As Ling Zhenfei anticipated, these foreign races specialize in long-range attacks, so when they get close, close combat won't work for them.
The team accelerated their pace forward, and those foreign races kept firing arrows. Due to the increased speed, their defense was naturally less rigorous, so more people got hit by arrows.
However, the team was indeed very close to those foreign races. Ling Zhenfei said to Sun Wei and a few others: "There's hope, let's charge together."
All four of them simultaneously got up and charged towards the direction of the foreign races. As they charged, arrows rained down on them, but Ling Zhenfei was at the front, constantly blocking with his long sword, keeping all four relatively safe.
Ling Zhenfei clearly felt that the arrows from these foreign races were somewhat chaotic.
Although a death charge is often a suicidal move, such actions immensely boost morale.
