Chapter 8: The Marksman
The sound of hooves was like a shower, and the inevitable smoke and dust were billowing and flying in the fields outside Tangjia Town.
General Huang's slightly cloudy eyes stared at Tangjia Town like an eagle, and seeing that there was no movement in the town, he couldn't help but feel a little confused and uneasy.
With such a big movement, it stands to reason that the wolf demon, who is good at hearing and smelling, may have already discovered it, so he never thought that he would be able to succeed in a sneak attack, and he has always planned to kill the enemy head-on. However, even ordinary humans may have discovered it at this time, but Tangjiazhen still has no reaction, and it can even be described as silent, as if there is no one in the town.
In fact, there was not a single demon in the town at this time, but there were hundreds of humans in the large basement below the town.
The sound of the hooves of the iron riders outside the town was felt more clearly in the basement, falling on everyone's ears like thunder and beating on everyone's hearts.
Tang Guanshu, who finally got in, had already told everyone that the clairvoyant had detected that not only the wolf demon team was coming, but also the human iron cavalry had arrived. So when they heard the sound of hooves at this time, everyone's hearts suddenly became clear, and there was not much surprise. As for why the human army came, Tang Guanshu and the others had already attributed this matter to the god of darkness and the powerful divine envoy.
"Isn't this Tangjia Town, but it's not wrong on the map! General Huang guessed all kinds of possibilities in his heart, and couldn't help but secretly wonder.
When Zhao Fengyun saw this scene, he was also shocked, frowning and pondering.
The elite iron cavalry acted vigorously and resolutely, and soon became a siege of Tangjia Town.
Old General Huang suppressed the doubts and uneasiness in his heart, glanced at Zhao Fengyun, and then ordered the soldiers next to him to release an impact signal. The pro-soldier took the order, took out a beast horn more than one meter long, puffed up his cheeks and blew it, and suddenly rushed to kill, the piercing horn sounded, and the Quartet Iron Cavalry began to charge.
At this moment, General Huang suddenly felt that the sky was dark, as if something in the sky blocked the sun.
By this time, it was already past noon, and the sun was naturally already setting in the west.
Old General Huang instinctively looked to the west, and couldn't help but look stunned.
A black cloud obscured the sun, and it was drifting rapidly in this direction, not covering the sky, but obscuring the sun.
Old General Huang suddenly thought of something, his face changed suddenly, and he shouted ugly: "It's not good! It's the flying wolf clan of the wolf clan, quickly blow the retreat order!"
The soldiers next to him had just finished blowing the charge order, and they didn't react for a while, panting and looking at General Huang for some reason.
Seeing this, General Huang immediately jumped up angrily, snatched the long horn over, and blew it without saying a word, and suddenly a trumpet sound that was even more urgent than just now, but seemed a little heavy, and spread to all sides.
But at this time, I wanted to retreat, but it was too late.
The iron cavalry, which had just charged a mile, suddenly heard the sound of the retreating trumpet, and could not help but gradually slow down, and the officers at all levels began to gather their ranks. The four young generals looked in the direction of General Huang.
"It seems that General Huang also discovered that there should be no wolf demons in the town, so that's why--hey!Why is it dark?-uh-what's that--" Before Zhang Xiong finished speaking, he finally felt a strange change in the sky, and looked at the sky to the west with some surprise.
At the same time, three young generals and a number of officers also noticed the anomaly in the western sky.
"It's the Sky Wolf Clan, hurry up and retreat. General Huang still gave the horn to the soldiers next to him, and then he was angry, his face turned red, and he yelled.
The roar of General Huang was like a thunderstorm on the ground, and finally woke up everyone's stunned expressions, and many officers and veterans who knew about the Heavenly Wolf Clan changed their faces greatly, and the desperate organization troops began to retreat to the northeast.
Zhao Fengyun was by General Huang's side just now, witnessing the whole process, although he was shocked at this time, he was not chaotic. Began to shout with other officers to organize the troops, turn around.
Roar, roar, roar
At this moment, a strange howl came from the northwest sky, overwhelming, and a violent and murderous aura swept the heavens and the earth, making people can't help but feel a burst of horror!
Under the control of their master, the two thousand war horses who were trying to turn around were startled by this breath and couldn't help but neigh and jump up. The cavalry obviously experienced this kind of scene, and they all reined in the war horse, tightened their legs, and the war horse itself was trained in this area, so it quickly stabilized.
But after this delay, the cloud-like Sky Wolf army in the sky was less than a hundred meters away from the Iron Horse, and it was about to approach the sky.
Seeing this, General Huang forcibly suppressed the despair in his heart, stabilized his mind, and shouted again: "The cavalry archers of each battalion stop retreating, take out their bows and arrows to organize their own attacks, and cover the retreat of others. General Huang Lao used all his strength in the dantian, roared, and finally clearly transmitted the order to the whole army in the overwhelming wolf howl.
The Cangfeng Iron Cavalry was worthy of being an elite cavalry, and after hearing General Huang's order, a hundred people in all directions stopped turning around, took bows and arrows from their horses, and shot at the sky wolf in mid-air under the organization of their respective officers.
The wolf clan, like other wolf demons, has the reputation of copper skin and iron bones, and the cavalry shot down, almost all of them hit the wolf demon, but because of the bottom-up shot, the power of gravity has been weakened, so most of the arrows have not even broken through the wolf fur, and a small number of them have not penetrated the flesh even if they break through the fur, and they have not been able to cause substantial damage to the wolf.
This move only aroused the ferocity of the wolf, howling and constantly swooping down, tearing at the cavalry.
For a while, the iron rider screamed again and again, his head was broken, blood was splashed, and people turned on their backs for a while. After the attack of the wolf, more than 300 iron horsemen were either torn off their heads, or slapped off their horses, and then kicked and trampled to death, and even more directly caught in the sky, thrown down, and smashed on their companions.
The spear in General Huang's hand suddenly shot out, and a burst of white light flashed, piercing a pounced wolf in a sonorous sound and throwing it out. Then looking into the field, he knew in his heart that unless there was a marksman or a strong shooter, the former could shoot at the wolf's eyes, throat and other weak and fatal places, and the latter could shoot through the wolf's fur. It's a pity that all the cavalry present are all cavalry, and the kung fu of riding and slashing is top-notch, but in terms of bows and arrows, there is still a big gap between the marksman and the strong shooter.
"Zhao Fengyun, I will take the personal guard battalion to cover your departure, and you will retreat in the direction of Jiangyuan City. Old General Huang glanced at his subordinates who were constantly killed and injured under the swooping attack of countless heavenly wolves, and his heart was dripping with blood, and he said to Zhao Fengyun, whose face was already pale and bloodless.
General Huang Lao knew that the Sky Wolf clan was the nemesis of the cavalry, and in an unprepared situation, it was difficult to have a chance of winning when encountering the Sky Wolf, and even if he was not careful, he would be wiped out. And the Sky Wolf Clan has appeared, and the arrival of the rest of the Wolf Clan army is also inevitable. If there is no miracle, today is destined to be more than auspicious.
Hua Xia Jiu watched the battle outside the town through the long-distance camera, and his brain was running rapidly to think about how to get out. The wolf demon's reaction was so fast, it was indeed a little beyond his expectations, especially sending out the aerial attack method of the Celestial Wolf Clan, which made him stunned, and at the same time, he also felt strongly uneasy.
He knew that if the Human Iron Rider failed, he and the hundreds of humans in the town would not be spared.
If it had been before the brain had not changed, Hua Xia Jiu would have been bound by the first of the three laws of robots, and would have rushed out to join the battle to protect humans, maybe he had been caught by the sky wolf, and then thrown to the ground and smashed into scrap metal.
Hua Xia Jiu thought of this result, and at the same time, he was a little afraid, but also faintly realized, knowing that he would never be constrained by the three laws of robots again.
But judging from the current situation, the result has not changed much, and he still has to go out and fight with the Sky Wolf. Because of the images transmitted by the camera, he knew that if the human cavalry did not have more than half of the casualties, going out to help the human cavalry would have a chance of victory, otherwise when the human cavalry suffered heavy casualties, it would be weak to go out again, and it would be difficult to escape death. As for the hundreds of townspeople in the basement, the combat power is almost negligible.
Outside Tangjia Town, in order to prevent the human cavalry from escaping, the Sky Wolf has formed an encirclement line from the northeast to the southeast, leaving only the direction leading to the Demon Clan's base camp - the Cangman Mountain Range, which is exactly the tactics that the Wolf Clan is good at 'encircling and placing points'.
For countless years, human beings have long understood this method of warfare, and naturally they will not be fooled.
Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, the human cavalry withdrew to Tangjia Town under the organization of General Huang, wanting to rely on houses and other buildings to avoid the attack of the wolf.
Seeing this, the Heavenly Wolf Clan did not block it too much, and allowed the humans to retreat to Tangjia Town, but continued to shrink the encirclement, and surrounded the already small Tangjia Town from the sky. Obviously, he had the wishful thinking of waiting for the arrival of the wolf demon army on the ground, and then easily killing the human cavalry.
At this time, the two thousand iron horsemen were already about 1,500 left.
In the center of the town, under the eaves, Old General Huang looked at the wolf demon hovering in the sky, his face showing despair. Behind him stood Zhao Fengyun and Zhang Xiong, who looked dead and gray. In the attack of the wolf demon just now, the other two young generals with extraordinary births have been killed in battle. One was torn off his head by the Sirius Demon on the spot, and the other was photographed off his horse in a panic and trampled to death by his hooves.
There are not many celestial wolves circling over the town, only more than thirty, and another two hundred or so celestial wolf demons surround the entire Tangjia Town, while the other three hundred have established a defensive line from northeast to southeast in midair.
"We must break through as soon as possible, otherwise when the wolf demon ground army arrives, the last chance of survival will be lost. With the strong will honed by years of marching and fighting, General Huang forcibly suppressed the despair in his heart and began to think of a way to get out.
"If only there were a few archers or Hercules. Zhao Fengyun muttered to himself next to him.
As soon as Zhao Fengyun's words fell, everyone heard a swishing sound of breaking the air, and looked at it, only to see an arrow flashing from a dense tree in front of them, shooting towards a hovering wolf overhead like lightning.
With a snort, everyone saw it clearly, and the arrow shot accurately through the throat of the wolf, and passed through. The archers are not only marksmen, but also Hercules archers.
The wolf roared, fluttered twice in the air, fell from mid-air, and slammed to the ground, leaving no breath.
When General Huang and the others saw this, they couldn't help but be stunned for a while.
"To the northeast, I am responsible for clearing the Sky Wolf Demon, and you will lead people to break through. Without waiting for General Huang and others to make a move, words came out of the canopy, the voice was extremely cold, the speed of speech was extremely fast, and it was clear and audible at the same time, but it contained a strange and steady feeling of Mount Tai collapsing in front of them and not changing color, which made everyone can't help but show some hope and joy.