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Chapter 20 The Asymmetric Contest

Amid the intense sound of war drums, the Mingyue army continued to move forward.

No one paid attention to the four heavy infantry who fell to the ground by arrows. This has always been the case on the battlefield. When the two armies are fighting, no one will go to treat their injured comrades or collect their bodies for them. Everything will have to wait until the end of the war. Of course, if it is the defeated side, there will never be a chance to collect their bodies for their comrades.

In a flash, the two armies were not far apart and were about to enter the range of the infantry longbow.

Meng Hu waved his hand, and the light soldiers who were waiting behind him dispersed loudly, forming two phalanxes on the left and right. An extremely strange scene immediately appeared on the battlefield. The two small phalanxes scattered left and right and left confronted each other with the large phalanxes of light infantry on both wings of the Mingyue Empire Army. Only Meng Hu was the only one who stayed in the central army to confront Mingyue heavy troops!

The army in the bright moon.

Tuoba Tao's face suddenly became more and more gloomy. Meng Hu was so arrogant that he really wanted to fight against the 4,000 heavy infantry soldiers alone?

In front of the two armies, Meng Hu held up a large gun.

The two light soldiers scattered left and right immediately had a small riot. The sword-holding light soldiers standing in the front row quickly retreated. The light soldiers who were originally hiding in the back row showed their hideous figures. The light soldiers suddenly held the longbows stolen from the Mingyue Empire Army in their hands.

The bow was full, and the sharp wolf-toothed arrow was already buckled on the string, and it was facing the sky with an oblique angle. The direction pointed by the arrow was not the heavy infantry of the Mingyue Middle Army, but the light soldiers on both wings.

The army in the bright moon.

A hint of ridicule suddenly appeared on the corner of Tuoba Tao's mouth. Will the sword in the hands of the light soldier be replaced with a long bow and become an archer? This idea is too naive!

If the archers are so worthless, they will not become the elite army in Middle-earth!

Longbows are difficult to create and easily damaged. Although it is one of the reasons why archers are scarce, another reason is that it is not easy to train an elite archer. It is easy to learn and learn but difficult to master. As long as you are tall enough and have strong arm strength, you can pull the longbow by yourself. However, if you want to become an excellent archer, it is impossible to train for a few years.

What's more, thousands of archers shooting arrows at the same time on the battlefield are completely different from shooting arrows alone!

Because archers are often protected by heavy infantry and light infantry, with almost all heads gathered in front, back, left and right. Such an environment can easily cause visual disorganization. It is impossible for veterans who are experienced in many battles to accurately determine the exact distance and direction of the enemy.

At this time, you need to rely on the experience of an archer. It is difficult for an inexperienced archer to control the shooting angle based on his feelings. The arrows shot will have a great deviation, or they will fall or simply fall on their own heads.

In Tuoba Tao's eyes, Meng Hu was like a poor local bun for a lifetime at this time. He suddenly became rich and couldn't wait to show it out to the world. Only local buns like Meng Hu who had never seen any world would think that light infantrymen could turn into archers by throwing their swords and picking up their longbows.

In front of the two armies.

Meng Hu suddenly raised his big gun and pointed his gun forward with a low point.

The light soldiers who were waiting for the bow let go one after another. Amid the trembling buzzing sound of the bowstring, a scattered arrows swept into the air and shot towards the Mingyue Light soldiers who were slowly moving in from the left and right wings. As Tuoba Tao expected, the killing effect of this wave of arrows was minimal, and most of the arrows had already landed on the ground before they hit the Mingyue Light soldiers.

The Mingyue Army, who was slowly moving forward, suddenly burst into laughter.

Meng Hu didn't care at all, and raised his gun again and led it forward, and another tent of arrows rushed into the air.

This time, because of the insufficient shooting angle of the previous time, and the distance between the two armies was closer, the killing effect was obviously better than before. At least forty or fifty Mingyue light soldiers screamed and fell into a pool of blood.

The army in the bright moon.

The sneer on Tuoba Tao's face became even stronger. Meng Hu was sometimes as brave as a tiger, sometimes as cunning as a fox, but he was stupid as a pig! In the Middle Earth world, the ones who really decided the outcome of the war were always heavy infantry, not light infantry, but this guy used a bow and arrow to deal with the light infantry on both wings. It was so stupid!

Moreover, Meng Hu put nearly a thousand archers in front, but put hundreds of light infantry that could barely play a little protective role behind. Isn’t this exposing the archers directly to the butcher knife of the Mingyue Army? Once the Mingyue Army reaches the front, these archers will immediately become dogs and sheep at slaughter. This is really stupid!

Tuoba Tao even began to fantasize about the tragic scenes of the Mingyue army killing enemy archers.

Mingyue's heavy soldiers pierced out in rows, and the enemy archers were stabbed into sieves, falling down one after another, lying in a pool of blood, wailing in pain, moaning, Mingyue's light soldiers on the left and right wings were detouring behind the enemy, surrounding them, the enemy had become a turtle in the jar, and Meng Hu would also capture...

The only two hundred archers in the Mingyue Empire Army also began to fight back, but unfortunately, Meng Hu's fifth registrar cunningly occupied the upper hand, while the Mingyue army went up against the wind. The bitter north wind seriously interfered with the flight of arrows, not only greatly shortened the range, but also greatly weakened the lethality.

The two armies are closer together and are about to enter the attack range of guns!

The loud and intense sound of war drums suddenly became rapid. The Mingyue army, who was walking forward by the drum beat, immediately accelerated and started charging under the guidance of the drum beat! The gunmen who followed the heavy infantry had already opened a proper distance, raised their guns and started running up. A whole group of gunmen, thousands of guns, pointed at the lonely figure in front of them without exception.

Tuoba Tao's face twitched violently twice, and two cold arcs quietly appeared on the corner of his mouth. Under the dense shooting of thousands of guns, Meng Hu could not survive even if he had the skills of reaching the sky and earth!

After all, people are flesh and blood, and they will never resist the puncture of guns!

Just when Tuoba Tao thought the overall situation was settled, an unexpected scene appeared on the battlefield!

Meng Hu raised his big gun and led it back, turned around and ran away. He shouted, who was just pulling his bow and firing an arrow on the left and right wings, and he also turned around and ran away. Moreover, the ones who escaped were not in the same direction. The light soldiers on the left wing rushed to the northeast, the light soldiers on the right wing rushed to the southeast, and Meng Hu even went directly to the east.

The army in the bright moon.

Tuoba Tao was stunned at first, and then punched heavily on the guardrail of the chariot, and suddenly he had the urge to beat someone up!

Too despicable and shameless, these cowards actually fled without fighting, and actually fled like clowns!

The sound of war drums was still high and excited, and the Mingyue Army was still sprinting forward in neat steps, but their enemies were running towards three different directions at a faster speed. The Mingyue Army rolling forward and crushing was like a fierce iron fist hitting the air, which was so uncomfortable that it felt.

The chief of staff quickly got onto the chariot, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked, "General, these cowards have fled like clowns. Should our army chase after them or not?"

According to convention, the enemy will naturally be chased if they are defeated. If they don’t take the opportunity to chase them, they will be fools.

But the "defeat" of the enemy in front of him is obviously different. Their "defeat" does not look like a "defeat" in the true sense, but more like a premeditated escape. It makes people worry that the other party has any conspiracy? If they chase and kill rashly, will they fall into the enemy's traitor?

"Chase!"

Tuoba Tao pulled out his battle knife and shouted viciously, "All light soldiers attack, the troops are divided into three groups to chase the enemy, and never let any enemy go!"

Tuoba Tao was not worried about the enemy's conspiracy and treason.

What kind of trick can there be? With less than two thousand defeated soldiers, even Meng Hu fled in panic, what else can he play?

With the order from Tuoba Tao, the Mingyue Light Soldier, who was sprinting forward with the drums on both sides of the left and right wings, immediately accelerated his pace. Amid the shouts of overwhelming seas, nearly ten thousand light soldiers were like three floods breaking the dike, chasing in three different directions. Tuoba Tao's confidant general Xiao Tian personally led two thousand light soldiers to the middle road, chasing Meng Hu who was alone.

In less than a moment, the eight thousand bright moon light soldiers were chasing away and gradually disappeared into the desolate wilderness.

Tuoba Tao's brows were tightened, and his face was so gloomy that it could almost scrape a layer of frost. Meng Hu fled without fighting. This was beyond his expectations. What made Tuoba Tao feel even more heavy was that this was already the edge of the Hexi Canyon, and the foot of Qingyun Mountain was more than ten miles ahead. With Meng Hu's skills, it would be impossible to catch him if he escaped into the mountains!

Although Xiao Tian had already pursued and killed two thousand troops, Tuoba Tao did not dare to have any hope.

The enemy troops on both sides may find it difficult to escape the fate of being slaughtered, but it is difficult to catch Meng Hu who fled alone.

After pondering for a long time, Tuoba Tao breathed a long sigh and led 4,000 heavy infantry back to the camp. At this point, he could only wait patiently.

In the afternoon, Xiao Tian led the middle light troops to return to the camp first. Tuoba Tao's worries eventually became a reality, and Xiao Tian failed to catch Meng Hu.

Less than half an hour later, the light soldiers who were chasing the southeast also returned to the camp.

To Tuoba Tao's expectation, the light soldiers actually returned empty-handed. The leader of the army was helpless and reported that the fleeing enemy was simply a ox with amazing endurance. No matter how hard they tried to catch up, they just couldn't catch up. After entering Qingyun Mountain, they soon lost the trace of the enemy.

He ran around like a headless fly in the mountains for a while, so he had to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.

Time passed quietly, but there was no news for the remaining light soldiers. Until the sun sets westward and the sky is about to dusk, there is no news for it. Tuoba Tao realized that something was wrong. Whether it was already catching up or not, the news for this light soldiers should have been circulating back!

“Woo woo woo woo…”

When Tuoba Tao was worried, a long and distant horn sound suddenly sounded outside the tent.
Chapter completed!
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