Chapter Eighty-Five: The Power of the Cavalry
If there were no stirrups, Xu Huang didn't necessarily think that he could beat Hua Xiong on a war horse.
But because of this pair of stirrups, Xu Huang's kung fu has been greatly improved, and he has the strength of a stronger first-level general, and Huaxiong, who has been beaten after a few attacks, only has the share of defensive parrying.
Hua Xiong had only fought Xu Huang for about ten rounds, and he knew that this was a difficult battle, and wanting to defeat the seven hundred Yellow Turban cavalry in front of him was far from something he thought could be easily and simply done.
Taking advantage of the gap in the battle with Xu Huang, Hua Xiong turned his head and glanced at the three thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry beside him.
But just this glance made his expression even more miserable.
Originally, the three thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry that he was proud of, at this time, there were less than 1,000 people who could still stand on the war horses and fight.
In the blink of an eye, there were less than a thousand of the three thousand elites left, and even if he defeated these Yellow Turban cavalry, Hua Xiong would not be able to go back and deal with Dong Zhuo.
With such a huge loss, Hua Xiong began to feel more and more that the Yellow Turban cavalry in front of him was not simple.
And he also saw that after a bloody battle at this time, those Yellow Turban cavalry did not reduce their personnel too much.
At the beginning, it was only six or seven hundred people, but there are still four or five hundred people, and if he continues to fight, I am afraid that the only thousand cavalry under his command may all die at the hands of these yellow turban cavalry.
Hua Xiong, who was aware of these situations, couldn't help but start to retreat in his heart, and in the face of Xu Huang in front of him, he didn't have the heart to defeat Xu Huang at all.
At this time, Hua Xiong was not the only one who had the heart to retreat on the battlefield, and half of the more than 1,000 Xiliang Iron Horsemen who survived began to have fear in their hearts.
Even, some Xiliang iron horsemen on the periphery had already begun to retreat and quietly fled to the mountains and forests on both sides.
Hua Xiong looked at his side, the army was already unstable, and if he continued to fight, he would only be defeated, but the reinforcements in the rear, Dong Zhuo's main force, could not rush over in a short time.
There are still a few miles away from Shangcai County, and even if Dong Zhuo and the others quickly lead people to chase after them, it will definitely take a while.
After all, those people are not cavalry, they are all infantry, and mobility is here. Hua Xiong gritted his teeth, and in order to protect the only remaining Xiliang Iron Cavalry, he immediately withdrew from the battle with Xu Huang.
With his strength, if he wants to get out of the battle, it is not a big problem, as long as Xu Huang will not fight him to the death, he can easily withdraw from the battle with Xu Huang.
Then he shouted at the Xiliang Iron Rider beside him.
"Soldiers, the enemy is strong, let's retreat for the time being!"
After speaking, Hua Xiong turned his head and rode his war horse and galloped away quickly.
Hua Xiong was quite decisive, he would not be nostalgic, and left directly from here, and Liu Zheng had just hacked a Xiliang iron horse to death, so he immediately saw Hua Xiong fleeing, and he didn't plan to fight Xu Huang.
immediately became nervous and shouted at Huang Zhong who was not far away.
"Brother Huang Zhong, quick, shoot that general for me! Don't let him run! ”
Hua Xiong is still more or less the strongest general under Dong Zhuo at present, if Liu Zheng can leave Hua Xiong behind, then Dong Zhuo is not to be afraid.
Huang Zhong had just put away his bow and arrows, and after shooting a few Xiliang iron horsemen, he was about to continue to attack, when he heard Liu Zheng's shout, and immediately narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Hua Xiong, who was running quickly and fleeing on the battlefield.
Hua Xiong ran very fast, after all, the war horse he sat on was also the most sophisticated one in their batch of Xiliang iron horses.
The speed is naturally very fast. With such a high degree of mobility, Hua Xiong's figure fled a long distance in front of Liu Zheng in the blink of an eye.
By the time Huang Zhong reacted, Hua Xiong had already run far away, but Huang Zhong still didn't give up, continued to raise his bow and arrow, and quickly grabbed an arrow and put it on top of the bowstring.
Huang Zhong's bow and arrow moved with Hua Xiong, and the angle was also changing rapidly.
On his calm face, Huang Zhong was even in the slightest bead of sweat.
This kind of moving target is more difficult to deal with than the kind of target that stands still, and it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to shoot.
But Huang Zhong did not hesitate, the bow and arrow seemed to be integrated with him in his hand, and with his predetermined trajectory, Hua Xiong's figure gradually appeared in his aiming position.
"Medium!"
Huang Zhong snorted lightly, and then let go of his fingers.
The arrow flew out of his hand, like a falling meteor, and disappeared into his hand, bringing out an arc of light.
The arrow flew out, and appeared in front of Hua Xiong as he galloped on his war horse.
It may be that when Liu Zheng shouted at Huang Zhong, this shout was also heard by Hua Xiong, or it could be that the 1,000 shooters under Liu Zheng's command have been eyeing the surroundings, making Hua Xiong himself extremely defensive.
At this time, when Huang Zhong's arrow was shot over, when he was about to shoot Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong noticed it, and Hua Xiong, who had a solemn face, shook the spear in his hand, wanting to use the weapon in his hand to block Huang Zhong's arrow.
He swung his spear, and it struck in the direction where the arrow was coming.
Although he hit the arrow shot by Huang Zhong, the speed of the arrow was too fast, and he still did not completely knock the arrow away, but only missed the direction of the arrow.
The arrow still snorted and stabbed into Hua Xiong's shoulder.
Although there was a thick armor wrap on his shoulder, the power of this arrow still directly penetrated the thick armor and pierced into Hua Xiong's flesh.
Hua Xiong was in pain, gritted his teeth, his face was distorted, but he still endured it and continued to ride his horse and flee from the battlefield.
After this period of running, Hua Xiong's figure has been far away from the battlefield, Huang Zhong wants to shoot again, the distance is too far, the probability of hitting is too low, he can't shoot Hua Xiong at all, so he has to sigh.
"Qu Shuai, his subordinates are incompetent, and he didn't shoot that guy."
During this period of time, Liu Zheng had completely seen the arrow shot by Huang Zhong, this arrow did not kill Hua Xiong, and it was no wonder that Huang Zhong was completely strong enough that Hua Xiong missed Huang Zhong's arrow.
"Forget it, no wonder you, continue to clean up the battlefield!"
As soon as Hua Xiong fled, those Xiliang Iron Riders naturally fled in all directions, and in the blink of an eye, the battlefield that was still noisy just now left only a corpse.
Liu Zheng glanced at the corpse on the battlefield and immediately ordered Xu Huang.
"Xu Huang, immediately let our people take away all the war horses that are still alive, and at the same time take away the stirrups on the dead war horses on our side, remember not to leave a pair of stirrups!"
The stirrup is Liu Zheng's weapon to kill the enemy, and it would not be good if Dong Zhuo's men discovered this secret.