Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1202: Chapter 1158: The Army May Perish, but the Eagle Banner Must Not Be Taken

”Boom!” Thousands of Roman longbowmen’s arrows rained down on the iron cavalry in a moment, and then the scene where the short bow once shot the iron cavalry reappeared, all the arrows bounced off.

”Pffft!” The Roman’s long spear pierced through the iron cavalry’s armor, stabbing into the knight, yet unlike before, it didn’t penetrate their body, instead causing the pained rider to backhand slash off the attacker’s head.

”Is this... it...?” Li Jue looked at the radiance on his hand, a radiance streaked with silver in the darkness, and Li Jue understood.

”Crush them for me!” Li Jue shouted, not caring how the power came about. The moment it appeared, he knew what it was, and knew even more clearly that annihilating the enemy was more important than pondering.

Li Jue’s horse-cutting blade decapitated the oncoming Roman cavalry with one swing, ignoring the arrows shot directly at him. He knew that from the moment he activated his legion talent, his iron cavalry was the strongest cavalry in the world in defense!

Cloud Qi plus defense, elite attribute plus defense, formation plus defense, until the final legion talent activated, Li Jue finally endured, seeing the fruits of labor; under his leadership, even wearing tattered leather armor, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry would be the strongest defense cavalry in the world.

”Hahaha, Zhiran, nicely done!” Fan Chou and Guo Si, seeing the Roman radiance flash by, knew things were bad; the burgeoning anger in their chests nearly boiled over. They weren’t even comparable to dead things, yet they were among the world’s elite cavalry chiefs!

However, the radiance erupting from Li Jue in the next moment enveloped them, and all the anger was suppressed by the legion talent their brother unleashed.

”Kill kill kill!” Guo Si knew at the moment the arrow was deflected what this legion talent was. Although a bit cowardly, it was truly exhilarating!

Once Li Jue’s legion talent enveloped all the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, every Xiliang soldier distinctly felt a difference, as if donning a layer of resilient armor. All the iron cavalry were uplifted.

”What the hell is this!” Ganasis clearly felt the escalating momentum of the Romans the moment the eagle banner rose. However, before he could shout out the slogan to annihilate the Han army, he saw something extending from Li Jue similar to the eagle banner.

The reason it felt similar, even though he had never seen it before, was because Ganasis clearly sensed the effect of this empowerment. Fundamentally, the longbowmen’s arrows were ineffective against the Han army, to the extent that the Han army was already starting to counter-pressure the Roman heavy infantry in some berserk manner.

”Seize the eagle emblem for me!” Li Jue, at this moment, was in high spirits, arrogantly wielding his weapon, never having felt as thrilling as today. He no longer had to say with disdain to others, ”It’s not just about strong personal combat power; when it comes to leading troops, I don’t lose to you!”

From this moment, Li Jue finally qualified to charge towards the title of renowned general, as the legion talent itself is considered heavenly acknowledgment of a renowned general.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry at this time was almost desperately fighting against Roman arrows and Roman heavy infantry; however, the scene clearly showed the cavalry had a sizable advantage, at least with their current nearly divine defense obstructing Roman attacks greatly.

However, this advantage couldn’t be converted into victory. When the Romans realized Li Jue was advancing towards the eagle banner, all the soldiers went mad, launching attacks on the iron cavalry crazily, and casualties on both sides gradually increased.

”Pffft!” Guo Si beheaded a heavy infantryman beside him with one slash, the horse-cutting blade having long been broken in the fierce battle, switching now to a great broadsword, fighting desperately with the Romans, but the injuries on him weren’t severe.

[I can’t go on like this, my legion talent’s consumption rate is increasing. If this continues, at most an hour, my legion talent will stop, the fighting will of these Great Qin soldiers is truly terrifying!]

Li Jue, with great effort, slew a high officer among the Roman infantry, clearly sensing his legion talent’s exhaustion. Although he didn’t know how others’ legion talents were, he knew his own was already immensely powerful.

[Probably, my legion talent has a time limit, and the defensive method is a flexible defense, with special effects against arrows and heavy weapons, but only reduces the force of blades and spears by thirty percent.]

Li Jue indeed was a genius, having figured out his legion talent completely in just this short while: pure defense, a way of augmenting defense akin to placing a defensive shield on his soldiers.

”Zhiran!” Fan Chou severed a Roman infantry’s arm, then moved towards Li Jue, clearly understanding this battle could no longer be fought; the fighting will of the Great Qin people was too strong. If this were the Central Plains, they should have long been routed.

A black face on Li Jue, his first battle with legion talent activated did not yield triumphant results, yet he knew now was not the time to dwell on such matters. The damn fighting will of the Great Qin people really made them quite frantic.

In fact, Li Jue had no idea that the reason the Romans hadn’t collapsed until now was because he pressured them so much. Li Jue, leading the iron cavalry, focused on the eagle banner’s direction, pushing back most of the Roman Legion’s first and finest heavy infantry units.

The Romans, who had fought wars for hundreds of years, had lost many battles, and near annihilation more than once, but the legion’s eagle banner had only fallen into others’ hands once. It was a symbol of the Roman Empire; everyone could die, but the eagle banner must not be lost, a Roman oath!

People die, the empire will provide an explanation, but if the eagle banner is lost, they need to explain to the empire, and it wouldn’t be just a personal explanation, but an explanation for generations upon generations, meanwhile the legion would be forever disbanded, the code number revoked.

In the only battle where they lost the eagle banner, the Romans, mobilizing their entire force years later, deployed eight legions, reclaimed the eagle emblem, and eagle banner.

Under such circumstances, seeing Li Jue desperately charging towards the eagle banner, the Romans went mad. The Roman army and mercenaries could all die here, but the eagle banner could not be lost. With this mentality, the Romans held with an almost frenzied battle consciousness against Li Jue.

Holding on until the end, Li Jue was only a hundred steps away from the eagle emblem, yet couldn’t advance a single step further. Instead, due to this mad battle will, Ganasis succeeded in controlling the situation, luring Li Jue’s iron cavalry into the Romans’ encirclement.

However, Ganasis also knew very well that to take down this Han army today would probably require twenty thousand troops to die on the spot to achieve, this Han army was just too tough. Without necessity, Ganasis would absolutely not want to bite!

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