Volume 1 Chushan Bandits Chapter 55: Killing Three Bandits in Front of the Village
Xu Huai, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang and others appeared on the bank of Qingliu Creek in the northwest corner of Lutai Village. Of course, the bandits had noticed them a long time ago, but there were only ten of them, three of them were wearing armor, and they had only three fast horses. They did not seem to pose much of a threat at all.
There have been fierce fighting in the mountains in recent years, and the bandits have learned a little about how to deploy troops.
In addition to a special team of soldiers on the right wing of the bandits forming a battle formation to the west and on guard, there were also seven scouts scattered on the river beach, keeping an eye on the movements here. However, they were mainly on guard against the possibility that Xu might send troops to attack from the flank, and they would not pay attention to Xu Huai and his men.
After Xu Huai rushed over alone, the seven scouts on the enemy's flank slowly galloped out from the river beach.
They wanted to intercept this reckless and unprovoked young man, but they didn't take him seriously at all. They thought that the boss had just killed someone outside the gate of Lutai Village to establish his authority and sent this reckless guy to rush up and die.
Even if they were going to die, they didn't mind letting the Xu clan members on the village wall see more clearly how they tortured and killed such idiots.
However, they didn't expect that Xu Huai shot three arrows in succession, which were so fast, accurate and fierce that the seven scouts didn't even take off the shields beside the saddle to block the attack. They were even afraid of scaring the reckless man away, so they didn't even take off the swords at their waists.
One of them was unable to dodge and was hit in the face by two arrows, falling off his horse. Another man managed to turn his head to the side, but an arrow pierced his mouth, went out through his cheek, and took off half of his ear. He screamed in pain, but barely managed to avoid falling off his horse. He turned his horse's head and fled in panic towards the Qingliu Creek Bridge.
Before they made contact, one of the bandit scouts was killed and one was injured, which made the five remaining bandit cavalrymen on the flank realize that although the young man in front of them was reckless, his archery skills were top-notch in Tongbai Mountain.
However, they still had five elite cavalrymen on the flank. Facing Xu Huai who was alone, they were still outnumbered and had a stronger desire to kill. They thought it would be more honorable to kill a young and skilled fighter in front of the Xu family members.
Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang were protecting the newbies who were experiencing battle for the first time behind them, to guard against any unexpected situations.
Xu Huai could only go into the battle alone, to kill the scouts on the flanks of the bandits and retaliate, instead of letting the bandits of Xiema Mountain act recklessly.
If the bandits captured a dozen hostages and demanded their will, they might as well just surrender and let them chop their necks to death.
Not accepting threats is the obsession deep in Xu Huai's heart.
With this obsession, you will not be afraid.
However, fearlessness does not mean recklessness.
Xu Huai was wearing a light armor that could protect his vital parts, but his thighs, arms, face and the horse under his crotch were all targets for the bandits' shooting. It was definitely not a good choice to shoot at five bandits at a distance of dozens of steps.
Seeing that two of the five cavalry bandits were in the front, ready to take off their shields to block the attack, and the other three were in the back taking off their longbows ready to shoot, he had even less chance of winning.
Xu Huai did not hesitate. He threw the longbow aside, took off the spear hanging on the side of the saddle, accelerated and rushed forward, not giving the opponent a chance to shoot from a distance.
Several bandits were scattered far apart. Xu Huai abandoned his bow and switched to a gun. The two closest bandits were only about twenty steps away from him.
Xu Huai rode his horse very fast. At such a close distance, the two bandits shot an arrow each in haste. When they saw that their arrows were blocked by the armor, they decisively dropped their bows and drew their swords to prepare for battle.
Seeing Xu Huai tuck the spear under his armpit, they guessed that Xu Huai wanted to use the momentum of his galloping horse to stab their bodies with the spear.
These two bandits could serve as flank scouts, and their skills in fighting and riding were definitely not weak. They pulled the reins tight and led the horses to the left and right.
They wanted to avoid Xu Huai's unstoppable spear first, and then cooperate to kill this reckless guy with their swords from both sides.
When fighting on horseback and holding a spear, the power of the spear is extremely limited.
The enemy cavalry galloped to the side while keeping a distance, narrowly avoiding the range of the long spears' sweeping and stabbing. Normally, Xu Huai should have pulled the reins and led his horse to find a gap to rush to the river beach in front to avoid being surrounded and killed by the five bandit cavalry.
After keeping some distance, even if he took refuge under the wall of the village, Xu Huai could take advantage of the cover of the bows and crossbows on the wall to catch his breath, and then calmly look for a better opportunity to engage in battle.
The five thieves are good fighters, and the standard of a good fighter is to anticipate the enemy's moves.
They were afraid that Xu Huai would have a chance to hide under the village wall. Apart from two riders who stayed close to Xu Huai and entangled with him, one of the remaining three riders went straight to the river beach to limit Xu Huai's space for maneuver, while the other two stayed at a distance of an arrow from the village wall and headed straight west.
This is a standard cavalry squad encirclement and cutting tactic.
The elite bandits were able to roam the Tongbai Mountains and strike fear into the hearts of the people in the countryside. They were very familiar with this type of squad tactics, and over the years, countless lone fighters had died under their swords and guns without any luck.
In their view, this reckless guy who suddenly broke in was just a free opportunity for them to further establish their authority.
However, what they could not imagine was that Xu Huai was much more reckless than they thought.
When passing by the two bandits, Xu Huai stabbed out with his spear, but even with great force, the spear blade missed the man by a hair's breadth.
The thief on the right wing laughed contemptuously, and while his companions were attracting the reckless man's attack to the left wing, he pulled the reins, driving his horse to the side, closing the distance between him and Xu Huai, and raised his knife to chop at Xu Huai's uncovered right side of the body.
Such exquisite riding skills are rare in Tongbai Mountain, and the brave warriors on the village wall are worried for Xu Huai.
Normally speaking, Xu Huai's best option was to speed up and charge forward to avoid the attack from the two bandits. Even if his horse might be hit from the side and back, it was better than him being hit hard by this blow.
However, the tribesmen on the village wall saw Xu Huai's body suddenly move to the left wing at this moment, retract his right foot to support the saddle, and then suddenly jump forward. His spear was like a poisonous python, and he stabbed again at the back of the bandit rider on the left wing who thought he had avoided the sweep of Xu Huai's spear.
The thief heard the sharp whistling of the gun force breaking through the wind, turned his head in shock, only to see that the gun blade had pierced through his back.
The gun shoots out like a python , killing one enemy with each shot, so fierce!
But how can people be so stupid and reckless!
Someone on the wall couldn't help but scream.
The remaining four bandits were also stunned.
Xu Huai shot and killed one person, injured another, and then stabbed one of their accomplices with one shot. It can be said that his skills were very strong.
However, he abandoned his bow after firing three arrows; he abandoned his horse to kill the second man, and he was forced to give up his spear as he did not have time to draw it back.
This ruffian only had a straight-bladed long sword on his waist. He was standing alone on the edge of the river beach, surrounded by the four riders. What was going on?
This guy is so reckless that he doesn't even care about his own life in order to kill people. Does he think he can withstand the siege of four elite cavalrymen alone?
Of the four remaining thieves, two rode their horses directly towards Xu Huai, while the other two followed behind, holding bows and arrows in their hands, keeping a slight distance, looking for an opportunity to draw their bows and shoot arrows.
Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang were also secretly anxious when they saw this scene.
Xu Huai said that they could not compromise with the bandits and had to fight them alone, and asked the two of them to protect the seven novices behind them who had no experience in battle.
During this period, they were somewhat shocked by Xu Huai's bravery and agility. They did not think much about it at the time , thinking that Xu Huai would be able to break away from the entanglement and withdraw when he saw the unfavorable situation. By then, they would move a little closer to the village wall, and the bandits would surely be afraid of the bows and crossbows on the wall and would not dare to chase too closely. No matter how you looked at it, there would not be much danger.
They didn't expect that Xu Huai went up and killed two of the bandits, and then he abandoned his bow, horse, and spear, and confronted the remaining four bandits with a knife.
But they were one hundred and forty or fifty steps away, and it was too late to rescue them.
"Get closer to the outside of the village wall!" Regardless of whether it was too late or not, Xu Wukun immediately told the novices to move closer to the foot of the village wall. He and Xu Wuliang took their longbows and went to Xu Huai's side to provide support, ignoring the fact that more bandits were rushing towards them from the side at Qingliuxi Bridge.
The four thieves were all veterans , so how could they give Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun a chance to rescue Xu Huai? The leading thief had no intention of getting entangled, so he pulled the reins, increased his speed, and rushed directly towards Xu Huai.
The bandit scouts were galloping across the rugged mountains and fields, not on an open battlefield, and they were accustomed to using swords rather than spears.
The blade is short, which makes it inconvenient to kill an enemy on horseback, but riding on a horse and chopping from a high position is still a great advantage. What's more, those with excellent riding skills can directly ride their horses to charge into the enemy in front of them.
There is a lack of tall horses in Tongbai Mountain, but a good horse and the rider on it still weigh five or six hundred pounds. The momentum of the collision when charged at such speed is even more astonishing. Who can stop it?
The thief controlled the direction of the horse's hooves' stamping and charging very delicately, hoping to force the ruffian to dodge to the right. This way he would be sure enough to use all his strength to draw his sword and cut through the heavy armor he was wearing with one blow.
He could see that Xu Huai was wearing wart armor.
Xu Wuxuan established his prestige for two years after returning to Tongbai Mountain before he died of illness. Few people in Tongbai Mountain were not aware of this set of wart armor, but the wart armor could block powerful crossbows, but it was impossible for it to block the heavy blow of a sharp sword; it is true that the good armor weakened the force of the heavy blow.
Of course Xu Huai could see what this man was thinking, and if he really wanted to dodge to the right, it would have been no problem for him to block the man's heavy blow with his sword with his horizontal blade, but the four thieves cooperated too well. Without saying a word beforehand, the other three all focused their attention on the right side at the same time, waiting for him to crawl out from under the horse's belly.
"Roar!"
Xu Huai roared like thunder, squatted down like an iron tower, used his left shoulder as a hammer, and slammed into the right chest of the thief's horse with the force of splitting a mountain.
The thief's horse Tie was knocked to one side by Xu Huai's collision. He was unable to stop his momentum and suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground, breaking his leg. The thief soldier on his horse was also thrown away as he was caught off guard.
"ah!"
Seeing Xu Huai knock down a galloping warhorse without retreating an inch, the soldiers on the wall gasped and then burst into thunderous cheers.
Everyone in the Xu family knew that Xu Huaichi was stupid and clumsy, and they had also witnessed his recklessness a few days ago.
At this moment, he also believed that Xu Huai rushed out recklessly, not only ignoring the fact that there were dozens of tribesmen in the hands of the thieves as hostages, but he was also simply seeking death.
However, after all, they are from the same clan, and everyone has a certain degree of solidarity. Seeing him kill two thieves in a row and then be surrounded by four thieves, everyone couldn't help but worry for him.
At this moment, he burst out with bravery that had never been seen in Tongbai Mountain. He actually knocked down a speeding warhorse and broke up an exquisite encirclement and attack by four bandits. The blood of the soldiers in the camp seemed to be ignited and burned violently.
Regardless of the fact that the bandits were still out of range, and regardless of the fact that Xu Wufu and Xu Wuqi had not given orders , someone on the wall raised a bow and crossbow and shot at the four bandits.
Xu Huai did not dodge to the right as the bandits wished. The bandit rider who was galloping past from the right outside missed Xu Huai with the long sword in his hand.
Xu Huai raised his hand and used his arm armor to block the two arrows shot at his face. His body rose from the bushes like a giant python and he leaped forward. In an instant, his body advanced ten feet and he stabbed the thief, who was thrown off his horse, dizzy and about to stand up from the beach, in the chest.
A standard lunge, nothing fancy.
Perfect kill of the third person.
