Chapter 300: Archery Competition

When the arrows flew over, Qiu Yongchao had already discovered this situation, and his face was a little surprised.

I didn't expect that there would be archers in this small mountain village? You know, bows and arrows are forbidden items. The court does not allow private possession by the people. Moreover, a qualified archer needs to be trained for a long time before he can be trained. Therefore, many rebel forces are extremely short of archers. For example, in his team of 4,000 to 5,000 people, only the dozen or so soldiers carry bows and arrows.

However, the next second, the surprise on his face turned into contempt.

The arrows shot out flew in a crooked direction, and less than half of the arrows actually flew towards them. Obviously, although there were archers in the village in front, these archers were obviously novices, and their hit rate was pitifully low.

Therefore, Qiu Yongchao did not let his men dodge, but continued to clean up the iron nails on the ground. The crowd was so dense that it was difficult to dodge and it was a waste of time. Moreover, in Qiu Yongchao's heart, the lives of these soldiers were worthless. In this chaotic world, the most abundant thing was people! As long as there was food in hand, even if all these people died, he could still recruit so many people in a short time.

"Ah!"

The screams sounded as expected.

Although the arrows shot from the village had a low hit rate, there were more than 60 people after all. Even if half of the arrows were shot over, there were more than 30 arrows. The people on the rebel side gathered together. As long as the arrows could fly over, they could basically hit people.

"Don't panic! Keep cleaning up. If anyone dares to run around, don't blame me for being rude!" The crowd was a little panicked after being hit by arrows, and Qiu Yongchao's threats and warnings followed. Everyone knew that Qiu Yongchao's methods were vicious, so they could only endure the fear in their hearts and continue to lower their heads to clean up the iron nails, praying that no arrows would hit them.

Seeing this, Qiu Yongchao said to the soldiers around him: "Fight back! Shoot those bastards in the village to death!"

Qiu Yongchao's soldiers were all carefully trained by him, and he spent a lot of money and energy. The combat effectiveness of these soldiers was not even worse than that of the regular army of the court. Even the bows and arrows that ordinary people had no chance to touch, they had practiced for a long time, and their archery skills were not low.

"I want to see whether your crappy archers are better or my soldiers are better!" Qiu Yongchao looked in the direction of the village with cold and confident eyes.

Swish!

A wave of arrows flew out from the rebel army and flew towards the village.

"Shield!"

Wu Fan also discovered this situation as soon as the other side shot arrows, and shouted loudly.

Then, a group of dozens of refugees came to the front of the militia with shields, waiting for the arrows to arrive in fear, while the militia hid behind the refugees holding shields as much as possible.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The sound of arrows hitting shields came, and the shields made a dull sound, and the refugees holding shields shook involuntarily.

It must be said that Qiu Yongchao's personal soldiers are really good at shooting. Most of the arrows were shot into Wu Fan's team, and the hit rate was much higher than Wu Fan's militia.

However, although these arrows hit the target, they did not achieve any results.

These shields were made by Wu Fan himself, and the materials used were all high-quality materials. It can be said that he spent a lot of money. Each shield is a silver-level item, and it is difficult for ordinary weapons to destroy it.

Although Qiu Yongchao's personal soldiers had bows and arrows, they were just ordinary stuff, all blank equipment. It was undoubtedly very difficult to break the silver-level defense with the attributes of blank equipment, not to mention that the distance was nearly 100 meters.

However, the presence of those archers was always a threat. Wu Fan said to his personal soldiers: "Aim at the archers on the opposite side and shoot."

Wu Fan also took out a longbow, bent the bow and put the arrow on it. As for the militiamen, they were not idle either. They continued to shoot arrows at the rebel army through the gaps in the shields in front of them.

The archery skills of several veterans were slightly better than those militiamen, but they were not very powerful either. Wu Fan was very clear about this. Therefore, although he asked several personal soldiers to attack the archers on the opposite side, he did not have much hope in his heart. It would be enough for them to hit the ordinary soldiers on the opposite side.

What Wu Fan really relied on was his archery!

Archery: Advanced: Increase the hit rate by 50%, increase the damage by 50%, and increase the shooting distance by 50%.

At this time, Wu Fan already had advanced archery skills. Compared with the primary arrows, this advanced archery skill has greatly improved in terms of hit rate, damage, and attack distance. His current archery level is still a little behind that of a real sharpshooter, but among the people on both sides at the scene, Wu Fan's archery skills are definitely the best.

"Swish!"

After Wu Fan aimed slightly, the arrow in his hand flew out of the string, like a flash of lightning, piercing through the space and flying towards the target.

And Wu Fan's target was Qiu Yongchao on horseback!

The entire rebel army had only a dozen people riding horses, and Qiu Yongchao did not take the archers in the village seriously, so he and several of his personal soldiers were very close to the front, which made them very conspicuous in the entire rebel army, and Wu Fan had no choice but to see them.

Wu Fan naturally understood the principle of capturing the leader first. Last time when he was transporting grain, he encountered an ambush by the rebels. Wu Fan captured the leader of the other side and thus disintegrated the offensive of the rebel team.

And Wu Fan now obviously wants to replicate the success of the last time!

For a rebel team like this that has little discipline, once the leader is captured or killed, the entire team will easily collapse. At that time, these people are not four or five thousand soldiers, but even worse than four or five thousand pigs. In addition to running away, they can only be killed or captured.

Therefore, the leader of the other side is the key!

Qiu Yongchao didn't know that he had become Wu Fan's target at this time. He was even more surprised when he saw that the people in the opposite village actually took out dozens of shields.

Are the people in this village regular troops instead of militia?

Otherwise, how can there be bows and arrows and shields? No militia team can have such a weapon configuration. This has long exceeded Qiu Yongchao's understanding of the militia team.

Qiu Yongchao felt a little nervous when he thought that the other party might be the regular army of the imperial court. They had fled to the vicinity of Qingyuan County because they were defeated by the regular army of the imperial court. Both Qiu Yongchao and his men were afraid of the regular army of the imperial court.