The Wolf Cavalry, who never forgot their mission or their duty, scattered like birds and beasts to avoid clashing head-on with the Vanguard Iron Cavalry. They had no intention of tangling with Zhou Chongshan and the others at all. Instead, they split into smaller units, bypassed the Vanguard Iron Cavalry, and made straight for the Great Zhou defensive position to destroy the searchlights used for illumination.
That had been the special instruction their clan chief, Hei Ji, had given them when assigning the mission: ignore everything else and prioritize destroying the searchlights.
As special cavalry renowned for their flexibility and speed, the Wolf Cavalry had no trouble bypassing the Vanguard Iron Cavalry. But actually succeeding would not be so easy.
After all, this was no wilderness battle. The Great Zhou troops, as the defending force, had a tightly arranged Defense Formation.
The Vanguard Iron Cavalry's charge had bought the Great Zhou troops in the rear time to react.
At this point, every Great Zhou Soldier had already loaded their weapons and stood ready for orders.
A specially assigned Dwarf officer called out the timing for them. The instant he confirmed that the Wolf Cavalry had entered their effective range...
"Fire!"
At that moment, triggers were pulled, and black muzzles began spitting dazzling fire snakes.
The Great Zhou Soldiers holding rifles stood in a line and opened fire simultaneously, emptying their magazines at the Wolf Cavalry closing in from the distance.
During their brief clash with the Wolf Cavalry earlier, Great Zhou had basically determined that their current-issue Lei Ming Rifles posed only a limited threat to the Wolf Cavalry—but they were not completely ineffective!
At first, the Wolf Cavalry still tried dodging by leaping left and right. But against the Great Zhou troops, who did not even bother aiming and