Chapter Ninety-Seven: Something Happened
Since discovering that there were a large number of Persian archers in ambush in the jungle, Liu Ping could no longer sit still, and immediately rushed out of the camp and ran towards Wu Yun and them frantically.
Although Wu Yun and the others were riding horses, they were not fast because they were going to be with the believers on foot, and because of this, they had already been caught up by Liu Ping before they came into contact with the Persian cavalry.
Fortunately, the battlefield was not far from the camp, otherwise he wouldn't have had time to get here so quickly.
"The situation is not right, you don't want to advance any more until I slaughter these hundred cavalry."
After Liu Ping stopped Wu Yun and a few people, he instructed them, and rushed towards the Persian cavalry in front, at this time, those militia soldiers had just collided with the Persian cavalry.
A distance of 100 meters is only a matter of seconds for Liu Ping.
But in just a few seconds, the hundreds of Persian cavalry in this mere area actually caused huge casualties to the remaining militia soldiers, and only a few dozen people died in one fell swoop.
The captain of the Persian cavalry is an elite of the elite, but from the running movements of the militia soldiers, as well as the scattered formation when running, he already knows that the hundreds of militia soldiers in front of him must be rookies who have never been on the battlefield at all, since this is the case, then they definitely don't know how to face the cavalry charge.
Therefore, he immediately ordered all his subordinates to charge in two staggered horizontal lines, and in the formation of the largest contact area, they collided head-on with the militia soldiers in front.
In the face of the charge of the Persian cavalry, the militia soldiers, who had no combat experience, stood too scattered.
The militia soldiers in the first row naturally could not withstand the rush of the Persian cavalry, and almost as soon as they first came into contact, they were basically dead, and they were either killed by the horses in the charge or trampled to death by the horses that had already rushed over.
The militia soldiers in the second row, who did not survive in the end, did not escape the stabbing of hundreds of cavalry spears when facing the sudden arrival of the Persian cavalry, even if they were lucky not to be knocked down or stepped on.
The militia soldiers in the third and fourth rows were better, after all, the distance of the Persian cavalry charge was too short, and after colliding with the militia soldiers in two rows, the speed had to be reduced, so the remaining militia soldiers were lucky to escape the catastrophe after fleeing in panic, and almost half of them survived.
After the Persian cavalry had dispersed the militia soldiers, they did not chase those who fled, but rushed towards Wuyun and them without stopping.
The captain of the Persian cavalry was very confident, although they only had a hundred cavalry, but the tens of thousands of believers and migrant workers in front of him, he really didn't pay attention to them, anyone who saw it knew that these were just ordinary people, and for the great Persian cavalry, no matter how many they were, it was useless.
As long as you take every two horsemen as a group, line up in a straight line with each other, charge in a long snake formation, and insert straight through the weak area, you will definitely be able to easily cut the crowd in front of you into two parts. At this time, as long as the team turns back and continues to impact back and forth a few times, it doesn't take too much time at all, and these tens of thousands of ordinary people will definitely be scattered by them.
If Liu Ping hadn't intercepted them halfway, it would have been really difficult to predict what the consequences would be.
This group of Persian cavalry had been staying in the camp in the rear before, and had never been to Hot Spring Pass, so naturally they didn't know Liu Ping, so they didn't pay attention to this person who dared to rush at them single-handedly, so they paid a heavy price for it.
Before the two sides made contact, Liu Ping spun the shield in his left hand and threw it out, like a frisbee crashing into the cavalry group, such a heavy shield knocked over the captain and several Persian cavalry behind him on the spot.
The sudden attack caught the Persian cavalry off guard, and the few horses that were knocked over tripped over more than a dozen Persian cavalry trailing behind.
The remaining Persian cavalry quickly pulled the reins and narrowly avoided the cavalry who had fallen to the ground.
Although they escaped the danger of tripping, this group of Persian cavalry was not out of danger, because Liu Ping had already hit it fiercely at this time.
Liu Ping knew very well that when the cavalry was at its most powerful, it was when it was charging.
These Persian cavalry had already begun to charge, and if he didn't want these Persian cavalry to rush into the crowd behind him and cause huge casualties, he could only use brute force to force the charging cavalry team to stop first.
So, Liu Ping took out another shield from the ring, and then pressed it with his shoulder, as if Mars hit the earth.
There was a loud bang, and in an instant he was knocked back, spitting blood from his mouth and falling to the ground, rolling several times before stopping.
Although he knocked Liu Ping away, but the cavalry that collided with him did not take advantage of it, not only did the mount scream, and the seven-hole bleeding fell to death on the spot, but the cavalry on the horse flew out of the horse because of the sudden stop of the mount, and under the effect of inertia, he flew out of the horse and broke his head.
Due to the suddenness of the incident and being blocked by horses, the Persian cavalry behind did not know what was happening in front, they just wondered why the cavalry in front suddenly stopped, and then crashed into it in a panic, and suddenly a crowd of people turned on their backs.
From the time Liu Ping threw out the first shield to the present, in just two breaths, more than 20 Persian soldiers had been lying on the ground, lying all over the ground.
The cavalry in the rear, blocked by the way ahead, finally had to tighten the reins and stop.
"Don't stop! Run, the man isn't dead! The shouts of the Persian captain suddenly came from the ground, and the Persian cavalrymen who were about to dismount to rescue their companions were startled when they heard this, and turned their heads to look, and sure enough, the warrior who had killed so many of them had already climbed up at this moment.
I saw him wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and then smiled evilly: "Hehe, I'm just saying it now, it's too late!" ”
Before the words fell, Liu Ping had already killed them with the Pinglong knife, and this terrifying speed frightened all the Persian cavalry.
With a brush, two sword lights flashed, and the heads of the two Persian cavalrymen at the forefront instantly flew into the sky.
"Brother!" The third Persian cavalryman was stunned when he saw this, shouted loudly, and was about to avenge his brother, and stabbed the spear in his hand into Liu Ping's body, but was kicked out by Liu Ping first, and before he landed, he was already exhausted.
After Liu Ping kicked the cavalryman away, he shrank down, dodged several spears that stabbed at him, and then got under the belly of a horse and ran directly into the ranks of the Persian cavalry.
The team of the Persian cavalry was suddenly in chaos, Liu Ping's speed was too fast, no one could catch his figure, and no one could stop his killing, he flashed left and right in the whole team, and after a while, he easily killed more than a dozen people.
If it weren't for Liu Ping's idea of killing people and seizing horses, the casualties of the Persian cavalry at this moment would have to at least double.
The captain of the Persian cavalry couldn't help but be anxious when he saw this, although he couldn't move because he was crushed by his mount, he still understood the current situation, and couldn't help shouting: "Run!" You're no match for him, don't get tangled with him! ”
"Don't scream, you better take care of yourself first." A contemptuous voice suddenly sounded around him.
When the captain of the Persian cavalry heard this, he turned his head and saw that in just a moment, tens of thousands of Greek people had rushed to the front, and it was John who was riding on a horse who spoke to him.
Looking at the dense crowd rushing by, and seeing them surround their own cavalry, the captain of the Persian cavalry couldn't help but look like ashes, and after a long sigh, he closed his eyes, and couldn't bear to look at it again.
Tens of thousands of fanatical believers, surrounded by dozens of Persian cavalry regiments that had no room to move, naturally there was no chance of any luck.
"Only kill! Don't hurt the horse! Liu Ping shouted in time, so many war horses, don't waste them.
Naturally, the believers did not disobey the oracle's orders, so one by one the Persian cavalrymen were pulled off their horses and beaten to death with sticks or hoes.
Although these Persian cavalry resisted to the death, and in such a desperate situation, they still bravely killed more than 100 believers, but Liu Ping really didn't care much about this loss, compared to these believers, he was even more sorry for the militia soldiers who were almost dead.
John didn't kill the captain, he still wanted to ask for some information from the mouth of this obviously Persian officer, but he didn't want to, this person was also hard-hearted, no matter how he pressed him, he always closed his eyes and didn't say a word, and at this time he didn't have time to slowly torture him, and finally John, who couldn't do it, had to cut off his head with a knife.
After killing this group of cavalry, the mad believers immediately rushed into the jungle, where a few arrows were still being shot from time to time, and it was not okay if they were not cleaned up.
John and the others also wanted to follow everyone to kill the enemy, but they were stopped by Liu Ping, if any of them were injured by cold arrows, he would have to regret his death.
"You wait first, until you are sure that it is safe, it is better not to leave first, so as to save any ambushes."
Wei Xuan looked at the corpses all over the ground, with a nervous expression: "The trail that was broken last night, why did so many people come so quickly, along the way, it seems that I don't want to be able to pass it safely." ”
Wu Yun, who was riding on the horse, was not well injured, and his expression was very weak, but he kept urging Liu Ping to hurry back: "We are safe now, you don't have to worry, hurry back to the Hot Spring Pass, there are only about a hundred Spartans guarding the two city walls now, the number is too small, if there is any accident there, you can't save it, go back quickly, the Hot Spring Pass is the most important, if you are not on the side, you can't do it." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the reincarnation team nodded and asked Liu Ping to hurry back to the camp in unison.
Looking at the jungle ahead, it had been occupied by tens of thousands of believers, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
Liu Ping nodded: "Okay, I'll go back immediately, but don't worry, before Wang Dahai is sure that he is safe, you should stand here and wait." ”
John smiled: "Don't worry, we cherish our lives more than you." ”
After saying hello to everyone, Liu Ping hurriedly ran back to Hot Spring Pass, he really didn't feel at ease here.
After passing through the camp and turning over the rear city wall, Liu Ping went straight to the city wall at the middle gate canyon, chatted with Leonidas who was guarding there, and found that although there was a large-scale assembly of Persian troops at the west gate, there was no sign of attack.
It seems that the Persian Emperor Xerxes has received the news at this moment and knows that the trail in the rear has fallen into his hands, so he is determined and only wants to wait for the hot spring pass to be surrounded before sending people to attack.
Since this is the case, Liu Ping was relieved, no longer cared about this place, and ran back to the rear camp, looking at the jungle behind the camp and the path in the jungle.
The members of the reincarnation team and the believers are no longer visible at this moment, after all, time is urgent, as soon as it is confirmed that the safe jungle is safe, everyone will set off immediately.
Liu Ping actually wants to keep up very much, protect them all the way, until everyone gets out of trouble safely, but the hot spring pass here is really too important, even if the Persians do not attack for the time being, he also does not dare to take it lightly, staying here is already the limit, here you can still hear the sound from the city wall behind the canyon, there is something to rush over, if you leave too far away, you can't know the situation of the hot springs in time.
One minute, ten minutes, thirty minutes.
Liu Ping just stared blankly at the jungle behind him, and it took half an hour to stand at a time.
Just when he thought that nothing would happen again, a rider suddenly appeared at the end of the trail, and when he looked closely, it was John.
Seeing him slapping his mount desperately, sprinting frantically in the direction of the camp, and shouting something in his mouth, Liu Ping's heart suddenly tightened, something happened.