"Puchi! Puchi! "
Muffled sounds could be heard continuously.
Arrows either hit the Tibetan cavalrymen or the war horses, causing the entire formation to become even more chaotic. After this matter, the attacks that Tibet had formed were all for naught.
Kun Mi frowned when he saw this scene from behind. This was a surprise attack, a lightning-fast attack. According to Kun Mi's plan, there shouldn't be any problems. What happened in front of him shocked Kun Mi.
How did it look like they weren't prepared?
They were clearly well-prepared.
However, Kun Mi had already launched the attack. The arrows were already loaded and there was no way he could change the course of the attack. Kun Mi raised his war saber and ordered loudly, "Men, charge in. Du Qi's army can't withstand a single blow. As long as we charge in, Du Qi will definitely be defeated. "
"Charge!"
Kun Mi ordered loudly.
Although some of his soldiers were affected by the holes in the ground, they still charged forward despite the rain of arrows. The distance between the two sides was gradually reduced from a hundred steps to forty steps.
Even so, at least three hundred of Kun Mi's cavalrymen were injured.
Kun Mi's heart ached, but there was nothing he could do.
This was how war was.
Especially since he was the attacker, it was impossible for him to not suffer any losses. After the distance was reduced, Kun Mi continued to attack fiercely. Although the attack wasn't as powerful as before, it was still rapidly reducing the distance.
One by one, the Tibetan cavalrymen were blocked by the previous attack. Now that the distance was reduced to forty steps, they only needed to charge forward a little more and they would be able to charge in.
The group of people became excited and quickly rushed forward. However, a group of war horses charged forward for another ten steps. Suddenly, the war horses neighed and went crazy.
The war horses ran around uncontrollably.
Some of the war horses changed their direction and ran backward, causing the cavalrymen in front and behind to crash into each other. The formation was completely messed up.
"Iron caltrops, there are iron caltrops on the ground."
Someone among the Tibetan cavalrymen shouted.
Countless people shouted and the news reached Kun Mi's ears. When he heard the news, he was furious. However, he also knew that Du Qi must have received their news in advance.
Otherwise, Du Qi wouldn't have placed iron caltrops outside the camp. This was because even though the caltrops could defend against external attacks, it would also greatly restrict the movement of his own troops.
Kun Mi knew that the caltrops could stop the cavalry, but he did not stop. He gritted his teeth and said, "Charge!"
Even if there was a mountain of daggers and a sea of flames in front of him, he had to charge forward.
He had to break Du Qi's camp.
At this point, Kun Mi roughly estimated that he had lost at least five hundred cavalrymen. With this loss, if they gave up on attacking, Kun Mi would suffer too great a loss.
They hadn't even touched a single hair of Du Qi's soldiers, yet they had lost nearly five hundred men.
It would be too embarrassing if word got out.
In fact, if the two armies had clashed on a wide battlefield, Kun Mi would not have suffered such a huge loss. Kun Mi might even have won. However, because Kun Mi wanted to take the initiative to attack, and Kun Mi originally thought that Du Qi was unprepared, it turned out that Du Qi was prepared.
This caused Kun Mi to suffer huge losses.
The current Kun Mi felt as if it was being roasted on a fire. It was extremely uncomfortable.
As a result, he was caught in a dilemma.
He could not retreat, so he could only grit his teeth and bear with the losses as he charged forward. Although all of the Tibetan cavalrymen had suffered great losses under the continuous attacks, more of the Tibetan cavalrymen had been provoked into becoming ferocious. They all gritted their teeth and urged their horses to charge forward, closing the distance once more. When the distance was reduced to ten steps, there were no more caltrops.
There were only some barricades placed at the entrance of the camp.
The barricades were placed there for obvious reasons. The Tibetan cavalrymen were experienced in dealing with such barricades. The Tibetan cavalrymen bent their backs and swung their war blades downwards. Using the momentum of the warhorse's charge, they charged towards the camp.
When Du Qi saw the Tibetan cavalrymen charging over, he smiled.
At this point, he had already gained a lot.
He had caused at least six hundred Tibetan cavalrymen to die. This was not a small achievement. If they were to fight on a wide battlefield, it would not be easy for Du Qi to kill six hundred Tibetan cavalrymen.
After all, the enemy had two thousand elite cavalrymen, and they came and went like the wind. Du Qi only had one thousand elite cavalrymen under his command. Due to the difference in numbers and the fact that the Tibetan cavalrymen were not weak, he might not be able to win the battle.
However, it was different now.
The Tibetan cavalrymen had given up their advantage. It was a piece of cake for Du Qi to deal with these cavalrymen.
"Spearmen, resist the enemy!"
Du Qi gave another order.
As the order was given, Ma Yuan led six hundred spearmen and formed a spear formation. This formation laid across the entrance of the camp, blocking the incoming cavalrymen.
"Raise the shields!"
Ma Yuan shouted loudly.
The frontmost row of soldiers quickly raised the shields in front of them and formed a shield wall.
"Raise the spears!"
Ma Yuan gave another order.
The soldiers in the back row raised their spears and attacked.
The spears pierced out at a forty-five degree angle, and the speed of their piercing was extremely fast. When the warhorses charged over, the frontmost row of shield-wielding soldiers used all their strength to block their shields. The spearmen in the back row quickly pierced out and retracted their spears.
It did not matter if they pierced their targets, they had to quickly retract their spears and pierce them again.
This was to form a strangling force.
"Puchi! Puchi! "
The sound of the spears piercing into flesh could be heard continuously.
As the spears were retracted, the Tibetan cavalrymen fell one after another. Even the warhorses were stabbed to death.
The Tibetan cavalrymen's attack was immediately blocked.
They could no longer charge forward.
"Kill!"
Ma Yuan was in the second row. After he gave the order, the soldiers under his command pierced out again.
The warhorse cavalrymen who charged forward were killed one after another. In such a situation, no matter how fierce the Tibetan cavalrymen were, their attacks had already dissipated and could no longer form a charging force.
Even the frontmost cavalrymen were blocked. The cavalrymen at the back could not advance and could only stop.
However, the arrows were still being shot out continuously.
As the arrows fell, the sound of the arrows piercing into flesh could be heard. The Tibetan cavalrymen were still being shot to death.
In an instant, there were countless casualties.
Kun Mi who was at the back saw the losses and was completely dumbfounded. He did not expect that his confident attack on Du Qi's camp would result in such a huge loss.
Kun Mi roughly estimated that he had lost no less than 800 men. However, the losses he caused to Du Qi were probably not even a few dozen men.
Up until now, Du Qi's army had only formed the long spear formation. There were very few losses here. As for the other areas, Du Qi did not send out a single soldier.
Kun Mi had a headache when he saw this scene.
The camp that Du Qi had set up was like a hedgehog. It was covered in thorns and its defense was impregnable. There was no way to charge in. However, he had lost so many soldiers. He was not willing to accept it.
Kun Mi gritted his teeth and ordered, "Xiduo, lead the soldiers and charge for a while more. If we can't break the long spear formation, we will retreat and think of another way. "
The pits and caltrops at the front were almost all used up.
It was almost impossible for them to be hit.
They only needed to think about how to block the arrows.
When Xiduo received the order, he immediately gave the order to attack. This time, Xiduo led a group of personal guards forward. They braved the rain of arrows and quickly arrived at the front. He personally commanded the cavalrymen to charge.
However, even though Xiduo went all out, the long spear formation's defense was still impenetrable. Even if the frontmost defense was broken, the death of a shield-bearer meant that there would be more to fill in, not giving the cavalrymen a chance to break through.
Such reinforcements made Xiduo's command useless. Xiduo was a fierce general and a decisive person. He made a prompt decision and ordered, "Retreat, retreat immediately."
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