Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1764: Chapter 1656: Grab the Advantage and Run

This is the Legion Talent of Qiu Linbei, a powerful means of disrupting enemy formations. Once within the massive force of Qiu Linbei, the enemy’s ability to judge formations will noticeably falter, whether due to distance, visual discrepancies, or any other possible issues.

In short, the Legion Talent of Qiu Linbei would severely disrupt the formations of any army it engages with. For cavalry, once the enemy’s formations are disrupted, it essentially marks the beginning of a slaughter phase.

One might say this is an extremely potent Legion Talent, especially effective against unit types that require specific formations to unleash their combat power, causing tremendous damage.

For instance, the Elite of Danyang, whose organizational power must reach a particular high level to enter their ultimate state, would find it nearly impossible to reach that peak when confronted by Qiu Linbei’s legions. Similarly, other legions that don’t require very specific formations would also see a notable decrease in combat effectiveness against this formation-destroying legion.

Of course, this Legion Talent doesn’t add any combat power, but no one can underestimate this Legion Talent. It’s the Sky Flying first Legion Talent that opens the battlefield via attacking formations, though Zhao Yun nearly countered this talent to great effect.

Last time, Qiu Linbei led a group of followers to confront Zhao Yun’s White Horse unit. As Zhao Yun’s soldiers were immune to all negative effects, the break formation effect naturally had no impact, and instead, due to a slightly negative side effect inherent to this talent, their own formation was weakened, leading to their defeat by the White Horse.

This time, similarly, Xiahou Dun’s legion lacked immunity to the Chaos Formation effect, leading to major disarray from the charge. However, as the skirmish began, with Qiu Linbei disrupting Xiahou Dun’s charge formation, the blood-red mist within Xiahou Dun’s legion deepened, causing his soldiers to become increasingly fierce with every breath.

Unlike most Legion Talents that directly amplify certain attributes of one’s own forces, Xiahou Dun’s Legion Talent, akin to Zhang Fei’s talent, is purely for war preparation.

As his side’s losses increase, the soldiers’ combat power continuously rises. Similarly, as the Chief General’s injuries worsen, his soldiers’ attacks grow more ferocious.

That is to say, the combat power of Xiahou Dun’s legion resembles a line graph, initially increasing rapidly as casualties rise. When attrition reaches a fifth, the legion’s overall combat power has already significantly increased.

If casualties continue to rise, the overall combat power will continue to improve steadily until reaching a peak at two-fifths casualties.

This peak combat power will be maintained until casualty rates hit half, from which point the overall combat power gradually declines as numbers dwindle.

That’s merely a theoretical situation; in practical terms, if an opposing legion endures through the peak combat power of Xiahou’s legion and still possesses the capability to fight after half of Xiahou Dun’s forces are lost, morale might plummet off a cliff for Xiahou Dun’s legion.

Overall, the Xiahou Dun legion being able to withstand a 50% casualty rate is already an extraordinary situation, and it continually gains strength as this critical point approaches. Honestly speaking, this Legion Talent is inherently a talent for war.

It’s purely geared toward preparation for war, not only unafraid of a life-and-death struggle but growing stronger through it. As the opponent’s morale drops, the other side only grows more robust, realistically making it tough for anyone to withstand losing half their forces in this way.

Since, after all, encountering an enemy growing increasingly stronger, robbing off combat power bit by bit, is likely enough to mentally crush them over time.

Such is the current situation, with Qiu Linbei’s Chaos Formation Talent weakening Xiahou Dun’s cavalry’s combat power considerably. Additionally, having lost coordination, it’s practically a waiting game for Qiu Linbei to finish them off like meat on a chopping board.

Yet, before Qiu Linbei could get too excited, the overall combat power of Xiahou Dun’s legion began to surge. As their numbers decreased, their overall combat power continued to rise, and the individual combat power increase seemed incredibly rapid.

As more soldiers of Xiahou Dun’s legion fell, the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry clearly observed every soldier in Xiahou Dun’s forces augmenting in every aspect.

Though the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry possessed advantages in riding skill, tactical techniques, coordination, and other aspects, Xiahou Dun’s elite cavalry held their own with sheer personal prowess, albeit without significant coordinated benefit.

The charge came quickly and went just as fast. Xiahou Dun was the first to charge out from the mass, followed by a large number of Han Elite Cavalry, while the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry, led by Qiu Linbei, likewise charged out.

Rearing their horses to turn around, both Xiahou Dun and Qiu Linbei saw each other simultaneously. The difference was Xiahou Dun’s gloomy expression compared to Qiu Linbei’s cold sneer. Between the previous charge and the battlefield beneath, aside from a few riderless horses standing alone in place, lay the remains of bodies, with the Han army losing not fewer than five hundred and the Northern Huns suffering only about two hundred.

This wasn’t because the individual qualities of both sides differed vastly. It solely stemmed from a lack of coordination.