn't help but feel a chill. But Xiao Lao Diao had been accumulating power for a long time, and they didn't dare to resist, so they had to open their bows and arrows one after another, and shoot indiscriminately in front of the formation.

There were as many as four or five hundred archers in these archers, and although the timing of the arrows was uneven, a rain of arrows was still formed, overwhelmingly shooting at the thirty cavalry of the Qi family's army, as well as the dozens of remaining bandits.

The cavalry of the Qi family army were all wearing heavy armor, and they had already seen the archers in the enemy formation, and they had already raised their vigilance. Seeing the rain of arrows coming, he quickly reined in his horse, brandished his broadsword, and fired arrows.

Rao was so, because the distance was too close, the bow and arrow came very quickly, and in a moment, more than a dozen cavalrymen had been hit by arrows. If it weren't for the heavy armor, they would have been pierced by sharp arrows.

Despite this, several cavalrymen were unable to dodge and were hit by arrows in areas that could not be protected by heavy armor.

The arrowhead made of stainless steel was more than an inch wide, and it had barbs that could not be pulled out if they were embedded in the flesh, otherwise a large piece of flesh around the wound would be hooked out.

The pain was unbearable, but they still insisted on refusing to retreat, and with sharp arrows on their bodies, they rushed forward again when the rain of arrows had stopped slightly.

And the dozens of bandits who fled back were not so lucky. They had no armor in the first place, and they couldn't imagine that their own people would shoot arrows at them, and in an instant, they screamed and fell down more than half.

Just when the remaining dozen or so people were stunned, the cavalry of the Qi family's army had already rushed to the front again, but at this time, they hung the big knife on the bird's wing ring and drew a single knife to slash with a clear goal.

Qi Meifeng, who was watching the formation from behind, saw that the cavalry was too close to the enemy's main formation, and that the opponent had a large number of archers, so she hurriedly ordered: "Mingjin!" ”

His golden drummer immediately sounded the gong. When the thirty horsemen heard the sound of gold, they no longer dwelled with the remaining bandits, and immediately turned their horses and retreated towards the chariots.

"Shoot the arrow, hurry up and release the arrow to Lao Tzu! Shoot them! Xiao Lao Diao saw that not a single enemy cavalry was killed in this round of arrow rain, so he couldn't help but be furious, snatched a bow from the bandit next to him, opened his bow and took the arrow, and shot it in the direction of the cavalry.

He can become a bandit leader, and his skills are naturally much stronger than ordinary bandits. The arrow was as fast as a meteor, hitting a cavalryman in the back of the heart. Fortunately, the cavalry was heavily armoured, and the back was protected by a round heart armor, so he was not pierced by an arrow.

But the force of the arrow was very strong, and he had already suffered an arrow wound, and when he was hit again, he only felt a sweet throat and eyes, and spurted out a mouthful of blood with "wow", and almost fell off the horse.

But the speed of the cavalry was so swift that by the time the second round of arrows came, thirty horses had already galloped back to their position. A gap opened in the chariot formation, allowing the cavalry to rush in, and then closed tightly again.

The camp of the Qi family army roared with joy and thunder, sending the warmest praise to the triumphant return of these thirty warriors!

Amid the cheers, several cavalrymen who were not lightly injured could no longer support them, turned over and fell off their horses, unconscious.

Zhu Youzhen just wanted to lean over to inspect the injuries of a few people, but Qi Meifeng said sternly: "Your Highness, please sit down!" Wounded soldiers have their own medical officers to treat them, whether you are the commander of the whole army, or it is more important to closely observe the movements of the enemy army! ”

Zhu Youzhen stuck out his tongue, thinking to himself when he became the coach? But he still obediently did not dare to move, and looked at the bandits in the distance.

I saw that the bandits in front were gathering more and more, but they were not in a hurry to attack this side, but slowly spread out from both wings, outflanked one left and one right, and gradually enveloped the Qi family's army in it. Finally, cut off the way of Qi's army and form an encirclement behind him.

Zhu Youzhen saw that he was completely surrounded, and he was so scared that he was scared to death, and asked nervously: "Meifeng, we have been surrounded!" Just now, when the encirclement was not formed, why didn't you give the order to retreat, or send cavalry to storm them again and disrupt their formation? ”

Qi Meifeng explained: "Your Highness, if we retreat just now, we will have to leave all our baggage behind, and our combat effectiveness will be lost. And we don't know if the bandits are still in ambush on the way out, and we must not act rashly. Just now, the cavalry rushed to kill for a while, and the physical exertion of men and horses was very great, especially the horses, which had to be fully rested. ”

Zhu Youzhen said urgently: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what do you say now!" ”

Qi Meifeng hurriedly comforted: "Your Highness, relax!" It can be seen from the battle just now that although these bandits are numerous, they are a rabble and do not have much combat power. As long as we guard the formation, they will never rush in! ”

As he spoke, the bandits in front of him once again tangled up hundreds of people and pounced on the Qi family's army.

Qi Meifeng smiled coldly and said calmly: "Gunner! Remove the four Franc cannons, school guns, and get ready to fire! ”

"If only the cannon had been fired earlier! A few more cannons wow! Zhu Youzhen said anxiously.

Qi Meifeng said: "Remove the Franc cannon just in case." Due to the limited quantity of ammunition, it will not be used easily until the critical moment. ”

"Everyone rushed over, almost right under their noses! And that's not even a moment in time? Zhu Youzhen shouted.

"Your Highness, don't worry! These hundreds of bandits don't need to use the Franc cannon! Qi Meifeng said.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know what medicine she was selling in her gourd, so she had to watch in horror as the enemy gradually approached.

Seeing that the bandits were only a few dozen steps away from the car formation, Qi Meifeng shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

At the sound of an order, dozens of soldiers in the chariot formation climbed onto the chariot, stood on the roof of the chariot and fired their bows like a full moon, condescendingly, and shot sharp arrows together. It was a real salvo, albeit small in number, but it was woven into a web of arrows, enveloping the dozens of bandits who rushed to the front.

Hearing the screams in front of the battle, more than 20 bandits could not dodge and fell to the ground one after another. Qi Jiajun's bows and arrows are well-made, and they are of course much more powerful than the copycat version of the bandits. In addition, the bandits did not have much armor, but many of them were pierced by an arrow, and even their entire bodies were carried backwards diagonally, and then they fell heavily to the ground.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the bandits and the frustration of the momentum of the charge, the second round of arrow rain roared again!