"Kill, kill, kill..."
With roars like thunder and morale like rainbows, countless cavalry rushed forward in a black mass. Compared to the cloudless group of cavalry in the rear, the hundreds of people in front who were also running for their lives seemed like tiny ants.
"Riding and shooting!" Xue Dongyang, the commander of the Snow Wolf Guards who was gradually catching up on the flank, said with a cold smile.
Xue Rengui shouted loudly: "Quick! The whole army is hiding and lying on their backs!"
Along the way, Xue Rengui did suffer a lot at the hands of Xue Dongyang. This Xue Dongyang can be said to have brought Gou to the extreme. No matter how provocative Xue Rengui was, he never clashed with Xue Rengui head-on, and just relied on his speed advantage to keep entangled.
Although this tactic of boiling frogs in warm water is not very lethal every time, if it continues, it will become the most disgusting method.
Following Xue Rengui's order, the remaining black knights all turned over flexibly and quickly hid under their horses to avoid and resist the arrows of the Snow Wolf Guards. The horses had vests on them, so they were not Fear of bows and arrows.
The horse's belly is a riding technique used by the nomadic tribes in the north to avoid cold arrows fired by the enemy in front when they are chasing the enemy. It can be said to be one of the highest and most demanding performances of riding.
Fumadu requires extremely high riding skills. If you don't have good riding skills but try to show off your strength, the only result will be to fall off the horse and be trampled to pieces.
This kind of technology is not something that everyone can master, even the Beidi people who have been accompanying war horses since childhood.
Although everyone in the Black Cavalry has superb equestrian skills, they are trained in the most dangerous environment. However, the technique of bending the horse's belly is still not something that everyone can master.
Some black knight soldiers who were unfamiliar with their movements were still poisoned by the Snow Wolf Guards.
"General Xue, I'm afraid this is not an option! If this continues, our army will be killed by the enemy sooner or later!" Guan Yu said, breaking an arrow on his shoulder.
Speaking of which, Guan Yu was indeed not very good at dodging arrows. Among the generals present, apart from Yang Zaixing, he was the only one who was hit by an arrow.
Throughout the Three Kingdoms period, no one except Guan Yu had killed a top-notch general among the generals fighting in front of the two armies. This alone reflects Guan Yu's military power.
However, Guan Yu's ability to defend against arrows is really unflattering. After all, during his career in the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu had the experience of being hit by arrows on both sides of his arms, a total of four times. Although it is said that on the battlefield, injuries are inevitable in life and death, but there are not many super-class generals who have such a high rate of receiving arrows.
In his early years, he passed five passes and killed six generals. When he passed the Luoyang pass, he was shot in the arm by an arrow. During the battle in Changsha, if Huang Zhong had not deliberately let him go, he would probably have died from Huang Zhong's arrow at that time. He was nearly sixty years old. During the battle with Pang De, his left arm was injured by his arrow; while attacking Fancheng, he was shot in the right arm by a poisonous arrow, etc. There were really many injuries.
In contrast, Zhao Yun, who is also a member of the Five Tiger Generals, has never been hit by an arrow. Changbanpo was heavily surrounded, and he went in and out seven times to save Adou from being injured by the arrows. It was even more thrilling to cut off the river to rescue Adou. He braved the rain of arrows and rowed a small boat to catch up with the enemy's large ship, then jumped into the enemy ship and subdued the enemy without hurting a hair on his own.
"Tell the soldiers! Abandon your armor and throw away all unnecessary things except for one weapon!" Xue Rengui simply calculated the distance and gritted his teeth before ordering.
The Black Cavalry cannot match the Snow Wolf Guard in terms of speed. It is not because the personal qualities of the soldiers are inferior to the opponent, nor is it because the soldiers' riding skills are inferior to the opponent, but because the types and emphasis of the cavalry are different.
The black cavalry is not a heavy cavalry, but it is a cavalry that is best at charging forward. Even if it is not a heavy cavalry, the protective strength of the armor must not be low, and the weight of the armor must naturally be maintained at a certain level.
As for the Snow Wolf Guards, as a light cavalry among light cavalry, their armor is also completely light armor.
Even if other places are not considered, this gap alone has caused the final speed gap between the two sides.
Prior to this, in order to speed up the march, Xue Rengui had ordered his soldiers to give up their crossbows, even those armor-piercing crossbows. After all, in the battle here, the arrows in their hands had been consumed long ago, and the crossbows left behind were useless.
Now, in order to speed up the march, Xue Rengui made plans to abandon his armor. Even, not only the armor, but also the other useless things except for one weapon need to be thrown away!
Facing mounted archers, if they lose their armor protection, their casualty rate will definitely rise sharply. Taking the initiative to abandon armor is no different from seeking death.
However, the situations faced are different, and even if the methods are the same, the final results will definitely be different.
Thirty miles later, and another thirty miles later, they had arrived at the seaside, at the place agreed upon with Wang Yu and the others. As long as they get on the boat, they will be safe.
Therefore, this last thirty miles is also the last pursuit that Xue Rengui and the others will face. As long as they survive this distance, they are qualified to continue living.
If they don't take the initiative to speed up now, with the Snow Wolf Guards constantly pestering them, it will be difficult for their few remaining people to survive the last thirty miles.
But if they gave up their armor and tried their best to speed up, they might gain a chance of survival.
The biggest reason for the speed gap between the Black Cavalry and the Snow Wolf Guard is the weight of their equipment. Now, the equipment load on the Black Knight soldiers has been reduced to a peak. The speed of the Black Knight soldiers suddenly increased greatly, and they opened a considerable distance in an instant.
"Keep shooting! Hurry! Keep shooting!" Xue Dongyang saw the black knights constantly throwing away supplies and armor on their horses. He was shocked and overjoyed at the same time.
Even though the opponent's speed has greatly increased, they are still not out of their shooting range. At this time, the opponent no longer had the protection of armor, so it was time for them to seize the time to increase the damage.
"Go forward with all your strength, ignore them! Charge forward with one heart!" Xue Rengui shouted decisively.
The armor has been abandoned, it is a foregone conclusion. At this time, they can only use all their strength to cover their heads and rush forward. If they can rush out, they will succeed. If they fall under the arrows of the other party during this process, they can only blame them for their bad fate.
When a desperate situation like this is needed, the biggest taboo is not to hesitate at all. Any more hesitation means more possibility of death. Instead, just ignore it like you are now and just cover your head and rush forward, so that you can get a chance to survive.
