GBP Chapter 636 Black Iron Guard
Chapter 636 Black Iron Guard
The Swift Guard was a standard unit, numbering over five thousand. After two rounds of attacks, only one thousand remained, and even the commander was killed by the enemy's spears.
Driven by overwhelming rage, the thousand men's eyes turned bloodshot, and their bodies charged forward uncontrollably.
"Kill them! Avenge our commander!" The last surviving commander shouted ferociously.
"Come back! Come back now!" the deputy general beside Bai Tiantian shouted.
Three thousand men failed to kill a single enemy; their force of one thousand was simply throwing their lives away.
Although the casualties of a few thousand people would not affect the overall battle situation, they were still a thousand lives, and could not be sacrificed alive.
When a person's brain is congested with blood, their body becomes uncontrollable, and even a general's orders will be ignored.
"Release the arrows," Lin Ping said calmly, already sentencing these people to death.
Lin Ping likes to finish what he starts. From the moment he killed the first member of the Swift Guard, he was determined to kill them all.
A thousand cavalrymen quickly died under the rain of arrows, their bodies lying haphazardly in the valley, the entire space filled with the stench of blood.
"Hahaha! Bai Tiantian, is that all you've got? Remember this, my name is Pang Xingji, and I'm your nemesis!"
The joy of victory clouded Pang Xingji's judgment; he even forgot that Bai Tiantian led an army of 300,000 and mistakenly believed that victory was possible.
"Pang Xingji? The Wu Kingdom actually has such a fierce general?" Bai Tiantian clicked her tongue and re-examined Pang Xingji.
He frowned again. This guy looked like a rough and uncultured man. How could he have such a strategy?
Bai Tiantian waved her hand behind her, and the cavalry in the front row made way for thousands of soldiers carrying crossbows to pour out of the crowd.
“Crossbowmen are not unique to your Wu Kingdom,” Bai Tiantian sneered. “I wonder if your crossbows are stronger, or the crossbows of my Daye Dynasty are stronger.”
Clearly, Bai Tiantian was planning to use crossbowmen against crossbowmen, purely to compete in range.
"Divine Bow Guards, listen to my command! All troops, attack!" The guard commander held a powerful crossbow, using arrows as a signal.
The terrain here is narrow, and the column of five thousand crossbowmen is very long, so the soldiers in the middle and back are not very effective.
Therefore, Commander Wei sent out only one thousand crossbowmen to slowly approach the enemy.
After several charges, the maximum range of the Wu Kingdom crossbowmen was revealed, which was fifty meters shorter than that of the Divine Bow Guards.
Don't underestimate this 50-meter range; it could very well be the key to victory or defeat.
As expected, the front-line soldiers of the Divine Bow Guard were outside the firing range of the Wu Kingdom's crossbowmen.
A distance of fifty meters is enough for thirty rows of soldiers to line up, and a thousand people can unleash a barrage of attacks without needing any protection.
"You little Wu Kingdom dare to oppose my Great Ye Dynasty? Let me show you what a real crossbow is!"
The commander of the Divine Bow Guard nocked an arrow and fired the first crossbow bolt, instantly killing a soldier from the Wu Kingdom.
The man collapsed beside Lin Ping, his shoes soaked with bright red blood.
"Go in peace, these thousand people will be buried with you!" Lin Ping helped him close his eyes.
"Hahaha, you can only watch yourselves die!"
After successfully killing one person, the commander of the Divine Archers arrogantly shouted:
"All units prepare! Fire!"
At this moment, Lin Ping also responded:
"Switch to powerful crossbows! Engage in firefight!"
Thousands of guards simultaneously placed their crossbows on the ground and picked up an even stronger one.
Lin Ping is a modern man with a scientific mind; he even founded the Huiwen Academy. How could he possibly be at a disadvantage in terms of weaponry?
In other words, the previous crossbows were not the strongest; there was a batch of enhanced versions with a range increased by 100 meters, surpassing even the Divine Bow Guards.
"I'll stand right here, just in case your range isn't enough!"
As two waves of arrows crossed in the air, the commander of the Divine Archers stood tall and proud, waiting to see the enemy's blood flow like a river.
Before he could finish speaking, the enemy's arrows had already hit the ground, instantly taking dozens of lives.
The more powerful the crossbow, the faster it is; the current situation speaks for itself.
"Damn the Wu Kingdom people, they still have their strength preserved! I'll just take you all down with me!" The commander of the Divine Bow Guard stomped his feet in anger, completely ignoring the pain of being shot in the shoulder.
The enemy's increased range is indeed bad news, but not fatal.
At worst, it's a one-for-one exchange. Anyway, the Daye Dynasty has 300,000 troops, while the Wu Kingdom only sent 5,000.
"defense!"
As the rain of arrows was about to fall, Lin Ping shouted again.
Thousands of soldiers raised their lightweight shields together, forming a perfect rectangle without a single gap.
Clang clang clang!
A dense barrage of arrows rained down on the shield, producing a series of crisp, ringing sounds.
The immense force pressed down on the Wu Kingdom soldiers, making it impossible for them to stand upright, and they ultimately failed to break through the shield defense line.
After sensing that the rain of arrows had all fallen, Lin Ping ordered the shields to be put away and began the second round of shooting.
The Divine Archers were completely dumbfounded. They had suffered hundreds of casualties, while not a single enemy had died.
How is this fight going?
With odds like that, even an army of 300,000 wouldn't be enough to cause trouble.
Any further thoughts were of no use; the second volley of arrows ended their lives, killing both the guard commander and the others.
"We won again?" Pang Xingji was overjoyed and almost screamed.
“My lord, if we continue fighting like this, even if the enemy has 300,000 troops, they will not be able to break through our defenses.”
Five thousand men against three hundred thousand, and he can still say such a thing? Only a simpleton like Pang Xingji could say that.
Even if 300,000 people laid down their weapons and let them kill them, they could still exhaust these 5,000 people to death.
They are made of flesh and blood, not killing machines.
Moreover, the enemy Lin Ping was most worried about had not yet appeared.
Lin Ping did not answer, but looked at the enemy's rear and clearly saw thousands of cavalrymen in black armor approaching little by little.
"Don't you want to increase casualties? Bai Tiantian, is this your only reliance?" Lin Ping muttered to himself, also wanting to witness the power of the Black Iron Guards.
"General, are we really going to send out the Black Iron Guards? How about we try the Divine Archer Guards instead?" the lieutenant asked tremblingly.
The moment the Black Iron Guard appeared, Bai Tiantian's eyes changed, becoming so sharp they could kill.
"Timely losses are the best strategy in warfare," Bai Tiantian said coldly.
"Greetings, Commander!" thousands of Black Iron Guard soldiers shouted in unison.
To others, Bai Tiantian was a great general, but to the Black Iron Guards, he was merely a guard commander, which shows how high the rank of the Black Iron Guards was.
The Black Iron Guards are to Bai Tiantian what the Embroidered Uniform Guards are to the Emperor!
Their appearance caused everyone's breath to stop. Their heavy, dark armor was several times tougher than ordinary fish-scale armor, and their cold, massive sword weighed far more than a few dozen kilograms.
Moreover, even their warhorses were clad in iron armor, making them impervious to attacks from spears and lances.
"Is this the Black Iron Guard? It clearly possesses the level of a king!" Lin Ping took a look and felt a chill run down his spine.