Chapter 408 Snow Wolf (Please vote and subscribe)
Although facing a night attack by hundreds of cavalry, the enemy's movements had long been discovered by the sentinels, and with the chariot formation to defend, You Fu quickly organized a defense.
He ordered all 38 heavy cavalrymen of a general flag to wear armor, mount their horses and wait for orders, and asked the remaining sixty or so people in the caravan to hold longbows to defend against the enemy. Although composite bows had not yet been equipped, there were actually quite a few longbows in the Han tribe. Because they were too simple to make, ordinary members of the caravan could also get one.
Then, the enemy cavalry formed two columns, holding flaming javelins, shouting loudly, and began to attack from both sides of the camp like two fire snakes.
Seeing that the other side all held torches, You Fu knew what this group of people wanted to do. They must have known that there were grain seeds and a large amount of cloth in their caravan, and wanted to burn them. As for what the other side wanted, it must be hard currency such as white salt and livestock, so You Fu naturally would not let the other side succeed.
After using the firelight to see the direction of the enemy's movement, You Fu immediately ordered the heavy cavalry to attack. The cavalry is only advantageous when running. Standing still can only serve as a target for the enemy. He remembered clearly that this was what Luo Chong had said.
Just like when the air base of one's own side was attacked by the enemy's bomber group, the first thing to do was to get all the fighter planes into the air. Weapons that were originally flying in the sky, lying on the ground can only be hit. The principle is the same.
After sending all the cavalry out, it was soon seen that the two fire snakes in the distance were in chaos. Many bright red snake scales lost their color. Every time a piece disappeared, it meant that an enemy holding a fire spear fell off his horse.
However, the difference in the strength of the enemy and us was too great. Each column of the enemy had nearly 300 people, but the caravan had a total of two heavy cavalry with general flags, and You Fu divided half of them back to escort the grain. The remaining 38 people had to be divided into two teams to block the enemy's double-line array separately. The huge difference in numbers could not be made up by the advantage of weapons and equipment.
Anyone who knows about cavalry warfare knows that when the two sides charge, they can only charge head-on. The most taboo thing is to cross the enemy's horse group, because it is easy to be trampled to death by the high-speed collision of the horses. Of course, it is not to say that cross-cutting is not allowed, but the casualties in that case are definitely very large, so the Han tribe's troops naturally cannot use suicide attacks. They can only intercept the enemy columns from both sides as much as possible, and try to disrupt their formation and force them to be unable to attack.
But even so, there are still many enemies who break away from their blockade and continue to rush towards the camp. The distance is gradually shortening. Some of the enemies who have escaped the heavy cavalry's death charge have been seriously injured, and some are covered in blood, some of which are their own, and some are brothers of the same clan.
Na Risong was one of them. The leader of their Snow Wolf tribe was lured by the group of people selling bamboo. An old man told them that there was a lot of white salt and extremely magical vehicles in the Han tribe caravan, and only this tribe had them. As long as they could rob them, the old man only wanted one car. If they could rob the other party's weapons, they would also give them a set. He was willing to tell the leader the location of the caravan.
There is no doubt that they must have reached a deal, but he didn't know whether the leader would share the spoils with the old man after the robbery, and the result was likely that they would not share them. After all, their Snow Wolf tribe had robbed the group of people selling bamboo, and more than once. Maybe it was for this reason that the old man came to the door.
Originally, Na Risong thought that this was just a very ordinary robbery. As long as they tore open the fences of the herdsmen like the Snow Wolf, they could pick the fat sheep inside.
However, he was wrong, and so were the entire Snow Wolf group. The fence of the Han tribe caravan was too strong. It was a monster made of a circle of wood, and it looked like the car that the old man selling bamboo mentioned. They didn't even know how to operate it, but according to the information provided by the old man, there must be a lot of good things on those cars.
The leading team leader gave the order to attack. Na Risong held up a javelin with a burning torch and rushed forward with the tribesmen in front of him. They were the second echelon, and they all used javelin with flames, while the two echelons in front and behind them used bows and arrows. He didn't know why the captain arranged it this way, but it didn't matter. Since there was someone leading the charge, he would just run after them, which would also reduce the risk of being shot.
He leaned down on the horse's back, hoping that the opponent's arrows would not hit him. However, the team rushed forward for a while, but he still didn't notice an arrow shot from the opposite side. There were only screams that were louder and louder, and they were from his own people.
What was going on?
Na Risong stood up and looked forward, but he saw a scene that he would never forget. He saw a small group of devils riding black horses rushing over from the opposite side. They had no bows and arrows, and they were in human form, but covered with black scales. The scales were black and shiny, and could also reflect light under the moonlight. All of them had the same golden face, just like the twins from the next tribe, but this one had more.
Those devil warriors held flake weapons that could reflect snow light horizontally in their hands. All objects that came into contact with them, regardless of whether they were people or horses, were cut in half. Even Na Risong's comrades in front of him were no exception. When the devils on the opposite side rode their horses over, he watched the heads of his comrades in front of him fly up. At the critical moment, he subconsciously shrank his neck and felt a chill on his scalp.
Yes, I can still feel the cold. I'm not dead yet. Hahahaha, that's great.
Just as Na Risong was lying on the horse's back, touching his shaved scalp, and trying to avoid being beheaded, several more devil warriors came one after another. He was so scared that he lay on the horse's back and didn't dare to look up. But the last guy on the other side didn't know what was going on. He held the long sword diagonally downward, and it just happened to hit his thigh when he passed by him, cutting a wound at that time. It was really scary. The
intense pain made Na Risong almost drop the javelin in his hand and fall off the horse's back, but he knew that if he fell off the horse at this time, he would definitely die miserably. The pain destroyed his nerves, but it also made him feel that he was still alive. He tightened the javelin in his hand, and those monsters made of wood seemed to be right in front of him.
"Warriors, take out your weapons and kill these enemies in front of you. All the spoils will be yours. Charge!"
This was not the voice of the squad leader. Na Risong thought that this was the voice of a deputy captain. Maybe the squad leader had just died. But no matter what, he was already injured and he didn't know if he could recover. Maybe there would never be such an opportunity again in the future. Just finish this time.
He raised the javelin in his hand, but unexpectedly found that there was no one in front of him. Where did they go?
Na Risong tried to open his eyes wide, but he felt that his vision was getting more and more blurred. He could only see some bonfires burning in the defense circle formed by the convoy in front, but he could not see a figure in the circle. Did those people turn into the devils just now and run away?
(End of this chapter)
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