At the edge of the grasslands, another cavalry force suddenly appeared. Though they were two or three li away, at a cavalry charge they arrived in mere moments.
Song Qingshu had assumed they had come to encircle and kill Hulagu Khan as well. Just what kind of public outrage had Hulagu Khan committed to make so many people want him dead?
But once the cavalry drew near, they began shooting at the bandits from afar. There were one or two thousand riders in this force, and their arrows fell like rain. The bandits were scattered and broken after barely a single exchange.
Leading this cavalry force was a female general. She had lovely features and a tall, well-proportioned figure, with a strikingly heroic air between her brows. Her red cape snapped in the wind, like a beautiful flame blazing across the battlefield.
Song Qingshu felt a headache coming on. The Mongols' mounted archery was simply too formidable. Before even engaging, they could unleash several waves of arrows from afar. Their mobility was also exceptional; a few charges through the enemy ranks could scatter an entire formation. Even while retreating, they could shoot backward from horseback, and pursuing troops could easily turn victory into defeat if they were careless.
The crucial point was that even a Mongol woman possessed such superb skill on horseback. They truly were a nation of soldiers. How would he deal with them in the future?
The arrival of this cavalry force had already sealed the fate of the earlier "bandits." If they had fled in time, they might still have escaped. Yet after a brief hesitation, they instead intensified their assault on Hulagu Khan and his men, hoping to kill him before the reinforcements arrived.
But Hulagu Khan's guards were all experts. Now that reinforcements had