Abandoning literature for martial arts, starting by unleashing the beauty's bow.

Xiong Qi, Yang Dashu, Zhang Xiaoshan, Liu Xinyue, and Zhao Siyou, the five squad leaders, quickly assembled their team, led their warhorses, and hurried towards the mountainside.

Lu Yang and Zhang Wu also acted simultaneously, leading their men to quickly make their way towards the mountainside on the right.

At the top of the mountain, only Lu Fengnian and his dozen or so personal guards remained.

Lu Fengnian cleared his throat. "When I fire at the Great Zhou army, they will definitely retaliate. At that time, your task is to guard around me and block the enemy's arrows."

If we can pull this off, you'll all get promoted and make a fortune!

Upon hearing this, the dozen or so guards were all very excited and immediately took off the round shields from their backs.

Lu Fengnian turned his gaze down the mountain and saw that the cavalry of the Great Zhou were rushing towards them at high speed, with the vanguard already breaking into the eighty-zhang range.

At this distance, Lu Fengnian could easily shoot and kill the target.

However, he did not act rashly; he wanted to create the best opportunity for Xiong Qi and the others to strike.

……

The Zhou cavalry, in neat formation, charged rapidly toward the right side of the small hill.

On the right side of the small hill, five thousand Daqing cavalrymen also formed ranks, ready to charge at any moment.

Further to the right, a dark mass of Daqing infantrymen were approaching at full speed.

War is imminent.

Lu Fengnian hid atop a small hill, his eyes fixed intently on the Great Zhou cavalry running at the forefront.

Seventy zhang, seventy-five zhang, sixty zhang...

The vanguard of the Great Zhou cavalry had already approached the foot of the small mountain.

On the mountainside, Lu Yang, Zhang Wu, and their men, hidden behind cover, were already sweating as they gripped their longbows.

On the other side, Xiong Qi and the others had already mounted their horses, their expressions solemn and their breathing heavy.

Some people even had sweat beading on their foreheads.

Lu Fengnian did not move and continued to wait.

Below the small hill, the general of the Daqing cavalry had already raised his right hand.

The vanguard of the Great Zhou army had already advanced to within fifty zhang.

He swung his right hand down heavily. He roared, "Kill!"

Five thousand Daqing cavalrymen shouted in unison, "Kill!"

The sounds of battle shook the heavens!

Then, led by the cavalry general, five thousand cavalrymen surged out without hesitation.

They all knew very well that this charge might be a one-way trip.

But military orders are absolute, and like Lu Fengnian's subordinates, they all knew that if they could hold back the Great Zhou people, it would be an extraordinary achievement.

As soon as the Daqing cavalry moved, the Da Zhou cavalry reacted immediately. The vanguard quickly formed ranks and then suddenly accelerated to meet them.

The two cavalry units charged in opposite directions, rapidly closing the distance until they were about to collide.

At this moment, Lu Fengnian appeared on the top of the small mountain and, without any hesitation, drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

The whooshing sounds rang out one after another.

Lu Fengnian increased the speed of his archery to the extreme, and one iron arrow after another whistled out, aiming directly at the generals of the Great Zhou army.

The iron arrow pierced the wind and instantly penetrated the charging formation of the Great Zhou cavalry.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, the generals of the Great Zhou were struck by arrows and fell from their horses, causing the Great Zhou army's charging formation to suddenly halt.

Just then, Lu Yang and Zhang Wu made their move, leading their men to emerge from behind rocks and old trees, draw their longbows, and unleash a barrage of fire at the Zhou cavalry below.

They don't shoot men, they only shoot horses.

After being hit by arrows, the warhorses either collapsed to the ground or ran amok in the battle formation.

In an instant, the Great Zhou's charging formation fell into disarray.

That wasn't the end of it. Xiong Qi, Yang Dashu, and the others immediately took action after Lu Fengnian fired his arrow.

More than fifty riders formed a cone-shaped formation and charged straight down the mountainside.

In an instant, they rushed from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, and then plunged fiercely into the flank of the Great Zhou cavalry.

Xiong Qi, wielding his Xuanhua axe, took the lead and pierced into the ranks of the Great Zhou cavalry like an awl.

Wherever it passed, the Great Zhou cavalrymen fell to the ground, and the blade quickly tore a gash in the waist of each Great Zhou cavalryman.

Yang Dashu, Zhang Xiaosan, and others following behind him rode in through the gap, tearing the gap wider and wider.

Many of the Great Zhou cavalry generals were shot dead, damaging their morale; wounded horses charged wildly, disrupting their formation; and the sudden charge by Xiong Qi and his men only exacerbated the chaos.

In an instant, the Great Zhou's charging formation was disrupted and plunged into chaos.

Seeing this, the morale of the 5,000 Daqing cavalrymen soared, and the leading general shouted, "Brothers, accelerate the charge!"

Subsequently, the Daqing cavalry's charge speed suddenly increased.

Three breaths later, they collided violently with the Great Zhou cavalry.

Since the start of the war with the Great Zhou, the Great Qing has never won a direct confrontation.

Especially when facing the cavalry of the Great Zhou, they were always destined to be defeated.

But today, a different scene has appeared.

The moment the two sides made contact, the Great Zhou cavalry collapsed instantly, falling into complete disarray.

In a single charge, over a hundred Great Zhou cavalrymen were cut down from their horses. Their already scattered formation was further broken, leaving them with no chance to resist.

Thus, five thousand Daqing cavalrymen gathered together, like an iron torrent.

Wherever they went, the disorganized Zhou cavalrymen fell in disarray, suffering heavy casualties.

Some generals of the Great Zhou tried their best to stabilize the formation, but as soon as they showed their heads, arrows came flying from the mountaintop, either killing them with a single shot or forcing them to stop and dare not show their heads to give orders.

Therefore, the cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty were unable to form a battle formation for a long time.

At this moment, some generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty made the right response, commanding their troops to counterattack towards the mountain peak.

Then, arrows rained down from the Great Zhou cavalry, raining down on the small hill.

Lu Fengnian was their primary target, but Lu Yang, Zhang Wu, and others were also attacked.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou were skilled in archery and horsemanship, and their arrows were fast and accurate.

Under a volley of arrows, some of Lu Yang's and Zhang Wu's men were killed or wounded, and were pinned down, unable to lift their heads, and had to hide behind cover.

At the summit, a dozen or so guards immediately raised round shields, forming a shield formation that surrounded Lu Fengnian.

Knock knock knock knock!

A dense rain of arrows poured down from the sky, landing on the round shields with muffled thuds.

Arrows also pierced through the gaps between the shields and struck the guards, killing or wounding some of them instantly.

Lu Fengnian did not passively endure the attack. He seized opportunities to launch counterattacks from within the shield formation, shooting down enemy generals.

However, the Zhou army was too large, and arrows rained down wave after wave, leaving him with few opportunities to retaliate.

At this moment, Daqing's central infantry finally arrived at the designated location, completed the encirclement, and quickly deployed long spear formations and set up barricades.

That's it.

Lu Fengnian breathed a sigh of relief and issued the order to retreat.