War erupted, and before the two sides even closed with each other, both loosed several volleys of arrows.
A decisive battle on the plains had no fancy tricks. It was a collision between the strength of two armies, the simplest, most direct slaughter and melee!
What mattered was whose equipment was better, whose commanders were fiercer, and whose soldiers were more elite and fearless of death!
"Form ranks!"
Gao Shun led the seven hundred men of the Dare-to-Die Battalion at the very front of the army, crashing into the oncoming Cao Army!
Then an astonishing sight appeared. Under the assault of an enemy army several times their size, the Dare-to-Die Battalion's square formation actually held firm.
Like a reef in a raging river, they stubbornly blocked the Cao army's advance!
But the Dare-to-Die Battalion numbered only seven hundred, after all, and could not hold the entire battle line. Thus, while splitting the Cao army's formation, they also plunged themselves into its encirclement, just as their battalion's name foretold!
Their resolve was to break enemy ranks, to die rather than return alive!
All seven hundred soldiers of the Dare-to-Die Battalion were veterans of a hundred battles. Even surrounded by Cao Army troops, their formation showed not the slightest disorder.
"Kill!"
At the very front, the Dare-to-Die Battalion truly proved unstoppable, cutting down a great swath of enemies in moments.
They advanced and withdrew in order, coordinating seamlessly. Under Gao Shun's command, the seven hundred men moved as one!
Swing. Kill.
Swing. Kill.
They repeated the motions of swinging their blades and killing their enemies methodically, even unhurriedly.
Yes, unhurriedly.
It was hard to imagine describing an army on a battlefield with the word "unhurried."
Elite soldiers, excellent armor and weapons, and a commander who directed them as naturally as his own