PFC Chapter 117 Armor-piercing arrows! It’s your tortoise shells that will be broken!
Chapter 117 Armor-piercing arrows! It’s your tortoise shells that will be broken!
The distance between the two sides was shortened again, from 500 meters to 400 meters! 300 meters!
The Hu cavalrymen all laughed excitedly. The Han people in front of them just stood there without moving at all. They must have been frightened by their momentum.
The Hu people are going to win the first battle!
Two hundred and fifty meters!
Yue Fei quickly put his hand down, and the Yue Army soldiers immediately raised their hands and aimed their Shenbi bows at the Hu cavalry that were charging towards them.
At this moment, the Yue Army soldier standing in the front pulled the trigger on the Shenbi bow, and the armor-piercing arrow shot out at a high speed and pierced through the armor of the Hu cavalry in an instant!
The huge propulsion force caused the Hu cavalry to fall heavily from their horses, and the cavalry following behind saw their companions fall to the ground before they could even react.
However, while they were thinking about dodging, the armor-piercing arrows were already shooting towards their chests.
“Puff!”, “Puff!”
The armor of the Hu cavalry was pierced by arrows. They screamed and fell off their horses.
After shooting the first round, Yue's army retreated quickly and orderly to both sides. They came to the back of the team and loaded crossbows at the same time.
The second row of Yue's soldiers rushed forward, aimed at the Hu cavalry and shot armor-piercing arrows.
After shooting the arrows, they also ran quickly to the rear, and the subsequent Yue Army did the same.
As for the Hu people's cavalry, they were not so lucky. The cavalry's speed could not be fully demonstrated at this moment. Instead, the fallen soldiers and horses became obstacles to the advance of the cavalry behind.
In just a dozen seconds, nearly ten thousand Hu cavalrymen fell!
The advantage of the short crossbow is that it can shoot quickly and accurately! At such a short distance, the Hu people's cavalry could not rely on their own armor to resist this wave of attacks.
Screams rang out one after another. Wanyan Zhen, who could not see the battle situation, turned pale instantly after hearing the screams.
What's going on? Why are their cavalrymen screaming? What happened in front?
At the same time, Lugo Hongjia brought Nagorburu to the platform, followed by a group of Hu generals.
"Haha, brother Blue, today I will show you how powerful our Luge tribe's cavalry is! What the hell is the Marquis of Zhenxi? He can't stop my cavalry at all!"
Lu Gehongjia laughed and pointed to the battlefield in front, where his 50,000 cavalry were charging.
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and the next second, except for Lu Gehongjia, everyone else widened their eyes with surprised expressions on their faces.
Lu Gehongjia felt something was wrong, he quickly turned around and looked, and then his face was filled with horror.
From his position he could see the entire battlefield situation in its entirety. The cavalry he was so proud of were being ruthlessly shot and killed by Yue's army.
It was clear that the Iron Cavalry Army was only two or three hundred meters away from Yue's Army, but they were never able to jump over the corpses in front of them and kill their way into Yue's Army.
"This..." Nagorburu looked at Lugo Hongjia who had a dull look on his face.
"What kind of troops did the Marquis of Zhenxi send out? What kind of arrows did he use? And how could they penetrate the iron armor provided by the Chao Kingdom?" murmured a general under Lu Gehongjia's command.
Seeing the cavalrymen dying one after another, Lu Gehongjia felt heartbroken. He turned back and ordered, "Tell Wanyan Zhen to withdraw the troops and replace them with heavy cavalry!"
"Yes!"
Back on the battlefield, Yue Fei shouted again: "Shoot! Shoot these Hu people to death!"
"Bang, bang, bang!" Armor-piercing arrows continued to be shot out, ruthlessly reaping the lives of one Hu cavalryman after another!
Faced with these powerful and extremely fast crossbow arrows, the following Hu cavalry no longer had the thought of charging forward. All they wanted now was to escape from here!
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
The Hu cavalry quickly turned around and fled towards the base camp in panic. The cavalry who stayed at the back were not spared and were shot off their horses by crossbow arrows.
They only managed to save their lives after they escaped from the crossbow's shooting range.
A large number of corpses were left on the grass. Some of the Hu cavalrymen who were still alive struggled to get up from the grass. They staggered backwards, but were all shot to death by crossbow arrows.
Yue Fei ordered the entire army to stop shooting arrows. The Yue Army put away their Shenbi bows, and then put their hands on the hilts of their swords, ready to fight at any time.
The Hu cavalry retreated back to Wanyan Zhen, who looked at the disheveled soldiers with anger burning in his heart.
These damn Han people made him lose face in front of the king. He had to kill these Han people to vent his anger no matter what!
Just as he was about to launch a second attack, a Hu soldier arrived on horseback.
"General Wanyan! The king has sent 5,000 heavily armored cavalry to support us! He also said that we must break through the enemy's defenses this time!"
When Wanyan Zhen heard that the king had supported him with 5,000 heavily armored cavalry, he was immediately delighted. This time the attack should be a sure success.
The heavy cavalry of their Lugo tribe had vital parts from soldiers to horses covered with heavy armor.
The defense level of these armors is two to three times that of the armors worn by the Iron Cavalry. Not to mention crossbows and arrows, even if a soldier stabbed with a spear with all his strength, he could not hurt them at all.
The cost of heavy cavalry is very expensive. Even if Chao State has advanced iron wrought technology, it is only enough to arm 10,000 people of the Luge tribe.
Moreover, in order to train 10,000 heavy cavalrymen, the Lugo tribe lost countless war horses, and many soldiers suffered physical strain due to being unable to control the weight of the armor.
After continuous screening and training, the Luge tribe finally created these 10,000 heavy armored cavalry!
This was the base they used to defeat the Daying army. Now they used half of it to deal with Ying Xuanze's army, which could be regarded as Lu Gehongjia giving enough face.
Of course, Lu Gehongjia didn't want to see the Iron Cavalry continue to sacrifice. These troops were too precious, and he absolutely would not allow too many of them to die in battle at this time.
After Wanyan Zhen obtained the heavy cavalry, he immediately organized an attack. He decided to let the heavy cavalry break through the enemy's formation first, and then send out the iron cavalry to disrupt the enemy and massacre them.
The five thousand heavily armored cavalry were divided into groups of ten, and each group of cavalry was tied together with iron chains.
This is done to make the attack more unified. The heavy cavalry cannot charge quickly due to their heavy bodies, but they can use their strong bodies to knock away everything in front of them!
Whoever stands in the way will die! This is the meaning of the existence of heavy cavalry!
Five thousand heavy cavalry stepped onto the battlefield, and the entire ground shook as they advanced.
Yue Fei looked at the heavy cavalry coming towards him without a trace of panic on his face. On the contrary, there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
Ying Xuanze also looked at Yue's army with excitement. What if they were heavy cavalry? In history, General Yue Fei led the Beiwei Army to defeat the Jin Dynasty's Tiefutu.
Come on, General Yue! Let this battle make the people of this world remember your name deeply!