Mythical Three Kingdoms-Chapter 1665 - 1604: Zhou Yu’s Research

"General... General, a major... problem, the Northern Huns... are leading countless... Miscellaneous Huns, charging towards... Zhou..." The soldier in leather armor from Zhou Yu’s troops, upon seeing Hua Xiong, immediately had a glimmer of hope in his eyes, and with blood at his mouth, he spoke to Hua Xiong.

After finishing his words with difficulty, he immediately fell off his horse. Hua Xiong reached out to support him, but found that he no longer had any breath, which caused Hua Xiong’s face to darken.

"Charge the entire army!" Hua Xiong’s face turned grim as he shouted to Hu Zhen and others behind him. Although this soldier was not under Liu Bei’s command, but a foot soldier from Eastern Wu that Zhou Yu had left behind to clean up the battlefield, it still pointed to many problems.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, under Hua Xiong’s command, moved almost as if their hearts suited their actions. They charged forward with Hua Xiong’s call, and in an instant reached their maximum speed, fiercely rushing toward the place where Chen Xi had previously headed.

[Marquis Chen was right, the Northern Huns indeed have another force.] Hua Xiong thought with a serious expression.

Hua Xiong even anticipated the situation he was going to encounter, undoubtedly an endless sea of Miscellaneous Hun Cavalry. Although this method seemed foolish, compared to the Northern Huns using Elite Cavalry against the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the death of the Hu People was instead the best strategy.

[Hopefully, it’s not truly a sea of Miscellaneous Huns. If there really are hundreds of thousands of Miscellaneous Huns, then I’ll only be able to create a bloody path with Marquis Chen to escape.] Hua Xiong thought helplessly.

This was not because Hua Xiong had become smarter, but because Li You had forewarned him before the expedition of all possible scenarios and advised him on the worst-case scenario.

Li You even explicitly told Hua Xiong that once entering the Military Spirit Legion situation, unless he had abilities like the Flying Bear Army that ignored terrain, never to face large numbers of trash soldiers alone, because the Xiliang Iron Cavalry’s powerful melee ability would inevitably improve upon advancement.

This enhanced combat power, when encountering miscellaneous soldiers, might see a few dozen people chasing down hundreds. However, if a squad of a dozen Military Spirit Soldiers were ambushed by Elite Cavalry, there would be no escape.

So actually, when Gao Shun activated the Military Spirit Ultimate State and divided the Trap Formation into tens of teams, it was very dangerous. It’s just that at that time, the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry had no hands free, but if they did, breaking a few dozen with hundreds would be easy.

No matter how strong the Military Spirit Legion is, it cannot change that the fewer the people, the weaker the group’s power.

"Hu Feng, Hu Zhen, listen carefully, this time do not scatter in the assault, stabilize the formation, do not disrupt the formation randomly!" Hua Xiong instructed while charging.

If it really is a sea of Miscellaneous Huns, once a soldier loses focus, they might attack an enemy and get pulled out of formation, and at that moment, although the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is unharmed by Miscellaneous Huns, the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry definitely can succeed.

On the other side, neither Chen Xi nor Zhou Yu had been attacked yet. However, as the fire rose, Zhou Yu naturally started to redeploy troops to adjust the formation.

"Uh, why are the infantry placed in front and back, and the cavalry arranged in this formation?" Chen Xi curiously asked as he observed Zhou Yu arranging a hexagon-like military formation, where the cavalry was arranged like petals suspended between the front and back infantry.

"You don’t understand military formations?" Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow and asked. This was a form of the Xuanxiang Formation, a military formation that Zhou Yu had modified from the Eight Formations to better suit his command.

"Uh, not really, I can only see that the rear army is solidly strong, the vanguard is a bluff, but in terms of Cloud Qi, the rear army is reinforcing defense significantly, the bluff of the vanguard, uh, it’s a bit like a mirror deflection." Chen Xi stroked his chin as he said.

Zhou Yu rolled his eyes. Clearly, he understood, just by glancing, he could see the falsehood and reinforcement effects, what else did he want?

"But what is mirror deflection?" Zhou Yu didn’t quite understand what Chen Xi meant.

"It’s like this." As he spoke, Chen Xi took out a mirror. "You can see yourself in the mirror, but you’re not actually in the mirror. Your vanguard is a bit like this."

"Hmm." Zhou Yu nodded, somewhat envious of Chen Xi’s mirror. This thing, since it was made, Chen Xi had hardly sold it, and domestic sales weren’t enough, so Zhou Yu had never seen it.

"To be honest, applying this effect to the winged cavalry seems a bit pointless." Chen Xi rolled his eyes, remarking that the effects bestowed on the winged cavalry on both sides merely accelerated Inner Qi depletion and thickened Cloud Qi. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Hehe." Zhou Yu chuckled without a word, and then began repositioning Li Yan and the Elite Troops of Danyang back to the rear army, whereupon the Cloud Qi of the rear army suddenly increased by several folds, and Chen Xi witnessed an astounding scene; could it really be done like that?

"Aren’t you quite surprised?" Zhou Yu said with a trace of pride.

"Not just any surprise, this trick taught to me, and I’ll give you this thing as a gift to please Lady Zhou." Chen Xi, astonished, observed the Elite Troops of Danyang rapidly recovering Inner Qi in front; this move wasn’t just effective, it was highly efficient.

Although Chen Xi had long known from Li You that theoretically, all Legion Talents could be simulated through formations, formations that could mimic Legion Talents were mostly very advanced and the biggest issue with formations was in their difficulty of deployment, which Legion Talents didn’t face.

Yet now, what Zhou Yu showed Chen Xi was a formation capable of accelerating miscellaneous soldiers’ Inner Qi loss to supplement elite legions’ Inner Qi, it was like a cheat; to know the physical quality between regular troops and elite troops might not differ greatly, but their combat power was vastly different!

And if converted to Inner Qi and Cloud Qi, what elites could emit wouldn’t be double that of miscellaneous soldiers, but in terms of combat power, they might be several times greater.

Especially when Zhou Yu started playing the zither, a healing effect unexpectedly appeared, and that healing effect was so good it almost matched Zhang Liao’s Legion Talent’s innate injury suppression and healing, Zhou Yu was truly a genius.

"Phew, that’s about it." Zhou Yu’s zither sound came quickly and went quickly, yet apart from those with severed limbs, the Elite Troops of Danyang had basically recovered their combat power, and their spirit had largely returned, leaving Chen Xi dumbfounded.

"This move is impressive." Chen Xi said, full of admiration, "Teach me how, and I’ll teach you the Eight Gates Heavenly Lock, the Ultimate Battle Formation!"

"You learning it is pointless, letting my side’s Inner Qi deplete to supplement the chosen soldiers’ formation, that I can teach you, but this recovery on the battlefield is only sustaining combat at most, as for the subsequent healing, that relies on this." Zhou Yu said with a light-hearted zither play and a smile.

"Let’s exchange then." Chen Xi said with mild annoyance, "Merely benefiting designated soldiers is enough, as for treatment, hmph hmph hmph, there are zither players in this world aplenty, you’re not the only one."