Chapter 481
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Chapter 481: Cavalry Clash
“I see the Central Plains people’s grain transport team!”
“Charge straight through!”
The horse bandits, having spotted the grain transport team, roared their war cries.
Each of them, for food and for survival, had their eyes blazing red in this moment!
The grain-seizing force, numbering over 1,700 cavalrymen, transformed directly into a terrifying torrent, sweeping forward.
However, at this very moment, Luo Cheng, holding a deadly weapon, showed no panic.
Enduring immense pressure, Luo Cheng held his breath, waiting.
The instant the first few horse bandits entered their effective firing range, he unleashed his power!
“First group, open fire!!”
Hand crossbow mechanisms whirred, and sharp crossbow bolts, imbued with piercing power, flew through the air.
They delivered a fierce blow to the surging torrent!
“Shhh!”
Amidst the warhorses’ cries of pain, the front-line cavalrymen stumbled, sending both riders and horses tumbling amidst screams.
Even if they miraculously weren’t killed by the first volley of crossbow bolts, the iron hooves of the other horse bandits’ warhorses, charging up from behind, were still enough to trample them into a paste of flesh!
It wasn’t Liu Kai’s first time witnessing the power of the hand crossbow, but his emotions still took a long time to settle.
Unfortunately, facing such a magnificent spectacle, Liu Kai had no time to slowly appreciate it.
Seizing the opportunity created by Luo Cheng and his men using hand crossbows to suppress the horse bandits’ charge, he swiftly moved with his 500 cavalrymen, beginning to accelerate.
He intended to build up charging speed through a flanking maneuver and assault the horse bandit formation.
Luo Cheng, meanwhile, did not stop.
While delivering a head-on blow with a volley, he watched the horse bandits who had managed to control their warhorses’ charging momentum, avoided the corpses in front, and continued to charge forward.
Luo Cheng unhesitatingly issued another command.
“Second group, open fire!!”
The few groups of horse bandits they had dealt with before numbered at most a hundred cavalrymen.
They simply couldn’t showcase the true might of these hand crossbows.
Now, facing over a thousand cavalrymen, the hand crossbows in the hands of Luo Cheng and his men truly began to display their fearsome power!
Volley after volley of crossbow bolts continuously linked up, blocking the horse bandits’ path.
After each round of firing, it caused a series of chain casualties.
In just three volleys of crossbow bolts, the number of horse bandit casualties had already exceeded 200, at the very least.
However, the horse bandits weren’t fools.
The grasslanders were skilled in horseback archery and also adept at countering it.
Although the hand crossbow was a different weapon from a bow and arrow, its attack pattern was similar.
After being subjected to three volleys of crossbow bolts, they should have understood the situation.
At this moment, Batel, leading the 600 cavalrymen of the Khanar tribe from behind, shouted loudly.
“Everyone scatter!!”
What was the best way to deal with a volley? Besides raising shields, it was to disperse the formation.
The horse bandits, currently being battered by Luo Cheng and his men’s hand crossbows, were in a state of panic.
Moreover, the scene was utterly chaotic, and each of them had lost their composure.
Now, hearing a single voice, who cared about anything else? They immediately treated that voice as their guiding force.
To the left and right, two waves of cavalrymen immediately spread out.
The dispersed formation greatly reduced the threat posed by the crossbow volley.
Luo Cheng, seeing this, decisively changed his initial plan and issued a new order!
“All units, open fire! After one volley, immediately retreat and accelerate!”
For cavalrymen, standing still to directly confront charging horse bandits was a dead end, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. They had to get moving first!
At the same time, at the rear of the grain transport team, a loud mammoth trumpeting echoed across the entire snowy plain.
Hill, realizing a battle was occurring, directly urged Hak, the mammoth she rode, to charge forward!
And closely following were the ice bear warriors, led by Harold!
Although they were mentally prepared, when the horse bandits truly faced this colossal creature, the mammoth’s exaggerated, mountain-like size still brought a powerful sense of oppression upon them.
Facing the charging horse bandits head-on, Hak suddenly swung his thick trunk.
It actually delivered a sweeping blow with the force to wipe out a thousand soldiers!
The first batch of horse bandits, both men and horses, were instantly sent flying by the mammoth’s terrifying power.
The exaggerated scene almost made the other horse bandits behind them lose their guts!
How much strength would it take to achieve something like that?
However, they were given no opportunity for prolonged shock.
After two rounds of throwing axes, the ice bear warriors, led by Harold, who were always fierce and brave, directly collided head-on with the horse bandits.
The burly and strong ice bears were never afraid of warhorses in a head-on collision.
In an instant, they almost physically forced the charging horse bandits to recoil, establishing a clear advantage.
However, the limited number of ice bear warriors was a critical weakness.
In a single clash, they naturally had all the advantages.
But once it devolved into a chaotic melee, the numerical disadvantage was enough for the horse bandits to quickly equalize.
They might even push back!
Liu Kai, as a strategic general, naturally understood this. But it didn’t matter.
Because the ice bear warriors’ charge had already created an opportunity for him to enter the battlefield!
He waved his bronze spear!
“All units, charge!!”
With a loud roar, Liu Kai directly led his flanking 500 cavalrymen into the horse bandits’ formation.
The horse bandits, whose flank was attacked, had their entire formation instantly cut off.
Meanwhile, taking advantage of the retreat to gain speed, Luo Cheng, constantly monitoring the changing battle situation, also seized an opportunity.
He pulled on his reins, leading his 500 cavalrymen in a flanking maneuver to charge back!
“Brothers, follow me and charge!!”
Warhorses crisscrossed, and for a moment, an epic battle unfolded directly on this snowy plain.
The two cavalry units, led by Luo Cheng and Liu Kai respectively, continuously launched assaults on the horse bandits, segmenting the battlefield.
On the other side, Hak the mammoth also unleashed his fearsome power.
Charging straight through, what horse bandit could possibly stop a mammoth’s advance?
Less than 20 minutes after the two forces engaged, the over a thousand horse bandits, lacking unified command and fighting individually, had already been scattered.
In this moment, the difference between a disorganized mob and a regular army was clear.
However, the opposing side wasn’t entirely made of useless incompetent fighters.
One-Eyed Buhe, as a horse bandit chief, capable of gathering over 400 fighting men and escaping Burigude three times, was certainly no ordinary opponent.
And as an emperor-level presence on this grassland, the Khanar tribe’s 600 cavalrymen and Batel were naturally not to be underestimated.
Furthermore, some horse bandit chiefs commanding 200 or 300 cavalrymen also managed to steady their formations.
Each of these horse bandits lived a life on the edge. How could they be so easily defeated?
After the initial panic, each of them quite simply ignored others and commanded their own men to fight independently.
This tactic, surprisingly, made the situation somewhat trickier.
