Realm of Power

In this battle, the grassland army indeed performed at an amazing level.

The elite light cavalry drawn from various ministries are themselves tribal elites with extremely tenacious fighting will. Even when they were attacked head-on, they still pounced fiercely like wounded wolves. Almost in the blink of an eye, the most advanced cavalry on both sides Without the slightest retreat, without the slightest dodge, it was suddenly torn apart without any tricks.

"kill!"

The neighing sound of war horses resounded through the canyon walkway. The Imperial heavy cavalry crashed into the prairie people like bulldozers. For a time, many people were turned on their backs. For a while, how many prairie people were stabbed into the body by the long spears of the Imperial heavy cavalry. How much blood was spattered, and shouts burst out from the chest. There was no formation anymore, and the scimitar was swung down completely by instinct, and sparks bounced off the heavy armor of the imperial cavalry.

"Move forward!"

The Imperial heavy cavalry was as cold as a cross helmet that did not look like a human being. Their eyes were cold. They just kept their heads down and moved forward desperately. The palms holding the spears had been wrapped in a thick cloth to avoid being exposed to human blood. The flow of the stabbing spear slips on the palm, the sound of the sword breaking armor, the muffled screams of people, and the whining of war horses falling to the ground. The sound of people and horses, as well as the heart-wrenching sound of sharp weapons cutting into flesh and blood, echoed densely throughout the melee. Corpses of people and horses fell densely in an area as if they were free of charge. Blood flowed down the canyon. The trickling water formed by the ravines on the dry ground, and the splashes trampled by the horses' hooves, turned the earthen ramparts on both sides into a wall of blood.

There were more archers from the prairie army, but they raised their bows and fired volleys from behind. The arrow clusters continued to draw beautiful arcs in the air. The bows of the prairie people and the crossbows of the imperial cavalry, the representatives of distant shooting weapons in this era, were In this way, across a distance of tens of meters, fierce fire spread across the sky. The cavalry fighting in front of them were shooting at each other. Those who were hit by the arrows fell off their horses one after another.

The cross-section of the canyon is only that big, and only thirty or forty cavalry can fall into it at one time. The others are too many to stare at them. The long-range competition between the two sides soon became the main means of attack on the battlefield. The Empire of the Imperial Cavalry The shooting power of the crossbow is stronger than that of the grassland Bows, prairie people often hit arrows straight through, but the shooting speed of the prairie bow is much faster than the imperial crossbow. The crossbow almost only fired once, and the heavy arrows from the prairie on the opposite side were already flying like rain again. , you may not die if you are hit by a heavy arrow from the grassland, but injuries are inevitable.

This is a battle without any bells and whistles, from the melee strength of both sides to the long-range shooting.

They saw the front section of the imperial cavalry being killed layer by layer, but the fierce prairie people still opened their blood-red eyes, twisted their ferocious faces, and their armor was stained with blood. The wounded areas were still shouting and fighting, and some of them kept falling off their horses, but they showed no intention of retreating.

"Block!"

The grassland army let out bursts of shouts. They had already discovered that the advance of the imperial heavy cavalry had begun to slow down. The men and horses were all killed into a bloody mass of imperial heavy cavalry. After crushing more than a thousand grassland cavalry in one breath, the heavy cavalry held on tightly. Many of his spears had been broken, and he was swinging his sword wildly. The slashed Imperial sword also had a hole in it, and the heavy cavalry was obviously not as powerful as before. This was a sign that it was about to be exhausted. According to the convention, at this time, the cavalry behind the Imperial heavy cavalry should take over and tear away from the Imperial heavy cavalry. The mouth poured in fiercely,

From breaking at one point to tearing apart at all, this is the meaning of the cavalry being known as the sharp assault knife. However, the situation in front of them made the prairie people feel happy.

, if it were on the plains, the grassland people might have collapsed and fled under the crushing force of the Empire's heavy cavalry just now, but in the canyon walkway, the narrow space could not allow the cavalry to cover up and kill, and with the Empire's cavalry following closely behind, the people would have just collapsed. Some of them were shot over by arrow clusters in the chaos, causing the originally neat queue to become even more crowded. So much so that after the Imperial heavy cavalry showed its charge was exhausted, it was unable to gain any benefit from the confrontational advantage.

"Woo"

The horns of the grassland people in the distance are even more desolate, like the desperate howls of wolves forced into a desperate situation, which are intermittently transmitted to people's ears.

In the canyon walkway, arrows covered the sky and the sun. On top of the earthen ramparts that had been stained red with blood, countless more arrow feathers were inserted into the soil and swayed endlessly. Immediately, some of the Imperial cavalry fell down after being hit by arrows. Fortunately, the grassland bows were not strong, and most of the fallen Imperial cavalry survived. They leaned on the earthen barriers on both sides, minding their own business and bent down to load their crossbows. Then there was another strike. The crossbow arrows flew out!

"Come on!"

At this horn, the prairie light cavalry took advantage of the terrain of the canyon walkway and the inferior quality of the empire's heavy cavalry that could not be fully deployed. They surged up layer by layer, using the flesh and blood of men and horses to continuously reduce the powerful impact of the empire's heavy cavalry. strength, the empire is heavy The prairie people in front of the cavalry have not been completely killed, and the prairie people behind are swarming up in large numbers. Their mail armor reflects the cold light. There are too many to count. They are all as if they have been injected with chicken blood. I just feel Even the Imperial Cavalry is like that.

"Shoot them!'

Behind them, there was a large group of prairie archers holding bent bows and quivers at their waists. They fiercely pulled out the bow strings towards the imperial cavalry, and a cold light hit their faces, vowing to turn this encounter that had started off badly, the emperor Jun shot himself in the face. It was lame. It was not a good choice to choose the battlefield. I chose the canyon corridor where the troops could not spread out. Although I had gained a lot of advantages in the early stage, the geographical disadvantages were also revealed now. As long as the empire's heavy cavalry was exhausted, who said? There is no possibility of a comeback!

The earth-shattering imperial charge and the decline of the invincible imperial heavy cavalry have already appeared. The balance of victory seems to be tilting towards the prairie people at a moment. The power of the prairie army begins to surge. It is also at this moment that all the prairie armies Finally, they all pressed into the canyon, and they had already reached this point. Is there anything the Imperial Cavalry could not hold back? They finally saw a glimmer of victory. At the dawn of time, just think about being able to defeat the top cavalry in the Western Continent in this turbulent era. For the grassland people who have always been bloodthirsty and good at fighting, it is like a kind of spiritual opium. It is so incomparable at this moment. Desire, although the lethality of the imperial crossbow has the upper hand, it is suppressed in this space. It is not impossible to defeat the imperial crossbow in front of you!

Looking back from the canyon corridor where the fighting was raging below, he saw the commander Stanres in front of him finally raising his arm. A stout imperial officer secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with a ferocious look on his lips. He originally thought there was heavy cavalry. In front of me, I'm afraid nothing will happen to me without me. Thinking that the resistance of the grassland people was so tenacious, Master Stanres was really damaged. He first used the Empire's heavy cavalry to crush him, completely squeezing out the opponent's combat power. Just when the opponent thought they might win and pressed forward with all his strength, Then use your heavy armored crossbow rider to deliver the final fatal blow.

It was already a miracle that we were able to stabilize in the front. If we were defeated now, there would be no possibility of stabilizing. Moreover, in front of the Empire's heavy armored crossbow cavalry, the ranger shooting skills that the prairie people were proud of was a joke.

"The whole army is ready and mounted, it's our turn!"

The imperial officer had a loud voice and shouted to the subordinates who were waiting behind him. He solemnly put on the red helmet in his hand, his eyes full of ferocity. The armor on his body was made of layered scales, and the corners were okay. He saw the threads covered with thick inner armor, and an Imperial infantry crossbow slung on each side of the horse's belly.

"Swiping" behind this imperial officer, there were two thousand sturdy cavalrymen dressed in the same two-layer imperial heavy armor as him, who uniformly mounted their war horses. The imperial heavy-armored crossbow cavalry had originally carried The peak combat power that dominated the Dongting Grassland started like a slowly increasing torrent of steel. Rushing towards the canyon walkway below, while still traveling, a whole row of arrow clusters burst out from the position of the heavy armored crossbow rider like a storm. After flying for a few seconds, the arrow clusters turned into cold light. An ordinary waterfall violently hit the crowd of prairie cavalry rushing towards the heavy cavalry,

Snap! Snap! Snap!

I saw the prairie cavalry cavalry rolling at speed. White lines visible to the naked eye, like sickles of death, penetrated their bodies fiercely and tore the cavalry's mail. The crossbows of the Empire's heavy armored crossbow cavalry were sharp and Mitsubishi. The arrow flew a hundred meters from the upwind direction and penetrated deeply into the leather armor of the prairie light cavalry who believed that victory was within reach, causing a puff of bright red splash in their bodies, "What's going on? "

A prairie light cavalry who had just invigorated was stunned and looked ahead in shock. An arrow cluster with a powerful impact hit the helmet of the companion in front, and it was easily cut open, leaving a white brain band. A pool of blood splashed onto his pale face. The opponent's arrow actually penetrated the metal helmet? How is this possible! The prairie cavalry shuddered and felt a chill at the same time. The impact of the imperial crossbow was too strong, and judging from the direction of the shooting just now, it seemed that it was fired from more than a hundred meters away. A hundred meters away There is such power outside, even the heavy armored cavalry will be penetrated!

'Attention, arrow attack! "

There was a shrill shout from the side, and as soon as he finished speaking, the Empire's heavy crossbow came flying again.

The densely packed arrow clusters were like a huge black curtain, and the cold light of these arrow clusters quickly expanded in the dull pupils of the prairie cavalry, until they streaked across the arc like raindrops and hit the body violently. The specially processed triangular arrows, Like a whip like a violent storm, it pierced hard into the already thin armor of the prairie light cavalry.

"It's hard to live." When the generals of the Prairie Army saw this scene, their faces suddenly turned pale, and they were so frightened that they immediately reined in their horses and retreated.

The emperor actually has such a powerful strike power hidden inside. If he had used it just now, who would still be fighting with the emperor here? He would have been able to run as far as he wanted. People on the grassland are all experts in archery, but After taking a look at the corpses hit by arrows, it was already clear that the imperial crossbows shot were obviously much more powerful than before. Where the arrow clusters were shot, almost only the arrow tails were left. Human corpses and horse corpses , regardless of wearing Armor of all thicknesses was shot to a considerable depth, and none of them except armor that could block ordinary arrows was pierced like thin paper under this special arrow cluster, and blood was everywhere. Splash, those who survived the arrows were still screaming and wailing. The crowded environment in the canyon made this tragedy even more tragic. Almost the entire team of cavalry fell from their horses as if they had hit an invisible wall. Come,

The concentrated volleys of two thousand Imperial heavy-armored crossbowmen immediately cleared that section.

This time, three to four hundred people were killed. In other words, one-tenth of the prairie army was gone in the blink of an eye. Anyone who saw this scene felt as if they had been dropped into an ice cave. How could they fight? !Forget about the heavy cavalry, at least they can use the narrow terrain to fill it with human lives. This kind of A large-scale long-range shooting, even after more than ten rounds, it would not be enough to fill the canyon corridor. In the fierce battlefield just now, the eyes of the prairie light cavalry showed an unconcealable panic. Who cared about blocking the Empire's heavy army in front? Cavalry, not to mention forming a tight formation looking for death,

The general of the Yeluguda Guards was also clenching his fists at this moment, and his face was extremely depressed. When did the prairie people who were good at long-range suppression actually fall into the situation of being tortured and killed by the opponent from a distance? , when faced with hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Belgian runner-ups, he was just like playing with mice, beating them into pieces. Tear apart, defeat, and annihilate because the bows and arrows of the prairie cavalry were the nemesis of the Central Asian infantry. Now he finally understood why the Eighth Army of Dongting, which was so powerful in the prairie, suffered heavy losses to both armies in the hands of the empire. One army, hundreds of thousands of grassland troops capable of destroying the country, died in the hands of the emperor. That was because. Compared with the long-range weapons that the grassland people are proud of, the empire's combat power has already surpassed the grassland people's crossbows by several blocks.

"What else are you fighting for! Run!"

As three or four rounds of armored cavalry crossbows flew down in succession, the prairie army, which had exhausted its last courage, collapsed. The prairie cavalry that had been rushing forward now turned in panic and ran towards the rear in panic.

"Kill, leave no one behind!"

The imperial cavalry, who had just been thought to have missed their opportunity, were really like mercury pouring down the ground at this moment, swooping out from the gap between the heavy cavalry,

The imperial cavalry above raised their sabers and slashed violently. Countless sword lights flashed. Before the exhausted prairie cavalry who had been fighting could react, they were cut off from their horses by random sabers. The shouts of killing were overwhelming, and the sound of horse hooves roared loudly. , the roar, the sound of fighting, the paused imperial heavy cavalry pushed hard again, With a sudden force at close range, under the horse's hooves, accompanied by the scraping sound of twisted gold and iron, a large amount of bloody smell was brought out from the sword and sword shadow. The heavy weapon in his hand was swung down, and there was a loud bang and a hard knock on the bottom. The injured and wailing prairie man's head was poured to the ground with plasma.

Seeing the imperial cavalry chasing and killing the grassland army who were running around like stray dogs, Stanres's eyes flashed with a chill. He turned to the messenger cavalry behind him and said, "Report to your majesty. Fortunately, our army has fulfilled your order." After growing up in the canyon and successfully intercepting the prairie Qingqi, after this battle, only one tenth of them will be able to return alive, and the prairie army will be blinded!"

(To be continued.) 8