Chapter 450: The Temple Army!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As the war drums thundered relentlessly, the clang of clashing blades and spears rang across the fields. Arrows rained from the sky, their sharp points killing soldier after soldier. Blood spurted as they fell howling to the ground, and countless feet trampled over them until they fell silent.
On a head-on battlefield, what was the invincible king?
Fully armored heavy infantry!
Before fully armored cavalry such as the Iron Pagoda Cavalry appeared, heavy infantry were invincible in frontal combat. Advancing in formation, their swinging blades and spears turned them into meat grinders.
Without heavy crossbows, mounted bows alone simply lacked the power to pierce their armor. Nor could cavalry charge straight into an infantry formation. That was courting death.
The Han Army had few heavy infantry in the Western Regions, but every one of them was a powerful, valiant warrior. Beneath the rain of arrows, Han soldiers and their allies fell in swathes, while the heavy infantry continued pushing forward almost unscathed.
Luo Shi had been watching the battlefield all along. Seeing that the Han Army had the advantage in morale, and that the armored soldiers in particular were advancing with magnificent momentum, he brandished his sword and roared, "Press forward! Send everyone in!"
The two reserve forces that had remained in the center since the battle began immediately charged forward at his command, seeking to throw the Dayuan Army's formation into disarray. Mounted on his horse, Luo Shi turned and said, "Brothers, please take the field and lead the Temple Army against the Dayuan Army's left flank. My father asked me to bestow his blessing upon you.
'The Sage King is with you!'"
As Luo Shi relayed those words, he crossed his hands and raised them high above his head, bowing