Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 184 Divine Arm Bow, Black Leopard Rider

Regardless of whether he guessed wrong or not, Chen Mo felt a lot more relieved after arriving in Tianshui Town. At least he was out of this "cage". He had the initiative whether to retreat or defend.

The army did not set up a military camp. After entering the city and arranging for the shift change, they directly leaned against the city wall or lay down in a nook and corner and fell asleep.

Chen Mo took the soldiers who were once Qingzhou Army to learn more about the affairs in the army. There are some things that you should not be ashamed to ask and take the initiative to learn. Although the educational level of these soldiers is not necessarily high, their experience is rich enough. I've seen a lot of generals' routines on a daily basis.

Everyone discussed together, combined with various things encountered, and referenced the map, and overall there was a gain.

Sometimes a few words can solve a long-standing problem.

There is a saying that goes, three stooges are better than Zhuge Liang, the wisdom of the crowd is always stronger than the wisdom of one person.

After everyone brainstormed, Chen Mo figured out what to do next.

There are still two ways, retreat and defend.

Among them, retreating is the best policy.

After all, Yuzhou is not their territory, and the people are not of the same mind as them. It is difficult to supply food and grass, and the risk factor is too high.

But if you want to retreat, you have to consider whether the superiors will blame him. Currently, Chen Mo is still in the name of the Tianshi Army. He hastily retreated without Yang Minggui ordering the withdrawal. He cannot escape the blame.

Now Yuan Youchun was ambushed and defeated along the way. Yang Minggui and Chen Mo had six generals, and there was no news from the other groups yet.

If you want to keep it, food is a problem, so you have to ask Yang Minggui to allocate food.

Secondly, Tianshui Town is relatively desolate, with a sparse population and difficult supply. It is not suitable for defense. It needs to find a big city with ten thousand people.

All in all, it depends on Yang Minggui's reply.

Regarding Yuan Youchun's death, Chen Mo had already sent a message back.

After doing this, Chen Mo asked the soldiers who were once Qingzhou Army to go to bed quickly and recharge their batteries. They had to change shifts at noon.

Chen Mo leaned against the wall, holding Tang Dao and narrowed his eyes.

Xia Zhining sat on Chen Mo's right side. She liked to be clean, so when she sat down, she blew on the ground.

She looked at the sword in her hand with a complicated expression.

This month's military life was not as good as she imagined.

Apart from the inconvenience of life, there are corpses everywhere, homeless refugees, children who have lost their parents, and the sight of rivers of blood.

Burning, killing and looting were inhumane.

During this scene, Xia Zhining originally thought that she had seen the suffering in the world, but compared with the war, it was nothing.

Xia Zhining finally understood that her father would not let her march into the army. Except for the fact that there was no precedent for a woman to lead the army, on the battlefield, women were inferior to men in all aspects.

Especially when a woman appears in a military camp full of men, her strange and even burning eyes are like a hungry beast trying to eat her.

She also realized that what she longed for was not to go into battle to kill enemies or lead troops in war.

Rather, the book describes the high-spiritedness of going into battle to kill the enemy, the strategizing of leading troops in battle, the honors obtained after victory, and the envious and admiring looks.

Even after killing someone, she would still be stunned. The bloody scene of blood spraying out and the warm feeling of blood splattering on the face were far beyond what could be compared to whipping someone with a whip.

In her heart, she already hated this war that harvested human lives.

Xia Zhining went from loving war to hating war in just one month.

She looked at the boy next to her. In the past month, she seemed to have gotten to know someone again.

There seems to be a sense of separation between the current boy and the boy in Pingting County.

Or maybe the boy he met before was just the tip of the iceberg.

Her thoughts suddenly drifted far away, and gradually became a little heavier. Her eyes slowly closed, she leaned on Chen Mo's shoulder and fell asleep.

Until she was awakened by a scream.

She felt like she had slept for a long time, and it seemed like she had only slept for a while.

"County Magistrate, the spies just came to report that enemy troops were found on the Tianshui Road. There are thousands of people. Judging from their attire, they are the people controlled by the imperial court. They should be the same as the Yuzhou army we encountered before." Sun Mengyi Came over and told such a shocking news.

Tianshui Road is the official road several miles away from Tianshui Town.

"What time is it now?"

"It's just past the hour."

Chen Mo frowned, not even an hour after they arrived in Tianshui Town, this person came.

"It seems your guess is right." Xia Zhining said, already sober.

"Wake up the soldiers of both guards and go up to the city wall to defend the city." At present, the entire army is still in a state of exhaustion. It is not practical and too risky to fight outside the city.

"promise."

Soon, drums were beating loudly in the city, and the soldiers who were taking a nap were suddenly awakened. At this time, the orders were passed on layer by layer. After learning, they quickly climbed to the top of the city to defend the city. Boom boom boom!
The sound of uniform footsteps sounded outside the city, and the uniform black armor gave off a fascinating cold light under the sunlight.

Rows of black shields were erected, and spears with eight armor-piercing edges pointed diagonally toward the sky.

The crossbowmen at the rear raised their divine arm crossbows and aimed them at the city wall.

Behind the crossbowman, dust and smoke were everywhere, and the horses were neighing. There were at least a thousand horsemen, and thousands of soldiers were in ambush beside them.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is an elite army.

"Damn it, it's actually a divine arm crossbow. There are such destructive weapons. Could this be Yuzhou's Black Leopard Cavalry?" Sun Meng was stunned when he saw this scene.

Although the Qingzhou Army is relatively famous, it is because it is close to the north, has participated in many wars, and has been talked about a lot, so its reputation has spread widely.

But in terms of well-equipped equipment, a unit of the Yuzhou Army called the Xuanbao Cavalry could definitely crush the Qingzhou Army, because the Xuanbao Cavalry was said to be from the imperial court, rather than a private army of the Liang family, and it had a lot of money.

Among them, what frightens the Xuanbao cavalry leaders is not its cavalry, but the divine arm crossbow it possesses.

This crossbow uses the body of the crossbow, the sandalwood as the crossbow, the iron as the spear head, the copper as the hair of the horse's face, and the hemp rope tied with silk as the string.

The bow's body is two inches long in three feet, its string is five inches long in two feet, and its feathers are several inches long. It can shoot more than 340 steps, penetrate half a knot of elm wood, and can penetrate heavy armor.

Low-grade warriors will suffer under this crossbow.

However, the cost of the Divine Arm Crossbow is extremely expensive, and the manufacturing method is also a secret. Not all armies can afford to equip it.

"Didn't they respond to King Qin's army and leave Yuzhou?" In Sun Meng's view, since the prefect of Yuzhou responded to King Qin's army, the Xuanbao Cavalry would also leave with the prefect of Yuzhou, but why are they still in Yuzhou now.

When they were ambushing in Luoqing Mountain that day, because the opponent was not equipped with a divine arm crossbow, they did not recognize the Black Leopard riding towards them.

"It seems to be more serious than I expected. If my guess is correct, the Yuzhou Prefecture's response to King Qin's army was just false news, and it was deliberately deceived by the Tianshi Army. After the Tianshi Army goes deeper step by step, then We have been planning for a long time to carry out the extermination."

At this moment, Chen Mo felt that the other armies under Yang Minggui were probably in danger. He had no intention of defending now. Even if Yang Minggui did not order the troops to retreat, he would leave.

He only had 2000 troops. In the encirclement that had been planned long ago, what could he use to defeat him?

"County Magistrate, can you shoot them?" Sun Meng had seen Chen Mo's magic shooting, and wanted Chen Mo to shoot an arrow to shake up his morale first.

Chen Mo shook his head. According to his visual inspection, the opponent was already over [-] steps away from Tianshui Town.

The enemy-locking range of Chasing Cloud Arrow is 120 steps.

Although Chen Mo could shoot at a distance of four hundred steps, with Chen Mo's strength, the accuracy would be lost, let alone locking onto the enemy and aiming.

While Chen Mo was speaking, the Yuzhou Army outside the city had already shouted.

"Put down your weapons and open the city gates. Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"The descendants do not kill!"

Thousands of Yuzhou soldiers shouted in unison, and the evil energy gathered together was almost condensing into substance.

Chen Mo looked at the general who was riding on a tall horse. He could not see his face clearly, but he could clearly see the red number "245" on his forehead, and he felt temporarily relieved.

As long as the general's strength does not exceed his, Chen Mo is not afraid of the other party forcing an attack on the city.

"Don't worry about them. The Shenwu Guards are on guard. The Shenwu Guards should take a break and take turns to change shifts after two hours." Chen Mo ordered.

"promise."

Afterwards, Chen Mo asked Han Wu to bring the cupping bomb to the top of the city.

This time, Chen Mo also brought a hundred fire bombs with him, intending to use them at critical moments. They had been hiding them before to no avail. If they attack the city, they can use them.

Chen Mo told Sun Meng and Han Wu: "As soon as they get close to the city wall, throw a few cupcake bombs down. After lighting the fire, remember to shout "Lei Gong, help me."

"promise."

……

"Why are you shouting Thunder Lord to help me? Is it some kind of martial arts formula?" Xia Zhining stared at the clay pot behind the battlements and wondered.

"The secret must not be leaked." Chen Mo smiled and flicked Xia Zhining's forehead, and said: "Hurry up and take some time to rest. Follow me out of the city to defeat the enemy at night!"

"Go out of the city to defeat the enemy?" This level of shock made Xia Zhining forget to rub her forehead. After all, children know that when they encounter someone they can't defeat, they hide back home.

Although Tianshui Town is not an important town, if we defend the city, it will take at least ten thousand people to defeat it. It is unwise to go out of the city to fight.

"I have a bad premonition. Since it is false news that the governor of Yuzhou responded to King Qin's army, then the troops in Yuzhou are sufficient. Think about it, a rabbit that ran into an urn, would you let it run away? ?" Chen Mo originally wanted to say turtle, but it was not good to use turtle to describe himself.

"No." Xia Zhining said subconsciously.

"Isn't that right?" Chen Mo struck his left fist with his right palm and said: "When the other Yuzhou troops come over and surround Tianshui Town like this, there will be no chance of leaving the city to defeat the enemy. , you know, we are on other people's territory, they can wait for reinforcements, but we can't wait."

Hearing this, Xia Zhining was shocked and realized the seriousness of the matter.

(End of this chapter)