After Zhang Xiu's strength began to decline, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry made every charge with caution, retreating imdiately at the slightest sign of disorder in their formation, never lingering on the battlefield.
Even if there was an excellent target ten steps ahead that could be taken down, they would resolutely turn away, not giving the Miscellaneous Huns any opportunity to encircle them, yet now the Xiliang Iron Cavalry charged in recklessly, as if they believed they were like the Military Spirit Legion, with willpower surpassing the body and limitless stamina?
Imdiately, Zhang Xiu charged into the main formation of the Miscellaneous Huns. The Miscellaneous Hun Leader maneuvered his left wing to extend outward, surrounding Zhang Xiu's main formation from outside in, while also deploying troops to guard the rear army, preventing a repeat of Zhang Xiu disrupting the rescue of Zang Ba.
Zang Ba and the others were shocked to see Zhang Xiu rush into the Miscellaneous Hun main formation. Wei Yan and Guan Ping nearly spurred their horses to charge in for rescue, but were stopped by Xu Shu.
"Do not pursue them. Disrupt them from the outside, weaken the Miscellaneous Hun's attack on General Zhang's main formation, and create opportunities for reinforcents and General Zhang!" Xu Shu's left brain throbbed with relentless pain, but with continued use, he had slightly adapted to it and naturally understood Zhang Xiu's intent. Although it carried the risk of a gamble, it was undoubtedly the correct choice.
Upon hearing this, Wei Yan and Guan Ping were taken aback and reluctantly sighed after assessing the state of their own troops. They imdiately followed Xu Shu's command, leading their soldiers to put pressure on the Miscellaneous Huns from the outside, ensuring the entire Miscellaneous Hun army could not fully focus on dealing with Zhang Xiu's Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
"Well done!" Zhang Liao couldn't help but smile at this sight from afar. Each of his allies understood the intent better than the last, and though he had only made one gesture without giving any orders, they had already made the correct judgnt based on battlefield intuition, proving that the heroes of the world should never be underestimated.
"Archers, string up! Goose Formation!" Zhang Liao laughed as he gave the final charge order.
It was not the usual cavalry charge in a Spearhead Formation, which enhances the tearing effect on military formations, but a Goose Formation that expanded the attack area but reduced the depth of damage. This formation also had so effect on arrow shooting, but it not only offered no advantage for cavalry charges, it even weakened them!
The Miscellaneous Hun Leader burst into laughter at this sight. Although their understanding of military formations was superficial, they were very familiar with basic concepts and imdiately recognized that using this formation with cavalry was detrintal and not beneficial.
Regardless, Zhang Liao not only deployed the Goose Formation but kept expanding it until the entire army resembled a flared muzzle, ceasing only when it was on the verge of reaching that form. By this ti, Zhang Liao himself was only a few dozen steps from the Miscellaneous Huns, with the extended wings having even pushed past the Miscellaneous Hun soldiers on the sides.
A rain of arrows shot out wildly, with all Zhang Liao's soldiers entering range using this formation. Three waves of arrows fell upon the Miscellaneous Huns, though to them, it was like a brief drizzle, causing a few hundred casualties at most.
As all the Wolf Cavalry slightly turned their heads, curving into an arc that nearly surrounded the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which was encased by the ellipsoid Miscellaneous Hun Legion, the two sides engaged in close combat almost imdiately, and on a large scale.
Front, side, left wing, right wing - all the Miscellaneous Huns faced the fierce attack of the Wolf Cavalry simultaneously. Although this assault was not as overpowering as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the tenacious Wolf Cavalry, supported by Zhang Liao's Legion Talent, managed to suppress enemies one to ten from multiple angles, throwing the outer ranks of the Miscellaneous Hun Legion into chaos.
Zhang Xiu laughed heartily, knowing that the enemy had been accumulating montum from so far away. Unleashing their full force was surely to decide the outco in the shortest ti possible. And what is the quickest way to rout an army? - A breakthrough at the center!
In the midst of his laughter, Zhang Xiu mobilized all senior Military Officers from the Iron Cavalry Headquarters. The soldiers naturally followed these officers, requiring no orders. As the officers spurred their horses forward, they naturally drew out eight arrowheads from the formation.
For the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Spearhead Formation was ingrained in their bones. As long as the commanders led by example, charging at the front, they could instantly form a Spearhead Formation from the main formation without any commands.
Zhang Liao led his small Personal Army to confront the army the Miscellaneous Huns had positioned to face him head-on. This path was both the most important and unimportant one, as the Miscellaneous Huns would never expect cavalry to use the Goose Formation, so the rest of the Huns would not focus on external reinforcents.
The Miscellaneous Huns, expecting to confront a Spearhead Formation, naturally had amassed a large force at the predicted point of engagent to counter it. Zhang Liao's role was to lead his small force to hold this path, not to defeat but to delay them!
The two wings of the Goose Formation had been accumulating montum, turning their horses to et the soldiers on the unprepared Miscellaneous Huns' flanks. They broke through several layers of defenses almost instantly, though this was not severe for the Miscellaneous Huns.
Zhang Liao's accumulated montum, combined with the fearless assaults, was terrifying for the ordinary Miscellaneous Hun soldiers. However, Zhang Liao's force was too small to sustain the montum for long, but it was enough.
The flanks of the Miscellaneous Huns, caught completely off-guard, encountered the Wolf Cavalry's attacks. After losing several formations, the Miscellaneous Hun soldiers, even without command, instinctively turned to attack the Wolf Cavalry on the periphery. At this mont, the fangs of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry fully erged.
When the Miscellaneous Huns focused their attention on the Wolf Cavalry at the periphery, the previously restrained and seemingly exhausted Iron Cavalry, seizing the mont when the Huns neglected their defense, suddenly had a Military Officer leap forth from the formation, rushing forward to cut down the frontal soldiers.
As the horses charged forward, the Iron Cavalry followed closely, forming a Spearhead Formation of four to five hundred n that burst from the formation when the Huns were caught off-guard, charging directly at the rear of the Miscellaneous Huns.
In seven to eight directions, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry simultaneously spurred their horses forward, opening eight large breaches within the Miscellaneous Huns before they had any ti to react.
If one were to look from the sky at this mont, they would see the Iron Cavalry like yolks enveloped in the egg white. At this mont, they suddenly split into eight steel spikes, tearing the egg white apart. anwhile, the thinly surrounding Wolf Cavalry launched a desperate charge, firmly holding the Huns at the front, allowing the Iron Cavalry to charge at the rear of the Miscellaneous Huns.
Soon, three out of the seven Spearhead teams broke through, and as Zhang Xiu's orders dictated, they turned back to charge into the flank of Zhang Liao's rear army.
Imdiately, Zhang Xiu, not hesitating, led his own trusted aide to charge head-on toward the Command Banner of the Miscellaneous Huns amid the chaos, when two more Xiliang Iron Cavalry teams charged out in the confusion!
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