Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1738: Chapter 1643: The Source of Confidence

After that, Chen Xi and Zhou Yu didn’t say much more. Although Chen Xi didn’t like this kind of method, he had to admit that Zhou Yu’s words were very reasonable. Whether it was him or other people, in fact, in war, they were just like Zhou Yu said, with at most different methods.

Kun Wan’s Hun Elite Cavalry suffered a significant blow from the beginning, but after all, having fought for many years with rich experience, when the vanguard forces were bitten by the Elite of Danyang and couldn’t retreat, Kun Wan decisively ordered a side-flank attack.

The decisiveness of his actions made Chen Xi and Zhou Yu’s faces sink. Indeed, for the Northern Huns who have walked through countless battlefields, although they value their people dearly, once on the battlefield, they definitely wouldn’t let such emotions affect their judgment.

After Kun Wan abandoned the frontal assault, the Hunnic Elites tangled with the Elite of Danyang gave up their previous desperate retreat and started to fight fiercely with the Elite of Danyang. The originally entangled Elite of Danyang and Hunnic Elite Cavalry became thoroughly mixed, making it difficult to separate.

The other Hun Elite Cavalry charging out from the flanks immediately seized this opportunity, bypassing the Elite of Danyang and attacking towards the flanks of Zhou Yu’s forces.

Cheng Pu, seeing the Northern Huns charging with their horses towards him, composed himself and activated his Legion Talent. Under the coverage of a pale blue radiance, the Eastern Wu Army, initially terrified by the thunderous sound of hooves pounding the ground, stabilized one by one.

After enduring an assault by the Northern Huns previously, Cheng Pu gained a deeper understanding of his Legion Talent. His Legion Talent was completely supportive in effect, but this supportive effect held immense significance in war.

On one hand, it allows for an early perception of danger during close combat, and on the other hand, it stabilizes the heart and spirit, keeping all soldiers in their best state.

Simply put, an excellent archer who can normally hit five out of ten arrows at fifty paces might hit seven out of ten at sixty paces in their best state; with Cheng Pu’s Legion Talent stabilizing their mindset, they can consistently unleash their potential.

In other words, if a normal person’s performance fluctuates, under the blessing of Cheng Pu’s Legion Talent, they can achieve their best state every time.

Although this Legion Talent does not possess attributes that surpass its own like most Legion Talents do, to speak truthfully, just as Lyu Bu’s Legion Talent increases all attributes by eleven percent, this translates to an attack originally between ten to twenty increasing to fifteen to twenty-five after the increase in all attributes.

In Cheng Pu’s case, the Legion may not reach terribly high attributes like twenty-five, but it can definitely stabilize at twenty, so it’s hard to say who is truly stronger or weaker.

Of course, there is a downside: if Cheng Pu were to one day have a Military Spirit Legion, his Legion Talent would essentially become meaningless, as the Military Spirit Legion does not experience fluctuations—their maximum value is their operational value.

However, having a Military Spirit Legion is virtually impossible; from Flying Bear to Trap Formation, from Trap Formation to Vanguard, and from Vanguard to Iron Cavalry, each type of Military Spirit Legion has no referential value. Even though Li Ru and Gao Shun understand how to promote elite troops to a Military Spirit Legion, the likelihood of achieving it is practically zero.

Incidentally, Vanguard’s ascension to a Military Spirit Legion is not only due to a bit of luck but also to an inevitable factor—the original Juo Yi was one of the Xiliang Soldiers and once served under Dong Zhuo, but not becoming one of the five main forces of Xiliang ultimately led him to miss Dong Zhuo and Li Ru’s notice.

That said, Juo Yi probably didn’t want to live under Dong Zhuo’s shadow; leaving Liangzhou back then likely involved considerations of this nature. Though the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was strong and Flying Bear might be considered the most adaptable cavalry in the world, none of this belonged to Juo Yi.

Regrettably, Juo Yi found his path, but he also died, proving himself before the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, only to lose his life under the Iron Cavalry’s hooves.

”Release the arrows!” Cheng Pu roared. The soldiers who had been slightly fearful under the cover of the Legion Talent found their rhythm and immediately drew their bows and shot arrows. Many soldiers, relying on their keen sense, released arrows before the Hunnic Elites entered attacking range.

The arrows hit as soon as they were released. The elite archers of Eastern Wu were among the finest in the world, but due to the nature of ground battles, they couldn’t display their skills properly and were initially intimidated by the cavalry, leading many of their arrows to hit air in terror.

This time, after stabilizing their mindset, the soldiers rediscovered their archery rhythm. As for the difficulty of shooting during a ground battle—heh, truth be told, if people on boats can shoot accurately amidst rocking waters, the difficulty of land-based archery is effectively halved.

Seeing arrows sparsely shot towards them, the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry laughed wildly. Have they panicked? In that case, they can die!

However, in the next moment, an astonishing scene unfolded: none of those sparsely shot arrows missed. Even trying to dodge seemed somewhat difficult, with some redirecting arrows with their long spears yet still getting hit. Subsequently, more arrows rained down upon them.

Unlike Liu Bei’s archers, who used arrows mainly for suppressive scattering without needing to aim at the enemy, the Eastern Wu archers, upon restoring their proper standard, selected their targets before releasing each shot.