Chapter 416: Breaking the Qin Soldiers (Third Update)
The moment he saw this cavalry, Wang Ling couldn't help but widen his eyes.
This is a force that is enough to hold everyone's attention as soon as it appears.
The knights, as tall as the iron towers, sat on the equally tall horses, the armor covering their bodies seemed to have a layer of golden waves flowing on them in the light of the setting sun, and thousands of knights formed a dense torrent of steel, and a spear with a handle loomed in the billowing smoke, and the sharp spear head shimmered with a silver cold, which was daunting.
Wang Ling gasped, his whole heart seemed to have been smashed by a sledgehammer, and his body began to tremble slightly involuntarily.
There was no need for any explanation or explanation, just by looking at it, Wang Ling knew what kind of army he had encountered.
This cavalry force is far taller and more powerful than any cavalry Wang Ling has ever seen, more unstoppable, and more terrifying!
In the next moment, another thought jumped into Wang Ling's mind.
"They're coming from the right...... Finished! ”
Wang Ling was struck by lightning, and the whole person froze.
By this time, Wang Ling had fully understood the arrangement of the general of Zhao on the other side.
First, light cavalry was used to surround the Qin army, and wheel warfare was used to consume the Qin army's physical strength and arrows, and at the same time, the ubiquitous dust and smoke would also play a role in blocking the Qin army's vision.
Then, at the right time, taking advantage of the shortcomings of the Qin army's vision being obscured by dust and smoke and unable to detect the movements of the Zhao army, he quietly transferred this armored cavalry to the flank of the Qin army, launched an attack on this weakly defended flank, and prepared to tear open the gap and break through and disintegrate the entire Qin army's defense line in one fell swoop.
Although he had never fought with this armored cavalry, Wang Ling was a battlefield veteran after all, and his eyes were already very vicious.
Just at a glance, Wang Ling's heart was very clear that the power of this armored cavalry charging was definitely not inferior to the chariots of the Qin army!
As long as this armored cavalry rushes into its own infantry formation, it is a tiger into the flock, and what happens next is bound to be a massacre!
The problem was that Wang Ling had all the chariots in front of him, and the right flank of the armoured cavalry charge was only a few infantry with shields to form the first line of defense, and then some grain wagons accompanying the army.
Although this line of defense is rudimentary, it can still be used to deal with light cavalry.
But most of these grain trucks were small carts pushed by people, and a few were two-wheeled carts pulled by livestock, and although these carts were also carts, their protection was far worse than that of the heavy chariots.
Wang Ling was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly shouted frantically: "What are you still doing in a daze, release arrows, release arrows!" ”
Under the roar of Wang Ling, the crossbowmen of the Qin army aimed at the armored cavalry rushing in front of them, and launched all the powerful crossbows in their hands.
"Whoosh!" Hundreds of crossbow bolts slashed through the air in a near-straight parabola, and shot into the armoured cavalry's formation.
Wang Ling subconsciously clenched his fists and shouted silently in his heart.
"Medium, must be successful!"
The crossbowmen of the Qin army did not disappoint Wang Ling, and in Wang Ling's expectant gaze, many of the crossbow arrows accurately hit the body of the armored cavalry.
But the next moment, something happened that made Wang Ling almost unbelievable.
A crossbow bolt that could easily penetrate any leather armor hit the chest of an armored cavalryman who rushed to the front, and there was a sound of gold and iron intersecting, and the armored cavalryman's body fell back sharply, and then quickly stabilized his body and continued to charge.
The bolt that had just hit the armored cavalryman's chest had fallen to the ground and disappeared into the billowing clouds of dust.
There were also many arrows that hit the thighs, lower abdomen, shoulders, and even foreheads of these knights, but all of them were blocked.
The entire phalanx of armored cavalry did not seem to be affected in any way after withstanding a volley of powerful crossbows!
"It can't !!" Wang Ling roared in a frustrated manner.
At this moment, Wang Ling regretted incomparably in his heart, why didn't he bring the bed crossbow!
Wang Ling's vision is very old, so just by relying on this round of strafing, he can see some clues that the Yan people and the Lin Hu people have not seen.
In such a frontal battlefield, only a weapon like a bed crossbow that can destroy a chariot with a single shot can fight against such a monster cavalry!
However, Wang Ling did not bring a bed crossbow, because no general would ever have to carry a bed crossbow against cavalry, a bulky weapon that could even be used for siege, and was very difficult to transport and assemble.
But without the bed crossbow, Wang Ling could only stand here helplessly now, watching this cavalry unit surging like a steel frenzy, watching this Zhao State heavy cavalry who was as tall as an iron tower holding a spear that was far longer than ordinary people imagined, and broke through the simple car formation at the front with men and horses, and crashed into the Qin army's formation!
In the next moment, countless stumps and severed arms flew sideways in the air, blood splattered everywhere, and the screams were so sharp that they almost tore through Wang Ling's eardrums.
Wang Ling watched as a Qin Ruishi, whose name he could name, rushed forward heroically with the bronze sword in his hand, and then was directly stabbed in the heart by the oncoming Zhao military armored cavalry with the spear in his hand.
Wang Ling could even look at this Qin Ruishi's face distorted by extreme pain very clearly, see the look in this Qin Ruishi's eyes that resolutely wanted to die with the other party, and see the Qin Ruishi who was pierced on a spear like a skewer, and threw the bronze long sword in his hand with the last bit of strength.
"Dang!" After a loud bang, the body of the armored cavalry trembled slightly, and then shook the spear slightly, and the lifeless body of this Qin Ruishi slowly fell like a leaf in the wind, and finally fell to the ground helplessly.
A bronze sword with a slightly twisted sword body descended from the sky and landed right next to this Qin Ruishi.
Then, with a sword of this man, he was completely engulfed in the smoke and dust carried by the hooves of countless armored cavalry horses.
And the armored cavalryman who had just killed this Qin Ruishi had once again penetrated the chest of another Qin Ruishi on his spear at this moment......
Wang Ling looked at this scene blankly, only to feel that his heart slowly sank to the bottom.
"It's over, it's all over......"
The sun is about to set, and the sunset is as red as blood, illuminating the western sky transparently.
In this last light, countless cavalry of the Zhao army surged from all directions, completely submerging the elite of the Qin army led by Wang Ling.