The distance of three li could be covered quickly as the warhorses gradually accelerated and the two sides charged each other.
One hundred cavalrymen faced the gaping maws of nine hundred cavalrymen without fear and charged forward.
Wang Fangyi and his men actively sought battle, while the three captains' nine hundred cavalrymen were forced to engage in combat.
The hundred guards formed a wedge formation, like a sharp blade.
Nine hundred cavalrymen, yet they were like a scabbard.
When the two sides were two hundred paces apart, Wang Fangyi shouted, "Shoot!"
With the crossbow already cocked by foot, it can reach three to four hundred meters in a tailwind!
The increased range comes with a decrease in accuracy!
Therefore, Wang Fangyi seized the opportunity and chose to fire a volley when the enemy was about two hundred paces away.
At his command, a hundred guards, whose martial prowess was comparable to that of Pan Feng and Xing Daorong, mounted their horses and, using their left arms as fulcrums, raised their crossbows and began firing rapidly.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A sharp whooshing sound rang out, like a swarm of mosquitoes in summer, rising from the sky above the guard camp in a graceful parabola before shooting towards Chunyu Qiong's troops!
"Oh dear, General, be careful!"
Chunyu Qiong, carrying a horse-slaying saber, charged ahead with great momentum, displaying an air of eager anticipation as if his greatsword was thirsting for blood. His eyes were fixed on the front, completely ignoring the sky above.
In his view, at a distance of two hundred paces, and on horseback, the only cavalry capable of such a difficult volley could probably be the Xianbei Tiger-Striped Cavalry from the northern plateau!
What he didn't know was that the Xianbei Tiger-Striped Cavalry had already become the victims of the Black-Armored Cavalry.
Chunyu Qiong's personal guards, however, had already sensed the danger and loudly warned him.
But with the warhorse galloping, much of what he said was blown away by the wind, so Chunyu Qiong naturally ignored it.
Upon seeing this, the guards hurriedly spurred their horses to circle around to Chunyu Qiong's side and front.
Ahhh!
A series of screams rang out as arrows struck, and in the blink of an eye, more than thirty knights were shot off their horses.
It flapped its wings a few times and rolled on the ground.
They would either be trampled by the warhorses behind them or trip up other knights.
"To be able to shoot so accurately from such a distance!"
Chunyu Qiong glanced at it and then burst into a tirade of curses.
Turning his head, he saw that one of his personal guards was riddled with arrows and was swaying precariously on his horse!
"Ah Diao, Ah Diao!"
Unfortunately, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, A Diao could not hear Chunyu Qiong's calls. Then, his body swayed, and he fell off his warhorse, going to be a free bird!
This was Chunyu Qiong's own brother, and he died in the blink of an eye, leaving him furious.
"Faster, faster! The enemy can only fire one volley at most!"
"By the time we get to them, they won't even have time to draw their knives; they'll be slaughtered!"
As Chunyu Qiong whipped his warhorse hard, the horse became extremely agitated.
They got closer and closer! No arrows came from the other side.
They must be reloading the arrows.
Chunyu Qiong knew that it would be very difficult for the enemy to draw and load their crossbows while on horseback.
By getting close to the other person, you can take the initiative.
The knights behind them also understood this principle, and they all whipped their warhorses hard to maximize their speed.
These warhorses had been running all night, and now, being urged on like this, they were all exerting their utmost strength and exhausting themselves.
Some even died on the spot, and the riders on horseback were thrown into the air.
Thus, Chunyu Qiong's three hundred cavalrymen suffered continuous losses during the charge.
Regardless of why the enemy used a tactic of charging and shooting from horseback, if they didn't charge forward with the enemy's second volley of arrows, even more people would die!
Sure enough, when the two sides were a hundred paces apart, the sound of arrows piercing the air rang out again.
The opposing team all fired straight at each other this time!
Ahh!
This time, Chunyu Qiong's three hundred cavalrymen were reduced by about twenty!
After all, the coverage area of a horizontal shot is much smaller than that of a projectile shot.
However, those hit by arrows were all front-line cavalrymen. They all fell off their horses, which caused a commotion in the rear and tripped up even more cavalrymen.
Before the two sides even made contact, Chunyu Qiong had lost nearly a quarter of his cavalry in two volleys of arrows!
Moreover, Chunyu Qiong's cavalry, due to their earlier charge, had their original U-shaped cavalry formation suddenly transformed into a "|" shape.
The two sides were now within a hundred paces of each other, and their warhorses were at their maximum speed!
Within a few breaths, the two sides were engaged in close combat.
Yuan Shao, with a hundred cavalrymen, observed the battle from the rear, taking in every detail of what was happening in front.
He frowned, knowing that the other party was strong, but he didn't know that the other party was terrifyingly strong.
Even before the battle had begun, the enemy cavalry's combat skills were already far superior to ours!
Even the hundred Wuhuan cavalrymen around him probably weren't as skilled on horseback as they were!
During a high-speed charge, the Wuhuan people could fire two arrows from horseback with a crossbow, but they might not have been able to achieve such accuracy.
"My lord, the enemy cavalry's crossbows are extremely powerful!"
The sharpshooter Murong Ping beside him shouted, "Should we go up and help them?"
Yuan Shao's expression was cold as he stared at the eighteen riders on the hillside: "Liu Wei is over there. Your target is them!"
"The moment they move, you move!"
"Understood, my lord!"
Murong Ping was amazed by the opponent's shooting power from 200 paces away.
And he was just an ordinary guard!
But their combat strength is far beyond that of an ordinary knight; they are one in a hundred, one in a thousand.
Their archery skills might just catch up to ours!
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