Bai Qi was rushing towards Meng Tian at full speed.
The enemy was also approaching rapidly, but their general had not heard a reply from their own side and likely guessed that a battle had begun, leaving no time for a response.
To reach their destination as quickly as possible, they increased their marching speed.
Meng Tian was waiting for the enemy. With the images transmitted by the reconnaissance aircraft, he could see the enemy approaching quickly and their position had not deviated. They were heading directly towards his location.
As the ground rumbled, Meng Tian had his soldiers prepare various ambushes.
Many of them held various scrolls, while the soldiers in the rear had already nocked their arrows. As soon as the enemy approached, they would draw their bows and launch an attack.
One kilometer, five hundred meters, one hundred meters.
After fifty meters.
Suddenly, the enemy cavalry all fell into traps. They plunged into the underground pits. After their warhorses died, they were also impaled by sharp thorns. Combined with the cavalry continuously charging from behind, many horsemen fell into the traps one after another.
The cavalry from the rear quickly pulled their horses and began to stop. However, the cavalry behind them didn't know and immediately crashed into their own forces in front, causing some of the cavalry in front to fall into the traps again, indirectly killing many.
Even many soldiers fell from their warhorses, landing in a gruesome state.
Fortunately, the enemy's cavalry commander immediately shouted, "Stop, there's an ambush!"
The cavalry from the rear then stopped and looked around.
As the enemy approached, Meng Tian waved his hand, emerging from the hidden formation, and threw the scrolls in his hand. The archers also drew their bows and unleashed a rain of arrows upon the enemy.
Waves of arrow rain launched attacks on the charging cavalry. Then, the soldiers a hundred meters away, seeing their general launch an attack, also summoned their mounts and charged out rapidly, launching a fierce assault on the enemy's rear.
The enemy cavalry, ambushed, halted in place. Meng Tian's cavalry, however, counterattacked with the speed of a charge, launching mounted archery attacks.
Without the speed of a charge, the cavalry's combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. The cavalry in the rear tried to react, but it was too late. A large number were shot down.
Moreover, as Meng Tian's subordinates threw scrolls that landed among the enemy ranks, explosions erupted. The twenty thousand cavalry were completely separated. The startled warhorses began to flee in all directions, beyond command.
This was because the warhorses were affected by a type of scroll called Fear Scrolls, causing them to run wild.
Subsequently, the five thousand cavalry in the rear first fired several sleeve arrows from their hands, then drew their weapons and charged into the enemy ranks.
"Puff puff puff!!!"
The powerful charging force of the cavalry began to manifest at this moment. Before even engaging, over five thousand of the enemy cavalry were annihilated.
As Meng Tian's cavalry charged, the enemy soldiers began to decrease rapidly.
Although they wanted to counterattack, their warhorses did not obey orders and caused them severe consequences, greatly reducing their combat effectiveness.
Seeing the scrolls having such a significant impact on the enemy's warhorses, Meng Tian was astonished and said, "I didn't expect the scrolls the Lord bought to have such power. I must suggest to the Lord to buy more."
Meng Tian was also surprised by how smoothly things went, attributing it to the help of those Fear Scrolls. However, there weren't many of those scrolls, only dozens, and he had used them all this time.
He had initially just wanted to see the effect, but it turned out to be so great.
As the enemy's mounts became useless and even a hindrance, the enemy commander was forced to issue an order: "Dismount!"
If cavalry loses its mounts, are they still cavalry?
Even so, their combat effectiveness was still strong.
Unfortunately, Meng Tian's army was not to be trifled with either.
Meng Tian began to command his army to continuously shoot arrows at the enemy.
The enemy began to form a defensive formation and charged towards them. Meng Tian commanded his army to shoot while retreating.
The enemy suddenly said, "Release your mounts, and charge at the enemy by whipping them."
After the enemy general did this, it did indeed surprise Meng Tian. He had to command his soldiers to quickly dodge and put away their bows, engaging the enemy in close combat once they approached.
The enemy began to fight with Meng Tian's soldiers. In the rear, Meng Tian's five thousand cavalry were still charging at them.
The enemy's forces were continuously dwindling, and Meng Tian's soldiers also suffered casualties, though far fewer than the enemy.
However, because the enemy cavalry couldn't be utilized effectively, Meng Tian seized the opportunity to kill them, bringing the numbers of both armies to a balance. And as the cavalry's kill count increased, they even surpassed the enemy.
The enemy was also extremely frustrated, never expecting to encounter an ambush here.
After all, this was an open plain, such a large area, yet they encountered an ambush.
It was only because the other side possessed hidden formations. With the observation of flying magical beasts, nothing could be detected. This was something the commander had never anticipated.
There was nothing they could do. Since they had encountered it, they could only wait for the infantry from the rear to arrive.
The enemy also knew the significant threat of cavalry and ordered their soldiers to pick up bows and arrows and shoot at the cavalry, which did indeed cause casualties to Meng Tian's cavalry.
Meng Tian indeed needed to resolve the battle quickly. Once the enemy's infantry arrived, he would face a pincer attack.
His original plan was to fight and retreat, withdrawing to the rear. But he never expected the Fear Scrolls to have such a significant impact on the warhorses, giving him the strength to eliminate the enemy. As an excellent general, Meng Tian naturally wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass him by.
The enemy's numbers decreased from the initial twenty thousand to fifteen thousand, then to twelve thousand, and finally to five thousand.
At this point, the enemy's infantry finally arrived.
Meng Tian immediately said, "Retreat to the rear."
His cavalry had also lost nearly two thousand men. The remaining three thousand faced ten thousand, especially after fighting for so long. Their priority was to retreat, and the duration of the Fear Scrolls was also nearing its end. If the enemy summoned their mounts at this time, their strength would surpass his own.
Therefore, Meng Tian fought while retreating in a very orderly manner.
Moreover, with three thousand cavalry charging on the flanks, the enemy dared not get too close.
(Author: One more chapter and then I'm going to sleep.)