Courage

Under the officers' all-out efforts to suppress the disorder, the chaos that had broken out was quickly brought under control, and the formation struggled to maintain its basic integrity while in motion.

This was a trial every qualified cavalryman had to endure before a charge, as well as the cruelest test of the officers' command abilities and the soldiers' training.

Almost at the same time, five hundred meters away, a desolate yet penetrating blast of ox horns rang out from the ranks of the Sauron Horse Corps!

The Sauron Regiment Commander had clearly realized that the distance was closing and ordered a full charge! The black torrent of Sauron Cavalry surged forward like floodwaters released from a dam, its speed suddenly rising as it charged ahead with unstoppable momentum! The distance between the two sides shrank at an astonishing rate!

In the narrow stretch between the two main cavalry formations, the desperate struggle between the scouts and Light Cavalry of both sides had reached its climax, but was also nearing its end.

Amid the high-speed galloping and chaotic melee, the accuracy of both precise musket fire and volleys of arrows had fallen sharply.

More cavalrymen chose a more direct and even more ruthless method, aiming their weapons at the weak points of the opposing warhorses! One horse after another was struck by bullets or arrows, rolling to the ground with a terrible whinny and violently throwing off its rider.

The fallen riders often had no time to rise before enemy cavalry close behind mercilessly hacked at or trampled them with sabers.

Casualties on both sides were mounting rapidly. The surviving scouts realized that the decisive clash of the main forces was about to begin and consciously started breaking contact. While firing and hacking at one another, they retreated toward their