Chapter 213 Everyone, must retake Yanmen Pass within one hour!
At this moment, the First Emperor's mind suddenly became clear. He understood that the type of soldiers that Xiao Shisan singled out for praise was by no means an ordinary one!
The three thousand Great Snow Dragon Riders are already invincible in the world, and with the addition of these three thousand archers from the Divine Arrow Battalion, they are undoubtedly an elite force unrivaled in the world!
The First Emperor suddenly felt relaxed and happy. He looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, expressing his heroic feelings to the fullest!
"I really have a son!"
Fusu, standing aside, had mixed feelings. He originally thought that his father was fleeing in a panic with the Snow Dragon Cavalry.
I never thought that my father had been performing a drama of wisdom and strategy from beginning to end, with the purpose of luring the main force of the Huns to the edge of the trap, and then annihilating them in one fell swoop with the archers ambushing on the top of the mountain!
Thinking of this, Fusu looked at the First Emperor with reverence.
"Father! When did you become such a powerful archer?!"
"Their strength is simply terrifying!"
"With archers like these in our Great Qin, how dare the Xiongnu invade so easily?!"
"Even if Thirteenth Brother really rebels, you don't have to be afraid with these archers!"
"With only these archers, plus the hundreds of thousands of border troops that Meng Tian and I will lead back to Xianyang, how can Thirteenth Brother resist?!"
When the First Emperor heard the first half of the words, he was quite pleased. The strength of these archers was indeed beyond his expectations.
However, Fusu's topic suddenly went off track!
He actually wanted to lead these archers back to Xianyang to capture Xiao Shisan and quell the rebellion? !
Snapped! !
The First Emperor slapped Fusu on the head and scolded him: "Are you out of your mind?!"
"These archers from the Divine Archery Camp are actually subordinates of your Thirteenth Brother!"
What? ! !
Fusu was stunned for a moment!
He opened his mouth wide, his face full of shock. Was all this caused by Thirteenth Brother? !
After scolding his son, the First Emperor did not give him much time to digest the thought and directly issued orders to all the Great Snow Dragon Riders.
"All the Great Snow Dragons, mount your horses and give chase!!"
There is no need to elaborate on Fusu's shock.
In short, when he learned that these archers were subordinates of his thirteenth brother Ying Heng, and that this news was told to him by his father himself, he was completely stunned.
For a moment, the logic was difficult to sort out in his mind.
Two questions troubled him.
First, when did the Thirteenth Brother, who spent all day enjoying himself, possess such magical weapons as the Snow Dragon Rider and the Archer?
Second, why did my father mention this matter so calmly? Wasn’t he aware of his thirteenth brother’s intention to usurp the throne?
He announced to the world that he would ascend the throne on the eighth day of the eighth month!
Let’s put Fusu’s confusion aside for now.
When Qin Shi Huang witnessed the amazing power of the sharpshooters, which reduced the Xiongnu cavalry to ruins, and saw the arrogant Chanyu Maodun leading the remnants of his troops to flee in embarrassment, he instantly realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue them!
Great Snow Dragon Rider, still has some strength to spare!
Perhaps, these dragon riders had been fleeing for a day, and the fire of revenge was burning in the hearts of the three thousand warriors. If it were not for the fact that the First Emperor had pity on them and did not want them to get hurt, they would have already started a desperate battle with the Hun cavalry by now!
Now is the time to demonstrate the Great Snow Dragon Riders' outstanding pursuit capabilities.
Although most of the Zhuge Crossbows had not yet been reloaded, the short rest had restored some of their strength.
So, Qin Shi Huang gave the order without hesitation: "Get on the horses and give chase!"
In an instant, the birds and beasts in the mountains and forests were startled and flew away, and dust flew all over the sky!
Boom boom boom!
The mountains roared and the valleys shook. Maodun Chanyu, who was fleeing in panic, suddenly looked back and was horrified to find that in the forest, which he had sent out 30,000 cavalry but could not reach, there was now billowing smoke and dust!
In the woods, a silver torrent flows like mercury, rushing down from the top of the mountain like a stream!
A moment later, the first silver-armored knight appeared on the plain, approaching his team at an alarming speed.
Maodun Chanyu was immediately terrified, as if thunder had sounded in his ears. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind: How could they still have such abundant fighting power to pursue!
No wonder Maodun was frightened.
Indeed, even if the Great Snow Dragon Riders hid in the dense forest after a day of rapid march and fierce fighting, and shot those terrifying long-range arrows, they would hardly have the energy to engage in a long-distance pursuit.
However, what Maodun didn't know was that most of the dragon riders began to rest after entering the forest, and the ones who shot arrows at them were not these three thousand dragon riders, but someone else.
Therefore, this seemingly impossible thing actually happened right before Maodun's eyes, once again shattering his perception of the king of the grassland!
If there were only three thousand of these divine soldiers descending from the sky to fight head-on against his tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, the outcome would be uncertain!
Realizing this, Maodun painfully ordered: "Everyone, stab the horses' buttocks with knives and charge at all costs! You must reach Yanmen Pass within one hour!"
As soon as this order came out, all the Xiongnu cavalrymen felt a chill in their hearts. They understood that after the order was issued, regardless of whether the people could survive or not, these precious war horses would most likely die!
Stabbing the horse with a knife and squeezing out its last bit of strength may allow you to gallop faster, but by the time you reach the finish line, your beloved warhorse will have bled to death from exhaustion.
This is the scene that all cavalrymen least want to see.
War horses and cavalrymen grow up together, are like brothers, and have deep feelings for each other.
This order is tantamount to abandoning before the battle and cutting off one's own hands and feet.
However, the Chanyu's order was like a divine will and could not be disobeyed. Moreover, the fear deep in the hearts of the Xiongnu cavalry was like a shadow, and they did not want to follow in the footsteps of their comrades and die on the battlefield.
If they were caught up by the Qin cavalry, they would really die, and their horses would become prey to the enemy.
In this case, why not let them exert their last remaining strength!
Then, the roar shook the earth.
Hiss~~~Lululululu~!!
Hiss~~~Lululululu~!!
Hiss~~~Lululululu~!!
Countless Hun horses roared wildly in pain, suddenly bursting out at an unprecedented speed, their pace of escape instantly increased by 30%, and they rushed desperately towards the direction of Yanmen Pass!
This scene left Qin Shi Huang and Huo Qubing stunned for a long while.
In fact, they no longer have many long-range attack methods in their pursuit.
Just as the Huns had guessed before, their arrows were almost exhausted, and most of Zhuge Liang's crossbows could not be reloaded in time and could not be fired continuously.
The First Emperor ordered all his men to mount their horses and give chase, convinced that the enemy had been consumed by fear and had lost their will to fight.
He planned to have the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry catch up to the enemy cavalry's rear and kill as many enemies as possible in close combat.
Even the First Emperor did not expect to completely annihilate this Xiongnu cavalry. After all, the morale and physical strength of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry were close to their limits.
The ability to continue the pursuit was entirely due to the short rest and the anger in my heart.
Sending the Great Snow Dragon Riders was more for venting anger and seizing possible opportunities for battle. What if they could gain something?
Now, when they went out, they scared more than 10,000 Hun cavalrymen so much that they tried their best to tap the potential of their war horses just to escape, which surprised the First Emperor.
"this…?"
"Not really. We can't kill that many of you."
However, the Xiongnu cavalry were unaware of this. At this moment, they regarded these three thousand Snow Dragon Riders as gods, demons, and terrifying beings with endless physical strength.
(End of this chapter)