The woolly rhinoceros of the Black Jie cavalry was very fast. Even on grasslands with thick snow, the speed of the woolly rhinoceros was not inferior to that of the rhino horse.
The woolly rhinoceros is only slightly shorter than the rhinoceros horse, but its body is more majestic than the rhinoceros horse. The woolly rhinoceros' ability to run long distances is weaker than the rhinoceros horse, but its short-distance impact is stronger than the rhinoceros horse. When the five woolly rhinoceroses rushed towards Yan Liqiang, it was like five small bulldozers rushing towards Yan Liqiang, very imposing.
Hot air was gushing out of the nostrils of the gray woolly rhinoceros, and its long hair was fluttering in the wind. The steps of its four hooves caused snowflakes to fly. The Black Jie cavalrymen on the woolly rhinoceros, who had just dyed the horns of their helmets red with blood, had ferocious faces and rushed towards Yan Liqiang shouting. These Black Jie cavalrymen, who had just surrounded and killed a group of Shatu people, were now in high spirits and did not take Yan Liqiang seriously at all. In their view, Yan Liqiang standing there was like a prey waiting for them to chop down. Even if they wanted to run, they could not be faster than the woolly rhinoceros under their crotch.
Of course Yan Liqiang would not run away. He just squinted his eyes and carefully observed the Black Jie cavalrymen who were rushing towards him, secretly evaluating the combat effectiveness of these Black Jie cavalrymen.
The cavalry equipment of those Black Jie people was relatively simple. In such a cold day, several cavalrymen only wore a few pieces of half-new and half-worn simple leather armor, with their arms and calves exposed. Only one person had a fox tail around his neck. Looking at their equipment again, among the five people rushing over, two were holding scimitars, two were holding wooden spears, and only one was holding a bow and arrow. Those weapons were not sophisticated. Apart from these necessary weapons, the rest of the battlefield equipment on these Black Jie people was pitifully scarce. It seems that the legend that the Black Jie people were extremely poor seems to be true.
When these cavalrymen were charging towards them, some of the Black Jie cavalrymen in the yurts in the distance were looking at this side and shouting, as if they were cheering for the cavalrymen who were charging towards them, as if they were watching a play. Others rushed into the yurts and rummaged around, not paying any attention to the outcome here, as if the outcome was already determined. Several Black Jie cavalrymen came out of the yurts, with things hanging all over their hands and bodies. Two Black Jie cavalrymen pulled a Shatu woman with her hands and feet bound in front of the leader of the Black Jie cavalrymen. The leader touched the woman's face, mumbled a few words to the few minions next to him, and then laughed loudly, full of lustful flavor...
call out!
The five Black Jie cavalrymen who were charging over were within a hundred meters of Yan Liqiang in the blink of an eye. The archer among them drew the bow on the woolly rhinoceros and shot the first arrow towards Yan Liqiang.
To Yan Liqiang, this arrow seemed as light as a flying goose feather. He smiled slightly, stretched out his hand sideways, and caught the arrow in one go.
The Black Jie archer was not a sharpshooter, especially since he was riding on a woolly rhinoceros and it was bumpy. Even within a hundred meters, the arrow had no accuracy. When he shot the arrow, he did not expect to hit Yan Liqiang. Of course, if he could hit him, that would be even better. If not, the purpose of this arrow was to scare Yan Liqiang into turning around and running away, and then they would calmly catch up from behind and kill Yan Liqiang easily.
Seeing that the arrow he shot was caught by Yan Liqiang, the Black Jie archer almost thought he was dazzled. He did not give up and continued to shoot another arrow. Of course, that arrow was undoubtedly caught by Yan Liqiang again.
He drew his bow again and rushed to within fifty meters of Yan Liqiang, shooting another arrow. Yan Liqiang still caught the arrow easily. The Black Jie archer finally changed his expression. He had never seen anyone who could catch his arrow with bare hands at such a close distance in his life. While the other four Black Jie cavalrymen were still rushing towards Yan Liqiang, the Black Jie archer who had shot three arrows in succession had already restrained the charging woolly rhinoceros and wanted to turn around.
But at this time, Yan Liqiang would never let him get away. The nearest woolly rhinoceros had already rushed to within 20 meters in front of him.
Looking at the three arrows in his hand, Yan Liqiang shook his head secretly. The iron arrowheads of the arrows made by his manufacturing bureau weighed one tael and four qian. The arrowheads of the Han Empire were about the same weight. However, the arrowheads made by these Black Jie people weighed only one tael and one qian, which was 20% lighter than those of the Han Empire. They saved a lot of materials. Moreover, the arrowheads were not smooth at all, and many sand holes could be seen with the naked eye. It was obvious that the material used to make the arrowheads was not very good!
After weighing the three arrows in his hand, Yan Liqiang swung them casually, and the three arrows flew out of his hand with a "puff" sound. The arrows shot by Yan Liqiang were more powerful than those shot from any strong bow or crossbow. The moment he raised his hand, the archer among the five Black Jie cavalrymen and the two cavalrymen with scimitars were pierced through the chest by the arrows. Without even a grunt, they fell off their woolly rhinos and fell on the snow.
The two Black Jie cavalrymen holding spears did not notice that the three people behind them had fallen to the ground. At this time, they had already rushed to Yan Liqiang. They shouted and used the momentum of the woolly rhinoceros to stab Yan Liqiang with the long hairs in their hands, one on the left and one on the right.
Yan Liqiang stretched out his hand again, grasped the spear, and pulled. The two Black Jie cavalrymen felt a burning sensation in their hands and fell off the woolly rhinoceros. Their hands were covered in blood and their skin was almost peeled off. The spears in their hands were already in Yan Liqiang's hands. Then Yan Liqiang poked with both hands, and with a whoosh, the spear shafts went straight through the chests of the two men, leaving a bloody hole on their bodies.
From the time Yan Liqiang threw out three arrows to the time the last two Black Jie cavalrymen fell off their horses and were killed, the whole process took only about one second. The five Black Jie cavalrymen who rushed over with great momentum were already killed by Yan Liqiang.
The Black Jie people in the distance were still making a lot of noise and chaos. Most of them were busy searching and looting things in the Shatu tents, and did not notice anything unusual here. Only the Black Jie cavalry who had been paying attention to the situation here and laughing and shouting over there suddenly became silent, as if they had been cast under a spell.
Yan Liqiang glanced over there, and just when the Black Jie cavalry leader's face changed drastically and he wanted to shout, Yan Liqiang threw the two spears in his hand towards that side.
The spear pierced through the wind and snow, and the distance of more than 300 meters was almost flashed.
A spear pierced the Black Jie cavalry leader through his woolly rhinoceros, sending him flying and nailing him to the snow. Another spear directly pierced through four Black Jie cavalrymen lined up in a row...
In two seconds, ten Black Jie cavalrymen were killed, including the leader who commanded those cavalrymen.
All the Black Jie cavalrymen mounted the woolly rhinoceros with strange shouts. Just when Yan Liqiang thought that those people would rush towards him relying on their numbers, he saw that the Black Jie cavalrymen who had mounted the woolly rhinoceros first, hit the woolly rhinoceros and ran away without even daring to look back. The other Black Jie cavalrymen followed suit, riding on the woolly rhinoceros one by one, lowered their bodies, and fled in all directions into the distance!
"Haha, I didn't expect these Black Jie people are so smart!" Yan Liqiang smiled, looked at the corpses all over the ground and the ground stained with blood in the wind and snow, shook his head, and when the snowflakes were blown up by the wind and snow again, he had disappeared from the spot.
(End of this chapter)