Chapter 350 A Failure Campaign (1/2)

Chapter 350 – A Failure Campaign

Tian Yu did not order his men to withdraw from the battle. Instead, he deployed a hit-and-run horse archer tactic against Wang Men's horse archers.

The crossbow arrows arrived at Wang Men's troops first, killing several hundreds of riders and a thousand horses in one volley.

Wang Men bellowed in anger, ”Shoot back! Chase and shoot!”

Tian Yu also shouted, ”Turn back and run! Retreat again!”

The surviving 4,500 horse archers released their arrows. The volley flew to the sky as they had predicted, but the result betrayed their expectation.

When shooting against a running away opponent, good archers usually predicted the target's movement and aimed ahead.

However, shooting on horseback was a difficult task even for elite soldiers. This skill required years of rigorous training and costs, so not every archer in Wang Men's troops were master bowmen.

As a result, most of them did not aim ahead. Ninety percent of arrows landed behind Tian Yu's riders while the rest managed to hit the targets.

Two hundred horses collapsed with the soldiers, while a hundred men had an arrow lodging in their body. Ten of which fell from the horseback and did not make it with their colleagues.

Tian Yu waved his arm to the side, ”Turn right! Turn right!”

Zhao Yun and others commanded their horses, turning 90 degrees toward the direction Tian Yu was pointing.

'I see! Fighting against horse archers with horse archers, the chasers can be countered like this!'

Zhao Yun gained enlightenment from his friend's action.

While Tian Yu's troops were running away, Wang Men raised his fist, ordering his troops to stop the pursue.

”Don't follow them!”

Wang Men glared at the retreating riders in frustration. Although he wanted to kill every single of them, he was not stupid or reckless enough to fight a losing battle.

”Withdraw! We'll report this to our lord. The empress has escaped!”

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Ten minutes after Wang Men withdrew, Tian Yu looked back with a frown.

”Bummer. I thought that idiot would have been pissed and kept chasing after us.”

Looking back, there was nothing but farms and uncultivated plains. They could see a trail of dust from a distance, but they were not coming for them.

Everybody sighed in relief that they did not have to fight to the death again today.

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”HELP! THE EMPRESS WAS SHOT!!”

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Zhao Yun and Tian Yu were shocked. They leaped from their horses and rushed to the group who guarded He Xing and Liu Xie.

Upon arriving, both could see her condition.

An arrow pierced her back, and He Xing was coughing blood. The arrowhead was inside her lung!

Zhao Yun's face lost all color while Tian Yu's heart skipped a beat. This was not supposed to happen.

Zhao Yun wanted to punch himself for entrusting He Xing to the other bodyguards. Tian Yu also blamed himself for engaging in a tactic that put her life at risk.

Now, He Xing had a life-threatening injury!

”Don't pull the arrow out! We'll transport her back and have our field physicians take care of her!”

Zhao Yun wanted to help her and tend her wound, but he did not have the right first-aid knowledge. All soldiers also did not dare to touch their young master's woman as they were afraid of the misunderstanding.

In the end, Tian Yu stripped He Xing and used clean clothes, which were torn from his spare banners. The condition of the texture was not something that should be used on a fresh wound, but Tian Yu had no other option.

Flustered and panicked, all soldiers built a wagon for the injured empress and carried them back to their main forces. Along the way, Liu Xie sat beside his mother, crying.

It took them another hour to transport her to Lu Zhi's platoon.

As if Lu Zhi knew about He Xing's condition, a team of physicians had been waiting for He Xing's arrival. They transferred her to their infirmary tent right away.

Nobody but the physicians were allowed to enter the infirmary, including Lu Zhi, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, and even Liu Xie.

”Mama …”

Liu Xie was still crying as he was carried by Zhao Yun.

”She will be fine! Her majesty is a strong woman. She will be fine!”

Tian Yu was also by their side, ”One arrow won't kill her, your highness. She will come out and talk to you again.”

While both of them consoled the prince, Lu Zhi's face grimaced. He kept staring at the chat log, praying that a particular message would not appear.

Lu Zhi also did not dare to continue reading the chat log. After He Xing had sent a simple message, ”I'm injured. Need help,” everyone in the chat was in a frenzy.

If that similar message when Hua Shi was killed appeared, Lu Zhi did not know what he could explain to his disciple.

And everybody's nightmare became a reality.

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The message confirmed that He Xing did not make it through the operation.