Calmly giving orders, directing the soldiers to line up, then sneered and waited for the cavalry team in front of them to cause embarrassment.

But as time went by, the smile on Wen Chou's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a solemn expression: "How is this possible? You have been rushing for so long without slowing down, but you are still accelerating?"

The cavalry in front of them were not wearing armor. Under normal circumstances, it would not be a surprise for such cavalry to sprint for a long distance. However, it was too shocking that they continued to speed up during the sprint.

What's more, Wen Chou had already seen that no one in the cavalry group in front of him was firing a bow or arrow, and there was not even a single person holding a gun or sword.

"This is...Does the entire army know how to ride and shoot? This is impossible. There is absolutely no way such an elite army can exist in this world!"

Not to mention this era, even if we push it back two thousand years, the only people who can really train an entire army to be good at riding and archery are the Mongolian cavalry, known as a nation on horseback, and later traveled across Europe and Asia.

Even the Manchu and Qing cavalry in the future are actually not good at mounted shooting. In comparison, they are better at rushing to a designated area, then dismounting, shooting arrows, and then mounting again to continue moving.

This kind of tactics had already been used by people in the Han Dynasty, so it was not unusual. If Yu Linqi only knew this, Wen Chou wouldn't be surprised.

But what happened in front of me was really shocking...

Ma Chao took the lead, leading the two thousand Yu Lin cavalry in a non-stop sprint. During the assault, he slightly adjusted his direction. From charging straight towards Wen Chou's army at the beginning, he changed to slightly leaning forward, moving his side forward.

Aim at Wen Chou's army.

This change is naturally to bring into full play the power of the Yulin Cavalry's mounted archery. At the same time, with this subtle adjustment, the Yulin Cavalry's formation also begins to become more narrow and elongated. Looking down from the sky, it looks like a long snake.

The long body drew a slight arc, and then rushed forward.

"Fire the arrow!"

Seeing that the distance was close, Ma Chao immediately waved his hand and hit the spear.

The rider behind saw this action and immediately shot the arrow in his hand desperately. After several years of strict and cruel training and survival of the fittest, every soldier of the Yulin Cavalry is now a top archer, holding the arrow in his right hand.

The arrow shot out almost immediately.

In other words, from Ma Chao's order to everyone shooting all the arrows in their hands, it took less than a minute. In such a short time, Yu Linqi didn't even complete all the shooting movements. The second half of the team still had

No angle of attack is obtained.

But even if there were only half of the Yulin Cavalry soldiers, the arrows they fired at that moment made the enemy on the opposite side feel numb.

Wen Chou couldn't believe what he saw. He was even extremely curious about how the mysterious cavalry on the opposite side could shoot so many arrows in an instant.

But seeing the dense rain of arrows that almost covered the entire sky, he was still thinking more realistically about how to ensure that he was not harmed and that the team's formation would not be defeated by this wave of arrows.

"Raise your shield!"

At the same time as he shouted loudly, Wen Chou danced the spear in his hand into a ball of black light. In his opinion, such defense could block all arrows, not to mention arrows, even a basin of water.

"Stabilize the formation, and kill anyone who rushes and disrupts the formation!"

The constant ping-ping-pong-pong sounds in his ears made Wen Chou feel his scalp numb. With just a rough estimate, he could tell that this wave of arrows was at least three thousand.

It was not that he had never encountered this kind of situation when he was leading troops in battles in the past. He had even encountered a denser rain of arrows than this, but most of them were in siege battles when he was the siege party.

——All the enemies gathered on the city tower. At that time, it was not just archers, but even some ordinary soldiers would pick up their bows and arrows to participate. Anyway, there were densely packed people under the city wall. If you were lucky, you could kill a few casually.

indivual.

In that situation, it is not unusual to have more arrows, but what is the situation in front of you? Is this an encounter in the wild or on the plains? How did the group of cavalry on the opposite side shoot so many arrows at once? So many cavalry at the same time

They are all good at mounted shooting - is the skill of mounted shooting already so worthless?

Finally, the sounds in his ears gradually stopped. As soon as Wen Chou stopped what he was doing, he immediately ordered to his side: "Pay attention to the formation, be careful of the cavalry attack! The crossbowmen are ready!"

In his impression, after a round of arrows, there should be a direct impact of the cavalry, but his formation did not collapse - although he was not leading elite troops, this performance still made him feel proud: this

The soldiers in Hebei are definitely the best soldiers in the world - and on the premise that the formation does not collapse, the cavalry will not charge against the infantry formation, which is undoubtedly equivalent to suicide.

If they really rush over, then the only option is to attack some skirmishers on the periphery... and then choose a touch-and-go style to weaken their own side's combat power and morale layer by layer. When the morale here collapses, they can all work together.

Defeat yourself and then take advantage of the situation to pursue you.

"I will never let you get what you want!"

He was shouting and commanding here, but Ma Chao over there didn't attack according to the pattern he expected. After leading his cavalry to complete a shooting, Ma Chao did not rush up directly, but led

After the soldiers and horses made an arc, they opened some distance again, and then they rushed over diagonally.

"Could it be..."

Wen Chou's heart skipped a beat when he noticed the movements of the cavalry on the opposite side. When he saw all the movements of the other side, he cursed secretly in his heart.

"This bastard!"

Ma Chao did not rush over, he was still at the same distance as before, in the same way, but changed the direction and then sent another round of arrows all over his face.

Each of the two thousand Yulin Riders can shoot at least five arrows per attack - that's the minimum. Some fast and skilled riders can even shoot ten arrows in one attack.

In other words, the Yulin Cavalry will shoot at least 10,000 to 15,000 arrows every time it attacks. This is a very terrifying number, and the strong bow used by the Yulin Cavalry ensures the lethality of the arrows. Wen Chou Army

Even if you have a shield hand, if you are not careful, you will be nailed to death by arrows.

"Fight back! Crossbowmen fight back!"

Wen Chou was very unhappy with this situation of being passively beaten, but he had nothing to do with the army on the opposite side!

This is the point where infantry face the discomfort of cavalry. The infantry in formation are not afraid of the impact of cavalry (unless they are fully armored monsters like tiger and leopard cavalry). However, if the cavalry can open a distance to attack, then the infantry can only

They were passively beaten because it was impossible for the infantry to catch up with the cavalry.

What's more, as soon as the infantry moves, the formation will loosen up. Once the formation disperses, the infantry has only one word when facing the cavalry: die!

Originally, the cavalry had bows and arrows, and the infantry also had bows and arrows. Even the crossbows used by the infantry were more powerful than those used by the cavalry, because the crossbows used by the cavalry were weaker than the infantry crossbows due to the convenience of carrying and ease of use.

But this common sense has been completely overturned today. Wen Chou's army used the most powerful infantry crossbows to be able to reach the cavalry on the opposite side, but these sporadic attacks could not cause any harm to the enemy on the opposite side.

In other words, Wen Chou's army could only be beaten passively, but the opponent was a highly mobile cavalry, and they could not retreat even if they wanted to.

With gurgling water on his forehead, Wen Chou suddenly realized that today's battle was probably the most difficult one in his life. If he could not pass this level, today's battle might be his last battle.

"asshole!"

After thinking about it for a long time, Wen Chou could not come up with a solution.

At this time, Wen Chou's army's formation began to collapse.

This kind of battle where you can only be beaten passively but cannot fight back is really damaging to morale. In addition, the Hebei Army does not implement the professional military system promoted by Liu Xuan. In Liu Xuan's eyes, their soldiers are just a little better than ordinary farmers.

It is very common to quickly lose morale and collapse when faced with adversity.

Once this happens, it means a battle will be won or lost.

Ma Chao, who was young but had already experienced several battle formations, noticed this change immediately. After leading the Yulin Cavalry to shoot again, he did not lead the cavalry to make another circle, but instead used the spear in his hand.

He held it high and drew a circle.

Immediately, the Yulin cavalry behind him divided into two parts. A group of about 1,500 cavalrymen rushed towards the enemy's flank. They still held the strong bow in their hands and drew new arrows from the quiver.

And continue to keep your distance from the enemy.

But the remaining five hundred riders put away their long bows and took out their sabers. The swords flashed for a moment, and a brilliant silver light shone under the sunset. The people were flustered for a while.

Ma Chao took the lead and rushed forward with his five hundred horsemen. However, his move made Wen Chou on the opposite side think that his opportunity had come.

"They have no more arrows, quickly form a formation to meet the enemy!"

But before he finished shouting, Ma Chao from the opposite side had already led five hundred horses and rushed towards him. He exclaimed in his heart: "So fast!" At the same time, he was surprised that the opponent's horse had been sprinting for a long time, how could it still have such strong foot power?

At the same time, a long spear came to fight Ma Chao.

"Is this young man the commander-in-chief? As long as we kill this man, the battle will be decided..."

Before he could finish his thought, he saw Ma Chao on the opposite side shoot out a long spear like a long snake. Wen Chou was so fast that Wen Chou could hardly react. When he came to his senses, he only felt a chill in his chest and fell down.

In just a second, I saw the young man pull the spear back into his hand and muttered: "What Hebei Wen Chou...that's all..."

Wen Chou couldn't hear it anymore. Wen Chou's eyesight went dark and he fell off his horse!

But Ma Chao didn't even bother to take a look, he just dashed left and right with his 500 cavalry, and in a moment he killed all the 10,000 troops led by Wen Chou and was completely defeated. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!