Chapter 882
The dense rain of arrows constantly disintegrated the defense of the ration troops.
In the face of such a huge disparity in strength, even if the grain transport troops resisted desperately, it would be difficult to form an effective counterattack.
As a cavalry general Liu Kai, the situation at this time is even more difficult.
The number of cavalry under his command was only three hundred.
Take three hundred light cavalry and attack thousands of steppe cavalry?
No matter how you look at it, it's no different from dying.
And will die worthless.
Seeing that the entire army was about to be crushed by the prairie cavalry with arrow rain.
There are only two choices in front of Liu Kai at this time.
The first choice is to fight to the death, expecting a miracle to happen.
The second option is to preserve the troops and abandon the grain trucks to retreat.
Seriously, neither option is very sensible, and both take considerable risks.
But as the commander-in-chief of this grain transport team, Liu Kai clearly realized that he had to make a choice.
Even if the choice is extremely difficult.
Taking a deep breath, Liu Kai decisively issued an order to retreat after his rational judgment.
He didn't know if the front-line troops had noticed that the grassland country had sent such a large-scale grassland cavalry to rob food.
Therefore, Liu Kai could not be sure whether reinforcements would arrive.
Under this premise, just relying on this strength to compete with thousands of grassland cavalry will only be unilaterally slaughtered.
At this time, it is wise to choose to retreat and preserve the force.
However, this retreat is not so simple.
Most of their logistical forces are infantry.
On the opposite side were cavalry.
If they want to withdraw, they have to see whether the other side answers or not.
Sure enough, the steppe cavalry under Bazar had no intention of letting them go.
For Bazar, although the main purpose of this time was to rob food, it would be great if he could destroy more than a thousand troops of the opponent.
What's the point of letting go?
After leaving a thousand prairie cavalry to take over the grain trucks, the remaining prairie cavalry resolutely continued to pursue.
At this point, Liu Kai was already mentally prepared.
After abandoning the grain truck, the soldiers' movements were obviously much more flexible.
Maintaining their formation, they fought and retreated toward the east.
The prairie cavalry on the opposite side completely entangled them with their cavalry and archery attacks, making them unable to escape.
You can't beat it, you can't escape.
The disgust of the cavalry archers can be said to be revealed at this moment.
The only thing to be thankful for at this time is probably their infantry unit, basically all of them are equipped with shield armor.
Facing the overwhelming rain of arrows, it would not completely fall into a state of waiting for death.
But the situation isn't getting any better...
At this moment, Liu Kai, who is commanding the logistics force and fighting and retreating, can be said to be under enormous psychological pressure.
This kind of battle made him feel like every second was like a year.
I don't know how long it lasted, but most of the soldiers under his command who fought bloody battles have already lost most of them.
Until the east direction, a piece of sand and dust rolled up into the sky.
In the sand and dust, the military flag that was blown by the wind, caused Liu Kai, who was in a state of embarrassment at the moment, with a look of ecstasy on his face.
"Reinforcement, reinforcements have arrived!!"
A simple shout.
But it was as if the remaining soldiers had been injected with a cardiotonic injection.
Uplift the spirits of all soldiers!
And the movement here naturally inevitably fell into Bazar's eyes.
Realizing that the situation had changed, Bazar's pupils contracted violently, and then he shouted decisively...
"Retreat! Hurry up and retreat!"
While speaking, Bazar directly took the lead in turning the direction and rushing towards the distance.
On the other hand, the steppe cavalrymen who stayed behind to take over the grain carts moved very neatly.
He also fixed his own horse directly to the grain cart.
A grain cart, pulled by two horses, was much faster than when one horse was used.
Plus its own riding skills are there.
When driving the carriage, there is not much jerky.
By the time Bazar came back with the soldiers under his command, they had already driven away in the grain cart.
The menacing cavalry dashed past Liu Kai and the others, and didn't even have time to stop.
Bai Ze probably knew the situation here.
No nonsense, with the cavalry under his command, he immediately accelerated to chase and kill.
In a way, they arrived just in time.
It was almost as expected by His Majesty the Emperor.
If the steppe cavalry really wanted to rob food, they would definitely wait until they officially launched the attack.
At that time, most of their attention will be shifted to the siege battle in front of them.
This greatly increases the success rate of robbing food.
The opponent's move was good, if it wasn't for Grey Harrier telling Luo Ji that the steppe cavalry who had left before had never returned to the Chaerhan steppe country.
He probably wouldn't have reacted so quickly.
As a light cavalry unit, mobility is naturally deserved first.
Under this premise, Bai Ze also started the battle method of 'solitary and precious'.
They marched all the way, and arrived here day and night.
At this moment, although the soldiers of the cavalry team were tired and sleepy, they were very aware of the importance of this batch of food.
One by one, they were all energized.
Some even bit the tip of their tongue directly, relying on the pain to force themselves to concentrate and stay awake.
Eagle strikes the sky! The two eagles, Xue Yu and Ge Ge, are faster than the cavalry team.
Between the several flaps of the wings, it showed an amazing speed.
He directly caught up with the prairie cavalry who were running wildly.
The sound of eagles chirping from the air entered the ears of every steppe cavalryman.
Invisibly brought them a huge psychological pressure.
Because it means they are positioned!
As long as Xue Yu and Grid continued to chase them.
Then it will be difficult for them to get rid of the pursuit of the Wanjie Civilization Cavalry.
Things like this, they have been through countless times in the past few months.
Therefore, Bazar also has a way to deal with it.
One of the easiest ways is to run separately.
However, their purpose of this wave is to rob all the food.
While alleviating the food problem of their Chaerhan steppe country.
Let the front-line troops of Wanjie Civilization completely run out of food.
With such a purpose, it would be meaningless if some of the food was taken back by the other party, thus gaining a chance to mobilize and breathe.
Therefore, they must rob all of this batch of food!
Thinking of this, Bazar resolutely ordered again after gritting his teeth...
"You guys continue to run with the food, and the rest stay with me!!"
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