Chapter 482
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Chapter 482: Howling Arrival
Ice bears and mammoths were not as fast as warhorses, but this was a snowy plain.
No creatures were more adapted to this environment than they were!
With their powerful charges, the ice bears, accompanied by the ice bear tribal warriors on their backs, unleashed astonishing combat power in the snowy terrain.
The mammoth, meanwhile, was like a rampaging demon king on this battlefield, single-handedly tying down hundreds of horse bandits.
Even so, from the overall perspective of the battle, the situation remained grim.
The total number of individual horse bandits was simply too high, clearly outnumbering the grain transport team in terms of troops.
Luo Cheng and Liu Kai, the two centurions, clearly felt this numerical advantage of the enemy throughout the head-on clash with the horse bandits.
Battle cries shook the heavens, and on the snowy battlefield, the fighting grew fiercer.
Liu Kai led his 500 cavalrymen, charging left and right.
He didn’t possess strong direct combat abilities, so throughout this entire battle, he decisively focused his efforts on disrupting the horse bandit formation.
Having a cavalry unit constantly moving back and forth, breaking up their formations, and forcibly segmenting the battlefield, was undoubtedly a headache for the horse bandits.
Quickly snatching a bag of grain from a corpse, and placing it on his horse’s back, Batel scanned the chaotic battlefield, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.
This wouldn’t do; this meager amount of food was insufficient to resolve his Khanar tribe’s food crisis.
To ensure the survival of his tribesmen, he had to plunder more food.
All of the enemy’s food was on their cavalrymen’s horsebacks, and to get it, killing the enemy was almost unavoidable.
Under these circumstances, that cavalry unit constantly disrupting their formations was simply too annoying!
Thoughts racing, Batel’s gaze locked directly onto Liu Kai, who was commanding the cavalry unit.
He gently kicked his horse’s belly and, without further ado, charged straight forward.
The battlefield was chaotic, and Liu Kai, whose attention was not focused on that particular area, didn’t notice Batel’s approach at all.
It was Luo Cheng, who had just completed a charge, who clearly saw the other party’s actions. His face instantly changed!
“Liu Kai! Watch out behind you!!”
He galloped madly, but given the distance between them at that moment, his speed was simply not enough to catch up.
In that critical moment, a flicker of determination crossed Luo Cheng’s eyes.
He reached out and grabbed the bleeding spear hanging on his saddle.
After several volleys from his hand crossbow, the horse bandits were already charging close.
There was no longer any opportunity to use the bleeding spear.
And now the situation was even worse. A misthrow would, ironically, kill his own man.
But at this moment, Luo Cheng had no other choice.
The shouts of battle on the field were too deafening; Liu Kai hadn’t heard his warning at all.
Batel’s horsemanship was extraordinary; this alone showed that his strength was definitely not weak.
Liu Kai was not skilled in close combat, and if Batel succeeded in a sneak attack, he would almost certainly die!
Thoughts raced, and the bleeding spear in Luo Cheng’s hand had already whistled through the air!
However, Batel was also a man of keen intuition.
He quickly sensed the bleeding spear’s attack.
Luo Cheng’s strike was aimed at an incredibly tricky angle, directly blocking Batel’s path.
If he continued to charge forward and ambush Liu Kai, he would inevitably be struck by the whistling bleeding spear.
It wouldn’t kill him, but it would take half his life!
And if the opponent chose to retreat and evade, then Liu Kai’s crisis would naturally be resolved.
In the blink of an eye, Batel decisively yanked on his reins.
Having made his decision, he tried to control the warhorse beneath him.
However, on this snowy ground, the surface was icy and slippery.
While the grasslanders had adopted saddles and stirrups, they hadn’t learned how to make these specialized horse-shoes.
The warhorse’s charging momentum was impossible to control in that instant.
In that very moment, without even a chance to change his plan, the whistling bleeding spear had already pierced through the warhorse’s neck!
It was an unhesitatingly fatal blow.
With a mournful cry, Batel, who was crouched on his horse’s back, was instantly flung off.
However, as a grasslander who grew up on horseback, who hadn’t fallen a few times while learning to ride as a child?
At this moment, more than panic, Batel felt more pain for his beloved horse.
He rolled several times upon landing to dissipate the force.
Then, he swept his long spear, killed a cavalryman, quickly remounted the opponent’s warhorse, and charged towards Luo Cheng.
“Central Plainsman! I demand your life for my beloved horse!!”
“Bring it on!”
Luo Cheng roared back, completely fearless in close combat, immediately raising his spear to meet the attack.
Spear light gleamed, warhorses crisscrossed, and two fierce figures immediately engaged in battle.
On this side, Luo Cheng and Batel fought with increasing ferocity.
On the other side, Liu Kai, realizing he had narrowly escaped death, showed a glimmer of relief in his eyes.
Without time to think further, he quickly led his cavalry unit to continue their charge.
This battle was unexpectedly prolonged.
Driven to desperation by the food crisis, the horse bandits clearly wouldn’t give up until they seized the grain.
They would either be killed trying to seize food or starve to death if they failed.
In this deadly winter, since death was inevitable either way, what more was there to say?
Luo Cheng and Liu Kai, responsible for transporting the grain, also had their own stance.
How much food did Myriad World Civilization consume daily? It was no exaggeration to say that every bag of grain they transported was linked to the lives of countless people.
They couldn’t, and didn’t bother to, care about the lives of these horse bandits.
But the people of the three cities on this grassland were citizens of Myriad World Civilization, and they had to protect them!
Both sides were still fighting desperately.
Corpses piled higher and higher on the snowy plain.
The slowly seeping blood in the low temperatures gradually stained the surrounding snow a glaring red.
Just then, a dense roaring sound came from the distance.
It was the sound of warhorses galloping!
“Cavalry unit?”
One-Eyed Buhe, who was currently leading his horse bandits and plundering food on the battlefield, changed his expression the instant he noticed the commotion.
“The Central Plains people’s reinforcements have arrived!”
His gaze quickly swept towards the direction of the sound.
Faintly, a silhouette could already be seen, and it was growing clearer. The enemy was rapidly approaching!
“Burigude!!”
The moment he clearly saw the silhouette of the leading general, One-Eyed Buhe felt his long-blinded left eye faintly throbbing!
His facial expression revealed a mix of ferocity and alarm!
The grudge for that arrow was enough to make him hate Burigude to the bone!
But he also knew Burigude’s strength very well.
Now, the Central Plains people’s reinforcements had arrived, and Burigude himself was leading them.
The immense scale of this threat was unquestionable.
If they continued to fight, they would only face death!
At that thought, One-Eyed Buhe made his decision and decisively shouted.
“Retreat, everyone retreat!!”
