Chapter 345: Youzhou Guardian
Just when Yan Liang was still trying to poach Liu Yu's girlfriend, the old man became excited.
"The White Horse Volunteers are back! There is no doubt that the White Army that rose up at such a fast speed must be the White Horse Volunteers!"
"Hmm?" Yan Liang slowly typed a question mark, as if he had a bad premonition.
"All troops attack!"
Gao Xianzhi led his Goryeo Imperial Guards to rise up, and the bait arranged by Yan Liang just showed a panic-stricken look and began to form a battle array.
"Innocent!"
Gao Xianzhi sneered. It was indeed a good army that could form a formation in a panic. However, his own side was strong in men and horses and was well-rested. How could they be stopped by the chaotic army?
But before the two sides could fight, the earth-shaking sound of horse hooves was heard from the distant horizon, and then a white wave came surging.
At that moment, the wind surged up, and the rolling thunder, accompanied by pure white waves, surged over the horizon.
"Wherever justice leads, life and death will follow! Heaven can bear witness, and the white horse is the witness!"
The bait troops, who were originally a little nervous, suddenly became more motivated. In their hearts, the White Horse was the most powerful army in the world.
Gao Xianzhi used his military proficiency to guarantee that the cavalry on the opposite side was definitely not normal. It took only a breath for the black line on the horizon to become as big as a rabbit visually. What a terrifying speed that was.
"The front troops will line up to meet the enemy!" Gao Xianzhi shouted at the top of his lungs, but it was too late.
If he could instantly change the entire attacking army into a battle formation to meet the enemy, then Gao Xianzhi would not be inferior to Yeon Gaesomun. Perhaps there is someone in this world who can turn a marching army into a defensive formation in an instant, but that person will definitely not be him, Gao Xianzhi.
"Shoot!"
Gao Xianzhi could only order the slower long-range troops to start a rain of arrows attack, but how could such hastily shot rain of arrows have any effect on the Baima Yicong?
“Is this the power of the wind?”
Seeing the arrows flying in the sky falling down very slowly, the White Horse Guards in the front row continued to charge forward with a calm expression. Before the arrows fell, they had already rushed past the range covered by the rain of arrows.
The commander of the White Horse Volunteers, Gongsun Xu, looked at the Goryeo army with great resentment. All the White Horse Volunteers were like this. The White Horse Volunteers claimed to be the guardians of Youzhou.
After receiving the news of the fall of Youzhou border county, they rushed back day and night. Their extreme self-blame and anxiety made them realize the true meaning of speed and master the power of the wind.
Even though they can now clearly capture the arrows flying in the sky, that is because the arrows are fast enough for them to see them. The things nearby are now just various retreating strips of light in their eyes, and they can't see anything at all.
Except for enemies in the distance and objects that are fast enough, other objects simply do not exist in their eyes.
In this situation they certainly don't rely on their eyesight to fight, but rely entirely on their control of the wind, and the flow of wind and breath to feed back information.
The reason why they were able to head straight for the target was that their white horse scouts had already discovered the situation here, so they were able to start the charge at such an appropriate time.
Yes, the White Horse has scouts. The general operation is that the White Horse maintains a responsive speed while the scouts run out at the highest speed for reconnaissance.
By the time the scouts had finished their reconnaissance, the main force of white horses would be almost there.
"Wind! Accompany me to tear apart the enemies before me!"
Gongsun Xu maximized his legion's talent, which was why Gongsun Zan trusted him to lead the white horses, because Gongsun Xu had surpassed him, Gongsun Zan, to a certain extent. Although there was a gap in leading troops and training soldiers, there was already a gap in frontal combat effectiveness.
Gongsun Zan is more , just like Dong Zhuo is to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
Gongsun Xu's legion talent is linked status, which means that a person can recover to a certain state within a certain period of time . Originally, this talent is very ordinary.
However, under the guidance of Lin Feng, the only player among the White Horses, Gongsun Xu perfectly developed the talents that best suited the White Horses.
Gongsun Xu can make the white horse switch between super-fast speed and nimble slow speed freely. When a cavalry as fast as the wind can control its speed freely, it is a nightmare for all enemies.
In just a breath of time, before the rain of arrows hit the ground, the Baima Yicong had already avoided the front of Goryeo and forcefully penetrated from the side.
In an instant, the sword lights were bright and blood was splattered. In just three breaths, the Goryeo long-range troops, which were a little out of touch due to speed and positioning, were killed.
Looking from the sky, the shape that originally resembled an isosceles triangle had a corner brushed off by the brush, and nearly two thousand Goryeo soldiers were all cut into bloody mist by the flash of the sword.
Even if there were several officers with strong internal energy among these soldiers, it was meaningless in front of the sword light as sharp as water.
In just three breaths, even many Goryeo soldiers did not react to what was happening.
The Goryeo soldier at the edge of the passage looked at himself covered in blood in horror. His poor brain was completely unable to understand why such a thing had happened. Where had all of his comrades gone? Why were there only a pile of broken arms and limbs left on the ground?
It was too fast, so fast that there was no way to react. For Bai Ma, this was commonplace.
The reason why the white horses were able to protect the people of Youzhou from the invasion of the Hu people was because of their terrifying speed.
Often in some places, when the Hu people were slaughtering a village, they would see the smoke of beacons and the White Horse Volunteers would have arrived. Even if they were very far away from the place, their speed could solve the problem.
Strictly speaking, General Bai Ma is a top-level assassin, because all the enemies who fight with them are unprepared, and it is meaningless even if they know the news about them in advance.
You haven't even finished swinging the sword in your hand, and the White Horse Volunteers have already killed through the entire army. How can you react?
For the White Horse, unless you fight head-on, any other attempt to fight in a mobile way is seeking death.
It was precisely because of this extremely fast army that it became the source of white terror that no one from the Wuhuan, Buyeo, Xianbei, and Southern Xiongnu dared to set foot in Youzhou, and even their legs trembled when they heard the name of Gongsun Zan.
It was because the Baima Yicong were able to efficiently slaughter an elite troop in a time when they couldn't even deploy their troops for battle or even spread out their main army.
Why is the white horse an assassin? Because all your scouts will never be able to outrun the white horse. No reconnaissance cavalry can be as exaggerated as the white horse.
You saw white horses on the horizon, and then they killed their way through your position. This whole process took less than a minute, so for the Hu people, the White Horse Volunteers were simply a natural disaster, the kind that they could not completely escape.
If it weren't for Liu Yu, the Hu people in Youzhou even thought they would become extinct.
