Those Shatu people were too careless, or they never thought that after several decades, there would still be cavalry from the Han Empire who dared to enter the Gulan grassland and they would happen to encounter them.
For the Shatu people, the cavalry of the Han Empire rushing towards them not far away gave them the illusion of seeing a mirage for a moment.
Isn't Gulang Grassland the territory of our Shatu Seven Tribes? Doesn't the Han Empire have the "Huai En Order"? When did the cavalry of the Han Empire dare to run outside Baishi Pass and dare to attack us
At this moment, many Shatu people were confused and could not react at all. Some were even a little panicked.
The appearance of Yan Liqiang and his men caught the Shatu people completely off guard. After a brief moment of surprise and confusion, the Shatu cavalry who were besieging Fengbian village, with the exception of more than 400 cavalrymen who continued to besiege Fengbian village, almost all turned their horses around and stopped besieging the village. Instead, they rushed towards Yan Liqiang and his men, ready to meet the enemy, amidst shouts and strange howls.
It seems that no matter how stupid those Shatu people are, they know that the vitality of cavalry lies in its mobility and impact, so they will not stand there stupidly waiting for Yan Liqiang and others to rush over.
"Swoosh..."
"Swoosh..."
"Swoosh..."
The sound of arrows cutting through the air kept coming to his ears. Yan Liqiang didn't even look back. He knew it was Tie Yunshan drawing the bow just by the sound. Tie Yunshan's bow was a ten-stone bow, and Tie Yunshan's archery skills were at the fourth level of the sky. The first arrow just now was shot by Tie Yunshan. From a distance of a thousand meters, he shot a Shatu man off his horse with one arrow, which marked the beginning of the battle between the two sides. At this moment, the two sides were approaching rapidly, and Tie Yunshan kept drawing the bow in his hand. After each bow sound, one of the Shatu cavalrymen would fall down.
The veteran is worthy of being a veteran. His archery skills are indeed superb and very intimidating on the battlefield.
There are about 1,800 people on Yan Liqiang's side, and the number of Shatu people who rushed over is about 1,800 or so. Judging from the numbers, both sides are evenly matched. There was no sign of today's battle. Even Yan Liqiang had not thought before coming to Baishishan Pass that decades later, the first head-on collision between the Han Empire and the seven Shatu cavalry would take place here.
Although Tie Yunshan did not have Yan Liqiang's ability to shoot four arrows with one bow, he was steady and each arrow he shot hit the target. In the blink of an eye, he had shot six arrows, and six Shatu people fell off their horses and were submerged in the galloping iron hooves.
The 500 horse archers who were Yan Liqiang's guards had strictly followed the horse archers' rules of engagement as soon as they saw the Shatu people, and slowly separated from the team of 1,800 people. Although they were still running towards the Shatu cavalry, the angle at which they were running was not a face-to-face collision, but a cut-off angle from the Shatu cavalry's vanguard. In a moment, if the Shatu people's vanguard cavalry did not change direction, they would rush over like a razor, rubbing the edge of the Shatu people's cavalry team. If the Shatu people's cavalry team changed direction, then they would also change direction immediately, always keeping a distance from the opponent, but not too far!
The three iron laws of archer warfare—the first is distance! The second is distance! The third is still distance!
This was a passage that had been deeply engraved in their minds since the first day they rode on horseback in the Kyudo Club. It was also the iron rule set by Yan Liqiang as a cavalry archer.
On the battlefield, distance is your friend!
Although the cavalry of the Kyudo Club is not weak even in close combat, as a cavalry archer, from the moment you mount your horse with a bow on your back, losing distance and speed means losing the chance of victory! It even means death!
As long as there is an arrow in your quiver, you are absolutely not allowed to actively approach the enemy and engage in close combat with the enemy. Even if you win, you will be put in solitary confinement in the Kyudo Club.
Tie Yunfei, Wang Naiwu and others also noticed the unusual movement of the cavalry guards accompanying Yan Liqiang leaving the team, but they did not say anything, because those cavalry were Yan Liqiang's personal guards, and Yan Liqiang did not say anything, so it was naturally not their turn to say anything. Moreover, at this time, the battle was imminent, and they really could not care about what Yan Liqiang's guards were going to do.
Just when Tieyunshan fired the seventh arrow and shot the seventh Shatu man off his horse, the distance between the cavalry of both sides had approached about 600 meters.
With a "swoosh", someone from the Shatu people's team shot an arrow, and the arrow went straight into the face of Yan Liqiang who was rushing at the front of the team here.
This arrow was shot with great force and accuracy, and showed extraordinary judgment. The person shooting the arrow also saw that Yan Liqiang, who was in the front, was not an ordinary person, so he aimed the first arrow at Yan Liqiang.
To others, this arrow might have been fatal, but to Yan Liqiang, he just gently swung the iron spear in his hand and knocked the arrow aside without any effort.
After knocking down the arrow, a cold smile appeared on Yan Liqiang's face and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Yan Liqiang had actually been staring at that person. From the moment he saw these Shatu people, Yan Liqiang had been searching for the leader of these Shatu cavalry.
The leader of the Shatu people can be identified from two aspects. One is the clothes he wears, including armor and weapons. Among a group of Shatu people, the person with the highest status must wear the best armor and weapons. Moreover, the hats worn by the Shatu people of status are also very particular. Many Shatu people like to put beautiful pheasant feathers on their hats.
The Shatu man who had just shot the arrow seemed to be a Shatu lieutenant-general. That man was tall and had a ferocious face. His attire met the above two conditions. While other Shatu men were only wearing leather armor, that man was wearing a nice chain mail and a feather cap on his head. There seemed to be a group of Shatu guards surrounding him, guarding him, and rushing towards this side together.
Seeing Yan Liqiang shoot down the arrow he was determined to hit with his iron spear, the face of the Shatu general was full of astonishment, but in the blink of an eye, the Shatu general seemed to be unconvinced and wanted to shoot again...
How could Yan Liqiang let that Shatu man shoot again!
It's you!
After saying this in his heart, Yan Liqiang threw the iron spear in his hand directly at the Shatu general...
There was a thunderous sound on the battlefield...
The iron spear, which was more than two meters long and weighed dozens of kilograms, flew across a distance of more than 500 meters, like a flash of lightning or a breeze, at a speed that was beyond the limit of what the human eye could capture. After tearing the bodies of the two Shatu cavalrymen into pieces, it directly tore through the chest of the Shatu general, smashing the upper body of the Shatu general into pieces, and he fell off his horse in an instant...
Yan Liqiang's move immediately frightened the Shatu cavalrymen who were charging over...
(End of this chapter)