Chapter 1442

Even if there were ambushes between the valleys on both sides, as long as the road wasn't blocked off by massive boulders and logs, how could infantry possibly stop a cavalry charge?

Not to mention, it was his White Horse Followers?

"Yan Gang, Dan Jing, lead your cavalry and charge forward!"

"Scatter the Liangzhou Army blocking our path for me!" Gongsun Zan ordered.

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

Following behind Gongsun Zan, Yan Gang and Dan Jing spurred their horses and raised their long spears, beginning to accelerate.

The massive force of cavalry behind them swarmed toward the other end of the valley.

The sound of hooves erupted, and the space between the valley walls shook as if by thunder and an earthquake.

The Tianjing Pass garrison, who had just been fleeing this way under Qu Yi's blockade, had no time to dodge; they were all knocked down by the charging warhorses and then trampled.

Watching the cavalry brush past him, Li, who had collapsed into the withered grass by the roadside, regretfully recalled the words his squad leader had told him before dying.

On the other side, the eight hundred Vanguard troops and five hundred Great Halberd Warriors led by Qu Yi had already lined up neatly, blocking the valley.

Thick shields were thrust into the ground, forming layers of shield walls.

The soldiers behind the shield walls wore heavy armor and iron helmets, revealing only eyes filled with firm resolve.

One-third of these two hundred shield-bearers were from the Qu clan.

They were Qu Yi's cousins and clansmen.

Unless they were all killed in battle, they would not retreat a single step as long as Qu Yi did not give the order.

The remaining two-thirds were also the elite of the elite among the Liangzhou Army, all of them strong and sturdy men.

Without such quality, it would be impossible to dare face a cavalry charge head-on.

This was also the source of Qu Yi's confidence.

Besides these two hundred shield-bearers, behind them were three hundred heavy crossbowmen.

Interspersed among the three hundred heavy crossbowmen were three hundred longbowmen.

A row of heavy crossbowmen, a row of longbowmen, alternating back and forth to fill twenty rows.

Further back were five hundred Great Halberd Warriors clad in heavy armor and wielding great halberds.

These five hundred Great Halberd Warriors were also meticulously trained by Qu Yi, specifically to counter cavalry.

The roaring sound of hooves made the sand and stones on the ground tremble.

Groups of cavalry revealed their sharp edges at the turn of the valley.

"Crossbows!"

Qu Yi, on horseback, held high the command flag in his hand.

The heavy crossbowmen in the first row placed their heavy crossbows onto the thick, massive shields of the shield-bearers.

"Bows!"

Qu Yi raised his command flag further.

The longbowmen standing behind the crossbowmen drew their bows and nocked arrows, pulling the strings to full tension and aiming high into the air.

"Charge!"

Clad in armor, Yan Gang and Dan Jing raised their long spears, pointing directly at the direction of Qu Yi's army ahead.

The cavalry lowered their heads, held their long spears level, and squeezed their horses' flanks with their legs, beginning a rapid sprint.

Hum!

The humming sound of heavy crossbows rang out.

The flat-fired crossbow bolts and the arcing arrows were launched almost simultaneously.

After the first row of heavy crossbowmen and the second row of archers fired a round, they retreated in an orderly fashion, and then the third row of heavy crossbowmen and the fourth row of archers immediately stepped forward to seamlessly launch the second wave of arrow rain.

The flat-fired crossbow bolts were like the scythe of death, mowing down the cavalry charging at the front like wheat.

And the arrow rain falling from the sky was like clenched fists, smashing down from above.

In an instant, men and horses in the valley were overturned.