Chapter 290
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Chapter 290: You Seem Very Angry?
Archers on horseback? He had never seen such a thing.
While Zhou Dongnan’s civilization had horse resources, his situation was peculiar.
Because the horses he possessed were mountain horses, relatively thin and weak.
To put it more directly, these could not even be called warhorses, they were civilian horses.
But Zhou Dongnan couldn’t bother with such details.
Moreover, those who hadn’t thoroughly studied it would likely find it hard to distinguish between military warhorse and civilian horse breeds.
However, the quality of a mount was truly crucial for a cavalry unit.
And now, the weakness of Zhao Zhe’s cavalry unit was completely exposed.
Even at full gallop, they couldn’t shake off this horse archer unit, which maintained its mounted archery state!
His own soldiers were continuously being shot down by the enemy, and there was no escaping now!
Immense pressure caused a bead of cold sweat to trickle down Zhao Zhe’s forehead.
“No, this can’t go on. We must break this stalemate!”
Clearly realizing that continuing to flee meant certain death, Zhao Zhe decisively ordered his cavalry unit to turn their horses around, fully intending to meet the enemy head-on.
But to his surprise, as soon as he turned his horse, Burigude, who was pursuing him, also ordered his horse archers to turn their horses around.
For a moment, on this entire open plain battlefield, the two cavalry units just circled each other.
It must be said that this rare scene was extremely spectacular.
If Luo Ji were present at this moment, he would certainly be quite entertained.
But for Zhao Zhe, one of the parties involved, his mood was utterly dreadful.
“Despicable coward! Have the guts to fight head-on!!”
Immense psychological pressure made Zhao Zhe’s entire face turn almost purple.
The enemy, relying on the superior mobility of their warhorses, kept chasing him.
He wanted to leave, but couldn’t!
He wanted to launch a frontal surprise attack, but couldn’t reach them!
The superiority of horse breeds was instantly evident.
At this moment, Zhao Zhe was truly caught in a dilemma.
Upon hearing this, Burigude contemptuously curled his lips.
Mounted archery was a major advantage for their horse archer unit, why wouldn’t they make good use of it?
Want to fight head-on? Catch up first!
For this cavalry unit, whose mobility couldn’t match theirs, Burigude’s horse archer unit’s mounted archery tactics instilled a strong sense of helplessness.
This feeling of being powerless against the enemy left them both resentful and desperate.
The suspense of this battle had been killed.
Meanwhile, on the other main battlefield, led by Liu Meng, the steadily advancing sword-shield unit also displayed their bravery!
Liu Meng, eager to redeem himself, spotted a flaw in an enemy general.
With a swift movement of his hand and blade, the bronze battle sword in his hand directly severed the head of one of the enemy generals!
“Who else wants to die!?”
Liu Meng roared, holding the enemy general’s head, but no one dared to respond!
Zhou Dongnan was furious.
“Zhao Zhe? Where’s Zhao Zhe?”
“Where’s my cavalry unit? Why haven’t they arrived yet?!”
Morale was continuously struck, and Zhou Dongnan’s army was nearing a collapse.
Zhao Zhe’s cavalry unit had yet to appear, there was a 80% chance something had gone wrong.
Realizing this, Li Kuo gritted his teeth, waving the bronze longsword in his hand as he quickly retreated to Zhou Dongnan’s side.
“Your Majesty, retreat! Retreat to the Great Zhou Royal City. If we get through this difficult time, we still have a chance to rise again!”
“Rise again?”
Zhou Dongnan’s facial muscles twitched.
If this battle were lost, what would he have left to rise again with?!
“Your Majesty!!”
Li Kuo was undoubtedly loyal to Zhou Dongnan. Having seen the situation clearly and knowing that this war was already unwinnable, Li Kuo was determined to make Zhou Dongnan retreat to the Great Zhou Royal City.
And Zhou Dongnan clearly held Li Kuo in high regard, otherwise, he wouldn’t have entrusted Shangyuan City, outside the Great Zhou Royal City, to Li Kuo to guard.
Li Kuo and Zhou Jie could be said to be his left and right arms.
Now, listening to Li Kuo’s words and looking at his beloved general, who was covered in blood, Zhou Dongnan couldn’t help but waver.
Then, with a fierce bite of his teeth, he almost squeezed out the word from between them.
“Retreat…”
Li Kuo was overjoyed at the sound, quickly signaling the soldiers to blow the horn of retreat.
However, this horn blast unexpectedly became the signal for the enemy’s attack.
With the sound of the horn, the situation on the battlefield changed again.
A cavalry unit suddenly charged out from the rear retreat path of their army!
“Zhao Zhe? No, that’s not right! It’s the enemy, it’s the enemy’s cavalry unit!!”
Li Kuo’s face instantly changed color upon realizing this, then he quickly raised the bronze longsword in his hand.
“Your Majesty, go first, your subordinate will…”
To his surprise, before Li Kuo could finish his sentence, a long spear, charging through the air, directly pierced his throat!
The entire corpse was then carried away by the terrifying momentum of the charge.
“Get out of the way!”
Bai Ze’s cold eyes were like frost.
Leading the cavalry unit, he used a two-stage charge to instantly break through the enemy’s formation.
Then, he signaled with a hand.
“Surround them, don’t let a single one escape!”
Following the order, Luo Cheng and Liu Kai, the two centurions, each led several hundred cavalry to spread out, quickly forming an encirclement formation and launching the final massacre!
“So… so strong! This cavalry unit is so strong!”
A formation of at least a thousand men was instantly shattered.
Jiang Wei’s remnants from last time were simply not on the same level as this.
At this moment, Zhou Yi was completely awestruck by the scene before him.
The strength of this cavalry unit far surpassed that of the Great Zhou’s cavalry!
After a round of encirclement, Luo Ji’s brow twitched as he didn’t hear a system notification.
He then dispatched his infantrymen to search the battlefield, and finally, they dug out Zhou Dongnan, who was buried among the piles of corpses.
“Alright, such good luck, even the cavalry’s collective charge couldn’t kill you.”
“Luo Ji!!!”
Zhou Dongnan, covered in blood, roared furiously.
If not for the two strong soldiers holding him back, he probably would have charged forward on the spot to die with Luo Ji!
“You seem very angry? But I’m very happy. It’s truly great that you didn’t die under the cavalry’s charge…”
As he spoke, Luo Ji even wore a delighted expression, his smile so radiant that one could clearly feel his happiness at that moment was entirely genuine, truly from the bottom of his heart, for the fact that Zhou Dongnan was still alive!
Then, under that brilliant smile, he suddenly changed his tone.
“After all, I swore an oath, unless I dismember you by a thousand cuts and execute you by slow slicing, I, Luo Ji, swear I am not a man!!”
