ow, but before he could finish his words, Li Chen interrupted, "You're late. It's already noon now. The baozi shop only makes morning buns. Coming now, you'll only get a few that have been picked over...Chapter 1636: Arrow Rain

Hu Yan Zhelie's two thousand cavalry quickly began to assemble after receiving the military order.

The original cavalry force was a large unit of 3,800 men in total. Drawing out 2,000 would be almost half of the troops and then some more.

Such a large-scale mobilization, while also maintaining the original defense, naturally takes longer to prepare.

However, at this crucial juncture, the Qin army appeared.

According to Su Pingbei's arrangement, three hundred Qin cavalry lined up in a single file. Each of them also had two unridden horses behind them.

Thus, there was one person with three horses.

The sound of warhorses' hooves thundered, sending snowflakes and mud flying in all directions. Just the sheer force of it was enough to make anyone take pause.

The hooves of the warhorses thundered, kicking up snow that filled the air in a swirling frenzy, so dense it was impossible to see clearly.

Looking from the Liao army's side, they found the enemy's formation to be quite formidable.

"Enemy attack!!!"

Upon hearing the sound, the Liao army shouted loudly, and the entire army immediately entered a state of combat readiness.

Hu Yan Zhe Lie, hearing the commotion, suddenly looked up. He saw that where heaven and earth met, the vast snow line was lifted by a surging white mist, and a large group of soldiers were galloping towards them at great speed.

Based on Huyan Zhuo's experience, such a deafening sound of hooves must be at least over a thousand people.

"Get ready!"

Without time to say much, Hu Yan Zuo let out a furious roar.

At this point, the Qin army had already launched their first attack.

For cavalry, the most common attack method was to rain arrows upon the enemy from a distance, not expecting to inflict heavy casualties. The most important goal was to disrupt the enemy's formation, and then charge quickly, reaping a harvest with lances and sabers.

Arrows from the Qin army cavalry formation shot up into the sky, drawing a graceful parabola across the heavens before falling upon the Liao army's heads.

Being shot with a projectile, accelerated by gravity, is extremely difficult to defend against for ordinary people.

But the Liao army was always the finest in the world, and moreover, each soldier had grown up on horseback and was intimately familiar with bows and arrows.

Almost without a command from the officers, the soldiers immediately raised their shields, leaning on each other, and connecting shield to shield, forming a massive, inverted pyramid of shields.

The metallic arrow struck the shield with a series of sharp, rattling sounds like frying beans.

Even if the Liao army reacted quickly, this sudden raid by the Qin army still took the lives of dozens of Liao soldiers.

One arrow, as if it had eyes of its own, flew straight towards Huyan Zhuo.

Huyan Zhuo drew his battle knife and with a single blow, shattered the arrow. Incensed, he roared, "Counterattack! Counterattack!"

The 2,000-strong Liao army, which had already assembled, immediately launched an attack.

The neighing of the steeds and the roars of the men reverberated through the heavens in an instant.

Horse hooves churned up snow, and a vast expanse of white mist blanketed the heavens and earth. An unseen killing intent continuously steamed upwards, shrouding this land covered in boundless white snow.

And the Qin army opposite them, as if frightened by the Liao army's quick reaction, only heard a deafening roar coming from above, "The Liao army was prepared. Our surprise attack failed, retreat!"

After such a statement, the Qin army turned and fled at an even faster pace than when they had arrived.

Behind them, the Liao army erupted in a thunderous roar of laughter, as if mocking the Qin family's weakness and incompetence.

"These two-legged sheep have been scared witless, lads, charge! These are running war credits, capture them, and use their heads as goblets. This general will plead your merits before the Crown Prince!"n first give half of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan Yun, and then the Qin Dynasty will open Yueya Pass."As soon as these words were spoken, the Qin court erupted in chaos.Civil and military officials,...