Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 29: Snake Skin's Merit
"Let's go, run into the woods!" Qiu Chuji, who was killing everyone the moment before, was running in the front the next moment.

Cavalry and infantry are completely different. In addition to greater mobility, the former can also rely on the power of war horses and the impact of galloping, bringing extremely strong lethality and destructive power.

Before thermal weapons became truly mature, cavalry was the strongest branch of the army on land. It was common for a well-trained cavalry unit of a thousand men to disperse or even defeat an infantry unit of tens of thousands.

The Jin people were a nomadic people, and before they were eroded by the extravagance of the Central Plains, their fighting power on horseback should never be underestimated.

Rumble!
The cavalry team of less than a hundred people charged forward, but their momentum was like that of thousands of troops.

As soon as he entered the woods, Qiu Chuji knew that this was not a good place to stop the Jin cavalry, because the bushes and troublesome vines in the woods had been cleared in advance. If it was a well-trained cavalry team, they could still ride into the woods by slowing down a little.

"Everyone climb up the trees, and then use hidden weapons to attack. Those who are good at martial arts can also launch sneak attacks, but don't get entangled in a protracted battle!" These were all Qiu Chuji could think of during the emergency.

Soon, the cavalry troops, like an approaching tsunami, poured into the forest.

Even in the dense forest, the speed of these Jin cavalry did not slow down much, and they still maintained a fairly complete charging formation.

There are many mountains and forests in Liaodong, and these Jin cavalrymen had been trained long ago, so it was not difficult for them to ride horses through the forests.

A large number of hidden weapons were thrown at the Jin cavalry, but they only landed on their armor, making a "pa pa" sound, and failed to shake it at all.

This cavalry was obviously modeled after the Jin people's most elite cavalry, the Tiefutu. Although the armor on their bodies and horses was not as thick as that of the Tiefutu, it was also extremely tightly covered, and they even wore iron masks on their faces. It was obvious that they knew that the people in the martial arts world had many tricks and were well prepared.

"Set fire to the forest!" In the chaos, someone came up with a bad idea.

Someone immediately took out a fire starter and really planned to set fire to the forest and force the cavalry to retreat.

Although dead wood is afraid of fire, most of the trees in the forest are full of water. It is winter now, and the humidity and temperature in the air are not suitable for the spread of wildfires. The people who climbed down the trees to set fire were pierced through the bodies by the long spears held by the cavalry before they could ignite the trees. They were hung on the spear tips and dragged along the way, breaking into pieces.

Some people got angry and jumped down from the trees and leaped onto the cavalrymen's horses, intending to drag them off their horses. However, the armor on these Jin cavalrymen was connected to the armor on their horses under their crotch. Although it was not flexible enough, it was absolutely stable.

Those who jumped onto the horses were quickly chopped off their horses by other cavalrymen and trampled into pulp by horses' hooves.

"How did Yue Fei deal with the Iron Floating Tower?" Qiu Chuji stepped on the treetops and kept moving to avoid being locked by archers.

"That's right. We need to divide into three teams. The first team will take axes and carry shields to rush into the Iron Pagoda formation to chop off the horses' legs. The second team will take sickle spears and use them to pick off the riders' helmets when they see the horses fall. The third team will take swords and chop off heads." Qiu Chuji had heard the Yuxu bell ring several times, so his memory had long been extraordinary. The time traveler's memory could also be recalled quickly. He could quickly recall the contents of the comic strips he had read as a child.

"Good news, I found a solution. Bad news, it can't be used!" Qiu Chuji hovered in the air, and sometimes he could only take the risk of diving down and stabbing with a sword. If it hit, it would hit. If it missed, he would run away, using his height to deal with the enemy.

However, even with such a consuming energy, the effect was mediocre. Out of ten risky attacks, only one or two were successful at most, and no absolutely fatal damage was caused.

Because they could draw strength from their horses, the armor on these cavalrymen was at least twice as thick as that of the infantrymen, and there was also a layer of soft leather armor inside, so Qiu Chuji's sword energy could not penetrate it. As for breaking the cavalrymen's armor by picking open the joints like breaking the infantry's armor, the feasibility was also not high.

The cavalry armor is the real formal qualified armor, and the exposed part has basically no obvious flaws. "At this time, if I had a mace in my hand, I wouldn't be so restricted!" Qiu Chuji had learned mace techniques from Wang Chongyang before, but there was no real battlefield mace in Chongyang Palace. Qiu Chuji went down the mountain just to seek revenge on Qiu Qianren, so he didn't bring it with him.

Although the mace cannot compare to long-handled heavy weapons such as sledgehammers and broadswords, its shape and structure are more conducive to exerting force, and it does not cause penetrating damage like a sharp weapon, but rather the impact damage unique to blunt weapons. Against cavalry wearing heavy armor, its power is far stronger than that of ordinary swords.

Suddenly, Qiu Chuji thought of something.

“Maybe, I can still do this!”

Qiu Chuji did it as he thought. He fell into the forest, shuttled between the trees, and quickly made arrangements. Then, holding the long sword that was already full of gaps, he stood in place and waved to the cavalrymen not far away.

When they discovered Qiu Chuji, the cavalrymen were not worried about any trap and rushed towards Qiu Chuji, the biggest threat.

From fifty meters to ten meters, it seemed like just a moment.

The hot air coming out of the warhorse's mouth and nose almost hit Qiu Chuji's face.

The faces of the cavalrymen wearing iron masks seemed ferocious and distorted behind the masks.

Spears and scimitars were all pointed at Qiu Chuji, ready to pierce and chop him into pieces.

Suddenly, two war horses let out a mournful cry, and then fell heavily. Then, as if in a chain reaction, a large number of cavalrymen fell down together with their horses, rolling into a heap. In an instant, the offense and defense were reversed, and in the flying dust, the originally arrogant cavalry team was dragged into the quagmire.

Looking closely at the hooves of the wailing and twisting war horses, one can see a red-grey 'rope', pulled alternately by the power of two large rocks, which holds the horses' legs together, causing them to neigh and roll on the ground. The cavalrymen on horseback are also bleeding from their mouths and noses due to the impact, and most of them are killed or injured.

Qiu Chuji used the snake skin that Chigui 'lost' to him to make a long rope, and tied big stones at both ends to make a special tripwire.

Ordinary tripwires require fixed stakes and cannot be used on an entire group of cavalry.

Qiu Chuji's special tripwire not only has strong toughness and bearing capacity, but also has strong resilience. When the impact of the warhorse applies the first force to it, it then uses the bouncing of two large stones and the elasticity of the snake's skin to roll down a large number of horse hooves, causing almost half of the cavalry team to fall off their horses.

Qiu Chuji originally brought the snake skin down the mountain, intending to find a skilled craftsman to make it into soft armor or a whip. However, this time it unexpectedly performed a great service.

Of course, environmental factors are also important.

If it is an open area, the cavalrymen will not follow too closely to each other. When the cavalrymen in front are trapped by the tripwire, the ones behind will turn and change their positions instead of rolling into a ball.

"Kill!" Qiu Chuji rushed forward without hesitation, kicked off a cavalryman's helmet, and then stabbed the opponent's throat with the sword in his hand.

The heroes who had been suppressed before also rushed over and used their own methods.

(End of this chapter)