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This is the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry, one of the three elite Heavy Cavalry units of the Xia Kingdom! How could they be easily pierced by the crossbow bolts of the Great Zhou Dynasty, pinned to the ground? It’s unimaginable!
Mu Jinkun looked on in horror, as if witnessing a ghost, her hair standing on end. She was filled with dread: how could this be? This is the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry! An undefeated Heavy Cavalry legion! Even when surrounded by Lin Qingyue back in the day, it was never like this!
Back then, the Ninth Princess led her troops into battle and faced a joint ambush by Lin Qingyue and General Chen Yue. Out of ten thousand Maple Forest Iron Cavalry, over four thousand were lost, marking one of the Xia Kingdom's most devastating losses in a decade-long war against the Great Zhou Dynasty! Yet, during that encounter, the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry also managed to slay nearly twenty thousand soldiers! They achieved a near one-to-five kill ratio.
That was a defeat that did not meet strategic objectives! But even so, they never suffered losses as severe as they are now!
On the mountain peak, Wu Quncheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty was utterly shocked, almost unable to believe what he was witnessing. My God, this is the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry, not ordinary cavalry! Your Majesty, when did your army acquire such formidable weapons? Your Majesty, when did your Imperial Guard become so powerful? Your Majesty, how did you come by such crossbows? They are incredibly fierce!
The officials around Wu Chaochen looked on in disbelief. Just moments ago, they had been cursing Su Qianxue for being a foolish monarch who jeopardized their nation. Now, witnessing this scene left them utterly incredulous!
Slap! Slap!
Several elder ministers slapped themselves in disbelief, thinking they must have been mistaken. But after they finished punishing themselves, they realized it was indeed true! One thousand Maple Forest Iron Cavalry had already lost over six hundred riders while charging against a thousand Imperial Guards. This was an unprecedented event.
Langya Prince seemed to have lost his soul as he carefully observed the situation below. His gaze swept over those Heavy Cavalry pinned to the ground and he almost thought he was hallucinating! Heavy Cavalry! Clad in four layers of armor—the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry—being directly pierced by crossbow bolts?
Even Langya Prince, who had led troops for many years, found it hard to express his astonishment. He understood the power of crossbows in battle; piercing through four layers of Heavy Armor worn by the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry seemed nearly impossible. What is Heavy Cavalry? Both horse and rider are clad in armor. Light cavalry wears only a layer of leather armor.
The Iron Cavalry is clad in a layer of leather armor and a layer of chainmail. The Heavy Cavalry builds upon the Iron Cavalry, adding an extra layer of Mountain Pattern Iron Armor. This already brings their weight to sixty pounds, which is the limit for many elite soldiers.
Soldiers wearing Heavy Armor of this caliber are nearly impossible to kill on the battlefield; most often, they simply succumb to exhaustion. When struck by Feathered Arrows, it feels like a mere mosquito bite, leaving them unscathed.
What sets the Maple Forest Heavy Cavalry apart is that they possess an additional layer of Heavy Armor compared to regular Heavy Cavalry, totaling eighty pounds of armor. They are composed entirely of elite Soldiers, and their warhorses are the renowned Dayuan Horses from the western regions. When they charge, it is like a tidal wave crashing into the enemy ranks.
With One Thousand Maple Forest Iron Cavalry under proper command, annihilating two or three thousand foot soldiers is not an issue! But now? The Langya Prince gazes at the pinned Maple Forest Iron Cavalry and feels as if the world has turned upside down. How could this be? Such a thing should not happen.
Given the condition of the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry's Soldiers, no arrows should be able to breach their defenses except for crossbow bolts. Oh, the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry! The pride of my palace! The Ninth Princess shouts in frustration. She has never lost her composure like this before; these Maple Forest Iron Cavalry are her foundation, the root of her power struggle. Losing even one is incredibly difficult to replace.
Yet here they are, being slaughtered by Great Zhou Dynasty Soldiers as if they were mere chickens! What kind of crossbow is that? The Ninth Princess is filled with despair and is already considering ordering the remaining three hundred Maple Forest Iron Cavalry to cease fighting.
Wu Quncheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty is utterly shocked. At this moment, when they look at Su Qianxue, their eyes are filled with awe. From this point on, Su Qianxue is no longer the puppet emperor who could be easily manipulated and dismissed by the Langya Prince.
Su Qianxue surveys all her ministers with pride; this is the confidence Shopkeeper Jiang has given me. With Shopkeeper Jiang by my side, why should I fear for my reign? She had long anticipated this outcome. That’s why she brought Wu Quncheng outside the city to witness the battle.
My loyal ministers! Do you now understand the combat power of my Royal Guard? Su Qianxue asks coldly, her voice like a whisper from a deity.
Wu Quncheng kneels in unison with his fellow ministers, shouting loudly, "Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"
The Langya Prince's face turns ashen; he never expected that Wu Quncheng from his own faction would kneel before Su Qianxue. As he looks at Su Qianxue, his eyes are filled with murderous intent. However, Su Qianxue senses this hostility and turns her icy gaze upon the Langya Prince in return.
The Langya Prince felt a chill run down his spine as he lowered his head, unable to meet the gaze directed at him.
On another peak, Jiang Han observed this scene and found it quite normal. In this era, the strongest arrows had a force of only two hundred pounds! A crossbow could unleash a force of a thousand pounds! However, the Compound Bows he had acquired boasted a minimum force of twelve hundred pounds, nearly ten times that of the arrows from this time.
The greater the power of the arrow, the heavier it would be. This Compound Bow could be unapologetically described as a small spear launcher. What was it to pin down some Maple Forest Iron Cavalry?
Below the mountain, Mu Jinkun, who was commanding the battle, was taken aback as he saw the cavalry still charging forward. The Cavalry Captain led three hundred Maple Forest Iron Cavalry into the fray, daringly crashing into the ranks of a thousand soldiers!
Thud! Thud!
The sound of warhorses colliding with the Heavy Cavalry echoed through the air. Over three hundred Maple Forest Iron Cavalry did not manage to penetrate the entire formation as the Cavalry Captain had envisioned. Instead, after taking down over a hundred Imperial Guards, their entire cavalry charge was abruptly halted.
Boom! Boom!
The sound of Oil Saws filled the air as dozens of Heavy Armored Soldiers rushed in from both sides, wielding their Oil Saws. They swung them directly at the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry, accompanied by the sharp sound of metal slicing through flesh.
The four layers of Heavy Armor worn by the Maple Forest Iron Cavalry burst apart under the relentless assault of the powerful Oil Saws, which sliced their bodies cleanly in half.
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere amidst continuous cries of agony, mingled with the sound of metal shards flying in all directions. The once invincible Maple Forest Iron Cavalry seemed to have descended into hell.
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