1268 TWO Chapter 1268-surviving is my fortune, death is my life (1/2)
Chapter 1268 – Surviving Is My Fortune, Death Is My Life
Wang Ben's forces surged on the top of the hill, totally crushing the first wave of enemies that managed to climb up.
The true test had just begun.
”Stop!”
With the order given, the charging cavalry soldiers tightly pulled on their ropes, which wrapped tightly around their horses. Even then, it took them a few minutes before the entire army could come to a stop.
”Backline becomes the frontline, continue to charge!”
The peak of the hill was really narrow and steep, making it tough for the cavalry to make huge turns to change directions. They could only use such primitive methods, which inevitably wasted some time.
Furthermore, such actions meant that they would have to gather momentum from scratch.
By the time the army managed to turn around, an already formed up Ashoka Dynasty army was waiting for them. They were closely packed along the peak of the hill, and one could not see the end of them.
On the sides of the hill were closely packed archers gathered on the slopes.
”Charge!”
Wang Ben's forces had no choice. They had to charge backward through that path because that was the only way down the hill.
Making use of this time, the cavalry shook off the flesh, head, and body parts hanging on their spears. After they shook their spear tips, blood splattered, and a cold glimmer shone once more.
This was all that the soldiers could do. They did not even have the time to adjust their armor that had loosened and gotten out of position. Their legs tapped their war horses as they started charging once more.
They charged as they adjusted themselves to find the optimal attacking spot.
They focused all their energy into the spear in their hands. Anyone that they pierced would have no chances of surviving. An invincible momentum had gathered the tip of the spear and would only stop after it saw blood.
”Kill!”
The Qin soldiers hollered in unison, letting out breaths of foul air as they all accumulated their energies and auras.
The Ashoka Dynasty army ahead of them only felt a mountain-like aura bearing down on them. Moreover, the pressure contained a rumbling killing intent; it was like they were stuck in a blood ocean as they felt suffocated and found it difficult to breathe.
After just a month of killing, this Qin army had managed to gather up the spirit of an iron army, sending chills down everyone's spine.
The Ashoka Dynasty soldiers nervously adjusted their shields that were placed on the ground. Their blade wielding right hands were dripping with sweat as they stared directly forward. Their current nervousness could not be described in words.
”Hold it! Hold it!”
Luckily, the generals were still calm and kept on pacifying and settling down the army.
”Get ready!”
The general raised his hand. Right now, he could vaguely smell the nose-piercing stench of the breaths of the warhorses as well as the sour smell from the green grass being trampled.
”Fire!”
The general swung his hand forward in a powerful manner as an arrow rain that covered the sky was shot out.
As long as one was made up of flesh and blood, they could not be invincible before an arrow rain. Either the soldiers or the war horses of the high-speed charging Wang Ben troops were shot, falling down and unable to rise up.
At this point, no matter how skilled in reading the cavalry were, they could not make any evasive movements. Furthermore, if they tried to dodge, they might knock into the cavalry to their sides, so it was simply too dangerous.
Hence, they could only expressionlessly disregard the cries of the war horses and disregard the call for help from their friends. They did not stop at all, directly galloping past them.
The battlefield was heartless.
They could only brave the arrow rain and continue the charge.
In a short while, Wang Ben's troops had charged to the front of the enemy. Facing the rows of shields as well as the long spears poking out from within the gaps, the cavalry soldiers did not even blink.
The war horses crashed into the enemy, and the spears in the hands of the soldiers either stabbed or pierced out to kill the enemy.
The two wings of enemy soldiers were pushed by people around them as they rolled down the hill, knocking right into the archers crouching on the slopes. This gave rise to even more chaos, and curses filled the air.
When the Ashoka Dynasty army commander saw that, his expression became really awkward and embarrassed. In hindsight, getting the archers to hide on the slopes was such a stupid idea.
”Let the archers withdraw and send the sword shield soldiers!” the commander decisively ordered.
”Yes!”
The archers withdrew like a flood as the sword shield soldiers hollered energetically and charged up. The two sides brushed past one another, and the sword shield soldiers could not help but mock the archers, making the faces of the archers flush red.
While the Ashoka Dynasty army was switching soldiers, Wang Ben's forces had already charged across. As the hill top was narrow, either the infantry were knocked aside by the cavalry or the cavalry were mercilessly slaughtered by the infantry.
There was no third possibility.
The two sides were like two granola bars crashing into one another, wearing down each other and becoming shorter and shorter. Now, the side that was able to last till the end would be the victor.
The goal of Wang Ben's troops was obvious to them. They just wanted to charge out to their starting point. Regardless of the price, this goal would not change.
The price was a steep one.
Although they had killed many enemy troops, only 50 thousand of them were left by the time the army managed to charge back to their starting point. Even Wang Ben's deputy general had died in battle.
Luckily, they won.
Looking back at the mountain of corpses, the ocean of blood, and the chaotic scenes on the slopes and foot of the mountain, Wang Ben nodded his head in satisfaction before decisively ordering, ”Withdraw!”