The Fire Lions were doomed and irreversible, so defeat was inevitable. Now, I had every reason to retreat. But should I lend a hand to the Fire Phoenixes? Should I save them, or not
"Everyone, let's go. Let's retreat to the hillside behind the military camp first. Then go around from the right!" In the end, I made up my mind to rescue the Fire Phoenix Army. There was no reason that the other side was a friendly force or anything else. It was just that I didn't want the East Continental Allied Forces to treat my division as the final target of the siege. If the Fire Phoenix Army could break through, then the other side would have to allocate at least half of its forces to besiege them, and that would reduce my pressure a lot.
Quickly, more than 10,000 soldiers evacuated the barracks and rushed down the hillside. At this time, the coalition forces of the East Continent once again divided 4 divisions to rush towards us, 2 divisions in the front and one division on each side, ready to pursue and attack.
"Now, all troops, go around to the right side of the hill. They are not a light infantry division chasing us. We must defeat them in the shortest time possible..." When I came down the hill, the first thing I saw was the body of the guy named Koma, and then I quickly began to assign tasks.
"Sir, we have already achieved the desired results. If we withdraw now, no one can blame us..." A staff officer immediately raised an objection.
"Results? I don't want any results. Go and take a look at our retreat route? How many cavalry units are there? Do you think it's possible for us to break out from there? We are cavalry archers, and the most effective way of fighting is guerrilla warfare and long-range attacks. If you go head-on with their cavalry units, I think you really don't know how to spell the word death..." Seeing that many people didn't care about my plan to clash with the enemy army again, I severely reprimanded the staff officer.
"But sir, what should we do after we kill that infantry division?" Looking at the tens of thousands of cavalry troops in the dawn light, several officers shuddered. Immediately, no one said to retreat directly.
"Then we will kill those magicians who are besieging the Fire Phoenix Army and harass those infantry and cavalry, so that the Fire Phoenix Army can get out of the pocket of the East Continent Allied Forces... By then, we will have enough opportunities to slip away from here..."
"Yes, sir, you are right. If the Fire Phoenix Legion escapes from the enemy's pocket, then the few cavalry divisions of the enemy will definitely disperse to pursue the Fire Phoenix Legion and us. But from the situation just now, the enemy's attention is mainly focused on the Fire Phoenix Legion and the Fire Lion Legion. If we escape with the Fire Phoenix Legion, then the enemy will definitely allocate superior forces to pursue the Fire Phoenix Legion. By then, we will be much safer..." Matthew immediately came to his senses, and this is exactly what I thought.
"Very good, then everyone follow me and charge out..." Seeing the junior officers gradually convey our plan to the various grassroots units of the army, I immediately issued the attack order at the right time. Of course, I will never rush to the front line. I will always stay in the middle and back of the army with Yunyue and Yaruo. Safety is what I am most concerned about now. . . . . .
After circling the hill for a distance, I stopped with the soldiers. In addition to no one making any sound, all the horses were specially equipped with masks to prevent any unusual noise.
Not long after, the soldiers who came around the hill were immediately horrified to find that to their side was the very force they were trying to pursue. . . . .
After a hail of arrows, a light infantry division immediately left behind thousands of corpses and began to flee madly in the direction they came from. We, on the other hand, began to use our horses and bows to drive them towards our target.
We shot and killed all the East Continent coalition forces that dared not follow our guidance along the way. We drove nearly 5,000 infantrymen towards a magician unit of the Kingdom of Yan, which was the first to bear the brunt. That magician unit was sent by the enemy army to support the actions of their infantrymen.
But now, they are suffering a similar treatment to what we suffered not long ago. Thousands of infantrymen are rushing towards them. If they use long-range magic, then inevitably, their infantrymen will also bear some casualties for us. But if they don't take action, they may be attacked by our bows and arrows...
But there was no chance to hesitate on the battlefield. After entering a distance of 800 meters, I immediately ordered the use of longbows to carry out a comprehensive attack. . . . .
When those magicians thought that they still had the upper hand at this distance, tens of thousands of my longbow cavalrymen raised their longbows in unison. . . . . . The longbowmen who would shock the world in the future would shed blood for the first time. . . . . .
At a command, tens of thousands of specially made long arrows floated up like a dark cloud, attacking the stupid magician troops in an almost perfect parabola.
When the magician troops on the opposite side saw the cold light on the arrow in the dawn light, it was too late. Arrows had already rained down among them. The specially made arrows, more than one meter long and with steel-hardened arrow tips, penetrated the magician's body without any protective gear without any hindrance. . . . .
The inertia and kinetic energy generated by a long arrow after being thrown over a long distance are completely beyond the ability of a magician's weak body to resist. After penetrating a magician's body, countless long arrows can often continue to move in their original direction and continue to penetrate the second or even the third magician. . . . .
Under this attack that terrified all magicians, countless magicians fell to the ground as if they were possessed by a demon. When their bodies touched the ground, many magicians discovered that their companions had varying numbers of blood holes on their chests and backs, but there were not many with long arrows hanging on their bodies.
Terrifying penetration and terrifying attack distance were the only feelings of all the surviving magicians. But they had no time to shed tears for their companions. After the first round of arrow rain, while those magicians were still in a dream, the second round of long arrows hit the magician army again. . . . .
Two rounds of attacks, 20,000 long arrows, almost directly sent 2,000 magicians to hell. A few lucky magicians who had propped up their magic shields in time escaped, but they were already scared by this kind of attack and didn't even think about whether they could completely withstand the long arrows shot by the longbows after propping up their magic shields. They only focused on escaping...
"Keep going, and get rid of all the troops that dare to block our advance... Archers, prepare your magic-breaking arrows immediately, and get to the front. You must kill all the magicians who may have been prepared and are now besieging the Fire Phoenix Army before they attack us." After a successful attack, I couldn't help but give another order in high spirits. Since you have already tried the longbow's super-long attack distance, let me let you try my magic-breaking arrows!