Mythical Three Kingdoms-Chapter 1659 - 1598: Decisive Victory
"Die for me!" Hua Xiong roared in anger, at this moment he seemed to merge with the might of the heavens, his long sword slashed through, the surrounding cries rolling like waves, one strike swung down, and suddenly Hua Xiong’s essence, qi, and spirit plummeted while standing on horseback.
The Uloran Clan, still maintaining a double-handed hold defensively, had their upper body abruptly severed from right shoulder to left waist, and the Long Spear also broke in the middle. Hua Xiong laughed wildly, the flames on his body surged upward in red, becoming even more profound.
"Kill!" Hua Xiong shouted with full vigor, winning this battle!
The chief general had fallen, leaving only scattered remnants of the Military Spirit Legion, while over ten thousand Northern Huns elites, under the nearly invincible offense and defense of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, had long lost their morale. After Hua Xiong’s single strike killed Uloran Clan, the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry instantly collapsed, fleeing westward.
After leading the cavalry on an over ten-mile pursuit, Hua Xiong retreated. Even transformed into a Military Spirit Legion, the regular speed of the Iron Cavalry remained a weakness. Yet, carrying the power of a great victory, the routed Northern Huns soldiers dared not look back, allowing Hua Xiong to win overwhelmingly.
When Hua Xiong returned leading the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, all were covered in blood, and the previously clashed Miscellaneous Hun Elite Cavalry had fled scattered when Xiliang Iron Cavalry routed the Northern Huns Guards and elites, and Zhou Yu seized the moment to deliver a fierce blow to the Miscellaneous Hun.
Tadu and Su Puyan, among others, did not spare casualties while fiercely charging and striking, taking advantage of the enemy’s retreat, successfully routing them. When Hua Xiong returned, the entire army had already integrated, waiting for Hua Xiong’s return.
Reining his horse several tens of steps away, the presence emitted by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry even caused the front-line soldiers to faintly remain cautious. This aura even made the Elite of Danyang, as allies, breathe heavily, while the archers of Eastern Wu revealed expressions of fear.
"Well done," Chen Xi laughed and said, "Indeed, crushing all defiance head-on is the most shocking. Zijian, can you still fight?"
"How could I not?" A hint of a smile appeared on Hua Xiong’s always resolute face.
"Kill!" All of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry raised their Long Spears and roared with anger; every move clearly showed natural cohesion.
"Zijian, what is the full capacity of your Military Spirit Legion?" Chen Xi transmitted his voice to Hua Xiong.
"Two thousand eight hundred and ninety-six people." After a moment of silence, Hua Xiong transmitted his voice to Chen Xi, saying, "In the future, it will always remain this number. I didn’t stabilize the situation until the first breakthrough against the Northern Huns Guards led Elite Cavalry, then fully stabilized the numbers." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
"So how much force do you have now?" Chen Xi transmitted his voice to Hua Xiong to inquire.
"Now there are two thousand six hundred and seventy-four people left, during the first charge there were over three thousand three hundred people, although the enemy’s rain of arrows greatly strengthened our attack and defense, after fiercely killing the Hun Guards, breaking through the front of the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry, the remaining forces became the Military Spirit Legion," Hua Xiong openly shared everything with Chen Xi.
"That shouldn’t be, I saw your advantage was very obvious!" Chen Xi asked strangely, reasoning that his vision hadn’t seen any Iron Cavalry casualties.
"Initially, the enemy enhanced their speed too much, almost even the Hun Guards couldn’t break through the Iron Cavalry’s defense; at that time, the Iron Cavalry’s attack could penetrate both rider and horse, but with layer upon layer of obstruction, the Iron Cavalry’s speed was forcibly reduced," Hua Xiong said helplessly, the advanced Xiliang Iron Cavalry was certainly fierce but not invincible.
One reason being Hua Xiong didn’t have the Power of Military Spirit to continuously strengthen, if he had as much Power of Military Spirit as the Northern Huns Guards, then a dramatic reduction in charging speed in late engagements wouldn’t have resulted in such casualties.
"My condolences," Chen Xi said after a moment of silence.
"It’s nothing, dying on the path of charging doesn’t dishonor the name of the Iron Cavalry," Hua Xiong accepted openly.
However, Hua Xiong didn’t tell Chen Xi that this victory was actually very fortuitous. Frankly, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, having just been promoted and instantly becoming an Independent Military Soul was indeed terrifyingly strong, but saying it could rout the Hun Elite Cavalry led by the Northern Huns Guards was still very difficult.
Even if the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry was slightly inferior to Xiliang Iron Cavalry, without the Military Spirit Legion leading, Xiliang Iron Cavalry could achieve nearly three-to-one exchange rates against Northern Huns Guards, not to mention the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry led by the Military Spirit Legion.
One could say, if not for thrice over ten thousand arrows’ rain with impact force greatly enhancing the Xiliang Iron Cavalry’s speed, and this speed converted into formidable offense and defense, this battle would at most allow Hua Xiong to protect Chen Xi and others in a full retreat.
Over three thousand three hundred people enhanced by speed to this extent, yet still lost nearly five hundred elite during breakthroughs, and after completing the charge and turning around for another strike, this time’s attack defense was the normal level of Xiliang Iron Cavalry without consuming any Power of Military Spirit.
Yet in the first clash, vulnerable forces directly broke through Northern Huns Elite Cavalry perceived as confidently victorious, during the second clash the opponent hadn’t caught their breath, providing Hua Xiong the opportunity for another round, causing the entire army to fall into despair.
Even like this, after breaking through the entire army twice and exhausting the remaining Northern Huns Guards mostly, two hundred Iron Cavalry still perished.
By that time, the Northern Huns Guards understood the preceding causes and effects, but for a force pierced twice, salvation was nearly impossible.
This led to Hua Xiong encountering Uloran Clan in the third round, because Uloran Clan understood that while Xiliang Iron Cavalry was strong, it hadn’t reached an invincible level.
It could be said if Uloran Clan stalled Hua Xiong, preventing him from fully exerting himself, then even if the Northern Huns army lost, it wouldn’t face total collapse.
It was simply unexpected that Hua Xiong, at the peak of his momentum, would kill him within a few moves, causing the Northern Huns army, after repeated breakthroughs, upon suffering the shock of Uloran Clan’s death, completely lose its will to fight and collapse across a thousand miles.
"Hmm, later count it up, I’ll double the compensation, after all, it’s for the country," Chen Xi nodded and said, "However, really didn’t expect the situation to be this good, from now on this North truly becomes ours to roam."
"Marquis Chen, let me be honest with you, the Iron Cavalry is strong now, but truly facing over five times the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry, ideally I’d rather protect you to retreat," Hua Xiong paused and decided to speak truthfully, in case Chen Xi really intends a grand maneuver, trapping himself would be unwise."
"You can’t do one against five?" Chen Xi asked in confusion, "But..." Chen Xi pointed to the Hun people’s corpses on the ground.
"That was due to the opponent’s ignorance of my strength," Hua Xiong sighed and said, "Military Spirit Legion is strong, but frankly, without the enhancement of Power of Military Spirit, resisting death and basic attribute, taking on these top-tier legions head-on without countermeasures, based on my current feeling it’s one to five."
