The charging cavalry was like two oncoming trains, whistling, splattering blood and iron filings in the fierce friction, and then staggered past each other...
Yan Liqiang was the sharpest blade of the Han Empire cavalry. He rushed forward rapidly, and all the Shatu cavalrymen who stood in front of Yan Liqiang, no matter who they were, could not last more than one round under Yan Liqiang's hands. In the flash of sword light, the Shatu cavalrymen who rushed over fell one by one like harvested wheat. Almost every step Yan Liqiang took was paved with the corpses of Shatu people...
"Swish..." Another arrow came, and it came from an archer among the Shatu cavalry. Seeing that Yan Liqiang was unstoppable, he secretly aimed at Yan Liqiang from a distance, seized the opportunity, and shot an arrow fiercely.
"My lord, be careful..." Tie Yunfei knocked a Shatu cavalryman away with a sword, roared, and rushed towards Yan Liqiang.
Wanting to use arrows to attack Yan Liqiang, isn't this just showing off one's sword in front of Guan Gong? Even a few years ago, Yan Liqiang couldn't be attacked casually, let alone now.
With one sword, he chopped off the head of a Shatu cavalryman. Amidst the blood spurting out, Yan Liqiang, who was riding on the rhinoceros horse, easily caught the arrow and threw it back with his backhand!
Yan Liqiang was so powerful that the arrow he threw out instantly flew back at a faster speed than before, piercing the chest of the archer who was still shooting the arrow. It shot out from the back and shot down another person behind the archer. The arrow hit two targets at once before the remaining force was slightly stopped...
Oh my god, is this still a human being
The Shatu cavalry that were charging over were almost scared to death. The gap in strength between the two sides was simply difficult to describe in words.
Yan Liqiang was in high spirits after shooting an arrow. When he saw a Shatu cavalryman coming towards him with a spear, he grabbed the spear and stabbed the Shatu cavalryman to death with his backhand.
Although the Shatu cavalry were still charging forward, in Yan Liqiang's eyes, these Shatu cavalry were too slow and he could not kill them all. Fighting like this was not satisfying at all!
With a long whistle, Yan Liqiang jumped up from his rhinoceros horse with a long sword in one hand and a long spear in the other, stepped on the heads of the Shatu cavalrymen who were charging towards him, and rushed towards the Shatu people...
Under Yan Liqiang's feet, the heads of the Shatu cavalrymen who were rushing over were like watermelons on the ground. With a light tap of his foot, the whole head would be shattered, with brains splattered everywhere, or the neck would crack with most of the head being stepped into the chest.
The Shatu cavalrymen who were charging on horseback were not at the same level as Yan Liqiang. They could not even see Yan Liqiang's figure. The only resistance was a completely futile struggle for Yan Liqiang. Yan Liqiang's figure flew in the air at lightning speed, stepping on the heads of the Shatu cavalrymen and moving forward, one by one, one by one, crisp...
“Snap… Snap… Snap… Snap… Snap… Snap… Snap…”
Yan Liqiang rushed forward, and the Shatu cavalry fell down in droves. His efficiency was many times faster than when Yan Liqiang was chopping and killing with his long sword. While Yan Liqiang was stepping on the heads of the Shatu people and rushing forward, his long sword and long spear were not idle either. His long sword was as fast as lightning, either slashing or stabbing, and his long spear was as fast as a dragon, either smashing or piercing. With his left and right arrows, he plowed a bloody path through the charging Shatu people like plowing a field...
Tie Yunshan was just worried that Yan Liqiang would be injured by the Shatu people's hidden arrows, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, Yan Liqiang actually left his mount and stepped on the Shatu people's head to kill them. In just a blink of an eye, Yan Liqiang rushed out dozens of meters, and there was suddenly no one in front of him, and there was no Shatu people anymore.
Tie Yunshan was considered a veteran who had fought on the battlefield many times, but in all his life, he had never seen a commander who was so brave on the battlefield. At this moment, Tie Yunshan even suspected that even if he and the cavalry behind him were not there, and Yan Liqiang was allowed to fight against these Shatu people, Yan Liqiang might be able to kill all of them by himself.
Yan Liqiang's bravery scared all the Shatu cavalrymen to death. Before, Yan Liqiang killed their leader with an iron spear, which made the Shatu cavalrymen tremble with fear and weaken their legs. After this fight, the Shatu cavalrymen realized, damn, is this still a human being? In front of such a person, they are just like newborn lambs facing a violent beast. They are not even good enough to deliver food. How can they fight this battle...
Seeing the cavalrymen in front of them bleeding and screaming as Yan Liqiang stepped on their heads and then fell down one after another, the Shatu cavalrymen who were rushing behind were extremely terrified and instinctively urged their rhinoceros horses to avoid Yan Liqiang's sharp edge...
One person can dodge, but on a battlefield like this, how can you dodge when so many people are rushing forward
In just a moment, the formation of the Shatu cavalry was in chaos!
As cavalry, once their formation is disrupted, their speed slows down, and they lose their courage, they can probably only exert 50% to 60% of their 100% combat power.
When the cavalrymen at Baishi Pass saw Yan Liqiang's performance, their morale suddenly boosted and they became even more brave. The difference between the two was huge.
Yan Liqiang didn't even remember how many Shatu people he had killed. In just a moment, he was the first to penetrate the Shatu people's formation...
When Yan Liqiang fell from the sky, Wu Yun Gaixue rushed to the bottom of Yan Liqiang like lightning and caught Yan Liqiang steadily...
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It was only the first face-to-face collision between the cavalry of both sides. In just the first round, the Shatu people suffered heavy losses and were almost defeated.
Both sides passed through each other's formation. The cavalry on the Han Empire side was still densely packed and had not lost many people, while the formation of the Shatu people had suddenly become much looser.
The remaining Shatu cavalry were gasping for breath, still in shock. But before they could react, a rain of arrows fell on their heads again. All of a sudden, a large number of Shatu cavalry fell from their horses, making the team even more chaotic.
It was the 500 horse archers under Yan Liqiang. After making a circle, they circled around to the flank of the Shatu cavalry. The cavalry teams on both sides had just escaped from the close-range fight, and the horse archers on this side seized the opportunity to launch the first volley. Just the first volley, the Shatu cavalry, who had not yet recovered, fell down another 100 or 200 people in the blink of an eye...
The fighting spirit of the surviving Shatu cavalrymen completely disappeared in an instant. At this time, no one even needed to tell them to do anything. They just rode their horses and ran away. Those who reacted a little slower were hit by another rain of arrows. Many Shatu cavalrymen were shot down with screams. All the Shatu cavalrymen finally reacted and started to run for their lives...
“Tie Yunshan, take a group of men to help Fengbian Village. Wang Naiwu, follow me to hunt down these Shatu dogs. Don’t let them run away…” Seeing the Shatu people start to flee, Yan Liqiang immediately gave the order.
The battle at Fengbian Village not far away was also in full swing. Seeing the large group of Shatu cavalry fighting here, the Han people in Fengbian Village also rushed out of the village and fought with the hundreds of Shatu cavalrymen who were besieged outside the village...
"Yes!" Tie Yunshan took the order and whistled. More than 500 people were immediately sent out from the cavalry team. Following Tie Yunshan, they rushed towards Fengbian Village. Yan Liqiang led the remaining cavalry and began to chase after the Shatu cavalry who had just fought with them...
Today is destined to be the end of those Shatu cavalrymen. At this moment, even if they want to escape, it won’t be that easy...
Because the battlefield where the two sides fought just now was on the grassland at the foot of Qiyun Mountain. When the Shatu people wanted to run, they found that on their left was Qiyun Mountain, on their right was Yan Liqiang's 500 archers, and behind them was Yan Liqiang's cavalry chasing them. The terrain of the battlefield and the cavalry of the Han Empire were like a pocket, which had blocked their roads on three sides. They had no choice but to run forward...
The Shatu cavalry were running forward, and the 500 horse archers on their right flank were also running forward. Both sides were riding rhinoceros horses, and their speed was the same as theirs. Neither side had an absolute speed advantage, and neither side was faster than the other. The two sides maintained a distance of sixty or seventy meters. The Shatu cavalry were running, and the horse archers under Yan Liqiang were running and shooting leisurely. One by one, the Shatu cavalry were easily shot down from their horses by the horse archers on Yan Liqiang's side like rabbits and antelopes chased by hunters, while those who ran slower were directly caught up by Yan Liqiang and his men behind them and easily killed.
After running for a few miles, the fleeing Shatu cavalry found that this was not a solution. They could not get rid of the pursuing Han Empire cavalry, and would become targets. If they continued to run in this direction, wouldn't they run to Baishi Pass? There would be no way to survive, so the Shatu cavalry began to get angry and adjusted their direction, rushing directly towards Yan Liqiang's 500 archers, trying to break out...
When the escaping Shatu cavalry turned around, the 500 archers who had been following them also turned around, not leaving or contacting them, and at the same time constantly used bows and arrows to greet the Shatu cavalry...
At this time, the Shatu cavalry found that the more than 500 Han Empire cavalrymen who used bows were simply a nightmare on the battlefield. You couldn't touch them, but they could use arrows from a distance to make the people around you fall one by one on the way to escape...
Yan Liqiang led his men to chase these Shatu cavalrymen for more than 20 miles. Except for a few clever Shatu cavalrymen and those with better legs on rhinoceros horses who escaped, the rest of the Shatu cavalrymen were basically wiped out on the road by his men. This battle can be regarded as a complete annihilation...
(End of this chapter)