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Chapter 528 - 28: Famous Generals of the World, The Battle for Fame! (Vote for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 528: Chapter 28: Famous Generals of the World, The Battle for Fame! (Vote for Monthly Ticket)

Yu Wen Hua rode his warhorse forward, circling around, but could not find a place where the cavalry could break through. Yuwen Tianxian also noticed the placement of the military formation—

Outside the chariots and carriage crossbows, a large swath of poisoned iron rhombuses had been laid.

Then, within the area of iron rhombuses between the chariots and the situation, large crossbow beds were installed with steel spikes pointing outward. Shixuan Machine Crossbows were set up on top, connected by ropes. When someone touched the rope, the crossbow machine would rotate and fire in the direction of touch.

Yu Wen Hua’s expression changed drastically, and he looked towards Yuwen Tianxian.

The calm and revered general stared intently at this arrangement of [chariots][machine crossbows][poisoned rhombuses], and after a long while, he said, "It’s my combat skill, just once, and he has already blended what I am best at into his military formation."

"Relying on the great river behind them, the chariots and crossbow arrows have fully amplified the infantry’s strengths and negated the cavalry’s tactic of flanking... Such a formation, I have never seen before."

Li Guanyi stared intently ahead.

Indeed, just as he expected, Yuwen Tianxian was calmer and more solid compared to the adversaries they faced in the Moon-shrinking Formation before. Cavalry galloped on the flanks, searching for flaws in the Moon-shrinking Formation, while at the same time, the shield-bearing heavy infantry advanced slowly towards the front.

Spear fighters, swordsmen, and archers, all behind the shields.

Yuwen Tianxian’s tactics were like a rolling boulder filled with blades, slow-moving but with overwhelming momentum and dominantly oppressive. With such a type of general—each skill at a moderate expert level combined with his personality.

[Flawless]!

He was truly a nightmare-level opponent for novice generals.

That is why Yuwen Lie entrusted Yu Wen Hua to his leadership with confidence.

Li Guanyi furiously waved his right hand downward.

The Moon-shrinking Formation loosed a volley of arrows that although intentionally made from weaker bows and lesser arrows, were not uniquely so; aside from the original 500 private soldiers from the City Lord Mansion, most were sturdy youths forced to take up arms—crudely put, being able to draw a bow without shooting someone on your own side was already impressive.

That wave did not see those 500 engage.

Thus, this round of simultaneous arrow fire blatantly exposed all the issues of novice archers.

The opposing shield-bearing heavy infantry even burst into laughter.

Some even shook their shields deliberately, easily breaking the arrows. Yu Wen Hua couldn’t help but burst into laughter, galloping forward, extending his hand and simply grabbing an arrow, then shouted, "Li Guanyi, can such arrows even kill a man?"

"Hahaha, your military formation is not bad, but what use is it?"

"Hiding turtle, one day it will be broken!"

Thereupon, the speed of Yuwen Army’s advance distinctly quickened, heavy infantry shields pushing while advancing. While their defense was stronger, it also vastly drained the physical strength of the heavy infantry. They pushed forward quickly to maintain mobility, executing a rush formation at the peak of the infantry’s physical strength.

Despite this, the army under Yuwen Tianxian’s control remained steady.

Thousands maintained their formation, and although there was a sense of disdain, the military formation was still orderly; 3,000 armored soldiers were solemn, the weapons quiet, advancing slowly; an immense oppressive force, if not for Li Guanyi’s men having high morale, would have already crumbled from within.

Even Li Guanyi had to admit,

Indeed, a grand general!

Such a battle formation surround, coupled with a Sixth Layer Heaven general, even a Grandmaster of the Martial World caught within it might kill hundreds, but would definitely die under Yuwen Tianxian’s spear. And at this moment, the main generals of the opposing battle formations were not rushing to engage.

As Li Guanyi had already harnessed the Qilin Power, as the main general, he and Yuwen Tianxian’s Qi mechanisms tangled around each other. Whoever struck first would lose the initiative and meet a thunderous strike. Underneath the giant shields and carriage crossbows, those 500 private soldiers tightly held their bows, while the rest of the rookies held crossbows.

They stared fixedly at the opposing heavy infantry.

Advance eighty steps.

Move forward one hundred steps.

They were getting closer, nearer—

They reached within crossbow firing range yet still held their fire.

Not until they entered half the range.

Just at that moment, Li Guanyi fiercely swept his weapon, and the true elites of the Moon-shrinking Formation suddenly shot out arrows. The opposing heavy infantry, focused only on the carriage crossbows seeing mere arrows, lifted their shields as they had before.

Not connecting the bottom of the shields with the ground.

Whir!!!

It was only when the clear sound of the arrows firing rang out did they realize something was amiss, but it was too late to adjust. In an instant, a flurry of plunging arrows fell like rain, exploding into a spray of blood, while Yuwen Tianxian thrust his weapon fiercely forward.

Shattering one particularly mighty arrow!

In Li Guanyi’s hands, the Breaking Cloud Sky-shattering Bow let out a fierce scream. His youthful eyes took on a reddish-gold hue, as if the charcoal that burned fiercely within flames, shouting, "Continue the attack!" Crossbow Arrows were shot out crazily, and with the plunging arrows, the other side couldn’t hold up.

Yuwen Tianxian ordered the shields up!

Giant shields formed into a formation, the bottoms with sharp edges pegged firmly against the ground.

"Archers!"

The regular army’s bowmen prepared to fire.

Li Guanyi drew the Breaking Cloud Sky-shattering Bow, restraining Yuwen Tianxian.

The youth’s eyes were fierce; yes, the regular army’s archers were no weaker than those 500 archers from the Zhenbei City Lord Mansion under his command, but the opposing archers numbered only six hundred while all his men here had crossbows!