Chapter 498: Cavalry Confrontation
In the face of such a large number of troops, Xue Li was confident that he would compete with one of them.
But now, they galloped all the way to help, but they were still sleepy, and their strength could not be brought into play.
Therefore, just a face-to-face, they suffered a small loss.
The rifle in his hand frequently spewed fire snakes, and Xue Li constantly commanded the soldiers under his command while withstanding the pressure, and maneuvered with the Ranger troops on the opposite side.
The enemy's 3,000 light cavalry were hovering around the periphery with sabers, ready to wait for an opportunity to move according to the changes in the battle situation.
In the current situation, the seven thousand horsemen under Xue Li's command can be said to have fallen into an obvious disadvantage, although they will not be destroyed all at once, but they are obviously not happy.
The six thousand rangers on the opposite side pursued them all the way, and their group of exhausted cavalry was obviously a little unable to compete with the Nordic rangers.
In desperation, he could only deal with it temporarily.
For a time, this cavalry battle was called a chaos.
The cavalry units on both sides were shooting at each other, and at the same time, they were constantly racing at each other's speeds, causing the sand and dust in the entire area to rise higher and higher, and the situation became more and more chaotic.
However, the chaos did not last long, as one force had already broken the deadlock.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of Xue Li and seven thousand horsemen to attract the attention of the opposite side, the other army had quietly and quickly burst into the battlefield from one side, and rushed straight in the direction of the main battlefield.
That's not a regular cavalry unit! The mounts they rode were agile and swift two-legged swift beasts, and on the backs of those swift beasts were the soldiers of the lizardmen.
It's just that compared to the beginning, the weapon in their hands has been replaced by a riding spear with a length of nearly five meters.
The weight of a rifle weapon like this is not light, and coupled with the shift in the center of gravity caused by its length, it can be said that it is very difficult for a human soldier to control.
However, all these difficulties were solved in the face of the powerful physique of the orc race.
This can be regarded as a new type of military type that Xia Qi tossed out after a certain degree of improvement, the Lizardman Lancers, based on the Swift Beast Cavalry.
At the beginning, the lizardmen clan suffered heavy casualties among the warriors due to a series of events in the swamp rainforest, and it took many years to finally recover some vitality.
Today, the number of soldiers in this lizardman lancer army, led by the leader of the lizardmen clan Anglu, has reached a thousand.
However, as a special class of orcs, its comprehensive combat power far exceeds this number.
Faced with the surprise attack of the lizardmen lancers on the main battlefield, the Nordic cavalry was directly taken aback, and then wanted to intercept it.
There was no time to think about it, but the 3,000 light cavalry, who were more mobile, had already started their movements, galloping all the way towards the lizardman lancer troops.
As the distance quickly narrowed, the officer who commanded the light cavalry unit suddenly shouted.
"All drawn!"
With his command, a sabre of cold light shimmered out of its sheath in an instant.
And at the moment when the light cavalry was preparing to launch the first round of offensive, the lizardman lancer troops, which had originally rushed in front of them, suddenly had a new move.
The swift beast mounts ridden by the lizardmen showed amazing agility at this moment, only to see them jump directly to the side, and the lizardmen lancers, who were preparing to break through the main battlefield one moment, actually gave them a 180-degree turn in the next moment.
As soon as the momentum turned, they rushed directly towards the light cavalry troops!
This sudden situation undoubtedly surprised the light cavalry, and no one thought that when the cavalry held such an exaggerated length of a cavalry spear, the swift beast could still show such flexibility and balance.
At the same time, as an officer of the light cavalry unit, at this moment he realized a problem in his heart, I am afraid that he had no intention of breaking through the battlefield at all.
Although it is an orc, the number of troops is too small after all, and the main battlefield where tens of thousands of Nordic troops have been gathered by force is completely sending them to death.
In this way, I am afraid that the purpose of this orc army is them from the beginning.
What the other party did before was nothing more than a trap to lure them into the bait.
"Avoid! Avoid!! ”
The exaggerated riding spears in the hands of the lizardmen lancers on the opposite side were flashing with hideous light at the moment.
With this hedge, before their saber falls on the lizardmen, there is no doubt that the mounted spear on the opposite side will stab them first!
Realizing this, the hussar officer let out a series of exclamations, while the hand holding the reins tugged frantically in an attempt to avoid the horses under his seat.
However, in the state of running at full speed, this evasive action could not be done by saying it, and the momentum of their original charge became out of control in an instant.
In the next second, the two cavalry units collided together in an instant.
The five-meter-long spears in the hands of the lizardmen lancers took advantage of their length to hit the light cavalry of the Nordic army first.
At that moment, terrible screams rang out one after another, and one by one the sharp cavalry spears mercilessly pierced the bodies of the light cavalry in front of them, taking their lives.
In this round of hedging, the lizardman lancers already had the advantage, but soon, the cavalry exposed an Achilles heel.
Due to the fact that the length is so long, there is basically no possibility of pulling out these mounted spears after they have pierced the enemy's body.
At the same time, because it is too long, the weapon's melee combat capability is basically equal to zero.
In this way, after a round of charge, I saw that Angru directly let go of his hand, simply threw away the worthless riding spear, and then pulled out the ring head knife at his waist.
Obviously, this was their melee weapon, and the rifle was nothing more than a charge gun.
Unlike when he was younger, over the years, Angru has become more mature and stronger, and has already developed a bit of his father's Galiru's demeanor.
The swift beast under the control of the seat ran wildly, and in the moment of the knife in his hand, the sharp saber cut down an enemy light cavalry to the ground on the spot.
Afterwards, there was no half-pause in Angru's movements, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword swung and slashed at another enemy soldier after a twist.
When it comes to melee combat strength, orc soldiers are undoubtedly the best among them, and it is basically difficult for ordinary human soldiers to compete with them.
Not to mention the round of hedging just now, while reaping the lives of a group of enemy soldiers, it also severely damaged the morale of the light cavalry troops, which made their subsequent battles more smooth.
The hussar unit collapsed so completely that the officer in charge of directing the rangers in battle was taken aback.
After confirming the battle situation in the distance, it was naturally impossible for him to watch the light cavalry unit being slaughtered by the orc cavalry on the opposite side, and he was obviously needed to support a wave there.
However, if he wants to leave now, it depends on Xue Litong's disagreement.
Seeing the movements of the Ranger troops on the opposite side, Xue Li directly ordered the cavalry under his command to launch a round of shooting towards the formation of the Ranger troops.
In the dense gunfire, a number of enemy lives were harvested on the spot.
In the face of Xue Li's move, the Ranger officer's face undoubtedly became not very good-looking.
The current situation is not good, their light cavalry units face the enemy's orc cavalry, there is basically no advantage in strength, and they can't beat it at all.
When the time comes, as soon as the light cavalry units are finished, then the next one, I'm afraid, will have to be their turn.
Thinking of this, the Ranger officer's face couldn't help but become even more ugly.
The current situation is simply a dead end.
The light cavalry could not be saved, and now he still thought about how he could get out of the way.
However, before he could act, the slaughter of the enemy light cavalry units by the lizardmen lancers was already coming to an end.
Ungrew, who killed the last light cavalry soldier with a single sword, directly led the lizardman lancer unit under his command all the way to the direction where the ranger unit was located.
Although the five-meter-long cavalry spear was no longer in the hands of the Lizardman Lancer at this time, the threat to the Ranger unit was not much less.
Instead of letting the lizardmen lancers under his command rush directly to kill him, Angru learned from the previous light cavalry formations and wandered around the perimeter.
This move made the corner of the Ranger officer's eyes twitch.
He knew that the other party was just waiting for the right time.
Once they caught the firing gap of their ranger troops, a distance of two or three hundred meters, the orc cavalry could rush up in the blink of an eye.
In order to maintain a deterrent effect on the orc cavalry, the Ranger officer had to control the fire output of his soldiers to ensure that he always had enough muzzles to deal with the charging orc cavalry.
But after he did this, the pressure on Xue Li's side was lightened.
When the firepower output on the opposite side decreased, Xue Li's output environment became much better.
Relying on the lizardmen and lancers on the periphery to give them a town, they can be said to be unscrupulous when they shoot at this time, and there is even a momentum to press back.
At this moment, in the face of intensive firepower output, the Rangers are obviously having a hard time, and even the advantages that were originally established have a tendency to be equalized by the opposite side.
Realizing this, the Ranger officer immediately ordered a breakout.
However, the problem lies on the side of Great Xia, but there are two cavalry units pressed here, the Terran cavalry under Xue Li and the lizardman lancer under the command of Anglu, the two forces cooperate with each other, one is responsible for chasing and killing, and the other is responsible for encircling, disintegrating the breakthrough of the ranger troops again and again.
At this time, an invisible psychological pressure has begun to slowly accumulate in the hearts of every ranger.
The soldiers began to feel uneasy, and even their morale was gradually declining, and a fierce look flashed in the eyes of the Ranger officer, who was almost cornered.
Since he didn't have a choice, he simply didn't choose!
"Listen to my orders, load all the ammunition, and force your way through!!"
Thousands of Rangers galloped all the way towards the Lizardmen Lancers who were blocking their way.
Facing the rapidly spreading formation, Angru's face suddenly became solemn.
In terms of the number of soldiers, the Ranger unit has a huge numerical advantage over the Lizardman Lancer unit.
As soon as the formation was spread out, in the face of that huge battle, the little strength of the lizardman lancer troops, it was impossible to block them all.
In an instant, Angru's heart was decided.
The situation on the battlefield is changing so quickly that there is no time to think about it, and sometimes it can be just a few seconds for an officer to make several decisions.
The same is true of the current situation.