Siege

"Send the signal. Have Zhuo Ge and the others harass the main force across from us. Once that main force has drawn close, withdraw."

That brief exchange just now had basically confirmed to Zhou Xu that the enemy cavalry was indeed no good. Since they held the advantage in cavalry, they had no reason not to make full use of it.

"Harass them?"

After identifying the signal's meaning and giving it a little thought, Zhuo Ge quickly understood. He immediately led the Centaur cavalry under his command in a wide detour toward the approaching main force.

When the enemy's main force saw the Centaur cavalry draw near, the soldiers tensed instinctively, though they did not appear overly nervous.

After all, they had more than three thousand troops there, while the Centaur cavalry led by Zhuo Ge numbered only fifty riders.

With such a huge disparity in numbers, even if cavalry had an advantage over infantry, the enemy could do nothing to them.

Just as the troops were thinking this, the Centaur cavalry, having approached to within a certain distance, nocked their arrows without hesitation and loosed a volley at the moving main force.

Centaur cavalry already existed in this world, so they knew the Centaurs' various attack methods quite well.

Now, faced with the sweeping rain of arrows, Long Zhantian, the commander of the army, quickly gave an order.

"Raise your shields!"

Upon receiving the order, the soldiers raised their shields high above their heads, neutralizing the rain of arrows descending from the sky.

At the same time, he ordered their own cavalry unit to move over and face off from a distance against the Centaur cavalry led by Zhuo Ge. However, they showed no intention of approaching recklessly.

Long Zhantian knew full well that their cavalry was no match