Chapter 335
A feeling of unease spread over Hu Che Er’s heart . It was a general’s sixth sense . His feeling of unease made him immediately leaned down onto his horse . He then heard the sounds of large arrows . There were five arrows heading towards his direction .
Two arrows had originally went towards him but missed as Hu Che Er had leaned down . Of the remaining three arrows, the first one struck the Arabian horse in the head . The horse died immediately and the inertia from its movements threw Hu Che Er off . Hu Che Er that fell off became at risk of being trampled by his own men . Even if he was the Deputy General, it would not have been easy to stop the incoming cavalry . However, this also saved Hu Che Er’s life as the remaining two arrows would have hit him had this not happen .
“General!” A Qiang warrior immediately grabbed Hu Che Er . Hu Che Er was also very skilled and was able to mount the man’s horse with the help of a single hand . The two of them would definitely give that horse a lot of pressure . Fortunately, a horse whose rider had been killed, suddenly appeared . Hu Che Er immediately jumped over to the other horse .
“What a pity!” Liu Ye stood at a distance and shook his head . Earlier he had attacked Hu Che Er with five shots but failed to kill him . Liu Mang was afraid of Hu Che Er . Liu Ye had also been influenced by Liu Mang and wanted Hu Che Er dead . This is why he had aimed five shots against Hu Che Er . If the Xiliang Cavalry saw their leader get killed, they would become too afraid to fight .
Although Liu Ye regretted not being able to decide the outcome of the battle immediately, he did not stop and continued to order the firing of the ballista . Fifty ballista fired, bringing along the smell of death .
“Ballista! Ballista!” The Xiliang Cavalry have already seen the might of the ballista . At Shouchun, Xu Shu used twelve ballista to kill more than a thousand of them . Now, there was a total of fifty ballista . Fifty large arrows flew out from each volley . It had powerful penetrating ability that could pierce through ships at three hundred paces away . Now, the Xiliang Cavalry had gathered together at around one hundred paces away .
If both armies were to fight until the end, the Xiliang Cavalry would be extinguished here .
“Phew . ” Liu Mang and Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief . Liu Ye had truly appeared at the last second and not a moment earlier . He only appeared after seeing that Liu Mang and Huang Zhong were unable to hold out much longer . However, it was worth it as the first volley became very effective .
“Steady the formation!” Liu Mang did not relax . Although the ballista were powerful, they were long range weapons and were extremely fragile in close combat . After all, it was only made from wood . It was just like how Zhang Fei managed to destroy them in a single strike . At close distance, the ballista was no longer powerful and had even less purpose than firewood . This was why Liu Mang wanted to take advantage of the Xiliang Cavalry’s confusion to regroup the troops and reform the Tortoise Formation . Liu Mang also felt his heart ache when he saw the Urban Army troops lying down on the ground . In this short moment, he had already lost half of his troops . Countless of them lay dead on the ground . However, he had no time to feel sad and could only stimulate those that were still alive . The Tortoise Formation now became smaller . However, because of its thickness, it now had better defence . The eyes of his men were filled with rage . Their enemies were before them, their friends lay dead at their feet and the battle had not yet ended . As Liu Ye had saved them, their morale did not drop . On the contrary, it continued to rise .
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