Yet they still instinctively adopted this tactic. A row of fallen warhorses slid forward some distance under their own momentum, leaving broken iron armor, mangled flesh, and snapped battle-axes in their wake.
Scenes like this played out again and again.
The Desert Star Heavy Cavalry was like a gigantic iron spear driven into a steel giant's body. Each forward thrust of the spear made the giant shudder, until the spear snapped!
At last, the first four ranks of heavy cavalry collapsed entirely, piling up into a mound of horses' and riders' flesh. The heavy cavalry behind them crashed into their own men, and a wave of collapse swept through them too. Some stopped in time and went around, but only some.
At the cost of several hundred men, the heavy cavalry's offensive was checked. The Self-Defense Army's vanguard had not broken, while the Cangling Army's cavalry on both wings could not join the battle. This meant control of the battle had passed entirely into the Self-Defense Army's hands. If they won, it would be a classic victory of the few over the many!
At this moment, Gongsun Qianxun wore a suit of silver armor that fully displayed her perfectly curved figure. Even her war wolf wore silver armor. Behind her were ranks of heavily armored cavalry, their war wolves armored as well, a thousand riders in all.
These were the elite of the Self-Defense Army's elite, the medium cavalry Guo Dundun had personally built.
The cavalry began moving. Arrayed like a dragon's scales, they advanced in perfect order, layers of dazzling light flowing over them beneath the sun. They did not enter the battlefield quickly; they could not possibly begin charging from this distance. But the Self-Defense Army already held the initiative, so there was no need to hurry.
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