Chapter 618: Zhou Xuan

After a large turning arc, the speed of the cavalry dropped by more than 10%, which further shortened the distance between the two sides.

Finally, after reaching the distance of 200 paces mentioned by Captain Xu, the speed of the cavalry immediately increased again, maintaining a distance of 200 paces from the wolf cavalry chasing behind.

"Ling Qi! Let them in another fifty steps!"

After the turn, it seems that because of the change of wind direction, Captain Xu surnamed Xu ordered to adjust again. The entire Guochao cavalry team executed in an orderly manner, without the slightest panic at all. Even Shen Hao, who had never been in a battle before, felt much more relaxed than before.

In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was shortened to more than 150 steps. At this distance, Shen Hao could already see the expression on the other side's face clearly.

It's not the red-eyed wolf clan, but the three-eyed wolf clan. This branch of the wolf clan is not rare among the barbarians. There is a white stripe on the forehead, which looks like an extra eye, so it is named the three-eyed wolf clan.

In fact, these names of the barbarians were all taken by the human race. The barbarian race has its own language system, and the races do not call them similar to beasts like the human race.

"Aww!"

Although it is not a wild beast, many of its habits are almost the same as those of wild beasts. The murderous intent and provocation of a howling wolf is also an order to the wolves.

Here, Colonel Xu's new order was transmitted to the entire cavalry team almost simultaneously by ordering the bannermen.

"One hundred and fifty steps, two arrows, shoot!"

The trembling sound of the tensed bowstring exploded in an instant, which could be clearly heard even in the sound of the horseshoes flying. Then, a rain of pitch-black arrows visible to the naked eye shot up from the cavalry, slanting upwards, and then pierced down to the chasing wolf cavalry in a throwing line.

It is difficult for barbarians who lack iron to form an effective confrontation force on bows and arrows. They cannot afford the consumables of arrows. A crossbowman can consume the amount of iron of a long knife in a month, which is too much burden for the barbarians. .

But you can't shoot at each other, but the wolf rider in front of you has other countermeasures.

"Aww!"

After a howl of wolves, Shen Hao stood on his horse and looked into the distance. He could see the wolf cavalry on the opposite side hunched over, and at the same time raised a wooden shield from behind to cover their heads. The speed is just enough to block most of the arrows.

Of course, there will be bad luck. Either the wooden shield in his hand was smashed by the rain of arrows, and then he became a hedgehog, or he sat down and was shot in the eye or some other vital point in the head and fell directly to the ground.

"Command the flag! After three rounds of throwing, close to sixty paces! Shoot their wargs!"

It is impossible to wear a bulky armor such as a large shield while riding a warg, and a small shield of one foot can't stop a warg. It's just that to shoot a warg, you need better accuracy. If you can't use intensive throws, the distance will be shortened. This is not good news for Shen Hao.

Put in one hundred steps, then eighty, seventy, and finally control the distance of more than sixty steps.

Such precise distance control all showed the elite of this team of cavalry, and even the personal guards of Xuan Qingwei who followed the cavalry were reluctantly led without losing the chain.

Shen Hao took a few glances at Captain Xu, and the other side's face was still as usual without any panic, and even when riding his horse, he could easily avoid the boulders on the ground like a soldier who was concentrating on the side.

Shen Hao had already seen that the chasing wolf riders were angry. Although the three rounds of arrow rain did not cause them much loss of staff, they were still angry! He was about to be beaten with short hands, and he wanted to get closer to the horse fight to vent his killing intent, but after the distance reached sixty steps, he couldn't catch up anyway.

This is the difference in ability between horses and wargs. Although they are all mounts, the stamina and speed of horses are higher than that of wargs, and the explosive power and powerful aggressiveness of wargs are unmatched by horses.

Therefore, when encountering in the wild, unless it is necessary or to show momentum, the cavalry on the human side like to use the advantage of the horse's fast speed and good endurance to control the distance, and then attack the wolf cavalry by riding and shooting. And when the opponent starts to retreat they will stick up again.

But things soon changed for the worse. There was also a group of wolf cavalry in front of them this time, and it was obvious that they had spared a certain distance in advance. They just got stuck in the southeast direction of Shen Hao's cavalry and rushed out when they turned around and turned again, copying to the rear.

"Not good! Speed ​​up and continue to retreat to the southeast!"

"I can't retreat anymore." Shen Hao looked further, and the vacated southeast gap was a rocky beach with dense rocks, where horse racing was impossible at all.

Now there are only two roads before the cavalry team, or turn forward and fight to get the support of the garrison outside the central military camp. Or turn back and have a horse battle with the wolf riders who came from the northwest before, betting that they can penetrate the opponent before being surrounded by the new wolf riders that appeared behind, and then use the speed advantage to go to the upper military camp.

How to choose?

Captain Xu's choice is still unclear. He has adjusted his direction many times, as if he wanted to try to see if he could deceive the other party and get out of the current predicament of being pinched, but he failed, and the trapped area became smaller and smaller .

Standing on the horseback, Shen Hao tightened the goose spine knife in his hand, thinking in his heart that he might not be able to avoid it, but he felt a little strange in his heart, and he didn't know if it was because he saw the battlefield for the first time. I feel that the wolf cavalry on the opposite side seems to be able to predict the movement of the cavalry. This feeling was even more obvious when the wolf riding behind him appeared.

"Something's wrong!" This feeling is like being watched every move. Shen Hao didn't believe that the barbarians on the opposite side could stop in front of the cavalry everywhere just by predicting.

"Could it be a spell?"

Standing on the horseback, Shen Hao glanced left and right, his senses were fully open, but he didn't find anything that looked like magic.

Not these barbarians?

Shen Hao made quick calculations in his mind. If it's not a technique, then you have to look at the entire battlefield, otherwise you will never be able to seize the opportunity so accurately. But the battlefield of the cavalry is not fixed in one place, and the range is huge. How do you look at it? unless.

Raised his head sharply. Then Shen Hao locked a black spot the size of a sesame seed above his head.

eagle?

Is that thing watching? Familiar beasts see things, and then send messages to cooperate? Thinking of this, the ray of doubt in Shen Hao's heart was resolved. At the same time, he was sure that there must be a barbarian monk who guarded beasts in the wolf cavalry behind.

"Can you get the eagle up there?" Shen Hao made a gesture, at least three hundred feet in the sky could not be reached by his ability. But there are three masters among the guards who follow him, maybe there will be a way.

The guards sent by the three commanders to stare at Shen Hao raised their heads after hearing the words, and soon found the eagle that Shen Hao was talking about.

"Familiar Beast? Haha, no wonder I always feel a little strange. Look at me to collect it!"