As the army advanced, the Cao Army soldiers gradually got a clear look at the menacing appearance of those one thousand heavily armored cavalrymen. Their gleaming silver armor covered the horses from head to hoof, shining brilliantly under the sunlight. Aside from their eyes, the horses' heads were completely covered in armor, with a long, vicious horn protruding a foot from the center of each brow. Anyone stabbed by one of those things would have no chance of survival.
Two razor-sharp blades extended from the armor on either side of each horse. Propelled by the warhorses' tremendous speed, they could easily tear anything blocking their path in two.
The riders were likewise wrapped from head to toe in silver armor, each wielding a halberd about four meters long. Yes, a halberd. Its side blade could be used to slice through human bodies, preventing too many enemies from being strung along the shaft and hampering its use.
It was only a thousand riders, yet the heavy footfalls still shook the earth. As the tremors traveled up from beneath their feet and they watched the silver fortresses of steel crushing forward step by step, the Cao Cao Army's morale fell to 10.
Standing at the center of the army, commander Xiahou Dun's face turned ashen. He stared at the slowly advancing thousand heavy cavalrymen, his heart turning cold. How could Liu Bei have monsters made of steel like these? How much must they cost!
His first thought was not how to stop them, but how much they cost. There was no need to consider how to resist them—the attack had come too suddenly. What could he possibly do?
Cheng Yu, who was watching the battle beside him, also felt his heart sink. At a glance, he spotted several weaknesses in the heavy