Chapter 365
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Chapter 365: The Chilling Glint
“General.”
Said Liu Kai, putting down his binoculars.
“The beastman army has begun to retreat. Judging by their direction, they’re probably trying to withdraw to Iron Wall City.”
Liu Kai, now Bai Ze’s deputy, had clearly taken on the task of strategizing for this light cavalry unit and was now deeply trusted by Bai Ze.
Bai Ze nodded upon hearing this.
They were much more familiar with this route from Shangyuan City back to Iron Wall City than these foreign invaders.
After quickly organizing the thoughts in his mind, Bai Ze had already formulated the optimal raid route.
Then, with a light kick of his horse’s flank, the light cavalry unit, which had been dormant for a long time, immediately sprang into action.
Meanwhile, on the main battlefield, the large force’s pursuit was still ongoing.
However, purely based on physical fitness, human soldiers indeed couldn’t outrun the physically stronger beastmen.
After a while, the distance between the two sides had clearly widened.
Luo Ji, riding Liaoyuan Huo, was not flustered at all, though.
After skewering a Kobold with a spear, he quickly led his guard unit to meet with Burigude and others who had circled around.
Luo Ji, who could now be called skilled in both archery and horsemanship, showed no inferiority whatsoever while moving with the archer cavalry unit at this moment.
His exceptional skill in mounted archery drew attention.
Relying on their range and mobility to pursue and kill, the fighting style that best showcased the archer cavalry’s advantage was undoubtedly fully highlighted at this moment.
After several volleys, looking at the dust rising in the distance, Luo Ji and Burigude clearly knew in their hearts that Bai Ze’s light cavalry unit had arrived.
Without needing to say much, Burigude made a simple hand gesture, and the archer cavalrymen behind him successively switched their weapons to long spears for melee combat.
At the same time, they stopped approaching the fleeing beastman army and began to circle around the periphery.
This was because two cavalry units could not confirm each other’s specific charge positions during battle.
In this situation, charging the enemy simultaneously from two different directions carried the risk of colliding with each other.
To avoid this, the closer cavalry unit had to yield the initiative to the farther unit, because cavalry units charging from a long distance had stronger destructive power.
And the closer cavalry unit could also take this opportunity to readjust its position.
Li Yuanjie, realizing he was being ambushed by enemy cavalry from both front and back, turned ashen.
Carefully recalling the entire battle today, from the start until now, the opponent’s actions could be said to be one link interlocking with another.
And he himself had completely fallen into the interconnected traps set by Luo Ji!
As his thoughts raced, the light cavalry unit charging head-on, their speed had clearly soared to its limit.
They were practically flying, appearing before him in the blink of an eye.
Bai Ze’s cold gaze swept over, directly locking onto Li Yuanjie, who was riding the bronze war chariot.
Bai Ze thrust his spear. At that moment, only a whooshing sound was heard.
A spear thrust as fast as lightning instantly transformed into a chilling cold glint, directly pressing towards Li Yuanjie’s vital throat.
At that critical moment, a figure suddenly cut across.
Accompanied by a piercing sound, crossed twin blades forcefully parried Bai Ze’s deadly blow.
Li Yuanjie, having narrowly escaped death, felt his legs go soft.
He instantly plopped down onto the platform of the bronze war chariot.
In that instant between life and death, he was almost scared senseless.
Li Yuanjie still had time to be scared, but Li Ke did not.
Bai Ze’s eyes flashed with a cold glint.
Without him making any large movements, he flicked the long spear in his hand.
Relying solely on a burst of clever force, he instantly followed up with a dazzling triple thrust, directly launching a deadly pursuit towards Li Ke.
Li Ke was greatly alarmed upon seeing this.
He changed his moves at the last moment, but this resulted in him lacking follow-up power.
His twin blades’ parry was broken by two of Bai Ze’s spear thrusts, and the third spear directly thrust towards his throat!
The constantly approaching oppressive feeling of death made Li Ke’s wolf fur rise.
In a flash, he quickly twisted his neck to avoid the fate of his throat being ruthlessly pierced, but he could not avoid the gleaming spear leaving a wound on his neck…
The blood slowly oozing from his neck soaked the surrounding wolf fur, and also scared a cold sweat out of Li Ke.
In that instant encounter, he could actually thrust four spears consecutively? And almost took his life?
This human was so strong it made his heart turn cold!
Maintaining their charging posture, the two figures quickly crossed paths.
The cavalry unit, crashing up close behind Bai Ze, mercilessly brought death to the fleeing beastman army.
On the other side, after clearly seeing Bai Ze’s charge route, Burigude waved the long spear in his hand and decisively led his cavalry to crush the enemy from the other end.
Luo Ji originally wanted to follow, but he was quickly held back by his guards, led by He Liang.
After all, they were guards and had to prioritize Luo Ji’s safety.
It was one thing to follow Burigude and them for a pursuit battle earlier, but to charge alongside them, wouldn’t that be a bit too dangerous?
Alright, Luo Ji could at least be considered a self-aware person.
Although he was a little bit annoyed, he decided not to make things difficult for his guards.
However, staying honestly in the back wasn’t necessarily safe either.
Their current position was, after all, near the fleeing beastman army.
Sure enough, a few oblivious Kobolds secretly carried spears and charged towards them.
His peripheral vision quickly scanned the surroundings.
At a time like this, how could Luo Ji hesitate?
He directly reached out and grabbed the hand crossbow hanging from his saddle.
The crossbow string had already been drawn beforehand.
After quickly loading a crossbow bolt, without him seemingly aiming much, he fired a precise shot.
Only a soft sound was heard, and half of the crossbow bolt had already penetrated one of the Kobold’s heads.
Although not many hand crossbows could be manufactured in a short time, and it was even less likely for him to form a crossbowman unit, merely arming his guard unit was still more than enough.
The guards, who had undergone some practice, at this moment, used them without the slightest unfamiliarity.
In the blink of an eye, they shot dead the Kobolds who attempted to attack them!
Putting aside the disadvantage of troublesome reloading, their excellent power and firing speed made Luo Ji feel satisfied.
Killing Kobolds, there was basically no pressure whatsoever.
If they could be mass-produced in a short time, this battle would likely be much easier.
However, with hand crossbows, the craftsmanship details were inherent, manufacturing them was time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Wanting to mass-produce them in a short time was basically equivalent to a fool’s dream.
As long as he could arm a crossbowman unit of a decent size within the next year, Luo Ji would already be content.
After all, the armament department also had to produce other military equipment, and it couldn’t solely rush to manufacture hand crossbows.
Being able to achieve this current efficiency was already something to be content with.
