Chapter 1198: Is This Still Human
Speed and defense, these two things can't be combined with mortal-level cavalry.
Even if Newman had known about the problem beforehand, he would not have been able to solve it. Now, he can only promise a heavy reward and let the soldiers under his command take the risk of charging.
As the cavalry fell one by one, when the cavalry unit was reduced to more than thirty people left, almost half of the number, they finally charged to a distance of three hundred meters behind the White Rose team.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides had finally narrowed to this stage, Newman's face, which was originally full of anxiety due to the continuous casualties under his command, finally showed a touch of joy.
He immediately roared loudly: "It's now, crossbow!!"
After hearing the order, most of the five cavalry squads reached out to touch their backs, and they actually took out a crossbow, and the crossbow arrows were placed very quickly, and then they all raised their crossbows and pointed them forward, and in that direction, they all pointed to Merti's position.
For a moment, there were twenty crossbows aimed at Merti together.
This whole process definitely doesn't take more than five seconds, which shows that they should have been preparing for this for a long time.
Without giving the White Rose team time to react, Newman immediately yelled again: "Release the arrow!!"
All the Imperial cavalrymen armed with crossbow arrows pulled the trigger without hesitation at this moment, and about twenty crossbow arrows shot at Merti at this moment.
Three hundred meters, no more, no less, this is just the maximum range of a conventional crossbow arrow. The crossbows used by these cavalry under Newman's command at this moment are still the most sophisticated products made by the Imperial military, and the range is a little higher than that of conventional hand crossbows, just enough to ensure that both the enemy and the enemy can hit the target in the state of high-speed charging on horseback.
Therefore, he deliberately waited for the distance between the two sides to be closer to three hundred meters before letting the soldiers under his command use hand crossbows, in order to further ensure the lethality of crossbow arrows.
Newman's previous public promise of a bounty for Melty was serious, including the reward for capturing Melty alive, but that didn't mean that he would let the soldiers show mercy to Melti's men in battle, and he would not hesitate to kill Melty if he had the chance.
Because as long as Melti continues to operate, the threat to them is too great.
In just two minutes or so, when they were charging with all their might, the movements in Melti's hands were not sluggish at all, firing the bow and arrows again and again at an average interval of about four or five seconds, and each shot would definitely kill an imperial cavalry.
That's that on average, every four or five seconds, one of them will fall under Merty's arrows!
Such an efficient killing, whether it is on the side of the empire or the side of the White Rose Squad, everyone has never said that they have seen it before, or they have never heard of it.
Even when the executioner working on the execution ground beheaded a criminal who had no ability to resist, the speed of killing people was probably not so fast, right?
Seeing the continuous death of their comrades and subordinates, the Imperial cavalry and Newman were extremely jealous of Melty, so they were eager to kill Melty immediately.
Therefore, twenty crossbows suddenly attacked together, but at this moment they were only aimed at her.
However, this long-planned surprise attack by the Imperial cavalry fell through.
Because Melti was like an unpredictable prophet, in the second before they raised their crossbows and pulled the trigger, they directly pulled the reins of the war horse under them, and controlled the war horse to dodge to the side.
With this dodge, she directly avoided the enveloping range of most of the crossbow arrows.
Even if the Imperial cavalry's crossbow arrow use skills are already considered elite, the accuracy of the crossbow arrows will inevitably decline from the limit distance of 300 meters. It's not that Newman didn't want the cavalry to get closer before using crossbow arrows to attack, but it was that the cavalry had been severely attrition under Melty's bow and arrows, and he was afraid that if he delayed a little longer, the sacrifice would be even more serious.
Because of the distance between the two sides, it also has a certain impact on the lethality of Melti's bow and arrows. When the two sides were still far apart at first, Merti's use of the Iron String Bow was guaranteed to kill or seriously injure the Imperial cavalry's horses with a single arrow, but it could only shoot one arrow at a time. Because the distance is so far, if she shoots multiple arrows at the same time, there is no guarantee of a hit.
However, as the distance gradually shortened, Melti began to perform the terrifying archery of firing two arrows at a draw, or even three arrows at a draw, and the killing efficiency of her bow and arrows against the Imperial cavalry also increased dramatically.
After seeing this scene, Newman did not dare to delay any longer, and could only strike as soon as his cavalry had narrowed the distance between the two sides to meet the range of the crossbow.
Originally, the Imperial cavalry's wave of crossbow arrows was shot with a high probability of failing, but now Melty dodged as if expected, and the hit rate of the crossbow arrows was even lower.
However, Newman had actually considered a similar situation, so when he first formulated tactics for his cavalry, he specifically instructed the cavalrymen on both sides to deliberately shift the angle of the crossbow arrows a little when attacking with hand crossbows, aiming at Melti's sides, so as to block the space where she could dodge.
And this arrangement did play a role. Everyone clearly saw that after Melti had successfully avoided most of the crossbow arrows by using her sudden dodge move, there were still two arrows that attacked her and her warhorse respectively, and they were about to be successfully shot.
However, in the next moment, the scene that happened completely shocked the hearts of everyone on both sides of the scene.
I saw that Melti almost didn't look at the ground, waved her hands, and grabbed a small hand in the air, and it happened to grasp the crossbow arrow that was attacking her firmly in the palm of her hand, and the sharp arrow was only twenty centimeters from her chest, but she could not move an inch again.
As for the other crossbow arrow that attacked the war horse, it was another one of Melti who swung the iron string bow, and the bow arm slapped at the arrow of the crossbow arrow in extreme speed with great precision, and directly broke the crossbow arrow and flew diagonally.
The timing of the two shots is so wonderful that it is accurate to the point that people can't believe it.
Seeing this scene, Newman was stunned, the imperial cavalry were stunned, and even everyone in the White Rose squad seemed to be stupid for a while.
The battlefield suddenly became silent, and everyone's minds were immersed in the shock brought by the miraculous scene just now.
"Boom!!"
It wasn't until the familiar sound of the iron-stringed bow vibrating and the sound of an Imperial cavalryman falling from an arrow that everyone woke up from a dream, and saw that it was Merti who pulled the iron-stringed bow again, and shot three arrows at the same time, and the three stunned Imperial cavalry were shot with great ease.
Looking at Melti's cold face, which was as plain as water from beginning to end, and completely ignoring the atmosphere around her, she continued to kill with her bow and arrows without hesitation, as if this was as casual as eating and drinking.
The cavalry of the Empire, and even Newman himself, felt a chill rise from the bottom of their hearts.
"How is it possible!How can a human being do such a thing!?"
"This woman...... Is it a monster?!!"
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