Chapter 155
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Chapter 155: Cavalry Raid
“This is… cavalry?!”
Luo Ji’s heart clenched.
His eyes were fixed on the cavalry unit charging out of the dust, his expression filled with disbelief.
Then, his peripheral vision quickly darted to Zhang Yisheng and his group, who were completely surrounded by his own forces.
“Could they be his hidden troops?”
“No!”
Luo Ji’s gaze returned to the cavalry, and he immediately dismissed his previous guess.
Their clothing was still just animal hides, they didn’t even have the simplest leather armor.
How could they be a player’s unit?
Moreover, when this cavalry unit appeared, Zhang Yisheng’s face showed no sign of recognition.
In other words, this cavalry unit was actually native to his world?
With no time to ponder, Luo Ji quickly assessed them.
He saw the native people riding horses, armed with stone spears, and their faces were adorned with animal bone masks!
The pale bone masks even had a pair of ferocious horns, which, if his judgment was correct, should be the skulls of large antelopes.
Their appearance made them look like goat headed demons from some mythological stories, exuding an exceptionally terrifying and savage aura.
Without any warning, the suspected chief leading the charge directly led his cavalry unit at undiminished speed towards the shield-axe unit, who were currently encircling and eliminating the invaders!
This instantly changed Luo Ji’s expression on the high ground behind them.
“Forget about those invaders!”
“Everyone retreat. Everyone retreat!”
In a cold weapon battlefield, does the terror of a cavalry charge need further elaboration?
Furthermore, his forces had never undergone training to resist cavalry charges.
Given the current situation, even the shield-axe unit, armed with round leather shields, would be completely unable to withstand it!
One charge could potentially wipe out more than half of the troops he had spent months training!
How could Luo Ji not be anxious?
The soldiers, hearing Luo Ji’s command, began to retreat.
However, could two-legged infantry outrun a four-legged cavalry?
Clearly impossible!
At this moment, the suddenly appearing cavalry was like a sharp blade on the battlefield.
The instant they clashed with his shield-axe unit, Luo Ji’s heart twisted as desperate screams continuously echoed in his ears.
Those were his painstaking efforts!
The cavalry charge directly split the entire encirclement in two.
They did not stop afterward.
Instead, they suddenly changed direction and charged directly towards Luo Ji and his group, who were standing on the distant high ground!
Zhang Yisheng, who had initially thought he was doomed, watched the cavalry unit gallop past him, completely ignoring his presence.
He was a bit stunned, entirely unsure what was happening.
But regardless, his soldiers no longer had the strength to fight.
He quickly seized the opportunity, while the enemy was preoccupied, and slipped away.
Meanwhile, on the other side, upon realizing the cavalry’s intention, Luo Yong, Liu Zheng, and the others were instantly shocked.
Without time to think, they immediately dragged their weapons and chased frantically, simultaneously roaring.
“Protect the chief!”
“Quickly protect the chief!”
In this critical moment, Luo Ji instead calmed down.
He directly removed the longbow from his back, then drew his bow and fired an arrow.
“Archer unit, fire all arrows!”
“Target, the enemy’s mounts!”
Cavalry striking the rear of a formation to counter various ranged troop types was indeed an iron rule in games, but this was not a game!
“When shooting a man, first shoot his horse. When catching a thief, first catch his leader!”
Had they not heard this saying?!
In the real world, there were indeed advantages and disadvantages between troop types, but there was no absolute counter relationship!
Moreover, this cavalry unit had just impacted the shield-axe formation, and their charging speed had completely dropped.
It would take a certain amount of time for them to regain full speed.
This period was arguably the archer unit’s best opportunity to strike!
A direct frontal charge was undoubtedly a foolish decision.
At such a time, the more correct approach would be to outflank or circle to the rear.
This rookie, however, clearly had not considered such tactical arrangements, one could even say he hadn’t yet fully grasped the concept of cavalry.
On a cold weapon battlefield, cavalry was indeed a sharp blade, but this unit was clearly not up to par.
Did they truly believe that just sitting on a horse made them cavalry?
Did they think they could do as they pleased before him just because of this small advantage?
That was far too naive!
“Fire!”
Luo Ji commanded.
The archer unit simultaneously released their arrows.
A volley of arrows, loosed from their bowstrings, formed an arrow rain that soared towards the charging cavalry unit.
Unexpectedly, the cavalry chief was also remarkably skilled.
With a swing of his stone spear, he swept away nearly all the arrows flying directly towards him.
Luo Ji, whose first volley was unsuccessful, did not order his archer unit to stop their attack.
Instead, he directly gave the command to fire all arrows without holding back.
There was no need to conserve arrows now that they couldn’t outrun the four-legged mounts.
If they couldn’t survive this round, the enemy cavalry would be upon them.
What good would saving arrows do then?
For these native cavalry, who wore no armor, successive volleys of arrows undoubtedly posed a massive threat.
In an era without stirrups or saddles, it was incredibly difficult to control the mount with only a primitive rein while simultaneously fending off such ranged attacks, this no longer needed further explanation.
The cavalry chief evidently realized the threat of this ranged suppression.
While rapidly swinging his stone spear to deflect all arrows aimed at him, he spared a glance behind him.
It was somewhat regrettable that he couldn’t directly penetrate the main formation and teach the opposing tribe’s chief a lesson, but the initial objective of this raid had been achieved.
The cavalry chief had no intention of prolonging the battle and decisively pulled the rein in his hand.
“We retreat!”
Unexpectedly, at that moment, Luo Yong, who had been frantically chasing from behind, actually caught up!
“You think you can just come and go as you please?!”
“In your dreams! I’ll take your life!”
Waving his double-bladed battle-axe, Luo Yong struck in a fit of rage, his killing intent exploding wildly.
He directly slashed towards the cavalry chief, in a posture that seemed intent on cutting him and his horse in two!
Facing such a powerful strike, the cavalry chief’s heart trembled.
Even his mount seemed frightened by this killing intent, letting out a series of uneasy whines.
Seeing this, the cavalry chief quickly tugged on his rein.
While controlling his mount to dodge the attack, the stone spear in his other hand rapidly thrust out, directly striking the blade of the double-bladed battle-axe.
This seemingly ordinary spear thrust, however, carried a clever force, directly striking the point where Luo Yong was exerting strength, making Luo Yong, who was wielding the double-bladed battle-axe, feel uncomfortable.
His attack was forcefully deflected by a certain distance, ultimately swinging into empty air.
Then, without waiting for Luo Yong to react, maintaining his spear thrusting posture, the cavalry chief, utilizing his height advantage from horseback, launched a direct follow up attack from above, aiming a spear thrust at Luo Yong’s vital throat!
“You’re the one who’ll be leaving your life behind!”
