Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C415

“Light the fire, burn everything for me, leave nothing for Dong Zhuo to eat.” With Yang Lin’s order, a group of cavalry soldiers rushed out, and threw the torches in their hands towards the tents, food, and supplies. The entire camp quickly burnt up, and the blazing flames burned through half the sky in an instant.

“Let’s go!” Yang Lin looked at the burning camp, and his heart suddenly shrunk for no reason. With a wave of his hand, the cavalrymen turned their horses around and split into three different paths, one for the east, one for the north, one for the west. They quickly disappeared into the thick fog.

“Phew …” Li Que urged her horse to run up a slope, with one hand holding onto the horse reins and the other raising his spear, the group of people following closely behind him slowly stopped. His eyes were wide open, and he could only see the fire raging towards the sky in the direction of the Huaixian from the dense fog.

“What’s going on? Could it be that Niu Fu, Zhang Ji and the others succeeded? ” Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel jealous. He himself led the cavalry soldiers in case Yang Lin ran away, but they got lucky. If they attacked the Youzhou’s camp, they would definitely receive another reward from the Prime Minister.

“Report …” Just as Li Que was muttering in her heart, a exorcism cavalryman suddenly reported: “Lord General, Yang Lin’s cavalry has set the camp on fire, breaking through in three different directions: the east, the north and the west. Among them, about seven to eight thousand of the riders holding the hussar general’s banner are already charging towards us. ”

“Ah …” Li Que was shocked, but soon revealed a happy expression. She did not know if she was surprised or happy, but she could not help but hold onto the long spear in her hands tightly. He turned around and ordered loudly: “Divide into the front, middle and back ranks. Prepare to charge.

“Hahahaha …” Guo Si, oh Guo Si, this time, it’s not your turn to fight with me! ” The ones that surrounded them from the north were Li Que and Guo Si’s cavalry, both of them carrying 30,000 cavalry, who would have thought that the panicked Yang Lin would rush in front of them in such a way that even if he had the luck, he wouldn’t be able to stop them.

According to Li Que’s estimation, no matter how strong Yang Lin’s cavalry was, his own cavalry was still many times stronger than his own cavalry. As long as he dragged them onto the battlefield and continued to attack them, even if he was tired, he would still kill them here.

Yang Lin led the group and rushed towards the north, but before they could run three miles, suddenly, exorcism ran back and reported loudly: “Lord General, the thirty thousand cavalrymen led by Dong Zhuo’s Great General Li Que are already one Li ahead of us, blocking our path.”

“Send my order. Put away all the flags. Take out all the crossbows and attack.” Yang Lin ordered coldly. He then took out his own powerful crossbow from his back, took out a Arrows and pulled the string. All of you follow me in a conical formation. ”

“Lord General, let me take the lead.” Taishi Ci, who was beside Yang Lin, immediately blocked in front of him and said anxiously: “I am indebted to Lord General for his kindness, I am unable to repay you. I am willing to lead the way for Lord General, and break through Li Que’s defense line.

“Good!” Taishi Ci, you will lead a squadron to take the lead, and the other squadrons will follow closely behind. ” Yang Lin nodded at Taishi Ci, and said solemnly: “There are too many people in West Cold Cavalry, so we should not fight with brute force. Our strong crossbows shoot far, strong, and shoot them with strong crossbows. “After opening the gap, do not continue to fight. Continue to attack and move forward.”

“Yes sir!” Taishi Ci nodded his head heavily, the expression on his face was extremely pleased with himself. When he finally had the chance to make a meritorious contribution, he raised the crossbow in his hand and shouted, “Brothers, it’s time to do the meritorious service …” “Those who wish to receive credit, follow me …”

“Kill …”

Taishi Ci shouted and took the lead to rush out. All the cavalrymen shouted in unison as they followed Taishi Ci forward bravely. Different from the common cavalry charge, the soldiers did not raise their weapons, but raised their crossbows instead. The cold Arrows shined with a faint cold light.

In the dense fog, Dong Zhuo’s West Cold Cavalry also charged forward. Different from the cavalry of Youzhou, because Dong Zhuo’s West Cold Cavalry had been fighting with the West Cold for a long time, their weapons were almost all restored with pikes, with tens of thousands of pikes forming a forest of pikes.

“Prepare… “Shoot…” Taishi Ci was an expert archer himself, and was invincible amongst Gong Yi’s soldiers. Facing the incoming Dong Zhuo Cavalry, he accurately estimated the distance, and while charging forward, he issued the command to shoot.

swish swish swish … *

One after another, Arrows soared into the sky, carrying the momentum of their war horses with them as they flew forward. Besides the soldiers in the front row shooting horizontally, most of the charging cavalrymen were shooting forward. As a result, some of the seven to eight thousand Arrows flew over from high altitudes, while some of them struck towards West Cold Cavalry, forming a huge net made of arrows.

“Rumble …”

“Gulp …”

West Cold Cavalry who was in the midst of charging suddenly encountered the attacks of the Arrows, causing the formation to immediately become a mess. Due to the lack of protection, a large number of war horses were hit by the Arrows, causing them to run around crazily and collide with each other. Some of the war horses screamed miserably, and some of the war horses even directly fell onto the ground, letting out loud noises.

“Aooo …”

“Ah …”

West Cold Cavalry’s protective equipment were only leather armour s, they were simply unable to defend against cavalry of Youzhou’s crossbows. Many soldiers were even pierced by arrows, especially the cavalry soldiers who were charging in front, they were often shot down from their horses by the Arrows and nailed to the ground.

Within this short charging distance, Yang Lin’s cavalry had shot out three rounds of Arrows s. Tens of thousands of Arrows s easily ripped a big hole in Li Que’s cavalry array.

Although the dense fog blocked Li Que’s line of sight, scout still quickly reported the situation on the battlefield to Li Que. Knowing that his first round of attacks had no effect, Li Que was enraged, he raised the spear in his hand and shouted towards the soldiers who were preparing to charge for their second round.

“Spread out in formation, increase the distance, form a cone of attack.”

As the West Cold Cavalry was holding onto a pike, it was impossible for him to charge forward while shooting arrows, so Li Que could only order the soldiers to increase the distance between attacks to avoid the cavalry of Youzhou’s Arrows s. Furthermore, after pulling apart the distance, as long as the cavalrymen in front rushed into the enemy’s formation, once the two sides engaged in a close combat, the enemy would no longer have the chance to shoot the arrows, and the cavalrymen behind would no longer have the might of Arrows s, and could smoothly fight their way into the enemy’s formation.

Li Que and Guo Si’s cavalry could be said to be the most elite under Dong Zhuo’s command. In their long war with the Qiang people, had developed a bloodthirsty and brutal personality. Especially since there were still a lot of Qiang people among their soldiers, which was even more brutal. Seeing the rushing cavalry of Youzhou, his eyes immediately lit up.

The one leading the ten thousand riders was Li Que, the fierce general under Li Que’s command. He was a Qiang people, the son of the leader of the Qiang Clan who had been conquered by Dong Zhuo. Just like Yang Lin, after Dong Zhuo had conquered these tribe’s cavalry, he had also joined their ranks.

The first round of the assault had failed. If she was in the right position in front of the entire West Cold Cavalry, Li Que letting him be the first to attack made him very excited. If he won this battle, he would be the first one to benefit from it, and would very likely be heavily valued by Dong Zhuo, and might even become a commander like Li Que, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang, Li Meng, and the others.

“Kill …”

Bei Ruo let out a howl like a wild wolf, fiercely urging his horse forward, he raised his spear high and rushed forward. The West Cold Army soldiers behind him followed closely behind, the sound of their horses’ hooves became louder and louder, like bursts of thunder, causing everyone’s ears to buzz. The faces of the West Cold Cavalry s became clearer and clearer, to the point that their sinister faces could also be seen clearly.

When they were only a few hundred steps away from cavalry of Youzhou, West Cold Cavalry tightly held onto the horse belly tightly and increased her speed once again. The sound of his horse’s hooves was like thunder, it was hard to tell whether it was the sound of horse hooves or thunder. They grabbed onto horse belly and pushed their warhorses to their highest speeds. They kicked their horses’ hooves and galloped through the wilderness like autumn wind, charging straight for cavalry of Youzhou.

swish swish swish … *

However, what was waiting for them were still Arrows s that blotted out the sky and covered the earth. Arrows s whizzed towards West Cold Cavalry one after another. The inertia from the galloping horses coupled with the power of the crossbows made the incoming Arrows look extremely fierce. Some of the Arrows would even grind out sparks when they flew, showing how fast they were.

The ferocious Arrows shot at West Cold Cavalry and immediately, a large number of Xiliang soldier s fell off their horses. Of course, most of the Arrows s hit their horses, and just as their horses fell, the cavalry flew off their horses and followed by the howls of the soldiers and the sorrowful howls of the war horses.

Bei Ruo was also a good Qiang people, but the pike in his hands restricted him. Luckily, as a high-ranking officer, he wore thick armor, which weighed fifty to sixty kilograms, and was able to effectively block the Arrows’s attack. Even though cavalry of Youzhou’s crossbows were extremely vicious, it was still insufficient to tear apart the thick layer of armor at such a long distance.

However, no matter how thick Bei Ruo’s armor was, it would not be able to protect his warhorse. Just as Bei Ruo was about to rush into the cavalry of Youzhou array, the sharp-eyed Taishi Ci had already noticed the ferocious Qiang people general. A sneer appeared on his face as he raised his hand and shot an arrow.

It could be said that Taishi Ci’s archery had already reached the point of perfection. The Arrows rushed towards Bei Ruo’s horse and fiercely nailed him into the left eye of his horse. The galloping warhorse jerked forward, losing its balance, and fell heavily onto the ground, sliding a dozen or so steps on the ground.

Bei Ruo was worthy of being the descendant of the nomadic peoples. Almost at the same time the warhorse fell, he used the huge momentum of the warhorse’s sprint to leap up from the horse. He actually brandished his spear in the air and pounced towards Taishi Ci.

As Taishi Ci was holding onto a crossbow with both hands, it was already too late for him to pull out his blade. In this kind of critical situation, Taishi Ci did not panic at all. He raised his crossbow and looked at Bei Ruo’s long spear, but the moment the long spear pierced him, he suddenly raised his spear, and at the same time repelled Bei Ruo’s spear, he pushed his crossbow forward and smashed it ruthlessly onto Bei Ruo’s head.

When the ferocious Bei Ruo lost his attack, he was originally prepared to die together with Taishi Ci, but who knew that he would be smashed in the head by Taishi Ci, falling heavily onto the ground. As a nation on horseback, he knew very well what would happen if he lost his horse. He rolled on the ground, trying to protect himself. However, there were simply too many cavalry of Youzhou s, they continuously charged forward and mercilessly trampled on Bei Ruo’s body. Very quickly, he lost consciousness.