Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 385

Before crossing, he had never been to southern Jiangsu. Only when he got here, did Wang Hou see what is called the endless plain!Looking at the past at a glance, it is either flat or flat, and even a small mountain bag is a rare object.

However, the south of the Yangtze River has not been well developed in this era. Compared with the paddy fields everywhere after the Song and Ming Dynasties, there are still swamps and muddy land between the rivers and ditches. In some places, the reeds have grown as high as two people. There is no shadow.

So this is a dangerous place!

The area where the black mountain army disappeared was not far from Piling City Walled City. Wang Hou is also a warlord, so he has to arrest the strong men!Otherwise, the food would not be able to be moved, and this group of people was sent to catch the strong men, but the strong men were not caught, and they paid themselves back.

Wang Hou regretted killing that deserter now!It's not that he shouldn't be killed, but at least he must be left to kill after leading the way. On the spur of the moment, he is now leading a regiment like a hunting dog, looking for traces and moving forward in the dark.

Fortunately, even if the terrain is changed, the old hunters still have a lot in common.

"Zhou Mu, follow the instructions of the deserters and follow the footprints, it should be around here!"

Pointing to the ground, the old hunter from Taishan County said with a gloomy face and vigilance, but Wang Hou could see it without him saying it, because there were bloodstains on the ground near the reeds not far from the village , crooked traces on the ground, and even some parts of the bodies of some tiny people were left on the ground.

However, all the corpses are gone!
The team stopped abruptly at the side of the road, and walked to the front from the right back corner. Looking at the bloodstains on the ground, Wang Hou couldn't help taking a deep breath of the smell of blood and swamp mud.

He has experienced many wars, and now Wang Hou can be regarded as an old world. He can also see some clues on the battlefield at a glance. Among the messy footprints, it seems that there have been hundreds of bandit troops holding knives and carrying spoils of war. , has suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Suddenly, countless arrows shot out, and landed on the unaware black bandits with a crackling sound, shooting down twenty or thirty people on the spot. The fried bandits did not collapse immediately, but It was retreating to the woods on the other side, trying to use cover to fight back.

But this move gave him a fatal blow, and there was also an ambush in another woods, taking advantage of the moment of panic, they suddenly rushed out from behind, completely ending the lives of hundreds of people in this brigade.

Except for the deserter who ran away when something happened, no one survived. On the one hand, it can be seen that the attack was carefully planned. On the other hand, he was slaughtered without the slightest room for resistance. They were terrifyingly powerful guys, which reminded Wang Hou of one of the elite soldiers of Soochow who rarely showed his face on the Internet in later generations.

Get rid of the infantry!

Now there is one last question, that is!Why did these pioneer soldiers of Soochow bother to hide the corpse after killing people!
unless!They're going to do it all over again!
Suddenly, his head looked like a light bulb was on. Wang Hou turned his head abruptly. Zhu Zhao, the captain of the team, was Zhu Ling's third son. He had been with Zhu Ling for many years. He also understood, turned his head abruptly, and the kid roared like a butchered pig.

"Enemy attack! Alert!"

However, it was still a little late for him to wake up, almost close to his voice, dense feather arrows shot out of the reeds like locusts, and in the sound of puffing, the unsuspecting heavy infantry in the front row Kneeling heavily on the ground.

However, this was shot directly in the face without any precautions. The cold-rolled tortoise shell plate armor and greaves are still quite powerful. During the roar, the same experienced and well-trained heavy infantry of the Rizhao Brigade immediately He lowered his head and covered his face with the round shield of his left hand. In the rain of arrows, the arrows that were not so well cast fell to the ground.

I have never suffered such a big loss!Qi's eyes were red, and when he drew his sword, Zhu Zhao roared and ordered the crossbowmen to fight back, but before he could utter the order, Wang Hou grabbed his arm violently.

Because of the battlefield he was tracking, his large group of troops did not enter the best ambush point between the reed marshes and the woods. There is a space of more than 100 meters behind which is flat and unsheltered flat land or mud swamps. There is no one so tall and so large. Seeing the sparks on the helmet of the sergeant in front of him who was hit by the arrow, he was solemn for a moment, but Wang Hou deprived him of the best command and ordered in a gloomy voice.

"Stay in formation! Bring your brothers! Retreat!"

"Back up?"

Since the formation of the Rizhao Brigade, it has never been so cowardly. Zhu Zhao, the new regiment leader, did not wait to speak out, but Wang Duanman, the leader of the first heavy infantry team at the frontier, looked back in disbelief.

It's just that after all, it is an elite army forged by high-pressure military law. Seeing Wang Hou's gloomy face, this small officer from Langya Wang's family immediately shut up and ordered dully.

"Step back, raise your halberd to guard against arrows, retreat!"

Holding the halberd high, while shaking, the heavy infantry in the front row retreated in an orderly manner, watching the reeds that were still shooting out in waves, and even the reeds were shot out from time to time The arrows fell down, but he was not allowed to fight back, pinching the double bows and crossbows in his hand, the light infantry hiding behind couldn't help itching their teeth.

This is not to belittle Soochow. These days, the combat effectiveness of the Jiangnan soldiers is indeed inferior to that of the Northern soldiers. Not only in terms of physique and combat experience, but also directly reflected in the combat tools. Wang Houjun gradually retreated more than 30 meters, and the arrows fired by the ambush soldiers He couldn't beat the Qingzhou Army, and fell to the ground a few meters in front of him.

Zhe wood is the best bow, followed by eucalyptus and eucalyptus, and bamboo is the bottom. In the south, there is only bamboo. The Wu army is naturally inferior to the northern army in terms of bow materials.

As a direct result of the extended range, those ambushes hidden in the reeds appeared!
It is impossible to focus on heavy armor in a light soldier raid, so Wu Jun in front of him is wearing leather armor, but these troops are definitely elite troops, because they are actually equipped with rhinoceros leather armor that even Wang Hou can't afford!Armor made of rhino hide!

At this time, the rhinoceros in the Central Plains had been hunted to extinction long ago!It can only be seen in the old forests of Heishan in the south of the Yangtze River. Rhino skin is light and hard, and it is far better than cowhide. An entire army can be equipped with rhino skin, and it surpasses the rest of the troops in terms of status.

However, can the rhinoceros leather armor resist Wang Hou's armor-piercing crossbow with specially made arrows?
It seems to be no different from cowhide armor!
The team retreated for more than 60 meters, and more and more Eastern Wu ambush soldiers appeared, even the ambush soldiers in the forest also appeared. Seeing that Wang Hou didn't dare to fight at all, they were still arrogant. The bow was shot together, and the front row of Rizhao's heavy infantry almost turned into hedgehogs with arrows.

But they seem to have forgotten a basic common sense in war. If the ambush shows up, it is worthless!
Seeing that there were already a thick layer of Wu Jun, no less than 200, showing their heads in front of him, Wang Hou's face suddenly turned hard, and in the army formation, he raised his arms and roared angrily.

"Shoot me!"

I don't know how long I held it in, without even thinking about it, subconsciously following Wang Hou's roar, a group of light infantry raised their bows and crossbows.

"Om~"

(End of this chapter)