Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1746: Chapter 1647: Boyuan Arrives—Uncle Teaches You the Ultimate Secret of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry...

Fortunately, the White Horse was constantly engaging in long-range harassment from the side, delaying the speed of the Northern Huns. After all, the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry was an all-around cavalry, unlike the Iron Cavalry, which is a high-defense type. Although the White Horse doesn’t have the attack power to kill with a single strike, it can easily break through defenses and harass.

Kun Wan did send people to pursue and kill, but unfortunately, neither the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry nor the Northern Huns Guards were as fast as the White Horse. In the end, they had to let the Northern Huns Guards defend against the White Horse’s harassment from the periphery.

However, seeing that the arrows were completely ineffective against the Northern Huns Guards, the White Horse quickly turned to shoot in another direction, and the Northern Huns Guards, with their limited numbers, could not possibly block so many gaps.

These rogue tactics left Kun Wan fuming with anger, so in the end, they could only slow down and defend while pursuing the Han army, resulting in more and more White Horses gathering around to watch them...

”...” Zhou Yu looked blankly at the attack methods of the White Horse behind them. The damage was not high, but the endless rain of arrows, where the enemy could hit you but you couldn’t hit them back, would drive any opposing enemy mad with frustration.

”It’s a pity the attack power is too low.” Zhou Yu watched as an arrow from a White Horse Soldier was deflected by the Northern Huns and only pierced through the leather armor of another soldier without even drawing blood, shaking his head in regret.

One must know that back then, the Elite of Danyang could shoot an arrow that, even if deflected by a spear, would rebound and, after piercing a horse’s neck, kill the enemy behind it.

Chen Xi rolled his eyes. The White Horse’s attack power isn’t actually low; it seems low only because their opponents are non-standard, usually either top elites or Military Spirits.

”The White Horse lacks some strength; they have the ability to convert speed into attack, but their inherently fragile defense can’t withstand the pressure of close combat,” Zhao Yun said with a bitter smile, noting the inexplicable loss of some capabilities by the White Horse.

Although the current White Horse has an absolute advantage against any legion in battle, it also has an absolute shortcoming at any time: it cannot engage in close combat. Even against the Miscellaneous Huns, the current White Horse is unable to engage in close combat.

And this is simply impossible according to logic. Without close combat, how did Gongsun Zan fight the Hu people in his time? Back then, they had some close combat capabilities; otherwise, they wouldn’t have ordered a charge at Jieqiao.

If they truly had no close combat capabilities, not even Gongsun Zan in his fervor would issue such an order, and being able to make such an order is enough to demonstrate that the White Horse had some close combat capabilities, meaning White Horse had the means to improve their defense for close combat.

But the White Horse inherited by Zhao Yun has no close combat capability whatsoever, and currently, of the White Horse under Gongsun Bogui’s command, only Zhao Yun and Xue Shao are left, neither of whom understands it.

[I need to seriously study this aspect when I have the time; the shortcomings of the White Horse must be addressed.] Chen Xi thought silently, and just then, an eagle’s cry sounded in the sky. As everyone looked up, the Golden-Winged Great Peng had already flown far away.

”Damn this eagle,” Chen Xi said, his face darkening. If not for this eagle, they would have escaped without a scratch.

”Marquis Chen, don’t say that. Without this eagle, we wouldn’t have found this place,” Lyu Qiling said with a cheerful smile, recounting the events before. Both Chen Xi and Zhou Yu were taken aback.

”Zilong, what are you looking at?” Chen Xi asked when he saw Zhao Yun frowning.

Zhao Yun slightly furrowed his brows and then scratched his head, about to speak when Zhou Yu turned and said to the group, ”It seems we can’t avoid being caught up to.”

Zhao Yun turned to look; at this moment, the Northern Huns were less than a mile away from the Han army. This distance meant that the Northern Huns could unleash a legion talent to charge up and bite the Han army’s rear army at any moment.

”Our reinforcements have arrived too,” Li Tiao suddenly spoke, breaking his silence, and at this time, a swarm of black dots was pouring towards them from the Zheng Nan direction.

”Hey, Gongjin, I’m here to save you!” A vast voice echoed from the horizon, followed by Sun Ce charging in front towards Zhou Yu.

”Reinforcements have arrived,” Chen Xi couldn’t help but smile, while Zhao Yun had a thoughtful expression. The moment the Golden-Winged Great Peng spread its wings and flew over earlier, an instantaneous glimpse of distortion was seen. Zhao Yun seemed to understand something, but also like he understood nothing at all.

Sun Ce’s speed was astonishing. Almost at the moment his voice was heard, he had reached the side of Zhou Yu’s carriage.

”Huh, I heard you were being chased very badly, but you seem perfectly fine,” Sun Ce said mischievously.

”Are you saying I need to be in trouble to be considered bad?” Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow and asked coldly, ”I haven’t even asked why you sneaked out, and you dare ask me. Don’t you know your sneaking out almost threw the entire Eastern Wu into chaos?”

”I totally don’t believe that,” Sun Ce shook his head repeatedly, not believing Zhou Yu’s words. He might be straightforward, but he’s no fool. Without him, isn’t there still Zhou Yu? Moreover, if they were to say which of the two running away would throw Eastern Wu into more chaos, it would definitely be Zhou Yu sneaking out.

”So you do know. Your sister-in-law asked me to tell you that if you can’t return in one piece, your son will change his name to Qiao Shao,” Zhou Yu said expressionlessly, delivering an unfortunate message to Sun Ce, who hurriedly checked his body for any injuries.