Mythical Three Kingdoms

Lai Min wanted to say something else, but Zhou Yu vetoed it. Without even confirming the enemy’s strength, thinking of persecuting potential allies is not normal. It’s better to wait until we’ve truly felt the strength of the Huns before discussing anything else.

Lai Min felt somewhat resentful, but once Zhou Yu makes a decision, apart from changing for Sun Ce, others hoping to alter it is wishful thinking.

Zhou Yu was completely unaware, because of the eagle scouting matter, he felt that after coming to the north, he knew himself but not the enemy, and did not agree with Lai Min’s strategy. Otherwise, given the fighting power of the Wuhuan, they would be directly crushed by the Northern Huns Cavalry.

Similarly, given the combat power of the Eastern Wu Infantry, once without allies, even with Zhou Yu leading, the infantry would still lose to others. This is a practical combat power gap, and there’s nothing more to say.

The Northern Huns stationed in Liaodong received reports from the Miscellaneous Hun, and then steadily headed towards the direction of the navy landing.

Because of this, Li Yan had time to hide all the soldiers in the bushes and forests. As for the Wuhuan, after roughly estimating the time, they led the troops to charge at Zhou Yu.

Five thousand Wuhuan Cavalry surrounded Zhou Yu’s army without launching an attack, like predators searching for the prey’s flaw. The lower-ranked soldiers under Zhou Yu did not know the current situation, and when the Wuhuan Cavalry encircled them, all the soldiers were somewhat nervous.

In the south, they have never seen such a formation, even when Liu Bei’s Army fought them in the Battle of the Huai River, Guan Yu did not have so many cavalry.

Zhou Yu observed the Wuhuan’s military formation; he did not understand cavalry. To be precise, generals from the south generally have a superficial understanding of cavalry. The thousands of Xiliang Large Horses sent by Ma Chao have not yet resulted in anything formed in Eastern Wu.

At this time, a sudden eagle cry rang out from the sky, both the Wuhuan People and Zhou Yu understood what this cry meant. It was their mutual signal; the Northern Huns had arrived.

Within a range of ten miles, the speed of the Northern Huns Cavalry suddenly soared, and the Cloud Qi spontaneously adjusted. The cloud effect of the elite cavalry naturally blessed the Hun Elite Cavalry, the physical strength consumption of fast-moving cavalry plummeted, and their endurance capabilities increased dramatically.

Perched on the tree, observing the distant scene of the roaring Hun Cavalry as they galloped like thunder through the leaf cracks, Li Yan felt a chill at his heart. Though he did not understand cavalry, witnessing the Northern Huns Cavalry sprint over the plains was a shocking experience.

Truth be told, Li Yan, being from the south, had never seen the scene of elite cavalry sprinting unreservedly over the plains; the ferocity of such a charge was something infantry could not resist.

With an eagle’s cry, the formerly posturing Wuhuan and Han Army assumed battle mode. The Wuhuan collectively drew bone arrows made with sharp teeth from their quivers. These arrows were pathetically weak; unless hitting specific points, it was impossible to kill enemies.

However, using these arrows to deceive the Hun People was no problem. While the Wuhuan set bows and shot arrows, Zhou Yu also ordered his troops to adjust their formation, preparing to face the Hun’s attack.

Thus, when the Northern Huns charged fiercely, the Wuhuan almost encircled the Han Army. As a rain of arrows shot towards the Han Army, the Northern Huns’ Vice King was quite satisfied, rarely notifying the Wuhuan People to clear the way.

The charging speed of the Northern Huns surpassed Zhou Yu’s expectations completely. Initially, the thunderous hoofbeats were still distant, but before Zhou Yu could command the archers to prepare, the thunderous hoofbeats had transformed into earth-shaking tremors.

The Wuhuan instinctively gave way to the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry, and moments later, Zhou Yu witnessed genuine mounted archery. The Northern Huns uniformly drew their bowstrings and released them in the instant when their horses’ forelegs touched down, leaping forward again.

The arrows’ range completely exceeded Zhou Yu’s expectations. The mere short bows managed to reach the distance of Zhou Yu’s Great Yellow Bow, and regarding arrows, the range almost correlated with power.

Amid the violent bowstring noises, Zhou Yu’s side’s established archers also began to exert their strength. But unlike the previous chaotic situation with Miscellaneous Hun, the Northern Huns’ charging formation was more scattered, and Northern Huns Knights clung tightly to their reins even if pierced dozens of times or clearly shot dead, refusing to be dismounted.

Under such circumstances, enduring three waves of arrow rains and engaging with the Han Army for three waves of arrow rains, the Northern Huns directly infiltrated Zhou Yu’s main formation without him anticipating it.

”Archers, fire! Wen Pin, send the signal!” Zhou Yu roared angrily, his expression fierce. It was his first encounter with elite cavalry on the plains, and at that moment, compared to his previous imaginations, Zhou Yu suddenly realized how lacking he had been before!

Wen Pin exerted himself, shooting an arrow that burst in the sky, with Radiance visible from tens of miles around. Li Yan and flared muzzle and the fully equipped Han Army all saw this scene, and then under the leadership of each of their generals, rushed directly towards Zhou Yu’s main formation.

”Hold them back!” Cheng Pu shouted, releasing a dim blue Radiance from his body. The initially destabilized soldiers from Hun Cavalry’s impact stabilized mentally, their danger Perception fully activated, and facing the Northern Huns’ ferocious attack, their mentality became more stable.

However, even though Cheng Pu activated his Legion Talent, it still didn’t mean much; calling the Eastern Wu Infantry unsalvageable wasn’t an exaggeration.

The Northern Huns Elite Cavalry were slightly surprised when Cheng Pu’s Legion Talent activated, but the subsequent assault caused them to completely lose fear of this Han Army. This Han Army was so weak, even a Legion Talent couldn’t compensate.

At this moment, the Wuhuan collided with the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry’s rear. It wasn’t that the Wuhuan didn’t see the Northern Huns instantly penetrate Zhou Yu’s main formation, but in the moment when the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry charged through, the Wuhuan bit in, but the Northern Huns’ speed was fast, while the Wuhuan’s was slow.

By the time the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry directly infiltrated Zhou Yu’s main formation, the accelerating Wuhuan were unable to brake and could only clash head-first into the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry’s rear army.

”Wuhuan, you’re courting death!” At the instant their rear army was attacked, the Northern Huns’ Vice King shouted angrily, ”Dispatch a thousand to eliminate them for me!”

Instantly, a thousand of the three thousand Northern Huns Elite Cavalry, under the leadership of the Leader of a Thousand, divided from the left side, smashed open the Eastern Wu Infantry of Zhou Yu’s vanguard, and charged towards the Wuhuan People head-on.

”Stop them for me!” Zhou Yu roared, and amidst the angry screams, another group of gunners was mobilized to the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry’s front. But the Northern Huns’ craft of mounted archery plus close combat led the gunners to disperse before they could attack the elite cavalry’s front.