Chapter 1145 Breaking Through the Formation!
Everything happened so suddenly!
Not to mention that the smoke and dust ahead made it impossible for the soldiers in the back ranks to see what was happening in front, even the soldiers in the first few rows sat down on the ground at this time, watching the dozen or so monks riding horses around in front of them. Some simply treated it as a show and cheered loudly, while others, feeling lazy from the sun, simply squinted their eyes and dozed off.
At this moment, a man as tall as a black iron tower, wielding a long spear, suddenly charged out on horseback, breaking through the dust and catching everyone off guard.
The iron hooves of the warhorses slammed heavily onto the shields they had placed on the ground.
The first soldier to sense something was wrong looked up and met a pair of fierce tiger eyes. The soldier was so frightened that he shrank back in a cold sweat. Just as he was about to shout, he suddenly felt a chill on his chest. Looking down, he saw that his chest had been pierced by a long spear!
The surrounding soldiers were all stunned.
Shen Tu Tai pulled his arm back, and the long spear was withdrawn without any resistance, as if piercing a piece of tofu. The soldier fell down before he could even groan.
Blood gushed from his chest, mingling with the smoke and dust that had filled the air for half a day. The crimson mist could no longer stop more soldiers from galloping in. The soldiers around him, who had been stunned, finally came to their senses and shouted, "Shen Tu Tai is here!"
But it was too late.
The moment the cry was uttered, the person who spoke was trampled underfoot by a galloping warhorse, his skin pierced and bones rotted, instantly turning him into a bloody, mangled mess.
The shield soldiers in the first row were trampled over by them.
At this moment, the soldiers in the back rows finally realized something was wrong. They hurriedly tried to pick up their shields from the ground, but before they could even move, the iron hooves of the warhorses had already trampled them down. Without shields, the soldiers in front of the cavalry were like rootless wooden stakes, falling and shattering at the slightest impact. In the blink of an eye, several soldiers were sent flying several meters away by the warhorses, knocking down other soldiers as they landed. Chaos ensued, and Shen Tu Tai took advantage of the chaos to spur his horse forward, his long spear piercing and striking like a dragon, leaving blood splattering and screams echoing wherever it went.
Almost instantly, he charged into a battle formation and wiped out the soldiers within a radius of more than ten feet.
However, Xiao Yuansui's soldiers were not easily defeated.
As Shen Tu Tai charged into the crowd, beating everyone into submission, someone in the crowd immediately shouted, "Stand up your shields and stop him!"
Hearing these shouts, the soldiers who had retreated to a distance finally came to their senses. Their fighting instincts made them quickly raise the shields on the ground to block in front of them, while shouting to those around them, "Quick, form ranks!"
The other soldiers also came to their senses, and after raising their shields, they hurriedly moved to the left and right. One by one, the shields around them were raised, almost forming a shield array around him to block him out. Some soldiers even held long spears and, under the cover of the shields, thrust them at Shen Tu Tai.
Shen Tu Tai showed no fear. Holding the reins in one hand and the spear in the other, he turned his horse around and kept deflecting the spears thrusting at him from behind the shield. At the same time, his eyes were like torches, staring intently at those who were cowering behind the shield and trembling. Although the shield provided cover, some people were still in shock after witnessing his bloody slaughter and dared not even look up. This blind advance created a gap in the middle of the shield.
That one line—!
Shen Tu Tai first stretched out his long arm and thrust his spear into the gap, killing the soldier hiding behind him with a spear. Then he pulled hard on the reins, and his warhorse reared up with a loud neigh. Its iron hooves pounded in the air several times before landing heavily on the shield.
With a cry of alarm, the soldier behind the shield was forced to his knees. Shen Tu Tai spurred his horse forward, and the man was instantly trampled to death. At the same time, the soldiers behind the shields on both sides were exposed. They were stunned by the ferocity of the man and his horse. Shen Tu Tai gave them no chance to react. He swung his long spear left and right, and like a dragon swinging its tail, he struck the two men heavily on the neck and collarbone.
With two sharp cracks, the bones broke, followed by a heart-wrenching scream!
Amidst such screams, Shen Tu Tai didn't even catch his breath. Before everyone could react in shock, he spurred his horse and charged out. In the instant his horse leaped over, he turned and thrust his spear, piercing through a soldier holding a shield!
This scene terrified the soldiers holding shields, causing their legs to buckle.
At the same time, the cavalry behind Shen Tu Tai also charged forward. When the soldiers no longer had the strength and courage to support them, they wielded their swords and hacked them down like cutting melons and vegetables. Heads rolled and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
A shield formation collapsed instantly.
At this point, the archer troops behind also realized something was wrong.
The blood mist blew in from ahead, and they immediately gripped their bows and arrows tightly, drawing them out and nocking the strings. Thousands of cold glints flashed in the sunlight, but not a single arrow was released.
Firstly, the crowd in front made it impossible to aim at the enemy; secondly, this barrage of arrows would kill both friend and foe!
As a result, no one dared to fire that arrow.
In the midst of this stalemate, Shen Tu Tai and his men got carried away with the fighting. Their army of a few hundred men caused chaos among the tens of thousands of soldiers. Blood mist was swirling in the air with the dust and smoke, forming a blood-red fog in front of the army.
Hearing the screams, roars, and neighing of horses ahead, the archers were all drenched in sweat, their hands gripping the bows and arrows were covered in cold sweat, and the arrow tips, which gleamed coldly in their eyes, began to tremble.
After an unknown amount of time, the blood mist gradually dissipated.
The horrific scene of those slaughtered by Shen Tu Tai, leaving corpses strewn everywhere, was finally revealed before them. Amidst this mountain of corpses and sea of blood, Shen Tu Tai held a long spear that was completely stained red with blood, even turning from crimson to black, and held the reins in one hand, looking down at the crowd like a blood-soaked demon god.
"ah!"
The lead archer shouted, and his arrow flew towards Shen Tu Tai like a bolt of lightning.
However, just as the arrow was about to hit Shen Tu Tai, he suddenly raised his arm, and the long spear in his hand whistled through the wind, deflecting the arrow with a clang.
The archer, his eyes red, shouted, "Fire!"
At his command, all the archers released their bowstrings from their limit, and instantly, hundreds and thousands of arrows rained down, flying forward.
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