Hooves thundered swiftly!
Brilliant as thunderbolts!
The Youzhou Iron Cavalry burst forth like divine soldiers descending from heaven, ready to trample all the solemn stillness before the battle.
Almost instantly, drums thundered and clamor erupted, countless waves of sound resounding through the armies.
"Kill Cao Cao!"
"Kill Liu Bei!"
Luo Yan had assigned their battle tasks long before. Just before combat, he shouted again, "Take no prisoners! Do not stop! Break the Han Army!"
Heavy infantry.
The supreme weapon for storming cities and taking strongholds.
Cavalry.
Since the advent of stirrups, the unrivaled troops that swept across open battlefields.
Gongsun Zan had once used Youzhou to keep Yuan Shao's Jizhou under relentless pressure precisely through his cavalry's unmatched cutting edge. Time and again, the Hebei Army could not keep its supply routes secure.
Now.
Youzhou and Jizhou had turned out in full force.
Although Cao Cao was the hegemon of the Central Plains, holding Yan-Yu's two provinces, neither produced horses. His cavalry was limited in both numbers and quality.
Liu Bei hardly bore mentioning.
On either side of Luo Yan, the Youzhou cavalry swept past with tremendous force.
Yuan Shao laughed loudly, then suddenly raised his sword and declared, "Our Zhao State army has arrived! All troops, advance! Kill!"
At that moment, Yuan Shao suddenly realized something.
With the Yan State remaining neutral and watching the great war in the Central Plains, Lü Bu of Bingzhou willing to assist him, and the Han Dynasty's feudal lords in the Central Plains remaining neutral-
Against Cao Cao and Liu Bei, he was the one with the advantage!
The Han Dynasty truly had declined to its lowest ebb. The whole world had not risen against Zhao; the feudal lords were all hesitating.
What was there to fear?
Could a fully consolidated Zhao State