Chapter 881, Grain Robbery
A dense rain of arrows continued to disintegrate the defenses of the grain transport troops.
In the face of such a huge disparity in troops, even if the grain transport troops put up desperate resistance, it would be difficult to constitute an effective counterattack.
As a cavalry general, Liu Kai's situation at this time was even more of a dilemma.
The number of cavalry in his troops was only three hundred.
Take 300 light cavalry and go to storm thousands of steppe cavalry?
No matter how you look at it, it's no different from sending it to death.
And it's worthless to die.
Seeing that the entire army was about to be crushed by the steppe cavalry with a rain of arrows.
At this time, there are only two choices in front of Liu Kai's eyes.
The first option is to fight to the death, hoping for a miracle.
The second option is to preserve the troops and abandon the grain trucks and retreat.
Seriously, neither choice is very wise, and both are risky.
But as the commander of this grain transportation team, Liu Kai is clearly aware that he must make a choice.
Even if it's a difficult choice.
Taking a deep breath, after passing his own rational judgment, Liu Kai decisively gave the order to retreat.
He didn't know if the front-line troops had noticed that the steppe country had sent such a large number of steppe cavalry to loot grain.
Therefore, Liu Kai could not be sure whether the reinforcements would arrive.
Under this premise, with this strength alone, competing with thousands of steppe cavalry, it will only be unilaterally slaughtered.
At such a time, it is wise to choose to retreat and preserve the troops.
However, this retreat is not so simple.
The vast majority of their logistical troops are infantry.
And on the other side were all cavalry.
If they want to withdraw, they have to see if the other side agrees.
Sure enough, the steppe cavalry under Bazar had no intention of letting them go at all.
For Bazar, although the main purpose of this time is to rob the grain, it would be great if he could easily destroy the opponent's more than 1,000 troops.
How can there be any reason to let go?
After leaving a thousand steppe cavalry to take over the grain trucks, the remaining steppe cavalry decisively continued the pursuit.
At this point, Liu Kai can be regarded as mentally prepared.
After abandoning the grain truck, the soldiers were much more agile in their movements.
Holding their formation, they fought and retreated in the direction of the east.
The steppe cavalry on the opposite side completely entangled them with their cavalry attack methods, so that they could never get out.
You can't beat it, you can't run away.
The disgusting part of the archers can be said to be undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
At this time, the only thing to be thankful for is probably their infantry unit, which is basically equipped with shields and armor.
In the face of the overwhelming rain of arrows, it will not completely fall into a state of waiting for death.
But the situation is not much better......
At this moment, Liu Kai, who commanded the logistics troops and fought and retreated, can be said to be under huge psychological pressure.
This kind of battle made him feel like he was spending his years.
I don't know how long it lasted, but most of the soldiers under his command who fought bloody battles have been broken.
To the east, a cloud of sand and dust swept up into the sky.
In the dust, the military flag that was blown by the wind made Liu Kai, who was embarrassed at the moment, show a touch of ecstasy on his face.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements have arrived!!"
A simple shout.
But it was as if it was a shot of cardio for the remaining soldiers.
Lift the spirits of all the soldiers!
And the movement here will naturally inevitably fall into the eyes of Bazar.
Realizing that the situation had changed, Bazar's pupils contracted violently, and then he immediately shouted......
"Withdraw! Retreat! ”
As he spoke, Bazar directly took the lead in turning the direction and rushed into the distance.
On the other side, the steppe cavalry who stayed behind to take over the grain trucks were also very neat in their movements.
He also attached his horse to the grain truck.
A grain cart, drawn by two horses, is much faster than one.
Plus its own riding skills are there.
Driving the carriage, there is not much jerky.
By the time Bazar withdrew with his soldiers, they had already fled away in the grain truck.
The menacing cavalry team rushed past Liu Kai and the others, and they didn't even have time to stop.
Bai Ze probably knows the situation here.
There is no nonsense, with the cavalry team under his command, he directly accelerated the pursuit.
In a way, they arrived in time.
It was about the same as His Majesty the Emperor expected.
If the steppe cavalry really wanted to rob the grain, they would inevitably wait until they officially launched an attack before they started.
At that time, most of their attention will be shifted to the siege battle in front of them.
As a result, the success rate of grain robbery has been greatly increased.
The other party's hand was good, if it weren't for the gray harrier telling Luo Ji that the steppe cavalry who had left before would not have returned to the Zarhan steppe country at all.
He's probably not going to react so quickly.
As a light cavalry unit, mobility is naturally the first deservedly.
Under this premise, Bai Ze also opened the tactics of 'soldier and god speed'.
The march was hurried all the way, and they arrived here day and night.
At this moment, although the soldiers of the cavalry team were tired and sleepy, they knew very well the importance of this batch of food.
All of them are strong and 120,000 spirits.
Some even bit the tip of their tongues directly, relying on the pain, forcibly allowing themselves to concentrate and stay awake.
Eagle strikes the sky! Snow Feather and Gege are two eagles, and they are faster than the cavalry.
Between a few flapping of the wings, it showed amazing speed.
Directly caught up with the steppe cavalry galloping on horseback.
The chirping of eagles from the air penetrated the ears of every steppe cavalryman.
invisibly brought them a huge psychological pressure.
Because it means they're positioned!
As long as Xue Yu and Gege continue to chase them.
Then it would be difficult for them to get rid of the pursuit of the Ten Thousand Realms Civilization Cavalry.
Something like this had happened countless times in the previous months.
Therefore, Bazar can be regarded as having a way to deal with it.
One of the easiest ways to do this is to run separately.
However, the purpose of this wave is to rob all the food.
While alleviating the food problem of their Zarkhan steppe country.
Let the front-line troops of the civilization of all worlds be completely starved of food.
With such a purpose, if the other party snatched back some of the grain, so as to gain a chance to mobilize and breathe, it would be meaningless.
Therefore, they must rob all this batch of grain!
Thinking of this, Bazar decisively ordered again after gritting his teeth......
"You keep running with the food, and the rest will stay with me!!"