Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

The range of this kind of artillery is only more than ten feet, which is far less than that of bows and arrows. It can only cover a small area near the city wall, but its power is amazing. The iron armor that was equipped with it also suffered heavy casualties and collapsed in an instant.

In fact, the loading of this kind of artillery is extremely time-consuming. If you are a general who has been on the battlefield for a long time, you will make a reasonable judgment in a short time and continue to send troops to attack. Wave sacrifices go to waste.

However, although Qin Wuqi has rich experience in killing and conquering the world, he has never really experienced such a situation where an entire army of elite soldiers is wiped out in an instant. Facing this unheard of weapon, he made the first wrong decision-- The whole army retreated.

The army retreated half a mile, and camped at a distance far away from the city. Qin Wuqi immediately sent a pigeon to call Jiang Shi, a hidden weapon master who was still in charge of weapon manufacturing in the village.

Only a few hours later, Jiang Shi rushed over. After an analysis, he came to the conclusion: this mysterious weapon is the same as the magic cannon he is developing. Medicine technology, but unlike the magic cannon, this thing has a short range and takes time to reload. As long as it continues to attack continuously, the opponent will never have time to go to the second round after the first round.

Knowing the weakness of this mysterious weapon, Qin Wuqi was also ready to expend another wave of troops for a strong attack. However, the delay of a few hours is already enough to determine the outcome of the battle for a general who uses soldiers like a god. major mistake.

Qin Wuqi was about to regroup his troops and prepare to attack when he saw a bunch of yellow smoke rising from the top of the city. Before he could figure out what was going on, the ground began to tremble, and thunderous hoofs sounded from the left and right sides of the army at the same time Voice.

The unprofessional sentry post was quietly touched away, and two cavalry came in a surprise attack. Qin Wuqi did not expect such a huge cavalry team to suddenly appear in the hinterland of the Central Plains where there are many mountains, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to spread out on both sides and set up shields Formation, ready to resist the impact of cavalry.

But the actions of the cavalry were so fast. With the rumble of the war drum on the city gate, the iron cavalry headed by it had already arrived in front of them in an instant, and rushed the unformed army formation to pieces. Among them, the left army went straight to the food and grass position. To kill, the striker holds a long spear, and the skillful marksmanship makes it difficult for the well-trained soldiers in Jinghong Villa to resist. The rear guard is equipped with bows and arrows, and shoots rockets at the rations and tents while advancing.

Since it is not far from Jinghong Mountain Villa, the military rations they brought out are only a few days' worth, but the tents are all made of waterproof tarpaulins, which will catch fire. At first, there were soldiers trying to put out the fire, but the camp was completely destroyed in an instant. It was burnt to pieces, and several soldiers fled the fire in a hurry, protecting Jiang Shi, the master of the mechanism who could not fight.

Qin Wuqi had no time to be distracted, because after breaking through their defense line, the right army turned a corner with astonishing discipline and mobility, turned around and charged at the disturbed soldiers.

If you can't form an army formation, no matter how well-equipped the infantry is, you will die in front of the iron cavalry. Seeing the elite soldiers under him being trampled down by the rampant cavalry like cutting wheat, Qin Wuqi rushed forward without hesitation, using himself as the front The blade completely blocked the impact of this cavalry.

You Longjian caused a bloody storm on the battlefield, and no matter how fierce the elite cavalry was, he was no match for him. Can't hurt the agile figure in the air.

Under his interception, the cavalry's offensive was blocked immediately, and the scattered soldiers finally got together under the yelling of their respective captains to form a shield formation.

But the rhythm of the war drums on the top of the city changed, the city gate suddenly opened, and the defenders rushed out.

In order to stop the cavalry rushing from the left and right wings, the soldiers of Jinghong Villa had completely dispersed to both sides, leaving a large area in the middle. If the defenders cut into the middle and split the army into two, the consequences would be disastrous.

If it is a general with rich combat experience, it should not be difficult to see that the defenders in the city cannot compare with the sudden appearance of the iron cavalry regardless of equipment, morale and discipline, and even they themselves rushed here with their legs. The formation was scattered.At this time, if the bow and crossbowmen who are scattered in the team are gathered immediately, shoot a few rounds with the crossbow and arrows first, and then draw a small part of troops from both sides to the front, and form a formation before the two sides engage in battle. Braking statically, waiting for work with leisure, it is not difficult to block this round of poor charge.

But Qin Wuqi is a master of the rivers and lakes, not a general with rich combat experience. After beheading another cavalryman, he flew back and took the time to see the situation clearly. He fired arrows at him, and loudly gave the second wrong order-to gather troops in the middle.

The soldiers who had already gained a firm footing began to retreat because of this order, and the originally formed shield formation was also disrupted.

The battle drum on the top of the city changed again, and the cavalry no longer gathered into an arrow-shaped assault formation, but dispersed in groups of five to form smaller formations to chase the gradually retreating shield formation, led by experienced veterans The striker in charge quickly found out the flaws, tearing gaps one after another in the steel defense line composed of shields and Mo Dao.

The shield formation was finally completely disrupted. The spears in the hands of the cavalry were ruthlessly harvesting human lives. It was too late for Qin Wuqi to make amends. His martial arts are world-renowned, how can one person stop thousands of troops?

Compared to saving the dying soldiers in front of him, there is one more thing he, a master of martial arts, can do, and that is to take the head of the general from among the ten thousand armies.

Since just now, someone has seized every fleeting opportunity and directed the actions of the soldiers precisely under the banner of the war drum. If it were not for this, even if there were cavalry ambushing outside the city, Qin Wuqi's painstakingly trained elite soldiers would not be able to Was beaten so badly.

If this person can be captured or beheaded, it will be a devastating blow to the morale of the enemy. Whether this battle can be reversed or not depends on it.

Qin Wuqi resolutely left the battlefield, flew up, stepped on the defenders who were rushing towards the battlefield without touching the ground, avoided the arrows shot at him, and jumped onto the city wall.

Sure enough, there was a middle-aged general standing next to the drum official, wearing a relatively low-key armor, he was not particularly conspicuous among the soldiers, but Qin Wuqi recognized him at a glance, and he was very sure that he was the main general here .

Because not long ago, he had fought side by side with Qin Wuqi, and jointly wiped out the powerful Red Lotus Sect—it was Lu Zhiqian, the general of the Iron Wolf Army.

Qin Wuqi suddenly understood why the cavalry outside the city were so fierce, because they were elite soldiers who had experienced many battles. Unexpectedly, under such severe pressure on the frontier defense, Lu Zhiqian would personally lead the elite iron wolf cavalry south to deal with him.

Qin Wuqi's murderous heart suddenly arose, and his figure shot at Lu Zhiqian like an arrow off the string.

This time his decision was correct, but it was a pity that Lu Zhiqian had already prepared for it, and a sword light suddenly rushed out from the diagonal stab, blocking Qin Wuqi.

Qin Wuqi had no choice but to hold back his momentum, and looked at the person blocking the way. There were not many people whose sword was so fierce that he dared not force his way into the rivers and lakes, and it was one of them who came - the head of the Emei School, Mrs. Miaoyin. .

At the same time, another person jumped onto the top of the wall and stood in front of Lu Zhiqian, but it was Master Huiming, an eminent monk of the Shaolin School.

Seeing these two people, Qin Wuqi was furious and laughed back: "Unexpectedly, the dignified Emei Sect and Shaolin Sect also became lackeys of the imperial court."

Master Miaoyin scolded sharply: "Is it right to be a traitor like you?"

Master Huiming clasped his palms together and proclaimed a Buddha's name: "Master Qin, the common people's life is the most important thing. Don't be obsessed with your own ambitions any longer. You'll be right when you turn around."

"Turn back?" Qin Wuqi sneered, "I have no way to turn back."

While speaking, the Twelve Arhats of the Shaolin Sect and several disciples of the Emei Sect all went to the top of the city and surrounded Qin Wuqi. If it was a one-on-one, Qin Wuqi was absolutely sure to defeat anyone present, but if so many He will have no chance of winning if he is besieged by others and caught in a wheel-to-wheel battle.

But Lu Zhiqian had experienced the serious injury of being seriously injured by the master of the Red Lotus Sect last time, and now he has become more cautious. He didn't even give him a chance to sneak attack. Since Master Miaoyin blocked Qin Wuqi too much, he turned around and went down the other side of the steps. The city wall has long since disappeared.

"Forget it, Qin has lost today's match, but don't get complacent too early, it's still unknown who will have the last laugh." Qin Wuqi didn't waste any more time, dropped these words and jumped off the city wall to leave .

If he wants to get away, Miaoyinshitai and Master Huiming's martial arts can't stop him, Miaoyinshitai can only look at his back and spit: "Obviously the army has been defeated like a mountain, and the dead duck is stubborn!"

Master Huiming was a little worried: "Qin Wuqi has always been extremely witty, I'm afraid he won't be defeated so easily, he still has to be careful."

No matter what other backhands Qin Wuqi had, at least he lost completely in this match. Lu Zhiqian knew the truth of besieging three queues and one. After Qin Wuqi retreated, he continued to use war drums to direct troops from three directions to squeeze in the middle. , the soldiers of Jinghong Villa quickly retreated from steady retreat to retreat steadily and then to being defeated. If Qin Wuqi hadn't personally led the masters in the village to cut off the rear and allowed some soldiers to escape, the entire army might have been wiped out.

Even so, only two to three out of ten of the soldiers survived in the end, and their morale fell to the bottom. The surviving soldiers were dejected one by one, helped their injured companions, and fled in the direction of Jinghong Villa.

But Lu Zhiqian didn't intend to let them go. He used the mobility of the cavalry to catch up with them when they were exhausted and ran away with a round of arrows. human casualties.