Chapter 218
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Chapter 218: Bai Ze’s Setup
The battle continued, but the entire situation was so calm that Burigude felt a pang of panic in his heart.
At the same time, thoughts raced through his mind, guessing Bai Ze’s purpose and intentions.
It couldn’t possibly be that he wanted to exhaust their arrows, could it?
Without exaggeration, that was impossible.
When ordinary archers carried arrows, they might have to consider the issue of weight.
But their bow cavalry had mounts to carry them.
Everyone had a very sufficient supply of arrows.
Such a method of fighting after exhausting their arrows was simply too foolish, and besides, once their arrows were gone, they could just retreat and leave, rendering their current actions completely meaningless.
However, just as he was thinking this, a faint sound of horse hooves suddenly reached his ears…
Burigude was startled by this sound.
His first reaction was to look towards Bai Ze in the distance, but Bai Ze and his cavalry unit didn’t make any movements…
This situation clearly exceeded his expectations.
But as a grasslander, there was no doubt about how acute his hearing was at detecting the sound of horse hooves.
It absolutely couldn’t be that he misheard!
“Bu-Burigude, behind, there are cavalry charging from behind!!”
The cries of his subordinate tribesmen instantly pulled Burigude’s thoughts back to reality.
He quickly looked back, and the sight that met his eyes completely changed his expression…
Complete horse gear, tough leather armor, and long spears emitting a metallic glint.
This full set of equipment could almost be considered their emblem.
Ordinary grasslanders would simply not possess it.
Undoubtedly, this cavalry unit was precisely Bai Ze’s!
But Burigude found this reality somewhat unacceptable.
“Impossible! Their cavalry unit is clearly all there, and their numbers haven’t fundamentally changed.”
“Where did this unit from behind come from?!”
As this question was uttered, Burigude’s voice suddenly cut off.
Then he sharply turned his head, looking again at the cavalry unit led by Bai Ze in the distance.
He was starting to understand.
He had made a huge mistake!
“Those cavalry, were they all disguised herdsmen?!”
His heart uncontrollably twitched.
The composed manner in which those herdsmen sat on their horses had made him not doubt their identity as cavalry at all.
However, as tribes on the grasslands, which herdsman wouldn’t know how to ride a horse?
At this moment, Burigude clearly realized he had been tricked.
The advancing shield-axe soldier unit was a decoy.
Bai Ze himself was also a decoy!
And the true killing blow was this cavalry unit that had quietly completed a flanking maneuver, circling around while his attention was drawn by the two decoys!
A sharp whistle sounded again, signaling the plan’s success.
The encirclement was forming.
Upon hearing this signal, Luo Yong, who had endured the opponent for a long time, decisively swung his double-bladed battle axe.
“Shield-axe soldier unit, all shields charge!”
“Kill!!”
Receiving Luo Yong’s order, the long prepared shield-axe soldiers simultaneously let out a charging roar.
The powerful battle intent that erupted in that instant was truly frightening.
Putting aside troop type advantages, unlike the newly formed cavalry unit, the shield-axe soldier unit was probably the most extensively trained and strongest unit under Luo Ji’s command!
Meanwhile, on the other side, the assault team personally led by Zhao Chuan, Bai Ze’s deputy, also began to gallop at full speed.
A cavalry unit directly blocked the grasslanders’ retreat.
Wolves ahead, tigers behind!
This battle situation, on the verge of collapse in an instant, drastically increased the pressure on Burigude.
His face turned ashen, completely devoid of color.
“Break through, break through from the side!!”
The grasslanders frantically controlled their warhorses to break through to one side.
However, how could their speed, just starting, be faster than that of the light cavalry unit that had already reached maximum speed?
The grasslanders, who had not received strict training and discipline, were practically full of vulnerabilities at this moment.
Those with quick reactions rushed to the very front, while those who reacted a beat slower were completely left behind.
Their self-absorbed appearances made them look like nothing but a disorganized rabble.
At the same time, that breakthrough formation, stretched too long due to lack of coordination, was equally vulnerable to the light cavalry unit that had charged all the way…
In the instant of collision, the light cavalry unit led by Zhao Chuan truly displayed a sharpness like a dagger.
The grasslanders didn’t even have time to offer any resistance at all.
Their entire formation was instantly torn apart, split in two!
After a gradual buildup, splashing blood, mixed with piercing screams, thoroughly pushed this annihilation battle to its climax!
After one charge, the light cavalry unit did not stop its momentum.
Zhao Chuan directly turned his horse and led his men in pursuit of Burigude and others who were attempting to escape.
During this time, Bai Ze, who had initially served as a decoy and stayed in the rear, also quickly galloped to catch up, joining the ranks of those pursuing the remnants.
As for the other half of the grasslanders who were scattered and intercepted, they became the prey of the shield-axe soldier unit.
Each well-trained soldier, at this moment, instantly transformed into the coldest and most ruthless executioner on the battlefield.
As battle axes were raised and brought down, fragile lives quietly vanished.
Without their speed advantage, how could the grasslanders possibly be a match for these butchers?
A one-sided slaughter was unfolding!
Meanwhile, turning the perspective to the two groups galloping wildly on the grasslands, for the grasslanders of this era, whether pursuing or being pursued, it was the norm of their lives.
It was also a time to test their mounted archery skills.
With no time to care about the intercepted tribesmen, Burigude, who was now fighting for his own life, fled with a portion of his tribesmen, continuously shooting arrows at the pursuers behind him.
Bai Ze and his comrades, who had long adapted to this type of fighting, decisively repeated their old trick.
They split the entire cavalry unit into several small teams to carry out the pursuit.
Given Burigude’s current troop strength, he clearly couldn’t simultaneously deal with so many pursuing cavalry teams.
One cavalry team spotted an opportunity.
Eager to prove themselves, they decisively spurred their horses and charged forward, attempting to cut off Burigude’s escape route.
However, Burigude, realizing their objective, would not give them this chance.
As a malevolent gleam flashed in his eyes, the bone spear in his hand thrust out with a sharp whistle.
This attack was astonishingly fast.
Before that cavalryman could react, the sharp bone spear had already pierced his throat!
Hot blood splattered directly onto Burigude’s face, making his appearance even more ferocious and grim at this moment!
“Those who block me die!!!”
