5,000 West Island cavalry, led by five brigade commanders, circled outside the eastern city, and rode forward. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The division commander, Ishihara Tsuyoshi, rode in the middle of the ranks, and he kept his cavalry in a loose formation, which looked like a plate of loose sand.

Judging by the extent of the damage to the city walls, it was obvious that the enemy had heavy assault weapons in their hands, and he didn't want his men to get together and let the other side attack at will.

There are many islands in the territory of the Western Island Empire, and the terrain is undulating, which is not suitable for the development of cavalry. Therefore, the cavalry establishment is not much, and the total number of cavalry in the whole country is only 100,000.

It is not that the West Island cavalry is not strong in combat, on the contrary, their cavalry is extremely distinctive. First, it is fast and flexible, which has a lot to do with the characteristics of the martial arts of the West Island. The second is that the weapons of these cavalry are also the naginata [ti] knives unique to the West Island. This kind of naginata knife is improved on the basis of the long knife of Yibing, the length of the knife is about 60 cm, the length of the whole knife is between 1.8 ~ 2.2 meters, it varies from person to person, the blade is narrow and sharp, there is no swallowing, the handle uses a solid bamboo wood, not only light, but also tough and strong, can resist the attack of gravity.

The West Island cavalry was selected from among the Yi soldiers, because the salary was more, and there were many Yi soldiers who wanted to join. However, although the shape of the naginata knife is simple, it is not easy to be proficient, and several sword masters in the West Island have summed up a set of knife techniques for this, called the Nagina Knife Technique, to become a West Island cavalryman, not only to be strong in riding, but also to spend at least a whole year to refine the naginata.

Therefore, the West Island cavalry was agile and swordsmanlike, and was used properly on the battlefield, with great lethality, although the number was small, it was a rare elite.

Not far ahead is a dense forest, and if nothing else, the other party should be hiding in the dense forest.

The horses walked briskly and quickly approached the dense forest, just like in the field in early winter, with a not too strong wind blowing.

As the forest drew closer, the rider held his naginata in one hand, which was not only lightweight, but also had a narrow and sharp head and an equally striking stabbing effect.

But today is destined to be an unfair battle.

Just as they were within 500 meters of the forest, a whistle suddenly came from ahead.

"Freedom Charge!" Ishihara reacted very quickly, and the whistle sounded a little earlier than he expected.

Ha! He pinched the horse's belly with his legs, and gave the command to sprint in advance, the current distance is undoubtedly the most dangerous, only by rushing into the forest as soon as possible, can the opponent throw a rat trap and give up a sharp attack.

The riders on his side heard his shouting, and they also began to sprint, and the previous Xu Feng instantly became fierce and violent.

5,000 war horses exerted their limbs, their iron hooves were like thunder, and they stepped on a cloud of dust and smoke and swept towards the dense forest.

Collapse! Collapse! Collapse!

At the same time, as the dull sound of strings sounded, countless heavy arrows flew out from all corners of the dense forest, shooting at the rushing iron horseman.

Not good! As soon as Ishihara heard the vibration of the bowstring and the sound of the arrow breaking through the air, he knew that the arrow was much heavier than usual, and would definitely pierce through the body, whether it was a rider or a warhorse.

Burst! Burst!

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What happened in the next second confirmed his words. Thousands of heavy arrows swept like a raging wind, and the soldiers rose into the air, and the horses and horses neighed, and the men and horses fell to the ground with screams, wails, and terrified eyes.

"Holy! What kind of crossbow bolt is this! Ishihara just saw the tragic situation of the person in front of him turning on his back, and couldn't help but curse. As light cavalry, the last enemy they want to face is heavy infantry and strong crossbowmen, both of which will hinder the charge of the war horse and seriously weaken the speed advantage of the cavalry.

"Don't stop, keep rushing forward, pay attention to cover your body!"

The brigade commander who led the team shouted and reminded that the people of the West Island did not make the slightest stop, maintained the speed of the sprint, and cowered in front of the strong crossbow, only to die faster.

The cavalry gritted their teeth, and with the cover of the body of the war horse, they rushed to a hundred meters in front of the dense forest, and the next moment, they could rush into the dense forest and slash the crossbowmen hiding in it.

Collapse! Collapse! Collapse! Another round of arrows struck, and now the cavalry were on guard, and there were many fewer arrows, but at the cost of sacrificing hundreds of good-bred war horses.

Tsuyoshi Ishihara in the back had already spotted the figure in the dense forest, and he was retreating backwards like a tide.

"Want to run?" With a sinister smile on his face, he raised the long knife in his hand and shouted loudly:

"Throw the knife!"

The West Island cavalry, who rushed to the dense forest, retreated with his right shoulder when he heard the sound, drew the knife back, the tip of the knife was close to the right eyebrow, the torso twisted forward to the right, and the left arm was naturally swung to the chest, shaped like a "full bow", and then the hand was violently overdrawn forward-

Kill! Kill! With a loud shout, thousands of long knives shot into the crowd in the dense forest like dense lightning, with a moving roar.

This is the knife throwing technique of the West Island cavalry, which evolved from the throwing of the shuttle spear, and the maximum distance can reach 50 meters.

The Bladebreaker Battalion in the dense forest did not expect the other party to use such a strange tactic, and they all dodged behind the trees, and a few soldiers had no time to dodge, so they could only raise the wooden boxes containing crossbows to resist these strange long knives that were as fast as lightning.

The long knife was extremely sharp, and it pierced the wooden box, and then pierced the wooden box, piercing the flesh, and at least a hundred soldiers fell to the ground wounded, screaming miserably.

"Grandma, leave the box alone and run behind the tree!" Qiu Ye's eyes turned red suddenly, and he raised his hand and stretched his bow, which was two arrows, and shot to death the two cavalrymen who had just rushed into the dense forest.

"Longbow squad, shoot in formation, cover the rest of the retreat!"

As the leader of the Destroyer Battalion, Qiu also knew that although the crossbow machine was highly accurate, it was far less flexible than the longbow, so he personally trained a 300-man longbowman to serve as a cover for the Destroyer Battalion in battle.

In the dense forest at this time, there were 200 longbowmen. Hearing Qiu Ye's shout, these longbowmen quickly gathered together, stretched their bows and arrows, and attacked the cavalry that kept rushing into the dense forest, so that their own soldiers who were wounded and fell to the ground could retreat in time.

The dense trees in the forest restricted the movement of the cavalry, and the longbow squad had been trained for several years, and their archery skills were amazing, and in a blink of an eye, they shot and killed hundreds of West Island cavalrymen.

The Longbow squad slowly retreated as they fired, and the influx of enemy soldiers was already increasing, far outnumbering them.

Qiu also had a calm face and kept shooting those soldiers with excellent skills. At the same time, shout orders behind you:

"Send a signal for Lao Lizi to make a move, and then load Lao Tzu with popping beans to kill this group of girls!"

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Ishihara just rode a horse and stood outside the dense forest, silently calculating the time, the other party was just a group of weakly defended crossbowmen, how could it be the opponent of the Yi soldiers, and the rout should be a matter of the blink of an eye.

It's just that those crossbow arrows are too powerful, and I have lost a lot of money, so I'll have to bring some back later, so that people can study them carefully.

Suddenly there was the sound of heavy footsteps behind him, and Ishihara looked back casually, but he froze in place.

I saw that a hundred meters away behind me, there were rows of soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding huge shields standing silently.

Tall, spiky and horned, like a giant beast of war, his eyes are clear! (To be continued.) )