Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

But in the blink of an eye, Di Qing, who had no expression on his face, flashed his fingers sharply, shot out arrows, and shot down several Tubo soldiers who were at the front of the queue.

The bow is like a thunderbolt, it hits a hundred hits, and the arrow never misses.

Even if there were [-] Tubo cavalrymen, only a fraction of a cow was shot down, and a few people were lost, and the Tubo soldiers who obeyed the military order and continued to charge were completely frightened...

It also instantly made the soldiers at the top of the city who thought that he was just stronger, and mainly due to good luck to defeat the first two, feel ashamed.

How long has it been since Di Qing came to the barracks to train with them?

When the first two were in Di Qing's company, some soldiers looked at them eagerly, and they also opened their bows in a dignified manner, and shot in the direction of the Tubo army.

After all, they thought that no matter how good Di Qing performed on weekdays, no matter how beautiful his skills were, when he actually went to the battlefield, as a recruit, he would inevitably be frightened into a soft-footed shrimp.

It's good not to hold back, and he can't be expected to be of any use at all.

What's more, the Tubo army is powerful and menacing. Even the well-trained Qinzhou sergeants who have fought with Cao Wei many times feel timid, and no one will place any expectations on Di Qing.

Seeing Di Qing's brilliant performance now, they couldn't help but have the illusion of "this may not be difficult" after being surprised.

How could they not be able to do things that the pampered little man who didn't even grow all his hair had grown!

However, the fantasies of those soldiers who wanted to show their talents and suppress Di Qing's limelight were quickly and completely shattered-they were full of enthusiasm to show, although they reluctantly drew their bows, they shot their arrows It flew out, but when it flew halfway, it lost the strength to push it, and fell crookedly.

It can't even reach the place, let alone the accuracy of killing the enemy.

What made their eyes hurt the most was that they had just seen their arrows fall to the ground halfway, and when they looked at Di Qing again, they shot arrows one after another as if they were tireless, and took the lives of several people lightly and skillfully.

... This is really a hell!

The young man who is only fifteen years old, although he has a lean body, but he is not as strong as an adult.

Where did that strange divine power come from, and how could it be possible to develop such accuracy in just a few months!

While they were puzzled, they couldn't help blushing with embarrassment.

Thanks to this basin of cold water, the semblance of excitement and recklessness they had been led by Di Qing disappeared. They just held their bows and arrows obediently, as if nothing happened just now, and waited patiently with the other comrades for the enemy to come within range.

——Don't look at the smoke and dust in the sky, the dust and dust stirred up by the horseshoes are billowing, making a huge noise.

The fundamental reason why Di Qing has been able to outshine the others until now is that the Tubo army has not yet entered the place where the guards at the top of Qinzhou City can shoot.

As for the other soldiers who noticed this little thought of comparing and showing off skills, but because of their self-knowledge, after weighing their own strengths, they chose to admire silently...

If it weren't for the dire situation, just seeing their despondent appearance after a lot of thunder and rain, I'm afraid they couldn't help but laugh out loud with 'sympathy'.

Without that diamond, what kind of porcelain work would you do?

After finally holding back their laughter, they looked at Di Qing again and couldn't help muttering again.

Although there was not much movement just now, it would not cause the lieutenant's dissatisfaction, but it was still a small episode.

Di Qing, who was the core of this small wave, didn't pay attention to the movement on the other side at all. From the beginning to the end, he only focused on the front.

Careful people also found that the speed at which he shot arrows even became faster and faster as he became more proficient.

When he was three hundred steps away, he hadn't missed yet, let alone now that the enemy army was getting closer - whenever Di Qing made a move, he shot every shot accurately.

The most incredible thing is his calmness and calmness that seems to have been tempered for a long time.

How can there be any ordinary soldiers who are either in a hurry when they first go to the battlefield, or dare not see blood, and have to force themselves to be jerky and nervous?

While everyone clicked their tongues, they didn't know that there was a big misunderstanding in their perception of Di Qing from the very beginning.

How can he be a pampered, well-clothed, well-fed young man who only knows how to write and play.

When the same-year-old boy was still a toddler, Di Qing was not only born with great strength, but also dared to run all over the mountains and fields. After playing a little more, he figured out a small bow by himself and shot at wild animals.

Compared with the cunning prey who are good at using landforms to hide their bodies and flee if they find something wrong, these Tubo soldiers who will not be scared away by his arrows, but will continue to charge forward persistently, are like A living target that couldn't be simpler.

Di Qing took one arrow at a time, feeling very uncomfortable.

Even if the aim is tilted occasionally and misses the point, it is enough to cause the opponent to be injured and knocked down.

Then, he couldn't even scream, and was trampled into a bloody mass by the cavalry who followed one after another.

Even so, Di Qing's furrowed brows never relaxed, let alone complacent.

No matter how accurate his shot was, no matter how ruthless he was, he could only kill one enemy at a time.

Due to the order of the grandfather, many arrows were produced in a hurry in the city, but the number was limited after all.

And when they really get close, the Tubo soldiers will definitely set up their defensive shields and concentrate on attacking the wall. It is impossible for them to be stupid enough to stand at a low place and fight for too long when they live together condescendingly.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, eighty, sixty...

"What are you doing in a daze! Shoot the arrow quickly!"

After deliberating for a long time in front of Di Qing's astonishing marksmanship, the lieutenants who were finally able to say this shouted so hard that it was deafening.

Even Di Qing, who was immersed in the mechanical movements, was shocked and subconsciously turned his head.

The archers of the Flying Eagle Battalion, who had been working hard for a long time and had nowhere to go, had been waiting for this order for a long time.

After a few orders, the rain of arrows mercilessly covered the first large wave of Tubo cavalry, causing them who were desperate to attack the city wall to fall down a large area with screams.

The defenders suddenly jumped for joy, and the anxiety that had been quietly hidden in their hearts was also taken away by this wave of turbulent arrow rain.

From then on, although Di Qing's arrows were still getting faster and faster, and there was no longer any error in the aim, but they were submerged in the back and forth of countless arrow branches, and they were no longer eye-catching.

Di Qing pursed her lips, not feeling disappointed at all, but happy from the bottom of her heart.

——He had tried his best before, but he failed to stop the advance of the Tubo army for a moment, but this imposing Arrow Rain managed to do it.

In the blink of an eye, more than 200 brothers fell down. No matter how brave the Tubo cavalry was, they instinctively hesitated for a moment.

Song Jun would not let them hesitate for a moment, and immediately led the soldiers on the top of the city, and once again sent a dense and terrifying arrow rain to the enemy soldiers below.

However, Li Lizun was determined to gain fame and power, and he was able to hold power in Tubo for many years. It was obvious that his mind was not clear at the moment, and it was impossible for him to be an idiot who would hit a stone with an egg.

He dared to "be polite before soldiers" to the Song Dynasty, because he had figured out the nature of the Song army's external strength but despise them from the bottom of his heart.

Even Cao Wei, a well-known veteran general, was ignored by him because he only had a meager [-] soldiers under his command.

No matter how powerful Cao Wei is, how can he still turn the world upside down when he has five times as many troops as the opponent?

Li Lizun was determined to attack Qinzhou, and when he was secretly preparing his army, he got another great news.

Cao Wei packed his bags and left, and the person who replaced him to know Qinzhou was actually a young and weak civil official!

If Li Lizun was willing to let go of such a golden opportunity, it would be impossible for him to sit in today's seat.

In the seemingly endless rain of arrows, the Tubo army's charge was inevitably hindered.

Although they were also wearing protective armor, they couldn't protect their necks and other vital points.

Although Di Qing and Li Chao were the only ones in the Song army who had the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, under Lu Ci's encouragement and reward system, the infantry who originally only held long soldiers were also tempted to learn bow shooting on their own initiative.

Now that they are so close and there are so many people, they will form a dense mass after they are shot, and even without aiming, they can still pierce people into countless holes.

Li Lizun personally sat in the middle army, although it was far away, the screams one after another, and the immobile army still made him feel a little bit bad.

According to his original calculation, if he did not hesitate to march all the way secretly, he should be able to catch Qin Zhou by surprise.

How could it be so tragic?

Li Lizun frowned.

Even if Xinzhizhou ran away because he cherished his life, it was much more believable than this calmness that seemed to be prepared and waited for work.

He spent a lot of money and brought out [-] elite cavalry who were completely loyal to him. He was determined to win Qinzhou, but he was not prepared to lose so many troops at the beginning.

To withdraw or not to withdraw?

Li Lizun was suffering in his heart.

It was already a bad start, and if we withdraw at this time, we will only lose more than a thousand troops, so we can send out scouts to inquire about the situation before making plans.

But the withdrawal also meant that his precious thousands of cavalry were ruined in vain, and at most they were only used for small purposes as pathfinding stones!

Li Lizun was really not reconciled.

According to his calculation, even if he leaked the news during the march, Song Jun was prepared.

But in just a few days, even if Zhuge Kongming was alive as the literati, it would be impossible for him to borrow arrows from a straw boat to remake Qinzhou.

The arrows are dense like rain, which is terrifying, but how strong is the pitiful little Qinzhou with only [-] soldiers, and can withstand such a huge cost?

Making the limited arrows so ferocious may also prove to be their chaotic resistance.

If this is the case, wouldn't his retreat become a coward who was afraid of fighting, or a fool who was bluffed?

——not only lost more than a thousand soldiers and hurt morale, but also gave the defenders in the city time to breathe.

Li Lizun took a deep breath.

Watching the men and horses howling in pain under the rain of arrows, and falling down wave after wave, he was indeed heartbroken.

but……

He gritted his teeth cruelly and decided to take a gamble.

While Li Lizun was bleeding, he waited anxiously for the moment when the arrows weakened and the Song army showed signs of decline. Lu Ci on the city wall was wearing a battle robe for the occasion and was also concentrating on watching the battle.

The reason why he didn't intervene in the command and dispatch of the lieutenants was not only because he believed in the powerful martial arts trained by Cao Wei himself, but also because he was confident in the ordnance that he personally supervised, so that it would never become obsolete.

But it is purely too clear that, as the most powerful commander in Qinzhou, he is an absolute layman when it comes to marching troops and fighting.

Instead of pointing fingers, talking on paper, and making the lieutenants restrain their hands, it is better to stand aside at the beginning and let them play to their full potential.

Lu Ci's clear trust can be seen by anyone who is not blind.

Although the generals headed by Li Chao didn't say anything, they were moved and admired in their hearts.

Especially behind Lu Ci's concession, it is not the common civil servant's covetous life, fear of death, and fear of getting rid of responsibility.

On the contrary, they guessed Tubo's thoughts early in the morning, and despite the dissuasion of some officials, they continued to actively prepare for the war.

As we all know, apart from this rare decentralization of power, although Xinzhizhou did not personally play like General Cao, the role it actually played was not weaker than General Cao's.

The solid and brand-new armor worn by the soldiers, the abundant arrows in the quiver, the weapons patiently repaired by the craftsmen, and the new ordnance developed not long ago but not really used... which one is not from Lu Zhizhou Credit?

Lu Ci'an watched quietly for a while, then suddenly called Li Chao and asked something in a low voice.

Li Chao, who came in a hurry, was startled when he heard the words, couldn't help but nodded vigorously with a smile, and immediately ran to return to his seat.

The effort of Banzhuxiang passed by in a flash.

In the eyes of Song Jun, whose morale was gradually rising, it seemed that only a short moment had passed.

But in the eyes of Li Lizun, the Tubo coach who advanced hard and suffered rapid casualties, it seemed as if several years had passed.

When the number of dead and wounded soldiers in Tubo approached [-], he couldn't sit still any longer, and just as he was about to call for money to withdraw the troops, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The seemingly endless terrifying arrow momentum has obviously weakened!

"You are not allowed to retreat!" Li Lizun felt the blood rushing to his forehead, and he made a decisive decision and shouted loudly: "The enemy's arrows are about to run out, immediately launch an attack on the city, whoever dares to retreat - beheaded!!!"

His words quickly spread through the mouths of several trusted lieutenants.

But for the increasingly frightened and cowardly Tubo army, the best thing to do is not the commander's threats and orders.

And the arrows of the Song army that everyone could clearly see - it has indeed weakened!

The fear of Arrow Rain instantly turned into humiliated anger and hatred.

Especially Li Lizun, who had a bad start and suddenly suffered a much more serious loss than he imagined, was even more excited.

After breaking through the city, he must personally capture the hateful and despicable Song people who presided over the counterattack, and torture him in every possible way before he can avenge his hatred!

The Tubo coach hadn't thought about imposing those punishments, and rushed to the city wall against the inevitably weakened arrow rain, and the hideous Tubo soldiers let out heart-piercing screams.

——The arrow, which was clearly showing the momentum of gathering clouds and resting rain, unexpectedly turned his face shamelessly faster than turning a book.

All of a sudden, he turned from the obscene rain to the waves and emptied, and pressed down with unprecedented force, piercing more than a thousand Tubo soldiers close to the city wall into bloody sieves!

"what--!!!!"

Li Lizun, who was still personally boosting the morale of the Chinese army, was far away from the sudden strengthening of the wave of arrows and was not affected, but how could he not be so enraged by the scene in front of him that his eyes were tearing apart, and his seven orifices were filled with smoke? !

In fact, even Lu Ci, who suddenly proposed this suggestion to Li Chao on a whim, did not expect it to go so smoothly.

——It turns out that the Tubo people trusted the Song people so much, and faced with the sudden weakening of the arrows, wouldn't they doubt whether there was a fraud?

Lu Ci was filled with emotions.

Originally, he just planned to mix the truth with the truth, and fool them a little, just for fun.