Chapter 572: Mamluks
"Whew"
As a strange wisp of wind swept by, ripples appeared in the originally empty air, and finally, a vague figure appeared, becoming clearer and clearer, this was actually a person who was shrouded in black robes from head to toe. Fastest update [Premiere]
And the only place he showed was a pair of indifferent black eyes, silently sweeping over the ruins of the earthen city not far away, where the crackling sound of burning houses and the thick smell of blood were transmitting.
This is the seventh earthen city in the territory of the black-clothed Great Food destroyed by Zhou Yue.
Without showing any anger, the mysterious figure just glanced at it a few times, and then the whole figure once again faintly melted into the air, and a gust of wind blew, as if nothing had happened.
At the same time, dozens of miles away, Zhou Yue's five thousand people were full of harvest, heading towards the way they came, this time in addition to capturing nearly five thousand captives, they also really harvested a large amount of various materials, because in this kind of gathering town that is purely formed by ancient residents, even if it is a dry sand date cake, it is all attributed, so the harvest is quite rich.
In other aspects, they killed a total of nearly 1,000 black-clothed guards this time, and the captured standard equipment can also arm some soldiers, and the other harvest is nearly 2,000 camels, which completely solves the problem of Zhou Yue's team of men and horses, no camels can sit on two people, plus the original more than 1,000 cavalry, basically ensuring all cavalry.
If it weren't for the nearly 5,000 captives, the march would have been very fast.
Therefore, in order to prevent emergencies, Zhou Yue still sent a large number of scouts to patrol the area of more than ten miles from front to back, searching for possible enemy traces, and if nothing could be done, he would even decisively give up all the prisoners.
Fortunately, it was safe all the way, from day to night, and then to the second day, nothing happened, and at this time, there were only less than fifty miles left before entering the desert, and they had even seen the gradually sparse vegetation and the Gobi in front of them, and felt the gradually dry air.
It was at this time that Zhou Yue suddenly felt a wisp of uneasiness in his heart, his water confusion characteristic made his sensing ability extremely clear, so he was often able to sense sudden danger.
At the same time, Claire, who was riding side by side with Zhou Yue, also looked over in surprise, and there was no doubt that she also felt a little different.
However, this area is basically endless, basically desolate grassland Gobi, not even a larger peak, at a glance, with Zhou Yue's current eyesight, they can see seventy or eighty miles away, so, where does the danger come from?
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but Zhou Yue couldn't make a clear judgment, because who was the enemy? Where are you now? He didn't know when he would attack, where he would appear, and he couldn't judge at all!
However, Zhou Yue's doubts were only answered in less than a few minutes, and just behind them, more than a dozen scouts galloped madly on horseback, as if they were chasing a terrible monster behind, and in fact, it was exactly the case, because Zhou Yue watched, the body of one of the backward scouts suddenly stiffened, and then a large amount of blood splattered out of his body, and he fell off the horse, but he couldn't see where the enemy was at all, because there was nothing behind him.
Immediately after, three more scouts died eerily in this way.
At this time, the feeling of danger in Zhou Yue's heart was also becoming more and more intense, faintly, and he could sense an invisible shadow.
Claire, who was on the side, was even more straightforward, whispering, a spell was about to be cast, this is a spell that can see through the disguise, but at the moment when this spell was about to be successfully cast, it was interrupted by Zhou Yue.
"Claire, wait, don't take it lightly!"
Because at this moment, Zhou Yue's water confusion characteristics finally weakly locked on the invisible storage zài, since this is the case, there is no need to let Claire expose her storage zài, after all, she is the most powerful hole card in Zhou Yue's hand, in case the opponent is sent by the black-clothed Great Food Dynasty, then, it must not be exposed, otherwise the other party is likely to come prepared!
Between these words, Zhou Yue had already taken off the iron-tired big bow like lightning, and three armor-piercing heavy arrows in a row quickly set up the bowstring, while he himself closed his eyes slightly, and the water confusion property quickly exploded, and between the wind and the howling, these three armor-piercing heavy arrows had already broken through the air.
These three heavy arrows are incomparably fast, and what is attached to them is not only the power to harvest death, but also the power of three tidal tides attached by Zhou Yue, so it is very different, and in an instant, it passed through a distance of two thousand meters, and went towards the invisible being.
It's just that in the next moment, in the air, it was extremely weird, a black cold light lit up, and it was easy to block Zhou Yue's three heavy arrows and fly out.
It's as if it disappeared out of thin air.
"My lord, if my guess is correct, it should be a high-level thief with stealth ability, I am afraid that our whereabouts have been perceived by the black-clothed cannibal, this thief, who is responsible for harassing us, a larger number of enemies, is chasing after us." Claire said lightly.
"I know." Zhou Yue nodded slightly, he was not too surprised, because Liang Xiaoxue had this stealth attack ability, and the strength of this thief seemed to be stronger.
"Order, speed up the march, let those captives run, and those who can't keep up will be killed!" Zhou Yue deliberately shouted loudly, anyway, he was going to torture these captives to the fullest, so it would be good from now on.
Zhou Yue's order immediately caused a cry and wail, the more than 5,000 soldiers under his command are now very loyal to him, there is no problem with execution, plus they have all experienced a lot of battles, and they are obviously foreigners, so there is no mercy and softness.
For a while, the speed of the entire march suddenly increased a lot, at the cost of many old and weak people being directly killed, and corpses were all over the ground!
However, Zhou Yue didn't care about this scene, he did it on purpose, if he could lure out the invisible thief through such a method, then he would not hesitate to kill another thousand people.
Unfortunately, Zhou Yue's plan failed, the thief never appeared again, and they were about to step into the edge of the desert.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of dense hooves from behind, and a black cloud of smoke and dust was chasing at a very fast speed.
And when he saw this black smoke and dust, and the black frenzy that was gradually approaching and clear, Zhou Yue sighed in his heart, Mamluk? How can it be?
This is the strongest army in the Arab League, but also the strongest heavy cavalry, he had seen in Mohe County, a hundred Mamluks, this is more terrible than the heavy wolf cavalry, it is estimated that the overall combat power and Genghis Khan's cowardly army in the golden cavalry have to fight, that day the black city lord Abdul only with this hundred Mamluks, dared to argue with Zhou Yue and their thousands of people, and in the end, if it was not for Claire's shot, that Abdul would even have to be escaped, which can be seen.
This group of pursuers, there were about nearly a thousand cavalry, and at the forefront of them were a full fifty Mamluks, who obviously showed some kind of powerful military skills, so they ran extremely fast, and the distance of dozens of miles was so fast that they approached the middle so quickly.
And with their speed, even if Zhou Yue gave up all the captives, he would not be able to escape.
"Formation! Stand in place and tie all the captives together with ropes to keep them out on the outermost! Zhou Yue shouted, since he can't escape, let's fight with all his might, he is very curious now, who is the person who came? Because those who can have Mamluk heavy cavalry are definitely nobles in the black-clothed Great Food Dynasty!
Zhou Yue's five thousand soldiers reacted quickly, forming a circular array in place, with all the captives blocked outside, followed by infantry and pikemen, and archers and crossbowmen at the innermost, as for Claire, she still stayed in the center, and when she didn't make a move, she didn't have to shoot.
In less than five minutes after Zhou Yue and their side quickly formed a formation, with a huge roar, the more than 1,000 cavalry were already in pursuit, but, to Zhou Yue's surprise, the other party did not come to rescue the prisoners at all, purely to chase them, only rushed to Zhou Yue and them two kilometers away, with a whistle, the flying spears in the sky were thrown like a rain and wind!
In just an instant, most of the captives who pushed Zhou Yue and them to the outermost were shot!
Don't play according to the routine at all!
Zhou Yue was also secretly awe-inspiring in his heart, this time it seemed that he had encountered a hard stubble, since the other party had fifty of the strongest Mamluks, and had strong mobility and long-range shooting ability, and even they would have a large number of reinforcements coming in the back, it was very bad!
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yue also quickly discarded the distracting thoughts in his heart and took off the iron-tired big bow, and at the same time, the thousand Xirong longbowmen and eight hundred heavy crossbowmen in the array were also ready to attack at the same time.
"Everyone, get around those fifty Mamluks, targets, cavalry behind!"
Zhou Yue's voice sounded, because he knew very well that with these archers and crossbowmen under his command, they could not break through the powerful defense of this Mamluk at all, and only the two hundred heavy crossbowmen who were equipped with holy light crossbows and had magic crossbows had this ability, and they, as the most special ones, could master the rhythm of the battle on their own without Zhou Yue's special orders.
"Woohoo!"
The sound of the bowstring sounded, and the iron-tired big bow in Zhou Yue's hand was the guiding signal for the attack, passing through the long wind and rising into the air, allowing the Mamluks, who were overcharging at the front, to fall into the cavalry array behind.
These cavalry can also be regarded as the elite of the black-clothed food army, but the overall defense is still not comparable to the Mamluks, and the long-range archers and crossbowmen under Zhou Yue are now not what they used to be, so the effect of this kind of dense shooting is still very good.