Chapter 842: Thousands of Horses Charge, Cavalry Advances!

Boom!
Roar…
Shortly after the thousand-plus cavalry launched their charge, the Mongol camp quickly took action! The cavalry units on the right wing assembled swiftly and rushed out of the camp with tremendous momentum.
The sound of hooves shook the sky.
The noise brought by the thousand cavalry was instantly drowned out, like moths flying into a flame—seemingly fragile beyond measure…
Fortunately, Kai Xin led his thousand cavalry in a circuit around the enemy camp. As soon as the enemy camp showed signs of movement, they turned back. It was more like parading the cavalry in front of the enemy rather than a true charge.
With that, tens of thousands of cavalry rushed out of the camp…
Boom!!!
The clatter of iron hooves!!
The ground trembled violently!!
Thousands of horses galloped across the grassland, quickly forming a massive pocket formation behind the thousand cavalry, closing in steadily, seemingly determined to swallow those cavalry whole.
“Damn! There are too many!! Run!!!”
While giving orders, Kai Xin fell back, drawing out the folding bow he had bought in the capital market. Its sturdy frame unfolded into a powerful bow. He picked up an iron arrow…
Whoosh!!
He aimed at the enemy forces behind and shot an arrow. A black streak pierced through the enemy ranks, but the twelve thousand silver coins thrown into the crowd behind didn’t even create a ripple—the sound of hooves remained thunderous.
Ugh!
Kai Xin broke into sweat, hoping no one saw him. He realized he needed to improve his archery skills; relying solely on the inferior “Willow Leaf Dagger” wasn’t enough.
At that moment, He Shi Yi fell behind Kai Xin from the front ranks. Turning around, he drew his bow to full tension, and three arrows, accompanied by loud sonic booms, shot into the enemy ranks behind. Three Mongol cavalrymen fell instantly, crashing to the ground along with their horses due to the strong inertia, which made Kai Xin feel frustrated.
The deaths of a few Mongol cavalrymen were like a tiny, unnoticeable ripple in the tide of tens of thousands of cavalry—having no effect on their charge at all.
The distance continued to shrink…
He Shi Yi wasn’t idle. Such a great opportunity to gain military merit had to be seized. With a solemn expression, he drew three arrows from his quiver without even looking, nocked them, drew his bow to full tension, and shot—performing the entire action in one smooth motion.
Firing arrows continuously from his horseback, He Shi Yi launched several rounds of attacks, killing at least seventeen Mongol cavalrymen and finally forcing the enemy forces behind to retaliate.
A few Mongol cavalrymen began to shoot arrows in return…

The scattered counterattacks by tens of thousands of cavalry also involved at least dozens or hundreds of men. Faced with the rain of arrows coming from behind, their spirits, which had been dampened by watching He Shiyi perform, immediately soared again. In an instant, hundreds of arrows flew back into the air. A wave of arrows hit their faces… With continuous screams, dozens of Mongol cavalrymen rolled on the ground, crying out in pain, causing significant trouble and chaos for the troops behind them. He Shiyi was momentarily speechless. After much effort, they managed to kill just over twenty people, while Happy effortlessly claimed dozens of lives. Looking at Happy with a strange expression, He Shiyi thought, “No wonder he’s earned so many military merits! This is outright plundering!” The system prompts for earning military merits kept ringing in Happy’s ears. Yet Happy still wasn’t at ease. Tens of thousands of cavalry couldn’t be dealt with by just over twenty thousand martial arts experts… So he continued to lure the Mongol cavalry’s arrows from behind, using their own arrows to wear down the Mongol cavalry’s strength. But after several rounds of fighting, the number of killed soldiers and horses wasn’t significant—just over two hundred, which was utterly insignificant against tens of thousands of cavalry. With a normal charge, five thousand Mongol cavalry would crush their rearguard forces to pieces! Happy knew well that if they couldn’t scatter these troops or completely disrupt their charging momentum, the more than twenty thousand troops behind them would be in grave danger once they launched a full-scale attack. “This guy has deployed way too many troops—probably enough for two cavalry regiments… Happy, what should we do?” Yin Hu was beside Happy, looking slightly anxious. Now, the distance to the main reinforcement forces was less than two li, a distance that cavalry could cover in the blink of an eye. By then, the more than twenty thousand troops would be utterly crushed by tens of thousands of cavalry—and in the vast grasslands, there would be no chance to escape! “Let’s fight to the death!” Happy glanced at the thousands of cavalry charging ahead, his eyes slightly reddened. “Even if we have to wipe out all these one thousand or two hundred cavalry today, we must stop the Mongol cavalry’s charge!” As he spoke, he glanced at the enemy cavalry resembling black dragons in the distance, his pupils narrowing slightly… The only good news now was that, due to the distance of the charge, although all the cavalry had left the camp, they weren’t spread out wide enough—forming a pocket-shaped front with a limited contact area. “Yin Hu, you take command of the cavalry! If necessary, order them all to charge! We must hold them back!” “Understood!”

After all, Silver Fox came from the military and understood tactics; she could keep up with Happy’s pace. Once she took command, she didn’t hesitate and rushed up the small hill immediately.
At the same time, a flare was fired from Silver Fox’s hand…
In the distance, over twenty thousand experts from the Mu Family, the Heroism Gate, the Wind Strike Tower, and the Wind and Rain Alliance responded! They summoned their mounts and mounted them.
“Shoot the horses first to kill the riders! Capture the leader first to defeat the bandits!! Kill!!!”
At Lei Zhan’s command, over twenty thousand martial arts experts simultaneously roared loudly enough to shake the heavens:
“Go!!!”
“Kill!!!!”
“Brothers of the Wind and Rain Alliance, don’t embarrass us!!!”
“Brothers of the Heroism Gate, this is your chance to fight on the battlefield! Those brave enough, follow me!!!”
As Night Rain with the Wind and Lin Xiao started shouting, the crowd responded in unison, their voices shaking the skies.
Wu Kuo glanced at Shadow and didn’t want to be outdone:
“Brothers of the Wind Strike Tower, we can’t fall behind! Go! All of you, go!!!”
Boom!!!
Over twenty thousand people, with the thundering sound of their hooves!
Although the martial arts experts lacked coordination and unity, the power emanating from their united determination was still beyond comparison to those random crowds.
They surged down the hill like a tide.
At the same time, Silver Fox firmly ordered the cavalry to form a formation on the hilltop, ready to face the Mongol cavalry from a high vantage point.
But after handing over command, Happy turned her horse around and charged into the massive, roaring Mongol army…
She channeled her internal energy into Tiying’s body, instantly increasing its speed—this was the technique of merging man and horse! Together, they became like an arrow leaving the bow, rushing into the range of the Mongol cavalry like the wind!
The dense barrage of arrows behind them was ignored, while any threatening arrows were deflected by Happy on contact. At close range, she knocked down the cavalry in front, then reined in her mount and, like lightning, plunged into the enemy ranks amidst the chaos.