Chapter 246
The fierce battle on the battlefield has reached a fever pitch, with tens of thousands of casualties on both sides. No matter which side relaxes its momentum first, it will be in danger of being doomed. Read the full text. At this point in the battle, it was difficult for the Ning army to retreat. Tang Yin's eyes flashed, and he turned his head and said, "Send a signal, order the light cavalry to go out and attack the Ning army's central army with all their strength!"
"Yes! Sir!" After waiting for Tang Yin's order for a long time, the guards behind him responded hurriedly, and then passed on Tang Yin's order.
The flag bearer in charge of holding the flag heard the order and immediately waved his own flag, which was also the signal for attack.
The shadow clone and Tang Yin were in tune with each other, so naturally there was no need to see the signal, but Shangguan Yuanrang on the other side didn't know when Tang Yin would choose to attack. Seeing the flag of his rear army swinging back and forth, Shangguan Yuanrang, who had been waiting impatiently, was greatly encouraged. He didn't delay for a moment and immediately jumped on the horse, and at the same time ordered the surrounding cavalry to mount their horses and prepare for battle.
Their 5,000-plus cavalry were hiding behind a mound on the east side of the battlefield. At this time, the soldiers mounted their horses and followed Shangguan Yuanrang, bypassing the mound, and then rushed straight to the center of the Ning Army at full speed. At the same time, the shadow clone also led 5,000 light cavalry to charge out from the west. These two light cavalry, like two knives on the battlefield, stabbed the soft ribs of the center of the Ning Army from the left and right.
The soldiers of the Ning Army were not blind. As soon as the two cavalry came out, the Ning soldiers saw it. The scouts hurriedly ran to Zhan Wushuang in the center of the camp. When they got close, they knelt on one knee and bowed their hands and shouted: "Report-General, something bad is going to happen. Two cavalry are coming from the east and west sides of our side!"
"Ah?" Zhan Wushuang was shocked, subconsciously stood up, stretched his neck, and looked around. That's right, although the opponent was far away and did not raise a flag, the dust raised by the cavalry in the galloping flew so high, as if two tornadoes were blowing over.
Zhan Wushuang was indeed a talented commander who was good at commanding troops. He was startled at first, but then he calmed down immediately. By the scale of the dust raised by the other side, he immediately judged that the number of the two cavalry was not large, about five or six thousand cavalry. He responded calmly, lowered his head and shouted: "The whole army should be deployed, and the enemy cavalry's advance should be suppressed with arrows!"
"Yes! General!" Following his order, the two corps commanders on the left and right both bowed their hands to receive the order, and then urged the war horses to quickly run back to their respective corps, ordering the soldiers under their command to change the side army to the front army, and all the personnel drew their bows and arrows and prepared to shoot.
Ning Army was a fast-moving army. Following the order of the corps commander, the panic of the soldiers below immediately stabilized. People turned around and stood facing the cavalry who came over. Then, they took off their bows and arrows, put on arrows, tightened the bowstrings, aimed at the enemy, and prepared to shoot arrows.
The speed of the enemy cavalry was amazing. The corps commanders of the two corps had never seen such a swift cavalry, and they ran like lightning.
The two corps commanders were far apart. Looking at the cavalry charging head-on, they swallowed their saliva at the same time, then raised their swords and held them high in the air. At the same time, they shouted, "Shoot!" As they shouted, the raised swords fell fiercely and pointed straight ahead.
Buzz!
Two corps, 20,000 people fired at the same time. Two rains of arrows rose from the top of the square formation like dark clouds and flew towards the two cavalry teams.
Tang Yin knew the power of the Ning Army's arrow formation. Seeing the enemy's arrow rain coming, he accelerated his horse's speed and turned back to shout, "Everyone lie down and move forward at full speed!"
While continuing to run forward, the 5,000 Tianyuan Army cavalrymen crawled on the horse's back, and at the same time, they clamped their feet tightly on the horse's belly under their crotch, causing pain to the horse so that it could run with all its strength.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh - in the blink of an eye, the arrow formation was close, and arrows were as dense as raindrops, whizzing over the heads of the crowd.
The arrows flew in the air in a parabolic manner, and fell from top to bottom with an arc, but the war horses of the Mo Kingdom were so fast that the arrow formation lost its target. The cavalry passed directly under the arrow formation. Although some arrows still affected some cavalry, most of the arrows were shot into the ground.
"Ah!" Seeing this, the head of the Ning Army's corps changed his face. Seeing that the enemy cavalry was getting closer and closer to him, he hurriedly ordered again: "Shoot! Keep shooting! Don't stop!"
Without the head of the corps ordering, the Ning Army soldiers had already started to draw the second arrow and quickly shot it at the cavalry in front.
Just like the first round of arrow formation just now, the cavalry passed under the arrow formation at the speed of wind. The arrow formation only hurt the tail end of the cavalry team, but not the main force.
Damn it! How can this cavalry be so fast? It's even faster than the Mo cavalry, which is famous for its swiftness! The commander of the Ning Army couldn't figure out what was going on, and he didn't have time to think about it. His heart was in his throat, and he kept ordering the soldiers to shoot, shoot, and shoot again.
When the Ning Army's arrow array shot the fourth round, the cavalry was only twenty steps away from the Ning Army's square formation. At such a close distance, there was no need to throw arrows, and they could shoot directly at the opponent, which was also the most difficult arrow to dodge.
Pounce, pounce, pounce!
As the Ning Army's arrows flew straight from the front, a muffled sound of arrows breaking through armor and flesh suddenly came from the cavalry camp. At the same time, screams arose, and the cavalry in the front row fell to the ground.
However, at such a close distance, the arrow array alone could not stop the cavalry charge, not to mention that Tang Yin's clone had already rushed to the front against the arrow array.
The horse under him had been shot into a hedgehog by the arrows of the Ning army, but he managed to get out of the gap in the arrow formation and rushed to the Ning army camp. His hands turned into hand knives attached to the dark fire. As he waved his arms, the throats of the four Ning army soldiers who were blocking him were cut. Without making a sound, they fell to the ground with their faces up. The surrounding Ning army soldiers were shocked and put down their bows and arrows, or drew their swords or picked up the spears on the ground, swarmed up and attacked Tang Yin.
Because the shadow clone is not a real person, and the body is not a flesh body, but is condensed from the dark spirit, its body movements and moves are more flexible and sharp than Tang Yin's real body. It jumped up high on the spot, and kicked out with both feet. With a muffled bang, three Ning soldiers were kicked in the chest and flew backwards with screams. With the force of rebound, its body somersaulted in the air and fell into the crowd behind it. The moment its body landed on the ground, it stabbed out with both swords, and four Ning soldiers' heads flew out of the crowd. Before the people around could react, it jumped up again, crossed over the heads of several Ning soldiers, and fell into the depths of the enemy camp. With the momentum of falling, it stabbed down with both swords. With a pounce, both hand swords pierced into the chest of a thousand-man commander, piercing through his body and spiritual armor, and two scarlet knife tips protruded from his back. The clone shouted in a low voice, and stretched his arms apart. With a crisp sound, the body of the thousand-man commander was torn in half by it, and the two pieces of the body flew to the left and right sides and crashed into the crowd.
Wow - the cruelty and viciousness of the shadow clone shocked and horrified the surrounding Ning soldiers, and they retreated involuntarily. The clone didn't care whether the opponent was afraid of it or not. What it wanted to do now was to kill as many enemies as possible to disrupt the Ning army's camp and create opportunities for its own cavalry to rush over.
Just as the clone was killing people in the Ning army camp, with a strange cry, the commander of the corps rushed over. This Ning general was wearing white spiritual armor and holding a crescent-shaped sword. He rushed out of his own crowd and rushed to the front of the shadow clone. Without saying a word, he crouched down, followed by the inertia of the warhorse, and stabbed the clone directly in the chest.
The shadow clone didn't even try to dodge, but stood there and watched the spirit knife pierce his chest. But just when the opponent showed a look of joy and thought that he had won with one strike, he suddenly returned a knife and swept it viciously towards the Ning general.
The knife was too fast and came too suddenly. The Ning general didn't even have time to dodge, and his temple was hit by the knife.
Crack!
The spirit armor on the top of Ning's head shattered, and half of his head fell off smoothly. Blood and brain matter spurted all over the ground. Only half of his body was left, shaking left and right on the warhorse for a few times, and then fell sideways.
The shadow clone didn't look at the corpse on the ground, grabbed the blade of the crescent-shaped knife stuck in his chest, and pulled it out of his chest. There was no blood flowing, only a long knife wound on its chest. As it turned upside down and absorbed the spiritual energy transformed by General Ning, the knife wound on its chest healed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
It and General Ning exchanged knife blows, but in the end General Ning lost half of his head and died on the spot, while it was intact, as if it had not been injured. The strangeness of the shadow clone shocked every Ning army present, and people did not dare to move forward, and retreated backwards at the same time.
At this time, the main force of the cavalry behind the shadow clone had already rushed up. The long-range world is the world of bows and arrows, and the cavalry can only be beaten and have no power to fight back. However, when the cavalry rushed to the front, its huge power was immediately reflected. In just a moment, the Ning army's camp was hit by the galloping cavalry, and a large gap was opened. The horses rushed forward, and the men used the horse's power to stab out with one spear, often piercing the bodies of two or three Ning soldiers in succession. While stabbing the enemy, the knights on the horses no longer drew back their spears, but directly drew out their sabers, and chopped the surrounding Ning soldiers from a high position on the horses.
The slashing from top to bottom and the slashing from bottom to top are naturally not comparable. The former not only saves effort, but also kills the enemy's vital points, while the latter is just the opposite. This is also the gap between infantry and cavalry in close combat.
When the cavalry rushed to the front, the Ning soldiers could no longer hold on. In addition to the soldiers who were chopped to death or injured, people were screaming and fleeing backwards.