Chapter 20: Turning the Tide
There were only ten bandits, two less than Li Jing and them. But in the first round of attacks by the bandits, several people on Li Jing's side were already hit by arrows. In Wang Liang's pig-like cry, the descendants who had been following Wang Liang were even more flustered at this time, some ran to pull Wang Liang, and some even turned around and ran away, but none of them obeyed Captain Wang's order to lie down.
Whizzing arrows came at them, and those who were running around were hit one after the other. More screams were heard, and there was panic everywhere, as if suddenly falling into an infernal hell.
The first round of arrows of the bandits had been finished, and when the arrogant thieves saw that the fat sheep were as frightened as lambs, they stopped shooting their arrows, put away their bows and arrows, and rushed straight at them with their swords, guns, and clubs.
Captain Wang jumped up from the ground with his knife in his hand, and while carrying the knife straight into the face of the monkey in the woman's clothes, he yelled, "the guy side by shoulder!" Kill them. Although he didn't have the slightest expectation for this group of newly recruited unity recruits, he could only be a dead horse doctor at this time.
Li Jing took out the horizontal knife at his waist and handed it to Xiao Shi's hand, and gave the scabbard to the little carpenter Qiusheng.
"You two stand in front of me and protect me!"
After speaking, Li Jing quickly took off the horn bow on his body, and the bow in Li Jing's hand was a horn bow. The bows of the Tang Dynasty were divided into four types: longbow, horn bow, slight bow and lattice bow, the longbow was used for foot combat, the horn bow was used for cavalry combat, and the slight bow and lattice bow were hunting bows and imperial guard bows. The horn bow was originally a bow for riding and shooting, and this bow was a bow handed down from the ancestors of the Li family. Li Jiazu served in the army for generations, and originally had a full set of armor weapons, including horizontal knives, horse lances, longbows, horn bows, spears, copper maces, etc. It was only later that with the death of Li Jing's grandfather on the battlefield, most of these were not on the battlefield, leaving only a spare horn bow.
This bow is a spare, but it is very precious. The horns were made of a pair of rhinoceros horns, and the horns were two feet five inches long, and it was said that these two horns alone were worth the price of four cows. The bow tube of the Fu horn is also tightly wound with the same good water-colored silk thread. The bow arm is also varnished to protect it from the moisture of the frost. It took three years to make this bow, plus those dry horn tendons, glue and silk lacquer and other things, although it was only a bow used by the ancestors, it was also extremely valuable, and it was an heirloom of the Li family.
Li Jing used to practice bows and arrows with his brother when he practiced martial arts, although he used a practice bow, but this bow has also been used many times and is very familiar.
With the horn bow in hand, the whole set of standard movements when practicing bow shooting countless times before flooded into my mind.
The front leg is extended, and the hind leg is arched.
Li Jing silently recited the family heirloom bow mantra in his heart, "The front foot is like pouting, the back foot is like lame, the feet are not enough, and the cross is not successful." The elbow and wrist should be bent, and the bowstring should be on the right cheek. The right eye is focused on the large corner of the eye, and the left eye is focused on the small corner of the eye. Shoulder high elbow high tiger mouth three points into a line, elbow high to the head, hand to be straight in the tiger's mouth. The index finger of the right hand hangs down, the big finger of the left hand presses the middle finger and stands flat, the tiger's mouth is tight, and the arrow is pointed to the end of the middle finger. ”
Silently reciting the archery mantra, Li Jing had already put on a bone chisel. It is also a wrench, but it is not the barrel-shaped wrench of the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, but a Han-style slope wrench. The thumb presses the string, and the index and middle finger press the thumb. The whole person was calm, and at this moment Li Jing was extremely calm, as if the whole person was outside the battlefield.
Wang Xiaoshi and Li Xiaocarpenter held a horizontal knife and a scabbard, their faces full of panic. If it weren't for Li Jing's calmness, their already shaking legs might have been scattered and ran.
"Brother Xiucai, the thief is coming up, shoot quickly." A robber with a spear was coming straight for him, and the little carpenter cried out in terror, his voice trembling.
Li Jing was unmoved, the string had been pulled apart, and the bow was like a full moon, but he didn't shoot out immediately. The bandit's hideous face was getting closer and closer, but Li Jing's breath was getting more and more stable. Finally, he completely adjusted his breath, and it was the best time.
With a bang, the strings snapped like a thunderbolt, and the arrow with a white bird feather on the tail shot out like lightning.
Li Jing still maintained the posture in which he shot the arrow, nervously waiting for the results of the battle. Li Jing used to hunt with a bow, and his head was excellent, not only could he shoot rabbits and roe deer, but even geese in the world. But after all, this is shooting people, especially for the first time, Li Jing is also a little nervous.
The thief was less than twenty paces away from Li Jing, which was too close.
The bowstring rang out, and the feathered arrow whizzed through the open mouth of the bandit, who was roaring with his spear, and pierced through the back of his head.
"Shot, shot, Brother Xiucai shot." The little carpenter shouted excitedly, with a cry in his voice, telling what his emotions were at this time.
Seeing the arrow pass through the bandit's mouth and go straight to the back of his head, Li Jing felt a little sick to his stomach. But he endured it, he told himself that it was still a battlefield. There is no room for sloppiness, although he shot down, but on the other side, Captain Wang has already fallen into a siege.
Li Jing quickly took out another arrow from the quiver, and this time the speed increased a lot.
Shoot the arrow, open the bow, open the bow!
A dozen paces away, another person collapsed, but this time it was right in the chest. Although the bandits were strong, they had no armor, and even the big boss did not wear armor, and under Li Jing's sharp arrows, the man was killed directly.
Wow, another arrow was fired. Li Jing sent a mountain bandit who was raising his horizontal knife high and slashing at Captain Wang's back into hell.
The monkey cheek face also noticed Li Jing, the archer, at this time, and couldn't help yelling angrily: "Second brother, take two brothers to be the archer first." ”
It was smoother than everything that had been done at the beginning of the sale, and a few arrows frightened the pack men who had not grown their hair. The only one who rushed up with a knife was surrounded by them, although the man's martial arts were a little unexpected, but after all, he was invincible with two fists and four hands, and the big insects couldn't stand the wolves. Unexpectedly, the guy who first found them lying on the ground was actually an archer and killed his three brothers at once.
"The spears of the thieves from the ground have come to me." Li Jing roared, he had already seen clearly, although those in the same village were lying on the ground, ghosts and wolves howling, but they were really fatally injured, most of them were just hit by an arrow at an incritical point, although the blood was terrifying, but they couldn't die for a while. These are all fellow villagers, Li Jing can't ignore them, and although he shot three dead, the other party also has seven, Li Jing must organize his own people to expand his chances of victory.
Scarface took two of his men and rushed straight over. In the face of Li Jing's divine shooting, this seasoned outlaw was also prepared. The three robbers first drove Li Jing, their horses, mules, and donkeys rushed over, and then one of them took a silk horse to block in front of him as a shield, and then rushed over with knives and guns.
Li Jing shot two arrows at the scarface, but the guy was extremely agile, and he avoided both arrows, only causing a little bruising. When Li Jing wanted to deal with the other two bandits first, the other party had already rushed to the front.
On Li Jing's side, there were five or six people gathered at this time, but the weapons were only two spears, a horizontal knife and a scabbard, and the other was the bow in Li Jing's hand.
"Listen to me shout one, two, three, and stab together." There was no way to retreat, Li Jing could only shout.
"One, two, three, thorn!" Seeing the scar-faced fierce body jumping up and slashing over, Li Jing hurriedly shouted.
Although Xiaoshi was terrified in their hearts, at this time, when they saw that Li Jing had shot three people in a row before, they also regarded Li Jing as the backbone in their hearts. As soon as Li Jing shouted to stab, the two gun-wielding men immediately stabbed forward, and the little stone and the little carpenter also slashed forward fiercely with knives and scabbards.
Li Jing's five or six people roared in unison, and the momentum was huge for a while, and the scarface was startled. Seeing that the spear was handed to him, he couldn't change his move in the air for a while, so he immediately threw a silk horse used to block the arrow in his hand at everyone, and then with a loud roar, the big gun stabbed to the ground, and stopped the momentum of rushing up.
Xiao Shi and the others suddenly fell short of swords and guns, but Li Jing was already waiting for this opportunity, and the arrow that had just been set up suddenly left the string. Scarface, who had just escaped the spear piercing, was momentarily stunned, and was shot to the ground with a scream. The other two thieves saw that the fierce second master was shot over, and they didn't know what happened to Lu Dao's life and death, so they were shocked, and turned around and retreated timidly.
PS: The two bandits knelt down and begged for mercy, shouting: "Don't kill me, I have a recommendation ticket, I am willing to hand over all the recommendation votes, please spare the lives of the little ones!" ”