The next moment.
The arrow traced a perfect parabola through the air before landing on the heads of the Byzantine cavalrymen.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The arrows pierced the Byzantine cavalrymen's armor with unparalleled accuracy, embedding themselves in their flesh.
"ah..."
A series of pitiful cries rang out as hundreds of Byzantine cavalrymen fell from their horses.
Within the arrow's fletching, flowers of flesh and blood bloomed.
"What? How could this happen!" Tius was completely stunned.
How could there be such devastating damage from such a distance?
Moreover, how could these cavalrymen possess such accurate archery skills?
They were all on horseback!
Even for mounted archers, such outrageous archery skills are a bit too exaggerated!
"Good shot! Well done!"
Lin Mo's face was flushed with excitement. As he watched the arrow being shot out, his lips unconsciously parted into a wide grin, and he burst into laughter.
"This is a modern 100-pound compound bow!" he thought to himself.
Modern compound bows are characterized by high accuracy, high stability, great power, and ease of use, with a maximum range that can even reach three to four hundred meters.
Meanwhile, the power of a compound bow mainly depends on its weight; the higher the weight, the greater the power. For example, a 35-pound compound bow is powerful enough to penetrate a solid wooden horse, while a 100-pound compound bow is powerful enough to cut through gold and stone.
The composite bow that Lin Mo exchanged for the Imperial Guards was comparable in power to a pistol.
"Hehe, this compound bow is equivalent to three hundred points!"
"To deal with you lumps of iron, I'm going all out!"
"Don't let them escape! Kill them all! Chase them down to the ends of the earth and kill them all!"
The differences between the troop types gave the Tang Dynasty's Xuanjia heavy cavalry and the Hu-style archer cavalry a completely different aura. However, the Imperial Guards before them had eyes filled with coldness and fanaticism, as if driven by a strong killing intent and desire for conquest.
Their hearts were filled with nothing but blood, slaughter, and conquest, as if these were their innate nature, and only these could make them stop and calm their inner turmoil.
For this army, forged on the battlefield, they were eager to plunge their weapons into the enemy's body, feel the warm touch, and release their inner fervor and desire.
At this moment, they yearned for a complete massacre to liberate their minds and bodies and vent their inner desires. Their eyes gleamed with a cold and resolute light, as if they were already eagerly awaiting the arrival of the enemy and the start of a thrilling battle.
Tius was leading his army in a retreat, a distance he had previously assumed would prevent the enemy from catching up.
If they dare to pursue, that wouldn't be a bad thing.
We can lure the enemy deep into our territory, and then our main force in the rear can completely annihilate them!
But that volley of arrows had left him completely numb.
At this moment, Tius's mind is completely blank, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.
With another turn of his head, what came into his view was once again the arrow falling from mid-air!
His eyes narrowed, and after only a moment of hesitation, he immediately yelled at the top of his lungs, "Stop! Shields up! Shields up!"
The armored cavalry, invincible in Europe, were formidable warriors.
The cavalrymen at the back immediately moved closer and raised their wooden shields.
As the shield rose, the arrows fell.
Subsequently—
"Bang bang bang!"
"Ah! Ah!!!" The scream abruptly stopped.
The shield was hit, producing a metallic clang.
However, dozens of people were still shot into their bodies by flying arrows.
In an instant, people and horses were thrown into chaos!
At this very moment, the Byzantine enemies, who had conquered the Apennine Peninsula and defeated Gaul and Britain, suffered an unprecedented blow on the land of Bactria!
Taking advantage of the Byzantine army's confusion, Lin Mo led five hundred Imperial Guards to charge into the battlefield!
The blood-red setting sun dyed the horizon red, as poignant and tragic as a sunset flower.
On the battlefield, swords flashed and shadows danced, each swing carrying the force of thunder.
The attack with composite bows halted the Byzantines' advance, and hundreds of warhorses were shot dead.
Such an attack forced them to stop, and the Imperial Guards, who were close behind, were already galloping up.
Tius's face had become very solemn, and one could even say that he was deeply panicked.
He immediately realized that the Great Xia cavalry pursuing them were unlike any of the troops they had encountered before.
No, it should be said that they are worlds apart!
Whether it's Britain, Gaul, or Greece!
The cavalrymen who were charging into the battlefield were far more physically imposing than their armored cavalrymen, whom they were so proud of.
It even gave Tius the illusion that these cavalrymen were not from the human world!
They were simply cavalrymen from purgatory!
As he got closer, he became more and more convinced that his guess was correct.
The enemy soldiers' tall and strong physiques made him think that they were truly cavalrymen from hell!
At this moment, Tius was truly panicked.
"I am a prince of an enemy state of Byzantium, I cannot die here, I absolutely cannot!"
Then Tius shouted, "Protect me! Come and protect me!"
His deputy captain, Gareth, the cavalryman who had fought Yue Fei, narrowed his eyes, gripped his Roman short sword tightly, and then shouted: "Don't panic! Since the Great Xia dares to send five hundred men to pursue us, let them never return!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
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