Can't escape from the horse archers, help!

Ok…I can’t be crazy, this can’t just be happening to me.

I’m playing on Xbox one. I have tried at least 25 times to gallop and outrun the horse archers to escape to the next town right after the first town gets attacked and burned.

There is NO way to avoid being hit from behind. you go at the fastest gallop and you get hit over and over and then you die. The furthest I can get is just past the bridge where I have barely any health left.

What is WITH this game? This is a HORRIBLE mechanic. There’s no skill you use to outrun them, you can’t dodge back and forth on the road, that just slows you down and gets you killed faster. Is it just sheer luck to escape that scene or is there something I’m not doing? The freaking horse archers aim is like an archery ninja, they never miss!