Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2585 Archery Showdown: Hou Yi Wins, Han Imperial Family Members Suffer Successive Losses

More precisely, it wasn't just on the battlefield of the White Horse Cavalry that the Qing-Han forces were at a complete disadvantage on every battlefield.

With three times the troop strength, Xue Rengui rarely won such a profitable battle, so there was no possibility of him failing.

The front-line battlefield is undoubtedly the most important battlefield.

Liu Zhiyuan, who was on the front lines, had only 10,000 troops, while Gao Ang and Hou Yi had 50,000 troops.

This was also the battlefield where the Jin army had the greatest numerical advantage. With a five-fold difference in troop strength, the front lines were completely overwhelmed.

Taishi Ci and Hua Rong, two sharpshooters from the Qinghan region, jointly challenged Hou Yi.

Unfortunately, even the stronger Taishi Ci only had a base martial prowess of 104 points. Although the two of them working together caused Hou Yi some trouble, it was only a minor problem.

The duel between these three sharpshooters was remarkably swift. It began quickly, but ended just as quickly.

Although Hou Yi was fighting two opponents at once, he completely overwhelmed them.

Those who can be called sharpshooters are all quite accurate. After all, this is the primary and most basic requirement for becoming a sharpshooter.

Therefore, in this respect, whether it is a top-notch marksman or a god-level marksman, there is actually not much difference.

If you can't hit the bullseye every time, you don't deserve to be called a sharpshooter.

If we're only talking about accuracy, Hou Yi and Xue Rengui couldn't possibly be much better than the others.

However, the fact that there is no difference in basic conditions does not mean that there is no difference in other aspects.

In terms of the power of the bow and arrow, the difference is like night and day.

Even if two people are archers, some use a two-stone bow while others use a ten-stone bow. Even if their accuracy is the same, can the power of the arrow be the same?

That's how it was when the three of them fought!

Hou Yi's arrow not only shot down Hua Rong and Tai Shi Ci's arrows, but also continued its trajectory towards them with undiminished force after it had fallen.

For every arrow Hou Yi fired, the two of them needed two, or even three, to counter. Otherwise, they simply couldn't weaken Hou Yi's arrows.

In archery duels and intercepting the opponent's arrows, the force of the arrow is an extremely important influencing factor.

This naturally creates a gap!
Just as Hua Rong was about to shoot down Hou Yi's arrow with his second arrow, Hou Yi had already drawn his bow and nocked an arrow for the second time. Fortunately, this time Tai Shi Ci helped him block it.

Even though Hua Rong shot his second arrow, he still failed to shoot down Hou Yi's first arrow. By the time he was about to shoot his third arrow, Hou Yi's third arrow had already arrived.

This time, Taishi Ci couldn't stop him, and Hua Rong was simply shot dead by Hou Yi. All of this happened in just a few arrows.

Taishi Ci learned from this lesson and stopped attacking with arrows. In other words, he no longer hoped to intercept the arrows that the opponent had already shot with his own arrows, but instead directly targeted Hou Yi.

But as Taishi Ci dodged Hou Yi's arrow, Hou Yi leaped off his horse, caught the arrow Taishi Ci had shot, and used it to fire a second arrow with a clean, decisive motion.

Although Taishi Ci also successfully dodged this arrow, as archers, their arrow defense capabilities were not bad. At least in this respect, Guan Yu could not afford to try and outmaneuver them.

However, Hou Yi's arrow snapped his bowstring. Left with no other choice, Taishi Ci raised his spear to try and close the distance.

Having lost his bow and arrows, he naturally knew how to deal with another sharpshooter.

Fortunately, compared to archers like Yang Youji or Zhang Hui, Taishi Ci was not only skilled in archery, but also proficient in mounted combat and even foot combat. He could wield a long spear and also show off his double halberds.

However, Hou Yi kept moving around while continuously drawing his bow and shooting arrows.

As sharpshooters, if they have the opportunity to prevent the opponent from closing the distance, they will naturally not let the opponent close the distance easily.

Under such circumstances, even with the strongest arrow defense, prolonged defense will inevitably fail. And if he failed to defend against even one arrow, Taishi Ci would lose his life.

In fact, if Zhang Hui had not died on the battlefield, with such an unparalleled archery master joining forces with these two great archers, the combined strength of the three of them might not have been impossible to contend with Hou Yi.

Zhang Hui, the progenitor of archery, had a considerable advantage when dealing with other archers.

Moreover, his strength is greater than that of Taishi Ci or Hua Rong.

Unfortunately, he had already died in that previous battle and would never have the chance to fight Hou Yi again.

After that, Hou Yi even shot and killed the enemy general Yang Duanhe.

Although Liu Zhiyuan was the commander of the vanguard, the one truly in charge of command within the Qinghan vanguard was Yang Duanhe.

With their commander shot dead, the situation at the front line spiraled completely out of control. Despite being outnumbered five to one, the front line quickly collapsed.

The three Han imperial relatives Liu Zhiyuan, Liu Wei, and Liu Kui, who were besieging Gao Gao, were inevitably affected by the overall defeat on the battlefield.

After all, what influences a battle between two people is never just their individual strength, but also their mentality during the battle, the influence of the general environment, and other factors.

Liu Wei was momentarily distracted and was seized by Gao Feng, who stabbed him off his horse with a single spear thrust.

Although the remaining two learned from their mistakes and launched another attack on Gao Ang, the number of former Han soldiers in the vanguard continued to decrease as the Qing Han soldiers retreated. Everywhere they looked, there were Jin soldiers.

As a result, the two men were unknowingly surrounded by Jin soldiers.

The Jin soldiers on the battlefield, of course, did not stand idly by; they launched an attack on Liu Zhiyuan and Liu Kui, who were besieging Gao Feng.

Under these circumstances, the highly skilled Liu Zhiyuan could still manage to cope and at least hold out for a while.

However, Liu Wei, lacking strength, was fighting alone with all his personal guards dead. Facing the Jin army's spears coming from all directions, he was quickly overwhelmed and was killed by several Jin soldiers working together.

Liu Zhiyuan, who was stronger, could only last a little longer.

Among those present was Gao Feng, whose strength was no less than his.

Not to mention, Hou Yi also had his hands free at this time.

Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan's fate was already sealed.