Beauty and the Bodyguard

This time, 12,000 mountain-breaking armored crossbows were missed. The original optimal target was to kill two to three thousand people and injure two to three thousand people, causing the royal capital's garrison to fall into chaos.

In this way, Lin Yi's marching speed can be delayed, and then he can continue to look for opportunities to slowly encroach on him on the road.

Maybe within a few days, the elite of the royal capital's garrison could be completely defeated.

What they didn't expect was that when they walked out of the woods where they were ambushed, they saw the royal capital's garrison in full formation!

Twelve thousand mountain-piercing armor-piercing crossbows... actually didn't even cause a hundred casualties!

fail!

In fact, when it was discovered that the Royal Capital garrison was on guard, the operation should have been canceled. However, the commander was unwilling to do so and felt that it was unjustifiable not to try.

Anyway, the distance was quite far. After quickly shooting two sets of crossbow arrows, he retreated directly into the woods without fear of counterattack from the royal capital's garrison.

Although this forest is not large, the trees are closely spaced, making it impossible for the cavalry to gallop in it.

There are mountains and rocks on both sides, making it impassable. If the royal capital garrison comes to pursue them, these two thousand people can shoot two more sets of crossbow arrows.

Among the 20,000 king's garrison, only 4,000 cavalry can survive. The mountain-breaking armored crossbow can deal with the cavalry. That is the real meat grinding machine!

"Quickly retreat and re-arrange after leaving the forest!"

The leader of the ambush saw Lin Yi and the eight hundred cavalrymen of the Guards Battalion charging out from the side, with a cruel sneer on his face.

Only 800 people dare to come here to chase two thousand crossbowmen?

Really looking for death!

Lin Yi didn't know that the other party had already sentenced him to death. On the contrary, the two thousand ambush soldiers on the opposite side were the real dead in Lin Yi's eyes.

It is true that the Eight Hundred Guards Battalion was selected and established just last night, but these are the elites of the army!

There is no doubt about the bravery of these people. In addition, Lin Yi taught a little bit about the battle formation last night. The purpose of bringing them out is to let them practice their skills today.

The black spirit horses galloped at full speed. Not long after the two thousand ambush troops retreated into the woods, eight hundred cavalry had already swept in, and they all stopped before they reached the woods.

"Dismount and pursue. Follow the battle formation taught to you yesterday. In groups of five, disperse into the woods. If you encounter the enemy, shoot and kill!"

Lin Yi calmly ordered, raised his right hand and waved forward vigorously!

The eight hundred soldiers from the Guards Battalion all dismounted and formed a five-man battle formation, then dispersed and rushed into the woods.

After finishing the selection last night, Lin Yi couldn't teach too many battle formations, just the simplest five-man formation, so he had no choice now.

The face of the ambush leader who retreated into the forest changed a little. The speed with which Lin Yi led his men in pursuit was somewhat beyond his expectation.

But when he saw that there were only about 800 people, he relaxed a little.

An order was quickly passed on to the ambush team. The two thousand people were divided into two. Half of the people continued to retreat with the long crossbows that had been disassembled. The other half took out the hand crossbows they carried with them and hid themselves. Looking in the direction of Lin Yi's personal guard camp.

Lin Yi's consciousness covered the entire field, and he knew the positions of these people clearly. He immediately ordered with a sneer: "Be careful of the enemy's crossbow ambush, and the teams will continue to distance themselves and surround them!"

In Lin Yi's eyes, this pursuit was an actual combat exercise after the formation of the Guards Battalion. This level of command hints was enough, and there was no need to tell these soldiers all the enemy's positions too clearly.

Being able to save themselves while killing the enemy is their most basic requirement.

The eight hundred soldiers of the Guards Battalion did not respond loudly, but silently carried out the order. Each five-man team further dispersed, forming a net to encircle the enemy's position.

Eight hundred, surrounded by two thousand!

The distance between the two sides quickly closed, and the thousand ambush soldiers left behind began to take aim and shoot.

The power of the hand crossbow's arrows is far inferior to that of the Mountain-breaking Crossbow, but its firing speed at close range is extremely fast. Almost as soon as it is launched, the crossbow arrows are already in front of the target.

Lin Yi stepped on the butterfly's feet, swaying slightly, and the crossbow arrows shot past him, posing no threat at all.

The eight hundred personal guards were worthy of being the elite of the royal capital's garrison. They faced the dense crossbows without changing their expressions.

Some of them dodge, some call, or some of their companions came to protect them, but no one was injured by the arrows.

During this process, the advance speed of the Guards Battalion has not slowed down at all, and it is still rapidly charging towards the ambush!

"They are all elite masters! Draw your sword and fight in close combat!"

The commander of the remaining one thousand ambush soldiers shouted loudly, raised his hand and fired a crossbow arrow.

Then he directly smashed the hand crossbow at the approaching Guards Battalion soldier, and at the same time pulled out a short knife from his waist and threw himself at the opponent.

Others had a similar reaction. The hand crossbows that had no time to load the crossbows were useless, and were all used as hidden weapons and thrown at the soldiers of the Guards Battalion.

The next moment, the daggers of these thousands of ambush soldiers met the standard weapons of the guards battalion soldiers.

The other thousand ambush soldiers who were about to withdraw from the woods all looked at their commander.

At this time, they had the advantage in numbers, two thousand against eight hundred, which was actually not impossible to fight.

But if only half of the people are left behind, it's hard to say whether the other half can escape intact!

The ambush commander's eyes flickered. Today's action was too unexpected and completely deviated from the original plan.

The first reason was that no damage was caused to the royal city garrison, the second reason was that he did not expect the pursuers to come so quickly, and the third reason is that a thousand people behind him could not stop the 800 pursuers with their crossbows!

If two thousand people come together, will there be a fourth accident?

"Retreat! Quick!"

The commander of the ambush hesitated for a moment, then immediately made a decision: "The mountain-piercing armor-piercing crossbow is the most important thing. We can't be entangled here. There are nearly 20,000 royal capital garrison troops behind us!"

The following sentence seemed to be explaining to his subordinates, and also seemed to be convincing himself.

No matter what, he couldn't give the order for everyone to resist Lin Yi's personal guard camp!

As he said, a sharp weapon like the Mountain-piercing Armored Crossbow must not be taken away by someone.

Regardless of whether the planned ambush succeeds or fails, they will have enough time to retreat. In fact, outside the woods, they have prepared a retreat.

But they didn't expect that the pursuers would bite them so quickly, so the ambush leader had to cut off his tail to survive and threw half of his troops to stop them. The remaining people kept their armor-piercing crossbows and continued to retreat.

"Want to leave? It seems it's too late!"

Lin Yi's indifferent voice suddenly sounded, and then the leader of the ambush saw Lin Yi slowly walking out of the shadows of the woods, followed by five-man squads widely spread out.

The ambush leader's pupils shrank sharply, looking at the army coming out of the woods in horror.

Just now he was still hesitating whether to stay and deal with the eight hundred pursuers with the other half. Now where is the other half?