Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

"This kid forgets everything he's learned as soon as he gets excited!"

Han Xin stared blankly at his nominal disciple Xiang Shaoyu, who had been cleverly outmaneuvered by Huang Taiji.

Rubbing his temples, Han Xin realized he had made a mistake. Back then, Xiang Yu led cavalry, but now he was leading infantry. Trying to outmaneuver them was simply a pipe dream.

After glancing over, Han Xin noticed that Xiang Shaoyu had also discovered the problem and was trying to change direction, attempting to become a sharp dagger and pierce into the Qing army's main force. Han Xin then ignored Xiang Shaoyu.

Forcing the Qing army to change course can be considered a gain.

"Fire arrows!"

Han Xin glanced at the direction of the Qing army's breakthrough and casually chose a position to suppress them with a barrage of arrows.

First, break down the opponent's momentum of charging forward in one fell swoop.

A large number of Danyang troops immediately began to work together to prepare. That's the good thing about Danyang troops; they can be copied very quickly.

Han Xin also quite liked using such elite troops. After all, for a military genius like him, highly organized elite troops were very suitable for him to use in various situations.

Especially the Danyang troop type, which can be used at both close and long range, is the type that the God of War is most comfortable using.

As a top-tier elite force with virtually no weaknesses during the day, the Danyang soldiers possess well-balanced attributes across ranged, mid-range, and melee combat, with no shortcomings whatsoever.

If you send Han Xin with 100,000 miscellaneous soldiers to fight Han Xin with 100,000 Danyang soldiers, the former will be easily defeated.

Following Han Xin's command, the elite troops of Danyang drew their powerful bows and launched an arrow attack on the Qing army from hundreds of meters away.

The bonus from full vision allows these elite Danyang archers to achieve bizarre effects that even the Precision Talent cannot reach, coupled with the super-powerful arrows brought by cooperation.

A volley of arrows rained down, instantly suppressing the Qing army's charge.

Unlike ordinary elite troops who could withstand arrows head-on, Danyang, apart from not being able to shoot beyond visual range, possessed a coordinated organizational structure that allowed them to fire arrows that flew over the horizon.

In terms of sheer power, the Danyang is not far behind the Shesheng and Changshui, and can even rival the ballista.

An ordinary soldier would be pierced by an arrow; such power cannot be stopped by ordinary means.

Compared to professional archers, Danyang only lacks the ability to fire continuously and has the disadvantage of automatically reducing the number of combatants after each shot.

Deflecting these arrows is extremely difficult. While some elite legions with dual talents are skilled in defense and special parries and can defend against them, these legions generally have mobility issues.

The Qing army's elite troops at the forefront, though on average stronger than the Imperial Guards, could only dodge these powerful arrows.

However, in this breakout situation, their formation was too dense, and the Qing army's elite troops were thrown into chaos.

The arrows, with their immense power, could pierce through the armor of Qing soldiers and pierce through them if they hit their mark.

Except for a few Manchu cavalrymen who skillfully parried and deflected the arrows in front of them, the other soldiers, even those wearing iron armor, were pierced by a single arrow.

The powerful arrows fired by the combined forces of the Danyang elites were no less powerful than those fired by normal three-talent elites.

"Charge! Take them down!"

Seeing the Qing army vanguard forced to split up as they dodged the arrows, Lu Junyi led the Qilin Army directly to one side.

Gripping his spear tightly with both hands, he roared and swept it across, sending several Qing soldiers flying. His powerful aura made him appear almost godlike or demonic in this situation.

Since the Song Dynasty didn't need cavalry to block the gates, these cavalry legions formed by the Song Dynasty were naturally placed on the imperial city side for auxiliary defense.

Now all of them were placed at the North Gate to block the Qing army's breakout. At this moment, Lu Junyi, following Han Xin's orders, coordinated with the elite troops of Danyang to launch a counterattack, directly disrupting the Qing army's vanguard rhythm.

Lu Junyi's Qilin Army was personally created by Yue Fei. It had long since broken away from the original form of Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and transformed into a talent framework that was most suitable for Lu Junyi's army's talents.

In the process of conquering the Song world and competing with the Mongol vanguard, he quickly rose to the rank of a third-tier talent.

Elite talent effects include one attribute enhancement, one attribute sharing (allowing you to share some of your attributes and effects with your mount), and one oath (strengthening your bond with your mount and enhancing the sharing effect by making an oath).

Perfectly suited to Lu Junyi's Legion talent, once the Jade Kirin's Legion talent is activated, the original effect of buffing the horses will instantly cover the entire army.

Just like the giants on the Roman eagle banner, all soldiers will also have the characteristics of a Qilin, which will improve their quality.

Once transformed into a Qilin, the entire legion's combat power explodes, and even the Qilin beneath them becomes much more aggressive. Sometimes, while they are only focused on defending against the soldiers' attacks, they are trampled hard on the chest by the Qilin-transformed warhorse.

Even a raised shield would dent under such trampling, and if it were firmly stomped on, it would instantly kill the user.

The Qing troops on the other side were caught in a dilemma: whether to continue breaking out or to attack Lu Junyi from the sidelines. However, in the time it took to hesitate, they were completely blocked off from behind.

That kind of momentum was directly cut off by Han Xin.

"Go! Attack them from both sides!" Han Xin calmly directed the Xinghan Legion on both flanks to launch a pincer attack.

A vast array of Song Dynasty imperial guards, carrying shields, began to form an impenetrable wall, pushing forward against the Qing army's vanguard.

Arrows rained down simultaneously on the Qing army's formation, and this time the scattered arrows threw the Qing army's formation into chaos.

The army's formation became disorganized, and the overall combat effectiveness of the legion further declined.

Han Xin's series of combined attacks completely crushed the Qing army's morale. Without any follow-up moves, they would have been surrounded and annihilated by Xing Han in their resentment.

Seeing the Qing army's path completely blocked, Han Xin showed no sign of joy. He knew very well that the Qing army's breakout could not be blocked so easily.

If this can be blocked, it can only mean that this is not the vanguard used by the Qing army to break through the enemy lines, but rather a bait thrown out by the other side.

Most importantly, the Qing army, which served as the vanguard, consisted of a group of regular elite soldiers who were not even at the third rank.

This elite force is indeed a strength, but it is far from being a decisive main force.

The other side wants him to move and find a way to break through.

But Han Xin also used a counter-strategy. War is like a game of chess; if neither side makes a move, it will never be possible to determine a winner.

Seeing that Han Xin had fallen for the trap, the Qing army's somewhat bloated main force quickly changed direction, avoiding the impenetrable wall of Northern Song imperial guards that was gathering, and circled around to the other side.

"It was just bait after all!" Han Xin was not surprised at all.

Fishing requires bait, that's only natural. Therefore, Han Xin used the Northern Song Dynasty's imperial guards—units that were encircled by city walls and moved extremely slowly—to intercept the first wave of bait.

"I wonder if there's anything new!"

Just as Han Xin was mobilizing his troops for a second encirclement, a group of golden Arhats rose from the ground and charged fiercely towards the battle line.

"Hmm, this is actually quite interesting!"

Han Xin raised an eyebrow. He could tell that this was a legion similar to the Roman giants, but the difference was that this legion's power came from within itself.

Han Xin used his talent of forming fourteen different legion combinations to quickly analyze the opponent's talents and dismantle their talent framework.

This was not difficult for Han Xin, especially after Xing Han dissected the core of the fourteen combination talents, making it easy for him to imitate the infinite variations using military formations.

The structure of this Arhat Legion is quite interesting.

Compared to the Roman giants, they were more like the emperor's royal guard, wearing a layer of mecha, but the structure of this mecha was not material, but rather contained the essence of heaven and earth and their will.

Or to put it another way, this thing is more like a visualization of gods and Buddhas, or the cultivation of gods and demons.

The Arhats outside are the product of their contemplation.

The golden Arhats were incredibly strong and enormous; one glance was enough to tell they were not to be trifled with.

Indeed, that was the case; the arrows from the dual-talented Changshui Camp were like tickling the enemy.

Moreover, the war golems that charged forward were easily smashed into pieces by the enemy, one by one.

After a brief probing, Han Xin immediately dispatched more Northern Song imperial guards.

He was initially worried that the opposing force might have some kind of psychological warfare element, but in reality, it was just a purely physical army.

There's not much to say; this kind of legion with maxed-out physical attack and defense attributes is naturally left to be dealt with by a specialized version of the Northern Song Imperial Guards.

The specialized version of the Northern Song Imperial Guards has removed the Fearless talent and added the Power Differentiation talent. The combination of heavy armor defense and Power Differentiation is enough for them to deal with most attacks.

Most importantly, the specialized version of the Northern Song Imperial Guards' armor and shields weighs more than twice as much as the ordinary legion, making it a special legion completely designed to counter physical opponents.

The Arhats' attacks could smash through war puppets equivalent to the Imperial Guards in one go, but they were caught in a bitter struggle against this group of opponents with only two talents.

The Northern Song imperial guards were completely unable to defeat this group of Vajra Arhats, and similarly, this group of Vajra Arhats were unable to defeat the specialized imperial guards.

Even with the use of penetration techniques, they could not harm the Northern Song Imperial Guards in the slightest. The force that penetrated through the shields was directly dispersed and neutralized, causing absolutely no damage.

Even if they were stronger and could even knock down the Northern Song imperial guards, as long as the Northern Song imperial guards held their shields to themselves, the Vajra Arhats would not be able to break through their defenses.

Seeing the situation descend into chaos, the Qing army immediately deployed its Willpower Legion to break through the Northern Song imperial guards' defenses. However, a barrage of explosive arrows sent these Willpower Legions flying back.

The Willpower Legion could withstand the explosive arrows from the Long River, but the problem was that the enemy was clearly screening their types, and a large group of Archer Battalion soldiers were ready to burst them down.

The Qing army had no choice but to bypass this group of Northern Song imperial guards. The Luohan Legion could wear down the enemy, but the problem was that they didn't have that much time.

Breaking through the encirclement required speed and efficiency, but how could Han Xin be unprepared? He set up several ambushes in succession to slow down the Qing army's advance.

If the Qing army is bogged down, it will be surrounded from both sides once the army from the west arrives.

The Qing army was also aware of this problem, and two more legions charged out. Han Xin copied the opponent's talent framework, frowned, and immediately sent out the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Burning Imperial Guards to deal with the opponent.

This time there are no good counter talents. The opponent is a legion that is good at both offense and defense, and it has three talents. It is difficult to deal with by ordinary means.

After all, once you reach this level, your combat power will increase ridiculously. Han Xin was unwilling to trade one strong legion for one with the opponent, so he simply threw out the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Burning Legion.

They weakened the opponent's offensive capabilities and then used the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to contain them. Although their defenses were not as strong as those of the Northern Song Imperial Guards, they had the advantage of being larger in scale and faster in speed.

After all, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was still cavalry, and even if they were mounted infantry, they could move faster than shield soldiers carrying large shields.

Han Xin's current strategy is to use something like a sieve to sift out the enemy layer by layer, while simultaneously blocking their advance route.

The Qing army was in a difficult position. Han Xin had assembled a large number of defensive troops specifically to block their advance.

It's really unpleasant to have your strategic intentions completely known to the other side. They were certain that you would head north, so they deployed a bunch of metal obstacles along the shortest route to delay your advance.

While their army could indeed bypass these legions, they would eventually have to peel away layers of soldiers from the enemy, a process akin to peeling an onion, aimed entirely at weakening their fighting strength.

Especially with the two Xiliang Iron Cavalry Legions attacking from the left and right, it's clear they're trying to let you pass but also cut off your retreat. You either have to use your three-talent legions to hold them off, or gamble that your legions, once cut off, can break through.

Regardless of the outcome, it was definitely not good news for the Qing army. Their army was too large, and their long, single-file formation was too long. Being cut in half would cause their front and rear to collapse.

After a brief hesitation, the Qing generals immediately chose to advance.

"Fire arrows!"

Seeing the Xiliang cavalry charging towards them, the Qing officers immediately unleashed a volley of arrows. Finding that the effect was minimal, they quickly switched to armor-piercing arrows.

The armor-piercing arrows, whistling as they shot out, hurtled towards the approaching Xiliang cavalry. The radiant glow they emitted spoke volumes about the terrifying power of these arrows.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

The sound of a continuous rain of arrows piercing through the defenses was deafening. The commander of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry looked extremely grim. Many soldiers who were confident in their strong defenses withstood this wave of arrows and were riddled with holes.

They were not the Flying Bears; even the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the Imperial Guards were somewhat stretched thin by this wave of attacks.

The enemy exploited a gap in information; the first volley of arrows lowered their guard, while the second volley was deadly.

Meanwhile, the two Futu Legion members who were facing them charged forward while they were suffering losses. Their violent attack nearly killed the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

If it weren't for the Burning Guards following behind, who were fast enough to offset part of the Floating Pagoda Legion's talent strength...

The Xiliang cavalry might have been overwhelmed by this combination of attacks, but they ultimately accomplished their mission, blocking the Qing army's escape route like two doors.

A large number of Qing troops charged through the middle, leaving only the Buddhist legion wrestling with the Xiliang cavalry. (End of Chapter)