Mythical Three Kingdoms

Three to five thousand infantry facing nearly ten thousand cavalry, honestly, as long as the cavalry doesn’t make a fool of themselves, the battle between both sides is on the same level, and the cavalry is basically guaranteed to win.

Xubo Cheng did not doubt the judgment of the scout cavalry; whether it’s the Han Elite Cavalry or the Northern Huns’ elite, they are very cautious in this aspect. After all, reconnaissance is truly related to the survival of an army. If reconnaissance is wrong, the entire army could be wiped out.

”Everyone halt, consume dried rations on the spot, and rest for an hour!” Xubo Cheng issued a new order to the messengers, and the entire army came to a standstill.

Gao Shun was a bit embarrassed momentarily. Should he take advantage and attack, or wait instead? However, seeing Xubo Cheng’s tight defense, Gao Shun chose to follow the same approach, taking out his own rations to eat and drink on the spot.

After a night of battle, both sides were quite fatigued. Zhang Fei and others did not pursue because they didn’t want to escalate the losses of this fight. For them, waiting for reinforcements to arrive and attacking together could reduce the casualties.

Having fought a battle, Zhang Fei and others realized that the combat power of the Northern Huns’ main force is truly no less than that of the Han Dynasty’s elites. Based on estimates, the Northern Huns should have sixty to ninety thousand main troops. Should they really fight to the death with the same number of elites?

These are elite veterans at Zhang Fei’s level; even if it were Liu Bei, losing that many would likely harm his strength significantly. The best approach with the Northern Huns is to use one’s head; fighting aggressively is too damaging.

”This situation isn’t favorable; I’ve seen the Northern Huns’ army, but they’re actually resting there. Kongming, what should we do?” Li Tong frowned and asked Zhuge Liang.

”What are you afraid of?” Zhuge Liang said coldly, ”It’s already at this point; is there still talk of backing off? Once we’re dispersed on this plain, it’s a dead end. Besides, even if they rest for an hour, it’s impossible for all the fatigue to disappear.”

Li Tong looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, not expecting him to have such composure. One should know that Zhuge Liang hasn’t been on the battlefield many times before.

After eating dried rations and drinking some water, Xubo Cheng rested for an hour, and all the soldiers conscientiously mounted their horses. Years of warfare have cultivated the habit of obeying orders in war being more effective than charging in themselves.

Gao Shun felt a bit embarrassed now too; after the opponent had regrouped, the formation appeared even more neatly organized. Originally, Gao Shun felt somewhat overwhelmed even in a one-to-one charge, let alone when the opponent was already prepared.

However, after some thought, Gao Shun decided to follow Chen Gong’s command, pursuing and ambushing the opponent with Zhuge Liang, and assisting Zhuge Liang in eliminating the Hun soldiers within the encirclement.

Xubo Cheng glanced at Gao Shun, seeing that he was still hanging not too far behind, frowning slightly. The combat power of the Trap Formation is also a threat to Xubo Cheng.

While legion attacks can cause considerable damage to the Trap Formation, on the one hand, the Trap Formation itself has the ability to resist legion attacks. On the other hand, once the Trap Formation charges into the army, the legion attacks can indeed no longer be executed.

Once the situation becomes like that, Xubo Cheng estimates that his nearly ten thousand Northern Huns main force would have to lose more than five thousand to extinguish the Trap Formation that appeared to be less than a thousand.

Of course, if Xubo Cheng knew that Gao Shun’s seven hundred Trap Formation could maintain an hour of Qi Refining to Gang combat power, he would likely directly dismiss his thoughts.

Although it can only maintain a fully open Military Spirit posture for an hour, as long as the opponent doesn’t run, Gao Shun can still wrestle down the other side before the Trap Formation finishes fighting.

But Gao Shun’s mind functioned normally; he knew the Military Spirit Legion wasn’t meant to contest elites but to open up the situation, so he hung around reasonably, not too far, not too close.

Thus, Xubo Cheng and Gao Shun cautiously watched each other, advancing while observing. Both sides were cavalry, so their speed was decent, and the distance of more than ten miles quickly passed.

As they entered the area where Zhuge Liang’s formation was ambushing, Xubo Cheng glanced to either side uneasily, feeling something was off, but no matter how he looked, he couldn’t see any difference.

[I seem to be overly sensitive.] Xubo Cheng thought, but his expression immediately darkened, [After all, losing the Luandi Marquis was truly careless.]

At that moment, the sound of arrows rang out, followed by countless arrow rains shot from all directions, instantly causing more than a hundred Northern Huns to fall off their horses, and the next instant, numerous Han troops suddenly appeared from all directions, roaring towards the Northern Huns for an attack.

Meanwhile, a troop of over a thousand cavalry displayed an unmatched momentum directly charging towards the Northern Huns, and simultaneously, the sky suddenly revealed a layer of thick Cloud Qi. Infantry appearing tens of steps away from the Four Directions were shrouded in Radiance.

Before Xubo Cheng could issue the order, eight giant Light Blades of legion attack burst from all directions, which was the formation prepared by Zhuge Liang, accumulating significant amounts of Cloud Qi and Inner Qi, ensuring that even the release of legion attacks wouldn’t impact their battle power.

Xubo Cheng charged into the formation. When Zhuge Liang dispelled Xun Youi’s Spiritual Talent, he immediately activated the prepared Legion Talent. The hundred or so guards Zhang Fei left for Zhuge Liang transformed into a thousand troops the moment Zhuge Liang rotated the formation.

This Changing Formation didn’t add any offensive or defensive effects but was one of the three special formations transmitted by Li Youu to Hua Xiong at the time. Of course, due to Hua Xiong’s lack of intelligence, even now, this formation could only be performed based on muscle memory without fully showcasing its features.

This time Zhuge Liang fully deployed this formation, emerging a sprawling army of tens of thousands from a setup of merely five thousand.

Originally encircled at the formation’s center with five thousand men, Xubo Cheng now glanced around and felt a chill from head to toe. Though unsure how the opponent achieved it, there were actually tens of thousands ambushed here!

Even with over ten thousand cavalry, surrounded by these tens of thousands of Han Elite Infantry, they felt a chill, especially as the eight legion slashes landed, causing near a thousand direct casualties in Xubo Cheng’s army.

”Charge out!” Xubo Cheng, battle-hardened, immediately identified an issue with Zhuge Liang’s army dispatch in the Northeast area and roared, charging in that direction.

Before Xubo Cheng’s thunderous shout, the fewer than two hundred Northern Huns Guards had already instinctively reacted, directly charging towards the nearly thousand-strong cavalry troop.

Under the lead of Jinn Hedan, the remaining Northern Huns Guards roared as they launched attacks at the over-thousand Han Elite Cavalry charging towards them. But at the moment of collision, the Northern Huns Guards felt their hearts sink; the opponent’s combat quality had nearly matched theirs!