C576 A showdown between cavalry and gallows (1).

The sun was setting in the west, and he was standing right before the eyes.

The battle had continued until now, and it was not long before dusk. Although he had been caught unprepared by the sudden and violent counterattack, at least before there were any more casualties, he had decisively retreated.

But even so, the loss in this battle might be more than the total loss of troops a few days ago. However, Xianyu Hetu knew that now was not the time to be sad.

If the retreat of the army was delayed, it would definitely give the famous general of Honglong Empire, Situ Qingyun an opportunity to attack.

However, Xianyu Hetu was still very pleased, because he had foresight and decisively moved the cavalry that the rear troops were waiting for to the side. It was now possible for them to withdraw the main force of the siege forces, and could even play a safe role in blocking their retreat.

Seeing that the cavalry was in place, Xianyu Hetu's anxious heart was finally at ease. He should not need to worry about other things, as long as he could guard against the Hong Long territory and not take advantage of the situation to counterattack, he would slowly retreat.

Thus, Xianyu Hetu followed the large army and slowly retreated to the camp that was a few miles away. But exactly because Xianyu Hetu thought that there was no big problem, there was definitely a big problem.

Although the light of the setting sun was not dazzling, the bright red light made it hard for people to look directly at it.

However, it was also in the direction of the setting sun. Although a group of troops was approaching at an extremely fast speed, even though they hadn't seen them, their voices had already reached their ears.

The high-ranking officer of the Profound Nether Empire's cavalry unit was called Huyan Yuankui. With her well-trained muscles and the armor on his body that was extremely taut, she looked even more valiant and fearless.

And his disposition was the same as his tendons and muscles. Simply put, it was a straight line. This was also why Xianyu Hetu had chosen him to be the commander of the cavalry, in order to take a fancy to his valiant drive. And what the cavalry needed the most was this valiant charge that did not fear death.

It was worth mentioning that this person's IQ was not directly proportional to his horizontally trained muscles. On the contrary, Huyan Yuankui still had some brains, and did not just play around recklessly. This was also the most important reason why Xianyu Hetu chose him and his unit as the whole army to cut off the rear.

How could Huyan Yuankui, who had been commanding the cavalry for many years, not know what that thunderous noise was. It was the sound of a whole cavalry unit charging in.

's face was pale white, his palms were full of perspiration, the reason was obvious, just the clear sound of the hooves was enough to prove one thing, that this cavalry unit was already very close to his own troops, so close that he did not have time to order his own troops to counterattack.

Imagine such a scene, a cavalry unit slowly retreating in place, what kind of visual effect would that have when faced with another cavalry unit of the same level, could there be any shock to describe it? In terms of momentum and smell, it wasn't enough to describe the metallic collision.

However, there was one thing that he could be sure of. It would be a one-sided battle and this so-called desperate situation was probably also the price one would have to pay unilaterally.

"Charge! Quick, activate the warhorse! Charge!" Huyan Yuankui commanded with the loudest shout he could muster.

However, this order was too hasty, and it also caused the retreating cavalry army to immediately retreat. It was not something that could be done overnight, even if the Great Luo Golden Immortal came, it was impossible, and the Immortal Emperor couldn't do it either.

However, in order to allow more and more cavalrymen to survive, Huyan Yuankui could only choose to give up a portion of his cavalry soldiers, in order to prevent the entire cavalry army from being annihilated. This was the only thing he could do, and in his view, the most correct thing to do.

Although doing so was unsatisfactory, and could even be called cruel, the smallest price in exchange for the greatest value was the unique law of the battlefield.

However, Huyan Yuankui did not know what kind of cavalry he would need to fight, nor did he know who the commander of this cavalry would be. If he knew about it before the battle, he would probably choose to fight like a tiger with its tail cut off and leave a good portion of the cavalry behind.

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Seeing that the commander of the riders in Profound Nether Empire did not retreat but advanced instead, Gongsun Ze couldn't help but want to kiss that guy's face.

Gongsun Ze Tian was most worried about the enemy's decisive retreat. That way, even if Gongsun Ze Tian had the eyes and ears of the heavens, he wouldn't be able to completely annihilate the enemy's cavalry.

However, the opposing commander was especially cooperative with him, giving all the cavalry soldiers to him in a tacit understanding. How could this not make Gongsun Ze Tian laugh so hard that his stomach hurt?

Suppressing the impulse to give the other party five hundred praises, Gongsun Ze Tian once again sped up his horse. He was afraid that the other party would decisively order them to back off after they thought about it.

Gongsun Ze Tian increased his speed, his personal guards could not fall behind, so he ordered them to speed up, afraid that this extremely skittish marshal would make a move again.

The personal guard increased his horse's speed, and the cavalry behind him also increased their charging speed. As a result, the entire cavalry army forcibly increased their speed and charged towards the incoming cavalry.

If one were to look down from the sky at this moment, they would see two enormous triangles quickly closing in on each other.

The principle behind this was actually similar to chopping firewood with an axe. The axe was sharp on one end, but the axe was heavy on the back, so it was easy to cut the firewood into two halves.

However, both sides chose to use wedge shaped offense targets. This depended on who had more skill and ability to pierce through the enemy's defenses.

Just as the two sides were about to collide with each other, Gongsun Zaitian suddenly whistled loudly. The whistle carried a unique tone, as if it was a signal.

As expected, the moment Gongsun Zaitian's whistle stopped, the knight's spear that was originally pointing at the sky was lifted up horizontally. The middle and back end of the spear was firmly under his armpit, the spear tip pointing straight ahead through the horse's head, as if the running horses had turned into unicorns.

But this was not the end. The sounds of bows and crossbows could be heard from behind the cavalry troops. Because the sounds were too uniform, in the face of such a deafening cavalry charge, everyone seemed to be ear-piercing.

To their side, these strings and the muffled sound of the horse's hooves gave off a feeling that made one's blood boil. But to the enemy, this sound was the tolling of their final death knell.

The dense rain of arrows streaked across the sky, flying towards the heads of Profound Nether Empire's cavalry. Boom!

"Oh no, it's the Bow Cavalry! All of you, raise your shields! " He was already regretting bringing his men to counterattack. He even felt that this decision might not be able to save a large portion of the Profound Nether Empire's cavalry, but instead, was sending them to their deaths.

"Whoosh ?" "Whiz ?" He had not succeeded in the first round of arrow feather s, but the second round of arrow feather s once again took to the air and continued shooting at the Profound Nether Empire's cavalry charge array.

The 'ding' sound did not ring out as expected, and what replaced it was the sound of a chain of explosions.

What was going on? This was the question in everyone's heart! But before they could even react, the second round of arrow feather s had already landed. Similarly, there weren't any of the metallic shields or armor that the arrow feather had nailed onto, but rather the unique explosive sound of the arrow feather's explosion.

It turned out that all the arrow feather s had a small package of gunpowder tied at the front, and it was personally ground by Gongsun Ze Tian himself. Of course, with Gongsun Ze Tian's thick black gunpowder and his black belly, Gongsun Ze Tian had paid even more attention to the small bags of gunpowder.

Actually, to a fully armed cavalry army, the damage that a bow and arrow could cause was very small, but to a charging cavalry army, no matter how fast they were, as long as they moved their cavalry, the damage would be multiplied and transferred to the entire cavalry.

And Gongsun Ztian had adopted this kind of 'to the horse to man' tactic. Thus, while waiting for the battle to begin, he ordered the cavalry troops to bring their bows and crossbows, which they had originally abandoned, and to equip them with arrows that were already prepared and brought along with them by their personal guards.

And on the battlefield, the effects could be seen! Just the first two rounds of the arrow feather's attack had already torn the Profound Nether Empire's attack into pieces, causing many people to fall down, and nearly a hundred of the warhorses had already fallen, just like their riders, on their last breaths.

The special arrow feather did not stop after two rounds of projectiles. Instead, it successively 'bombed' the surrounding area. The most obvious effect was that the other party's troops had already broken into pieces.

Gongsun Zaitian's whistle rang out again, and the sound was different from before. However, as his whistle ended, all the cavalry in the first few rows lowered their heads and kept their eyes shut. As for Gongsun Zaitian's personal guards, they lowered their heads and threw something in front of them.

Afterwards, there were balls of dazzling light that shone between the two armies. However, this light was fleeting and barely existed for more than two seconds. However, during these two seconds, the forward Profound Nether Empire Cavalry Knight who was caught off guard could no longer open her eyes.

It was also at this moment that Gongsun Ze Tian led his army and finally clashed with the enemy's troops. No, it should be said that he directly charged into the enemy's charge and ruthlessly tore a huge crack in the enemy's formation.

"Serpentine tactic!" Gongsun Ztian decisively gave his order. However, the blade in his hand unhesitatingly swept away all obstacles in his path. This also meant that wherever he went, there would be no survivors.

As the order was given, there was naturally someone who would pass it down to the black-armored cavalry.

The black-armored cavalry suddenly turned into dozens of steel streams, passing through the enemy lines. Immediately, the formation that had been split into two halves was broken into several pieces, and was split into dozens of smaller parts.