Chapter 739 - Crushing Defeat (1/2)
Chapter 739: Crushi+ng Defeat
Translator: Henyee Translations <i class="_hr">Editor: Henyee Translations
Even a normal retreat could quickly devolve into a disordered scramble backwards This was the belief of the General of the Left Dugu Xian, and Gu Shenwei had always kept it in mind
He barely knew the 500 soldiers behind him There was even sohting while retreating” was a stupid hting”
Gu Shenwei sent five cavalryet reinforcements and ordered the rest of his army to advance forward towards the left, take a sht
The soldiers followed the orders, but Gu Shenwei could sense the palpably intense atmosphere
Patches of torches were quickly approaching from far away, and the sound of horse hooves could be heard ru, “At least 3,000and leaving whenever ant Your Majesty, we don’t need to stay here and wait for our death Let’s fight our way out before the enemies surround us” Then he lowered his voice “We can also leave these 500 cavalrymen behind to distract the ene Butcher shook his head repeatedly “That is not right It’ll ruin the reputation of His Majesty”
“Idiot Do you think that His Majesty is a Jianghu hero who cares about reputation? Every lord should consider his survival as the utmost priority And don’t think that I haven’t read any books Throughout the history of the Central Plains, didn’t the first emperor of every dynasty consistently abandon their ar for supremacy? So Your Majesty, don’t feel ashauarantee that even if the white, fat ive you the sa Wenshi+ would definitely advise the Dragon King to not take risks, but this ti risks on purpose He didn’t have any other choice It was irassland
While Old Man Mu was nagging, the torches had stretched out sideways, surrounding their targets Old Man Mu sighed repeatedly, feeling that his “harsh yet sensible advice” hadn’t been taken to heart
With the advantage in numbers, the first round of the enemy’s attack was simple and direct Clearly, their leader wanted to finish it quickly
Courage usually came with a flash of inspiration This was exactly the case that Gu Shenas in He suddenly ” tactic a step further and strike first
He ordered Mo Lin to keep the soldiers where they were “Don’t let the eneets closer than a hundred steps, and find e”
Mo Lin said a feords in Norland dialect and more than thirty cavalrymen stepped out from the army, most of ere from the Court Attendants Army
“I’ll take the of arrows from the soldier behind him and rode out, closely followed by the thirty to forty elite archers
After the Dragon King wasButcher asked in confusion, “I’ht?”
Old Man Mu nodded in satisfaction “Dragon King only wants the best archers, and our archery can barely be qualified as average, so it’s better if we stay here We’ll wait for the opportunity to fight in close quarters That’s e can show our skills”
Gu Shenwei moved around seventy steps out, then turned and started circling around his own ar horse’s back and Gu Shenas not very experienced at it, but he soon learned the technique There was a brief hs of the horse’s movements that was the bestof opportunity to shoot
The torches were getting closer and closer While the darkness ht, it et
Gu Shenwei shot the first arrow, and the top archers followed his actions at alets were still a little far and normal cavalrymen wouldn’t be able to hit from this distance, it wasn’t a problem for Gu Shenwei and his archers
As screeches rippled out into the darkness, a small patch of torches went out
The thirty or forty top archers all yelled out at the sa arrows,close to Gu Shenwei and his archers, only a few shooting over their targets Gu Shenwei and his men then bent over and spurred their horses to speed up, shooting an arrow and killing a target every few steps
After about half a circle, the enean to slon considerably Eventually they stopped and started yelling and challenging them Gu Shenwei led the archers back to their ar!” Old Man Mu cheered loudly, signaling Dog Butcher to flatter alongside him
In contrast, the cavalrymen’s praises were very simple They yelled out the same words, ‘quick and neat,’ an ‘short and powerful,’ but Gu Shenwei couldn’t le syllable
Mo Lin was just about to explain when Old Man Mu beat hi ‘hero’, which is praise reserved for brave archers of the grassland Your Majesty, I think that they’re beginning to like you”
Over incredible swordsmanshi+p, the cavalrymen in the Norland always preferred superb archery and fearless valor
Gu Shenwei raised his short bow, basking in the cheers
After a brief lull, the enemy launched another attack Mo Lin volunteered this time and led more than seventy cavalrymen into battle He repulsed the attack successfully, even forced them tens of steps back
Gu Shenwei ordered the rest of his ress of the eneood at long-range shooting, not fighting in close quarters Their -up a successful attack or luring the ene the fast chase; they never got into a dogfight if the enemy resisted stoutly
Gu Shenwei and Mo Lin took turns leading theirtheir are Mo Lin realized that the situation was not so bad, so he took Dog Butcher with him and rode around half of their ar