Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 620
King Khotan sat in the warm spring, sweating and shivering.He held onto the steps beside him tightly so that his legs would not give way and slip into the water.A body of white flesh swayed in circles of ripples in the water, reflecting the bonfire at the side, floating like gold.

However, Liang Xiao closed his eyes comfortably, completely letting go of the last trace of worry.

In terms of ear strength, looking around the world, there are not many people who can compare with him.Although the battlefield was five or six hundred paces away, he could gain insight into the situation on the battlefield through the sound performance.

Although Guo Wu only had a hundred riders, he still had the absolute initiative in the face of more than a thousand bandits, rushing back and forth with great joy.The bandits hardly had any power to fight back, and they were smashed by him in one go.

One side is more than a hundred elite cavalry waiting for work, and the other side is bent on picking up a cheap bandit. The strength of the two sides is just like their military strength, and they are not at the same level at all.If they were fighting in an formation, these bandits might still have a chance, but now that they have been dispersed, they only have the fate of being slaughtered.

Liang Xiao turned his attention back to his side, and couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the sound of King Khotan shaking the spring water. "If Your Majesty is worried about the battle situation, why don't you send someone to ask?"

"Okay, okay." King Khotan nodded again and again, and quickly sent guards to check.

"What's there to see?" Dongfang Shuo wiped the water from his face, spread his arms, leaned against the stone wall, and curled his lips. "What's so interesting, you can tell who wins and who loses by listening to the sound. King Khotan, you are too cautious."

King Khotan smiled awkwardly, but ignored Dongfang Shuo, climbed to the bank with his white flesh shaking, stood on tiptoe, and looked towards the direction of the battlefield.Although in the dark night, he couldn't see anything except a ball of fire.

Not long after, the guard rushed back, out of breath, but with ecstasy on his face.

"My lord, great victory, great victory."

"Great victory?" King Khotan froze for a moment, then froze again. "How did you win a big victory?"

"Guo... Lieutenant Guo and the others rushed up, killing... killing the bandits. They are chasing and killing them now. By the lake, by the lake..."

The king of Khotan was as if relieved of a heavy burden, and then he was full of surprises. "What about our people?"

"I'm watching."

King Khotan was dumbfounded again.Three hundred Khotan soldiers were watching the battle, Pang Shuo and others were still in front of them, and only Guo Wu and others rushed forward.One hundred riders against more than a thousand people, and still kill the opponent?No matter how it sounds, this is a bit unreal.

Looking at the disbelieving King Khotan, the guard lost confidence, and he also felt that this sounded unreliable. "How about I go back and ask?"

"Go, go!" King Khotan waved again and again.

The guard ran away again.King Khotan walked back and forth on the bank twice. When the night wind blew, he shivered and hurried back to the spring.Dongfang Shuo raised his eyebrows and laughed out loud.He glanced at Liang Xiao again, and secretly raised his thumb.

If Liang Xiao hadn't insisted on following the elite soldier route and provided high-intensity actual combat training as much as possible, Guo Wu could not have created such a record.The difference between a hundred elite knights and a hundred knights may be one to two times the difference in the cost of food and equipment, but the difference in their combat power is at least five times.Guo Wu's combat strength of one hundred cavalry is almost equivalent to those of Qiang cavalry's five hundred cavalry, not to mention surprise, even if it is head-to-head, he has no fear.

For a place like the Western Regions, the elite soldier strategy is undoubtedly one of the few choices.

Anything, as long as it is paranoid to a certain extent, it will show unimaginable power, just like Liang Xiao has been practicing Daoyin for many years.

Dongfang Shuo raised his head and looked at the bright starry sky, with a smug smile on his lips.

Not long after, King Khotan's guards rushed back again.This time, he also brought a small capital who witnessed how the Han army defeated the enemy.The little prince described Guo Wu's tactics vividly, and finally asked: "My lord, are we going to fight?"

King Khotan looked back at Liang Xiao and Dongfang Shuo.Liang Xiao shook his head. "I don't think there is any need for it. You are not prepared enough, you rush into battle, you can't help, and maybe you will drag down our army. You just wait and see, there are still battles to be fought, and then you can put in more effort .”

"General, do you have any other plans?" Khotan Wangdui smiled and came to Liang Xiao's side.

"Of course, go straight to the lair of these bandits, wipe them all out, and get back the property that was robbed by them. After the battle tonight, their main force has been completely lost, and there are some old and weak women and children left. Do you find it difficult?"

The king of Khotan was ecstatic like waking up from a dream. "General, if I can really get those belongings back, I will give priority to supplying them to the general. Without the general, with the strength of my Khotan kingdom, it is impossible to avenge my shame."

Liang Xiao smiled and didn't care.What he snatched back can still be made irresponsible remarks by King Tian?He has to give if he gives, and he has to give if he doesn't give.

Seeing Liang Xiao's expression, King Khotan was a little embarrassed, and then suggested: "General, the Han army is mighty, can you ask the general to save some warriors to help me defend the country?"

Liang Xiao raised his eyelids and finally took a look at King Khotan. "Your Majesty, why bother to say such out-of-the-ordinary words? No matter how many misunderstandings we had before, since you have now paid tribute to my great man, it is my Han army's duty to protect you and your people. If not, why should I bother This Zhou Zhang, trap and kill these bandits? Don't worry, I will keep some people here, and no one will dare to harass you again."

"That's great, that's great." King Khotan was smiling, but his mouth was bitter.What he said and what Liang Xiao said seemed to be the same thing, but they were actually not the same thing.He asked Liang Xiao to keep people to help defend the country, but he still has the final say on the Khotan country.Liang Xiao sent people to guard the country of Khotan, and Liang Xiao had the final say on the country of Khotan.He, the king of Khotan, can only be a vassal of the Han people honestly in the future, and it is impossible to be as comfortable as before.

"Then it's settled." Liang Xiao stood up. "The enemy from the east has been almost wiped out, and the enemy from the west cannot let them retreat completely. Big tiger, big tiger."

Pang Shuo was secretly depressed listening to the shouts of killing in the distance, and hurried over when he heard Liang Xiao's call.

"Take some people to clean up the thieves at the mountain pass on the west side. It's getting late, finish the fight early, and go to bed early."

Pang Shuo was overjoyed, bowed and bowed, and hurried away.He and Tu Niu'er divided the work, leaving a dozen or so people for Tu Niu'er to protect Liang Xiao, and took the remaining 80 people to the west side of the hillside.These 80 people included more than [-] crossbowmen personally trained by Liang Xiao. They used the pulley crossbow developed by Deng Guobin.Because it is not very convenient to carry, they only brought four pulley crossbows.

There is a steep valley more than five hundred steps west of the hot spring, which is less than five steps wide and thirty or forty steps high.The mountain walls on both sides are like a narrow gate.Nearly a thousand bandits are hiding here, waiting for the defeated king of Khotan and the envoys of the Han Dynasty to pass by here, to catch the turtle in the urn, and to catch it.

They heard the shouts of killing from the east, and vaguely guessed the situation on the battlefield, but they couldn't figure it out.How many enemies are there that can defeat a thousand companions in such a short period of time?Even so, they are still at ease, occupying favorable terrain and possessing superior forces, they can not only protect themselves, but also have the opportunity to attack from behind, turning the tide of battle in one fell swoop.

Seeing Pang Shuo and others approaching, these bandits didn't understand what was going on.These Han people are well equipped, with helmets and armor, and the weapons in their hands are much better than those of the Qiang people.But their number is too small, no more than a hundred at most, it seems impossible to launch an attack based on these people.

Are they here to negotiate, or to persuade them to surrender?

Just as the bandits were speculating about Pang Shuo's intentions, Pang Shuo had already walked to the cliff. He didn't bring a shield, but assembled the long knife.Followed by ten heavily armored infantry, each with a hook in his left hand and a long knife in his right.Under the cover of the soldiers, the four crossbowmen quietly raised the pulley crossbows in their hands.

The pulley crossbow has two advantages. One is to use the pulley block to save effort, allowing one person to pull the ten stone crossbow.One is equipped with clairvoyance, which can aim at [-] steps away.Within two hundred steps, they can almost control the shooting center error within three steps.If they use a single arrow, they can easily kill the opponent's general.

A group of two crossbows, using clustered iron arrows, launched a covering attack on the bandits guarding the cliff.

In the darkness, the clustered iron arrows turned into a swarm of migratory locusts, shooting at the bandits with poor protection.

There were screams everywhere, and the bandits were shot by arrows one after another, falling to the ground and howling.Most of them wear leather armor, some even don't even have leather armor, and very few wear iron armor. Facing the clustered iron arrows fired by the pulley crossbow two hundred steps away, they have almost no protection ability, and the iron arrows are without exception. Go deep into their bodies, even penetrate directly, and shoot others.

The four pulley crossbows fired continuously, guided by the torches shaken by the bandits, and aimed at the screams of the bandits. Wherever they went, the screams rang out.The bandits were shot dizzily.In the dark night, they couldn't see clearly, they only heard a strange howl, and a group of people fell down, as many as a dozen people, as few as dozens, it was almost as unstoppable as a plague.

Fear hurts more than iron arrows, and the bandits were terrified, not knowing what kind of witchcraft the Han used.They recalled the story they had just heard not long ago. Hundreds of Han Chinese easily defeated more than 2 coalition forces, and even beheaded Sirius, who was excellent in archery. Is this kind of witchcraft they used?
Almost in an instant, the bandit was in a mess, and he didn't care about defense at all. He just wanted to find a safe place to hide and pray.For this extremely powerful but invisible enemy, they had no choice but to run away except to pray.

Pang Shuo easily broke through the bandits' first line of defense, swung his iron knife, cut off a Qiang who was approaching him at the waist, returned his sword, and beheaded another slanted shoulder.The blood shot out, splashing the faces of other Qiang people, and also brought them from one panic to another.

Compared with those murderous invisible crossbows, Pang Shuo and the iron knife in his hand were a real threat. He strode forward with the iron knife flying, and there was no general in front of him.

Ten heavily armored infantry quickly followed.

They were not in a hurry to kill their opponents, and maintained a slow pace, beheading the Qiang people who rushed to the front one by one, without any slipping through the net.Their extermination frightened the Qiang people. The Qiang people quickly turned from counterattack to retreat, and they were killed and retreated step by step.

The crossbowmen quickly occupied the high ground, condescending, and fired continuously.

Although the Qiang people are numerous and powerful, they are limited by the narrow terrain and cannot exert their superiority in strength. The Qiang people in the distance watched their companions being killed, and they were beyond their reach. However, the crossbow arrows of the Han army can often fly hundreds of steps away. , Accurate shooting made the Qiang people hard to defend.They didn't even see which direction the crossbow arrows were coming from before they were shot, as if they were bewitched by evil spirits.

Those Qiang people who yelled more fiercely or showed more bravery were killed one after another, with several iron arrows in their bodies, blood gushing, and died soon.

The enemy was killed three or four hundred paces away, and it was impossible to be prepared. The Qiang people screamed one after another, and panic spread rapidly, further weakening their resistance.Pang Shuo and the others accelerated their attack speed, squeezing the living space of the Qiang bandits step by step.

The night was dark, and although there were torches to illuminate, most Qiang people still couldn't see the situation on the battlefield clearly, and they didn't know how many enemies there were.They only knew that people on their side were being killed one after another, one after another, one after another, which made people feel flustered.

Finally, unable to bear this psychological blow, they collapsed, gave up resistance, and fled in all directions.

While chasing and killing, Pang Shuo ordered to beat the drums to report the battle situation to Liang Xiao.

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Liang Xiao was the first to hear the sound of victory drums, but he didn't say anything.He watched Khotan King fidgeting, he watched Khotan King care about the battle situation on the east side for a while, worried about the battle situation on the west side for a while, and was in a daze alone for a while, occasionally glancing at him secretly.

Liang Xiao immersed his body in the hot spring, enjoying the rare tranquility.This feeling is very strange, although a fierce battle is going on beside him, but he is soaking in the spring water, enjoying the peace and calmness.

Steal the floating life for half a day.

It's a pity that such enjoyment is short-lived after all. After solving the problem of supplies, he will leave Khotan to find a place to spend the winter.Taking advantage of this winter, he had to think carefully about how to deal with Wusun Kunmo Liejiaomi.

Lie Jiaomi decided to learn from the tortoise and hide in Chigu City. Although he seemed a little cowardly and did not match his reputation as a natural hero, it must be said that this was definitely a smart choice.

Liang Xiao had never been to Chigu City, but he had heard Li Danghu talk about the situation in Chigu City, and he had also heard Dongfang Shuo describe the dangers of Chigu City many times.If he wanted to storm Chigu City, let alone 20 soldiers, he would not be able to do it even with [-] or [-] soldiers.Once he exploits the countries excessively, it will inevitably cause the countries to rebound. At that time, he will be caught in a dilemma, in a dilemma, and he can only look at Lie Jiaomi's eyes.

Liang Xiao moved to Dongfang Shuo's side and whispered in Chinese, "Manqian, how can we deal with Liejiaomi?"

Dongfang Shuo said with a smile: "No hurry, there is still half a year left, we can think about it slowly. Chigu City is just a city. Whether you can defend the city depends not only on the city, but also on the people. Take a break first and jump forward For example, watch me open and close vertically and horizontally, and be Su Qin once."

Liang Xiao agreed without hesitation.
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(End of this chapter)