Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 334 - 226: Jin Ge Iron Horse, Swallowing Thousands of Miles Like a Tiger!

Chapter 334: Chapter 226: Jin Ge Iron Horse, Swallowing Thousands of Miles Like a Tiger!

Yu Jiaxuan, clad in armor, sat atop his restless warhorse, pawing the ground, his mind wrought with worry.

Yet, the allied force he observed seemed utterly unlikely to achieve victory!

But the order he had received was to lead the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Army in pursuit once the Jin soldiers were routed, so, despite his concerns, he could only patiently await further commands.

As for Wen Jun and the other old-party members, they were even more perplexed about the current situation.

They had previously witnessed the terrifying power of the new cannons, able to sink a large Jin ship with just a few shots.

However, they had no concept of the strange new weapon the Flying Tiger Army held aloft, resembling a long spear with spikes at the end but considerably shorter and oddly designed.

It seemed a peculiar hybrid between a musket and a spear.

Although unclear about the nature of this weapon, the old-party officials felt increasingly pessimistic from the formation deployed by the Flying Tiger Army.

This formation completely overturned their previous understanding of battlefields.

If it were spear infantry combating cavalry, they would traditionally form a dense, square array to meet the cavalry head-on.

However, even the dense formation of spear infantry could easily collapse instantly when confronted with the relentless heavy Kidnapper Cavalry.

After all, no human is a machine, impervious to seeing a half-ton steel beast charging towards them, nor could they remain calm as horses broke into their ranks, trampling their comrades, breaking bones and sinews.

Thus, most of the Qi Dynasty’s forces would disintegrate upon encountering the Kidnapper Cavalry.

The formation assembled by the Flying Tiger Army appeared even more vulnerable than the quickly routable formations of the Qi Army.

At this time, while the Qi forces were quite proficient in combat formations, the Flying Tiger Army, on the other hand, had aligned themselves in a straight-line formation, spreading out along the riverbank, seemingly all weak points.

Furthermore, these infantrymen wore no armor, carried neither a Divine Arm Bow nor any other weapons, and lacked the coordination of spear infantry or other military units.

The only equipment they held was that peculiar weapon.

How could they possibly confront the Kidnapper Cavalry and the heavy cavalry?

Even if it were a new type of musket, such weaponry was hardly valued in this era, significantly inferior to strong bows and crossbows.

To deploy them against the heavy cavalry seemed almost like a death wish.

The old-party officials were completely baffled.

As war is prone to rapid shifts, soon, the Jin cavalry was nearing!

The Kidnapper Cavalry, swifter than the heavy cavalry, were already flanking.

At nearly a hundred meters, the Jin soldiers atop the Kidnapper Cavalry had drawn their bows, preparing to launch the first harrying assault on the Qi forces.

The faces of these Kidnapper Cavalry soldiers were filled with smiles.

In their view, the battle was nearly in the bag.

The range of a mounted bow was less than that of a foot bow, much less a Divine Arm Bow.

Thus, in previous battles, Jin cavalry had to withstand the first volley of Divine Arm Bow fire before they could effectively harm the Qi forces.

Although the Divine Arm Bow, a significant weapon in the military, wasn’t issued to all but was available only to select elite troops and infantry, it still proved a considerable nuisance to the Jin forces.

The charge of the Jin cavalry, despite casualties, pressed on without retreat or disbandment, believing firmly in their impending victory.

Yet now, with the cavalry nearly within a hundred meters of the Qi foot soldiers, these infantrymen remained utterly motionless, showing no response?

To the Jin, the next sequence of events seemed entirely predictable.

First, the Kidnapper Cavalry from the flanks would begin their harassment, cycling through mounted shooting aimed at the vulnerable sides of the infantry formation, causing disarray.

Then, the heavy cavalry would irrationally break straight through the middle, piercing the Qi infantry formation.

What followed would be an unequivocal massacre.

With a great river at the Qi army’s back, even if they wished to flee, there was simply nowhere to run.

Besides, how could Qi foot soldiers outrun the Jin cavalry on horseback?

In an instant, the Kidnapper Cavalry and heavy cavalry had closed to within sixty or seventy meters of the dense Flying Tiger Army formation.

At this point, the Kidnapper Cavalry had begun to notch their arrows, readying the first volley.

While mounted archery at this distance wouldn’t have a high accuracy rate, its main purpose was to disrupt and disarray the enemy formation.

Mounted archers often managed to break infantry squares by repeatedly attacking prominent positions like the front row or angles while moving at high speed, causing severe casualties with concentrated fire.

Yet, infantry found it challenging to strike back effectively against light cavalry.

The first shower of arrows from mounted archery fell.

Though the accuracy at this range wasn’t high, some less fortunate members of the Flying Tiger Army fell to the arrows.

Unexpectedly, the others remained utterly unmoved, still holding their muskets, waiting patiently.

Their comrades, felled by arrows beside them, were completely ignored.

The old-party members watching from above could no longer contain themselves. Weren’t they openly serving as live targets for the Jin?